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Books > Biography
Sentenced to Lockdown, regarded as "non-essential", 40 South African writers get together in a virtual Corona Collective, to pen The Lockdown Collection, trying to make sense of a world, held hostage by a virus.
Powerfully visceral, this gem includes a list of South Africa's most celebrated writers, brilliantly capturing the emotional, the spiritual and even the humorous effects of a global pandemic.
This historical gem includes: Sisonke Msimang, Lebo Mashile, Fred Khumalo and Marianne Thamm.
Mia en haar gesin gaan hou vakansie in Stellenbosch. Die gesin in 'n motorongeluk waarin Mia sterf. Die verhaal gaan oor hoe haar ma Mariska haar pyn en hartseer verwerk en haarself vergewe. Maar ook oor nuwe lewe en jou lewe se herstel en terugbymekaar probeer kry na die dood van jou kind.
'Adrian has a unique gift for understanding drivers and racing
cars. He is ultra competitive but never forgets to have fun. An
immensely likeable man.' Damon Hill The world's foremost designer
in Formula One, Adrian Newey OBE is arguably one of Britain's
greatest engineers and this is his fascinating, powerful memoir.
How to Build a Car explores the story of Adrian's unrivalled
35-year career in Formula One through the prism of the cars he has
designed, the drivers he has worked alongside and the races in
which he's been involved. A true engineering genius, even in
adolescence Adrian's thoughts naturally emerged in shape and form -
he began sketching his own car designs at the age of 12 and took a
welding course in his school summer holidays. From his early career
in IndyCar racing and on to his unparalleled success in Formula
One, we learn in comprehensive, engaging and highly entertaining
detail how a car actually works. Adrian has designed for the likes
of Mario Andretti, Nigel Mansell, Alain Prost, Damon Hill, David
Coulthard, Mika Hakkinen, Mark Webber and Sebastian Vettel, always
with a shark-like purity of purpose: to make the car go faster. And
while his career has been marked by unbelievable triumphs, there
have also been deep tragedies; most notably Ayrton Senna's death
during his time at Williams in 1994. Beautifully illustrated with
never-before-seen drawings, How to Build a Car encapsulates,
through Adrian's remarkable life story, precisely what makes
Formula One so thrilling - its potential for the total
synchronicity of man and machine, the perfect combination of style,
efficiency and speed.
A heartfelt, humorous personal memoir and relatable guide to
overcoming obstacles, wising up about romance, and getting ahead in
your career from the star of Netflix's hit reality show Selling
Sunset. In this engaging, witty, and inspirational memoir,
Chrishell Stause shares her story of living an unconventional
childhood in small-town Kentucky marked by periods of homelessness,
family addiction struggles and dreams of one day being on a daytime
soap, all while managing the local Dairy Queen. Through resilience
and grit, she overcame obstacles and pushed past every barrier in
her path to become one of the most envied luxury realtors in Los
Angeles and buzzworthy cast members in reality TV. She takes us
behind the scenes of Selling Sunset, reveals never-before-told
stories from her life in soaps, and even pulls back the curtain on
her highly publicised love life, offering insight not before
shared. With her signature honesty and charm, Stause also gives
tangible advice based on the lessons she's learned over the years
and offers unique insight about how to stay resilient and positive
no matter how many times life knocks you down. Under Construction
is for anyone who wants to remember that no matter what happens or
how, you have to get up, dress up and show up - and walk back into
the room stronger than ever before.
Sankara's legacy, unclear as it may be, still lives and he remains
immensely popular. If you travel through Africa his image is
unmistakable. His picture, with beret and broad grin, is pasted on
run-down taxis and is found on the walls of local bars.
Internationally Sankara is often referred to as the `African Che
Guevara' and like his South American counterpart; it is his
perseverance, dedication and incorruptibility that appeal to the
imagination. Voices of liberation: Thomas Sankara starts with a
comprehensive timeline covering Thomas Sankara's life and major
events in the history of the continent and region. His Life section
provides the most critical and fraternal assessment of the 1980s
radical experiment within the broader history of the country, the
region and continent. His Voice section succinctly provides a
selection of Sankara's speeches, broadcasts and interviews and
gives us insight to his outlook on the world. His Legacy section
combines an almost poetic tribute to the flawed through heroic
period of Sankara's `revolution' with an incredibly relentless and
honest analysis. This is done through the story of last year's
uprising against Compaore - with haunting lessons for South Africa.
The Postscript is an indispensable update to the extraordinary
events in Burkina Faso during 2015, chiefly the resistance to the
coup in September. The authors look at Sankara's influence on the
popular movements and its wider significance for Africa.
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