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A nasty business
A realistic novel of female spies and coming of age in the Cold War era of British Intelligence. A Nicollette Beverley Spy Novel It’s 1976 and on the prompting of her coach and former teacher, Nicolette, a star field hockey defensive back with a typical factory job in rural England, applies for a...
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Chaos in kinshasa
From beloved Congolese comics creator Barly Baruti and Belgian comics critic Thierry Bellefroid, translated from the original French by Batchelder Award-winning translator Ivanka Hahnenberger A Harlem gangster’s trip to Central Africa to attend the legendary 1974 Ali-Foreman "Rumble in the Jungle...
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Cape town
Unflinching portrayal of an enigmatic metropolis drawing on Trotter’s experiences with prostitutes, sailors, minstrels, professors, gangsters, politicians, and "poo-throwing" protestors.
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Wanjiku, child of mine
A Junior Library Guild Gold Standard Selection A CBC Spring 2024 Showcase Selection No matter where she goes, or how big she grows, Wanjikũ knows her name. Librarian Favorites: Third to Fifth Grade In the lush Kenyan countryside, a young Gikũyũ girl helps her grandmother with daily tasks. Here,...
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Halley's comet
In the final years of South Africa’s Apartheid era, an unlikely trio - a sheltered white rugby player, a black farmworker’s son, and an Indian shopkeeper’s daughter - discover the consequences of knowing the truth and having the courage to speak it. One sexual assault and a nation at war with its...
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Unwritten
When his mother vanishes, a thirteen-year-old reads her secret memoir — and follows her ghost to Spain. 13-year-old Leo's mother disappears and not even his father can tell him where she is or why she’s left. As the days pass, his unease grows. When he finds a mysterious file on the family shared...
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Bitter pill
The final installment in Peter Church's Dark Web Trilogy “A fast-paced and gripping thriller—expect several twists along the way.” —Cosmopolitan Amid rumors of bartenders paid to spike drinks and then deliver drugged college women to paying, eager patrons, University of Cape Town (UCT) authoritie...
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Chasing ghosts
Chasing Ghosts concludes the Catalyst International Crime Duology started in Phantom Pass as a killing spawns a hunt through a tangled web of drug gangs, political intrigue, and old apartheid mysteries that crisscrosses southern Africa. As clues smolder on the freeway of Cape Town, Captain Josh H...
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Everyday magic
The magical Council of Aunties are the only ones who can decide if Max and Meera can adopt a baby of their very own. To prove they can become parents, Max and Meera must complete three challenges–collect enough joy, love, and hope for the Aunties. Each task seems overwhelming, but a child is wait...
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Dickie does america
An “R” rated absurdist comic strip for the 12 year old boy hidden in all of us, Dickie critiques western cultural pillars in an age of political and social tribalism. Imagine Charlie Brown dropping out of highschool, moving to Belgium, and developing a bit of a drinking problem. Meet Dickie, a Be...
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Mother / land
An apparition of his deceased mother appears to law professor, Salim Bardien, in New York on the same day that a massive student protest movement erupts in Cape Town. She comes to foretell a revelation, an invisible stain for him to clean. The news itself—that Salim’s birth was the product of his...
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Kariba
2023 ALA Best Graphic Novels for Children The daughter of a river god, raised by a human father and bound to a tragic destiny. An African fantasy-adventure graphic novel inspired by the mythology of the Zambezi River and the history of the Kariba Dam, one of the largest dams ever constructed. ...
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Dark video
College boys and a camcorder in Cape Town. Those videos equal good money but lead down a sinister path.
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Birdseye
As children growing up at Marchbanks, an imposing mansion built high on a hill above a Cape seaside town, Bird and her five siblings love to hear the story of how their father wooed their mother, but they don’t know much about the past of their reclusive grandmother, Ma Bess, who rules Marchbanks...
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The rising tide
Ebba is back, and she’s starting the learn the rules of the game. But what – and who – will she have to sacrifice to fulfill the den Eeden prophecy and save the world from the Second Calamity? The second book in Helen Brain’s Fiery Spiral Trilogy.
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City of kings trilogy bundle
From 2022 Windham Campbell Prize winner Siphiwe Gloria Ndlovu, the complete collection of her multiple award-winning City of Kings trilogy, including The Theory of Flight, The History of Man, and The Quality of Mercy “Perhaps the most monumental trilogy to come out of Southern Africa” (Afrocritik...
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Oh give me a home
From Author Jane Kurtz, winner of the School Library Journal Best Of The Year and numerous other awards. In verse, Oh Give Me a Home relates the story of a girl’s inside-out view of America as she journeys from Ethiopia, searches for friends and belonging. Kirkus Starred Review Booklist Starred...
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The quality of mercy
Winner, Outstanding Fiction Book Prize, Zimbabwe National Arts Merit Awards Shortlist, 2023 Sunday Times Literary Awards Best African Books of 2023, African Arguments From 2022 Windham Campbell Prize winner Siphiwe Gloria Ndlovu, the breathtaking conclusion to her multiple award-winning City of ...
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The fiery spiral
The last installment of the top selling Fiery Spiral Trilogy. In a dystopian future Cape Town, Teenager Ebba Den Eeden is desperate to restore ecological and social harmony to an Earth torn apart by the warring Gods Theia and her brother Prospiroh.To end the divine conflict, Ebba must guard and r...
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The wall
The Pines, a gated community in East London, South Africa, protects homeowners from crime. But nobody's going to protect the young man trapped behind its walls.
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Disruption: new short fiction from africa
Dissent, disease, disaster: introducing Disruption, a short story collection from new and emerging African writers, many for the first time on North American shelves. Spanning genres, eras, and the African continent, from Libya, Sierra Leone, Cameroon, South Africa, Zambia, Uganda and beyond, the...
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Divine justice
Recovering addict Rae Valentine, a PI in Cape Town struggling with her own demons, finds herself in the violent world of diamond theft, white supremacy, and religious zealots—a world that doesn't want someone like Rae—to solve a case that may be more than she can handle.
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Quantum nightmares
Quantum Nightmares, a collection of dystopian sci-fi stories, contains the nuggets of bizarre psychological truth that help explain today’s divisive United States, where myth collides with belief and fact is hard to find. Betty Gray, the infamous first woman to report an alien abduction, offers h...
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Legends of the deep bundle
From Catalyst Press' Panel & Page African Graphic Novel Series, journey to the mystical waters of Southern Africa with Pearl and Siku, two young women forging their own destinies with magic and courage.
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A road called down on both sides
Coming of age in 1950s Ethiopia, American Caroline Kurtz returns as an adult with spouse and family, searching for "home.”
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Here comes lolo
A Junior Library Guild Gold Standard Selection Part of Niki Daly's Lolo series For Lolo, every day's a new adventure. Whether it's earning gold stars at school or returning a lost ring, she's ready for anything. Follow along with Lolo as she learns lessons about sharing, being brave, and being a ...
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Fly high, lolo
A Junior Library Guild Gold Standard SelectionA 2023 Skipping Stones HonoreeA School Library Journal Best Book of 2022Part of Niki Daly's Lolo seriesMore fun is on the way for Lolo in Fly High, Lolo, the fourth book in Niki Daly's Lolo series for beginning readers. Lolo is kind-hearted, creative,...
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Snowpal soccer
The epic game begins! That night, as agreed, the two children ask the moon: “Please let our snowpals play soccer.” Then each child adds a secret wish upon the stars: “I wish that my snowpal wins the soccer match!” After the storm and after the children build snowmen comes a whimsical tale. In th...
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