The specially selected e-book’s featured on this page - all with an ‘African’ theme of some sort, come in a variety of reading formats. HTML or JavaScript are available for online reading. Other formats include Kindle (.mobi), Epub, PDF, RTF, LRF (for Sony Reader), Palm Doc (PDB – for palm reading devices), as well as plain text.
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Recipes From Table Mountain - Traditional South African Recipes
By James Newton
Published: Sep. 21, 2012
Words: 13216 (approximate)
ISBN: 9781301881772
eBook Description:
This ecookbook contains Traditional South African dishes, plus an insight to the colourful culture of Cape Town.
Contents:
- History and Influences on South African Cooking
- Current Day South African Cuisine
- South African English
- South African Main Dishes
- Okra Dishes
- Rooibos Dishes
- South African Deserts
Grandma's Traditional South African Recipes
By Mabel van Niekerk
Published: March 12, 2012
Words: 12949 (approximate)
ISBN: 9781476270852
eBook Description:
South Africans love their tradional food and love to try out new recipes as well. As a tribute to their beautiful sunny climate a lot of their entertaining is done outdoors. The traditional “Braai” – a barbeque – is the South Africans favorite way of entertaining. Any excuse is good enough to invite friends and family over for a “braai” served with fresh vegetable salads and either pot-bread or "vetkoek". Your family will enjoy the variety of tasty dishes you will be able to add to the family menus. "Melktert", "Koeksisters" and Grandma's saucy lemon pudding are easy to make.
South African History Safari 1488-1902
By Gerald Jonas
Published: Nov. 15, 2012
Words: 25919 (approximate)
ISBN: Awaiting approval
eBook Description:
The Portuguese, Khoi, Dutch,Zulu and English influence on South African History. The good, the bad and the confused of South African History
113 Things To See And Do In Africa Before You Die
By Herbert Howard
Published: Aug. 10, 2012
Words: 10031 (approximate)
ISBN: 9781476025230
eBook Description:
Chapwani Island, Chobe Chilwero Lodge, Chobe National Park, Chole Mijini Lodge On The Mafia Archipelago, Chyulu Hills National Park, Cradle Of Humankind, Durban, Empakaai Crater, Etosha National Park, Faru Faru River Lodge, Franschhoek, Guludo Beach Lodge, Golfing In South Africa, Gorilla Safaris, Great Mosque Of Djenné, Great Pyramids Of Giza, Hermanus, Hluhluwe-Umfolozi Park, Island Of Benguerra, Jao, Kafue National Park, Kaokoland, Katavi National Park, Kavango And Caprivi Strip, Khenifiss National Park, Kibale National Park, Kicheche Mara Camp, Kimberly, Knysna, Kruger National Park, Lake Manyara National Park, Lake Nakuru National Park, Lazy Lagoon Island Retreat, Lewa Conservancy, Lochinvar National Park, Mafia Island, Mana Pools National Park and then of course there is even more.
By Frederic Hunter
Published: April 06, 2011
Words: 72022 (approximate)
ISBN: 9781614570059
eBook Description:
A white girl disappears in the Congo jungle. A Belgian planter escapes his past. An African king bests an award-winning American journalist in a contest of will. Author Frederic Hunter developed these stories from his experience as a State Department official and a journalist in Africa in the 1960s.
By Theodore P. Druch
Published: Aug. 25, 2010
Words: 68621 (approximate)
ISBN: 9781452399447
eBook Description:
When Ted and Maria arrive at the Tanzanian border with Kenya, they are told that they can't return to their Nairobi home unless they leave East Africa. A weekend turns into a month-long adventure.
By Malama Katulwende
Published: April 20, 2011
Words: 66981 (approximate)
ISBN: 9781595692047
eBook Description:
Passionate and often controversial: Fictional and Non-Fictional Essays about African Aesthetics, Music, Jurisprudence, Ethno-Politics & Good Governance. The topics of his "Discourses" range from Zambian hip-hop and Zambian music in general to art, fame, eroticism, and - of course - philosophy and African politics.
By Shafinaaz Hassim
Published: March 26, 2011
Words: 41790 (approximate)
ISBN: 9781458029393
eBook Description:
'Daughters are Diamonds' is a groundbreaking study on the objectification of women in honour-bound, traditionalist societies. The study asks questions about the failures of democracy in protecting minority rights, especially those with regard to women. It looks in particular at the case study of Indian Muslim women in South Africa.
By Eva Walter
Published: March 19, 2011
Words: 22815 (approximate)
ISBN: 9781458163653
eBook Description:
A new genre in books: Reality Journal writing. This ebook includes word for word transcription from the author's notes including descriptions and drawings of her trip through Southern Africa. This Journal was merely a collection of memories to share with family until friends started asking for copies.
By Lauri Elliott
Published: Feb. 13, 2011
Words: 46956 (approximate)
ISBN: 9781452436968
eBook Description:
2001-2010 proved to be a transitional decade for Africa, ushering in a new image and status for the continent. Africa began to show it was truly shaking the shackles of its colonial and chaotic past. Now that the New Africa has arrived, what does that mean? And, what does it mean for business?
By Alma Alexander
Published: Feb. 10, 2011
Words: 61789 (approximate)
ISBN: 9781452429809
eBook Description:
When she was 10, Alma Alexander was taken from her quiet, safe corner of old Europe and deposited into an exotic new world. She writes about her 20 years in Africa with the awe and wonder of the child that she was, and the eye for nuance and detail that makes her the great novelist and essayist that she became.
By André Ferero
Published: Nov. 25, 2009 - (Updated in March 2012)
Words: 10591 (approximate)
ISBN: 9781102468691
eBook Description:
The Easy Travels Guidebook is aimed at those independent travelers who want to plan their own trip online and save money in the process. It is written from the perspective of a South African who has traveled extensively throughout the country.
By Hartmut Sieper
Published: July 03, 2010
Words: 8141 (approximate)
ISBN: 9781452470450
eBook Description:
This strategy guide lays out considerations for starting an African stock market portfolio, or adding African stocks to an existing portfolio for diversification. The guide includes sections on the investment context in Africa, an overview of the African stock market structure, strategic thought process for building a portfolio, key points to consider, and a list of external resources.
(Across the Sahara to West and Central Africa by Land Rover.)
By Murray Gough
Published: Nov. 01, 2010
Words: 21754 (approximate)
ISBN: 9781458093684
eBook Description:
Three friends confronting middle-age decide to explore the world and the great sweep of people who inhabit it. This is the colourful story of an expedition across the Sahara to West and Central Africa - home to some of the world's most fascinating people and places. For all ebook readers, particularly suitable for iPad and similar. 200 colour photos, links to videos from this and later journeys.
By Lauri Elliott
Published: Jan. 31, 2011
Words: 45940 (approximate)
ISBN: 9781452421490
eBook Description:
On overwhelming majority of the Church believes that Africa is a place that needs to be saved from poverty, disease, and conflict. While these are realities, God’s picture is very different. Africa will be a part of God’s blue print to save the world and to transfer wealth into His Kingdom, into your business and wealth, into Africa, and to the world.
By Claire Datnow
Published: April 06, 2011
Words: 73763 (approximate)
ISBN: 9780984277865
eBook Description:
Set against the backdrop of the apartheid regime, Behind the Walled Garden of Apartheid, Datnow’s memoir of growing up in South Africa deftly conjures up the era's blatant racism and the rich African landscape. The author vividly recreates her growing up years as white and Jewish at the height of the apartheid regime.
By Glenn Elsden
Published: Aug. 20, 2010
Words: 26024 (approximate)
ISBN: 9781452331812
eBook Description:
This memoir reflects the true story of a South African policeman, who served his country during the apartheid era, and also 7 years into democracy. The author spent the last few years of his 24-year long career in the crime-ridden and war torn province of KwaZulu/Natal, where he performed official duties as a forensic ballistic analyst.
By Mark Howard
Published: March 08, 2011
Words: 15070 (approximate)
ISBN: 9781458183255
eBook Description:
In this book Mark Howard takes a very personal look at the political system he grew up in. He links that to later experiences, post apartheid and outside of South Africa, and concludes that an inhumane system associated with a single period and place in history is in fact more than that. Apartheid is as much a personal preference as it is a political system.
By Sulette Gardiner
Published: May 13, 2010
Words: 94719 (approximate)
ISBN: 9781452336909
eBook Description:
About a South African prostitute during apartheid and beyond. Naive and powerless, she falls prey to the dark underworld of flesh peddling when trying to support her two children amid the storm as the ANC takes control. She suffers heartbreak and illness; trapped into drug addiction, slavery and depression. In 1998 does she find new hope, when the opportunity to travel abroad falls into her lap.
By Graham Atkins
Published: Dec. 30, 2009
Words: 62707 (approximate)
ISBN: 9781452307985
eBook Description:
From the terrors of Rhodesia’s 1970’s bush war, to the final disintegration of Zimbabwe under Robert Mugabe, this is a traumatic account of a conflicted young man who experiences his life and homeland being torn asunder. Honest, revealing and deeply emotional. Offers intriguing insights into the dilemma faced by patriotic white Africans trapped in the march of politics and history.
By Craig Lock
Published: Feb. 16, 2011
Words: 27587 (approximate)
ISBN: 9781927157121
eBook Description:
This work is my small contribution to South Africa. Here in exile, I daily think of and cry for my 'beloved country'. Even from this distance, I am happy and extremely optimistic that things will work out for all its inhabitants. I believe one day there will be peace and prosperity for all. October 1993. In THE END OF THE LINE, Craig Lock has created a passionate tale of South Africa.
Published: May 19, 2010
Words: 15113 (approximate)
ISBN: 9781906192471
eBook Description
The Smoke That Thunders
By Nathan Bassett
Published: Feb. 05, 2011
Words: 108635 (approximate)
ISBN: 9781458033857
eBook Description
A Visitor Calls
By Vic Papp
Published: Feb. 22, 2011
Words: 41335 (approximate)
ISBN: 9781936539314
eBook Description
The Nigerian Fraud Conspiracy: Finding U.S. co-conspirators
By Edwin H. Sinclair, Jr.
Published: Feb. 19, 2011
Words: 10892 (approximate)
ISBN: 9781458101228
eBook Description
Words: 15113 (approximate)
ISBN: 9781906192471
eBook Description
‘The African Sun’ is an eclectic collection of poems linked by one common element, the author’s abiding love for Africa. He rejoices in adventures with elephants, leopards, lemurs, snakes and elusive birds, protests at the precipitous decline in the quality of life in his former homeland of Zimbabwe (whilst taking some comfort from the enduring tradition of ubuntu).
The Smoke That Thunders
Published: Feb. 05, 2011
Words: 108635 (approximate)
ISBN: 9781458033857
eBook Description
"Africa held the promise of changed hearts and souls. This Africa would offer renewed hope and the possibility of love. It would define their destinies. Yet, at any moment, this Africa could just as surely rob them of hope, love, and destiny. Chad and Peter were to be tested and refined in ways they dare not imagine. Both would be broken – in ways that would render mending, nearly impossible."
A Visitor Calls
By Vic Papp
Published: Feb. 22, 2011
Words: 41335 (approximate)
ISBN: 9781936539314
eBook Description
Who can resist the allure of the adventure of a lifetime. Against the backdrop of civil and regional wars, massive poverty, civil unrest, and much distrust amongst neighboring nations, one man still manages to discover and then satisfy his thirst for adventure by merely keeping his wits about him and reading from the scripted page.
The Nigerian Fraud Conspiracy: Finding U.S. co-conspirators
By Edwin H. Sinclair, Jr.
Published: Feb. 19, 2011
Words: 10892 (approximate)
ISBN: 9781458101228
eBook Description
Investigative journalist Sinclair chronicles two similar Nigerian fraud attempts upon his client – one of which uncovered two companies here in the United States suspected of being complicit in one of the schemes. His report leads to a meeting with the FBI about one of them, and a surprising end to the second attempt, several years later.
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