"To the rest of the world, Nelson Mandela was a giant: an anti-apartheid revolutionary, a world-renowned humanitarian, and South Africa's first black president. To Ndaba Mandela, he was simply 'Granddad.' ...Ndaba tells how he came to live with Mandela shortly after he turned eleven--having met each other only once, years before, when Mandela was imprisoned at Victor Verster Prison--and how the two of them slowly, cautiously built a relationship that...

After Nelson Mandela becomes the president of South Africa, he tries to unite his country by asking the national rugby team to compete in and win the 1995 World Cup championship.

Good Morning, Mr Mandela is the journey of an awkward young typist later chosen to become the President's most loyal servant, spending most of her adult life travelling with, and caring for the man she would come to call 'Khulu', or 'grandfather'. Here Zelda pays tribute to Nelson Mandela as she knew him. A man who forgave and respected all, but who was also frank, teasing and direct. Now she shares his inspiring gifts with the world.

"[Esta libro] continúa las memorias que Mandela publicó en El largo camino hacia la libertad, relatando sus años como presidente. La extraordinaria historia de un país en transición y los retos que afrontó el premio Nobel de la Paz al luchar por que su visión de una Sudáfrica liberada se convirtiera en realidad. En 1994, Nelson Mandela se convirtió en el primer presidente democrático de Sudáfrica. Desde el comienzo, se comprometió a ocupar...

As the 1980s draw to a close, South Africa is a maelstrom of political violence with the apartheid regime in its death throes. Young Martin Helger is the struggling odd duck at an elite private boys school in Johannesburg, with his father a rough-handed scrap dealer and his brother a mysterious legend. When a beautiful and manipulative American arrives at the family home, Martin soon finds himself wrenched out of his isolated bubble and thrust into...

In 1990, after 27 years of political imprisonment, Nelson Mandela regains his freedom ready to forgive and invite his people to follow in his footsteps, to heal the deep wounds of a divided society. Marking the end of Apartheid in South Africa, he becomes a symbol of the quest for world peace, but his story begins many years earlier. Discover, from the start, the life of the man who showed that love and hope can conquer hate and resentment.

Imprisoned for twenty-seven years for protesting against South Africa's system of apartheid, Nelson Mandela was elected the nation's first black president and became known as one of the greatest world leaders in recent memory. His work to end apartheid and unify the people of South Africa has influenced campaigns for human rights around the world. This biography profiles his long, remarkable life, beginning with his boyhood, education, and early involvement...

"Essential reading for anyone who wants to understand history – and then go out and change it." –President Barack Obama  
Nelson Mandela was one of the great moral and political leaders of his time: an international hero whose lifelong dedication to the fight against racial oppression in South Africa won him the Nobel Peace Prize and the presidency of his country. After his triumphant release in 1990 from more...