Search Results for ‘South Africa’, ‘Travel Writing & Other Literature’ - 9 matches found

Somewhere over the Rainbow

In "Somewhere Over The Rainbow" foreign correspondent Gavin Bell returns to the country whose last days of apartheid he reported on, to learn what became of the 'Rainbow Nation' and discover a country...

Rainbow Diary

“Rainbow Diary” covers so much of new South Africa: from the stillness of Karoo savannah to the warmth of the Indian Ocean, and from the exclusive white neighbourhoods of Pretoria to the destitution...

Gem Squash Tokoloshe

Rachel Zadok’s first novel Gem Squash Tokoloshe takes its title from a chant mumbled by Faith, a young white girl living in mid-eighties South Africa at the height of apartheid on a drought-stricken...

The Story of an African Farm

Two cousins grow up in the 1860s on a lonely farm on the mountain veld. Their childhood is disrupted by a man who claims blood ties with Queen Victoria, and so gains influence over the girls' stepmother...

Long Walk to Freedom

The memoirs of an outstanding moral and political leader. This autobiography re-creates the drama of the experiences that helped shape his life. A compelling read.

Stealing Water

“Stealing Water” tells the tale of author Tim Ecott’s childhood in apartheid Johannesburg in the 1970s; a captivating and, given the situation, surprisingly funny account of an Irish emigré family finding...

Collected African Stories

This is a stunning new edition of the classic African story collection, by Nobel-Prize winner Doris Lessing. In this superb volume of African stories, Doris Lessing paints a magnificent portrait of...

Cape Town - Walk and Eat

Sunflowers pocket-sized full-colour guide to Cape Town, illustrated with photographs, describes walks and recommends restaurants/hotels on or at the end of walk routes (with sample menus).
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Jock of the Bushveld

Percy FitzPatrick's Jock of the Bushveld is a marvelous tribute to the life of the 1880s in the outposts of the agrarian Transvaal, this complete edition includes for the first time the author's "Postscript...