South category: 6019 books
by United Nations
Language: English
Release Date: February 10, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: February 10, 2012
This landmark publication chronicles the central role played by the United Nations in supporting the struggle against apartheid in South Africa. In an extensive introduction, United Nations Secretary-General Boutros Boutros-Ghali provides an overview of the Organization's contribution to South Africa's...
by Roger Lucey
Language: English
Release Date: January 1, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: January 1, 2013
The story of a once promising young musician, this autobiography demonstrates how Roger Lucey’s life journey was radically changed by the South African apartheid. Having performed songs that reflected upon the cruelty and violence of late 1970s South Africa, Lucey drew unwanted attention from the...
by Dale T McKinley
Language: English
Release Date: March 1, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: March 1, 2017
Despite the more general social, political and economic advances that have been made under the ANC's rule since 1994, power has not only remained in the hands of a small minority but has increasingly been exercised in service to capital. This has seen the ANC become the key political vehicle, in party...
by Emily Hobhouse
Language: English
Release Date: December 9, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: December 9, 2016
This book contains Emily Hobhouse's 1902 work, "The Brunt of the War and Where It Fell". It constitutes an authentic insight into the life of women and children in the Boer war, as witnessed first-hand by the author. This volume is recommended for those looking to understand the roots of...
Africa, Empire and Fleet Street
Albert Cartwright and West Africa Magazine
Language: English
Release Date: March 15, 2018
For decades before and after African independence, the London weekly West Africa was a well-known source of news, analysis and comment on the region, especially the (former) British territories. Jonathan Derrick, who worked on the magazine's staff in the 1960s and again in its final years before closure...
Southern Fried Football (Revised)
The History, Passion, and Glory of the Great Southern Game
Language: English
Release Date: August 1, 2008
Explore the cultural phenomenon that is college football in the South. This completely new edition provides a close-up look at the great players, great rivalries, great coaches, and great traditions that make college football in the South more than just a game. It is a way of life that lasts 365 days a year.
Fodor's Essential Peru
with Machu Picchu & the Inca Trail
Language: English
Release Date: December 12, 2017
Written by locals, Fodor's Essential Peru is the perfect guidebook for those looking for insider tips to make the most out their visit to Lima, Machu Picchu, Cusco and beyond. Complete with detailed maps and concise descriptions, this Peru travel guide will help you plan your trip with ease. Join...
by Grace Swift
Language: English
Release Date: July 31, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: July 31, 2015
Welcome to Miami, Florida, home of the Miami Dolphins (NFL) and the Miami Heat (NBA), the world famous neighborhoods of Little Havana and South Beach and the resurrection of Art Deco architecture. Visit Miami and you will see, hear and taste a cacophony of languages, ethnic foods and vibrant people....
Charleston & Hilton Head Island Travel Guide
Attractions, Eating, Drinking, Shopping & Places To Stay
Language: English
Release Date: August 25, 2015
As one of the oldest cities in the United States, Charleston, South Carolina has both history and character. With cobblestone streets and decorative front porches, the buildings of Charleston provide a visible record of America's history from its pre-Revolutionary days. Just off the coast of South...
by Athol Fugard, Marianne McDonald
Language: English
Release Date: September 1, 2007
Language: English
Release Date: September 1, 2007
“A rare playwright who could be a primary candidate for either the Nobel Prize in Literature or the Nobel Peace Prize.”—The New YorkerThis new play about life and art by renowned playwright Athol Fugard is based on his early friendship with actor Andrew Huegonit, considered the finest...
The Price of Fire
Resource Wars and Social Movements in Bolivia
Language: English
Release Date: March 1, 2007
New social movements have emerged in Bolivia over the “price of fire”—access to basic elements of survival like water, gas, land, coca, employment, and other resources. Though these movements helped pave the way to the presidency for indigenous coca-grower Evo Morales in 2005, they have made...
Commerce with the Universe
Africa, India, and the Afrasian Imagination
Language: English
Release Date: October 8, 2013
Reading the life narratives and literary texts of South Asians writing in and about East Africa, Gaurav Desai builds a surprising, alternative history of Africa's experience with slavery, migration, colonialism, nationalism, and globalization. Consulting Afrasian texts that are literary and nonfictional,...
Sacral Grooves, Limbo Gateways
Travels in Deep Southern Time, Circum-Caribbean Space, Afro-creole Authority
Language: English
Release Date: September 15, 2013
“We’re seeing people that we didn’t know exist,” the director of FEMA acknowledged in the wake of Hurricane Katrina. Sacral Grooves, Limbo Gateways offers a corrective to some of America’s institutionalized invisibilities by delving into the submerged networks of ritual performance, writing,...
Fodor's Essential Argentina
with the Wine Country, Uruguay & Chilean Patagonia
Language: English
Release Date: November 20, 2018
Written by locals, Fodor’s Essential Argentina is the perfect guidebook for those looking for insider tips to make the most out their visit to Argentina. Complete with detailed maps and concise descriptions, this travel guide will help you plan your trip with ease. Join Fodor’s in exploring one...