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Just Done Productions offers services to authors to help them get their works published without the expenditure of huge amounts of up-front captital. We do this through providing the full Copy Editing, Proofing, Layout and Graphic design service needed for a book to be prepared for the press and then publishing that book here on Lulu.com as well as locally in South Africa.
Please visit our website at http://www.justdone.co.za/ to see the full catalog.
Just Done Productions - Publishing is a publishing company based in Durban South Africa.
We believe that we can offer a superior service, at a fraction of the cost of traditional publishing. We achieve this through the use of the latest technologies in printing and distribution.
We know that the barriers erected by the high cost of traditional publishing are preventing many voices from being heard.
We offer a service to authors that allows them to publish their work without having to speculate about it's commercial viability. In fact we are proud of the fact that we are able to publish works that are important both historically and in terms of the voice of the ordinary person. These works may never have been available because of the perception that only items with mass appeal are commercially viable.
We offer buyers of the books that we publish a polished, professional product at an affordable price.
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Print: $19.56 HAVE YOU ever questioned this: why are football matches between local teams frequently referred to as ‘Derby games’? Examples spring easily to mind. Liverpool against Everton, the two Manchester or Sheffield clubs battling it out, or indeed pairing almost any of the many London teams. There are other examples, at Nottingham, Birmingham, Bristol, and as we move into the lesser leagues, more and more of these games come to light. But, why Derby? What ever happened in that town to gift its name in such a memorable fashion?
This book will answer that question and more. It is a fascinating reminder that history (and truth) is sometimes stranger than fiction.
Derby-born and educated at the old Derby Central Grammar School, Edward Garner has had an interesting life, being at various times a journalist, soldier, teacher, author and traveller.
This is his seventh book, each one being described as ‘the last’. Despite that, he is presently working on another one.
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Print: $21.16 Having been brought up in East Africa, in the company of some of the greatest wild-life photographers and film-makers the world has ever seen, it was only natural for me to attach a camera to myself and follow in their illustrious footsteps.
I am by no means in their league, but the lessons I learnt from them has, in my humble opinion, led me to make some worthwhile images.
Taking photographic skills and a love of the bush, I started a bush-camp in the middle of nowhere with the intention of running photographic workshops in the wilderness of Africa.
For seven years I had an absolute ball, enjoying a lifestyle that few have ever experienced.
My mentor, Msomi, and I lived in close proximity to the wildlife; learning, teaching and above all: LIVING!
This collection of anecdotes will give you, the reader, a fair idea of what living in paradise is all about.
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Print: $19.00 Elephants breaking down walls, a hyena sharing a fire with the night guard to keep warm, hippos fighting, armless monkeys bringing their young to be admired by the author. This book is a kaleidoscope of wild animals, strange and often eccentric tourists, the trails and tribulations of running a poorly-equipped lodge in a remote wilderness area and the laughter and tears of working with and living alongside staff from a different background and culture.
The Derelict House, Elephants in my Garden, also describes the consequences of nature on the environment, the devastating effect of 9/11 on their American guests, the joy of guests seeing wildlife up close for the first time and the sadness of leaving it all behind.
Beautifully illustrated, this charming book brings Africa to life, in all her colours and moods.
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Print: $41.25 During the Bush War not much was known about 31 BN. Due to the secrecy surrounding all activities during the Bushwar, and especially at this Unit, it was virtually unknown till the late 1980’s. When 31 BN was relocated to SA, it started to gain notice, but with many misconceptions.
This book has few words, but lots of colour photos of the activities at Omega. Its focus is Charlie Company, in which the Author served as a 2nd Lt. It takes the reader through the history, starting years, Omega Base, Charlie Company, Operations, the Reunion and the way the base looks today.
It is the result of contributions from both visitors and soldiers. They shared the feeling that this was the correct time to give the general public, historians and ex-soldiers an insight into what made 31BN tick. Their opinion was that the photos must speak for themselves and that the words only fill the gaps, to allow people to experience Omega as it was to its people, the best soldiers there have ever been.
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Print: $17.38 G. Edwin Tilston brings to life the years that lead up to the sailing of the Pinzon fleet in August 1492. He rivets your imagination with adventure, war, sea battles, love, the burgeoning terror of the Spanish Inquisition, the victorious battle of Granada which expelled the Moors from Iberia after 700 years of occupation, and Isabella’s forced eviction of the Jews.
With meticulously researched historical fact, Tilston uncovers how Martin Alonso Pinzon conceived, planned, and successfully carried out the famous voyage of discovery as described in the litigation brought by the Castillian crown against the Columbus family in 1506. How Vicente Yanez Pinzon, Martin Alonso’s younger brother, takes his beloved Gabriela to Sevilla to stand by her parents when they are arrested by the Inquisition and thereby witness the horror of the auto de fe where heretics are tortured and burned at the stake.
Christopher Columbus did not discover the new world!
Martin Alonso Pinzon did! Hail Pinzonia!
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424424424424 (book)
Print: $19.62 This fascinating book tells the story of how the telephone has always played a large part in the life of the author, Eve Jenkin. The main part of the book relates how the emergency phone set up in her house by the Durban Coast Region of the then Progressive Federal Party (PFP), 424424 became a number familiar to the residents of the Durban Townships and further afield. Political upheaval, murder, mayhem and institutionalised chaos were reported via 424424. The author and her family played an integral part in assisting all those who telephoned.
Everything in this book is factual and can be corroborated from reports in the author’s possesion.
The story of 424424 is related in this book in such a way that the reader is transported back in time to hear this personal, eye-witness account.
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Print: $19.40 Readers will be captivated by the magical stories in My Beautiful Earth which are both entertaining and educational. My Beautiful Earth is a book to enchant children with the joy and beauty of nature embracing a culture of respect, nurture and tolerance.
The book contains three stories: The Inquisitive Rose Bush, A New Beginning and Annie and the Three Sisters.
The book is beautiful illustrated – pen and ink illustrations decorate each page
Suitable for ages 5 – 11.
Isabel Hartman is an accomplished author, musician, artist and healer. She teaches music to learners at five schools in Durban. Isabel and her family live in an old tin house set in a wild garden which has inspired many of her stories and illustrations.
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Print: $18.58 This is a book about identifying and harnessing the collective power of each individual, at every level within an organization or business, to positively impact upon the success of that organization or business. Specifically this book is about the environment in which people work.
The Power of People is not intended for Chief Executives and managers. Instead, this is a message to every single person within every level of every organization or business, to encourage them to embrace the powerful role they play in ensuring both their organizations and their own, personal success. This is about discovering meaning and purpose in what we do at work, far beyond job titles and money. It is about developing a balance in our lives, which will not only drive our individual performance and contribution today, but also allow us to sustain this success in the long term.
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Print: $26.20 The Bush War along South Africa’s borders is at its height.
Spikes is an acronym for Special Bike Squad, a unit for men with certain talents and training who undertake clandestine missions along and across South Africa’s borders.
Mark Calder, after the break-up of his marriage and loss of his business is desperate to seek new horizons and enlists with Spikes.
The story follows Mark through the rigorous selection, and training courses, and his ultimate baptism into combat.
His adventures are shared with the uninhibited Pete Baker, Tiekie the Bushman, determined to become a Bike Soldier, Desiree Lyonton-Smythe, who attempts to infiltrate a man’s world, Banger Lawson, a seasoned soldier, and lastly, Angelo
and Dodger, Both ex-mercenaries.
This not a story for the faint hearted or about war as such, but rather about a test of wills and endurance, of physical triumph, and of man’s indomitable spirit to persevere and survive in situations that would make comic book heroes look
tame by comparison.
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Print: $27.40 Army Talk Magazine, Issue #2, April 2008. Available here bound as a softcover book.
See the free PDF version at http://www.justdone.co.za/atmag/
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Print: $12.36 This book is written for children aged 5 and up –The stories reflect the joy and perseverance of Ethan, a little boy, who lives to go fishing with his Dad along the Cape Peninsula of South Africa.
Tales of fishing in stormy weather in Langebaan to freshwater fishing in Clanwilliam reflect the value of shared experiences with family and friends.
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Print: $19.60 Sandy Mackelson is ill-prepared for the plethora of challenges in the Warm Heart of Africa. He is soon exposed to the regime’s blatant deceit and corruption. While Mackelson is preoccupied with the minutia of arrangements for the Queen’s Birthday party and dealing with the embarrassment of an English national accused of abusing his pupil, President Chilembe is focused on bigger issues. He is determined to secure a third term of office by fair means or foul. While his country faces serious food shortage, murderous tribal conflict and a devastating outbreak of meningitis in the north, the President and his cohorts conspire to fleece the nation. Initial international reaction to these crises is muted and fails to stop the rot – until Beauty Musajakawa, a gritty young aid official, and Sam Phiri, rising star of the President’s otherwise hopeless administration, combine to orchestrate events for the greater good.
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Print: $23.20 The background to this story is
the sad history of African blood or
conflict diamonds traded for arms
notably in Angola. There South
Africa supported an anti-Communist
rebel leader, Dr Jonas Savimbi, until
it was known that he traded in blood
diamonds. Unfortunately for him
and good for South Africa’s diamond
industry, a large cache of diamonds
was seized by a South African
team motivated by the initiative of
a German arms dealer with ties to
South Africa.
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Print: $12.91 Mark McDonogh was born in Pretoria, South Africa in 1947. At age 59, he has been in private medical practise for over thirty years. He has been married to his wife for thirty six years. He is the father of six children and presently has five grandchildren. He has waited approximately fifteen years before printing this teaching. He has submitted it to many different people in many different church settings, for criticism and relevance. He now consider the timing right for it to be released to the Church at large. Although he knows that the subject is difficult for many to release, it is prayed that the anointing of God in revealing truth will achieve its purpose. That purpose is to see the Church liberated into a new revival that is based on faith in God and release from the dependence on money.
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Print: $8.73 Christian Poetry
Jessica Braid has written a book of 18 inspirational poems. She states: "I have been a Christian since childhood thanks to my loving mother and I am amazed every day by the wonders of God's love. He has brought my family through many trials and tribulations and He has inspired me to write these poems to hopefully show others and bring them closer to God."
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Print: $21.76 Harry, a white Zimbabwean farmer, has fought to create a life out from under the shadow of war. From meagre beginnings he carves a successful citrus farm from the “Dirt” of a newly-built settlement, only to have it ripped away in a series of vicious and shocking attacks. His family, friends and faith are sorely tested as he struggles to fight back “by the book” - a book that has become a very sick joke in Zimbabwe.
Eric Harrison has farmed in Zimbabwe for over 30 years. He recently relocated to Harare to continue his fight towards restitution of the rights, dignity and self respect of himself and the many affected families and staff, after losing his farm, “Maioio”.
He was inspired to write Jambanje after realising how uninformed those outside Zimbabwe are about the thuggery and intimidation policies implemented by the government of Zimbabwe in the name of Land Redistribution.
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Print: $22.12 I am a Willow is a story of Jessica Batting, an ordinary, middle class wife caught up in the confusion of government corruption.
Her life begins to unravel when husband Michael Batting happens across irregular government transactions. His refusal to relinquish the evidence is primarily to protect himself from a rising tide of hostility and is destined to destroy him personally and professionally.
Against this backdrop Jessica battles with the issues of their life unravelling. She seeks truth and honesty in her husbands business ethics and in the overlapping boundaries of love and friendship. She holds herself and her children together against the demonic battle against the pretence to which she had come to know as her reality.
Events unfold to purge the mysteries of her own past, to bring her face to face with the life and death. It tells of an ideology that failed her, a triumph over rejection, suspicion and fear.
I am a Willow is a chronicle of Jessica’s life. It is her story.
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Print: $21.72 ‘There is no force so evil that it will convince a sane person to kill best friends and family ... or is there?
Joe Zeiler fought for his life.
Sam Haines fought to keep her sanity.
Together they fought for the love they had found
and shared so that they could keep their faith in life.
This is the powerful story of two people brought together through the grace of a man who believed that good can conquer evil.’
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Print: $23.08 Mario Freitas, a young Portuguese mariner, is captured by Barbary pirates.
The same pirates capture the beautiful young Countess of Zaragossa. They are both stripped and sold as slaves to the emir of Meknes with whom the countess eventually falls in love. Mario spends his years as a slave roaming the deserts with the camel caravans. He learns the secrets of navigation by the stars. He is condemned to be crucified but is saved when the Portuguese capture Ceuta in 1415. He returns to Portugal to search for Elena. Under Prince Henry the Navigator he establishes the world-famous Navigation School at Sagres where mariners can, at last, learn how to navigate the open ocean using the stars. He directs the attempts to conquer Bojador, the gateway to hell, the evil cape, where the early mariner believed sea monsters lurked, where giant lodestones would draw the nails from his ship and where he would be borne by the waters cascading over the edge of the flat earth to tumble forever in the void.
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Print: $16.35 Tandi and her family go on holiday to Gold Reef City where she finds herself on an exciting adventure into the Rainbow Kingdom where she meets seven Rainbow Men and the Rainbow King. In their search for the King's Gold, she dines with Sir Acorn Squirrel and is introduced to a funny little mouse who lives in a windmill.
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Print: $17.00 This is a magazine with bits and pieces of SA related military photos and articles. The free "e" version is available from http://www.justdone.co.za/
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Print: $21.94 Just Now, Now Now is a witty memoir of an ex-pat Englishman. It begins with his life as a senior diplomat in Pretoria and ends with his departure to a cane farm in Zululand.
Jim Parker wanted a second career in a country that hypnotised him on arrival as Britain's first post-Apartheid Defence Adviser in 1993. He chose a farm outside Mooi River in the Natal Midlands and began a B&B and tour broking business. Over 8 years, the Parkers adapted as best they could, but the customs, language, upbringing and outlook were not their own.
This book is both charming and funny but the story does not shy away from the realities of rural life. The reader is exposed to the tensions that persist in South Africa. Despite these observations, optimism prevails as the Parkers depart southwards for their third career, exchanging Mooi River's bitter winters for Emoyeni's stifling sub-tropical humidity. This book provides us with a welcome but rare chance to see, and laugh at ourselves as others do, without spite or jealousy.
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PoemsPoems (book)
Print: $17.64 Sandra Barnard started writing poems when she was 13 – some of them from real experiences and from her heart, some created by thoughts that entered her mind, some spiritually inspired....
The poems reflect the thoughts, dreams and emotions of the typical teenager who often feels that their parents or caregivers ‘ don’t understand them or what they are going through!’ and have to grapple with issues of virginity, belief systems, drugs and broken hearts....
This anthology will resonate with teenagers. Parents may find it useful as a starting point for discussions on all the controversial and ‘difficult’ issues .
The poems are written in both Afrikaans and English.
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Print: $23.88 Kitty and Leo are parted shortly after their engagement and their stories are traced as they work and travel in Africa during the momentous era when she shakes off Colonial Rule. They and the Colonials they meet try to make sense of what, to them, is the inexplicable behaviour of the British policy makers and finally begin to see it in some sort of perspective. the story covers rural England, Kenya, Rhodesia and South Africa.
Who is the lady in the russet dress, and what is her significance?
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Print: $17.80 Hierdie is ‘n storie van liefde; ‘n ware verhaal van gewone mense wat probeer om ‘n verskil in een seuntjie se lewe te maak.
Die storie gaan oor ‘n erg mishandelde 4 jaar oue seuntjie wat die lewe van sy pleegsorg ouers aangeraak het in die tydjie wat hy by hul was.
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Print: $24.09 These are personal accounts of South African national servicemen who did operational duty in South West Africa - Namibia and Angola in the 1970s and 1980s. Most of the contributors to this book were medical personnel.
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Print: $25.33 Ever wondered what it was really like in the SA police during the “Apartheid Era”? Walk in the daily footsteps of a young policeman on the borders of “Rhodesia”, in Uniform, as a Detective, in the “Drug Squad” and eventually the secretive and notorious Security Branch. Cross swords with members of “Koevoet” and discover hidden agendas in Namibia. Delve into unsolved political murder cases that made international headlines – and find the answers! Then, discover the response of the authorities and newspaper groups. Venture into the merciless mindset of those times. Even the covert photo of the world-known bishop staring out at the Namib Desert is a first-ever disclosure. Of course there’s also the cryptic puzzle. It promises to hide the identity of the mysterious mastermind of those callous times. Will the enigma ever be solved?
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Print: $18.20 The Wildest Politically Incorrect Adult/Children's Book Ever Written
Everything the average abnormal person thinks about, but does not talk about in our “Politically Correct World"
Thank Dog for abnormality!
A Non-Subtle tongue in cheek Philosophical look at our complex social structural changes.
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Print: $17.64 A story about a severely abused 4 year old boy who touched the lives of his foster family in their brief time together. It is written by a South African foster parent. The book captivates the reader and takes you through the frustrations, hurdles, victories and despair suffered by DJ, his mother and foster family. DJ’S phobias and countless other problems are outlined and Dean conveys the manner in which he and his wife dealt with them.
Dean and Marlene Roberts have had the privilege of caring for as many as 13 foster children over the years, all with their own unique set of problems. DJ was the first of their foster children.
This book is highly recommended for anyone who wishes to gain a greater understanding of the hurdles faced by foster families in South Africa and the impact of abuse. It highlights the need to address the severe abuse of children in this country and the immense impact small acts of love and security can provide.
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