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I Want To Die But I Still Want To Eat Tteokbokki (Paperback): Baek Sehee I Want To Die But I Still Want To Eat Tteokbokki (Paperback)
Baek Sehee; Translated by Anton Hur
R300 R268 Discovery Miles 2 680 Save R32 (11%) Ships in 5 - 10 working days

Baek Sehee could never have predicted how many people I Want to Die but I Want to Eat Tteokbokki would reach across the world. A runaway bestseller in South Korea, Japan, China, Indonesia and the UK, this record of conversations with her therapist demonstrated the realities of anxiety and depression in a uniquely intimate way.

But Baek's battle with dysthymia did not end there. Grappling with mental health is an everyday struggle.

In I Want to Die but I Still Want to Eat Tteokbokki, Baek's experiences become more complex, as she demonstrates that striving contentment is an ongoing journey.

Life of a Klansman - A Family History in White Supremacy (Paperback): Edward Ball Life of a Klansman - A Family History in White Supremacy (Paperback)
Edward Ball
R460 R431 Discovery Miles 4 310 Save R29 (6%) Ships in 18 - 22 working days
The Life of John Knox (Paperback): Thomas M'Crie The Life of John Knox (Paperback)
Thomas M'Crie
R271 Discovery Miles 2 710 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Finding My Way (Paperback): Malala Yousafzai Finding My Way (Paperback)
Malala Yousafzai
R470 R419 Discovery Miles 4 190 Save R51 (11%) Ships in 5 - 10 working days

How do you rebuild yourself when your whole world changes overnight?

Thrust onto the public stage at fifteen years old after the Taliban's brutal attack on her life, Malala quickly became an international icon known for bravery and resilience. But away from the cameras and crowds, she spent years struggling to find her place in an unfamiliar world. Now, for the first time ever, Malala takes readers beyond the headlines in Finding My Way - a vulnerable, surprising memoir that buzzes with authenticity, sharp humour and tenderness.

Finding My Way is a story of friendship and first love, of anxiety and self-discovery, of trying to stay true to yourself when everyone wants to tell you who you are. In it, Malala traces her path from high school loner to reckless college student to a young woman at peace with her past. Through candid, often messy moments like nearly failing exams, getting ghosted and meeting the love of her life, Malala reminds us that real role models aren't perfect - they're human.

In this astonishing memoir, Malala reintroduces herself to the world, sharing how she navigated life as someone whose darkest moments threatened to define her - while seeking the freedom to find out who she truly is. Finding My Way is an intimate look at the life of a young woman taking charge of her destiny - and a deeply personal testament to the strength it takes to be unapologetically yourself

Smoking Red - The Red Arrows and more - a life on the wing (Paperback): Wyndham Ward Smoking Red - The Red Arrows and more - a life on the wing (Paperback)
Wyndham Ward
R569 Discovery Miles 5 690 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
The Last Miles - The Music of Miles Davis, 1980-1991 (Hardcover): George Cole The Last Miles - The Music of Miles Davis, 1980-1991 (Hardcover)
George Cole
R1,607 Discovery Miles 16 070 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

Miles Davis was one of the musical giants of the twentieth century. In a career that spanned more than five decades, Miles transformed the face of jazz four or five times and his music resonates far beyond the bounds of his genre. Miles made the most famous album in the history of jazz, Kind of Blue, formed one of the greatest jazz quintets in the 1960s and fused jazz with rock. Including unique interviews with dozens of Miles' closest colleagues, many of whom have never before been interviewed about their time with him, The Last Miles concentrates on the final period of Miles' life, after he had emerged from a five-year lay-off from the world of music. Right up until the end of his life, he was still searching, still exploring and still refusing to play it safe. The focus is on the music Miles recorded and played, and how it evolved in the eyes of the musicians he played with. Those interviewed include, George Duke, Teo Macero, Tommy LiPuma, Marcus Miller, Darryl Jones and Easy Mo Bee. There are also interviews with musicians who played with Miles before the 1980s, including Dave Liebman, Pete Cosey, Michael Henderson and Mike Zwerin, who give their own assessment of the music Miles played during the final period of his life. Cheryl Davies, Miles' only daughter, is also interviewed. The Last Miles is full of fascinating new facts and stories about Miles. For the first time, every member of the group of young musicians from Chicago who helped bring Miles back into the music scene gives their story. Music journalist George Cole also reveals for the first time the full story behind a lost Miles Davis album recorded in 1985, tells you about a song Miles co-wrote for Mick Jagger, how he worked with Prince, and discovers new and unreleased music that Miles recorded. If you've ever wanted to know how Miles recruited his band members, what it was like working with Miles in the studio or to play with him on-stage, The Last Miles has the answers. There is at least one chapter devoted to each album that Miles recorded during this period. Full track-by-track descriptions contain many new and interesting tales behind the songs including how Sting came to record on one of Miles' tracks, why Prince dropped a song slated to appear on the Tutu album, how Gil Evans helped Miles compose many of the tunes on the album Star People, what Splatch means and who Ursula was.

LIVE AS LONG AS YOU HAVE LIFE TO LIVE (Paperback): John Goldsworthy LIVE AS LONG AS YOU HAVE LIFE TO LIVE (Paperback)
John Goldsworthy
R323 Discovery Miles 3 230 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

An exercise in self examination. I hope it delves more deeply into my life than those of whom I have written. Discretion is not the better part of an autobiography, someone once wrote, but identification where it is not necessary, has been my watchword. Someone else wrote a Only when one has lost all curiosity about the future has one reached the age to write an autobiographya . Curious a " yes. But as I age the curiosity becomes less important. Only today matters and the ones I love and have loved. Will there be more? a | Ia d like to think so.

Eyes of Compassion - Living with Thich Nhat Hanh (Paperback): Jim Forest Eyes of Compassion - Living with Thich Nhat Hanh (Paperback)
Jim Forest
R436 R402 Discovery Miles 4 020 Save R34 (8%) Ships in 18 - 22 working days
Spare (Paperback): Prince Harry The Duke Of Sussex Spare (Paperback)
Prince Harry The Duke Of Sussex
R295 R263 Discovery Miles 2 630 Save R32 (11%) Ships in 5 - 10 working days

It was one of the images of the twentieth century: two boys, walking behind the coffin of their mother, Princess Diana. Billions wondered what the princes must be feeling - and how their lives would play out from that point on.

For Harry, this is that story at last.

Before then, Prince Harry was known as the happy-go-lucky Spare to the more serious Heir. But grief changed everything.

At twenty-one, he joined the Army but was soon more lost than ever, suffering from post-traumatic stress and crippling panic attacks. Above all, he couldn't find true love.

Then he met Meghan. The world was swept away by the couple's romance and wedding. But in the face of sustained press intrusion, Harry saw no other way to protect his wife and children than to flee his mother country. Over the centuries, leaving the Royal Family was an act few had dared. The last to try had been his mother. . .

Written with raw, unflinching honesty, Spare is full of insight, revelation and hard-won wisdom about the eternal power of love over grief.

The Phenomenon of the Human Distress Pattern - Our only Real Enemy (Paperback): Micheline Mason The Phenomenon of the Human Distress Pattern - Our only Real Enemy (Paperback)
Micheline Mason
R344 Discovery Miles 3 440 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
The Diary of Jesus Christ (Paperback): Bill Cain The Diary of Jesus Christ (Paperback)
Bill Cain
R454 R424 Discovery Miles 4 240 Save R30 (7%) Ships in 18 - 22 working days
Belonging To 2 Troop - A memoir of the Falkands War 1982 (Paperback): Robbie Burns Belonging To 2 Troop - A memoir of the Falkands War 1982 (Paperback)
Robbie Burns
R395 Discovery Miles 3 950 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

This authentic account is a tribute to the courage and resolve with which soldiers and their loved ones confront uncertainty, fear, hardship and the loss of their comrades. Subjected to continual changes of affiliation as the Falklands campaign unfolds, 2 Troop has to create its own identity and sense of belonging drawing on its professional belief, strength of leadership, and intrinsic camaraderie. This is the story of how they did it, and the contribution they made, in one of the toughest campaigns since World War 2. A 'must read' for aspiring junior commanders and students of the realities of war. -- General Sir Peter Wall GCB, CBE, DL, FREng

Vusi - Business & Life Lessons From a Black Dragon (Paperback): Vusi Thembekwayo Vusi - Business & Life Lessons From a Black Dragon (Paperback)
Vusi Thembekwayo 3
R300 R268 Discovery Miles 2 680 Save R32 (11%) Ships in 5 - 10 working days

Maverick. Leadership genius. Self-made millionaire. Dragon. The rock star of public speaking. Vusi Thembekwayo has been called many things.

Join him in his inspiring journey from the township to the top echelons of South African business, to becoming one of the youngest directors of a listed company and CEO of a boutique investment firm. As a Dragons' Den judge and a sought- after public speaker across the globe, Vusi doesn't just talk business – he lives it.

Now you can learn the secret of his success and how to shape your own destiny.

Fifty Little Ducklings - The Life & Works of Michael Wilson (Paperback): Michael Wilson Fifty Little Ducklings - The Life & Works of Michael Wilson (Paperback)
Michael Wilson; Edited by David Wilson; David Wilson; Designed by Nicholas Reardon
R896 Discovery Miles 8 960 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

J. Michael Wilson (1916-1999), Soldier, Medical Doctor, Priest and Academic, may be best known for his often ground-breaking professional achievement, from working with lepers in Ghana to his seminal work in Pastoral Studies. For all his successful accomplishments, however, he thought accolades, titles and qualifications were no more than vain baubles for obituary columns. Becoming a fully human being was, he believed, best manifested in community, through art, poetry, prayer and revelling in the wonders of Nature. Here, finally, is your chance to share a merry dance through his creative life and works...

Nicholas Black Elk - Medicine Man, Catechist, Saint (Paperback): Jon M Sweeney Nicholas Black Elk - Medicine Man, Catechist, Saint (Paperback)
Jon M Sweeney
R433 R399 Discovery Miles 3 990 Save R34 (8%) Ships in 18 - 22 working days

Servant of God Nicholas Black Elk (1863-1950) is popularly celebrated for his fascinating spiritual life. How could one man, one deeply spiritual man, serve as both a traditional Oglala Lakota medicine man and a Roman Catholic catechist and mystic? How did these two spiritual and cultural identities enrich his prayer life? How did his commitment to God, understood through his Lakota and Catholic communities, shape his understanding of how to be in the world? To fully understand the depth of Black Elk's life-long spiritual quest requires a deep appreciation of his life story. He witnessed devastation on the battlefields of Little Bighorn and the Massacre at Wounded Knee, but also extravagance while performing for Queen Victoria as a member of "Buffalo Bill" Cody's Wild West Show. Widowed by his first wife, he remarried and raised eight children. Black Elk's spiritual visions granted him wisdom and healing insight beginning in his childhood, but he grew progressively physically blind in his adult years. These stories, and countless more, offer insight into this extraordinary man whose cause for canonization is now underway at the Vatican.

Elvis and Nashville (Hardcover): Don Cusic Elvis and Nashville (Hardcover)
Don Cusic
R697 Discovery Miles 6 970 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

Elvis Presley was strongly connected to Nashville and recorded approximately 260 songs at RCA Studio B in Nashville. He also performed in several concerts in the area and, during his early days, often came to Nashville to confer with his manager, Colonel Tom Parker, who lived in Nashville.

Whistled - A Memoir of Achievement, Betrayal, and the Search for Self-Worth (Paperback): Dawn Duhamel Whistled - A Memoir of Achievement, Betrayal, and the Search for Self-Worth (Paperback)
Dawn Duhamel
R372 R349 Discovery Miles 3 490 Save R23 (6%) Ships in 18 - 22 working days
The Syndicate of 22 Natives - The Stan Sangweni Story (Paperback): Lindiwe Sangweni-Siddo The Syndicate of 22 Natives - The Stan Sangweni Story (Paperback)
Lindiwe Sangweni-Siddo
R350 R317 Discovery Miles 3 170 Save R33 (9%) Ships in 5 - 10 working days

In The Syndicate of Twenty-two Natives Lindiwe Sangweni-Siddo offers an elegy to her father, the late Professor Stan Sangweni, which explores the personal saga of a family’s lineage rooted in eZuka on Suspence Farm, Newcastle, in what is now northern KwaZulu-Natal.

In turn, Prof Sangweni opens a window into a past where his grandfather, with foresight and ingenuity, became part of The Syndicate of Twenty-two Natives, a group that secured land for their families, including his family of seven wives, and for succeeding generations at a time when Black people in South Africa were being systematically dispossessed of their land.

While packing up her father’s study as her parents prepare to move from their home after 27 years, Lindiwe and her father uncover his lifelong collection of documents and pictures that detail the intricacies of his life as a devoted family man, an ANC veteran and anti-apartheid activist, a pioneer of public service excellence in post-apartheid South Africa and an inveterate stickler for detail in every aspect of his life. Inspiring, often humorous, occasionally cataclysmically disruptive and generally victorious, this memoir is a tribute and a testament to the enduring legacy of those who pave the way amidst the trials of history for future generations.

Henry V (Paperback): Dan Jones Henry V (Paperback)
Dan Jones
R385 R344 Discovery Miles 3 440 Save R41 (11%) Ships in 5 - 10 working days

Henry V reigned over England for only nine years and four months, and died at the age of just 35, but he looms over the landscape of the late Middle Ages and beyond.

The victor of Agincourt was a model king for his successors. Shakespeare's version of Henry V saw his youthful folly redirected to sober statesmanship, and in the dark days of World War II, Henry's victories in France were recounted in British propaganda. Churchill called Henry 'a gleam of splendour in the dark, troubled story of medieval England', while for one modern medievalist, Henry was, quite simply, 'the greatest man who ever ruled England'.

For Dan Jones, Henry is one of the most intriguing characters in all medieval history, but one of the hardest to pin down. He was a hardened, sometimes brutal, warrior, yet he was also creative and artistic, with a bookish temperament. He was a leader who made many mistakes, who misjudged his friends and family members, yet always seemed to triumph when it mattered.

As king, he saved a shattered country from economic ruin, put down rebellions and secured England's borders; in foreign diplomacy, he made England a serious player once more. Yet through his conquests in northern France, he sowed the seeds for three generations of calamity at home, in the form of the Wars of the Roses.

Dan Jones's life of Henry V provides unprecedented insight into the critical first 26 years of his life before he became king. Both a standalone biography and a completion of Dan's sequence of English medieval histories that began with The Plantagenets and The Hollow Crown, Henry V is a thrilling and unmissable life of England's greatest king from our best-selling medieval historian.

10 Indelibles - Formidable Distinctive Individuals (Paperback): Philip A Brown 10 Indelibles - Formidable Distinctive Individuals (Paperback)
Philip A Brown
R332 Discovery Miles 3 320 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Life's What You Make It - The Sunday Times Bestseller 2020 (Hardcover): Phillip Schofield Life's What You Make It - The Sunday Times Bestseller 2020 (Hardcover)
Phillip Schofield
R589 R266 Discovery Miles 2 660 Save R323 (55%) Ships in 9 - 17 working days

THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER Discover the funny, uplifting, occasionally heartbreaking and always honest life story of Phillip Schofield '[A] fantastic read on such an interesting life' Lorraine Kelly 'A really smashing book' Michael Ball For forty years we've watched Phillip on our tellies, from children's TV to This Morning and Dancing on Ice, but what is it like on set and who is he when the camera's off? In Life's What You Make It Philip for the first time takes us behind the scenes of his remarkable career. From his idyllic childhood in Cornwall, where for years he pestered the BBC for a job, eventually landing a prize position in the Broom Cupboard with mischievous sidekick Gordon the Gopher, through hosting Going Live!, starring in Joseph and the Amazing Technicolour Dreamcoat and finally finding his on-screen home and presenting-partner Holly Willoughby on This Morning, Phillip takes us on the highs and lows of his extraordinary life. ____ 'For a long time, I felt that I couldn't write this book. At first, I didn't think I'd lived enough, then life got busy and filled with distractions. In more recent years, there was always a very painful consideration - I knew where it would eventually have to go. 'I have recently decided that the truth is the only thing that can set me free. The truth has taken a long time to make itself clear to me, but now is the right time to share it, all of it. 'Television and broadcasting has been a part of my DNA for as long as I can remember. As a young boy I would make model TV sets out of cardboard boxes, while spending long summers at home, barefoot on Cornwall's golden beaches. Landing a job at the ice-cream kiosk, I would enviously look on as my presenting heroes took to the stage of Radio 1's Roadshow, an unforgettable event when it came to town. 'In Life's What You Make It I look back with nostalgic delight on my life, from being a young boy endlessly writing letters to the BBC in pursuit of a job in broadcasting, to making it on to the Broom Cupboard, with my infamous sidekick Gordon the Gopher, to being on Going Live and starring as the lead in Lord Andrew Lloyd Webber's Joseph and the Amazing Technicolour Dreamcoat. It has taken four decades to get here but I feel lucky to have called the sets of Talking Telephone Numbers, The Cube, Dancing on Ice and of course, This Morning, home. 'I'm going to take you behind the scenes of my television home at ITV, into my career and my dangerously funny relationship with Holly Willoughby. I'm going to introduce you to my loving and remarkable family, and I hope most of all to tell you that life, it seems, is what you make it. Take it from someone who has sat on the very edge and looked over, it's all about the people that love you, and after that anything is possible. So, finally, here we go, this is the real me.' ____ 'A beautiful book. There are amazing stories in there about meeting Princess Diana, the Red Arrows and all of our favourite telly shows. It's a delight' Zoe Ball, BBC Radio 2 'We have loved your book - you've been so honest, open, everything that anyone will have hoped to get from this book . . . you get it. A stroll through your incredible career and you also tackle, head on, in a really beautiful way what happened earlier this year' Andrea McLean, Loose Women 'One of our favourite things is the many hilarious anecdotes he has to share about his good friend Holly Willoughby' Hello! 'The book we've all been waiting for . . . we haven't been able to put it down' New 'A bona fide national treasure . . . He tells his story in his way, with great honesty' Prima 'A fantastic read!' Steve Wright, BBC Radio 2

The Life of John Knox (Hardcover): Thomas M'Crie The Life of John Knox (Hardcover)
Thomas M'Crie
R533 Discovery Miles 5 330 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
John Knox (Paperback): William Taylor John Knox (Paperback)
William Taylor
R197 Discovery Miles 1 970 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
The Latter-Day Saints' Millennial Star, Vol. 95: July 27, 1933 (Classic Reprint) (Paperback): John A. Widtsoe The Latter-Day Saints' Millennial Star, Vol. 95: July 27, 1933 (Classic Reprint) (Paperback)
John A. Widtsoe
R486 Discovery Miles 4 860 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
The Latter-Day Saints' Millennial Star, Vol. 82: January 1, 1920 (Classic Reprint) (Paperback): George Albert Smith The Latter-Day Saints' Millennial Star, Vol. 82: January 1, 1920 (Classic Reprint) (Paperback)
George Albert Smith
R474 Discovery Miles 4 740 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
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