South category: 6019 books
Afrikaner Odyssey
The Life and Times of the Reitz Family
Language: English
Release Date: February 6, 2017
The odyssey of the Reitz family passes like a thread through the tapestry of South African history in the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. Originally Dutch-Afrikaner gentry from the Cape, the family moved to the frontier settlement of Bloemfontein and played a key role in the building of...
by Baby Professor
Language: English
Release Date: May 15, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: May 15, 2017
South Africa is known to have many tribes, and each has its own belief system. Shaka Zulu was a leader who united South African tribes. How did he do it? Reading his life story will help you understand the traits of a true leader. Would you like to unite peoples when you grow up? Then be inspired by biography book for kids age 9 to 12.
We Have Moved Mountains
From South Africa to the Usa
Language: English
Release Date: June 2, 2006
The life and experiences of a white family who grew up under the system of apartheid in South Africa. It tells of their heritage, their understandings and perceptions and eventually their move to the United States of America.
The story focused greatly on the Gerber familys faith in God Almighty and how through faith and endurance, they overcame difficulties.
by Peter Clements
Language: English
Release Date: April 9, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: April 9, 2018
Target success in Edexcel AS/A-level History with this proven formula for effective, structured revision; key content coverage is combined with exam preparation activities and exam-style questions to create a revision guide that students can rely on to review, strengthen and test their knowledge.
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by David Fernandez
Language: English
Release Date: August 30, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: August 30, 2012
Our illustrated travel guide will take you to Miami in South Florida. it is 20 miles from Fort Lauderdale, 106 miles from Naples (Florida) and 156 miles from Key West and Miami is one of the leading “Latin-culture” cities of the world.
Miami is the second most populous city in...
Lost and Found in Johannesburg
A Memoir
Language: English
Release Date: April 15, 2014
An inner life of Johannesburg that turns on the author's fascination with maps, boundaries, and transgressions
Lost and Found in Johannesburg begins with a transgression—the armed invasion of a private home in the South African city of Mark Gevisser's birth. But far more than the riveting...
Student Comrade Prisoner Spy
A memoir
Language: English
Release Date: September 1, 2016
When Bridget Hilton-Barber got on a train to Grahamstown in 1982 to study journalism at Rhodes University, she had no idea of the brutal drama that would unfold. A rebellious young woman, she became politically involved in anti-apartheid organisations and was caught up in the massive resistance and...
Rail-Trails Southeast
Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Louisiana, Mississippi, North and South Carolina, Tennessee
Language: English
Release Date: October 7, 2006
The official guidebooks for the nationwide rail-trails system, the new Rail-Trails series books have an easy-to-use layout and design, clear maps, and precise trip descriptions. With 55 rural, suburban, and urban trails spanning 630 miles, Rail-Trails Southeast covers Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Louisiana,...
Suddenly Southern
A Yankee's Guide to Living in Dixie
Language: English
Release Date: June 15, 2010
Moving South? Feeling a little out of place? Craving pizza from home and faking a passion for sweet tea? Not generating much Southern hospitality? Wondering if you'll ever fit in?
Well, honey, here's your complete guide to living in Dixie, providing migrating Yanks with tips on living, eating,...
by Francis Wilson
Language: English
Release Date: May 18, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: May 18, 2017
An asteroid the size of Table Mountain crashed into what was to become South Africa over 2 billion years ago, marking the spot. The country’s history since then has always been robust and full of energy. This book takes you in record time from that moment, when the earth’s richest gold reefs were...
Empty Plate
Why We Are Losing the Battle for Our Food System, Why It Matters, and How We Can Win It Back
Language: English
Release Date: November 1, 2016
Why is it that food prices are so high that millions of South African families go hungry, while the prices paid to farmers for that same food are so low that many cannot stay in business? Why are the people who produce our food – farmworkers – among the most insecure of all? Why do high levels...
The Zulus at War
The History, Rise, and Fall of the Tribe That Washed Its Spears
Language: English
Release Date: March 6, 2018
By tracing the long and turbulent history of the Zulus from their arrival in South Africa and the establishment of Zululand, The Zulus at War is an important and readable addition to this popular subject area. It describes the violent rise of King Shaka and his colorful successors under whose leadership...
Highway 61
Crossroads on the Blues Highway
Language: English
Release Date: May 5, 2014
A musical pilgrimage unraveling the true history of the bluesA history of the legendary blues Highway and the route taken by modern-day blues pilgrims on their journey south into the Mississippi Delta, this book draws on the work of the early musicologists looking for an authentic Delta folk music...
Fluent Selves
Autobiography, Person, and History in Lowland South America
Language: English
Release Date: November 1, 2014
Fluent Selves examines narrative practices throughout lowland South America focusing on indigenous communities in Brazil, Chile, Ecuador, and Peru, illuminating the social and cultural processes that make the past as important as the present for these peoples. This collection brings together leading...