A Man of Good Hope

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Publisher : Random House
ISBN 13 : 1473523079
Total Pages : 354 pages
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Book Synopsis A Man of Good Hope by : Jonny Steinberg

Download or read book A Man of Good Hope written by Jonny Steinberg and published by Random House. This book was released on 2015-01-08 with total page 354 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When Asad was eight years old, his mother was shot in front of him. With his father in hiding, he was swept alone into the great wartime migration that has scattered the Somali people throughout the world. This extraordinary book tells Asad’s story. Serially betrayed by the people who promised to care for him, Asad lived his childhood at a sceptical remove from the adult world, living in a bewildering number of places, from the cosmopolitan streets of inner-city Nairobi to towns deep in the Ethiopian desert. By the time he reached the cusp of adulthood, Asad had made good as a street hustler, brokering relationships between hardnosed Ethiopian businessmen and bewildered Somali refugees. He also courted the famously beautiful Foosiya, and married her, to the astonishment of his peers. Buoyed by success in work and in love, Asad put $1,200 in his pocket and made his way down the length of the African continent to Johannesburg, whose streets he believed to be lined with gold. So began an adventure in a country richer and more violent than he could possibly have imagined. A Man of Good Hope is the story of a person shorn of the things we have come to believe make us human – personal possessions, parents, siblings. And yet Asad’s is an intensely human life, one suffused with dreams and desires and a need to leave something of permanence on this earth.

To the Fairest Cape

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Publisher : Bucknell University Press
ISBN 13 : 1684480000
Total Pages : 271 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (844 download)

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Book Synopsis To the Fairest Cape by : Malcolm Jack

Download or read book To the Fairest Cape written by Malcolm Jack and published by Bucknell University Press. This book was released on 2018-10-08 with total page 271 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Crossing the remote, southern tip of Africa has fired the imagination of European travellers from the time Bartholomew Dias opened up the passage to the East by rounding the Cape of Good Hope in 1488. Dutch, British, French, Danes, and Swedes formed an endless stream of seafarers who made the long journey southwards in pursuit of wealth, adventure, science, and missionary, as well as outright national, interest. Beginning by considering the early hunter-gatherer inhabitants of the Cape and their culture, Malcolm Jack focuses in his account on the encounter that the European visitors had with the Khoisan peoples, sometimes sympathetic but often exploitative from the time of the Portuguese to the abolition of slavery in the British Empire in 1833. This commercial and colonial background is key to understanding the development of the vibrant city that is modern Cape Town, as well as the rich diversity of the Cape hinterland. Published by Bucknell University Press. Distributed worldwide by Rutgers University Press.

Good Hope

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ISBN 13 : 9789460043130
Total Pages : 384 pages
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Book Synopsis Good Hope by : Martine Gosselink

Download or read book Good Hope written by Martine Gosselink and published by . This book was released on 2017 with total page 384 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Jan van Riebeecks arrival in Cape Town was the beginning of all South Africas problems: these words were spoken in 2015 by Jacob Zuma, the president of South Africa. Soon afterwards, a spate of iconoclastic attacks took place on statues of Van Riebeeck, Paul Kruger and Boer heroes. Only now, it seems, more than two decades after the abolition of apartheid, is South-Africa fully severing its colonial umbilical cord. The time has clearly come to look afresh at the historical links between the Netherlands and South Africa, a country whose born-frees the generation born in the post-apartheid era are just as likely to be critical of Nelson Mandelas liberation party the ANC as they are of their former colonial rulers. Good Hope explores what took place between 1652, when Van Riebeeck landed at the Cape, and Mandelas visit to Amsterdam in 1990. The arrival of the Dutch in South Africa cast its original inhabitants adrift. The VOC introduced slavery to the Cape and brought Islam when it banished disaffected Muslims there from Asian colonies such Java and Makassar. Borders shifted and whole populations moved away, disintegrated or assimilated into other groups. South Africa has also changed the Netherlands, as witnessed by the blossoming of Amsterdams diamond industry, the many streets across the country named after Afrikaner heroes, and the fierce anti-apartheid struggle. Martine Gosselink, head of the Rijksmuseum History Department, conceived Good Hope and curated the exhibition with Maria Holtrop, Daniel Horst and Duncan Bull. This book was published in collaboration with the Rijksmuseum as part of the Country Series. This volume is also the catalogue for the Good Hope exhibition, and includes contributions by, amongst others: Adriaan van Dis, Marlene Dumas, Bas Kromhout, Maria Holtrop, Duncan Bull.

Orphan of Good Hope, The

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Publisher : Random House Australia
ISBN 13 : 014378966X
Total Pages : 434 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (437 download)

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Download or read book Orphan of Good Hope, The written by Roxane Dhand and published by Random House Australia. This book was released on 2020-09 with total page 434 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "In 1683 life is gruelling for the young women in Amsterdam's civic orphanage. The sole light in Johanna Timmerman's existence is her forbidden love for Frans, an orphan in the boys' section who has a smile like sunshine. Then he is gone, whisked across the globe to the Dutch East India Company's nascent colony at Good Hope. Floriane Peronneau's privileged world is pleasant and fulfilling until she discovers that it is all built on lies. Far from being the devoted gentleman he seems, her husband Claes is a womanizing degenerate who has led them to the edge of ruin. And the forces are closing in on him. While Johanna's love drives her to make a shocking bargain to secure passage to the Cape, Floriane is caught in a terrifying game of cat and mouse. The two women's lives could not be more different. Yet, on the long, dangerous voyage to the southern tip of Africa, they will become the best of friends - and co-conspirators . . ."--Publisher.

Decisions Rendered

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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 18 pages
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Book Synopsis Decisions Rendered by : United States Board on Geographic Names

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Monthly Bulletin

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Total Pages : 526 pages
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Book Synopsis Monthly Bulletin by : New York Chamber of Commerce

Download or read book Monthly Bulletin written by New York Chamber of Commerce and published by . This book was released on 1922 with total page 526 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Nature through Time

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Publisher : Springer Nature
ISBN 13 : 3030350584
Total Pages : 468 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (33 download)

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Book Synopsis Nature through Time by : Edoardo Martinetto

Download or read book Nature through Time written by Edoardo Martinetto and published by Springer Nature. This book was released on 2020-07-27 with total page 468 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book simulates a historical walk through nature, teaching readers about the biodiversity on Earth in various eras with a focus on past terrestrial environments. Geared towards a student audience, using simple terms and avoiding long complex explanations, the book discusses the plants and animals that lived on land, the evolution of natural systems, and how these biological systems changed over time in geological and paleontological contexts. With easy-to-understand and scientifically accurate and up-to-date information, readers will be guided through major biological events from the Earth's past. The topics in the book represent a broad paleoenvironmental spectrum of interests and educational modules, allowing for virtual visits to rich geological times. Eras and events that are discussed include, but are not limited to, the much varied Quaternary environments, the evolution of plants and animals during the Cenozoic, the rise of angiosperms, vertebrate evolution and ecosystems in the Mesozoic, the Permian mass extinction, the late Paleozoic glaciation, and the origin of the first trees and land plants in the Devonian-Ordovician. With state-of-the art expert scientific instruction on these topics and up-to-date and scientifically accurate illustrations, this book can serve as an international course for students, teachers, and other interested individuals.

Decision List

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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 252 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (243 download)

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Book Synopsis Decision List by : United States Board on Geographic Names

Download or read book Decision List written by United States Board on Geographic Names and published by . This book was released on 1953 with total page 252 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

The Cambridge Modern History

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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 1100 pages
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Book Synopsis The Cambridge Modern History by : Sir Adolphus William Ward

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South Africa a Century Ago

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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 346 pages
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Book Synopsis South Africa a Century Ago by : Lady Anne Lindsay Barnard

Download or read book South Africa a Century Ago written by Lady Anne Lindsay Barnard and published by . This book was released on 1910 with total page 346 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

The General Directory and Guide Book to the Cape of Good Hope and Its Dependencies

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Total Pages : 572 pages
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Travels at the Cape of Good Hope, 1772-1775

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Publisher : Van Riebeeck Society, The
ISBN 13 : 9780620109819
Total Pages : 430 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (98 download)

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Book Synopsis Travels at the Cape of Good Hope, 1772-1775 by : Carl Peter Thunberg

Download or read book Travels at the Cape of Good Hope, 1772-1775 written by Carl Peter Thunberg and published by Van Riebeeck Society, The. This book was released on 1986 with total page 430 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Decisions on Names in the United States

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Total Pages : 744 pages
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Download or read book Decisions on Names in the United States written by United States Board on Geographic Names and published by . This book was released on 1953 with total page 744 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Decision Lists

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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 464 pages
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Book Synopsis Decision Lists by : United States Board on Geographic Names

Download or read book Decision Lists written by United States Board on Geographic Names and published by . This book was released on 1953 with total page 464 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

The Statesman's Year-Book

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Publisher : Springer
ISBN 13 : 0230253040
Total Pages : 794 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (32 download)

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Book Synopsis The Statesman's Year-Book by : F. Martin

Download or read book The Statesman's Year-Book written by F. Martin and published by Springer. This book was released on 2016-12-27 with total page 794 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The classic reference work that provides annually updated information on the countries of the world.

Moody's Manual of Investments: American and Foreign

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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 1992 pages
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Download or read book Moody's Manual of Investments: American and Foreign written by and published by . This book was released on 1922 with total page 1992 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

The Statesman's Year-book

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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 940 pages
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Book Synopsis The Statesman's Year-book by : Frederick Martin

Download or read book The Statesman's Year-book written by Frederick Martin and published by . This book was released on 1884 with total page 940 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: