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After many years of serving the country and doing his part to help
rebuild South Africa, Dr Peter Friedland was given an opportunity to
serve as a member of Nelson Mandela’s medical team and helped to
monitor his hearing.
Over the years they built a rapport and their conversations regularly
veered towards politics. Mandela often gave Peter perspective and would
push him to examine his reasons for supporting specific causes and
holding particular views.
As an ENT specialist, Peter regularly treated victims of violent crime.
He also lost colleagues and friends to hijackings and other crimes. But
when his daughters were exposed to a robbery, he had to make a
lifechanging decision.
This book examines the powerful forces that push people away from South
Africa and those that pull them back in. It is never as simple as
merely staying or going – it is an emotional tug of war that continues
until something snaps.
Through many conversations had with Mandela and lessons he learnt from
his life, Peter worked through some of his PTSD, his fears and the deep
sense of hopelessness he felt as he came to terms with his decision to
emigrate to Australia.
His story beautifully captures the tension between an uncertain future
that is out of your control and the fear that you might not survive.
Celebrate the incredible career of pop music’s biggest star in this
sparkling biography.
We’re all living in the Taylor Swift Era. Since her 2006 debut album
she’s sold more than 200 million records, sold out countless arenas and
become one of the most influential artists of her generation. Her Eras
Tour is on track to gross more than $1 billion by the time it concludes
in December 2024, and her most recent studio album hit No. 1 in more
than 25 countries.
In this revealing and entertaining biography, author and music
journalist Caroline Sullivan charts Taylor’s journey from budding
country starlet to pop music phenomenon, encompassing her evolution as
an artist, her high-profile relationships and the stories behind her
songs. Each of Taylor’s Eras is explored in depth, detailing her
influences, her collaborators and the aesthetics that have become such
a crucial part of her performance.
Featuring a stunning photographic section with pictures spanning her
entire career, this is the most complete portrait yet of one of the
most popular artists on the planet.
The memoir by the doctor who became a beacon of hope for millions
through the COVID pandemic, and whose six-decade career in high-level
public service put him in the room with seven presidents
Anthony Fauci is arguably the most famous – and most revered – doctor
in the world today. His role guiding America sanely and calmly through
Covid (and through the torrents of Trump) earned him the trust of
millions during one of the most terrifying periods in modern American
history, but this was only the most recent of the global epidemics in
which Dr. Fauci played a major role. His crucial role in researching
HIV and bringing AIDS into sympathetic public view and his leadership
in navigating the Ebola, SARS, West Nile, and anthrax crises, make him
truly an American hero.
His memoir reaches back to his boyhood in Brooklyn, New York, and
carries through decades of caring for critically ill patients,
navigating the whirlpools of Washington politics, and behind-the-scenes
advising and negotiating with seven presidents on key issues from
global AIDS relief to infectious disease preparedness at home. ON
CALL will be an inspiration for readers who admire and are grateful to
him and for those who want to emulate him in public service. He is the
embodiment of “speaking truth to power,” with dignity and results.
The compelling biography of Novak Djokovic, the greatest male tennis
player of all time - looking at past events, his beliefs and what has
made him one of the most enigmatic and successful sportsmen throughout
history.
No man or woman has won more Grand Slam singles titles than Novak
Djokovic, who took his 24th major at the 2023 US Open. Based on fresh
interviews with people close to Djokovic - including his friends and
mentors, along with his former coaches and his rivals - this is an
in-depth exploration of the psyche of one of the most fascinating and
controversial sporting characters ever. From a bomb shelter in Belgrade
to an immigration detention centre in Melbourne, and everywhere in
between, this book uncovers his relentless pursuit of perfection and
the unconventional beliefs that have propelled him to greatness.
Rage. Forgiveness. Shame. Pride. Love. Searching for Novak examines the
psychological and emotional side of rewriting tennis history.
To be a bookseller or librarian . . .
You have to play detective.
Be a treasure hunter. A matchmaker. A brilliant listener.
A person who creates a kind of magic by pulling a book from a shelf,
handing it to someone and saying, 'You've got to read this. You're
going to love it'.
In this love letter to the heroes of literacy, James Patterson uncovers
true stories from booksellers and librarians. Prepare to enter a world
where you can feed your curiosities, discover new voices, and find
whatever you need.
Meet the smart and talented people who live between the shelves - and
who can't wait to help you find your next great read.
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.
How did Tiger Woods become the greatest of all time?
And how did he fall so spectacularly?
Tiger Woods is unrivalled as an athlete. He made the ultimate
commitment to his chosen sport - and transformed it.
Before the age of twenty-five, he rose to phenomenon status: twice
named 'Sportsman of the Year' by Sports Illustrated, champion of more
than thirty professional tournaments and the youngest player to win all
four Grand Slam tournaments.
Tiger, Tiger taps into the transformative moments of Woods's life,
revealing in vivid, dramatic scenes what he saw and felt on the course
and in his inner life - from his only 'perfect' shot to his missed
first putt at the 1995 Masters through his recent comeback tours.
Through a compelling series of original interviews, passionate golfer
James Patterson and golf reporter Peter de Jonge get inside the
impossible mystery of a global star.
Now in paperback, a “refreshing. . . . accessible, engaging, and
genuinely hilarious” (Buzzfeed) series of essays―part memoir, part
manifesto―that explore coming-of-age and coming out as bisexual while
moving toward embracing and celebrating sex without shame
As a boy, Zachary Zane sensed that all was not right when images of his
therapist naked popped into his head. He sometimes imagined other
people naked, too, and without an explanation why, a deep sense of
shame pervaded these thoughts. Though his therapist assured him a
little imagination was nothing to be ashamed of, over the years,
society told him otherwise.
Boyslut is a memoir-manifesto in which Zane articulates that, even
today, we live in a world that shames people for the sex that they have
and the sexualities that they inhabit. Through the lens of his
bisexuality and much self-described sluttiness, Zane breaks down
exactly how this sexual shame negatively impacts the sex and
relationships in our lives, and through personal experience, shares how
we can unlearn the harmful, entrenched messages that society imparts to
us.
From stories of play sessions with a neighbor at age six to the first
explorations of Zane’s bisexuality in college, as well as sex-dungeon
parties, orgies, and fun with butt plugs, Boyslutis reassuring and
often painfully funny, and most potently, it is a testimony that we can
all learn to live healthier lives unburdened by stigma.
In Lucas Mangope: A Life, journalist Oupa Segalwe incisively
examines the public and private life of this
traditional-leader-cum-elected politician, whose rise and fall
coincided with the collapse of apartheid and that of the ill-advised
homelands project. Segalwe compellingly traces how complex currents of
self-enrichment, duty to his people, and serving the interests of all
those he was indebted to played out. A balanced account of the
life and times of the enigmatic Mangope.
At the psychologist's clinic of an NHS hospital, Noah needs help with
procrastination, Bill compulsively lies, Steph is coping with rejection
and their therapist, Dr Natalie Cawley, is dealing with her own
emotional crisis, breathing into a paper bag between patient sessions.
In this honest, often poignant and frequently funny memoir about
training to be a psychotherapist, we meet the patients grappling with
mental health issues. From OCD and addiction to self-deception and
toxic relationships, Dr Natalie helps them understand and change these
attempts to self-soothe.
Full of lightbulb moments, Just About Coping is a journey into our
inner worlds, where the drama of our break-ups, breakdowns and
breakthroughs takes place. In times of stress and suffering, Dr Natalie
reveals, we are all just about coping. None of us is immune – not even
your therapist.
'You can look at my life in two ways. Some people see a nightmare, some
see a fairytale. I've just always thought I was lucky...People often
ask me how I did it, this book is my answer. This is my story,
everything I've learned along the way, I hope it can help you find your
own luck. '
Lottie Tomlinson has gone through a huge amount in her 23 years on this
planet. Touring with her brother Louis as a make-up artist with One
Direction at the age of 16, you'd think her life was a fairytale. But
this only masked the tragedy happening at home, when her mother became
ill with leukaemia and died when Lottie was just 18. Leaving behind
five smaller siblings, Lottie came home and tried to find a way to hold
the family together. But sadly, tragedy struck again when the family
lost Lottie's little sister Félicité, at just 18.
Despite all this, incredibly Lottie has built a successful business
empire, has a loving stable partner and now is the mother to a
beautiful baby boy, called Lucky.
Lucky Girl is Lottie's story of resilience and the lessons she's
learned along the way. Going behind the beauty and the fame, Lottie's
beautiful memoir explores the rollercoaster of her life, from the
darkest days and loneliest nights to the success she found despite it
all, and how all the challenges and setbacks have led her to where she
is today.
Heartbreaking yet inspirational, Lottie hopes that in telling her story
and how she has navigated the pain and grief in her life that she will
provide hope for others going through their darkest times.
Get tucked in to a third bestselling helping of Clarkson's Farm from
our favourite wellie-wearing wannabe farmer, Jeremy Clarkson
Welcome back to Clarkson's Farm. Since taking the wheel three years ago
Jeremy's had his work cut out. And it's now clear from hard-won
experience that, when it comes to farming, there's only one golden rule:
Whatever you hope will happen, won't.
Enthusiastic schemes to diversify have met with stubborn opposition
from the red trouser brigade, defeat at the hands of Council Planning
department, and predictable derision from Kaleb - although, to be fair,
even Lisa had doubts about Jeremy's brilliant plan to build a business
empire founded on rewilding and nettle soup. And only Cheerful Charlie
is still smiling about the stifling amount of red tape that's incoming
. . . But he charges by the hour.
Then there are the animals: the sheep are gone; the cows have been
joined by a rented bull called Break-Heart Maestro;. the pigs are
making piglets; and the goats have turned out to be psychopaths.
But despite the naysayers and (sometimes self-inflicted) setbacks,
Jeremy remains irrepressibly optimistic about life at Diddly Squat.
Because It's hard not to be when you get to harvest blackberries with a
vacuum cleaner.
And, after all, it shouldn't just be Break-heart Maestro who gets to
enjoy a happy ending . . .
Henry Kissinger analyses how six extraordinary leaders he has known
have shaped their countries and the world
'Leaders,' writes Henry Kissinger in this compelling book, 'think and
act at the intersection of two axes: the first, between the past and
the future; the second between the abiding values and aspirations of
those they lead. They must balance what they know, which is necessarily
drawn from the past, with what they intuit about the future, which is
inherently conjectural and uncertain. It is this intuitive grasp of
direction that enables leaders to set objectives and lay down a
strategy.'
In Leadership, Kissinger analyses the lives of six extraordinary
leaders through the distinctive strategies of statecraft which he
believes they embodied. After the Second World War, Konrad Adenauer
brought defeated and morally bankrupt Germany back into the community
of nations by what Kissinger calls 'the strategy of humility'. Charles
de Gaulle set France beside the victorious Allies and renewed its
historic grandeur by 'the strategy of will'. During the Cold War,
Richard Nixon gave geostrategic advantage to the United States by 'the
strategy of equilibrium'. After twenty-five years of conflict, Anwar
Sadat brought a vision of peace to the Middle East by a 'strategy of
transcendence'. Against the odds, Lee Kwan Yew created a powerhouse
city-state, Singapore, by 'the strategy of excellence'. Although when
she came to power Britain was known as 'the sick man of Europe',
Margaret Thatcher renewed her country's morale and international
position by 'the strategy of conviction'.
To each of these studies, Kissinger brings historical perception,
public experience and - because he knew each of their subjects, and
participated in many of the events he describes - personal knowledge.
The book is enriched by insights and judgements such as only he could
make, and concludes with his reflections on world order and the
indispensability of leadership today.
“Dis politici wat oorlog verklaar, nie ons nie. Ons het gedoen wat ons
geglo het ons moes doen en hulle [die vyand] ook . . .” – Marco
Caforio, ouddienspligtige
Op 10 Junie 1980 gedurende ’n eindelose dag van bloedige gevegte onder
die Angolese son is 13 lede van die Suid-Afrikaanse Weermag dood en
etlike beseer toe 61 Gemeganiseerde Bataljon Groep ’n kompleks van
Swapo-basisse in die suide van Angola aangeval het.
Gedurende Operasie Sceptic het tweede luitenant Paul Louw sy peleton in
vier Ratels na die slagveld by die doelwit Smokeshell gelei.
In die chaos wat daardie dag gevolg het, is 12 dienspligtiges in sy
peleton van 44 noodlottig gewond en hy is self ook beseer. Een van sy
troepe, die 18-jarige HP Ferreira, is met ’n 14,5 mmmasjiengeweer deur
sy pelvis geskiet en hy is ook deur etlike AK-47 koeëls getref. Hy het
wonderbaarlik oorleef. Louw, nog met die bloed van sy manne aan sy
klere, en ’n handjievol ander soldate het die aand deurgebring in ’n
Ratel wat deur ’n RPG-vuurpyl getref is. Hulle was heeltemal afgesny
van die res van die aanvalsgroep en het nie geweet of hulle die son sou
sien opkom nie.
In Bloedbroers vertel van die oorlewendes van hul ervarings tydens die
geveg. Dit werp ook lig op wat met soldate gebeur nadat die laaste
skote afgevuur is en volg die veterane toe hulle vier dekades ná die
operasie vir die eerste keer na die slagveld teruggekeer het.
On 10 June 1980, during a seemingly endless day of bloody fighting, 13
men of the South African Defence Force died and several more were
wounded after 61 Mechanised Infantry Battalion Group attacked a vast
complex of Swapo military bases in Angola.
During Operation Sceptic second lieutenant Paul Louw led his platoon in
four Ratel infantry fighting vehicles to a battleground called
Smokeshell. In the ensuing chaos of that day 12 national servicemen of
his platoon of 44 were killed and he himself was wounded. In a separate
incident during the fighting his company second-in-command was also
slain. One of his troops, 18-year-old HP Ferreira, was shot through the
pelvis by a 14,5 mm anti-aircraft round and also hit by AK-47 bullets.
Louw spent the night drenched in the blood and guts of his men,
hunkered down with a handful of other survivors in a Ratel destroyed by
an RPG 7 rocket, isolated from the rest of the South African attack
force.
Blood Brothers records the dramatic events that took place in Angola
that day, in the words of the survivors of the battle. It investigates
the human cost of war after the last shots have been fired and follows
the veterans as they return to the battleground four decades later in
search of peace.
The empowering, inspiring, patriarchy-smashing first book by the TikTok
and Spotify star Drew Afualo.
Drew Afualo is best known as the internet’s 'Crusader for Women' and is
at the head of a new generation of entertainment’s rising stars, with
more than nine million followers across her social platforms. She soon
realized that men on social media were creating sexist content aimed at
disparaging women, and also containing rampant fatphobia, racism, and
other forms of bigotry with very real-life consequences. It didn’t take
long for her to step into the role of unofficial watchdog for misogyny,
and her signature laugh is now recognized as a feminist call to arms.
Loud is part manual, part manifesto and part memoir. It is a summoning
cry to rid the internet (and our hearts, minds, and lives) of terrible
men and create a space to fight outdated patriarchal ideals. Above all,
it makes it clear that behind Drew’s fearsome laugh is a mission and a
life philosophy, a strategy for self-confidence from the inside out,
and a pathway to once and for all remove men from the centre of how
women and fems think about themselves.
'To be different is to be the best f*cking thing here and you'll be
celebrated for that!'
Written and illustrated by global phenomenon YUNGBLUD, this interactive
journal is packed with never-before-seen art, exclusive lyrics, poems,
creative prompts, and incisive questions that will push you to dig deep
and celebrate what makes you different.
Who are you?
For most of us that is the hardest question in the world.
This book is designed to help guide you on a journey to find out. To
confess what you love about yourself, destroy your deepest insecurities
and face your darkest fears.
This is a book to rip, draw, burn, bury and create. A book that will
end up in tatters if you do it right. This is a book of you.
So, I’ll ask you again… Who are you?
It’s time to find out.
Dom xoxo
The hilarious and piercing memoir about growing up gay in a not-so-gay
world.
I’m just a man, standing in front of a salad, asking it to be a cake.
What do you do when you’re too gay for Pakistan, too Pakistani to be
gay in America and you’re ashamed of your body everywhere?
How can you find happiness despite years of humiliation, fear and a
legion of Brooklyn hipsters who know you only as a queer from
Whereveristan?
How do you summon the courage to be yourself no matter where you are?
Even as a young child in Lahore, Komail Aijazuddin knew he was
different. Other boys didn’t pirouette off their desks, get bullied for
their ‘manboobs’ or spontaneously burst into songs from The Little
Mermaid. Other boys didn’t play together like that.
Starved of a crucial part of himself, he ate. And ate. Before long, his
own body became another burden to carry everywhere and to hide. Komail
began to believe his only chance at a happy, meaningful life would be
found elsewhere: in America, land of the free, home of the gays. But he
would soon learn that finding happiness takes a lot more than a plane
ticket.
This is Aijazuddin’s riotous, intelligent memoir of searching for his
place between two worlds while navigating a minefield of expectations,
prejudice and self-doubt. In Manboobs, Aijazuddin confidently announces
himself as a sharp new voice in humour with his moving, wickedly funny
search for love and the bravery required to be yourself.
By the age of twenty, Lucy Spraggan had already experienced more
extraordinary things than many do across a lifetime. Growing up in a
creative household, surrounded by artists, alcohol and raucous parties,
by her late teens she had played pubs, clubs and festivals, fallen in
love with an older woman on a US road trip, experimented with drink and
drugs, and been in and out of police custody.
When her X Factor audition went viral in 2012, Lucy became the bookies'
favourite to win the show. She was the first contestant ever to write
and perform her own original songs, refusing to be pigeonholed by
stylists and producers. Viewers fell for her unmanufactured, anti-pop
princess stance, and the tabloids loved her.
Then, suddenly, mid-way through the live shows, Lucy dropped out. The
public were told Lucy was unwell.
Now, for the first time, Lucy is ready to tell her story, in her own
words.
Process is a book about the vicious impact of trauma across a lifetime;
it is about Lucy's successes and mistakes, her journey towards
sobriety, calm and something like peace. Most of all, Process is an
extraordinary story about a gifted artist and an expose of the toxic
underbelly of noughties celebrity culture and reality TV.
In Troep! vertel meer as ’n honderd oud-troepe wat hulle onthou van
diensplig: om op skool opgeroep te word, te gaan oorlog maak en twee
jaar later weer huis toe te kom. Tussenin lê stories van varkpanne,
tiekiebokse, twee-komma-viers, boeliebief, die DB, ryloop, pakkies,
bosbussies, naweekpas, ratpacks, stof, Buffels, landmyne en skrapnel –
en ook herinneringe van vriende, seuns en broers wat nie teruggekom het
nie.
Bun Booyens voeg al hierdie stemme saam tot die verhaal van die
uitsonderlike dinge wat duisende gewone seuns beleef het. Hierdie
stories sal ’n snaar by veterane roer, en hul naastes help om te
verstaan watter dinge hierdie mense vandag steeds met hulle saamdra –
dit wat hulle onthou, maar ook dit wat hulle nie kan vergeet nie.
Mervyn King has transformed the global business landscape. King
advocated reporting on society and the environment, not only on profit.
His legacy transcends borders and continues to guide companies
worldwide. His journey was enriched by his experience as a commercial
lawyer; by his work as an advocate and a judge; and by his stellar
career as a businessman, chair and director of many
organisations.
DAVID WILLIAMS recounts his story.
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