Karoo Boy

Author : Troy Blacklaws
Publisher : Open Road Media
ISBN 13 : 1480410020
Total Pages : 225 pages
Book Rating : 4.22/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Karoo Boy written by Troy Blacklaws and published by Open Road Media. This book was released on 2013-03-26 with total page 225 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: DIVDIVTroy Blacklaws’s acclaimed debut novel is the remarkable story of a boy coming of age in the wake of tragedy/divDIV When his twin brother dies in a freak accident, Douglas’s life begins to unravel. His mother leaves his father, taking Douglas with her to live in the Karoo region, a harsh desert landscape that is a far cry from Cape Town and the seaside life Douglas has always known. In this small village that is wary of outsiders, he makes two friends who change his life forever: a beautiful girl named Marika and an old man named Moses. Immersed in rich language and vivid detail, and set against the backdrop of 1970s South Africa, Karoo Boy is the story of a young man finding his way in the midst of chaos and loss./divDIV /div/div

Author : Troy Blacklaws
Publisher : Mariner Books
ISBN 13 : 9780156030656
Total Pages : 196 pages
Book Rating : 4.59/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Karoo Boy written by Troy Blacklaws and published by Mariner Books. This book was released on 2004 with total page 196 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: His family shattered by a freak accident that ended the life of his twin brother, Douglas moves with his mother to a tiny backwater town in the semi-desert Karoo region, where he befriends an adventurous girl and an elderly garage worker. A first novel. Original.

Author : Chris Schoeman
Publisher : Penguin Random House South Africa
ISBN 13 : 1770225706
Total Pages : 224 pages
Book Rating : 4.01/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Historical Karoo written by Chris Schoeman and published by Penguin Random House South Africa. This book was released on 2013-09-30 with total page 224 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: To many people, especially those driving along the N1 national road at high speeds, the Karoo represents nothing more than a monotonous, hot and arid landscape to be passed through as quickly as possible. But in this vast, open region, history is everywhere, if visitors would only look for it. And that is exactly the purpose of this book: to point out all the many places, buildings, objects and associated personalities of historical interest in the Karoo. The Karoo has been the world of travellers, writers, statesmen and scientists, figures as diverse as Olive Schreiner, Rudyard Kipling, Winston Churchill and Dr Chris Barnard. It has also been the scene of serious conflict, of which the many old British blockhouses, forts, grave sites and memorials dating from the Anglo-Boer War are vivid reminders; and it still boasts old examples of vernacular and industrial architecture, and engineering, in the form of corbelled houses, water mills and bridges. The Historical Karoo is ordered according to three main routes that people drive through the area. It provides short histories of the towns along the way, and points out the sites, buildings and other aspects of interest that can be found there. Enlivened by historical and current photographs and informative side panels, this book is a collector’s item.

Author : Gordon Wright
Publisher : Penguin Random House South Africa
ISBN 13 : 143230951X
Total Pages : 160 pages
Book Rating : 4.10/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Karoo Food written by Gordon Wright and published by Penguin Random House South Africa. This book was released on 2018-06-01 with total page 160 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Following on the success of Veld to Fork, Gordon Wright’s first book, Karoo Food is bigger, better and tastier than ever, with more recipes, stories and anecdotes about life and food in the Karoo. Once again Gordon takes you on a Slow Food journey, via your taste buds, to foodie nirvana. Tracing the origins of ingredients and the stories behind the dishes, this is a selection of recipes and inspirations from the important people in his life. It’s a mix of the old and the new, and a tribute to all those lovely people and their marvellous food over the generations who have helped foster his love of cooking. This book is a must-have for cooks, foodies and aspiring home chefs.

Author : Troy Blacklaws
Publisher : Open Road Media
ISBN 13 : 1480410004
Total Pages : 95 pages
Book Rating : 4.08/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Bafana Bafana written by Troy Blacklaws and published by Open Road Media. This book was released on 2013-03-26 with total page 95 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: DIVOne boy’s journey to see his favorite soccer player in action becomes an uplifting song to the South African spiritDIV /divA modern-day folktale set in the heart of South Africa, Bafana Bafana is the story of Pelé, an eleven-year-old village boy whose dream is to see his soccer team play. Such a dream is considered crazy for a boy from the distant outback, but Pelé is far from ordinary; determined to see his favorite player, Sibusiso Zuma, play live, Pelé treks hundreds of kilometers to the jostling, jiving Cape Town. From the dangers of townships, the incredible story of Nelson Mandela, and the magic of a local medicine man, Bafana Bafana is a joyous and lively tale about following your dreams, even in the face of daunting hurdles.DIV /div /div

Author : Yewande Omotoso
Publisher : African Books Collective
ISBN 13 : 1920397353
Total Pages : 268 pages
Book Rating : 4.57/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Bom Boy written by Yewande Omotoso and published by African Books Collective. This book was released on 2011 with total page 268 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Leke is a troubled young man living in the suburbs of Cape Town. He develops strange habits of stalking people, stealing small objects and going from doctor to doctor in search of companionship rather than cure. Through a series of letters written to him by his Nigerian father whom he has never met, Leke learns about a family curse; a curse which his father had unsuccessfully tried to remove. BOM BOY is a well-crafted, and complex narrative written with a sensitive understanding of both the smallness and magnitude of a single life.

Author : Brad Philpot
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 110765422X
Total Pages : 383 pages
Book Rating : 4.28/5 ( download)

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Download or read book English B for the IB Diploma Coursebook written by Brad Philpot and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2013-07-18 with total page 383 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A practical and accessible course covering the English B syllabus (from 2011) for the IB Diploma. Suitable for standard and higher level students, this resource is written by an experienced IB English teacher following the English B syllabus.Features include activities and authentic texts to develop reading and comprehension, integrated study ideas for IB central core, featuring LP (Learner profile), CAS (Creativity, Activity, Service), TOK (Theory of Knowledge) EE (Extended Essay), and a Glossary with definitions of key vocabulary.This title offers comprehensive learning and support for teachers and students, ideas for extensive reading material, activities to build language skills and cultural understanding for extension essays, research, exam preparation and a free teacher resources website: ibdiploma.cambridge.org.

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Publisher : Brill
ISBN 13 : 940120845X
Total Pages : 419 pages
Book Rating : 4.51/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Trauma, Memory, and Narrative in the Contemporary South African Novel written by and published by Brill. This book was released on 2012-01-01 with total page 419 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The contributions to this volume probe the complex relationship of trauma, memory, and narrative. By looking at the South African situation through the lens of trauma, they make clear how the psychic deformations and injuries left behind by racism and colonialism cannot be mended by material reparation or by simply reversing economic and political power-structures. Western trauma theories – as developed by scholars such as Caruth, van der Kolk, Herman and others – are insufficient for analysing the more complex situation in a postcolony such as South Africa. This is because Western trauma concepts focus on the individual traumatized by a single identifiable event that causes PTSD (Post Traumatic Stress Disorder). What we need is an understanding of trauma that sees it not only as a result of an identifiable event but also as the consequence of an historical condition – in the case of South Africa, that of colonialism, and, more specifically, of apartheid. For most black and coloured South Africans, the structural violence of apartheid’s laws were the existential condition under which they had to exist. The living conditions in the townships, pass laws, relocation, and racial segregation affected great parts of the South African population and were responsible for the collective traumatization of several generations. This trauma, however, is not an unclaimed (and unclaimable) experience. Postcolonial thinkers who have been reflecting on the experience of violence and trauma in a colonial context, writing from within a Fanonian tradition, have, on the contrary, believed in the importance of reclaiming the past and of transcending mechanisms of victimization and resentment, so typical of traumatized consciousnesses. Narration and the novel have a decisive role to play here.

Author : Niki Daly
Publisher : Eerdmans Young Readers
ISBN 13 : 0802854176
Total Pages : 20 pages
Book Rating : 4.79/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Herd Boy written by Niki Daly and published by Eerdmans Young Readers. This book was released on 2012-10-04 with total page 20 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: While doing a good job of caring for his grandfather's sheep and goat on the grasslands of South Africa, young Malusi dreams of everything from owning his own dog to becoming president one day. Illustrations.

Author : Troy Blacklaws
Publisher : Jacana Media
ISBN 13 : 1431402508
Total Pages : 222 pages
Book Rating : 4.02/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Cruel Crazy Beautiful World written by Troy Blacklaws and published by Jacana Media. This book was released on 2011 with total page 222 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: