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Latest Books in South Africa from Struik and Penguin Books

 

Holocaust
Angela Gluck Wood - Author
Dan Stone - add'l contrib.'s

Book: Hardcover | 9.25 x 6.25in | 192 pages | ISBN 9780756625351 | 02 Jul 2007 | Dorling Kindersley | 8 - 12 years

DK's signature editorial aesthetic, combined with the searing testimony of Holocaust survivors collected by the USC Shoah Foundation Institute for Visual History and Education, makes for a sobering and visually compelling work of history.–Publisher’s Weekly

Explaining the complex political and social backdrop that allowed the Holocaust to occur, as well as its progression and aftermath, this comprehensive volume contains first-hand testimony from survivors and enables readers to appreciate the impact of the Holocaust on real people and the lives they and their families have rebuilt today.
Produced in association with Shoah Visual History Foundation
Accompanying 40-minute DVD contains video testimony from Holocaust survivors
Features previously unpublished images and artifacts
Describes the aftermath of the Holocaust and its continued impact on global history
Includes datelines, maps, and charts

Available at Exclusive Books, CNA and other major book outlets

Brunch - Joy Skipper

ISBN: 9781845377816
Language:
Format: 120mm x 184mm
Binding: Softbook
Pages: 192 Published: 2007-09-01 Imprint: Struik

Brunch is a meal that combines both breakfast and lunch, eaten around midday or late in the morning, on lazy days off.

It is an incredibly versatile meal, conjuring up relaxed Sunday mornings and food to be savoured – never hurried.

Brunch can incorporate both healthy dishes and wonderfully indulgent foods, from oatmeal with summer berries and yoghurt to eggs Benedict, syrup-drenched pancakes and homemade cakes and breads. Chapters include Breads and Pastries, Cereal, Eggs, Fruit, Meat, Fish, Vegetarian and Drinks.



In Court
Rose Rappaport Moss
ISBN: 9780143025306
Penguin (SA)
Paperback
R100


In Court brings together stories written over a period of many years. Some stories draw on feelings of exile and homesickness in America, some on friendships with others from South Africa, some on events during visits back. On the surface, some deal only with Americans. All probe dislocation and imposed identity. They reach out to readers who feel out of place or recall being in place somewhere else.

Available at Exclusive Books, CNA and other major book outlets

 

 

 

Simple Elegant Flowers - Avril O'Donnell
ISBN: 9781770075412
Language: English
Format: 178mm x 228mm
Binding: Hard cover
Pages: 80
Published: 2007-10-01
Imprint: Struik


The art of creating beautiful flower displays is made easy in this stunning step-by-step guide. Twenty-two different Fast Flower ideas are all explained with plenty of accompanying alternative suggestions and photographs.


The second chapter – Three steps to stylish flowers – is given over to creating slightly more elaborate arrangements, using a huge variety of flowers, shapes and colours to create anything from a table decoration to a scented bedside posy.

Helpful advice is also given on how to choose the best vase for your flowers, whether you want to use your favourite cut-crystal vase or a vintage porcelain container. Simple Elegant Flowers is crammed full of elegant and fresh suggestions to show how using flowers is the easiest way to brighten up the home and stamp your style on a room.

 

This volume in the award-winning Eyewitness series shows South Africa as it has never been shown before

Introduction
New, expanded edition: the world's best full-colour travel guides just got better.

Visit its city centres with the help of 3-D aerial maps, explore Zulu Culture and the Palace of the Lost City with 3-D cutaways, choose what to eat from a visual menu, and plan your trip to Kruger National Park.

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Product details
Format: Paperback
ISBN: 9781405321099
Size: 125 x 217mm
Number of pages: 432
Publication date: 02 Aug 2007
Publisher: Dorling Kindersley

South Africa Eyewitness Travel Guide


Available at Exclusive Books, CNA and other major book outlets

 

Some of my best friends are white - Ndumiso Ngcobo

Publisher: Two Dogs
ISBN: 9781920137182
Format: Softcover
Publication Date: 2007/8
Length: 210mm
Width: 148mm
Edition: New title
Pages: 192


Some of my best friends are white is a collection of sharp, satirical essays on contemporary South African issues from the point of view of a successful corporate professional – who just happens to be Zulu.


Crossing various controversial, amusing and downright confusing racial divides, the title delivers a healthy dose of black – and white – humour as it explores some of the rainbow nation's defining characteristics, its many colourful characters and its myriad mysterious idiosyncrasies.

 

Ethiopian Jews of Israel

The Remarkable and Unfinished Exodus of the Ethiopian Jews
Cost: R395 available from Ilan Ossendryver, or call 072 3689344

Photographic exhibition "Ethiopia in Israel" now on until 5 August 2007:
Museum Africa (121 Bree Street, Newtown)

In 1977 there were about one hundred Ethiopian Jews in Israel; now there are more than one hundred thousand. Their courageous exodus from their native land and their mass immigration to Israel is a unique historical event. But their journey to feel at home in the Promised Land is not yet complete. How can they become accepted and integrated into Israeli culture without losing their own character, identity and values? How will their experience as a part of Israel's most impoverished and culturally distinct minority enrich Judaism and Israeli society?

Insightful and touching, THE ETHIOPIAN JEWS OF ISRAEL: Personal Stories of Life in the Promised Landis the first book to recount in captivating photographs and candid interviews the profound challenges and inspiring accomplishments of Ethiopian Jews struggling to become Ethiopian Israelis. Featuring more than fifty men and women-religious leaders, soldiers, lawyers, students, actors, musicians, a member of the Knesset, and more-it reveals their fascinating personal stories and traces their hazardous journeys to Israel and how they fight to survive and thrive in an environment they could never have imagined. Using dramatic and evocative full-color photographs, it tells an unforgettable story of contemporary relevance, as the Jewish State continues to bring more Jews from Ethiopia.

"That the Ethiopian Jews have persevered over the centuries and made aliyah almost in their entirety is a miracle of our own time," writes Len Lyons in THE ETHIOPIAN JEWS OF ISRAEL. "Even with substantial help from Jews around the world, the cost of completing the aliyah and the absorption of the Ethiopian Jews is daunting.… Their collective saga is one of dedication to living as Jews and commitment to living in Israel. Their individual stories show them to be a treasure that once fully claimed will enrich Judaism and Israeli society."


 

Chief Rabbi Warren Goldstein launches his book, "Defending the Human Spirit".




 

 

A new book on "Jewish Life in the South African Country Communities has just bee launched.

To purchase of or information about the book, contact the library at Beyachad.

 

 

 

Book Review from the New York Times