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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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Book review: Churchill’s Bunker
March 14 2013 at 09:25

Thoughts turned to protecting the British command centre sometime before World War II broke out...

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Book review: The Founders
March 14 2013 at 09:13

The Founders is a fascinating account of the rise of a black elite, who were products of the mission schools and exerted themselves for the extension of human rights.

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Review: From Locker Room to Boardroom
March 7 2013 at 09:34

This is a book for every lover of rugby and especially of those great Springboks who, after retiring from rugby, made it to the top in the business world.

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Book review: Ivory, Apes and Peacocks
March 7 2013 at 08:53

You get those who lead with innovation and who prove to the world that the impossible is possible. That is in a nutshell Alan Root – film-maker extraordinaire.

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Roberts Guide to The Nests & Eggs of Southern African Birds
March 7 2013 at 08:50

Since the publication of Roberts Birds of Southern Africa VIIth edition, many more of our birds have been renamed...

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Book review: Between the Tides
March 7 2013 at 08:43

This book reflects a lifetime’s work and a dedication by George Hughes to the understanding and study of sea turtles.

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Complete work of reference on JM Coetzee
February 22 2013 at 15:16

Before this recently published work by JC Kannemeyer, enigmatic Nobel laureate John Maxwell Coetzee has not been the subject of a comprehensive biography.

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Review: African Wildlife Quiz Book
February 22 2013 at 10:42

Full of fun quizzes, interesting wildlife facts and games, clever brain teasers and crossword puzzles, this will keep up to five family or young players entertained for hours.

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Review - Ingrid Jonker: A poet’s life
February 22 2013 at 09:11

“She was both a poet and a South African. She was both an Afrikaner and an African. She was both an artist and a human being. In the midst of despair, she celebrated hope.”

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Review - ROD: The autobiography
February 8 2013 at 15:37

Rod Stewart’s autobiography is a great trip down memory lane for those who know him as Kimberley Stewart’s dad and for the not-so-young, of the ‘60s and ‘70s.

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