117 Days

Author: Ruth First
Publisher: Penguin
ISBN: 110105087X
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 164

Book Description
An unforgettable account of defiance against political terror by one of South Africa's pioneering anti-apartheid activists An invaluable testimonial of the excesses of the apartheid system, 117 Days presents the harrowing chronicle of journalist Ruth First's isolation and abuse at the hands of South African interrogators after her arrest in 1963. Upon her arrest, she was detained in solitary confinement under South Africa's notorious ninety-day detention law. This is the story of the war of nerves that ensued between First and her Special Branch captors-a work that remains a classic portrait of oppression and the dignity of the human spirit. For more than seventy years, Penguin has been the leading publisher of classic literature in the English-speaking world. With more than 1,700 titles, Penguin Classics represents a global bookshelf of the best works throughout history and across genres and disciplines. Readers trust the series to provide authoritative texts enhanced by introductions and notes by distinguished scholars and contemporary authors, as well as up-to-date translations by award-winning translators.

117 Days Adrift

Author: Maurice Bailey
Publisher: Sheridan House, Inc.
ISBN: 9780924486319
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 198

Book Description
The Bailey's is a fantastic human story of adaption to totally alien conditions. It is a story of amazing courage, resolution and endurance. Essential reading for all who enjoy a gripping true story, 117 Days Adrift is an inspiring tale that has become one of the classics of the sea.

117 DAYS ~ A Memoir

Author: Mike Hardy
Publisher: Lulu.com
ISBN: 0359294006
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 225

Book Description
117 Days is the firsthand account of nineteen-year-old draftee, Private First Class Mike Hardy, as he fought on the front lines of Vietnam in 1969. Decades after the war, Mike sat down with his eldest daughter, Marie, and recorded those experiences. Together, they wrote Mike's incredible story of war, luck, and hope.

117 Days

Author: Ruth First
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780140066708
Category : Detention of persons
Languages : en
Pages : 143

Book Description

117 Days Adrift

Author: Maurice Bailey
Publisher: Adlard Coles
ISBN: 9780713659306
Category : Shipwreck survival
Languages : en
Pages : 192

Book Description
A first-hand account by the family whose yacht sank beneath them in the Pacific Ocean, forcing them to take their chances in a rubber raft where they survived for nearly four months. They tell the story of their struggle for survival and of their adaptation to alien conditions.

The Maya Year

Author: Cyrus Thomas
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Codex Dresdensis Maya
Languages : en
Pages : 502

Book Description

Bibliography of the Athapascan Languages

Author: James Constantine Pilling
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Athapascan languages
Languages : en
Pages : 554

Book Description
List of works in or on Athapaskan dialects including those of the Alaskan Indians, with a chronological index.

Smithsonian Institution, Bureau of Ethnology

Author:
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : America
Languages : en
Pages : 820

Book Description

117 Days

Author: Ruth First
Publisher: Hachette UK
ISBN: 0748119051
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 117

Book Description
'Her life and her death remain a beacon to all who love liberty' NELSON MANDELA An unforgettable account of defiance against political terror by one of South Africa's pioneering anti-apartheid activists. 'In prison you see only the moves of the enemy. Prison is the hardest place to fight a battle.' 117 Days is Ruth First's personal account of her detention under the iniquitous '90-day' law of 1963. There was no warrant, no charge and no trial - only suspicion. This sparsely written and unique record tells of her experiences of solitary confinement, constant interrogation and instantaneous re-arrest on release - lightened by humorous portraits of governors, matrons, wardresses and interrogators, seen as the tools of the police state. This is the story of the war of nerves that ensued between First and her Special Branch captors-a work that remains a classic portrait of oppression and the dignity of the human spirit.

Engaging with Literature of Commitment. Volume 1

Author:
Publisher: BRILL
ISBN: 9401207844
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 410

Book Description
This collection ranges far and wide, as befits the personality and accomplishments of the dedicatee, Geoffrey V. Davis, German studies and exile literature scholar, postcolonialist (if there are ‘specialties’, then Australia, Canada, India, South Africa, Black Britain), journal and book series editor.... Themes covered include publishing in Africa, charisma in African drama, the rediscovery of apartheid-era South African literature, Truth and Reconciliation commissions, South African cinema, children’s theatre in England and Eritrea, and the Third Chimurenga in literary anthologies. Surveyed are texts from Botswana, Nigeria, South Africa, Tanzania, and Zimbabwe. Writers discussed (or interviewed: Angela Makholwa) include Ayi Kwei Armah, Seydou Badian, J.M. Coetzee, Chielo Zona Eze, Ruth First, Abdulrazak Gurnah, Bessie Head, Ian Holding, Kavevangua Kahengua, Njabulo Ndebele, Lara Foot Newton, Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o/Micere Githae Mugo, Sol Plaatje, Ken Saro–Wiwa, Mongane Wally Serote, Wole Soyinka, and Ed¬gar Wallace, together with essays on the artist Sokari Douglas Camp and the filmmaker Rayda Jacobs. Because Geoff’s commitment to literature has always been ‘hands-on’, the book closes with a selection of poems and an entertaining travelogue/memoir.