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The Magic Pencil    by Karen E. Dabney
Price: $1.50 USD. 38720 words. Published on August 12, 2009. .

Malcolm Bakersfield's new classmate, Nia Stellar is "not your average girl." Exciting and fantastic events occur, seemingly to do with her and a scruffy, used pencil. Nia challenges Malc in many ways and he discovers new abilities and sides to himself. We join him in his quest to find the truth to to the power of the pencil. And, like him, we just may learn a lot about ourselves.
Once Upon a White Man - a memoir of War and Peace in Africa    by Graham Atkins
Price: $1.99 USD. 62700 words. Published on December 30, 2009. .

From the terrors of Rhodesia’s 1970’s bush war, to the final disintegration of Zimbabwe under Robert Mugabe, this is a traumatic account of a conflicted young man who experiences his life and homeland being torn asunder. Honest, revealing and deeply emotional. Offers intriguing insights into the dilemma faced by patriotic white Africans trapped in the march of politics and history
African National Congress: A Documentary History of the Struggle Against Apartheid in South Africa    by Lenny Flank
Price: $9.99 USD. 83280 words. Published on January 16, 2010. .

A collection of historical documents from the African National Congress. The ANC, led by Nelson Mandela, Walter Sisulu, and Oliver Tambo, was, in partnership with the South African Communist Party and the Congress of South African Trade Unions, the core of the movement against the white supremacist Apartheid regime in South Africa.
Selected Speeches and Writings of Nelson Mandela: The End of Apartheid in South Africa    by Lenny Flank
Price: $9.99 USD. 80770 words. Published on January 16, 2010. .

For 30 years, the African National Congress, led by Walter Sisulu, Oliver Tambo and Nelson Mandela, was the core of opposition to the white supremacist apartheid regime in South Africa. After organizing strikes and founding the armed military wing of the ANC, Mandela spent 27 years in jail before emerging as a worldwide symbol of human freedom.
Stop the world, I need to pee!    by Cindy Vine
Price: $2.99 USD. 101530 words. Published on March 31, 2010. .

Never judge a book by it's cover. Outwardly, Fenella Fisher appears plain and ordinary. However, her unconventional approach and inability to say no means that she spends her life going from crisis to crisis. Things just seem to happen to her, and instead of letting them get her down, Fenella always lifts herself out of the mess, or ends up having the last laugh. Will Fenella find her dream man?
The Silent Scream    by Sulette Gardiner
Price: $4.99 USD. 94710 words. Published by Can Write Will Write  on May 13, 2010. .

About a South African prostitute during apartheid and beyond. Naive and powerless, she falls prey to the dark underworld of flesh peddling when trying to support her two children amid the storm as the ANC takes control. She suffers heartbreak and illness; trapped into drug addiction, slavery and depression. In 1998 does she find new hope, when the opportunity to travel abroad falls into her lap.
Memoir of an Apartheid Cop    by Glenn Elsden
Price: Free! 26020 words. Published on August 20, 2010. .

This memoir reflects the true story of a South African policeman, who served his country during the apartheid era, and also 7 years into democracy. The author spent the last few years of his 24-year long career in the crime-ridden and war torn province of KwaZulu/Natal, where he performed official duties as a forensic ballistic analyst.
Lots and Lots of Sugar    by Mary Wadsworth-Cooke
Price: $2.99 USD. 113900 words. Published by Elderberry Press, Inc.  on November 9, 2010. .

Join Maria in her bittersweet telling of a South African woman’s coming of age: Of dawn patrols as a child with her Oupa (grandpa) for rogue lion in the bush veldt; of mischievous boarding school life with its insatiable prankishness; of a hitchhiking tour in cold war Europe, sweet romance, political intrigue and tragedy. Then, back again in Africa, caught in the horror of the Congolese uprising
The Smoke That Thunders    by Nathan Bassett
Price: Free! 108630 words. Published on February 5, 2011. .

"Africa held the promise of changed hearts and souls. This Africa would offer renewed hope and the possibility of love. It would define their destinies. Yet, at any moment, this Africa could rob them of hope, love, and destiny. Chad and Peter were to be tested and refined in ways they dare not imagine."
The Pawn    by Ian Wynne
Price: $4.99 USD. 127850 words. Published on February 7, 2011. .

The abduction of his daughter sends Paul Van Niekerk into a spiral of disintegration until a chance meeting gives him hope. His quest to find out what happened to his daughter drags him through the corrupt underbelly of South Africa's apartheid regime. The Pawn is about the passions, fear and greed that drive men to unspeakable acts. It is, equally, about the triumph of love and justice.