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Author
Series
Publisher
Lerner Publications Co
Pub. Date
2005
Physical Desc
1 online resource (72 p.) : col. ill. ; 23 cm.
Language
English
Description
Introduces the basics of South African cooking including descriptions of cooking utensils, cooking terms, and special ingredients. Provides examples of typical southern African menus and includes a wide range of authentic recipes.
Author
Pub. Date
2003
Edition
1st ed.
Physical Desc
240 pages ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
Masterly new fiction from the recipient of the Nobel Prize in Literature
A startling new work: ten fictions, each a revelation of our interior lives, each entering unforeseen contexts of our contemporary world. In the title story, an earthquake exposes both an ocean bed strewn with treasure among the dead and the avarice of the town's survivors. In "The Diamond Mine," a woman recalls her youthful surreptitious sexual initiation, while she and her...
Author
Pub. Date
1982
Edition
Book Club ed.
Physical Desc
61 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
Academy-Award winner Athol Fugard, one of theatre's most acclaimed playwrights, finds humor and heartbreak in the friendship of Harold, a 17-year old white boy in 1950's South Africa, and the two middle aged black servants who raised him. Racism unexpectedly shatters Harold's childhood and friendships in this absorbing, affecting coming of age play. The play, initially banned from production in South Africa, is a Drama Desk Award winner for Outstanding...
7) South Africa
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2015
Physical Desc
24 pages : color illustrations, color map ; 28 cm.
Language
English
Description
"Describes life in South Africa. Readers are introduced to Mandisa, who tells about the country's landscape, celebrations, and food. A fast facts page with information on religion, language, and geography is included"--Provided by publisher.
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2009
Edition
[Rev. ed.]
Lexile measure
IG 990L
Physical Desc
32 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 29 cm.
Language
English
Description
People of many different backgrounds live in South Africa. It is a country that has throughout history endured wars, race struggles, and more recently, severe health crises. South Africans have learned to survive and thrive despite adversity.
9) Agaat
Author
Pub. Date
2020
Edition
Updated U.S. edition.
Physical Desc
xiii, 583 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
Focuses on the relationship between Milla, an aging white female farmer in South Africa, and Agaat, her black maidservant, in a story set near the end of apartheid.