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Franckstrasse 31 (Paperback): Gwendolyn Leick Franckstrasse 31 (Paperback)
Gwendolyn Leick
R508 Discovery Miles 5 080 Ships in 12 - 19 working days
Presidential Spirit - The True Story of an Airman Who Soared Above His Circumstances and the Woman Who Was the Wind Beneath His... Presidential Spirit - The True Story of an Airman Who Soared Above His Circumstances and the Woman Who Was the Wind Beneath His Wings (Paperback)
Gina S Scheff
R395 R369 Discovery Miles 3 690 Save R26 (7%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days
The Man Who Mapped Consciousness: The Life and Legacy of Dr. David R. Hawkins - The Authorized Biography (Paperback): Susan... The Man Who Mapped Consciousness: The Life and Legacy of Dr. David R. Hawkins - The Authorized Biography (Paperback)
Susan Hawkins
R405 R345 Discovery Miles 3 450 Save R60 (15%) Pre-order

A biography of the late spiritual pioneer Dr. David R. Hawkins, or "Doc" as he was known to many of his devotees.

"This is more than a biography; it’s a heartfelt journey, an invitation to experience his life and witness the extraordinary legacy he left behind."

Dr. David R. Hawkins, a man whose existence was a symphony of curiosity, discovery, and transformation, a man, who not only was a brilliant thinker, but a man of deep compassion and love, dedicated to the upliftment of all of humanity.

From his discoveries as a science-based psychiatrist to the confirmed reality of his own unique spiritual experiences, David R. Hawkins has gifted us with a treasure trove of insights into the human psyche and consciousness itself, that are as mind-blowing as they are soul-nourishing. He handed us a road map to Truth with his visionary Map of Consciousness®, an extremely useful guide in gaining profound insights into the nature or our existence and purpose on earth.

In this book, you will come face to face with the revelations that turned his world upside down and elevated the consciousness of anyone fortunate enough to encounter his work.

Let’s begin this journey of Dr. David R. Hawkins, an extraordinary yet ordinary life whose imprint on the world stands for Truth as the highest endeavor, embraces compassion for all sentient beings, and in complete surrender and devotion to God as the Ultimate Reality.

Father and Son - A memoir about family, the past and mortality (Paperback): Jonathan Raban Father and Son - A memoir about family, the past and mortality (Paperback)
Jonathan Raban
R294 Discovery Miles 2 940 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

On 11 June 2011, three days short of his sixth-ninth birthday, Jonathan Raban suffered a stroke which left him unable to use the right side of his body, wheelchair-bound in a rehab facility and endlessly frustrated by his newfound physical limitations. As he resisted the overbearing ministrations of the nurses helping him along the road to recovery, Raban began to reflect not only on the measure of his own life but the extraordinary story of his parents’ early marriage, conducted for three years by letter while his father fought in the Second World War.

Pedal Pushers Coast-To-Coast - A Cross-Country Bike Tour Fueled by Kindness (Hardcover): Marianne Worth Rudd Pedal Pushers Coast-To-Coast - A Cross-Country Bike Tour Fueled by Kindness (Hardcover)
Marianne Worth Rudd
R782 R699 Discovery Miles 6 990 Save R83 (11%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days
A Hidden Jewish Child from Belgium - Survival, Scars and Healing (Paperback): Francine Lazarus A Hidden Jewish Child from Belgium - Survival, Scars and Healing (Paperback)
Francine Lazarus
R613 Discovery Miles 6 130 Ships in 12 - 19 working days
Colorado's Daring Ivy Baldwin - Aviator, Aerialist and Aeronaut (Paperback): Ballard Colorado's Daring Ivy Baldwin - Aviator, Aerialist and Aeronaut (Paperback)
Ballard
R530 R490 Discovery Miles 4 900 Save R40 (8%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Obsessed - The Autobiography (Paperback): Johnny Sexton Obsessed - The Autobiography (Paperback)
Johnny Sexton
R342 R313 Discovery Miles 3 130 Save R29 (8%) Ships in 9 - 17 working days

No Irish rugby player has ever achieved more, or been a source of more inspiration to teammates and fans alike, than Johnny Sexton.

In his hotly anticipated autobiography, Johnny tells the story of his life and explores the sources of his unmatched will to win. The Sexton era was marked by four European Cups, four Six Nations championships (including two Grand Slams), a series win in New Zealand, two stints for Ireland at number 1 in the world, and the World Player of the Year award. Always outspoken on and off the field, Sexton offers an honest look at his childhood, his seemingly inauspicious early experiences in club and professional rugby, his relationships with key teammates and coaches (including Brian O'Driscoll, Paul O'Connell, Ronan O'Gara, Joe Schmidt and Andy Farrell), and his ideas about the game.

Obsessed is more than just a brilliantly detailed account of a legendary playing career. It is also a work of deep self-exploration, tracing the psychological arc of a player who almost always felt embattled, who struggled with self-doubt, and who was still learning new lessons about being a team-mate and a leader into his late thirties. Intense, witty, perceptive and frank, Obsessed is an autobiography worthy of its author and the essential chronicle of an extraordinary era in Irish rugby.

Presidential Spirit - The True Story of an Airman Who Soared Above His Circumstances and the Woman Who Was the Wind Beneath His... Presidential Spirit - The True Story of an Airman Who Soared Above His Circumstances and the Woman Who Was the Wind Beneath His Wings (Hardcover)
Gina S Scheff
R596 R545 Discovery Miles 5 450 Save R51 (9%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Soul Mandate - The Extraordinary Life Of A Property Maverick (Paperback): Lew Geffen Soul Mandate - The Extraordinary Life Of A Property Maverick (Paperback)
Lew Geffen
R340 R319 Discovery Miles 3 190 Save R21 (6%) In Stock

Lew Geffen is destined to have an eventful life. Driven by a maverick spirit, he embarks on a wild ride of success, securing the local Sotheby’s International Realty license to become a major player in the property market.

Along the way he's fired by his mother, sells Mandela's house and navigates the fallout of a murder at his company's annual convention. Lew's extraordinary life is told with candour, warmth and laced by his wicked sense of humour.

Geffinitely a business memoir like no other.

Calvet's Web - Enlightenment and the Republic of Letters in Eighteenth-Century France (Hardcover): L.W.B. Brockliss Calvet's Web - Enlightenment and the Republic of Letters in Eighteenth-Century France (Hardcover)
L.W.B. Brockliss
R7,968 Discovery Miles 79 680 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

Calvet's Web is a study of a circle of French antiquarians, naturalists, and bibliophiles in the period 1750-1810. By using the surviving correspondence of its members, Laurence Brockliss assembles a vivid picture of the French Republic of Letters in an era of rapid change, showing how the world of scholarship relates to the movement historians call the Enlightenment and how it is torn apart, then reconstructed, in the social and political turmoil of the French Revolution.

Matched for Eternity (Paperback): Carmen Lin Matched for Eternity (Paperback)
Carmen Lin
R603 R563 Discovery Miles 5 630 Save R40 (7%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days
The Paris Muse (Paperback): Louisa Treger The Paris Muse (Paperback)
Louisa Treger
R302 R273 Discovery Miles 2 730 Save R29 (10%) Ships in 9 - 17 working days

'Living with him was like living at the centre of the universe. It was electrifying and humbling, blissful and destructive, all at the same time.'

Paris, 1936. When Dora Maar, a talented French photographer, painter and poet, is introduced to Pablo Picasso, she is mesmerized by his dark and intense stare. Drawn to his volcanic creativity, it isn't long before she embarks on a passionate relationship with the Spanish artist that sometimes includes sadism and masochism, and ultimately pushes her to the edge.

The Paris Muse is the fictionalized retelling of this disturbing love story, as we follow Dora on her journey of self-discovery and expression. Set in Paris and the French Riviera, where Dora and Pablo spent their holidays with their glamorous artist friends, it provides a fascinating insight into how Picasso was a genius who side-stepped the rules in his human relationships as he did in his art. Much to Dora's torment, he refused to divorce his wife and conducted affairs with Dora's friends. The Spanish Civil War made him depressed and violent, an angst that culminated in his acclaimed painting 'Guernica', which Dora documented as he painted.

As the encroaching darkness suffocates their relationship - a darkness that escalates once the Second World War begins and the Nazis invade the country - Dora has a nervous breakdown and is hospitalized.

Atmospheric, intense and moving, The Paris Muse is an astonishing read that ensures that this talented, often overlooked woman who gave her life to Picasso is no longer a footnote.

The Happiest Man on Earth - The Beautiful Life of an Auschwitz Survivor (Paperback): Eddie Jaku The Happiest Man on Earth - The Beautiful Life of an Auschwitz Survivor (Paperback)
Eddie Jaku
R299 R271 Discovery Miles 2 710 Save R28 (9%) Ships in 5 - 10 working days

Holocaust survivor Eddie Jaku made a vow to smile every day and now believes he is the ‘happiest man on earth’. In his inspirational memoir, he pays tribute to those who were lost by telling his story and sharing his wisdom.

Life can be beautiful if you make it beautiful. It is up to you.

Eddie Jaku always considered himself a German first, a Jew second. He was proud of his country. But all of that changed in November 1938, when he was beaten, arrested and taken to a concentration camp.

Over the next seven years, Eddie faced unimaginable horrors every day, first in Buchenwald, then in Auschwitz, then on a Nazi death march. He lost family, friends, his country.

The Happiest Man on Earth is a powerful, heartbreaking and ultimately hopeful memoir of how happiness can be found even in the darkest of times.

Confederate General Leonidas Polk - Louisiana's Fighting Bishop (Paperback): Cheryl H. White Confederate General Leonidas Polk - Louisiana's Fighting Bishop (Paperback)
Cheryl H. White
R526 R485 Discovery Miles 4 850 Save R41 (8%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days

Leonidas Polk is one of the most fascinating figures of the Civil War. Consecrated as a bishop of the Episcopal Church and commissioned as a general into the Confederate army, Polk's life in both spheres blended into a unique historical composite. Polk was a man with deep religious convictions but equally committed to the Confederate cause. He baptized soldiers on the eve of bloody battles, administered last rites and even presided over officers' weddings, all while leading his soldiers into battle. Historian Cheryl White examines the life of this soldier-saint and the legacy of a man who unquestionably brought the first viable and lively Protestant presence to Louisiana and yet represents the politics of one of the darkest periods in American history.

Wintering (Paperback): Katherine May Wintering (Paperback)
Katherine May
R345 R318 Discovery Miles 3 180 Save R27 (8%) Ships in 5 - 10 working days

Wintering is a poignant and comforting meditation on the fallow periods of life, times when we must retreat to care for and repair ourselves. Katherine May thoughtfully shows us how to come through these times with the wisdom of knowing that, like the seasons, our winters and summers are the ebb and flow of life.

A moving personal narrative interwoven with lessons from literature, mythology and the natural world, May's story offers instruction on the transformative power of rest and retreat. Illumination emerges from many sources: solstice celebrations and dormice hibernation, C.S. Lewis and Sylvia Plath, swimming in icy waters and sailing arctic seas.

Ultimately, Wintering invites us to change how we relate to our own fallow times. May models an active acceptance of sadness and finds nourishment in deep retreat, joy in the hushed beauty of winter, and encouragement in understanding life as cyclical, not linear. A secular mystic, May forms a guiding philosophy for transforming the hardships that arise before the ushering in of a new season

The Itinerant Economist - Memoirs of a Dismal Scientist (Paperback): Russell Jones The Itinerant Economist - Memoirs of a Dismal Scientist (Paperback)
Russell Jones
R502 Discovery Miles 5 020 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

Economists and bankers have long been much maligned individuals; but never more so than in the wake of the Global Financial Crisis. Working as an economist for various financial institutions, for more than 25 years Russell Jones had a foot in both camps, plying his trade in a number of global financial centres and points in between, and experiencing at first hand the extraordinary ebb and flow of an industry that came to exert a disproportionate influence on the lives of almost everyone on the planet. In the process, he met some remarkable people, witnessed dramatic shifts in the balance of global economic and political power, explored in detail the labyrinthine complexities involved in managing modern day macroeconomies, and observed all the arrogance, hubris and day-to-day absurdities of an industry that was in effect allowed to run out of control. It was quite a ride. And not one without its moments of pathos and humour.

Die Brug - Na Die Hel En Terug In Angola (Afrikaans, Paperback): Deon Lamprecht Die Brug - Na Die Hel En Terug In Angola (Afrikaans, Paperback)
Deon Lamprecht
R280 R250 Discovery Miles 2 500 Save R30 (11%) Ships in 5 - 10 working days

In vergeelde foto’s van drie dekades gelede staan oopgesigseuns vol bravade voor Ratel-gevegsvoertuie. Hierdie dienspligtiges van 61 Gemeganiseerde Bataljongroep staan aan die begin van hul reis diep in Angola in om vir volk en vaderland te gaan veg.

In ’n bloedige geveg op Valentynsdag 1988 en in die doodsakker by Tumpo sou hul jeugdige onskuld egter sneuwel. In die hitte van die gevegte kom die besef: Nou gaan dit nie oor ideologie nie, maar om oorlewing.

Ná die oorlog gaan die lewe voort, maar die vrae en geestelike letsels wyk nie. In 2018 keer ’n groep van dié ouddienspligtiges terug na Cuito Cuanavale op soek na afsluiting - en om die wrak te vind van die Ratel waarin ’n makker op die laaste dag van die oorlog gesterf het.

Die Brug vertel van hul reis van jong man na veteraan en gee ook ’n stem aan die vroue in hul lewe. Dit is ’n verhaal van ontnugtering, maar ook van trotse kameraderie en genesing.

Good Morning, Monster - A Therapist Shares Five Heroic Stories of Emotional Recovery (Paperback): Catherine Gildiner Good Morning, Monster - A Therapist Shares Five Heroic Stories of Emotional Recovery (Paperback)
Catherine Gildiner
R497 R434 Discovery Miles 4 340 Save R63 (13%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Johnny Carson (Paperback): Henry Bushkin Johnny Carson (Paperback)
Henry Bushkin
R486 R452 Discovery Miles 4 520 Save R34 (7%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days

A revealing and incisive account of the King of Late Night at the height of his fame and power, by his lawyer, wingman, fixer, and closest confidant
From 1962 until 1992, Johnny Carson hosted "The Tonight Show" and permeated the American consciousness. In the '70s and '80s he was the country's highest-paid entertainer and its most enigmatic. He was notoriously inscrutable, as mercurial (and sometimes cruel) off-camera as he was charming and hilarious onstage. During the apex of his reign, Carson's longtime lawyer and best friend was Henry Bushkin, who now shows us Johnny Carson with a breathtaking clarity and depth that nobody else could.
From the moment in 1970 when Carson hired Bushkin (who was just twenty-seven) until the moment eighteen years later when they parted ways, the author witnessed and often took part in a string of escapades that still retain their power to surprise and fascinate us. One of Bushkin's first assignments was helping Carson break into a posh Manhattan apartment to gather evidence of his wife's infidelity. More than once, Bushkin helped his client avoid entanglements with the mob. Of course, Carson's adventures weren't all so sordid. He hosted Ronald Reagan's inaugural concert as a favor to the new president, and he prevented a drunken Dean Martin from appearing onstage that evening. Carson socialized with Frank Sinatra, Jack Lemmon, Jimmy Stewart, Kirk Douglas, and dozens of other boldface names who populate this atmospheric and propulsive chronicle of the King of Late Night and his world.
But this memoir isn't just dishy. It is a tautly rendered and remarkably nuanced portrait of Carson, revealing not only how he truly was, but why. Bushkin explains why Carson, a voracious (and very talented) womanizer, felt he always had to be married; why he loathed small talk even as he excelled at it; why he couldn't visit his son in the hospital and wouldn't attend his mother's funeral; and much more. Bushkin's account is by turns shocking, poignant, and uproarious -- written with a novelist's eye for detail, a screenwriter's ear for dialogue, and a knack for comic timing that Carson himself would relish. "Johnny Carson" unveils not only the hidden Carson, but also the raucous, star-studded world he ruled.

No Time for Fear - My Path to Awakening (Hardcover): Dianne Siebens No Time for Fear - My Path to Awakening (Hardcover)
Dianne Siebens
R1,004 R871 Discovery Miles 8 710 Save R133 (13%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Theatre Road - My Story (Paperback): Theatre Road - My Story (Paperback)
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R292 Discovery Miles 2 920 Ships in 4 - 8 working days

Growing up in the village of Sabhoza near Ulundi and the city of Durban of the 1950s and 1960s, Thembi Mtshali Jones listened to her beloved gogo’s stories and marvelled at the voices emerging from her father’s gramophone, but she could never imagine that, one day, her own voice would be enthralling audiences across the globe. Or that she would become so famous that Nelson Mandela would thank her personally for entertaining him in prison where he watched her perform on TV as Thoko in the sitcom Sgudi Snaysi .

Alfonso the Magnanimous - King of Aragon, Naples, and Sicily 1396-1458 (Hardcover): Alan Ryder Alfonso the Magnanimous - King of Aragon, Naples, and Sicily 1396-1458 (Hardcover)
Alan Ryder
R4,574 Discovery Miles 45 740 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

This is the first complete biography of one of the most brilliant fifteenth-century monarchs, Alfonso V of Aragon. Ryder traces Alfonso's life from his childhood in the chivalric world of Castile to the newly-acquired states of Aragon and his subsequent accession to the Aragonese throne. In addition to being a shrewd politician, Alfonso is revealed to have been an accomplished diplomat, acutely aware of the power of commerce, and one of the greatest patrons of the early Renaissance. He brought humanism to life in Southern Italy and made his court the most brilliant in Europe. Offering not only an insightful look at Alfonso's life but a vivid portrait of political and cultural life during his reign, this volume will hold special appeal for scholars and students of early modern European history, fifteenth-century Italian and Spanish history, and Renaissance studies.

Memories of La La Land - A Life in the Movies (Hardcover): Wolfgang Glattes Memories of La La Land - A Life in the Movies (Hardcover)
Wolfgang Glattes
R1,151 R1,012 Discovery Miles 10 120 Save R139 (12%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days
38 Londres Street - On Impunity, Pinochet in England and a Nazi in Patagonia (Paperback): Philippe Sands 38 Londres Street - On Impunity, Pinochet in England and a Nazi in Patagonia (Paperback)
Philippe Sands
R470 R419 Discovery Miles 4 190 Save R51 (11%) Ships in 5 - 10 working days

In 38 Londres Street, Philippe Sands blends personal memoir, historical detective work and gripping courtroom drama to probe a secret double story of mass murder, one that reveals a shocking thread that links the horrors of the 1940s with those of our own times.

The house at 38 Londres Street is home to the legacies of two men whose personal stories span continents, nationalities and decades of atrocity: Augusto Pinochet, President of Chile, and Walther Rauff, a Nazi SS officer responsible for the use of gas vans.

On the run from justice at the end of the Second World War, Rauff crosses the ocean to southern Chile. He settles in Punta Arenas, Patagonia, managing a king crab cannery at the end of the world. But there are whispers about this discreet and self-possessed German - rumours of a second career with Pinochet's secret intelligence service, the dreaded DINA.

In 1998, Pinochet is in a London medical clinic when the police enter his room and arrest him on charges of crimes against humanity and genocide. Philippe Sands is called to advise the former head of state on his claim to immunity, but will instead represent a human rights organisation against him. Years later, Sands makes a discovery while working on another book which reignites his interest in the case and leads to a decades-long investigation into Pinochet's crimes, his unexpected connection to Rauff and the former Nazi's possible connection to Chile's disappeared.

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