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Thatcher: a lesson in history

Charles Moore was appointed Lady Thatcher's official biographer in 1997, on condition that the book did not appear in her lifetime...

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Review: Taken Captive by Birds

If I had to label this book in two words I’d file it under “absolutely magical”.

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Book review: Bushveld, Desert and Dogs

This is Bakkes’ first English book which has been translated from Afrikaans. It is a compilation of his life experiences taken from various titles...

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Thatcher: a lesson in history
May 16 2013 at 11:35

Charles Moore was appointed Lady Thatcher's official biographer in 1997, on condition that the book did not appear in her lifetime...

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Review: Taken Captive by Birds
May 16 2013 at 10:13

If I had to label this book in two words I’d file it under “absolutely magical”.

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Book review: Bushveld, Desert and Dogs
April 25 2013 at 09:42

This is Bakkes’ first English book which has been translated from Afrikaans. It is a compilation of his life experiences taken from various titles...

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Review: Guide to Grasses of Southern Africa
April 25 2013 at 09:37

Most people will not know how important grasses are to our existence. If it wasn’t for grasses, most of us would not be around at all...

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Book review: The Song of Achilles
April 25 2013 at 09:30

I’ll admit I’m a huge Mary Renault fan, so when Madeline Miller’s The Song of Achilles came up on my reading pile, I recalled The Persian Boy and devoured it.

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Book review: The Super-Afrikaners
April 11 2013 at 08:55

The Afrikaner Broederbond was established in 1918 with the laudable aim of uplifting Afrikaners impoverished and demoralised in the wake of the Anglo-Boer War.

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Book review: Sweet Tooth
April 11 2013 at 08:51

Perhaps because of the movie, Atonement is Ian McEwan’s best-known novel and, like this one, deals with the decisions people make, and how, at some point, life turns...

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Book review: Home Remedies
April 11 2013 at 08:48

Just glancing at the synopsis of the author’s latest book, it seems an intriguing, if complicated, story.

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Book review: Two Brothers
April 11 2013 at 08:44

This is the first in the Exclusive Books Recommends/new Boeke campaign which selects one book a month as the big prize among a number of recommended books.

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How to live to get the most out of life
March 18 2013 at 09:17

Dr Brenda Hattingh says this book has been written for old and young. For young people she hopes it will help them realise they must live a full life – now.

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