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A Sangoma’s Story
The Calling of Elliot Ndlovu
Melanie Reeder
“My body has two lives, the spiritual as well as the physical.” These are the words of
Elliot Ndlovu, a traditional healer or sangoma, who lives deep in the Drakensberg Mountains.
A sangoma is a practitioner of herbal medicine, divination, and counselling in traditional
Nguni societies of southern Africa. They function as the “social workers and psychologists” in
their communities, offering appropriate and relevant advice. Melanie Reeder has captured the
essence of this modern sangoma. She sheds light on the inherent beauty of Zulu culture, and
clarifies the misconceptions of traditional healing.
978-0-14-302616-7 • $26.95 • 232 pp • 6 x 9 • Biography • Paperback
Penguin South Africa • Available April 24, 2012
More Than Rugby
Pierre Spies
In More Than Rugby, Pierre Spies, one of the most imposing and explosive loose forwards
that South African rugby has ever produced, shares his own story for the first time: from his
family life, to his numerous sporting triumphs, to his faith.
978-0-14-352816-6 • $32.95 • 200 pp • 6 x 9 • Biography • Paperback
Penguin South Africa • Available Now
Grand Obsessions
The Life and Work of Walter Burley Griffin and Marion Mahony Griffin
Alasdair McGregor
On 23 May 1912, American Walter Burley Griffin was announced to the world as the
winner of the international design competition for the new Australian capital to be built on
a sheep paddock they called Canberra. Almost a century later, Griffin’s design—but most of
all its implementation—is still hotly debated. Who was this man and what was his vision?
How did he come to Canberra, what happened once the Australian establishment tore him to
shreds, and what was the role of his wife, helpmate, fellow architect and equal creative partner,
Marion Mahony Griffin? In this definitive new biography of Griffin husband and wife, Alasdair
McGregor delineates the role each played in the production of their greatest works—Canberra,
Castlecrag, Newman College, and the rest—and charts their lives, from their childhoods and
meeting in Chicago in the employ of the larger than life Frank Lloyd Wright, to their battles in
Canberra, Melbourne, and Sydney, and their swansong in India.
978-1-9209-8938-5 • $49.95 • 546 pp • 7 3/4 x 9 3/4 • Biography/Architecture • Hardcover
Penguin Australia • Available Now
The Habit of Winning
Prakash Iyer
Do you feel like throwing in the towel, but want to be a great leader? Would you like to
build an organization? Do you want your child to be the best she can be? If you answered
yes to any of these questions, The Habit of Winning is the book for you. It is a book that will
change the way you think, work, and live, with stories about self-belief and perseverance,
leadership, and teamwork—stories that will ignite a new passion and a renewed sense of
purpose in your mind.
978-0-14-306828-0 • $18.00 • 264 pp • 5 x 7 3/4 • Business • Paperback
Penguin India • Available April 24, 2012
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