Forty south

Forty South African Years - Barry Ronan Condition: Reasonable

Hardcover. English. Maskew Miller. 1959 sixth impr. ISBN: 0. 453 pp with bw illustrations and fold-out map. Good condition in hardcover, with slight foxing to front eps. A number of contributions on the general ethnography of the subcontinent, by various authorities on their subjects, which was to remain a standard work for the next forty years Book No: 28025/2500497

This item is sold brand new. It is ordered on demand from our supplier and is usually dispatched within 7 - 12 working days In January of 1965, twenty-four-year-old U.S. Army sergeant Charles Robert Jenkins abandoned his post in South Korea, walked across the DMZ, and surrendered to communist North Korean soldiers standing sentry along the world's most heavily militarized border. He believed his action would get him back to the States and a short jail sentence. Instead he found himself in another sort of prison, where for forty years he suffered under one of the most brutal and repressive regimes the world has known. This fast-paced, harrowing tale, told plainly and simply by Jenkins (with journalist Jim Frederick), takes the reader behind the North Korean curtain and reveals the inner workings of its isolated society while offering a powerful testament to the human spirit. Features Summary Takes the reader behind the North Korean curtain and reveals the inner workings of its isolated society while offering a powerful testament to the human spirit.. Author Charles Robert Jenkins (Author), Jim Frederick (Author) Publisher University of California Press Release date 20090403 Pages 232 ISBN 0-520-25999-8 ISBN 13 978-0-520-25999-7

Once Judge Atlee was a powerful figure in Clanton, Mississippi--a pillar of the community who towered over local law and politics for forty years. Now the judge is a shadow of his former self, a sick, lonely old man who has withdrawn to his sprawling ancestral home. Knowing the end is near, Judge Atlee has issued a summons for his two sons to return to Clanton to discuss his estate. Ray Atlee is the eldest, a Virginia law professor, newly single and still enduring the aftershocks of a surprise divorce. Forrest is Ray' s younger brother, who redefines the notion of a family' s black sheep. The summons is typed by the judge himself, on his handsome old stationery, and gives the date and time for Ray and Forrest to appear in his study. Ray reluctantly heads south to his hometown, to the place where he grew up and now prefers to avoid. But the family meeting does not take place. The judge dies too soon, and in doing so leaves behind a shocking secret known only to Ray. And perhaps someone else.

 In the early nineties the borders to the north are opened to South Africans.  A young woman and a ballet dancer decide to make a journey through Africa together. To this end, they buy matching scout hats, survival manuals and a compass with an inbuilt convex magnifying lens for starting fires.  Their only purpose is to see what's there and to have fun while doing it.  But the death of her brother on the eve of their departure radically changes the nature of the expedition. The Whiteness of Bones is a travel book infused with a fascination for Africa - for her landscapes, for her ambiguities, for her peoples and for her myriad histories.  But it is also a moving and perceptive account of the author's inner journey as she moves slowly towards an understanding of her grief, and a sense of her own place in a country and a continent which had turned their backs on each other for over forty years. Soft cover, fairly good condition. The cover is a bit creased in places.  256 pages.

This item is sold brand new. It is ordered on demand from our supplier and is usually dispatched within 7 - 12 working days In the summer of 1779, as the major fighting of the Revolutionary War moves to the South, a British force consisting of fewer than a thousand Scottish infantry and backed by three sloops-of-war sails to the fogbound coast of New England. Establishing a garrison and naval base at Penobscot Bay, in the eastern province of Massachusetts, the Scots harry rebel privateers and shelter American loyalists. In response, the Americans send more than forty vessels and some one thousand infantrymen to "captivate, kill, or destroy" the foreign invaders. But ineptitude and irresolution lead to a mortifying defeat that will have stunning repercussions for two men on opposite sides of the conflict: an untested young Scottish lieutenant named John Moore, at the beginning of an illustrious military career... and a Boston silversmith and patriot named Paul Revere, who will face court-martial for disobedience and cowardice. Features Summary `Captivate, kill or destroy the whole force of the enemy' was the order given to the American soldiers. THE FORT is the blistering new novel from worldwide bestseller Bernard Cornwell. Author Bernard Cornwell Publisher HarperCollinsPublishers Release date 20110526 Pages 495 ISBN 0-00-733174-6 ISBN 13 978-0-00-733174-1

Subtitle: My Life Behind Enemy Lines with Warlords, Fanatics and Not-So-Friendly Fire Author: Aris Roussinos Publisher: Random House UK 2014 ISBN-10: 1780892187 ISBN-13: 9781780892184 Condition: Very Good Binding: Softcover Pages: 314 Dimensions: 23.3 x 15.3 x 2.5 cm +++ by Aris Roussinos +++ Aris Roussinos tells the real stories behind life in a rebel army. The hidden truth about war is how much fun it is. That's because however they begin, whatever their aims, wars are fought by young men. Some fight because they have an unshakable belief in the cause, others fight because war is all they have ever known. And there are those who fight because there's nothing better to do. They fight in burned-out buildings and shelter under thorn trees. They eat their meager rations, and starve for days cut off from supply lines. They smoke forty cigarettes a day and ride to war stoned, listening to Craig David. These are the men, and boys, who fight these wars. Their senses are sharper; they shudder every time they hear a plane pass overhead: they know it's not a video game anymore. The bombs and bullets are terrifyingly real, and the guys they're killing aren't always faceless enemies: sometimes they're friends. For the last three years, award-winning journalist Aris Roussinos embedded himself with rebel groups in the Libyan uprising, the brutal conflict in the South Sudan, and the civil war in Syria, among others. Part travelogue from the world's most dangerous hot-spots, part eyewitness testimony to recent, bloody history, this is the uncensored, unflinching account of the rebel armies and those who fill their ranks.

 Where the Wind Wills: New Poems by Geoffrey Haresnape   Where the Wind Wills  brings together some forty new poems by Geoffrey Haresnape, one of South Africa’s long established poets still producing fresh work. Some have been published in journals, others presented at live poetry readings in Cape Town, and others will make their first appearance in this book — none have appeared in his previous books. This is Haresnape’s fifth collection of poetry. Since his first book appeared in 1976, he has published steadily in literary magazines and anthologies both nationally and overseas, received a wide range of positive reviews, and developed a strong readership.        

This item is sold brand new. It is ordered on demand from our supplier and is usually dispatched within 4 - 8 working days "A brilliant biography that will transform your understanding of this young, charismatic leader" - Joseph Nhini, BooksLive, Sunday Times "Deeply thought-provoking" - Tyrone August, Cape Times "Makes a good job of weaving together a number of strands that make the totality of the powerful persona Biko became... Sheds new light on more than just Biko" - Sam Mkokeli, Business Day Interest in the iconic Steve Biko has strongly revived, as the current generation of activists calls on his legacy and thoughts. Biko is cited and disputed particularly in the #RhodesMustFall and decolonisation movements. This comprehensive biography, shortlisted for the Alan Paton award, explores Biko's life, the people and ideas that shaped him, and his part in Black Consciousness and the struggle. Updated in an affordable new edition, Biko: A Biography presents a new generation with nuanced insights into the life and thought of a South African hero. Features Summary Forty years after Steve Biko's tragic death, this, his first comprehensive biography, is republished in an updated anniversary edition. As leading anti-apartheid activist and thinker... Author Xolela Mangcu Publisher Tafelberg Publishers Ltd Release date 20170904 Pages 364 ISBN 0-624-08176-1 ISBN 13 978-0-624-08176-0

Rare collectible South African art book " Alexis Preller A Visual Biography" Double Volume box set by Karel Nel and Esme Berman on an extremely reknown artist 2 volumes: 397 + 283 pages, comprehensively illustrated throughout in colour, pictorial covers, a fine set contained in a laminated slip case. 1000 copies numbered 1 to 1000.  "This book fills a significant vacuum. Alexis Preller, major South African artist, was born in Pretoria in 1911 and died there in 1975. In all that time and ever since, only one small book – published in 1947 – was devoted to his art……In the course of his forty year career, Alexis Preller achieved national recognition and critical acclaim. Loyal admirers flocked every exhibition by the master artist. Yet, there were also those who were disturbed by his frequently cryptic themes and who denounced his flouting of pictorial convention. Preller’s art is indeed unconventional, distinctly independent, often enigmatic, but it is not impenetrable." South Africa's own Hieronymus Bosch DOUBLE VOLUME BOX SET IS BRAND NEW IN FINE UNREAD CONDITION. PLEASE NOTE OVERSEAS POSTAGE WILL BE QUOTED FOR SEPARATELY. RECOMMEND COURIER SHIPPING FOR AN ITEM OF THIS NATURE.