Product Description: Thomas Pringle's intellectual and emotional quest for progressive conduct and action is his great contribution to South African literature, and what makes his work potent and relevant today. When his Poems Illustrative of South Africa was published in 1834 the following comment appeared in the Cape of Good Hope Literary Gazette: 'Pringle's new work is causing a shaking among the dry bones of the Colony...read more

Product Description: Art Talk, Politics Talk looks at a deep issue, whether art should be in the service of political ends or be free to roam on its own and burgeon to the beat of the artist's perspective. Should art inform politics, or should it be the reverse? From the introductory thought-how to talk about art in a politically demanding milieu-to meditations on writers ranging from J...read more

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"Drum" was launched as a popular magazine in the 1950s and quickly came to reflect the image and interests of the urban African. Several of its writers established themselves as important figures in South African literature and their writings are well known today in South Africa and overseas: Es'kia Mphalele, Can Themba, Richard Rive, James Matthews, Nat Nakasa and Casey Motsisi. This anthology presents a selection of more than 30 of the stories that appeared in "Drum" during the 1950s. They depict the danger, the poverty and the spurious glamour of Sophiatown, where the New African - the tsotsi, the jazz musician, the journalist and the writer - affirmed identity and style and refused to submit to the government's determination to 'retribalize'. (view table of contents)

Product Description: The 2nd Edition of this excellent handbook is expanded and updated to include the latest on the diagnosis and management of gynecological abnormalities and disorders. Features high-quality photographs and concise coverage of making a gynecological diagnosis, investigative techniques, early pregnancy problems, benign and malignant conditions of the uterus, childhood gynecological disorders and much more...read more (view table of contents, read Amazon.com's description)

This handbook will help veterinary clinicians and their staff to manage cases of poisoning in dogs and cats. It will also help answer enquiries about potential poisonings received from concerned pet owners. The content has been compiled from over 15 000 past cases referred to the Veterinary Poisons Information Service - a 24-hour information service for veterinary surgeons. The VPIS experience is compared and contrasted with case data and reports from the literature to provide a comprehensive overview of both toxicity and management for the agents included. Each agent, or group of agents, has a separate chapter covering its effects in either the cat or the dog. In some cases the species information is combined where the clinical effects and management are identical. The chapters provide all the information necessary for the immediate management of a particular poisoning case. This includes doses at which clinical intervention is advisable and dosing regimens and indications for any drug therapy required. Thus the user will be able to access quickly all the information needed for an emergency situation without having to refer to other sources.

Product Description: Any examination of history soon undermines such thoughts but this is not to deny their significance. What we are experiencing is a remarkable collection of factors that require us to rethink many established practices, cherished ideals and even the enlightenment search for progress through science and rationality...read more (view table of contents, read Amazon.com's description)

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Product Description: Lewis Nkosi's insights into South African literature, culture and society first appeared in the 1950s, when the 'new' urban African in Sophiatown and on 'Drum' magazine mockingly opposed then Prime Minister H.F. Verwoerd's Bantu retribalisation policies...read more