Slang is gradually taking its place in everyday language. More and more people are recognizing slang's amusing, colourful and descriptive properties and finding that slang is often more expressive than...

By 1998, four years after South Africa finally achieved democracy, hundreds of thousands of destitute South Africans still lived in squalid squatter camps spread across the country. San Diego squatter...

Bruno Berger, living in Johannesburg, South Africa, is cruelly abused by his parents during his formative years and develops a hatred for his fellow beings that dominates his life. Throughout his young...

A young South African metallurgist, Paul Parker, is studying in Turkey. He meets a Turkish girl, Irene Yilmaz, they become lovers and Irene falls pregnant. An abortionist's assistant, Maria Ayaz, arranges...

South African Brixton Murder and Robbery Unit detective Morgan Hunter, martial arts expert and cage fighter, fighting under the name "The Mighty Midget", is framed by two of his colleagues, detectives...

Edward Horner was born with a silver spoon in his mouth but the spoon is tarnished as he suffers from a debilitating lack of self respect and self confidence. This has dire consequences for him in his...

This book contains 50 Foniktoon puzzles that will help you increase your vocabulary in a fun way. Read the captions above the illustrations and then see the translations below.Homonyms are words that...

The Cheetah's TearstainsThe evil and lazy hunter steals the Cheetah's two cubs, intending to train them to hunt for him. Cheetah is devastated by the loss of her two cubs and cries so many tears that...

Ferdi's Big JumpFerdi the frog is scared of heights and refuses to jump like the other frogs. Whenever an egret appears and the frogs jump into the water Ferdi hides amongst the reeds. One day an egret...

Horrible HowardA very angry crocodile is shot by the ranger and its skin made into a handbag. The handbag retains the angry nature of the crocodile and is called Horrible Howard by the other handbags....

Hettie's PirouetteHilda the hippopotamus and Hettie the heron both love the ballet. They join the Ballet school and begin training. They enter the end-of-year competition for couples (pas de deux) and...

A collection of 30 interesting children's picture book stories from all over the world, including Africa, North America, India, Ireland and England. This book will be of great help in teaching your child...

Renata Salazar, the wife of Juan Salazar, a successful wine farmer near Concepcion, Chile, and the manager of the vineyard, Jorge Martinez, are lovers. They plan to murder Juan and make it appear to be...

After two years of military training in Brazil and Cuba, Sara Castillo, a member of the Chilean Revolutionary Left Movement (M.I.R.) returns to Chile in 1980 with the intention of contributing to the...

Myths and legends are always fascinating and often contain wise and interesting messages concerning human nature. This book has a wide variety of myths and legends that will intrigue readers, provide...

According to the World Health Organisation approximately one in five people suffer from hay fever (allergic rhinitis) worldwide and there appears to be no cure for it. There are ways to curb it such as...

There may be no cure for the common cold or the flu but this booklet will help you reduce the duration of a cold or the flu by several days and also greatly reduce your chances of catching a cold or the...

Short-term dieting has its place but a long-term eating program is essential if you want to live a more rewarding and healthy life. This booklet has been written to help you implement a long-term eating...

Ridiculed by his parents during his childhood, Nahuel Millaman, a seventeen-year-old Mapuche (indigenous Chilean citizen) boy living in Santiago, Chile is extremely shy and lacks self-confidence. When...

In 1978 five men die in a shack in Soweto, South Africa, during a skirmish between the South African Security Police and Umkhonto weSizwe, the armed wing of the African National Congress. A year earlier...

This collection of short non-fiction articles includes articles about animals and their ways of communication, self-help articles that lead to success, human behaviour, health, emotions, discrimination,...

The time is the early 1970's and the country is South Africa. John Matlala, a young black man aged nineteen, leaves the citrus farm where he has spent his entire life and sets out to seek his fortune...

Hunting for honey is hard work so Basil the bear buys a 4 X 4 and after he has learnt to drive it he uses it to hunt for honey. When the 4 X 4 breaks down Basil follows his trail back home. On the way...

Little Jane has a doll called Annie. She desperately wants a pram for Annie but cannot afford one. One day, while playing in the park Jane finds a man's wallet lying on the pathway. She takes it to her...

Ferdi the frog is scared of heights and refuses to jump like the other frogs. Whenever an egret appears and the frogs jump into the water Ferdi hides amongst the reeds. One day an egret sees Ferdi in...

Elephant believes that he has lost his memory and the other animals set out to find the missing memory that Owl describes as being "round and brown".  The missing memory is discovered being kicked around...

Mikey is a mirror in the bathroom of the Jones' house but he is an unusual mirror in that he can change the images that he reflects. He can turn a reflection upside-down and even change the reflection...

Ever since that naughty little girl Goldilocks invaded their home the Bear family has been eating their porridge in the evenings instead of in the mornings.Nothing that Mama Bear does ever satisfies Papa...

A young brave named Scar-face with heavy facial scars from a fight with a bear, falls in love with the chieftain's daughter, Aponi, but is forbidden to marry her by the Sun-god. He sets out to find the...

When I was a small boy learning to read, my mother and I had great fun trying to spell sounds. We all know that birds tweet and bees buzz but how does one spell those sounds? The spellings of sounds don't...