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South Africa has a rich literary tradition, and there are numerous talented local authors who have made significant contributions to literature.

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    Torchbearers: Inspirational Women of South Africa (Paperback)

    Wendy Maartens
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    Inspirational women of South Africa Torchbearers; heroic women; inspiring women of South Africa. This amazing series contains the stories of 12 ...

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  • Trouvrou

    Sylvia Strauss
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    Author: Sylvia Strauss / Supplier: Blue Weaver

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  • The Lightness Of Air (Paperback)

    Angela Miller-Rothbart
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    In 1920, after leaving their home in Russia, the brothers Samuel and Isaac Harris arrive on the shores of America. They each carry a battered brown...

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  • Blame Me on History (Paperback)

    William Bloke Modisane
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    Feeling an exile in the country of his birth, the talented journalist and leading black intellectual Bloke Modisane left South Africa in 1959. It w...

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  • The First Murder On Mars (Trade Paperback)

    Sam Wilson
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    This is the story of the first human being born on Mars: Rose Fuller. She saw a better future than the one we were given and gave her life to build...

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  • Net nie `n Hond nie! (Afrikaans Edition) (Paperback)

    Jaco Jacobs
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    Wim se verjaardag is om die draai … en hy weet presies wat hy wil hê! ’n Hond! Maar ongelukkig het sy ma en pa ander planne. Hulle reken ’n hond...

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  • Infanta: Film-Tie In (Paperback)

    Deon Meyer
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    Een van Deon Meyer se mees geliefde boeke is nou ook te sien as die TV-reeks Devil’s Peak. Om sy lewe terug te kry, moet speurder-inspekteur Bennie...

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  • The Great Trek Uncut: Escape From British Rule: The Boer Exodus From The Cape Colony, 1836 (Paperback)

    Robin Binckes
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    In the early planning stages of Freedom Park, Robin Binckes participated as a member of the history sub-committee. The amount of debate and argumen...

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  • Strange Fruit (Paperback)

    Helen Moffett
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    Strange Fruit is a courageous debut with a remarkable range in theme and tone, from the nostalgic to the comedic to the bawdy, and to the angry, th...

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  • I Am a Criminal When it Suits Me

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  • Die Bom: Suid-Afrika se Kernwapenprogram (Paperback)

    Nicolaas von Wielligh, Lydia von Wielligh-Steyn
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    Dekades lank het die wereld gegis oor Suid-Afrika en Die Bom. Die land het ses kernbomme in die geheim ontwikkel, maar hulle self vernietig. Geen a...

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  • Geldwolfie (Hardcover)

    Jaco Jacobs
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    Daar is iets wat Wolfie baie graag wil hê, maar dit is baie duur. Hy moet sy maanmunte spaar! Wolfie werk hard. Hy leer hoe om sy maanmunte om te d...

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  • Blou Bloed: Koninklike Spore In Suid-Afrika (Paperback)

    Daniel Lötter
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    Suid-Afrika se skoonheid en koloniale geskiedenis het seker gemaak dat verskeie bloubloediges deur die eeue heen sterk bande met die land ontwikkel...

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  • Omdat Ek En Jy (Omnibus)

    Elsa Winckler
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    Author: Elsa Winckler / Supplier: Central Books Ltd

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  • Skaakmat in Elf (Paperback)

    Etienne Labuschagne
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    Twee vroue Mossadagente, een 'n Suid-Afrikaansgebore musiekonderwyseres en die ander 'n Britse plantkundige, probeer om die meesterbrein agter die ...

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  • In Pursuit Of Dignity (Paperback)

    Mohamed Surty
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    In a collection of vignettes Mohamed Enver Surty writes about his life experiences. He practiced as an attorney and human rights lawyer in Rustenbu...

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  • The Lost Love Of Akbar Manzil (Trade Paperback)

    Shubnum Khan
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    Sana and Meena will never meet. The two women share little beyond Akbar Manzil, the sprawling mansion they call home. When Meena fell in love with ...

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  • Crashed - How Trashing A Ferrari Saved My Life (Paperback)

    Melinda Ferguson
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    To celebrate her 14-year clean and sober birthday, Ferguson organises to take a R3.2 million Ferrari California out on a test drive for the day. Tw...

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  • My First Promise Bible (Hardcover)

    Ewald Van Rensburg
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    God’s promises are precious gifts to our children, allowing them to grow into a lifelong relationship with God. My First Promise Bible emphasizes f...

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  • The Revolution Will Not Be Litigated (Trade Paperback)

    Mark Gevisser
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    Written from the maxim “it takes a lawyer, an activist, and a storyteller to change the world", The Revolution Will Not Be Litigated shows how the ...

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  • The Grief Handbook (Paperback)

    Bridget Mcnulty
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    The Grief Handbook will take you by the hand and offer empathy and compassion, helping you through what can feel like the worst days of your life. ...

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  • It's Mine: How the Crypto Industry is Redefining Ownership (Paperback)

    Steven Boykey Sidley
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    “Crypto”, a loose term that means many things to different people, only entered public consciousness within the last five years or so, now evident ...

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  • I Am Shudu (Paperback)

    Shudufhadzo Musida
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    Shudu’s happy and carefree childhood seems very far away when she moves towns and is bullied by her new classmates for being an outsider. But her s...

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  • The Joy Dancer (Paperback)

    Gregory Maqoma
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    Gregory isn’t keen on soccer, but he loves to dance and jive and feel the energy and rhythm in the music that is all around him. Dancing brings him...

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  • Jy's My Kersgeskenk (Paperback)

    Elsa Winckler
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    ‘n Man met ‘n plan Nicola moet fokus op haar nuwe werwingsagentskap, en nie dagdroom oor Etienne Fouché, een van die direkteure van DFHM Capital n...

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  • Dit is nie 'n Boek nie! (Paperback)

    Jaco Jacobs
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    Dit is nie ’n boek nie …dis ’n avontuur,’n lag per dag,’n sirkus,’n wipwarit,’n towertapyt!Hierdie boek bevat ’n rympie vir elke dag van die jaar!V...

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  • As Long As It's Not A Dog! (Paperback)

    Jaco Jacobs
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    Tim’s birthday is around the corner and he knows exactly what he wants … a dog!Unfortunately, his parents have other ideas. They think dogs are noi...

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    Ek Het 'n Engel Gesien (Paperback)

    Amore Bekker
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    Ek het ‘n Engel gesien is stories wat skrywer en raak prater Amore Bekker ontvang het as voormalige RSG-aanbieder nadat sy luisteraars gevra het om...

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  • Torchbearers 1: Ingrid, Thuli, Grizelda

    Wendy Maartens
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    Torchbearers; heroic women; inspiring women of South Africa. This amazing series contains the stories of 12 women who deserve to be celebrated; wom...

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  • Stasies (Paperback)

    Joan Hambidge
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    Hannah se speurtog dek ook die soeke na Lizelle. Was sy die liefde van Hannah se lewe, en wat sou van haar geword het? Die roman word eweneens 'n...

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  • Nelson Mandela: The Authorised Comic Book (Paperback)

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    Author: Mandela Foundation / Supplier:

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  • In a Strange Room (Paperback)

    Damon Galgut
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    He is intensely happy, which is possible for him when he is walking and alone.   A young man makes three journeys that take him through Greece, Ind...

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  • Een Dag in Julie (Paperback)

    Nerine Ahlers
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    Matt háát haar. Kiana, die koningin. Sy pa se nuwe vrou wat stil-stil hulle lewens kom oorneem het tydens die Covid-inperkings, net nadat sy ma oor...

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  • Speurhond Willem in die Amasone (Paperback)

    Elizabeth Wasserman
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    Die aartsskelm Brummel is weer op vrye voet, en op die spoor van 'n sampioen wat in die Amasone groei en glo 'n wonderkrag het: die mens wat dit ee...

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    Hoe Gril Ek Nou! (Paperback)

    François Bloemhof, De Wet Hugo
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    Van ’n teddiebeer wat lewend word, tot ’n snotmonster wat ’n koshuis terroriseer en ’n spookmeisie wat in die middel van die nag in jou oor fluiste...

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  • Op Pappa se Skouers (Paperback)

    Niki Daly
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    Om skool toe te stap saam met Mamma, Gogo en Tata is groot pret. Maar om hoog in die lug op Pappa se skouers te sit, is die HEEL BESTE! Op Pappa se...

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  • Youth (Paperback)

    J.M. Coetzee
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    Youth's narrator, a student in 1950s South Africa, has long been plotting an escape from his native country. Studying mathematics, reading poetry, ...

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  • My Big Fat Greek Taverna: From Diplomacy to Ouzo (Paperback)

    Costa Ayiotis
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    In a moment of madness, Costa Ayiotis, a former United Nations diplomat, quits the Joburg rat race and opens a Greek taverna in Hout Bay. The local...

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  • Duiwelsroos (Paperback)

    Leon van Nierop
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    ’n Orkaan waai privaatspeurder Beer Henning tot op die spogroosplaas Roosbaron. Daar ontdek hy pikswart rose wat ’n dodelike geheim versteek: die d...

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  • My Eerste Beloftebybel (Hardcover)

    Ewald van Rensburg
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    God se beloftes is kosbare geskenke wat kinders help om God te leer ken en ‘n lewenslange verhouding met Hom te vorm. My Eerste Beloftebybel fokus ...

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  • The Pole And Other Stories (Paperback)

    J.M. Coetzee
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    A pianist falls grandly, helplessly in love in this elegant new novella from the twice-Booker Prize winnerThe Pole tells the story of Witold Walczy...

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  • Die Otters 7: Se Veldskoolavonture (Paperback)

    Cor Dirks
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    Die Otters gaan veldskool toe. Hier leer hulle ’n paar dinge oor die natuur en oor hulself, en versterk die vriendskapsbande terwyl die seuns snags...

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  • Die Otters 8: In Die Okavango-moeras (Paperback)

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    Die Otters gaan saam met hulle pa’s op ’n kampeervakansie na Moremi, ’n wildreservaat in die oostelike gedeelte van die Okavango-delta. Een pa nooi...

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  • Die Otters 4: En Die Huis Op Die Krans (Paperback)

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  • Die Otters 6: Skateiland Van Die Seychelles (Paperback)

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    Die drie vriende gaan saam met Buks se ouers na die Seychelles. Hulle hou lekker vakansie en vergaap hulle aan die koraalriwwe wat soos slange lang...

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  • My First Jan Braai Book (Board Book)

    Jan Braai
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    My First Jan Braai Book is the best introduction to braai for little ones, and the first book of its kind. It includes English, Afrikaans, isiXhosa...

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  • Her Silent Screams Series 3: The End of Her Silent Screams (Paperback)

    Busisekile Khumalo
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    Poignant and bittersweet, Farrah's journey comes full circle. All Farrah could think about while she was in captivity was finding her way back ...

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  • Beer Country's Blackouts & Boerewors (Trade Paperback)

    Karl Tessendorf, Greg Gilowey
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    Load-shedding sucks! You know it. We know it. The whole country knows it. It's also no secret that it's here to stay for the foreseeable future. Is...

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