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  Playing the Enemy

  Nelson Mandela and the Game That Made a Nation

  by John Carlin

  A thrilling, inspiring account of one of the greatest charm offensives in history—Nelson Mandela’s decade-long campaign to unite his country, beginning in his jail cell and ending with a rugby tournament In 1985, Nelson Mandela, then in prison for twenty-three years, set about winning over the fiercest proponents of apartheid, from his jailers to the head of South Africa’s military. First he earned his freedom... (more)
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  Long Walk to Freedom

  The Autobiography of Nelson Mandela

  by Nelson Mandela

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  Invictus

  Nelson Mandela and the Game That Made a Nation

  by John Carlin

  Soon to be a major motion picture from Academy Award(r)--winning director Clint Eastwood, starring Matt Damon and Morgan Freeman. After being released from prison and winning South Africa's first free election, Nelson Mandela presided over a country still deeply divided by fifty years of apartheid. His plan was ambitious if not far-fetched: Use the national rugby team, the Springboks-long an embodiment of... (more)
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  Conversations with Myself

  by Nelson Mandela

  Nelson Mandela is widely considered to be one of the most inspiring and iconic figures of our age. Now, after a lifetime of taking pen to paper to record thoughts and events, hardships and victories, he has bestowed his entire extant personal papers, which offer an unprecedented insight into his remarkable life. A singular international publishing event, "Conversations with Myself" draws on Mandela's personal... (more)
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  Mandela

  The Authorized Portrait

  by Bill Clinton

  Named one of Time magazine's 100 Most Important People of the 20th Century, Nelson Rolihlahla Mandela has dedicated his life to fighting racism, segregation, oppression, and exploitation¿and championing democracy, equality, and education. Mandela: The Authorized Portrait celebrates the courage, determination, and remarkable humanity of a great man and chronicles his extraordinary contribution to humankind.... (more)
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  Diamonds, Gold, and War

  The British, the Boers, and the Making of South Africa

  by Martin Meredith

  From the author of The Fate of Africa : A vivid, gripping history of the turbulent years leading up to the founding of the modern state of South Africa in 1910. Southern Africa was once regarded as a worthless jumble of British colonies, Boer republics, and African chiefdoms, a troublesome region of little interest to the outside world. But then prospectors chanced first upon the world's richest deposits of... (more)
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  The State vs. Nelson Mandela: The Trial That Changed South Africa

  by Lord Joel Joffe

  On 11 July 1963, police raided Lilisleaf farm at Rivonia near Johannesburg, arresting alleged members of the high command of Umkhonto we Sizwe, the armed wing of the African National Congress (ANC). Together with the already imprisoned Nelson Mandela, they were put on trial and charged with conspiring to overthrow the apartheid government by violent revolution. Their expected punishment was death. In The State vs.... (more)
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  Un arc-en-ciel dans la nuit

  by Dominique Lapierre

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  DK Biographies

  Nelson Mandela (DK Biography)

  by Laaren Brown

  Perfect for book reports or summer reading, DK's acclaimed Biography series tackles two of history's most inspiring human rights figures: Mohandas Gandhi and Nelson Mandela.
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  Power Lines

  Two Years on South Africa's Borders

  by Jason Carter

  A land of tension and segregation, relatively unchanged since Nelson Mandela’s release from prison nearly a decade ago, South Africa is a country fraught with deep racial divides. While white citizens enjoy lifestyles similar to Westerners, black citizens inhabit a world of poverty and deprivation. Despite Mandela’s regime-shattering election as President, there has been little improvement in the ability of the... (more)
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  Nelson Mandela's Favorite African Folktales

  by Nelson Mandela

  "It is my wish that the voice of the storyteller may never die in Africa, that all the children of the world may experience the wonder of books."—Nelson Mandela, from the Foreword The vibrant tradition of African folktales—an oral heritage of stories that predates Ovid—is long, varied, and exceptionally rich, but surprisingly has been largely overlooked in the West. Nelson Mandela, the Nobel Laureate for... (more)
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  Nelson Mandela (Biography (a & E))

  by Reggie Finlayson, Sheila Rivera

  Describes the childhood, political activities, imprisonment, family, and presidency of Nelson Mandela.
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  Conversations with Myself

  by Nelson Mandela

  Foreword by President Barack Obama Nelson Mandela is one of the most inspiring and iconic figures of our age. Now, after a lifetime of recording thoughts and events, hardships and victories, he has opened his personal archive, which offers unprecedented insight into his remarkable life. From letters written in the darkest hours of his twenty-seven years of imprisonment to the draft of an unfinished sequel to ... (more)
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  Downfall and Freedom: A Novel about the Arms Trade, South Africa, and the KwaZulu

  by Charles E. Webb

  Thousands of miles apart, John Wesley Zooma and Clarence VanDyke Jackson witness horrific events in their young lives-events that ultimately shape the direction of their future. Zooma is a full member of the Zulu tribe in Natal, South Africa, and Jackson is an African American in a small town in south-central Mississippi. Following the traumatic events of their youths, they vow to exact revenge someday. Years... (more)