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In a Language That You Know

By: Len Verwey

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South Africa is a complicated, contradictory, and haunted place. Len Verwey captures the trajectory of life in such a place, dealing with childhood, war, marriage, divorce, and death. He explores the challenges posed by place and history, shared identities, deep embeddedness in the continent, and the legacies of violence and exclusion, as well as beauty. Verwey offers poems that speak of uncertainty, ask questions, and challenge simplistic and scapegoating narratives that become so tempting when living in a society undergoing intense social and economic pressure. Dealing less with factual or political explanations of war and more with the compulsion of war, in particular, “maleness” and violence, Verwey pulls the reader into another world, opening eyes to the “crisis of men,” the violence against women, children, and the foreign in a country where conflicts are again escalating. In a Language That You Know strives to understand the complexity of one of the most unequal, violent, yet most vibrant societies in the world.

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U of Nebraska Press

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0803290985

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9780803290983

Parliament, the Budget and Poverty in South Africa. A Shift in Power

A Shift in Power

By: Len Verwey

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Parliament, the Budget and Poverty in South Africa. A Shift in Power

A Shift in Power

By: Len Verwey

Effective and transparent government budgeting is vital to any democracy. In South Africa, massive poverty, inequality and unemployment remain, despite the successful political transformation, citizens and Parliament have a particularly important role to play in shaping budget policy and overseeing its implementation. South Africa reached a crossroads in fiscal governance when it passed the Money Bills Amendment Act in 2009, a law which granted Parliament strong powers to amend the budget prepared by the executive. This publication explores the content of the new law as well as the challenges and opportunities arising from it. It also discusses the role of Parliament in ensuring pro-poor budgeting. Good fiscal governance is too important for the wellbeing of South Africans to not be a part of our public conversations.

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112

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African Books Collective

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1920409343

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9781920409340

Loving the Dying

By: Len Verwey

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Loving the Dying

By: Len Verwey

Loving the Dying is a collection of poems on life's different stages. Set against the backdrop of a conflicted society, Len Verwey looks at a person's life from youth and growing up to aging and dying, considering what the ineluctable reality of death might imply about how we should think about our lives. These are poems of uncertainty rather than certainty. The more overtly biographical ones end with as many questions as they start with, and there is often sympathy for the outsider or the marginalized voice. Varying in tone and complexity, Verwey's poems focus on the tension between escapism and reality, truth and delusion (for individuals and societies), and the need to face death if we are to care for the aged and learn to understand the process of dying. As in his first poetry collection, In a Language That You Know, Verwey continues his effort to understand the successes and failures of the South African post-apartheid journey, with both humor and some despair.

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In a Language That You Know

By: Len Verwey

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The Science of Everyday Life

An Entertaining and Enlightening Examination of Everything We Do and Everything We See

By: Len Fisher

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The Science of Everyday Life

An Entertaining and Enlightening Examination of Everything We Do and Everything We See

By: Len Fisher

Scientists are in the business of trying to understand the world. Exploring commonplace phenomena, they have uncovered some of nature’s deepest laws. We can in turn apply these laws to our own lives, to better grasp and enhance our performance in daily activities as varied as cooking, home improvement, sports—even dunking a doughnut! This book makes the science of the familiar a key to opening the door for those who want to know what scientists do, why they do it, and how they go about it. Following the routine of a normal day, from coffee and breakfast to shopping, household chores, sports, a drink, supper, and a bath, we see how the seemingly mundane can provide insight into the most profound scientific questions. Some of the topics included are the art and science of dunking; how to boil an egg; how to tally a supermarket bill; the science behind hand tools; catching a ball or throwing a boomerang; the secrets of haute cuisine, bath (or beer) foam; and the physics of sex. Fisher writes with great authority and a light touch, giving us an entertaining and accessible look at the science behind our daily activities.

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Skyhorse

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162872109X

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How to Dunk a Doughnut

The Science of Everyday Life

By: Len Fisher

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How to Dunk a Doughnut

The Science of Everyday Life

By: Len Fisher

Details some of science behind everyday activities such as cooking, home improvement, sports, and dunking a donut.

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Arcade Publishing

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1559706805

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Loving the Dying

By: Len Verwey

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Seven New Generation African Poets

A Chapbook boxed set

By: Tjawangwa Dema,Clifton Gachagua,Tsitsi Ella Jaji,Nick Makoha,Ladan Osman,Warsan Shire,Len Verwey

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Seven New Generation African Poets

A Chapbook boxed set

By: Tjawangwa Dema,Clifton Gachagua,Tsitsi Ella Jaji,Nick Makoha,Ladan Osman,Warsan Shire,Len Verwey

This eight-piece boxed set, an African Poetry Book Fund (APBF) project, features the work of seven African poets, with an introduction by Kwame Dawes, APBF series editor, and Chris Abani. The boxed set is an annual project starting in 2014 to ensure the publication of seven chapbooks by African poets through participating publishers. Publication is made possible through Slapering Hol Press, in association with APBF and the literary journal Prairie Schooner, with support from The Poetry Foundation. The chapbook contains: • Mandible by TJ Dema • The Cartographer of Water by Clifton Gachagua • Carnaval by Tsitsi Jaji • The Second Republic by Nick Makoha • Ordinary Heaven by Ladan Osman • Our Men Do Not Belong To Us by Wasan Shire • Otherwise Everything Goes On by Len Verwey

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1940646588

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Book's by Len Verwey

In a Language That You Know

In a Language That You Know

Parliament, the Budget and Poverty in South Africa. A Shift in Power

Parliament, the Budget and Poverty in South Africa. A Shift in Power

Loving the Dying

Loving the Dying

In a Language That You Know

In a Language That You Know

The Science of Everyday Life

The Science of Everyday Life

How to Dunk a Doughnut

How to Dunk a Doughnut

Loving the Dying

Loving the Dying

Seven New Generation African Poets

Seven New Generation African Poets

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