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Author: Doug Downie Publisher: Lulu.com ISBN: 1105039722 Category : Fiction Languages : en Pages : 193
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Two brothers who have drifted apart, living on two different continents, meet in South Africa for a road trip and hoped for renewal of their relationship. Things turn out in the most unexpected way however.
Author: Doug Downie Publisher: Lulu.com ISBN: 1105039722 Category : Fiction Languages : en Pages : 193
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Two brothers who have drifted apart, living on two different continents, meet in South Africa for a road trip and hoped for renewal of their relationship. Things turn out in the most unexpected way however.
Author: Tom Dalzell Publisher: Routledge ISBN: 1317372522 Category : Foreign Language Study Languages : en Pages : 864
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Booklist Top of the List Reference Source The heir and successor to Eric Partridge's brilliant magnum opus, The Dictionary of Slang and Unconventional English, this two-volume New Partridge Dictionary of Slang and Unconventional English is the definitive record of post WWII slang. Containing over 60,000 entries, this new edition of the authoritative work on slang details the slang and unconventional English of the English-speaking world since 1945, and through the first decade of the new millennium, with the same thorough, intense, and lively scholarship that characterized Partridge's own work. Unique, exciting and, at times, hilariously shocking, key features include: unprecedented coverage of World English, with equal prominence given to American and British English slang, and entries included from Australia, New Zealand, Canada, India, South Africa, Ireland, and the Caribbean emphasis on post-World War II slang and unconventional English published sources given for each entry, often including an early or significant example of the term’s use in print. hundreds of thousands of citations from popular literature, newspapers, magazines, movies, and songs illustrating usage of the headwords dating information for each headword in the tradition of Partridge, commentary on the term’s origins and meaning New to this edition: A new preface noting slang trends of the last five years Over 1,000 new entries from the US, UK and Australia New terms from the language of social networking Many entries now revised to include new dating, new citations from written sources and new glosses The New Partridge Dictionary of Slang and Unconventional English is a spectacular resource infused with humour and learning – it’s rude, it’s delightful, and it’s a prize for anyone with a love of language.
Author: Winston Crutchfield Publisher: Critical Press Media ISBN: Category : Games & Activities Languages : en Pages : 219
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Battle for survival in against the goblin-men of frozen Hyperborea. Bring law and order to the crime-ridden streets of New Amsterdam. Stand fast against the grim darkness of alien scavengers and soulless machines on the far flung planet of Rodinia. Compete for eternal glory and honor on the interdimensional nexus world of Olympus, where the games are the only thing that matter. Lose yourself in the glitz and glamour of Neo-Vegas, where con artists and thieves rule the night and every battle of wits is played for the highest stakes. It takes money to make magick. On the campus of Arkane University everyone competes for the scarcest resource of all ... grant money. Inside this book you will find: 40 new mobs. 55 new nameless NPCs. 36 named characters include either a description or a bit of flash fiction. For a total of 89 new Stunts and 290 unique Aspects, ready to be milled, adapted, or lifted directly for immediate use in your fantasy, modern, or sci-fi setting. Customize the details for your needs, or use them as they are and build a unique world from the flavor text. 9 Conflict Structures and Stress Tracks detail new action zones and ways to take out your opponents. Stress Tracks Will - a measure of physical, mental, and spiritual fortitude Health - for close and ranged combat Pursuit - racing, chasing, and hot pursuit Score - when it's a game within the game Structure - pick locks, crack safes, and hotwire vehicles Stake - gamble, bribe, and negotiate the winning edge Conviction - win over your opponent by appealing to reason and emotion Composure - wear down your opponent to control their reactions Support - keep your friends and enemies close, whether they like it or not Conflict Structures Close Combat, Ranged Combat, Chase, Sports, Gadgetry, Gambling, Negotiation, Empathy, Politics 108 new conflict mauevers describe new ways to use the core Fate skills. 50 pages describing the math that drives the Fate System along with detailed tips on scaling the power level of opponents to create dramatic and meaningful conflict no matter your chosen arena.
Author: Rhodes University. Dictionary Unit for South African English Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA ISBN: Category : Language Arts & Disciplines Languages : en Pages : 864
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A Dictionary of South African English is the fullest ever study of the English language in South Africa. The result of 25 years of work, this dictionary has been researched and written according to historical principles. However, as well as recording examples of South African English goingback to the sixteenth century, the dictionary also provides an insight into the dramatic political and cultural changes in South Africa's history by examining the country's ever changing language right up to the present day. Research into language has involved the contributions of hundreds ofindividual South Africans, as well as extensive research into all other forms of the written and spoken language. Diverse and informative entries include robot (a traffic light), bakkie (a small truck), bond (a mortgage), and brinjals (aubergines). The dictionary includes such areas as children'sslang, the vocabulary of soldiers, the mines, local music terms, the townships, food, and a detailed look at the complex language of apartheid. English words originating from all the country's groups are recorded, including words from Dutch/Afrikaans, the Malayo-Indonesian languages, the Indian,Khoisan, Nguni, and Sotho languages.
Author: Edward Joffe Publisher: AuthorHouse ISBN: 1491892080 Category : Biography & Autobiography Languages : en Pages : 239
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FUNNIER THAN ADRIAN MOLE AND FAR SEXIER! Does not skirt round the vast injustice of apartheid SUPERB MEMOIR Joffe is a man sui generis. Impish at times, but always interesting. Memorable and well written! AN INTIMATE, FUNNY, AND PROFOUND PERSONAL HISTORY Reading this funny, clever, sometimes vicious portrayal of growing up in Johannesburg in the 1930s, 40s, and 50s, I found myself reminded of Blakes line To see a world in a grain of sand. This is because Joffe, in writing a detailed and often very amusing account of his personal adventures and misadventures, captures also the texture of the broader environment, the brutal decades of racist horror of his native land. Joffe relates events with the engaging rhythm of all great story tellers - there are villains like sadistic teachers and fatuous fathers-in-law, there are lost adolescents in pursuit of sex and meaning, there are coming of age crises and triumphs, and an almost Dickensian host of memorable, often quirky, family members and friends. Read it, and you will see what I mean. Read it and youll laugh frequently. Read it and youll better understand the last 80 years of South African history. BRILLIANT MEMOIR Fascinating portrait of life in pre-Mandela South Africa, packed with very fine vignettes. A page-turning account of adolescence and the pains of growing up. Source: Amazon customer reviews
Author: Ingrid Wolfaardt Publisher: Human & Rosseau ISBN: Category : Fiction Languages : en Pages : 468
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Heartfruit is both a sweeping saga and a revisionist "farm novel". It traces the story of a South African fruit farm and the farm's transition from a traditional white-held ownership to a new dispensation of collective ownership (where the traditional roles of worker and landowner are redefined) and explores the economic relationships and legal issues surrounding farming and the export of fruit from South Africa. The story stretches from the 1970's to approximately the turn of the 20th century. The novel begins with Izak, the main male protagonist, a fruit farmer travelling in Europe in search of funding and new markets, here at the end of the 1990's. The latter half of this decade has seen the opening up of trade for individual growers and agents in South Africa to access international markets, without governmental control through the old Marketing Board system. He has an accident in the home of his estranged brother in Holland, whereby he lands up in hospital. Here he has time to reflect and consider his private history as well as his future and the fragile prospects of the new farm structure he has implemented. In essence the novel speaks of a broader human experience of loss and guilt as well as the struggle to reach out and build relationships. The title of the novel is derived from the common name of the tree Hymenocardia acida, which is a tree indigenous to Southern Africa. The fruit of the tree is in the shape of a deeply indented heart, turning red and conspicuous when mature. In African culture, the fresh leaves, which are also believed to have medicinal qualities, are placed in the roof of a house to protect it from lightning. HeartFruit is an enchanting, gripping novel by an exciting new author.
Author: Roger Young Publisher: Author House ISBN: 1477286543 Category : Fiction Languages : en Pages : 775
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Southern Rhodesia, Central Africa: March, 1914. A trooper of police, sent to contain a lawless settlement near Bulawayo, the countrys largest city, told on his arrival there that all the violence was caused by government restrictions (not true) took them at their word and made a single, simple rule, No one may initiate the use of force, including me simple, because to him it was no more than a policemans job. Common Law would be upheld, he said (robbery, rape, fraud etc.): Statute Law (restrictions) wouldnt. If they obeyed it, so would he: that was the deal, and his grim reputation needed only to be tested once. After this he withdrew and let them all get on with their affairs. He was thought to be from the American Far West; and his rule being based upon a moral principle, initiating force is wrong, which cant be circumvented by the Law, police, politics, or even at the will of a majority, with taxes and legislation set aside and everything done willy-nilly by agreement, not by vote, sure enough and right away Queenstown became like one in the American Far West: a free society. But with this difference: no force eliminated anything to do with government. Question: But how can a society exist, let alone succeed, without a government? Answer: This is what the book is all about.
Author: Tony Eprile Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company ISBN: 9780393058888 Category : Fiction Languages : en Pages : 308
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As the novel builds to a harrowing conclusion, Eprile fuses a searing political and cultural satire with a haunting coming-of-age story to render South Africa's turbulent past with striking clarity.
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