Hidden Pretoria

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Publisher : Penguin Random House South Africa
ISBN 13 : 1432310194
Total Pages : 381 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (323 download)

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Book Synopsis Hidden Pretoria by : Johan Swart

Download or read book Hidden Pretoria written by Johan Swart and published by Penguin Random House South Africa. This book was released on 2019-10-01 with total page 381 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Despite being South Africa’s capital city, Pretoria has often played a supporting role to bold and brash Johannesburg and Cape Town’s cosmopolitan charms. However, when it comes to architectural heritage, the Jacaranda City is well-endowed. From the skyline-dominating Union Buildings and Voortrekker Monument, to the imposing edifices of its administrative precincts, Pretoria might be deserving of a second moniker: the city of sandstone, brick and granite. But when you look beyond the impressive façades, soaring columns and linear planes of buildings that were intended to convey power and authority, you’ll find light-filled interiors embellished with decorative touches that are only hinted at from the outside. Murals, mosaics, domes, galleries, stained-glass windows, gleaming brass and impressive woodwork are often hidden from view behind doors that are closed to the public. And even those museums, buildings and places of worship that are open to all have noteworthy architectural and design features that are easily overlooked. The history of the city, and of the country, has been played out in many of the buildings featured in Hidden Pretoria. This book captures facets of our diverse heritage, historic and contemporary, so that a new generation might recognise the need to embrace the past in order to build our common future.

The Hidden History of South Africa's Book and Reading Cultures

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Publisher : University of Toronto Press
ISBN 13 : 1442695080
Total Pages : 217 pages
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Book Synopsis The Hidden History of South Africa's Book and Reading Cultures by : Archie L. Dick

Download or read book The Hidden History of South Africa's Book and Reading Cultures written by Archie L. Dick and published by University of Toronto Press. This book was released on 2013-06-17 with total page 217 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Hidden History of South Africa's Book and Reading Cultures shows how the common practice of reading can illuminate the social and political history of a culture. This ground-breaking study reveals resistance strategies in the reading and writing practices of South Africans; strategies that have been hidden until now for political reasons relating to the country's liberation struggles. By looking to records from a slave lodge, women's associations, army education units, universities, courts, libraries, prison departments, and political groups, Archie Dick exposes the key works of fiction and non-fiction, magazines, and newspapers that were read and discussed by political activists and prisoners. Uncovering the book and library schemes that elites used to regulate reading, Dick exposes incidences of intellectual fraud, book theft, censorship, and book burning. Through this innovative methodology, Dick aptly shows how South African readers used reading and books to resist unjust regimes and build community across South Africa's class and racial barriers.

How We Escaped from Pretoria

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Total Pages : 134 pages
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Book Synopsis How We Escaped from Pretoria by : Aylmer Haldane

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Hidden Karoo

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Publisher : Penguin Random House South Africa
ISBN 13 : 1432310216
Total Pages : 330 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (323 download)

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Book Synopsis Hidden Karoo by : Patricia Kramer

Download or read book Hidden Karoo written by Patricia Kramer and published by Penguin Random House South Africa. This book was released on 2021-03-01 with total page 330 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Karoo is big sky country; a land of vast open plains punctuated by flat-topped mountains, conical hills and secluded valleys, a land of scrubby bushes and hardy trees, where pioneers carved roads out of rock to set down roots in an unforgiving environment. Here dreams are born, legends are made, and outcasts find sanctuary. It is also an ancient place, whose story is revealed through geology, fossils and artefacts, and whose human lineage predates any written history. Today, the people who inhabit it must manifest the same fortitude that sustained those who left their footprints in the primieval mud. In Hidden Karoo you will find all this, and more. Through a series of superb photo-essays, this majestic place is revealed as a land where conservation and neglect are seldom far apart, where one town boasts splendidly restored buildings, while along a dusty back road lie forgotten villages waiting for ... something. Could it be a renewal, or a slow death? There’s nothing novel about the movement of people from country to city, and the Karoo mimics other parts of the world where rural areas become derelict as they are depopulated. Hidden Karoo presents a snapshot of the region as it is now, offering a glimpse into towns and villages, farmsteads and churches, important buildings and humble homes, all against a backdrop of awe-inspiring landscapes. Through words and pictures, it prompts us to consider what was, what is and, perhaps, what might be. One constant about the Karoo is change. A book can do no more than capture a moment in time or depict fragments of a place, but in doing so, it bears witness to the past and offers the hope that there may yet be a future for this unparalleled part of our country.

Hidden Cape Town

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Publisher : Penguin Random House South Africa
ISBN 13 : 1432302795
Total Pages : 385 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (323 download)

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Book Synopsis Hidden Cape Town by : Paul Duncan

Download or read book Hidden Cape Town written by Paul Duncan and published by Penguin Random House South Africa. This book was released on 2013-08-22 with total page 385 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A unique look ‘inside’ 30 of Cape Town’s most notable buildings. If you have ever wondered what lies behind an interesting façade, or wished you could peek behind a closed door, Hidden Cape Town is the book for you. The author and photographer have collaborated to reveal the architectural secrets and artworks that lie behind the doors of some well-known, and lesser known, landmark buildings in and around the ‘Mother City’. These buildings are part of our collective heritage, reflecting the myriad cultural influences that have shaped our country.

The Unspoken Alliance

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Publisher : Vintage
ISBN 13 : 0307388506
Total Pages : 338 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (73 download)

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Book Synopsis The Unspoken Alliance by : Sasha Polakow-Suransky

Download or read book The Unspoken Alliance written by Sasha Polakow-Suransky and published by Vintage. This book was released on 2011-06-14 with total page 338 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Prior to the Six-Day War, Israel was a darling of the international left, vocally opposed to apartheid and devoted to building alliances with black leaders in newly independent African nations. South Africa, for its part, was controlled by a regime of Afrikaner nationalists who had enthusiastically supported Hitler during World War II. But after Israel’s occupation of Palestinian territories in 1967, the country found itself estranged from former allies and threatened anew by old enemies. As both states became international pariahs, a covert—and lucrative—military relationship blossomed between these seemingly unlikely allies. Based on extensive archival research and exclusive interviews with former generals and high-level government officials in both countries, The Unspoken Alliance tells a troubling story of Cold War paranoia, moral compromises, and startling secrets.

A Pretoria Boy

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Publisher : Jonathan Ball Publishers
ISBN 13 : 1776191234
Total Pages : 323 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (761 download)

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Download or read book A Pretoria Boy written by Peter Hain and published by Jonathan Ball Publishers. This book was released on 2021-08-05 with total page 323 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 'A tour de force of an extraordinary half-century of campaigning for justice' – Helen Clark, former New Zealand Prime Minister and United Nations Development Chief Peter Hain – famous for his commitment to the anti-apartheid struggle – has had a dramatic 50-year political career, both in Britain and in his childhood home of South Africa, in an extraordinary journey from Pretoria to the House of Lords. Hain vividly describes the arrest and harassment of his activist parents and their friends in the early 1960s, the hanging of a close family friend, and the Hains' enforced London exile in 1966. After organising militant campaigns in the UK against touring South African rugby and cricket sides, he was dubbed 'Public Enemy Number One' by the South African media. Narrowly escaping jail for disrupting all-white South African sports tours, he was maliciously framed for bank robbery and nearly assassinated by a letter bomb. In 2017–2018 he used British parliamentary privilege to expose looting and money laundering in then President Jacob Zuma's administration, informed by a 'Deep Throat' source. While acknowledging that the ANC government has lost its way, Hain exhorts South Africans to re-embrace Nelson Mandela's vision.

Explanation [for 1:250,000 Geological Map Series of South Africa and Namibia].

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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 160 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (35 download)

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Book Synopsis Explanation [for 1:250,000 Geological Map Series of South Africa and Namibia]. by : Geological Survey (South Africa)

Download or read book Explanation [for 1:250,000 Geological Map Series of South Africa and Namibia]. written by Geological Survey (South Africa) and published by . This book was released on 1907 with total page 160 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

How We Escaped from Pretoria

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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 308 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (334 download)

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Book Synopsis How We Escaped from Pretoria by : Sir James Aylmer Lowthorpe Haldane

Download or read book How We Escaped from Pretoria written by Sir James Aylmer Lowthorpe Haldane and published by . This book was released on 1901 with total page 308 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Horizon

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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 628 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Horizon written by and published by . This book was released on 1992 with total page 628 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

The Corner People of Lady Selborne

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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 300 pages
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Book Synopsis The Corner People of Lady Selborne by : John Seakalala Mojapelo

Download or read book The Corner People of Lady Selborne written by John Seakalala Mojapelo and published by . This book was released on 2009 with total page 300 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Lady Selborne was a comparatively small place, situated in an area on the slopes of the gentle Magaliesberg mountains, to the west of the city centre of Pretoria. By 1942, the multiracial Lady Selborne was home to about 22 000 people, the majority of whom were Northern Sotho, but also including Nguni, Shangaan, coloured, Indian, white and Chinese people. It was to become the largest Group Areas Act dispossession project in Pretoria" -- back cover.

Vortex

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Publisher : Trident E-Book Distribution Services
ISBN 13 : 1475601212
Total Pages : 957 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (756 download)

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Book Synopsis Vortex by : Larry Bond

Download or read book Vortex written by Larry Bond and published by Trident E-Book Distribution Services. This book was released on 2024-06-05 with total page 957 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Set in South Africa of the early 1990s, this military thriller has fascist ultraconservative Afrikaners staging a coup and taking over the Pretoria government. The new government then re-institutes apartheid and invades bordering Namibia. A Communist counterforce led by the Cubans is mounted, as internal revolt and harsh suppression breed domestic chaos. A Boer nuclear attack on the Cubans is answered by nerve gas from the Cubans. A daring raid by US Rangers destroys the Afrikaner weapons before they can be used again, while U.S. and British ground forces restore order after much fighting and destruction. “The techno-thriller has a new ace, and his name is Larry Bond.” —Tom Clancy, Author of “Clear and Present Danger” “Military adventure on grand scale … and intricate and compelling thriller that is pure Bond in great form. Larry Bond has proven himself the master of military adventure.” —Clive Cussler, Bestselling author of “Dragon” “Techno-thriller fans rejoice! Larry Bond is good – very, very good. I started sweating on the first page.” —Stephen Coonts, Bestselling author of “Under Siege” “A gripping military scenario novel. As timely as today’s headlines.” —W.E.B Griffin, Bestselling author of “Battleground”

The Royal Magazine

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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 548 pages
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Anatomy of a Miracle

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Publisher : Rutgers University Press
ISBN 13 : 9780813525822
Total Pages : 308 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (258 download)

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Book Synopsis Anatomy of a Miracle by : Patti Waldmeir

Download or read book Anatomy of a Miracle written by Patti Waldmeir and published by Rutgers University Press. This book was released on 1998 with total page 308 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The late 1980s were a dismal time inside South Africa. Mandela's African National Congress was banned. Thousands of ANC supporters were jailed without charge. Government hit squads assassinated and terrorized opponents of white rule. Ordinary South Africans, black and white, lived in a perpetual state of dread. Journalist Patti Waldmeir evokes this era of uncertainty in Anatomy of a Miracle, her comprehensive new book about the stunning and-historically speaking-swift tranformation of South Africa from white minority oligarchy to black-ruled democracy. Much that Waldmeir documents in this carefully researched and elegantly written book has been well reported in the press and in previous books. But what distinguishes her work is a reporter's attention to detail and a historian's sense of sweep and relevance. . . .Waldmeir has written a deeply reasoned book, but one that also acknowledges the power of human will and the tug of shared destiny."-Philadelphia Inquirer

Gender and Hide Production

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Publisher : Rowman Altamira
ISBN 13 : 9780759108516
Total Pages : 300 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (85 download)

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Book Synopsis Gender and Hide Production by : Lisa Frink

Download or read book Gender and Hide Production written by Lisa Frink and published by Rowman Altamira. This book was released on 2006 with total page 300 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Hide production is one of the oldest crafts known to humans. Yet this is the first volume to critically explore the gendered nature of this universal activity amongst hunters-gatherers for its meaning in craft production, status, identity and cultural change. Using ethnoarchaeological and archaeological examples from North America and Africa, the authors provide new insights of the gendered nature of human behavior.

Hidden Johannesburg

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Publisher : Penguin Random House South Africa
ISBN 13 : 9781770079922
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (799 download)

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Download or read book Hidden Johannesburg written by Paul Duncan and published by Penguin Random House South Africa. This book was released on 2016 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Features 28 of Johannesburg's culturally and historically relevant buildings. The book reveals something of the history of the city and the need to preserve the past if we want to protect the future.

World Archaeoprimatology

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Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 1108487335
Total Pages : 559 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (84 download)

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Book Synopsis World Archaeoprimatology by : Bernardo Urbani

Download or read book World Archaeoprimatology written by Bernardo Urbani and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2022-08-18 with total page 559 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The first compendium of archaeoprimatological studies, covering past relationships between humans and nonhuman primates across the world.