The Boy Who Could Keep A Swan In His Head
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The Boy Who Could Keep A Swan In His Head
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Author : John Hunt
language : en
Publisher: Penguin Random House South Africa
Release Date : 2018-04-01
The Boy Who Could Keep A Swan In His Head written by John Hunt and has been published by Penguin Random House South Africa this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2018-04-01 with Fiction categories.
“Hillbrow, 1967. The New York of Africa. Someone wrote that the place would soon have more people per square kilometre than Tokyo. Everyone quoted that article to everyone. Some even cut it out and kept it folded in their wallets.” While other boys daydream about racing cars and football, eleven-year-old stutterer Phen sits reading to his father. In number four Duchess Court, Phen’s dad looks like a Spitfire pilot behind his oxygen mask. But real life is different from the daring adventures in the books Phen reads and he is forced to grow up faster than other boys his age. This is until Heb Thirteen Two shows up: in his pinstriped suit pants and tie-dyed psychedelic top, the stranger could be any old bum, or a boy’s special angel come to live among men. Poignant, witty and wise, John Hunt’s The Boy Who Could Keep a Swan in His Head is a meditation on being alive and shows us the power of books when we need them the most.
You Never Really Know
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Author : John Hunt
language : en
Publisher: Penguin Random House South Africa
Release Date : 2021-02-01
You Never Really Know written by John Hunt and has been published by Penguin Random House South Africa this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2021-02-01 with Fiction categories.
Meet our hero Cappuccino – barista to the President – who’s never lived anywhere other than in the big man’s compound. Left in the care of Maria-I’m-not-your-mother when his real mom died, Cappuccino spent his boyhood in the laundry room before receiving his true calling. From behind his impressive chrome coffee machine, Cappuccino is a fly on a very important wall. And, more importantly, he is in love with the captivating Naomi, an assistant to the President. But life is about to serve Cappuccino a bitter cup when he finds the Minister without Portfolio – and moral compass to The Boss – dead in the presidential home. Filled with warm humour, John Hunt’s novel serves up a double shot of pathos as it moves from playful satire to true tragedy whilst examining the inner workings of power.
The Roads To Hillbrow
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Author : Ron Nerio
language : en
Publisher: Fordham University Press
Release Date : 2022-06-07
The Roads To Hillbrow written by Ron Nerio and has been published by Fordham University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2022-06-07 with Social Science categories.
This highly accessible portrayal of a post-apartheid neighborhood in transition analyzes the relationship between identity, migration, and place. Since it was founded in 1894, amidst Johannesburg’s transformation from a mining town into the largest city in southern Africa, Hillbrow has been a community of migrants. As the “city of gold” accumulated wealth on the backs of migrant laborers from southern Africa, Jewish Eastern Europeans who had fled pogroms joined other Europeans and white South Africans in this emerging suburb. After World War II, Hillbrow became a landscape of high-rises that lured western and southern Europeans seeking prosperity in South Africa’s booming economy. By the 1980s, Hillbrow housed some of the most vibrant and visible queer spaces on the continent while also attracting thousands of Indian and Black South Africans who defied apartheid laws to live near the city center. Filling the void for a book about migration within the Global South, The Roads to Hillbrow explores how one South African neighborhood transformed from a white suburb under apartheid into a “grey zone” during the 1970s and 1980s to become a “port of entry” for people from at least twenty-five African countries. The Roads to Hillbrow explores the diverse experiences of domestic and transnational migrants who have made their way to this South African community following war, economic dislocation, and the social trauma of apartheid. Authors Ron Nerio and Jean Halley weave sociology, history, memoir, and queer studies with stories drawn from more than 100 interviews. Topics cover the search for employment, options for housing, support for unaccompanied minors, possibilities for queer expression, the creation of safe parks for children, and the challenges of living without documents. Current residents of Hillbrow also discuss how they cope with inequality, xenophobia, high levels of crime, and the harsh economic impacts of COVID-19. Many of the book’s interviewees arrived in Hillbrow seeking not only to gain better futures for themselves but also to support family members in rural parts of South Africa or in their countries of origin. Some immerse themselves in justice work, while others develop LGBTQ+ support networks, join religious and community groups, or engage in artistic expression. By emphasizing the disparate voices of migrants and people who work with migrants, this book shows how the people of Hillbrow form connections and adapt to adversity.
Understanding Space Strategy
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Author : John J. Klein
language : en
Publisher: Routledge
Release Date : 2019-03-07
Understanding Space Strategy written by John J. Klein and has been published by Routledge this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2019-03-07 with History categories.
This book examines the rise of great power competition in space, including the relevant and practical space strategies for China, Russia, the United States, and other countries. The work discusses the concepts and writings of past strategists, such as Thucydides, Sun Tzu, and Clausewitz, in relation to warfare initiated in or extending into space. This analysis underscores why polities initiate war based upon an assessment of fear, honor, and interest, and explains why this will also be true of war in space. Based upon the timeless strategic writings of the past, the book uncovers the strategy of space warfare, along with the concepts of deterrence, dissuasion, and the inherent right of self-defense, and outlines strategies for great, medium, and emerging space powers. Additionally, it highlights changes needed to space strategy based upon the Law of Armed Conflict, norms of behavior, and Rules of Engagement. The work also examines advancements and emerging trends in the commercial space sector, as well as what these changes mean for the implementation of a practical space strategy. Given the rise of great power competition in space, this work presents a space strategy based upon historical experience. This book will be of much interest to students of space policy, strategic studies, and International Relations.
Young Musgrave
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Author : Mrs. Oliphant (Margaret)
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1878
Young Musgrave written by Mrs. Oliphant (Margaret) and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1878 with Dime novels categories.
Eclectic Magazine And Monthly Edition Of The Living Age
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language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1877
Eclectic Magazine And Monthly Edition Of The Living Age written by and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1877 with American periodicals categories.
The Eclectic Magazine Of Foreign Literature Science And Art
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language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1877
The Eclectic Magazine Of Foreign Literature Science And Art written by and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1877 with American literature categories.
The Eclectic Magazine
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Author : John Holmes Agnew
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1877
The Eclectic Magazine written by John Holmes Agnew and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1877 with Periodicals categories.
Eclectic Magazine And Monthly Edition Of The Living Age
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Author : John Holmes Agnew
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1877
Eclectic Magazine And Monthly Edition Of The Living Age written by John Holmes Agnew and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1877 with American periodicals categories.
Young Musgrave
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Author : Mrs. Oliphant
language : en
Publisher: Good Press
Release Date : 2022-01-17
Young Musgrave written by Mrs. Oliphant and has been published by Good Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2022-01-17 with Fiction categories.
The story is set in a rural part of England in a once-elegant house called Penninghame Castle. The Musgrave family, who had owned the house for generations, had been robbed of much of their wealth and standing during the English Civil War as they were Cavaliers. The older son has disappeared after some scandalous events and nothing more is heard of him until two small children arrive unannounced on the doorstep, accompanied only by their nanny.