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I Dared to call him Father - The Miraculous Story of a Muslim Woman`s Encounter with God
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I Dared to Call Him Father is the fascinating true story of Bilquis Sheikh, a prominent Muslim woman. Her unusual journey to a personal relationship with God turned her world upside down-and put her life in danger. Originally published in 1978, the book has sold 300,000 copies and is a classic...
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Hustle Harder Hustle Smarter
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For the first time, Curtis "50 Cent" Jackson opens up about his amazing comeback - from tragic personal loss to thriving businessman and cable’s highest-paid executive - in this unique self-help guide, his first since his blockbuster  New York Times  best seller  The 50th Law...
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Winnie & Nelson (Portrait Of A Marriage)
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One of the most celebrated political leaders of our time, Nelson Mandela has been written about by many biographers and historians. But in one crucial area, his life remains largely untold: his marriage to Winnie Madikizela-Mandela. During his years in prison, Nelson grew ever more in love with...
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The Second Life Of Tiger Woods
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“F ascinating...[Bamberger] knows the world of professional golf, and the pressures it exacts, like few others.” — The Wall Street Journal It’s one of the greatest comebacks of all time. And for Tiger Woods—his game, his body, and his life in shambles—getting back to...
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Enemy Of The People: How Jacob Zuma Stole South Africa And How The People Fought Back
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Enemy of the People is the first definitive account of Zuma’s catastrophic misrule, offering eyewitness descriptions and cogent analysis of how South Africa was brought to its knees – and how a people fought back. When Jacob Zuma took over the leadership of the ANC one muggy Polokwane evening in...
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Ramaphosa The Man Who Would Be king
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Deputy President Cyril Ramaphosa is credited with driving through the deal between the apartheid government and the African National Congress that was at the heart of South Africa’s democratic constitution. He was the ANC’s lead negotiator and the man who persuaded one of the most recalcitrant...
Doing Life With Mandela
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When separate worlds collide... "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." The two of them – one a young white...
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A Life Of Colour: A South African doctor’s pursuit of integrity
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DR ERROL HOLLAND: A LIFE OF COLOUR A SOUTH AFRICAN DOCTOR’S PURSUIT OF INTEGRITYErrol Holland grew up in Coronationville, a then ‘coloured’ township in Johannesburg. As a child he witnessed the destruction of the flamboyant racially mixed suburb of Sophiatown. As a young medical student in Cape...
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Joining the Dots: A Biography of Pravin Gordham
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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 him as Finance Minister, a move that signalled South Africa had been well and truly captured. Gordhan urged the crowd not to give up hope and to ‘join...
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Trump: Surviving At The Top
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The business magnate discusses his purchases of the Eastern Shuttle and Plaza Hotel, his construction of the Taj Mahal, and his sponsorship of heavyweight boxing, and gives advice on dealing with success and the importance of toughness.
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Thabo Mbeki: The Dream Deferred
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What happens to a dream deferred? This question, from one of Thabo Mbeki's favourite poems by Langston Hughes, provides the thread for this magisterial biography of the second president of a democratic South Africa. In the long shadow of Nelson Mandela, Mbeki attempted to forge an identity for...
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Charlene: In Search of a Princess
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When Charlene Wittstock married Prince Albert of Monaco in a star-studded wedding watched by millions across the world in 2011, rumours of her getting cold feet and her unhappiness about his love children swirled around the couple. Ever since then, the statuesque Olympic swimmer has been in the...
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Robert Sobukwe - How can Man Die Better
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"On 21 March 1960, Robert Mangaliso Sobukwe led a mass defiance of South Africa's pass laws. He urged blacks to go to the nearest police station and demand arrest. Police opened fire on a peaceful crowd in the township of Sharpeville and killed 69 people. The protest changed the course of South...
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Long Walk To Freedom
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The riveting memoirs of the outstanding moral and political leader of our time. Long walk to freedom brilliantly re-creates the drama of the experiences that helped shape Nelson Mandela's destiny. Emotive, compelling and uplifting, this is the exhilarating story of an epic life; a story of...
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