Small Circle Of Beings

DAMON GALGUT

Penguin Random House South Africa

In the spring of 1977, Frank Stilwell launched Vingila, 17 tons of welded-together 11-mm steel plates, in Durban harbor. An electrician by trade, Frank’s experience of sailing amounted to not very much – an unpleasant spell on a Scottish fishing trawler as a young man and a brief holiday on someone else’s yacht off the coast of Mozambique a couple of years before. Never one to be daunted by a challenge or to be resisted in any way, he took his nine-year-old twins, Robert and Nicky, out of school, persuaded his wife Maureen that they would all learn how to sail and cope with life on the open seas as they went, and prepared to follow his dream of circumnavigating the world. Facing real danger from the elements and at first having to live more by their wits than their skills, the Stilwell family set off boldly, determined to become part of a community of sailors and adventurers who spend more time on the ocean than they do on dry land. In this unique coming-of-age memoir, Martinique Stilwell’s recounting of her true-life gypsy childhood is poignant, funny and heartbreaking all at the same time. With the wisdom and innocence of a child’s point of view, it is a powerful yet tender story of physical and emotional adversity, of family dysfunction and the ties that bind, and of the shackles and exhilarating freedom of growing up.

Thinking Up A Hurricane

Biographies & Memoirs

Stilwell, Martinique

Travelers & Explorers

This is a true story of exodus, the inevitable journey of the last of the First People, as they leave the Great Sand Face and head for the modern world and cultural oblivion. Paul John Myburgh spent seven years with the ‘People of the Great Sand Face’, and three of those with a group of Gwikwe Bushmen in the Kalahari Desert. They were years of physical and spiritual immersion into a way of life of which only an echo remains in living memory. But all does not end there. In The Bushman Winter Has Come, the author imagines a continuing journey towards a place where we may, once again, know who we are in the context of our life on this earth … towards a time when we may answer the Gwikwe’s morning greeting, Tsamkwa/tge? (Are your eyes nicely open?) with a confident Yes.

The Bushman Winter Has Come: The true story of the last band of /Gwikwe Bushmen on the Great Sand Face

Myburgh, Paul John

Literature & Fiction

When Father Gumede, known as priest, loses his job as a farmhand, he realizes he can’t afford to love his neighbor as he does himself. Despondent and enraged, priest cuts off all ties to the church and politics, determined to make a living - at whatever cost. It will take a strange story written by his son Sandile - a comical, terrifying and prophetic tale in which the downtrodden rise up to march on the wealth of a neighboring suburb - to show Priest the hope and humanity inherent in the human spirit. Beautifully poetic, funny and highly relevant, Nkosinathi Sithole’s debut novel highlights the ongoing plight of many rural South Africans and the power of a community working together to bring about change.

Hunger Eats a Man

Sithole, Nkosinathi

Literary

You'll never sleep soundly in a safari tent again...GRIPPING FIRST-HAND ACCOUNTS OF EXTRAORDINARY SIGHTINGS, SCRAPES AND INCIDENTS IN ONE OF AFRICA'S GREATEST NATIONAL PARKS  An enraged elephant flips a car onto its roof. A lioness prises open the door of a terrified couple. A leopard helps itself to a family's picnic breakfast. A fleeing impala leaps through an open car window. A lion charges around inside a busy rest camp. A hyaena snatches a baby from a tent. A tourist takes a bath in a croc-infested waterhole...  These are just a few of the 101 jaw-dropping sightings, scrapes and encounters in this collection of extraordinary true stories from the roads, camps, picnic sites and walking trails of South Africa's Kruger National Park, as told by the very people who experienced them. There are no game ranger tales here - each and every story happened to an ordinary Kruger visitor doing what over a million tourists do in this spectacular reserve each year.  It is a book to keep by your bedside in Kruger, to dip into at home when you're missing the bush, to lend to friends who've never visited the Park or to pore over before your next trip. Just don't expect to ever sleep soundly in a safari tent again...  IN THIS PRINT EDITION:  - 410 pages of extraordinary, hair-raising, unusual, hilarious and jaw-dropping safari tales - 192 astonishing colour photographs of many of the incidents - All stories 100% true - and could happen to YOU! - Find out what it is like to be stormed by a lion, attacked by an elephant, bitten by a deadly snake or chased by hyaenas - A thrilling read whether you're a Kruger veteran or a safari dreamer - Discover for yourself the wildlife magic that draws over a million tourists to this spectacular piece of Africa each year

101 Kruger Tales: Extraordinary stories from ordinary visitors to the Kruger National Park

Travel

Africa

This comprehensive planning guide to 4x4 travel through eastern Africa (Zambia, Malawi, Tanzania, Kenya, Uganda, Ethiopia) is based on first-hand travel experience. Introductory chapters give detailed general information and guidance on itineraries, what to take, potential costs, fuel availability, road conditions, security issues, requisite documentation, medical precautions, check lists, bush recipes and more. This is followed by descriptions of the routes traversed by the author and her party through six countries. Route maps and detailed, sensible advice equip future travelers with all the necessary information required to plan and carry out out a trouble-free trip through the region. This handy companion has easy, bulleted text and contains numerous photographs. An invaluable guide for 4x4 explorers to these less-travelled, but hugely rewarding, parts of the continent.

4x4 Travel Guide: Eastern Africa: Zambia * Malawi * Tanzania * Uganda * Kenya * Ethiopia

Day, Maureen

A book of affirmations that highlights each of South Africa's eleven official languages: Sepedi, Sesotho, Setswana, siSwati, Tshivenda, Xitsonga, Afrikaans, English, isiNdebele, isiXhosa and isiZulu.

The South African Alphabet of Affirmations

Children's Books

Williams, Nyasha

Education & Reference

Raven and Rover

Martins, Dino

Animals

Join a spirited group of young explorers on an African Safari adventure! Packed with excitement, curiosity, and their favorite game, "Let's Ask Questions", they set off to encounter the famed Big Five and extend their awe to the lesser-celebrated yet equally captivating "Forgotten Four" - the gentle giraffe, hefty hippo, swift warthog, and mesmerizing zebra. Through thrilling encounters and newfound knowledge, they discover the magic of African wildlife and the vital importance of conservation. Come along on this enlightening odyssey celebrating the diverse tapestry of Africa's incredible fauna.

The Speedy Six Olympics

Toerien, Roslynne

The Forgotten Four

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