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Different Class<\/em>\u00a0<\/strong>by Joanne Harris (Doubleday)<\/p>\n

Latin master Roy Straitley has been a teacher at St Oswald\u2019s Grammar for 34 years.<\/p>\n

He\u2019s seen many boys come and go in his time \u2013 some of whom hold a special place in his heart.<\/p>\n

He\u2019s also come across the boy who just doesn\u2019t fit in \u2013 the troublemaker.<\/p>\n

With the school facing insolvency and academic failure, huge changes take place.<\/p>\n

A new headmaster introduces new technology, sharp suits and even girls to the school.<\/p>\n

And as Straitley attempts to adapt to, and resist, the new order, a shadow from the past re-emerges. Twenty years, on a past pupil who is capable of very bad things, who almost cost him his job, enters Straitley\u2019s life again.<\/p>\n

Joanne Harris always delivers exceptional reads. This psychological thriller promises to be no different.<\/p>\n

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Mzansi Zen<\/em>\u00a0<\/strong>by Antony Osler (Jacana)<\/p>\n

Antony Osler is a former Zen monk, who lives on a Karoo farm with his wife Margie.<\/p>\n

Mzansi Zen<\/em> is an unusual collection of stories, poems and photos that are meant to inspire people to take pleasure in the ordinariness of our lives.<\/p>\n

This book is an attempt to look past the beauty and heartache in our country, past the brilliance and disappointment. It is an attempt to look beyond opinions and fears and see things exactly as they are.<\/p>\n

It is here, that Zen philosophy believes that readers will find the thing that will open their minds and hearts.<\/p>\n

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The Sword and the Pen<\/em>\u00a0<\/strong>by Allister Sparks (Jonathan Ball)<\/p>\n

Allister Sparks began work as a reporter at the age of 17. He\u2019s had an illustrious career in the media industry.<\/p>\n

The Sword and the Pen<\/em> is his story of how, as a journalist, he observed, chronicled and participated in South Africa\u2019s political landscape for more than 66 years.<\/p>\n

From the premiership of DF Malan to the presidency of Jacob Zuma, Sparks has been there to witness and capture events as they unfolded.<\/p>\n

Sparks takes the reader on his journey from the birth of apartheid, to the rise of the political opposition, to the dawn of democracy and to the crisis he sees the country experiencing right now.<\/p>\n

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