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Oliver T Spedding
Bruno Berger, living in Johannesburg, South Africa, is cruelly abused by his parents during his formative years and develops a hatred for his fellow beings that dominates his life. Throughout…
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By 1998, four years after South Africa finally achieved democracy, hundreds of thousands of destitute South Africans still lived in squalid squatter camps spread across the country. San Diego squatter…
Renata Salazar, the wife of Juan Salazar, a successful wine farmer near Concepcion, Chile, and the manager of the vineyard, Jorge Martinez, are lovers. They plan to murder Juan and…
After two years of military training in Brazil and Cuba, Sara Castillo, a member of the Chilean Revolutionary Left Movement (M.I.R.) returns to Chile in 1980 with the intention of…
A young South African metallurgist, Paul Parker, is studying in Turkey. He meets a Turkish girl, Irene Yilmaz, they become lovers and Irene falls pregnant. An abortionist's assistant, Maria Ayaz…
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South African Brixton Murder and Robbery Unit detective Morgan Hunter, martial arts expert and cage fighter, fighting under the name "The Mighty Midget", is framed by two of his colleagues…
Edward Horner was born with a silver spoon in his mouth but the spoon is tarnished as he suffers from a debilitating lack of self respect and self confidence. This…
After the 1976 student uprising in South Africa, Simon Malaza leaves the country and receives subversive military training from the African National Congress Military Wing in exile. He returns to…
A young South African metallurgist, Paul Parker is studying in Turkey in 1992. He meets a Turkish peasant girl, Irene Yilmaz, they become lovers and Irene falls pregnant. They decide…
This book contains 55 in-depth non-fiction articles about Animals - Cancer - Goals - Health - Human relationships - Humor - Lifestyle - Myths and Legends - Nature - North…
This is the story of a young South African woman's attempt to save her father's vineyard after his apparent suicide. Sonia Bedford and her mother Hilary Bedford are joint beneficiaries…
In 1978, five men die in a shack in Soweto, South Africa, during a skirmish between the South African Security Police and Umkhonto weSizwe, the armed wing of the African…
PHOENIX RESURRECTED is the story of two abused teenagers, Garth Gilmore and Cindy Bedford, and their struggle to lead normal lives despite carrying the debilitating burden that their maltreatment has…
The time is the early 1970's and the country is South Africa. John Matlala, a young black man aged nineteen, leaves the citrus farm where he has spent his entire…
Ridiculed by his parents during his childhood, Nahuel Millaman, a seventeen-year-old Mapuche (indigenous Chilean citizen) boy living in Santiago, Chile is extremely shy and lacks self-confidence. When his girlfriend, Calfuray…
The 56 stories in A Birthday Gift (Fiction) include stories about a young boy's gift to his dying friend, a doctor's efforts to save a new-born baby that causes him…
