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1880. South Africa. A country torn apart by greed. Frances Irvine, destitute in the wake of her father's sudden death, is forced to abandon her wealth and privilege in London and emigrate to the Cape. In this remote and inhospitable land she becomes entangled with two very different men. One driven by ambition, the other by his ideals. Only when the rumour of a small pox epidemic takes her into the dark heart of the diamond mines does she see her...
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"Moving into Akbar Manzil, a ruined mansion off the coast of South Africa, Sana stumbles upon the long-forgotten story of Meena, the original owner's second wife who died there tragically 100 years ago, awakening a grieving djinn, an invisible spirit who has haunted the mansion since Meena's mysterious death"--
3) Stolen lives
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A South African PI chases down a vicious ring of criminals in this mystery by an author who “captures Johannesburg’s ‘crazy boomtown energy’” (The New York Times).
When wealthy Pamela Jordaan hires PI Jade de Jong as a bodyguard after her husband Terrance disappears, Jade thinks keeping an eye on this anxious wife will be an easy way to earn some cash. But when a determined shooter nearly...
When wealthy Pamela Jordaan hires PI Jade de Jong as a bodyguard after her husband Terrance disappears, Jade thinks keeping an eye on this anxious wife will be an easy way to earn some cash. But when a determined shooter nearly...
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James Bond series volume 4
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English
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Assuming the identity of a captured courier, Bond solicits the help of Tiffany Case, a gorgeous American with a dark past. She's the smugglers' statesite go-between, and, if she doesn't blow 007's cover, Tiffany may just lead him to the last link in a long, deadly chain: the mysterious syndicate boss known only as "ABC." One false move, however, and Bond may find out that a girl's best friend is a secret agent's worst enemy.
7) Disgrace
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Publisher
Viking
Pub. Date
[1999]
Edition
First American edition.
Physical Desc
220 pages ; 23 cm
Language
English
8) The wedding
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Publisher
Picador USA
Pub. Date
2001.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
280 pages ; 22 cm
Language
English
10) The power of one
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Publisher
Ballantine Books
Pub. Date
2008.
Edition
Ballantine Books trade paperback edition.
Physical Desc
529 pages ; 21 cm
Language
English
Description
Story of Peekay, an English boy, living in South Africa during World War II whose dream is to become a winner.
11) Beaded hope
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Publisher
Tyndale House Publishers
Pub. Date
[2010]
Physical Desc
viii, 381 pages ; 21 cm
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English
12) Dark traces
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Publisher
Catalyst Press
Pub. Date
2017.
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English
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They find her decomposing body in the veld. A teenager. She was raped and tortured for days. She was hanged. She wasn't the first. The South African Police Service's Warrant Officer Jan Magson, estranged from his son and still grieving for his wife, is assigned to the case. He has to look the mothers and fathers in the eye. He has to answer their questions. And he can't. Headlines question the police's ability to protect the community from this evil....
14) Under water
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Publisher
Cinco Puntos Press
Pub. Date
[2019]
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
186 pages ; 24 cm
Language
English
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After her beloved grandmother's death, seventeen-year-old Khosi is left with an empty house, her younger sister, and her promise to finish school but violence in Imbali may take even that.
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Jeffrey Fuller novels volume 1
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English
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An electrifying new voice in military fiction, Joe Buff has written a riveting and totally realistic tale of military adventure-a spectacular novel that is sure to establish this outstanding author as the new master of the genre. Vividly authentic and impeccably researched, it takes readers into the not-too-distant future, when the United States is embroiled in a tactical nuclear war that will mark a new era of weapons and tactics, geopolitical alignments,...
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Washington Square Press
Pub. Date
[2010]
Edition
First Washington Square Press paperback edition.
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vi, 382 pages ; 21 cm.
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English
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A stunning novel about murder, power, and a dangerous South African underworld. Cooper works undercover surveillance on the seedy Durban docks, but when a young boy is brutally murdered he must elude the police to conduct his own investigation. He discovers an international tussle for the political soul of South Africa.
19) An act of terror
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Summit Books
Pub. Date
[1991]
Physical Desc
834 pages ; 25 cm
Language
English
20) Joshua's Bible
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English
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Young African American reverend Joshua Clay welcomes the chance to minister in South Africa. He turns down an offer to serve in his community church in Philadelphia in order to prepare for his upcoming trip abroad. Once he arrives in Africa, however, he is caught between others' expectations and his own beliefs. Turning to God, Joshua must gather the strength to search for answers that might bring some peace to a grief-stricken land.
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