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    The Sword and the Shield: The Revolutionary Lives of Malcolm X and Martin Luther King Jr. (Paperback)

    Peniel Joseph
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    To most Americans, Malcolm X and Martin Luther King Jr. represent contrasting ideals: self-defense versus nonviolence, Black Power versus civil rig...

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  • Joining the Dots: An Unauthorised Biography Of Pravin Gordhan (Trade Paperback)

    Jonathan Ancer, Chris Whitfield
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    In April 2017, Pravin Gordan addressed a packed audience in St George’s Cathedral in Cape Town. It was a week after President Jacob Zuma had fired ...

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    A Pretoria Boy: The Story Of South Africa's Public Enemy Number One (Paperback)

    Peter Hain
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    A highly readable, dramatic story of a colourful South African journey in politics lasting over 50 years, from anti-apartheid protester to Right Ho...

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  • Agent Sonya: Lover, Mother, Soldier, Spy (Trade Paperback)

    Ben MacIntyre
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    Ursula Kuczynski Burton was a spymaster, saboteur, bomb-maker and secret agent. Codenamed 'Agent Sonya', her story has never been told - until now....

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  • Brothers in Arms: Real War. True Friends. Unlikely Heroes.

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    Darkly funny, shockingly honest, Brothers in Arms is an unforgettable account of the brutal reality of war - every scary, exciting moment - and the...

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  • BROTHERS IN ARMS PB

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    Darkly funny, shockingly honest, Brothers in Arms is an unforgettable account of the brutal reality of war - every scary, exciting moment - and the...

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  • But You Did Not Come Back

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    A runaway bestseller in France, But You Did Not Come Back is the deeply moving memoir of a survivor of the Holocaust. 'I was quite a cheerful pers...

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  • Angolsh: Scenes from an Army Camp in 1976

    Greg Latter
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    Author: Greg Latter / Supplier: Penguin Random House

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  • Chris Hani: A Jacana Pocket Biography (Paperback)

    Hugh Macmillan
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    The assassination of Chris Hani outside his home in Dawn Park on 10 April 1993 by a right-wing extremist was a decisive moment in the transition to...

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  • Conversations with a gentle soul

    Ahmed Kathrada
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  • Conversations With Myself (Paperback)

    Nelson Mandela
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    Nelson Mandela is still widely considered to be one of the most inspiring and iconic figures of our age. Here, after a lifetime of putting pen to p...

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  • Cry havoc

    Simon Mann
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    Author: Simon Mann / Supplier: Jonathan Ball

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  • Dare not linger: The presidential years (Hardcover)

    Nelson Mandela
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    Dare Not Linger is the story of Mandela's presidency, drawing heavily on the memoir he began to write as he prepared to finish his term as presiden...

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  • Dare Not Linger: The Presidential Years (Paperback)

    Nelson Mandela; Mandla Langa
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    Drawing on Nelson Mandela's own unfinished memoir, Dare Not Linger is the remarkable story of his presidency told in his own words and those of dis...

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    Death, Detention and Disappearance: A Lawyer's Battle to Hold Power to Account in 1980s Namibia (Paperback)

    David Smuts
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    In Namibia, the 1980s were a dark decade of human rights abuses by South African security forces. Justice David Smuts, then a young Windhoek lawyer...

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  • Degas' dust: Joburg maverick's quest to regain Nazi way booty

    Carnie Matisonn
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  • Double Crossed: A Code of Honour, A Complete Betrayal (Paperback)

    Brian Wood
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    The Sunday Times Bestseller that inspired BBC drama Danny BoyAt the age of 23, Brian Wood was thrust into the front line in Iraq, in the infamous B...

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  • Double Crossed: A Fighting Man Under Fire

    Brian Wood
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    The Sunday Times Bestseller At the age of 23, Brian Wood was thrust into the front line in Iraq, in the infamous Battle of Danny Boy. Ambushed, ...

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  • Dreams From My Father: A Story of Race and Inheritance

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    An international bestseller which has sold over a million copies in the UK, Dreams From My Father is a refreshing, revealing portrait of a young ma...

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  • Fighting ISIS

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    In February 2015, Tim Locks headed to Kurdistan to fight ISIS. After watching images of the Yazidi people being slaughtered, he couldn't sit back a...

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    First Man In: Leading from the Front

    Ant Middleton
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    NUMBER 1 SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER No one is born a leader. But through sheer determination and by confronting life's challenges, Ant Middleton ha...

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  • From cattle-herding to editor's chair: A forgotten founder of the ANC

    Wordsworth Books
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  • Get up! Stand up!: Personal journeys towards social justice

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  • Homage to Catalonia

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