Memoir of Muriel Viscountess Lowther


Book Description

Childhood memories of her parents and their acquaintances in particular Rudyard Kipling and the secret language, which he taught her and his own children, incorporating Xhosa clicks and Soswati whistles, which she remembered to her dying day. Her own views of the main characters and the important events of her father's life. She demonstrates acute observations of the principal political issues and her father's important role in them.




Sir George Farrar


Book Description

George Farrar was a human dynamo. From what we know there were few uneventful or restful days in his life. Salesman, athlete, entrepreneur, father of six daughters, mining magnate, politician, town planner, farmer and soldier; he was tried for high treason, condemned to death by hanging, knighted and made a baronet. He became a household name on the Rand and in the 1968 South African Dictionary of Biography has four columns to himself.




A Guide to Manuscripts and Documents in the British Isles Relating to Africa: British Isles (excluding London)


Book Description

This work lists and describes manuscripts - in African and Western languages - relating to Africa south of the Sahara held in public and private collections in the British Isles. Arrangement of entries is first by country, and within each country alphabetical by town and name of repository.




The Jameson Raid


Book Description




Mercy Killer: Page Turners 11


Book Description

Dr. Rick Jamieson is preparing for the multimillion-dollar launch of a new drug. But when some of the patients end up dead, Rick starts to wonder if all is not what it seems. With the police hot on his trail, it's a race against time to find out what-or who-is behind all the mysterious deaths.







The Expense of Glory


Book Description










The Quantum Quark


Book Description

Publisher Description