Since his release from prison in 1990, Nelson Mandela has emerged as the world's most potent moral leader since Gandhi. As president of the ANC and head of the anti-apartheid movement, he has been instrumental in moving South Africa toward black-majority rule. Throughout the world he is revered as a vital force in the fight for human rights and racial equality. In this autobiography Nelson Mandela details the development of his political consciousess and describes his pivotal role in the formation of the ANC Youth League. ...
Read More
Since his release from prison in 1990, Nelson Mandela has emerged as the world's most potent moral leader since Gandhi. As president of the ANC and head of the anti-apartheid movement, he has been instrumental in moving South Africa toward black-majority rule. Throughout the world he is revered as a vital force in the fight for human rights and racial equality. In this autobiography Nelson Mandela details the development of his political consciousess and describes his pivotal role in the formation of the ANC Youth League. He brings to life his dramatic years underground, which lead to a sentence of life imprisonment in 1964, and sheds new light on his surprisingly eventful quarter century behind bars. And he takes us inside the momentous events of the 1990s, leading up to South Africa's first-ever multi-racial elections, and his feelings about his near landslide victory as president.
Read Less
Choose your shipping method in Checkout. Costs may vary based on destination.
Seller's Description:
Near fine. Near fine condition. Little, Brown & Co, 1994. First UK paperback edition-15th printing(20 19 18 17 16 15). Paperback (small nicks, scratch and crease on the edges of the cover and spine) in near fine condition. Illustrated with b/w map of South Africa inside the front and back cover, b/w photos. Nice and clean pages as new with a small ink mark and light shelf wear on the outer edges, a couple of small creases and nicks on the edges of the pages, pencil mark impression on the edge of the front endpaper. Nice and clean book with light shelf wear.630pp including index. Heavy book(approx 1.2 Kg).
Choose your shipping method in Checkout. Costs may vary based on destination.
Seller's Description:
Fine in Very good jacket. Fine/VGC. Little, Brown & Co, 1994. First UK edition-7th printing(10 9 8 7). Black hardback(gilt lettering to the spine) in fine condition, with Dj(two small tears, a couple of creases and small nicks on the edges of the Dj cover) in VGC. Illustrated with b/w map of South Africa inside the front and back cover, b/w photos. Nice and clean pages as new with a couple of ink marks on the outer edges, small pencil mark impression on the edge of the first page of the book, small mark on the edge of the last page of the book. Nice and clean book with light shelf wear on the Dj cover.630pp including index. Price un-clipped. Heavy book (approx 1.5 Kg). This is another paragraph Product Description: Since his release from prison in 1990, Nelson Mandela has emerged as the world's most potent moral leader since Gandhi. As president of the ANC and head of the anti-apartheid movement, he has been instrumental in moving South Africa toward black-majority rule. Throughout the world he is revered as a vital force in the fight for human rights and racial equality. In this autobiography Nelson Mandela details the development of his political consciousess and describes his pivotal role in the formation of the ANC Youth League. He brings to life his dramatic years underground, which lead to a sentence of life imprisonment in 1964, and sheds new light on his surprisingly eventful quarter century behind bars. And he takes us inside the momentous events of the 1990s, leading up to South Africa's first-ever multi-racial elections, and his feelings about his near landslide victory as president.
Choose your shipping method in Checkout. Costs may vary based on destination.
Seller's Description:
Near fine in Very good jacket. Near fine/VGC. Little, Brown & Co, 1994. First UK edition-first impression. Black hardback(gilt lettering to the spine, small nick on the edges of the cover) in near fine condition, with Dj (stain mark and small marks inside the edges of the Dj cover, two small creases, nicks and stain mark on the edges of the Dj cover) in VGC. Illustrated with b/w map of South Africa inside the front and back cover, b/w photos. Nice and clean pages with a couple of ink marks and small mark on the outer edges, Nice and clean book except for the stain marks on the Dj cover.630pp including index. Price un-clipped. Heavy book (approx. 1.5 Kg). A collectable first edition.
Choose your shipping method in Checkout. Costs may vary based on destination.
Seller's Description:
Please note this is a PAPERBACK, not a hardback as stated on Amazon. Good condition, some light tanning and flecking to edges, interior generally clean and bright. This book is in stock now, in our UK premises. Photos of our books are available on request (the pictures you see on Alibris are NOT our own). Are you outside UK? Then unless you arrange shipping 'Via Alibris' we WILL cancel your order; this is due to the derisory shipping allowance that Alibris make to sellers for overseas ord.
Choose your shipping method in Checkout. Costs may vary based on destination.
Seller's Description:
Dispatched, from the UK, within 48 hours of ordering. Though second-hand, the book is still in very good shape. Minimal signs of usage may include very minor creasing on the cover or on the spine.
Choose your shipping method in Checkout. Costs may vary based on destination.
Seller's Description:
Dispatched, from the UK, within 48 hours of ordering. This book is in good condition but will show signs of previous ownership. Please expect some creasing to the spine and/or minor damage to the cover. Aged book. Tanned pages and age spots, however, this will not interfere with reading. Grubby book may have mild dirt or some staining, mostly on the edges of pages.
Choose your shipping method in Checkout. Costs may vary based on destination.
Seller's Description:
Dispatched, from the UK, within 48 hours of ordering. This book is in good condition but will show signs of previous ownership. Please expect some creasing to the spine and/or minor damage to the cover. Aged book. Tanned pages and age spots, however, this will not interfere with reading. Missing jacket. The dust jacket of the book is missing.
Choose your shipping method in Checkout. Costs may vary based on destination.
Seller's Description:
Very good. All orders are dispatched within 1 working day from our UK warehouse. Established in 2004, we are dedicated to recycling unwanted books on behalf of a number of UK charities who benefit from added revenue through the sale of their books plus huge savings in waste disposal. No quibble refund if not completely satisfied.
I love this man and I love this book. I began to read "Mandela's Way" but it's one thing to hear how Mandela is from someone else and it's another to get into the actual mind of Mandela himself. That's not to say that it wasn't a good book but going straight to the source sheds the true wisdom and light (as all things in life). Thank you, Mr. Mandela for your wisdom and your inspiration.
Cats
May 30, 2007
A Master Piece
By far one of the best books I have read! The book not only provided an introspective view of the racial policies in South Africa, but a glimpse of International and Global policies at it relates to race. Its' quite interesting to note that at that period of time, America, Europe and many of the Western World countries neglected to intervene it put an end to the Apartheid movement when such atrocities (modern day) were being encountered by Blacks. It puts a whole new angle on foreign policies and when/where it becomes convenient /appropriate to intervene in any given country.
The book can be used as an excellent resource, a parallelism of what is happening in modern-day Rwanda, Zimbabwe, and Sierra Leone. Quite frankly, when you read the book, it is a sad notation where race relations is concerned in and around the world, we( collectively) play an active role in finding a solution. However, more importantly history constantly repeats itself, simply as a distortion of national pride and self-preservation of ones' ideology.
Evidently, for me it served as an inspirational piece, a acknowledgment that our work as a people never ceases. In inspiration, I got great joy to know that despite Mandela's jailed time spent at Robben Island: Tennis, Reading and his thirst for Knowledge for his favorite past-time. Many of us make use of the time spent in freedom, and seldom take advantage of LIFE! His struggle, lifestyle serves as a great learning tool that even in the midst of adversity there is hope, more importantly there is a rainbow in every cloud!