Under the Camelthorn Tree
Raising a family among lions
A mother’s gritty yet often humorous account of bringing up her five children in a lion research camp; a 21st-century My Family and Other Animals with a dark side.
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A Headmaster’s Story
My Life in Education
Bill Schroder is the stuff of which teaching legends are made. Strict, yet kind and tolerant, he blended a magic mix of care and discipline to bring out the best in his pupils. In A Headmaster’s Story, Bill shares the story of his life, offering many insights into the challenges and rewards of teaching.
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Heart of a Game Ranger
Stories from a Wild Life
Predictability isn’t a word you will find in any Bushveld dictionary, and the life of wildlife guardian Mario Cesare has been anything but. After years as warden of Olifants River Game Reserve, his feet are firmly planted in this magnificent slice of Big Five country to the west of the Kruger Park, where he has experienced a rich life packed full of incidents far from routine.
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Heartbreaker
Christiaan Barnard and the first heart transplant
In this biography of Chris Barnard we not only learn about the life of South Africa’s most famous surgeon– but James Styan also examines the impact of the historic heart transplant on Barnard’s personal life and South African society at large.
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Lost and Found in Johannesburg
Johannesburg is a place of edges and boundaries; no place for a flaneur: this book is Gevisser’s account of getting lost in his home town, and then finding himself, and then getting lost again.
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The Man with the Black Dog
A true modern-day Jock of the Bushveld
Though Mario is a game ranger and conservationist, this is not just another “40 years as a game ranger” type of book. It is the story of an adventurous life – spanning both pre- and post-1994 Southern Africa – which is interwoven with the tale of an intense, loving 14-year relationship between himself and his dog Shilo.
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The Last Resort
A Memoir of Zimbabwe
Thrilling, heart-breaking, and, at times, absurdly funny, The Last Resort is an inspiring coming-of-age tale about home, love, hope, responsibility and redemption. An edgy rollercoaster adventure, it is also a deeply moving story about how to survive a corrupt Third World dictatorship with a little innovation, humor, bribery and brothel management.
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Doing Life with Mandela
My Prisoner, My Friend
“I was 19 years old when I came face to face with Nelson Mandela. He was 60. Until that day I had never heard of him, or his African National Congress. I was his prison warder on Robben Island and he changed my life forever.” – Christo Brand
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Ramaphosa: Path to Power
In Ramaphosa: Path to Power veteran journalist Ray Hartley reveals how Cyril Ramaphosa pulled off one of the greatest political comebacks of modern times, and what lies in store for the new president as he embarks on a hefty clean-up operation of a country in shambles.
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