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Bitch-Creek nymphing & the millennium bug by Wolf Avni. As with Wolf's gloriously titled previous book A mean-mouthed hook-jawed bad-news son-of-a-fish his latest offering may or may not be about fishing. A collection of tales that are about philosophy as much as about fly-fishing in the Drakensberg. Soft cover of 254 pages with colour photos @ R229
Encounters with the dragon by John Hone Large format hardcover with dust jacket. Pp. 277, colour & sepia photos, colour map. At last, a book to on the Drakensberg Mountains to rival Barrier of spears. A fantastic collection of photos and tales, of landscape, nature & climbing incidents. From Bushman rock art, to scenes of climbers snowed-in, superlatives don't do this work justice. Buy one and taste the fresh mountain air! R465
End of a dynasty: the last days of the Prince Imperial, Zululand 1879 by Paul Deléage, translated by Fleur Webb, introduction and notes by Bill Guest Originally published in French in 1879, this is the account of the Anglo-Zulu War and particularly the part played by Louis Napoleon. The author was a young journalist with Le Figaro who accompanied the British forces with explicit detail of reporting on the prince. Now translated into English for the first time, with additional introduction, notes, bibliography, index, additional pictures and a map. No collection of books on the Anglo-Zulu War would be complete without this book. Softcover @ R200
The African baobab by Rupert Watson Hardcover with dust jacket. Pp. 200. Full colour photos throughout. Delves into the biology, uses and folklore of this unusual tree. R204
PLACE a collection of South African travel & landscape quotations by Bridget Hilton-Barber & Pat Hopkins TPB @ R122 Do you enjoy travel books? If so try this volume of quotations and extracts about South Africa. Many of the quotes are extensive, running to more than half a page, arranged by province. Some are from the 19th century and earlier, others from the present. Quotes by Anthony Trollope, Henry M. Stanley, Herman Charles Bosman, Pamela Jooste, Mohandas K. Gandhi, poems by William Plomer, Roy Campbell and others
An unpopular war: from afkak to bosbefok - voices of South African national servicemen collected by JH Thompson TPB @ R163
at last a collection of memories and reflections of ordinary South Africans involved in border conflict in Namibia and Angola, with perspectives on klaaring in, training, inspection, gyppoing, patrols, open combat and covert operations. Told in their own words. Essential for an understanding of life of an ordinary soldier during apartheid years ALSO AVAILABLE IN AFRIKAANS
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