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association with Amazon.com presents a collection of recommended
books on South Africa. Travelers to South Africa often like
to gain insight into the politics, culture, people
and attractions of the country before making a visit.
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Winner of the Nobel Peace Prize and the first democratically
elected president of South Africa, Mandela began writing
his autobiography secretly while
he was imprisoned for 27 years on Robben Island by South
Africa's apartheid regime.
Memoir of an English boy's lonely childhood in South Africa
during WW II. “The Power of One has everything: suspense,
the exotic, violence; mysticism, psychology and magic;
schoolboy adventures, drama in the boxing ring.”
–
The New York Times
Combining adventure and science, this picture book
uses a fictional framework to bring children important
facts
about animal conservation. - Hazel Rochman
A glossy coffee table book that provides a window through
which both visitor and residents can view the beautiful
face of a country in a panorama of landscapes,
people, cities, towns, flora and fauna.
Practical, informative and user-friendly, this guide
highlights the major camps, describing their principal
attractions
and offers
sound suggestions on where to tour, stay, view the wildlife
and relax.
Depicts the wildlife of the Khwai River,
a link between the permanent wetlands of the Okavango
Delta and the semi-desert Kalahari. Beautiful photographs
capture the cycle of the seasons.
Classic field guide with hundreds of large color plates,
a comprehensive checklist and revised information on
habitats and distribution. User-friendly design makes it
ideal for use in the field.
A fresh, comprehensive account of South African wines
by two respected SA wine
authors. This volume is meticulously researched and is
the official textbook of the Cape Wine Academy.
A classic. Van der Post describes his desert travels,
the splendid landscape and wildlife, and his encounters
with
the Bushman,
an elusive culture. Drawings by Maurice
Wilson.
The Rough Guide to Cape Town and the Garden Route is the
definitive guide to Cape Town and its stunning environs
(including Cape Point, the Winelands and
the Whale
Coast) and the Garden Route all the way to Port Elizabeth
and the Addo Elephant National Park.
These vivid stories are set in and around the Karoo
town of Kareeburg and reflect the tensions between the
conservative
lives of the Afrikaners and the climate of
change in the new South Africa.
No one but David Rattray was better qualified to explain
the causes of this strange colonial war when British Imperial
might
was
initially
humiliated in a ghastly slaughter. Pride was somewhat salvaged
by the defence of Rorke's Drift and thereafter the
Zulus were doomed.
Highly visual guides to history's greatest conflicts, detailing
the command strategies, tactics, and experiences of the
opposing forces throughout each campaign, and concluding
with a guide to the battlefields today.
This pocket-sized guide will let you make the most
of Johannesburg's major attractions as well as the
museums, markets, art galleries and bohemian cafes which
personify the "Rainbow
Nation."
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