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Product Category Database. Series Gale Literature. Examine the lives and works of authors and illustrators for children and young adults. Something About the Author Online provides comprehensive online access to all volumes ever printed in Gale's long-standing Something About the Author series, which examines the lives and works of authors and illustrators for children and young adults and is the preeminent source on authors and literature for young people.
The collection includes both the main series and Something About the Author Autobiography Series , totaling more than volumes, 12, entries, and nearly 17, images - all delivered in an easy-to-use online format that matches the exact look and feel of the print originals. This critically acclaimed series covers more than 12, individuals, ranging from established award winners to authors and illustrators who are just beginning their careers.
Entries typically cover: personal life, career, writings, works in progress, adaptations, and additional sources. A cumulative author index is included in each odd-numbered volume. The Oppenheimer Empire. Media House Publications, Johannesburg ISBN The book purports to explode the reputation that the Oppenheimers have cultivated as the leading South African opponents of apartheid, and reveals the extraordinary range and true nature of its business empire, founded on diamonds and gold. An American Family's Story. Author was born in Germiston. Boards G-VG, head and tail of spine a little soft.
Isbista - Juta. A biography of Barney Barnato written in a conversational style. Author met Barnato whilst doing a column for a newspaper, so this is a contemporary personal impression rather than one later intensively researched from letters and personal papers. Includes reminiscences by Louis Cohen. Die Lewe Van Pres. En Mev. Met 'n Keuse Uit Hulle Korrespondensie. Chocolate cb. Cape Town 1st edition.
ISBN M. Steyn was president of the Orange Free State. Maroon cb. The Wessels family business founded Toyota in South Africa. Gaynor Young's Story.
The Spearhead Press, Cape Town ISBN An aspiring actress, she fell 18 metres into an unguarded lift shaft coming close to death. She turned her tragedy into words that became a script. This book is an extension of that script. South African Cookery Manual. Printed bds. No inscrip. A very practical book full of working recipes.
Printed boards, 58pp illustrated col. Mint condition Penguin.
Photography by Alain Proust. Printed boards, pp illustrated colour. Except for marks on pastedowns where protective plastic was secured, a Fine copy, definitely never in the kitchen! Struik 5th imp They run from strictly no-nonsense family fare to the more splendid creations for entertaining. A stalwart local cooking book that has been a standard text for 20 years. Another collection from South Africa's well-known crime author. Includes extensive coverage of the Idonie Jackson murder. Wills And Crime. Siber Ink, Cape Town ISBN The doyen of legal writers relates the true tales of famous crimes connected with wills.
Ian Ferguson. Blue cb, pp. Set in a Northern Transvaal town, he introduces the reader to one character after the other and also to the humiliations, defeats, and petty victories that govern their lives. Red cb, pp. ISBN This, Bosman's second novel is set in Pietersburg in where he relates a gripping and moving story of Charlie Hendricks, small-town newspaper editor, and his involvement with Lena Cordier, Cyril Stein and sergeant Brits.
Printed wraps, pp. Uniform Edition. Boards worn. The first story, 'Badoli The Ox' is a story of the Amaxosa. There are others for the Basuto, Shangaan, and Zulu peoples. A Novel. Brown cb, pp. ISBN Of interest not only to those concerned for peacemaking in South Africa but also those who believe the Gospel of Jesus Christ is the only foundation upon which to build a better world.
Neat ownership inscrip.
Chivers large print edition. Bath ISBN Includes appendix of facts about the elephant.
Printed wraps, 8vo, pp. ISBN Contains a selection from his published poetry and prose, selections from uncollected essays and critical works. Red cb.
Michael Joseph. Gilt on red leatherette. Cape Town edn Unnumbered issue of copies.
Poems By.. Red boards. Gift inscrip. AD Donker ISBN Humorous verse about snails. Pink cb, pp. Edges of bds sl. Penguin, Johannesburg ISBN A selection of stories, autobiographical sketches, reports, plays and travel writing. No inscrip, a fine copy.
Justified Press, Rivonia ISBN Set in South Africa, the story is of a young woman's struggle to survive, and to raise her son, in a world that is brutal and alien. The narrative combines elements of a thriller with religious allegory. De Avonturen Van Kuifje. Mint condition. Very readable to Afrikaans speakers. An African Tale. Edinburgh Inscrip, eps browned, good only. Black Swan, London ISBN Set amongst the Cape Colored community at a time when apartheid threatened its destruction, a mother fights for justice for her family.
Black cb, pp. Penguin, London ISBN Part detective, set on safari in in the Kenyan bush, a palaeontologist investigates a mysterious death 4 million years ago. Printed wraps, 60pp. ISBN A love story set in Mocambique during the first elections after the 15 year civil war. The author's first work of fiction covering the Soweto uprising, exiled, refugee camps in Botswana and Zambia, Russia and finally after Nelson Mandela's release, his return to South Africa.
Penguin Shola Books, London It weaves the music of Africa and Europe through the patterns of work and love and politics in which she tries to find a meaning for her life. Echoing Green Press Author's previous collection of verse was 'Dog Latin'. This new collection of longer components is in three parts with the theme of recovery from a disintegrating marriage. A near Fine unread copy. Ad Donker. Centre Press. Orange cb.