Random House Struik Creative Writing Course

Spook's Sacrifice, The

As the Spook's apprentice Tom's first duty is to protect the County from the dark. But now Mam needs his help in her homeland of Greece. One of the most dangerous of the old gods, the Ordeen, is about to return there, bringing slaughter and devastation. Meanwhile, the Devil himself is still loose and if he and the Ordeen join forces, a new age of darkness wi ...[more]

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The Queen of Green – a Collection of Contemporary Cautionary Tales from Africa

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Weird but True! 2: 300 Outrageous Facts
By: National Geographic Kids Magazine;

Did you know that a great white shark can weigh as much as 15 gorillas? That meteorites the size of basketballs land on Earth about once a month? Kids will devour more than 300 wacky facts in Weird but True! 2-the second installment in a lively new spin-off series from the award-winning National Geographic Kids magazin ...

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My First Book of Southern African Seashore Life
By: Roberta Griffiths; Judy Maré;
Release Date: August 2010

My First Book of Southern African Seashore Life is the latest title in this successful children's series. The book covers 58 sea creatures and plants that are likely to be seen at the shore. An illustrated introduction gives context to the subject, and then each of the featured specimens getsa vivid, full-colour illustrationsimple, informative texttranslation into three other languages - Afrikaans, Xhosa and Zuluvisual clues about the creatur ...

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