Author: Jenny Hobbs
Publisher: Penguin Random House South Africa
ISBN: 141520456X
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 379
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Godforsaken Crocodile Flats is the last place on earth where you'd expect any marvel, so when Sweetness Moloi believes she saw the Virgin Mary there - all nice and brown like real people - who's going to believe her? But lo, the good news spreads like wildfire, and soon all hell breaks loose. Every sect and faction want in on the action, there is fierce competition for the elusive glory, and hordes of journalists, pilgrims, and the just plain curious flock to the troublesome village. In this small corner of the Rainbow Nation, so desperately in need of a miracle, jealousy tumbles over hypocrisy to end up – miraculously – in a state of grace.
Author: Jenny Hobbs
Publisher: African Books Collective
ISBN: 1991240406
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 268
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Jenny’s compelling South African memoir chronicles her journey from childhood during World War Two to a busy freelance career as a journalist and novelist. With humour, tenderness and love for her family and country, she reflects on the many facets of her life as an author, giving fascinating insights into the writing process. Among Jenny’s lasting legacies are her decades-long drive to promote reading as the essential skill for a good education, and her role as one of the co-founders of the Franschhoek Literary Festival, of which she was Director for four years.
Author: Jenny Hobbs
Publisher: Penguin Random House South Africa
ISBN: 1415205388
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 239
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Napoleon Bones police dog, gourmet, Cape Town crime fighter. Not your average pavement special. Aside from being a culinary expert and a thinking woman’s companion, he’s one half of an all-rescues K9 unit tasked to help track down the notorious Blackjacks gang. Their search takes Bones and his partner, the ginger-haired cycling enthusiast Rusty Gordon, from the streets of the Bo Kaap to the trails of Table Mountains and the backyards of the Cape Flats, all the while investigating perlemoen poaching and dog fights, rescuing terrified people from dangerous situations, and saving many a damsel (and doe-eyed bitch) in distress. Jenny Hobbs’s hilarious crime-thriller spoof is a smorgasbord of delectable characters. This is a Cape Town you won’t find in any tourist book.
Author: Ken Metcalfe
Publisher: Mereo Books, mereobook, mereobooks
ISBN: 1861515049
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 81
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There is a problem at Croco Lake. The exit channel to the river is blocked by a landslide and it only needs more heavy rain for the whole of the surrounding area to be flooded, including the local village. Dynamiting the blockage may endanger the lives of many creatures. Toad however has a plan but can all the creatures be saved? And will they be in time? A second book in this delightful series set in Africa in the 1930s. A funny and moving story suitable for young and old alike.ÿ
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Category : Libraries
Languages : en
Pages : 364
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Issues for Nov. 1957- include section: Accessions. Aanwinste, Sept. 1957-
Author: Jenny Hobbs
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ISBN: 9781415200629
Category : Miracles
Languages : en
Pages : 303
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Clever satire with the Virgin Mary appearing in a small SA village
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Category : Africa
Languages : en
Pages : 538
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Author: Kerry Klineberg
Publisher: Austin Macauley Publishers
ISBN: 1398406805
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 348
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This is the third novel in a series, following the stories and characters crafted in Miriam and Tato and The Retired Timekeeper. Whilst the earlier novels share no common thread, characters, place or time, The Miracle of Chance is a sequel to both, told through alternate chapters before melding into one story. Hope and good fortune have eluded Miriam all her life. Faced with the aftermath of her father’s sudden death and tumultuous news that will change her life, can she reach out and grab the one chance to change it all? With the turnaround in Tato’s fortunes, for the first time in his life the future looks bright and full of promise. But can his success continue as he navigates the opportunities and challenges that face his family?
Author: Elizabeth Peters
Publisher: C & R Crime
ISBN: 1472100964
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 298
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In Amelia's seventh adventure, she and Emerson take passage on a boat travelling up the Nile, enjoying a second honeymoon while they search for Nefertiti's tomb. On the other hand, they might be heading towards murder. An exotic slave woman, a Siamese cat and a den of conspirators unite to snatch away Amelia's happiness unless she reveals a certain secret...and at the remote dig in Amarna what she uncovers is a shocking present-day peril: the loss of treasures far more precious than any antiquity - her husband's love or both their lives!
Author: K. T. Medina
Publisher: Mulholland Books
ISBN: 0316374016
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 306
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Set in the shadowy Killing Fields of Cambodia, this gripping military thriller follows Tess Hardy as she works to unravel the mystery of how her husband, and many others, keep disappearing and turning up dead in the mine-laden backwaters of Southeast Asia. Tess Hardy thought she had put Luke, her violent ex-husband, firmly in her past. Then he calls from Cambodia, where he is working as a mine-clearer, and there's something in his voice she hasn't heard before: Fear. Two weeks later, he's dead. Against her better judgment, Tess is drawn to Cambodia and to the killing fields. Keeping her relationship to Luke a closely guarded secret, Tess joins his team of mine clearers, who are shaken to the core by Luke's sudden death. Even in their grief, the group remains a tightly knit and tightly wound community in which almost everyone has something to hide. At the same time, the circle of death begins to expand. Teenage mothers are disappearing from villages around the minefields, while others are being found mutilated and murdered, their babies abandoned. Everywhere there are whispers about the White Crocodile, a mythical beast that brings death to all who meet it. Caught in a web of secrets and lies, Tess must unravel the truth, and quickly. The crocodile is watching, and Tess may be its next victim. Combining the technical expertise of military suspense with a richly drawn sense of place, White Crocodile forges new ground in the thriller genre. Medina's internationally acclaimed debut announces the arrival of a prodigiously talented novelist whom readers will be discussing for years to come.
