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1	Cry the Beloved Country more books like this by Alan Paton "Cry, the Beloved Country" is a beautifully told and profoundly compassionate story of the Zulu pastor Stephen Kumalo and his son Absalom, set in the troubled and changing South Africa of the 1940s. The book is written with such keen empathy and understanding that to read it is to share fully in the gravity of the characters' situations. It both ... see all copies from £1.36! new only from £4.40! \| signed copies \| first editions
2	Power of One more books like this by Bryce Courtenay No stranger to the injustice of racial hatred, five-year-old Peekay learns the hard way the first secret of survival and self-preservation - the power of one. An encounter with amateur boxer Hoppie Groenewald inspires in Peekay a fiery ambition - to be welterweight champion of the world. see all copies from £1.36! new only from £5.66! \| first editions
3	Disgrace more books like this by J M Coetzee A divorced, middle-aged English professor finds himself increasingly unable to resist affairs with his female students. When discovered by the college authorities, he is expected to apologise and repent in an effort to save his job, but he refuses to become a scapegoat in what he see as as a show trial designed to reinforce a stringent political ... see all copies from £1.36! new only from £6.01! \| signed copies \| first editions
4	Birds of Prey more books like this by Wilbur Smith It is 1667 and Sir Francis Courteney and his son Henry "Hal" Courteney are on patrol in their fighting caravel off the Agulhas Cape of Southern Africa. They have a letter from Charles II sanctioning them to hunt down and capture enemy ships "beyond the line". see all copies from £1.36! new only from £6.28! \| signed copies \| first editions
5	Covenant more books like this by James A Michener Set in South Africa, beginning 15,000 years ago and ending with the Boer War, this is a novel about people caught up in the march of world history. It is a story of adventure and heroism, love and loyalty, and cruelty and betrayal. see all copies from £1.36! new only from £6.89! \| signed copies \| first editions
6	Long Walk to Freedom: The Autobiography of Nelson Mandela more books like this by Nelson Mandela Nelson Mandela is one of the great moral and political leaders of our time: an international hero whose lifelong dedication to the fight against racial oppression in South Africa won him the Nobel Peace Prize and the presidency of his country. Since his triumphant release in 1990 from more than a quarter-century of imprisonment, Mandela has been ... see all copies from £2.01! new only from £9.48! \| signed copies \| first editions
7	Kaffir Boy: The True Story of a Black Youth's Coming of Age in Apartheid South Africa more books like this by Mark Mathabane Written with courage and conviction, Mark Mathbane's reveals the extraordinary memoir of growing up in a world under apartheid. B&W photo insert. see all copies from £5.46! new only from £6.93! \| signed copies \| first editions
8	Golden Fox more books like this by Wilbur Smith The 1970s will test the headstrong and beautiful Isabelle Courtney to the extreme. They will be times of hardship and pain, hidden behind the masks of affluence and success. Brother will be pitted against brother as this story moves from London to Europe and to the searing heat of a divided Africa. see all copies from £1.36! new only from £6.28! \| signed copies \| first editions
9	Sparrow Falls more books like this by Smith 'Mark never heard the Mauser shot for the bullet came ahead of the sound. There was only the massive shock in the upper part of his body, and then he was hurled backwards with a violence that drove the air from his lungs. The earth opened before him, and as he fell, there was a sensation of being engulfed in a swirling vortex of blackness and he ... see all copies from £1.36! new only from £6.28! \| signed copies \| first editions
10	Master Harold&the Boys more books like this by Athol Fugard Part of The Wadsworth Casebooks for Reading, Research, and Writing Series, this new title provides all the materials a student needs to complete a literary research assignment in one convenient location. see all copies from £1.59! new only from £7.54! \| signed copies \| first editions
11 view cover	Sound of Thunder more books like this by Smith 'Only once in his life had Sean met a man whose strength matched his own - and now again they were pitted against each other. He drove the heel of his right hand up under Jan Paulus's chin, forcing his head back against the encircling left arm. It should have broken Jan Paulus's neck. Instead he locked his arms around Sean's chest below the level ... see all copies from £1.36! new only from £4.06! \| signed copies \| first editions
12 view cover	Smokescreen more books like this by Dick Francis A film stuntman becomes involved in real life action and adventure in this thriller from Dick Francis, author of numerous bestsellers including "Blood Sport". see all copies from £1.36! new only from £6.28! \| signed copies \| first editions
13 view cover	Blue Horizon more books like this by Wilbur Smith Sequel to MONSOON, this installment in Wilbur Smith's saga continues the story of white men in Africa in the 17th century. Here Jim Courtney falls in love with a feisty young Dutchwoman named Louisa. see all copies from £1.36! new only from £2.11! \| signed copies \| first editions
14 view cover	Power of the Sword more books like this by Wilbur Smith A story of love, hate, courage and revenge, and of two half-brothers - the sons of Centaine de Thiry-Courtney of "The Burning Shore". It sweeps from the deserts, mountains and cities of Africa to the heartland of Nazi Germany, and from the turmoil of the Depression years into the white heat of war. see all copies from £1.36! new only from £4.42! \| signed copies \| first editions
15 view cover	Rage more books like this by Smith From the author of BIRDS OF PREY. It is 1952. Bitterly divided by the struggles of their native land, the Courtney family empire has come to dominate the lives of all South Africans. As the thought of revolution is in the air, Shasa Courtney is forced to betray his ideals to further his quest for power. see all copies from £1.36! new only from £2.09! \| signed copies \| first editions
16 view cover	Hungry as the Sea more books like this by Wilbur Smith An action and adventure story following the fortunes of Nick Berg, master of a salvage ship, who fights back against the ambition of his arch-rival, who stole his wife and son and robbed him of an empire. World sales of Wilbur Smith titles exceed 40 million copies. see all copies from £1.36! new only from £6.28! \| signed copies \| first editions
17 view cover	Diamond Hunters more books like this by Wilbur Smith The Van Der Byl Diamond Company, willed by its founder to his son Benedict, turns out to be a bequest of hatred. "Destroy Johnny" - the old man's bitterest rival - is the message. And so, consumed with envy for his own foster-brother, Benedict sets out in ruthless pursuit of this goal. see all copies from £1.36! new only from £5.66! \| signed copies \| first editions
18 view cover	Gold Mine more books like this by Wilbur Smith Rod Ironsides, ambitious and hard-living mining expert, is offered the chance of a lifetime by promotion to general manager of a South African gold mine. The owner is a coldly obsessive genius who demands unquestioning obedience. Both men become the unwitting tools of ruthless outside forces. see all copies from £1.36! new only from £6.28! \| signed copies \| first editions
19 view cover	Nisa: The Life and Words of a !Kung Woman more books like this by Marjorie Shostak (Photographer) This classic paperback is available once again--and exclusively--from Harvard University Press. This book is the story of the life of Nisa, a member of the Kung tribe of hunter-gatherers from southern Africa's Kalahari desert. Told in her own words--earthy, emotional, vivid--to Marjorie Shostak, a Harvard anthropologist who succeeded, with Nisa ... see all copies from £6.13! new only from £17.40! \| first editions
20 view cover	Tandia more books like this by Bryce Courtenay The sequel to "The Power of One". Tandia, a beautiful Afro-Indian girl, is raped by South African police. Consumed by hatred for the white man, she finds refuge in a brothel deep in the veldt, where she trains as a terrorist. Then she meets Peekay, and their relationship has profound consequences. see all copies from £2.01! new only from £10.96! \| signed copies \| first editions
21 view cover	No Future Without Forgiveness more books like this by Professor Desmond Tutu The establishment of South Africa's Truth and Reconciliation Commission was a pioneering international event. Never had any country sought to move forward from despotism to democracy both by exposing the atrocities committed in the past and achieving reconciliation with its former oppressors. At the center of this unprecedented attempt at healing ... see all copies from £2.01! new only from £10.21! \| signed copies \| first editions
22 view cover	Playing the Enemy: Nelson Mandela and the Game That Made a Nation more books like this by John Carlin Carlin pens this thrilling, inspiring account of one of the greatest charm offensives in history--Nelson Mandela's decade-long campaign to unite his country, beginning in his jail cell and ending with a rugby tournament. see all copies from £12.63! new only from £12.63!
23 view cover	Life & Times of Michael K more books like this by J M Coetzee In a South Africa torn by civil war, Michael K sets out to take his mother back to her rural home. On the way there she dies, leaving him alone in an anarchic world of brutal roving armies. Imprisoned, Michael is unable to bear confinement and escapes, determined to live with dignity. Life and Times of Michael K goes to the centre of human ... see all copies from £1.36! new only from £7.81! \| signed copies \| first editions
24 view cover	The world unseen more books like this by Shamim Sarif see all copies from £2.08! new only from £10.60!
25 view cover	Julys People more books like this by Gordimer This volume is part of a new series of novels, plays and stories at GCSE/Key Stage 4 level, designed to meet the needs of the National Curriculum syllabus. Each text includes an introduction, pre-reading activities, notes and coursework activities. Also provided is a section on the process of writing, often compiled by the author. South Africa is ... see all copies from £1.53! new only from £7.48! \| signed copies \| first editions

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