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“Life is not what one lived but what one remembers and how one remembers it in order to recount it.” — Gabriel Garciá Marquez Childhood is a memory of a distant time. We look back and wonder: was that really me? This book offers a unique and diverse perspective of childhood in South Africa. It showcases the writing of the country's finest authors and personalities, all peering back through the mists of time, in an attempt to recall their own youth.        There are recollections of profound historic moments as well as memories of everyday life. It is a book about family, siblings and communities. It highlights human warmth and its casual cruelty. Ultimately, it brings together a collection of childhood extracts which begin to define who we are as a nation.        Autobiographical extracts from the works of: Mamphela Ramphele, Nelson Mandela, Es'kia Mphahlele, Rrekgetsi Chimeloane, Sindiwe Magona, Mbulelo Vizikhungo Mzamane, Patrick Mynhardt, Cecil Margo, Ronnie Kasrils, Winnie Mandela, Donald Woods, Stephen Mokone, Antony Sher, William Plomer, Breyten Breytenbach, Katie Makanya, Zazah Khuzwayo, Thomas Stubbs, Ahmed Kathrada, Peter Abrahams, Chris Van Wyk, Albert Wessels, Miriam Makeba, Dugmore Boetie, Alan Paton, Ellen Kuzwayo, Mark Mathabane, Don Mattera, Bloke Modisane, JM Coetzee, Rian Malan, Denis Hirson, Raymond Ackerman and Gillian Slovo. About the author: Adrian Hadland started his professional career in journalism. He has worked at the Weekly Mail, the Houston Chronicle, the Guardian in London, Business Day, the Sunday Independent and the Cape Argus. In July 2002, Adrian was employed by the Human Science Research Council where he is a deputy executive director. Adrian is currently enrolled at UCT to read for his PhD in Media and Film Studies. Click here to find our more about Childhood from Penguin Publishing Pty Ltd	Childhood South Africans recall their past Adrian Hadland R140.00 ISBN: 0-143-02471-X Non-fiction Published: July 2005 Penguin Paperback 220 pages
The Grosvenor was one of the finest East Indiamen of her day, but she ran aground on the treacherous coast of south-east Africa. An astonishing number of her crew and passengers, including women and children, reached the shore safely, but the castaways found themselves hundreds of miles from the nearest European outpost - and utterly ignorant of their surroundings and the people among whom they found themselves.        Drawing upon much new research, Stephen Taylor pieces together this extraordinary saga, sifting the myths that became attached to The Grosvenor from a reality that is no less gripping. Taking the reader to the heart of what is now the Wild Coast of Pondoland, he reveals the misunderstandings that led to tragedy, tells the story of those who escaped, and unravels the mystery of those who stayed. About the author: Stephen Taylor grew up in South Africa, and now works for The Times. He is the author of several celebrated books on Africa. The Mighty Nimrod (1989) was praised by Wilfred Thesiger as "comprehensive and perceptive", while Jan Morris declared his history of the Zulu people, Shaka's Children (1994) a "generous and truly moving work". His most recent, Livingston's Tribe: A Journey from Zanzibar to the Cape was described in the Daily Mail as the "most honest as well as the most enthralling account out of Africa for years." Click here or on the book cover to purchase your copy of The Caliban Shore from kalahari.net	The Caliban Shore Stephen Taylor R140.00 ISBN: 0571210724 Published: June 2005 Faber & Faber Format: Paperback
“Oh my word - I have just finished the book. It is simply the most staggering and brilliant novel I have read in years.” Reviewer from Esquire, UK Jonathan Safran Foer emerged as one of the most original writers of his generation with his best-selling debut novel, Everything Is Illuminated. Now, with humor, tenderness, and awe, he confronts the traumas of our recent history. What he discovers is solace in that most human quality, imagination.         Meet Oskar Schell, an inventor, Francophile, tambourine player, Shakespearean actor, jeweller, pacifist, correspondent with Stephen Hawking and Ringo Starr. He is nine years old. And he is on an urgent, secret search through the five boroughs of New York. His mission is to find the lock that fits a mysterious key belonging to his father, who died in the World Trade Center on 9/11. “This is one of the most important works of fiction to be published in the English Language in 2005.” Richard Rowlands, Penguin Group UK About the author: Jonathan Safran Foer was born in 1977. He is the editor of the anthology, A Convergence of Birds: Original Fiction and Poetry Inspired by the Work of Joseph Cornell, and his stories have been published in the Paris Review, Conjunctions and the New Yorker. Everything Is Illuminated, his first novel, won several literary prizes, including the National Jewish Book Award and the Guardian First Book Award in 2002. Click here to purchase your copy of Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close from kalahari.net	Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close Jonathan Safran Foer R140.00 ISBN: 0241142148 Published: June 2005 Hamish Hamilton
Women have not only been witnesses to their times, they have also been actors and key players. However, while there have been many women in government in Africa, hardly any of them have reached the highest echelons. Men have dominated Africa in terms of leadership and politics, and arguably this could be seen as one area in which Africa lags behind.        The women in Quotable African Women have their say about these topics. Most think that they could do better and many believe that women must make a greater effort to rise to the task. This collection of quotes is an entry into new worlds and perspectives, from women of Africa from all walks of life. Their thoughts cover wide-ranging subjects and represent varying opinions, but as you read it begins to sound as if there is one voice growing louder and louder. The voice of reason, the voice of perseverance, the voice of women. About the author: Julia Stewart has a master's degree in African Studies from Ohio University. She has lived in Africa for many years - in Kenya, Ethiopia, Eritrea, Rwanda, Angola - and now resides in South Africa where she works for the UN World Food Programme. Her Stewart's Quotable Africa was published by Penguin South Africa in 2004. Click here to purchase your copy of Stewart's Quotable African Women	Stewart's Quotable African Women Julia Stewart R100.00 ISBN: 0-143-02486-8 Penguin Non-fiction Published: July 2005 Format: Hard cover 200 pages
Nomi Nickel lives with her father, Ray, in East Village, a small Mennonite town in Manitoba. She dreams of escaping to the big city, but since her mother and sister left home, it's hard to imagine leaving her father behind. As she begins to piece together the story behind her mother's disappearance, she finds herself on a direct collision course with the town's minister.        With fierce originality and brilliance, Miriam Toews takes us straight to the centre of Nomi's world and the complicated kindness at the heart of family life. About the author: Miriam Toews grew up in a Mennonite community in Southern Manitoba. She now lives in Winnipeg with her family. Click here to purchase your copy of A complicated kindness from kalahari.net	A Complicated Kindness Miriam Toews R100.00 ISBN: 0571224008 Published: July 2005 Faber & Faber Format: Paperback

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