TIA MYSOA - Book Store Blog

Politically Incorrect: The Autobiography (Peter de Villiers)

2012-05-26T20:21:00.000+02:00

Product Details:
Subtitle: The autobiography
Authors: Peter de Villiers and Gavin Rich
Format: Trade Paperback
Publisher: Zebra Press
ISBN: 9781770224216
Publication date: June 2012

ORDER NOW FROM: Kalahari.com

Throughout his tenure as the first black Springbok coach, Peter de Villiers was in the news, and not always for the right reasons. His battle to be accepted and respected by the rugby fraternity started from the moment his appointment was announced, when his new boss admitted that De Villiers had got the job for reasons ‘other than only rugby’.

In his four years as Bok coach, De Villiers experienced huge successes – a series win over the British & Irish Lions and a Tri Nations trophy – but he also suffered the ignominy of coming last in the Tri Nations and seeing his World Cup dream shattered by the controversial officiating of referee Bryce Lawrence. In addition, his outspoken nature and colourful application of the metaphor alternately amused and horrified South African rugby fans, and his close relationship with his senior players begged the question: Who was coaching whom?

Blood Sisters by Roelien Schutte and Eileen de Jager

2012-05-21T20:00:00.001+02:00

Product Details

Publisher: LAPA Publishers (Pty) Ltd
ISBN: 9780799356441
Length: 212mm
Width: 137mm
Pages: 160

ORDER FROM - Kalahari.com

Product Description

Pieced together from interviews with sisters Eileen de Jager and Roelien Schutte by journalist Ilse Salzwedel, this book offers an intriguing, entertaining and sometimes upsetting glimpse into a world few people know exists.

Some of you might have seen the 2008 Hollywood movie Sunshine Cleaning with Amy Adams and Emily Blunt as two sisters teaming up to earn extra cash by cleaning up scenes of murder, suicide and other grisly affairs.

This book is nothing like the movie.

Endgame: Secret Talks and the End of Apartheid

2012-05-16T13:49:00.001+02:00

While reading this book keep in mind that the author, professor Willie Esterhuyse, was a National Intelligence Service (NIS) spy. He admitted this fact in his own words, in Afrikaans, when he stated: “My code name was Gert!” – (Afr: “my kodenaam was Gert!”) -- See Beeld report here.

He often wrote about his experiences and meetings in English pubs with the Communist enemies of South Africa and how South Africa’s super spies laid the table for handing the country over to the Marxist enemies. In his book “Tomorrow is another country”, the journalist Alister Sparks writes on page 86, that Prof. Willie Esterhuyse after those experiences taught his political science students that, “Negotiations do not always have to be formal; You can use Glenfiddich to solve a problem.”

– See also:

Secret talks with the Enemy, by Mike Smith – dated 30 March 2011.
De Klerk’s liberal conversion and the mindset of treason, by Mike Smith – dated 21 May 2011.

In 2009 the film Endgame was made as a dramatization of the negotiations.

White Girl Bleed a Lot: The Return of Race Riots to America, by Colin Flaherty

2012-05-14T18:51:00.002+02:00

Publication Date: March 24, 2012

Book Description:
A new book (2nd Edition) from Washington Post-award winning reporter Colin Flaherty: Race riots are back. Along with widespread racial crime and violence. In hundreds of episodes in more than 50 cities since 2010, groups of black people are roaming the streets of America -- assaulting, intimidating, stalking, threatening, vandalizing, stealing, shooting, stabbing, even raping and killing. But local media and public officials are silent. Crime is color blind, says a Milwaukee police chief. Race is not important, a Chicago newspaper editor says. The kids were just blowing off steam, says a Philadelphia social worker. Thanks to YouTube, we now know the truth. This is the first book that puts it all together.

"This is a challenging book. An interesting and powerful and ultimately persuasive book by a great American writer not afraid to look at one of the most thought about but unspoken features of American life." -- Dan Auld, award-winning journalist.

"Magic. Flaherty speaks from his strength, which is understanding media. He links together abundant citations, all from mainstream media and many from African-American media, in order to illustrate his point. " Houston Examiner

About the Author:
Colin Flaherty is a Washington Post-award winning author and winner of more than 50 awards for journalism.

Website: whitegirlbleedalot.com

Product Details:
Publisher: White Girl Bleed a Lot (March 24, 2012)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0615621635
ISBN-13: 978-0615621630

Don't bother with the paperback, just get the E-book. Then you will be able to see the multitude of clickable references, including documented videos of the mayhem, that back up the book's frightening premise.

Out Of America: A Black Man Confronts Africa

2012-04-14T22:36:00.002+02:00

When this book was first published in February 1997, the author, Keith Richburg - a black American, was shunned and insulted for daring to reject the Afro-centric idealism which is an article of faith in black America. His book sparked anger and controversy among black nationalists for daring to repudiate his African roots and thanking God that his ancestor was enslaved.

After he spent three years reporting from Africa for the Washington Post, Mr Richburg hurls down a challenge to black American leaders to stop deceiving themselves and the 35 million (black) descendants of slaves, that Africa is Eden on earth.

"I'm tired of lying,' he writes. 'And I'm tired of all the ignorance and hypocrisy and the double standards I hear and read about Africa, much of it from people who've never been there, let alone spent three years walking around amid the corpses.

"Talk to me about Africa and my black roots and my kinship with my African brothers and I'll throw it back in your face, and then I'll rub your nose in the images of the rotting flesh.'

"Richburg spent three years covering the continent's senseless violence, corruption, bloody and incessant cruelties--machete-wielding Hutu militiamen, a cholera epidemic in Zaire, famine in Somalia, civil war in Liberia, disease, dirt, dictatorships, killer children, AIDS, terror.

"Had my ancestor not made it out of here,' Richburg muses, 'I might have ended up in that crowd...maybe I would have been one of those bodies, washing over the waterfall in Tanzania or maybe my son would have been set ablaze by soldiers. Or I would be limping now from the torture I received in some rancid police cell...' – Sourced from www.revisionisthistory.org - (follow the link to read more)

The second edition was published on 22 September 2009.

The Last Rhinos: The Powerful Story of One Man's Battle to Save a Species

2012-04-06T13:41:00.000+02:00

Product Description:
Life on Lawrence Anthony's game reserve, Thula Thula, is rarely dull, what with spitting cobras endangering his rangers and the unpredictable behaviour of his herd of elephants. But at least his orphaned rhino Heidi is calm around people, and a favourite of staff and guests alike. Until she is brutally slaughtered for her horn. Furious and heartsick, Lawrence heads off to track down the poachers, but also embarks on a bid to save the Congo's last few northern white rhino from extinction. Diplomatic efforts are failing, so he takes action himself, flying into a warzone to negotiate with rebels. Will he survive his most dangerous adventure yet, and will Thula Thula survive the drought that threatens the region? Peopled with unforgettable characters, from the local witch doctor to eccentric conservationist Brendan and the elephants who have such an extraordinary bond with Lawrence, The Last Rhinos is a sometimes funny, sometimes moving, always gripping read.

Product Details:
Authors: Lawrence Anthony and Graham Spence
Publisher: Sidgwick & Jackson Ltd
ISBN: 9780283071621
Publication date: April 2012
Illustrations: 8 Colour Pages
Pages: 384

ORDER FROM: Kalahari.com (Softcover or Hardcover) or various formats at Amazon.com

Eight days in September - The removal of Thabo Mbeki, by Frank Chikane

2012-03-17T16:26:00.000+02:00

Product Description:
A riveting, behind-the-scenes account of the removal of Thabo Mbeki as President of South Africa, which examines the build-up to events, describes the details of those seven days in September 2008 and explores Mbeki's legacy. "Seven days in September" refers to the seven-day period in September 2008 when Thabo Mbeki was removed from office as the President of South Africa. At the time, Frank Chikane was Secretary of Cabinet and Head (Director-General) of the Presidency and in that capacity he was responsible for managing the transition from Mbeki to Kgalema Motlanthe and then on to Jacob Zuma. He thus had a front row seat to the unfolding drama and was one of very few insiders to be party to the transition in such a unique way. In July 2010 Chikane published a series of articles with Independent Newspapers that came to be known as the "Chikane Files". These form the basis of some of the content of this book (about a quarter of the book's total contents), which Chikane says he feels compelled to tell from his perspective in an effort to provide an insider's account of this key historical period.

“We Were There” by General Jannie Geldenhuys

2012-01-28T20:00:00.001+02:00

The book “We Were There”, compiled by General Jannie Geldenhuys, is finally available on Kalahari.com, South Africa’s leading online bookstore.

The book contains 92 chapters about the South African Border War on the Namibia/Angola border (1966-1989). It is also available in Afrikaans, “Ons Was Daar”.

General Geldenhuys wrote the book - with the assistance of 62 others Generals, Officers, and soldiers, because they felt the need to restore the honour of the SADF, as well as the true history of the Border War in South West Africa (Namibia). The General added that the SADF were the victors in the war, but - “they who were defeated are telling the stories... Our soldiers are not getting the respect they deserve.”

The book is a monumental work that tells the truth about Fidel Castro, and other so-called truth-gymnasts. General Geldenhuys also said: “We are NOT going to be politically correct when we tell ours!” Source

Incidentally, I’ve noticed that the English page on Kalahari.com provides no Product Description for this book. It simply provides the ISBN number, leaving out other essential info. such as, the Publishers Name, Publication Date, Book Format, etc… Viewers who land on the page are presented with another product to consider, immediately below the ISBN number, which in my case was, “Atlas of Changing South Africa (2nd Edition)” - first published in 1994 as "The Atlas of Apartheid", by A.J. Christopher.

2012: IT'S NOT THE END OF THE WORLD: The Truth About the Mayan Calendar, by Peter Lemesurier

2011-12-31T09:53:00.000+02:00

Product Description:
Public fears that the world will end on 21st December 2012 - and/or that a new world will then dawn - are currently widespread, and promise to reach panic levels by the autumn of 2012. Peter Lemesurier's 2012: IT'S NOT THE END OF THE WORLD: The Truth About the Mayan Calendar addresses those fears directly, examining in detail the main titles from among the huge amount of doom-mongering literature on the subject (and virtually all of it is doom-mongering!)) and dismissing most of it for the nonsense it is.

The Battle of Blood River, by Deirdre Fields

2011-12-17T16:26:00.000+02:00

The Boers climbed “Execution Hill” (Hlomo Amabutu) in the hot, subtropical, Natal sun; the stench of rotting flesh filled their nostrils. This had been the Zulu King Dingaan’s execution site - and many had been the executions he had ordered. Thousands had found their tortured, final resting place here. Mostly, executions were conducted with the aid of a sangoma or witchdoctor, who would conduct “smelling
out” ceremonies, during which he would claim to sniff out those people who were evil wizards, or plotting some mischief against the chief.

Recommended New Titles

2011-12-08T20:04:00.001+02:00

This posting is just a reminder that the page New Book Titles is updated on a monthly basis. Recently added products include the following:

Monkey Business - by Mike Nicol
Monkey Business records the murder of Anni Dewani, a story that played out in the international media and on social network sites during the year 2011.

John Platter's South African wine guide 2012 – Edited by Philip van Zyl
The guide's combination of wine knowledge and news journalism makes it more than a trusted wine adviser: it's also a colourful and entertaining chronicle of who's who and what's what in the world of South African wine.

The Devil in the Detail: How the Arms Deal Changed Everything - by Paul Holden and Hennie Van Vuuren
The ‘Arms Deal’ was and still is a series of scandals and outrages, all contributing towards a dubious momentum that takes South Africa further away from democratic practice.

Byleveld: dossier of a serial sleuth - by Hanlie Retief
Recently retired, detective Piet Byleveld's name has become legendary. He is the man who solved some of South Africa's most famous crime investigations.

More info here

The Last Sushi, by Zapiro

2011-11-17T00:25:00.001+02:00

No year would be complete without Zapiro’s annual collection of cartoons, which have served to become a reflective summary of political events in the year. Packed with biting humor and cutting edge satire The Last Sushi showcases this year’s cream of the crop from South Africa’s sharpest cartoonist.

Once again Zapiro also acts as our national conscience and ensures that no event passes by without comment… or a laugh.

Product details:

Publisher: Jacana Media

ISBN: 9781431402533

Pages: 160

Order from Kalahari.com

Terrorism and the Illuminati: A Three Thousand Year History, by David Livingstone

2011-10-18T00:03:00.000+02:00

The heading of this book says it all…

It connects the conspiracy dots and fills in the gaps like no other book has ever been able to achieve. The author pulls no punches on describing secret societies, the family bloodlines involved, and their impact on the cultures and history of the world. After reading this book, my only regret was that I’d never read it sooner. – Tia Mysoa

Product Details:
Paperback: 334 pages
Publisher: BookSurge Publishing (April 3, 2007)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 1419661256
ISBN-13: 978-1419661259

Order from Kalahari.com or Amazon.com

Free Online Versions are also available - See end of this posting.

About the Book:

Contrary to myth being fabricated, Islam does not pose a threat to the West. Rather, Islamic “terrorist” organizations have been created to serve Western imperialistic objectives. These groups are intertwined with Western power through a network of occult secret societies. This relationship dates back to sixth century BC, and the birth of the Kabbalah, in Babylon; a plot to seek world domination through the use of magic and deception.

Those in Peril by Wilbur Smith

2011-10-12T15:23:00.000+02:00

Another bestseller from one of the world's most loved storytellers.

Product Details:
Publisher: MACMILLAN
ISBN: 9780230529267
Format: Hardcover
Pages: 400

Order from Kalahari.com or Amazon.com

Product Description:
Hazel Bannock is the heir to the Bannock Oil Corp, one of the major oil producers with global reach. While cruising in the Indian Ocean, Hazel's private yacht is hijacked by African pirates. Hazel is not on board at the time, but her nineteen year old daughter, Cayla, is kidnapped and held to ransom.

Lost Trials of the Transvaal: Chapter 4, by Thomas Bulpin

2011-09-26T20:15:00.000+02:00

The following was sourced from chapter 4 of Thomas Bulpin’s book - “Lost Trials of the Transvaal”. The chapter heading is called “MZILIKAZI”. The story of this ancient Mugabe-style madman is masterfully told with a sense of impartiality, mixed with a little underlying sarcasm (or humour) - depending who the reader is.

Lost Trials of the Transvaal: Chapter 3, by Thomas Bulpin

2011-09-21T21:28:00.000+02:00

The following was sourced from chapter 3 of Thomas Bulpin’s book - “Lost Trials of the Transvaal”. The chapter heading is called “Winding Paths”. It is a brief but colourful account of how some of South Africa’s existing roads and highways came into being. The chapter also provides some lesser known and/or forgotten legends associated with these ancient winding paths.

Lost Trials of the Transvaal: Chapter 2, by Thomas Bulpin

2011-09-17T12:42:00.001+02:00

The following text was sourced from chapter 2 of a rare book by Thomas Bulpin - “Lost Trials of the Transvaal”. The chapter heading is called “Superstition Mountains”. These are the mountains known today as the Soutpansberg Mountains (Salt Pan Mountains) situated in the modern-day Limpopo province. It is the most northern mountain range in South Africa.

The copy of Bulpin’s book I have in my possession, published in 1965, has an authors note, stating: “This book represents the combined material of several earlier works, Lost Trials of the Low Veld, The Golden Republic, Storm over the Transvaal and Lost Trials of the Transvaal (1956 edition). Much new material has also been added in the process of correction and modification.”

The copy in my possession is beautifully illustrated with line drawings by A.A. Telford and C.T.A. Maberly.

Dead Boer Walking: Whites have Rights too, by Renate Ackerman

2011-09-17T11:39:00.000+02:00

I’ve just discovered a new book called, “Dead Boer Walking: Whites have Rights too”, written by Renate Ackerman. Only the Kindle Edition is available, dated 13 Sept. 2011.

Product Description from Amazon.com:
Nobody was more hated amongst black terrorist groups in South Africa than Susan Van Der Merwe. Her investigations in to racist attacks on whites made her few friends and powerful enemies. In this extraordinary story and first hand account she explains how blacks threatened to kill her if she did not stop her enquires in to racist attacks on Boers, how they threatened to kill her friends and family when she refused to be intimidated, and how she ended up the number one target on a black terrorist hit list called Boerwatch. Her most terrifying moment came when she was shot and left for dead outside President Mandela’s house. This is the tale of one woman’s determination to stand up to racism and ethnic cleansing against her community and uphold the conservative values she believes.

British Terrorism Against Boer Civilians, by Elma Ross

2011-08-11T18:32:00.002+02:00

How Britain destroyed the two Boer republics by starving civilians in concentration camps during the Anglo Boer War (1899-1902)

Publisher: Createspace (May 1, 2011)
ISBN: 9781460959336
Pages: 188

Suppliers:

Kalahari.com

Amazon.com

Amazon Kindle

Product Description
This book exposes the atrocities of the concentration camps that the British installed during Anglo Boer War II in the many ways in which England broke the rules of the Hague Convention. During this war England conveniently forgot about the Sand River and Bloemfontein Conventions, during which the British government granted sovereignty to the Boer Republics.

England wanted to destroy the Boer Republics, and sent 450,000 troops against an entire population of less than 200,000 souls, yet could not win on the battlefield.

So, Lord Kitchener set out to implement the scorched earth policy: the British soldiers burnt everything the Boers depended on for survival: their farms, food, livestock, and whipped defenseless Boer women, children, the sick, elderly and disabled Boers onto soiled trucks built for animals, and took them to concentration camps. There was not water, food or sanitation on route. 22,500 children died in agony in the camps, while some were shot dead.

With Malice and Forethought: A Novel Based on Real Events, by Dave Meckanic

2011-08-06T21:06:00.000+02:00

This amazing book also covers the mysteries surrounding the SA Helderberg disaster, the South African Airways Flight 295 that crashed into the Indian Ocean east of Mauritius on 28 November 1987, killing everyone on board.

Pik Botha and His Times, by Theresa Papenfus

2011-08-04T21:05:00.000+02:00

The extensive biography of Roelof Frederik “Pik” Botha, Foreign Minister of South Africa during the apartheid era, has been written by Theresa Papenfus. Pik Botha and His Times is published by Litera, a new independent publishing house started by Papenfus.

From the book’s blurb:

A biography of Pik Botha, one of South Africa’s most colourful public figures, and at a stage the longest serving Foreign Minister in the world.

About the author

Theresa Papenfus was born in Villiersdorp in the Western Cape and attended schools in Montagu and Worcester. After completing her studies at the University of Stellenbosch she worked for Beeld in Pretoria as a reporter.

As a young mother she undertook freelance work and found time for her own writing. She joined the publishers J.L. van Schaik as an editor, and later headed the general books section. In 2000 she started her own publishing business, Litera Publications.

Die boek is ook beskikbaar in Afrikaans as Pik Botha en sy tyd

The above was sourced from: bookslive.co.za

The following was sourced from: channel24.co.za

Pik Botha launches new book
By Philda Essop
2011-08-04 11:53

Cape Town - Former Minister of Foreign Affairs Pik Botha has said that South Africans should start talking again about the state of the nation to find solutions to its problems.
Read more »

Excerpts from the book: Into the Cannibal’s Pot, by Ilana Mercer (Part 2)

2011-08-04T20:28:00.001+02:00

TAKE NOTE: The following extracts were sourced from the Smashwords edition, where approximately 20 percent of the content can be viewed for free. Because Smashwords does not deliver the content in print form, but in various digital formats – the extracts I’ve published here will thus not reference any page numbers. Reference numbers used to indicate the author’s sources, have also been omitted. Click here if you missed Part 1

Excerpts from the book: Into the Cannibal’s Pot, by Ilana Mercer (Part 1)

2011-08-04T20:23:00.002+02:00

“Into the Cannibal’s Pot: Lessons for America from Post-Apartheid South Africa,” is dedicated “To my Afrikaner brothers, betrayed.” - (Ilana Mercer on her blog - www.barelyablog.com)

Racism, Guilt and Self-Deceit, by Gedaliah Braun

2011-04-28T12:04:00.001+02:00

The author of this book, Dr Gedaliah Braun, is a Liberal American Academic who came to Africa in 1975. He travelled, lived and lectured in Philosophy at universities in Africa. He now lives in Johannesburg, South Africa. This is what he learned during that time from his many discussions with Black people across the continent. This book is unique in its subject matter and its message. It will shock many people both inside and outside Africa.

The Shadow World: Inside the Global Arms Trade by Andrew Feinstein

2011-04-10T23:02:00.001+02:00

The Shadow World is the harrowing behind-the-scenes tale of the global arms trade, revealing the deadly collusion among senior politicians, weapons manufacturers, felonious arms dealers, and the military that compromises our security and undermines our democracy.

Pulling back the curtain on this secretive world, Andrew Feinstein reveals the corruption and the cover-ups behind weapons deals ranging from the largest in history - between the British and Saudi governments - to the role Israel plays in helping U.S. weapons manufacturers sidestep economic sanctions. He exposes in forensic detail both the formal government-to-government trade in arms and the shadow world of illicit weapons dealing, and lays bare the shocking and inextricable links between the two. Drawing on his experience as a member of the African National Congress who resigned when the ANC refused to launch an investigation into a corrupt major South African arms deal, Feinstein illuminates the impact this network has not only on conflicts around the world but also on the democratic institutions of the United States and the United Kingdom.

Based on pathbreaking reporting and unprecedented access to top-secret information and major players in this clandestine realm, The Shadow World places us in the midst of the arms trade’s dramatic wheeling and dealing, from corporate boardrooms to seedy out-of-the-way hotels, and reveals the profound danger this network represents to all of us.