by Sarah Groves (Struik Children) ISBN: 9781432306779 South African story books for children are my favourite. There is no better way to introduce different cultures to a child than by way of a good story. Sbonelo Snoop is a story about a 10-year-old detective who takes on cases and tries to solve various mysteries with humorous […]
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by Chris Marnewick (Umuzi) ISBN: 9781415209011 ‘On the tenth of December 1987 at about 18:00 hours on a deserted road near Magazine Hill Reservoir the accused forced the minibus in which the deceased were travelling from the road. He then shot each one of the deceased at least once with a pistol.’ The accused is
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by Khaya Dlanga (Macmillan) ISBN: 978-1-77010-471-6 As far as memoirs go, Dlanga’s book is a damn good story. It is well written, often humorous and sometimes really sad. To Quote Myself also has the dubious honour of being South Africa’s most stolen book. Go figure. Perhaps it is a book that people cannot afford, but really
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by Andy Martin (Bantam Press) ISBN: 9780593076620 The name Jim Grant probably doesn’t mean much to readers of fiction. How about Lee Child? This lanky Camel-smoking, coffee-drinking author is now on his 20th Jack Reacher novel. Reacher, his highly popular hero, is a former US military man turns free-roaming investigator and fixer. You’ve probably seen the movie
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by Sharon Pincott (Jacana) ISBN: 978-1-4314-2415-3 This is the third book from Australian conservationist Sharon Pincott, chronicling 13 years of her experiences with the Zimbabwean Presidential Herd of elephants. In 2001 Pincott takes the brave decision to leave her comfortable life in Australia to work with elephants in troubled Zimbabwe. Completely self-funded and untrained, she
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The Boy Called Christmas by Matt Haig (Canongate) ISBN: 9781782117896 Nikolas tries to be a happy boy even though his mother has died and his father is a poor woodcutter. He was born on Christmas day and the only gifts he had ever received were a wooden sleigh and a doll carved out of turnip.
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