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Kitsie - Memoir Of A Bomb-Squad Bok (Paperback): Steven Kitshoff, Michael Vlismas Kitsie - Memoir Of A Bomb-Squad Bok (Paperback)
Steven Kitshoff, Michael Vlismas
R360 R265 Discovery Miles 2 650 Save R95 (26%) Pre-order

Steven Kitshoff, the formidable former Springbok prop, is much loved on field and off for his discipline and determination – and for his humility, honesty and warmth. Now he takes us beyond the bruising scrums and World Cup trophies to reflect on a rugby career defined by an unwavering commitment to what is best for the team.

This book charts his journey from schoolboy prodigy in the Western Cape to captaining the Stormers and reaching the pinnacle of international rugby as part of the team that won the World Cup twice in a row under Siya Kolisi’s leadership. The big man the fans call ‘Kitsie’ and the ‘Spicy Plum’ delves into the magic of the Bomb-Squad strategy, his forced retirement due to a devastating neck injury and finding purpose after rugby. Some of the biggest names in world rugby, including Rassie Erasmus and Tendai ‘The Beast’ Mtawarira, also give their personal recollections of a man they all admire.

Co-Written by Michael Vlismas – author of the bestselling Elon Musk and Just a Moment, the memoir of Schalk Burger Snr – Kitsie is honest and inspiring. An unforgettable memoir.

Games Of My Life (Hardcover): Alex Ferguson, Michael Moritz Games Of My Life (Hardcover)
Alex Ferguson, Michael Moritz
R780 R589 Discovery Miles 5 890 Save R191 (24%) Pre-order

The major new memoir from Sir Alex Ferguson, filled with never-before-seen photographs and memorabilia from his private archives.

Twenty-one games. One extraordinary life.

Sir Alex Ferguson is widely regarded as the greatest football manager of all time. In this intimate and heartfelt memoir, he tells the unique stories of twenty-one defining matches in his career, revealing fresh insights into his incredible journey from working-class Glasgow to the summit of global football as manager of Manchester United.

Reaching far beyond the trophy cabinet, Sir Alex relives seventy years of footballing history – from his first medal as a schoolboy in 1956 to watching United's 2024 FA Cup victory from the stands – to reflect on the relationships, rivalries, life lessons and moments of adversity that forged his character and his teams.

Written with Sir Michael Moritz, Games of My Life is a masterclass in leadership, persistence, and the enduring power of teamwork, told through the raw, unforgettable drama of the beautiful game. Shedding new light on the real stories behind the headlines, it is a true celebration of Sir Alex and his legacy.

'I’ve selected 21 football games which are particularly meaningful to me – games that take me back to different points in my life. Some of these games are not in any television archive. They are just memories. But, in my mind, I am watching them now – in vivid colour' – Sir Alex Ferguson

This Is Me - A Reckoning (Paperback): Hayden Panettiere This Is Me - A Reckoning (Paperback)
Hayden Panettiere
R470 R349 Discovery Miles 3 490 Save R121 (26%) Pre-order

Heroes and Nashville star Hayden Panettiere reclaims her story in a remarkably candid memoir.

Hayden Panettiere's career in entertainment began before she was old enough to walk. From early commercials to film and television roles in hits like Remember the Titans, her career unfolded in the public eye resulting in tremendous success by her early teens. She had become a fixture of early-2000s pop culture, earning acclaim for performances in Heroes, Nashville (which earned her two Golden Globe nominations) and beyond-while quietly carrying the weight of expectations that came with being Hollywood's "It girl."

Behind the image was a far more complicated reality. As Hayden entered adulthood, the industry that once felt playful grew unforgiving. The pressure placed on young performers, the hefty price that often comes with fame, and how quickly someone else can take control of your story. She recounts being scrutinized by tabloids, watching her body and private pain become public property, and performing storylines on-screen that echoed trauma she was living through off camera.

In this memoir, Hayden shares a rare and intimate glimpse into her life behind closed doors opening up about postpartum depression, addiction and recovery, trauma, domestic abuse, and loss. She holds nothing back as she reflects on the moments she calls "lifequakes"- experiences that fractured her sense of self and forced her to rebuild it from the inside out.

In This Is Me: A Reckoning Hayden showcases her most vulnerable role yet . . . this is her story on her terms.

The Make-Believe - A Memoir Of Magic And Madness (Paperback): Hannah Murray The Make-Believe - A Memoir Of Magic And Madness (Paperback)
Hannah Murray
R440 R349 Discovery Miles 3 490 Save R91 (21%) Pre-order

From the actor in Skins and Games of Thrones, a deeply intimate, shockingly honest memoir about acting, fame, mental illness and the struggle to leave a cult-like organisation whose belief in magic shattered Hannah’s reality.

In 2017, Hannah Murray was a successful actor whose career had taken her to Hollywood and given her the opportunity to act with A list stars and Oscar-winning directors. But as the daily costs of acting grew, from the degradations of auditions to repeating violent scenes over and over, Hannah found herself searching for something to make her feel better. One day, a reiki healer promises her a new kind of treatment, a kind of magic, and all of a sudden Hannah’s life is changed.

Back in London, she becomes increasingly involved with the organisation behind the magic, an organisation whose charismatic leader, promises of secret knowledge, and increasingly complex rituals, are seductive, cult-like – and ultimately destructive, as Hannah finds herself on a week-long course from her friends and family - and her sanity falls apart. Detained in hospital, she struggles to understand the difference between what’s real, and what’s imagined. The result is a propulsive, shockingly honest, and extraordinarily intimate portrayal of a mind taken over the edge.

From the outer edges of fame, through Hollywood film sets and London parties, Hannah’s life has slowly moved from that of a successful starlet to that of a young woman seduced by the magical thinking of an organisation that promises health and happiness beyond her wildest dreams, but her reality becomes far more disturbing than she could ever have imagined.

Shocking, intimate and compulsive, The Make-Believe is an ultimately uplifting and inspiring story of empathy, resilience and the power of belief.

Held - Portrait Of The Black Family (Paperback): Lulama Mali Held - Portrait Of The Black Family (Paperback)
Lulama Mali
R300 R225 Discovery Miles 2 250 Save R75 (25%) Ships in 5 - 10 working days

A memoir that spans three generations of one South African family, beginning in the erased neighbourhood of Wittebome in Cape Town and unfolding through the forced removals of apartheid, the intimacy of township life in Gugulethu, and the hidden truths that reshaped a child's understanding of love, belonging, and survival.

At its heart, this is the story of a girl raised by her grandparents in a house where politics co-existed with the daily rhythms of survival, and where abundance was measured not in wealth but in ritual, memory, and care. It is also the story of her mother, Nokhephu—first believed to have died in a tragic accident. The truth would turn her childhood upside down: the sister she thought she had was, in fact, her mother—and she had not died.

Both personal and political, it is a meditation on memory, silence, and inheritance. It asks: what does it mean to be held—by grief, by history, by love—and what happens when the truths that bind us finally come undone?

Kylian Mbappe - The Definitive Biography (Paperback): Julien Laurens Kylian Mbappe - The Definitive Biography (Paperback)
Julien Laurens
R470 R349 Discovery Miles 3 490 Save R121 (26%) Pre-order

'Only the second teenager to have scored a goal in a World Cup Final! Welcome to the club - it's great to have some company!' - Pelé

This was the praise lauded upon Kylian Mbappé who, at just 19 years of age, led France to triumph at the 2018 World Cup. As golden confetti rained down, millions across the globe watched as the young man kissed the iconic trophy; the heir to Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo as the best footballer in the world had announced himself. It was his crowning moment.

In Kylian Mbappé: The Definitive Biography, Julien Laurens, the world's leading French football journalist, paints a vivid portrait of Mbappé's meteoric rise to global stardom. After a decade covering Kylian's career, Julien has had unprecedented access to the player's friends, coaches and teammates past and present. Exploring Mbappé's humble upbringing in the suburbs of Paris and schooling at the famed Clairefontaine academy, his peerless rise with AS Monaco and Paris Saint-Germain, as well as his dream move to Real Madrid where his career has reached new heights, this extensive biography crafts an intimate account of Kylian's life.

Julien takes us into the inner workings of Mbappé's psyche, as we witness how becoming a world superstar at just 19 affected the young Parisian. From the complex relationship he had with his boyhood club and its hierarchy to valiantly losing against Lionel Messi's Argentina in the 2022 World Cup Final, and becoming the new face of Real Madrid's galácticos, Julien shows us how the Mbappé that stars for club and country today is unrecognisable from the one who won the World Cup with France in 2018.

The Unlikely Candidate (Paperback): Koketso Molaolwe The Unlikely Candidate (Paperback)
Koketso Molaolwe
R280 R209 Discovery Miles 2 090 Save R71 (25%) Pre-order

The Unlikely Candidate is the astonishing story of a boy from Kuruman, a boy no one expected anything great from whose life became evidence that God writes the most beautiful stories with the most least expected beginnings.

The rejected boy became a builder of people. The one who struggled to speak became a communicator. The insecure child became a leader of leaders. The boy without a father became a father to many. The broken became a healer. Today, Koketso travels the world speaking hope, truth, and courage, reminding thousands that God does not choose the qualified, He qualifies the chosen.

This book is not just a memoir, it is a testimony that reminds you that your failures do not disqualify you. Your wounds can become weapons in God’s hands. It is a story of pain and redemption, insecurity and calling and a story of how God takes the unlikely and turns them into instruments of impact.

Qualified Disappointment - A Memoir (Paperback): Prev Reddy Qualified Disappointment - A Memoir (Paperback)
Prev Reddy
R350 R275 Discovery Miles 2 750 Save R75 (21%) Pre-order

Growing up queer, brown and ambitious in a conservative South African Indian household comes with rules, expectations and a lot of things no one is allowed to say out loud.

In Qualified Disappointment, comedian and actor Prev Reddy turns that silence into comedy. From choreographing braai dances to surviving family WhatsApp groups, Prev learned early how to perform, deflect and entertain his way through a world obsessed with appearances and the fear of becoming a disappointment.

Prev delivers a moving memoir about tradition, taboo and the pressure to live a life that looks respectable from the outside, charting his journey from a glitter loving child in Durban to an internationally recognised social media star and stage performer.

Hovering over it all is his alter-ego, Aunty Shamilla. She is opinionated and watchful – the familiar voice of community judgement, reluctant affection and unsolicited advice. Deeply honest and unapologetically bold, Qualified Disappointment is for anyone who has felt like an outsider in their own home and fought to stay soft, funny and powerful anyway.

Skadumeisie - 'n Verhaal Van Genesing En Genade (Afrikaans, Paperback): Anita Venter van Niekerk Skadumeisie - 'n Verhaal Van Genesing En Genade (Afrikaans, Paperback)
Anita Venter van Niekerk
R380 R315 Discovery Miles 3 150 Save R65 (17%) Pre-order

'n Oorlewingsverhaal en getuienis van hoop vir elke verwonde siel; jy is nie onsigbaar nie, en selfs uit die diepste skadu's kan lig weer gebore word.

Skadumeisie is ’n rou, eerlike en diep aangrypende getuienis van ’n vrou wat deur die donkerste moontlike menslike ervarings gegaan het – en tog die lig weer leer vind het. Van ’n mishandelde kind op ’n Vrystaatse plaas wat ’n wreedaardige verkragting oorleef, tot ’n gebroke volwassene wat uitdagings soos verslawing, selfvernietigende gedrag en die dood in die oë moet kyk, ontvou Anita se verhaal as ’n stille kreet vanuit die skadu’s.

Met die gevolge van byna onnoembare trauma wat soos ’n swaard oor haar hang, navigeer sy haar lewenspad in ’n onwrikbare soeke na betekenis, volwaardige menswees en genade. Hierdie boek is nie net ’n oorlewingsverhaal nie; dit is ’n getuienis van hoop vir elke verwonde siel: jy is nie onsigbaar nie, en selfs uit die diepste skadu’s kan lig weer gebore word.

Skadumeisie sal jou skok en pynlik meevoer, maar dit sal jou ook herinner aan die onvernietigbare krag van die menslike gees.

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