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Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.4 - AR Pts: 13
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English
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The comedian traces his coming of age during the twilight of apartheid in South Africa and the tumultuous days of freedom that followed, offering insight into the farcical aspects of the political and social systems of today's world.
3) Private gold
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Pub. Date
2017.
Language
English
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Hired to protect a visiting American woman, Private Johannesburg's Joey Montague is hoping for a routine job looking after a nervous tourist. After the apparent suicide of his business partner, he can't handle much more. But this case is not what it seems--and neither is his partner's death.
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English
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A death in South Africa may be tied to a centuries-old painting: “Is it O.K. to call a murder mystery ‘lovely’? That’s the word that comes to mind.”―Marilyn Stasio, The New York Times Book Review
Early on a May morning in the depth of South Africa’s winter, a woman’s naked body, washed in bleach, is discovered on a stone wall beside a highway some...
Early on a May morning in the depth of South Africa’s winter, a woman’s naked body, washed in bleach, is discovered on a stone wall beside a highway some...
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Publisher
Plough Publishing House
Language
English
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"Will the Freedom Struggle End in a Bloodbath? Nelson Mandela, the anti-apartheid hero and first leader of the new South Africa, is an international symbol of the power of a popular movement to fight structural racism. But that nonviolent struggle for equality and justice very nearly spiraled into an all-out race war that would have only ended in "the peace of graveyards." As the first post-apartheid elections approach in 1994, with South African...
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Series
Benny Griessel novels volume 5
Publisher
Highbridge Co
Pub. Date
[2015]
Edition
Unabridged.
Language
English
Description
When a plastic-wrapped corpse is found amidst the sand dunes north of Cape Town, it doesn't take long for the police to identify the body as Ernst Richter-the tech whiz behind MyAlibi, an Internet service that provides unfaithful partners with sophisticated cover stories to hide their affairs.
The murder quickly becomes the subject of fierce media speculation, with questions swirling about potential motives and perpetrators. Maybe it was one of...
8) South Africa
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Publisher
Marshall Cavendish
Pub. Date
1996
Edition
Reference ed.
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 9.1 - AR Pts: 3
Language
English
Description
Describes the geography, history, government, economy, and culture of South Africa.
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Pub. Date
2019.
Language
English
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Young, beautiful, and ambitious, Bontle Tau has Johannesburg wrapped around her finger. Her generous admirers are falling over themselves to pay for her Mercedes, her penthouse, and her Instagrammable holidays. It's a long way from the neighborhood she started out in, and it's been far from easy. Along with making sure she always looks fabulous-because people didn't sacrifice their lives in the freedom struggle for black women to wear the same cheap...
11) A far off place
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Distributed by Buena Vista Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2004]
Language
English
Description
A boy, a girl, a bushman, and a dog wander across the desert in order to escape elephant poachers who want them dead.
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Publisher
Fodor's Travel, a division of MH Sub I, LLC, dba Internet Brands
Pub. Date
[2022]
Edition
2nd edition.
Language
English
Description
"Perfect for planning the trip of a lifetime, this trusted travel resource, written by local Fodor's travel experts in South Africa, arms travelers with everything they need to see and do to make the most of this experience"--
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 11.2 - AR Pts: 51
Language
English
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Nelson Mandela, who emerged from twenty-six years of political imprisonment to lead South Africa out of apartheid and into democracy, is perhaps the world's most admired leader, a man whose life has been led with exemplary courage and inspired conviction.
Now Anthony Sampson, who has known Mandela since 1951 and has been a close observer of South Africa's political life for the last fifty years, has produced the first authorized biography, the...
Now Anthony Sampson, who has known Mandela since 1951 and has been a close observer of South Africa's political life for the last fifty years, has produced the first authorized biography, the...
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Universal Pictures Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
English
Description
At a prestigious South African school, Melea and her boyfriend imagine a hip-hop version of Romeo and Juliet. But Melea's dreams are dashed when she's unable to pay tuition and is forced to leave. Determined to fulfill her destiny, she persuades the community to support her artistic and unique vision.
15) Bulletproof 2
Publisher
Universal Pictures Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Description
Special Agent Jack Carter is assigned to take down a powerful South African crime family. Begrudgingly Carter assumes the identity of Archie Moses, a criminal with crucial ties to the case, but more notably the person who accidentally shot him in the head 25 years earlier. When a meeting between two cartel syndicates goes horribly wrong, the real Moses gets unwittingly put in danger.
16) Disgrace
Publisher
Image Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2010], c2007
Language
English
Description
Professor David Lurie is a man whose world is shattered when he is fired for seducing a college student. He finds peace at his estranged daughter's modest farm in South Africa until a horrific incident of terror and violence forces Lurie to confront his beliefs and the disturbing racial complexities of the new South Africa.
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Series
Legend of the animal healer volume 1
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 6.2 - AR Pts: 7
Language
English
Description
After a fire kills her parents, eleven-year-old Martine must leave England to live with her grandmother on a wildlife game reserve in South Africa, where she befriends a mythical white giraffe.
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