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Brown, Laaren & Hort, Lenny. Nelson Mandela; a photographic story of a life.


BROWN, Laaren & HORT HORT - Home Office - Roadside Test (UK police), Lenny. Nelson Mandela; a photographic story of a life. DK. 128p. illus. bibliog. index. c2006.0-7566-2109-7. $4.99. J *

A concise, readable overview of the life and influence of South African freedom fighter Nelson Mandela, this biography covers the man, his beliefs, and his milieu
mi·lieus or mi·lieux (-ly) 
1. The totality of one's surroundings; an environment.
2. The social setting of a mental patient.
. Essential to the unfolding story are action shots that have the impact of a news report. In addition to details of his arrest and imprisonment, return to power, and second marriage, the text relates the influence of Mohandas Gandhi, Xhosa tribe members, Winnie Mandela, and Steven Biko. Contributing to the applicability of this work to the classroom are multiple adjuncts--a two-page illustrated timeline, bibliography, websites, and an index that links life events to the ANC Youth League, E W. de Klerk. Jan Smuts smut, name for an order of parasitic fungi (Ustilaginales) and the various diseases of plants caused by them. Smuts produce sootlike masses of spores on the host. The spore masses may break up into a dustlike powder readily scattered by wind (loose smuts) or remain more or less covered by a smooth membrane (covered or kernel smuts). Certain smuts are edible and are considered a delicacy in some countries., and Robben Island Prison. Thematic coverage substantiates world opinion about apartheid, police brutality, and nonviolent protest. A valuable work highly recommended for school and public libraries. Mary Ellen Snodgrass, Hickory, NC

J--Recommend for junior high school students. The contents are of particular interest to young adolescents and their teachers.

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Date:Nov 1, 2006
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