Goethe-Institut JHB Book Recommendations & Book Mentions
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The German cultural centre in Joburg. We offer language courses, art & culture events, and a brand new library - gaming - hub space. IG: goethejoburg

The Uncertainty of Hope
Valerie Tagwira
📚TONIGHT: Join us tonight at 7pm for the Afro-freedom Book Club. The April 2023 book selection is: The Uncertainty Of Hope by Valerie Tagwira Venue: 119 Jan Smuts Ave, Parkwood, Johannesburg, 2193 We welcome everyone. Spread the love, invite others. #GoetheJoburg https://t.co/2WFyt5mtuA
Paperback, 2007
$28.88$14.44 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Remembering Survival: Inside a Nazi Slave-Labor Camp
Christopher R. Browning
We will also be addressed by preeminent scholar Dr. Christopher Robert Browning, a three-time recipient of the Jewish National Book Award—Holocaust Category, for Ordinary Men, The Origins of the Final Solution, and Remembering Survival. https://t.co/ZuqXr7McqU
Paperback, 2011
$26.95$13.48 + Free shipping50% off your first book
History on Trial: My Day in Court with a Holocaust Denier
Deborah E. Lipstadt
Our keynote speaker will be Ambassador Deborah Lipstadt, best known for having been sued for libel by David Irving, one of the world’s leading Holocaust deniers. That trial was depicted in the film Denial, based on her book History on Trial: My Day in Court w/ a Holocaust Denier. https://t.co/UcaYFMY8wH
Paperback, 2006
$16.99$8.49 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Love: Gepunktetes A5 Notizbuch oder Heft für Schüler, Studenten und Erwachsene
Pm Books
We also invite you to attend our Silent Book Club: Hybrid Edition next Wednesday, 28 September 2022 at 6.30pm Join us physically at the Goethe-Institut or online on Zoom as we share out love for books with like-minded people from near and far 🤓. https://t.co/Xswpyetk6M
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Denial [Movie Tie-in]
Deborah E. Lipstadt
Our keynote speaker will be Ambassador Deborah Lipstadt, best known for having been sued for libel by David Irving, one of the world’s leading Holocaust deniers. That trial was depicted in the film Denial, based on her book History on Trial: My Day in Court w/ a Holocaust Denier. https://t.co/UcaYFMY8wH
Paperback, 2023
$19.99$9.99 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Holocaust: An American Understanding Volume 7
Deborah E. Lipstadt
Our keynote speaker will be Ambassador Deborah Lipstadt, best known for having been sued for libel by David Irving, one of the world’s leading Holocaust deniers. That trial was depicted in the film Denial, based on her book History on Trial: My Day in Court w/ a Holocaust Denier. https://t.co/UcaYFMY8wH
Paperback, 2016
$38.95$19.48 + Free shipping50% off your first book
The Origins of the Final Solution: The Evolution of Nazi Jewish Policy, September 1939-March 1942
Christopher R. Browning
We will also be addressed by preeminent scholar Dr. Christopher Robert Browning, a three-time recipient of the Jewish National Book Award—Holocaust Category, for Ordinary Men, The Origins of the Final Solution, and Remembering Survival. https://t.co/ZuqXr7McqU
Paperback, 2007
$40.00$20.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
The Son of the House
Cheluchi Onyemelukwe-Onuobia
The AFRO-Freedom Book Club is meeting next Tuesday, 27 September 2022 at the Goethe-Institut at 7pm 📚. The book of the month is The Son of the House, by Nigerian Author Cheluchi Onyemelukwe-Onuobia 🇳🇬. You are free to join us, regardless of whether you’ve read the book or not. https://t.co/Cp50Z3ubPc
Paperback, 2021
$18.99$9.49 + Free shipping50% off your first book
The Girls in the Wild Fig Tree: How I Fought to Save Myself, My Sister, and Thousands of Girls Worldwide
Nice Leng'ete
The AFRO-Freedom Book Club is meeting tonight 📚. We invite you to join us at the Goethe-Institut @ 6.30pm. The book for the month of June is “The Girls in the Wild Fig Tree“ by Nice Leng’ete. You’re free to join us, regardless of whether you’ve read the prescribed book or not. https://t.co/QeA5hybw80
Paperback, 2022
$17.99$8.99 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Through the Leopard's Gaze
Njambi McGrath
We also invite you to join us next Tuesday, for the AFRO-Freedom Bookclub. The book of the month is Through the Leopard’s Gaze, by Kenyan-British Author Njambi McGrath 🇰🇪. You are free to join us, regardless of whether you’ve read the prescribed book or not 📚. https://t.co/RE1M5yUHNH
Paperback, 2020
$18.95$9.48 + Free shipping50% off your first book