Op 40 voel Gerard Scholtz onfiks, vet en verveeld. Hy koop ’n tweedehandse fiets en trap saam met sy vrou Anuta die Argus tot hulle gereed is om verder te reis.

Van St Petersburg tot Moskou; die lengte en breedte van Frankryk; oor die Alpe, oor die groot riviere van Europa, Ierland en Wallis reis hulle. Later is dit twee skoeters waarmee hulle elke jaar tot 10 000 kilometer deur Europa aflê. Hulle reis ook per trein, per motor, boot en soms te voet.

In hierdie bundel spreek Gerard se vertellings van sy kennis en liefde vir geskiedenis, kuns, musiek, letterkunde … Hy word veel meer as net reisiger en verteller. Gerard neem die leser ook ’n op metafisiese avontuur …

Colourful and often amusing characters that influenced and were in turn influenced by the haemophilic author are revealed in this book exposing a life as other lives but with the addition of the challenge of chronic illness. History, both family and that more general, completes the autobiographical trilogy the previous two books "What Are Yer? Bleeder!" and "The Rest of Me Bleeding Life" began. If you're looking to read of sober normality among family, friends and the other haemophiliacs mentioned you will be disappointed as most mentioned here were real people at the same time wonderful and often deviant.

Mahlangeni, the Tsonga word for "meeting place", is one of the most remote ranger stations in the Kruger National Park. Far from everywhere, this isolated corner of the wilderness was home for eleven years to Kobie Kruger, wife of the ranger in charge of the station, and their their three daughters.;Running a household and raising a family in a place where leopards, elephants, snakes and the like are your only neighbours, where you have no telephone, and where a trip to town means first crossing a river full of hippos and crocodiles, is hardly a straightforward business. But Kobie Kruger tackled each problem with undaunted pragmatism and an energy that gives new meaning to word resourceful.

With such seminal movies as The Exorcist and The French Connection, Academy Award-winning director William Friedkin secured his place as a great filmmaker. But his own success story has the makings of classic American film. He was born in Chicago, the son of Russian immigrants. Immediately after high school, he found work in the mailroom of a local television station, and patiently worked his way into the directing booth during the heyday of live TV.

An award-winning documentary brought him attention as a talented new filmmaker and an advocate for justice, and it caught the eye of producer David L. Wolper, who brought Friedkin to Los Angeles. There he moved from television (one of the last episodes of The Alfred Hitchcock Hour) to film (The Birthday Party, The Boys in the Band), displaying a versatile stylistic range. Released in 1971, The French Connection won five Academy Awards, including Best Picture and Best Director, and two years later The Exorcist received ten Oscar nominations and catapulted Friedkin's career to stardom.

Penned by the director himself, The Friedkin Connection takes readers on a journey through the numerous chance encounters and unplanned occurrences that led a young man from a poor urban neighborhood to success in one of the most competitive industries and art forms in the world. From the streets of Chicago to the executive suites of Hollywood, from a passionate new artistic life as a renowned director of operas to his most recent tour de force, Killer Joe, William Friedkin has much to say about the world of moviemaking and his place within it.

A new edition with a new introduction, this is a deeply personal record of Orwell's growing despair and disillusionment with the Spanish Civil War, gathering themes he would later explore to perfection in Animal Farm and Nineteen Eighty-Four. Having joined the international leftist forces in Barcelona, Orwell grew frustrated by the repressive totalitarianism of Stalin's brand of communism.

From long before the first Spring Grove House was built the two Cedars, which eventually stood to the south of it, were in place. Legend has it that they were sent by the Duke of Marlborough to the Duke of Northumberland who planted them to mark the boundaries of his Syon House estate. One remains to the South East of the house, close to the new theatre block. The other larger and more majestic tree stood close to the SW corner dominating the house and the memories of those who visited it. Pollarded close to the ground by heavy chains, there were four magnificent arms that gave tremendous cover. Beneath this tree Sir Joseph Banks and Captain Cook are said to have planned their voyage to Australia. During the 1950 Christmas holiday there was a heavy fall of snow and, shortly before the school reassembled, the tree collapsed. Almost 60 years later to the day, in December 2010, the L.T.Brown Memorial Lebanon Cedar, funded by past pupils at the Spring Grove Schools, was planted at the SE corner of the house which is now part of West Thames College. It is hoped the tree will link the house of the 19th and 20th Centuries and its schools to the college of the 21st. "A t Isleworth we occupied a building that had been the home of Alfred Pears and, before him, Sir Joseph Banks. The atmosphere of a 'home' persisted during our period of occupation and staff and pupils worked together like members of one large family. The red brick house, set in its well-kept grounds, always seemed to be a friendly place but a school is more than just a building. The Spring Grovian virtues of happiness and friendliness continue to flourish as of old." - An unattributed view of a senior pupil in the "Spring Grovian" magazine in 1960.

The general understanding of dA (c)jA vu is this: DA (c)jA vu, from French, literally "already seen", is the phenomenon of having the strong sensation that an event or experience currently being experienced has been experienced in the past, whether it has actually happened or not. So how would you feel if five years of your life flashes in front of your eyes in a space of five minutes or your dreams come to life in the same week? Samuel, I have been in situations where dA (c)jA vu was so clear, I was not sure whether I was dreaming or living.

When faced with events as devastating and rare as 1 in 100 million, you need the help of people who are 1 in a million In April 2013, at the age of fourteen George contracted a devastating infection that put him at death's door and changed his future. His experiences became the kernel of this book. Beginning on that fateful day and continuing until July 2014 with a critical operation, Better Angels tells George's inspiring story in his voice, his fight to return to normality and deal with consequences for the rest of his life. He and his family cope with a switch from full health to near death in the space of five hours. We see George find a maturity he is forced to take on and his parents search for positives at the bleakest of times. Extraordinary people rally to help George. These better angels gave rise to the title of the book and it is their story, their compassion & selflessness that inspires. Better Angels is a chronology of strength and fortitude- a description of a family thrown sideways by events, the compassion & expertise of healthcare teams to get them back on track, but above all George's journey to find himself again.

Hierdie boek het ontstaan as 'n verhaal oor die lewe van 'n besonderse mens: David Samaai. Maar baie gou besef jy dat dit eintlik 'n boek oor 'n baie besonderse familie, die Samaai-familie woonagtig in Paarl, is. Davy Samaai was 'n legendariese tennisspeler, 'n begaafde musikant, 'n inspirerende skoolhoof of hardwerkende onderwyser. Hy het ook met sy voorbeeld gelei.

The author, Isaiah, 'Kunle', Prince, Chief as he is variously called by some of his admirers started from a difficult platform educationally. God has always been with him, took him up in all spheres and brought him out of darkness into His wonderful light - 1Peter 2:9 Hallelujah!

Nothing causes such panic as when a speaker fails to come to a meeting. what can be done to fill the gap? Barbara Sowood has had long experience of leading church and other meetings and she is quite accustomed to writing a sketch or story (sometimes at very short notice!) for a meeting or for a social event. She is a Reader in the Church of Wales, a Mothers' Union speaker, associate member of the Iona Community and an erstwhile Sunday School teacher (see her first book, 'Why did I get let in for this?') She is a compulsive writer and enjoys producing plays for all ages. She says that each event is sometimes nerve-wracking but always grent fun - a new adventure...