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xxii, 550 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 25 cm
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English
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"From one of South Africa's foremost nonfiction writers, a deeply researched, shattering new account of Nelson Mandela's relationship with Winnie Madikizela-Mandela. Drawing on never-before-seen material, Steinberg reveals the fractures and stubborn bonds at the heart of a volatile and ground-breaking union, a very modern political marriage which was performed on the world stage"--
3) My traitor's heart: a South African exile returns to face his country, his tribe, and his conscience
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349 pages ; 24 cm
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English
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1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 31 cm
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Español
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Presenta una biogra̕fa del ex presidente sudafricano mejor conocido por su activismo po̕ltico y lucha para acabar con el apartheid.
Presents a biography of the former South African president best known for his political activism and fight to end apartheid.
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1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations, color map ; 23 x 28 cm
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English
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Nelson Mandela's autobiography, Long Walk to Freedom, offers a glimpse into the mind of a great leader, admired across the globe for his dedication to the struggles against apartheid in South Africa. Now the youngest readers can discover the remarkable story of Mandela's long walk from ordinary village boy, to his dynamic leadership of the African National Congress, to his many long years in prison and, at last, his freedom and astonishing rise to...
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Noah's path from apartheid South Africa to the desk of The Daily Show began with a criminal act: his birth. Born to a white Swiss father and a black Xhosa mother, at the time such a union was punishable by five years in prison. As he struggles to find himself in a world where he was never supposed to exist, his mother is determined to save her son from the cycle of poverty, violence, and abuse that would ultimately threaten her own life. With an incisive...
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193 pages : color illustrations ; 30 cm
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English
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A graphic biography, which relays in picture form the life story of Nelson Mandela, moral and political hero--from his boyhood in a small South African village to his growing political activism with the ANC, his twenty-seven-year incarceration as prisoner 46664 on Robbens Island, his dramatic release, and his triumphant years as president of South Africa.
Presents the life of the South African leader in graphic novel format, from his early efforts...
13) Nelson Mandela
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112 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
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English
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Profiles the life, career, and imprisonment of Nelson Mandela, the African antiapartheid revolutionary. Also discusses his prominence as a statesman following his release from prison.
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xxi, 454 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm
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English
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This historic collection of documents archived at the Nelson Mandela Foundation offers an unprecedented insight into Mandela's remarkable life--from his first stirrings of political consciousness to his galvanizing role on the world stage.
15) Nelson Mandela
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English
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"Before he was the first Black president of South Africa, Nelson Mandela was a boy with a traditional Thembu upbringing. He went on to study law and become involved with African nationalist politics. The government had established an apartheid (a system of segregation that privileged white people), and Mandela worked to overthrow this system. He was arrested, accused of treason, and thrown in jail. When he was released, Mandela negotiated an end to...
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English
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"A heartrending literary memoir of the tragic death of Kohler's older sister describes how in the aftermath of a fatal car accident, the author investigated their unusual shared childhood and her brother-in-law's violent history"--NoveList.
After learning that her sister Maxine was killed when her husband drove them off a deserted road in Johannesburg, Kohler flew back to the country where she was born, determined to reckon with the tragedy and her...
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221 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 29 cm
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English
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Historic moments from Mandela's inspiring life are captured in more than one hundred iconic photos from the mid-1940s through August 2009. Six key Mandela speeches are included, as well as an informative text.
18) Nelson Mandela
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40 unnumbered pages : color illustrations ; 32 cm
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English
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Presents a biography of the former South African president best known for his political activism and fight to end apartheid.
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