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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
Melusi's Everyday Zulu - There Is Umzulu In All Of Us (Paperback): Melusi Tshabalala Melusi's Everyday Zulu - There Is Umzulu In All Of Us (Paperback)
Melusi Tshabalala
R280 R250 Discovery Miles 2 500 Save R30 (11%) Ships in 5 - 10 working days

Duduza. Bopha. Imbiza. Phapha. Asixoliseni. Amapopeye . . . What is the power of a single word?

Six days a week, advertising creative Melusi Tshabalala posts a Zulu word on his Everyday Zulu Facebook page and tells a story about it. His off-beat sense of humour, razor-sharp social observations and frank political commentary not only teaches his followers isiZulu but also offer insight into the world Melusi inhabits as a 21st century Zulu man.

Over the past few months he has built up a big and a loyal following that include radio host Jenny Crwys-Williams and Afrikaans author Marita van der Vyfer. He pokes fun at our differences and makes us laugh at ourselves and each other.

Melusi asks critical questions of everyone, from Aunty Helen, Dudu-Zille to Silili (Cyril Ramaphosa) and even Woolworths (why are their aircons always set on ‘jou moer’?). His fans love him for his honesty and commitment to pointing out subtle and overt forms of prejudice and racism.

Melusi’s Everyday Zulu holds up a mirror that shows South African society in all its flaws and its sheer humanity. Most importantly, he shows the power of words and that there’s umzulu in all of us!

Letters (Paperback): Oliver Sacks Letters (Paperback)
Oliver Sacks; Edited by Kate Edgar
R480 R443 Discovery Miles 4 430 Save R37 (8%) Ships in 5 - 10 working days

Oliver Sacks, one of the great humanists of our age – who describes himself in these pages as a ‘philosophical physician’ and an ‘astronomer of the inward’ – wrote to an eclectic array of family and friends. Most were scientists, artists, and writers, even statesmen: Francis Crick, Antonio Damasio, Jane Goodall, W. H. Auden, Susan Sontag, Stephen Jay Gould, Björk, and his first cousin, Abba Eban. But many of the most eloquent letters in this collection are addressed to the ordinary people who wrote to him with their odd symptoms and questions, to whom he responds with a sense of generosity and wonder.

With some correspondents, Sacks shares his struggle for recognition and acceptance both as a physician and as a gay man, providing intimate accounts as well of his passions for competitive weightlifting, motorcycles, botany, and music. With others, he chronicles his penchant for testing the boundaries of authority, the discovery of his writer’s voice, and his explosive seasons of discovery with the patients who populate his book Awakenings.

His descriptions of travels as a young man and the extraordinary people he encounters can be lyrical, ferocious, penetrating and hilarious. Many of his musings include the first detailed sketches of an essay forming in his mind, or miniature case histories rivalling those in his beloved essay collections.

Sensitively selected and introduced by Kate Edgar, Sacks’s longtime editor, the letters trace the arc of a remarkable life and reveal an often surprising portrait of Sacks as he wrestles with the workings of his own brain and mind.

Pedal Pushers Coast-To-Coast - A Cross-Country Bike Tour Fueled by Kindness (Paperback): Marianne Worth Rudd Pedal Pushers Coast-To-Coast - A Cross-Country Bike Tour Fueled by Kindness (Paperback)
Marianne Worth Rudd
R467 Discovery Miles 4 670 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Raising Trump - Family Values from America's First Mother (Paperback): Ivana Trump Raising Trump - Family Values from America's First Mother (Paperback)
Ivana Trump
R500 R469 Discovery Miles 4 690 Save R31 (6%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days
I Haven?t Been Entirely Honest with You (Hardcover): Miranda Hart I Haven’t Been Entirely Honest with You (Hardcover)
Miranda Hart
R769 R663 Discovery Miles 6 630 Save R106 (14%) Ships in 9 - 17 working days

Hello to you, I am with news. I have a new book: I Haven’t Been Entirely Honest With You. I know – what an intriguing title!

Basically, I have had an unexpectedly difficult decade – there have been surprising joys, but also deep revelations and challenging lows. I shall be honest about those, because what I discovered in the difficult times were my, what I call, treasures. Treasures – practical tools, values, ways, answers researched from some great scientists, neuroscientists, therapists, sociologists (all the ‘ists’) out there, that have genuinely led to a sense of freedom, joy, peace and physical recovery I never would have thought possible. Life now, amazingly, with what I will share, is – SUCH FUN! (always important to quote your own catch phrases. . .)

If you fancy having a read, then I hope my story might help your story. After all, we are in this beautiful, mysterious, challenging life together. Rest assured there are funny stories along the way – we will have a laugh too, my dear reader chum. Oh, and I couldn’t possibly say if there is a love story in it . . . (There is - shush) Exciting.

Dirtbag Queen - A Memoir Of My Mother (Hardcover): Andy Corren Dirtbag Queen - A Memoir Of My Mother (Hardcover)
Andy Corren
R743 R658 Discovery Miles 6 580 Save R85 (11%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days

In this "utterly unhinged, hilarious" memoir, a son pays tribute to his larger than life 'zaftig good time gal' mother and his unusual childhood.

“Because she was my mother, the death of zaftig good-time gal Renay Corren is newsworthy to me, and I treat it with the same respect and reverence she had for, well, nothing. A more disrespectful, trash talking woman was not to be found.”

So began Andy Corren's unforgettable obituary for his mother, Renay Mandel Corren, a tribute that went on to touch the hearts of millions around the globe. In his brief telling of the life and legend that was Renay, a “loud, filthy‑minded (and filthy‑mouthed) Jewish lady redneck who birthed six kids,” Andy captured only a slice of his loving and fabulously unconventional mother.

In this uproariously funny, deeply moving family portrait, readers meet the rest of his absurd clan: his brothers, affectionately nicknamed Asshole, Twin, and Rabbi; his one-eyed pirate queen of a sister, Cathy Sue; and then there’s Bonus, who Andy isn’t aware of until later in life since this mysterious oldest brother grew up at the Green Valley School for Emotionally Disturbed and Delinquent Children.

A story of love and forgiveness, as well as a celebration of a woman who was “great at dyeing her red roots, weekly manicures, filthy jokes, pier fishing, rolling joints and buying dirty magazines," Dirtbag Queen is an entertaining and poignant portrayal of the complex and heartfelt humanity that unites us all—especially family.

The Friday Afternoon Club (Paperback): Griffin Dunne The Friday Afternoon Club (Paperback)
Griffin Dunne
R315 R245 Discovery Miles 2 450 Save R70 (22%) Pre-order

At eight, Sean Connery saved him from drowning. At thirteen, desperate to hook up with Janis Joplin, he attended his aunt Joan Didion's legendary LA launch party for Tom Wolfe's The Electric Kool-Aid Acid Test. In his early twenties, he shared a Manhattan apartment with his best friend and soulmate Carrie Fisher while she was filming some sci-fi movie called Star Wars and he was a struggling actor selling popcorn at Radio City Music Hall. A few years later, he produced and starred in the now-iconic film After Hours, directed by Martin Scorsese.

In the midst of it all, Griffin's twenty-two-year-old sister, Dominique, a rising star in Hollywood, was brutally strangled to death by her ex-boyfriend, leading to one of the most infamous public trials of the 1980s. The outcome was a travesty of justice that marked the beginning of their father Dominick Dunne's career as a bestselling author of true crime narratives.

And yet, for all its boldface cast of characters and jaw-dropping scenes, The Friday Afternoon Club is no mere celebrity memoir. It is, down to its bones, a family story that embraces the poignant absurdities and best and worst efforts of its loveable, infuriating, funny and moving characters - its author most of all.

The Murder of Deveney Nel (Paperback): Julian Jansen The Murder of Deveney Nel (Paperback)
Julian Jansen
R280 R245 Discovery Miles 2 450 Save R35 (13%) Ships in 4 - 8 working days

Julian Jansen, author of bestselling true crime books like The De Salze Murders, tells the Devené Nel story.

As Rapport’s crime reporter, Julian Jansen has written about the case from the start. He draws on his extensive contacts in the police and interviews with friends and family to reconstruct the events leading to the tragedy, and to honour the murdered young girl. He also investigates the failures of the state and draws lessons on how it can be prevented from happening again.

I'm Your Huckleberry (Paperback): Val Kilmer I'm Your Huckleberry (Paperback)
Val Kilmer
R514 R455 Discovery Miles 4 550 Save R59 (11%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Born A Crime - Stories from a South African Childhood (Paperback): Trevor Noah Born A Crime - Stories from a South African Childhood (Paperback)
Trevor Noah 1
R391 R353 Discovery Miles 3 530 Save R38 (10%) Ships in 9 - 17 working days

WINNER OF THE THURBER PRIZE

The compelling, inspiring, (often comic) coming-of-age story of Trevor Noah, set during the twilight of apartheid and the tumultuous days of freedom that followed.

One of the comedy world's brightest new voices, Trevor Noah is a light-footed but sharp-minded observer of the absurdities of politics, race and identity, sharing jokes and insights drawn from the wealth of experience acquired in his relatively young life. As host of the US hit show The Daily Show with Trevor Noah, he provides viewers around the globe with their nightly dose of biting satire, but here Noah turns his focus inward, giving readers a deeply personal, heartfelt and humorous look at the world that shaped him.

Noah was born a crime, son of a white Swiss father and a black Xhosa mother, at a time when such a union was punishable by five years in prison. Living proof of his parents' indiscretion, Trevor was kept mostly indoors for the first years of his life, bound by the extreme and often absurd measures his mother took to hide him from a government that could, at any moment, take him away.

A collection of eighteen personal stories, Born a Crime tells the story of a mischievous young boy growing into a restless young man as he struggles to find his place in a world where he was never supposed to exist. Born a Crime is equally the story of that young man's fearless, rebellious and fervently religious mother - a woman determined to save her son from the cycle of poverty, violence and abuse that ultimately threatens her own life.

Whether subsisting on caterpillars for dinner during hard times, being thrown from a moving car during an attempted kidnapping, or just trying to survive the life-and-death pitfalls of dating in high school, Noah illuminates his curious world with an incisive wit and an unflinching honesty. His stories weave together to form a personal portrait of an unlikely childhood in a dangerous time, as moving and unforgettable as the very best memoirs and as funny as Noah's own hilarious stand-up. Born a Crime is a must read.

Unfiltered - My Incredible Decade in Formula 1 (Paperback): Guenther Steiner Unfiltered - My Incredible Decade in Formula 1 (Paperback)
Guenther Steiner
R430 R384 Discovery Miles 3 840 Save R46 (11%) Ships in 5 - 10 working days

Fasten your seatbelts as Formula 1's favourite underdog, Guenther Steiner, takes you on a wild ride through his ten years at Team Haas.

From the first seeds of his idea to establish a new F1 team to the challenges of funding and building that team from the ground up, Guenther shares the real story of the origins of Team Haas, immerses readers in the high and lows of its first decade on the grid, and opens up about his departure from the team at the end of 2023.

As Guenther recalls his proudest achievements and the many, many disasters he has faced, he takes readers behind the scenes, into the pit lanes and garages, and out on to the circuits of the world's greatest race tracks. We spend time with drivers, mechanics, executives, sponsors, commentators and fans, and take in many personal moments too, all the while grappling with the big challenges and small details that keep the wheels of a Formula 1 team turning.

Told in his inimitable style, packed with hugely entertaining stories, outspoken opinions and unvarnished truths, this is Guenther at his very best – insightful, opinionated and completely unfiltered.

The Einstein Vendetta - Hitler, Mussolini, and a true story of murder (Paperback): Thomas Harding The Einstein Vendetta - Hitler, Mussolini, and a true story of murder (Paperback)
Thomas Harding
R430 R384 Discovery Miles 3 840 Save R46 (11%) Ships in 5 - 10 working days

Italy, Summer 1944

A unit of German soldiers arrives at a villa near Florence. Villa Il Focardo is home to Robert Einstein, cousin to the most famous scientist in the world, Albert Einstein – a prominent enemy of the Nazi regime. Having renounced his German citizenship a decade earlier, Albert’s safely in America, well beyond Hitler’s reach.

The same is not true for his cousin.

Twelve hours after arriving, the soldiers have vanished – and a family is dead. This crime – and what happened next – still haunts those who survived.

Who ordered it? Who was involved?

And why did they get away with it?

This is the untold story of the Einstein vendetta.

The Life & Times of Jersey City Mayor Frank Hague - "I Am the Law" (Paperback): Leonard F. Vernon The Life & Times of Jersey City Mayor Frank Hague - "I Am the Law" (Paperback)
Leonard F. Vernon
R484 R449 Discovery Miles 4 490 Save R35 (7%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days
In the Name of the People - How Populism is Rewiring the World (Paperback): Tendai Biti, Nic Cheeseman, Christopher Clapham,... In the Name of the People - How Populism is Rewiring the World (Paperback)
Tendai Biti, Nic Cheeseman, Christopher Clapham, Ray Hartley, Greg Mills
R350 R317 Discovery Miles 3 170 Save R33 (9%) Ships in 5 - 10 working days
Kansas Oddities - Just Bill the Acting Rooster, the Locust Plagues of Grasshopper Falls, Naturalist Camps and More (Paperback):... Kansas Oddities - Just Bill the Acting Rooster, the Locust Plagues of Grasshopper Falls, Naturalist Camps and More (Paperback)
Roger L Ringer; Foreword by Marci Penner
R592 R540 Discovery Miles 5 400 Save R52 (9%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Eleanor Roosevelt - A Hudson Valley Remembrance (Paperback): Joyce C Ghee, Joan Spence Eleanor Roosevelt - A Hudson Valley Remembrance (Paperback)
Joyce C Ghee, Joan Spence
R620 R563 Discovery Miles 5 630 Save R57 (9%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days

Eleanor Roosevelt's character was shaped by the history and culture of the Hudson Valley. More than that, Eleanor Roosevelt loved the Hudson Valley. A woman who knew and cared for the whole world chose this place, Val-Kill, as her home in a cottage by a stream. Eleanor Roosevelt: A Hudson Valley Remembrance reflects her unaffected simplicity and caring interest in her neighbors' concerns. Remembered by friends, colleagues, neighbors, and young people, these qualities inspired a community-based group to lead efforts to save her home in 1977 as the country's first national historic site dedicated to a First Lady. The Eleanor Roosevelt Center at Val-Kill continues her work on issues that affect life today.

Chatham Sea Captains in the Age of Sail (Paperback): Joseph A Nickerson Jr, Geraldine D Nickerson Chatham Sea Captains in the Age of Sail (Paperback)
Joseph A Nickerson Jr, Geraldine D Nickerson
R616 R521 Discovery Miles 5 210 Save R95 (15%) Ships in 12 - 19 working days

"Chatham Sea Captains in the Age of Sail" chronicles the lives and adventures of twenty-five men who traveled the seas from the eighteenth through the twentieth century. These were extraordinary men masters of navigation who charted paths from the Cape to the Far East with their regal clipper ships; deep-sea fishermen whose fearless spirit drove them to the Grand Banks and Newfoundland in the quest for their catch; and coastal captains who skirted America's eastern seaboard in pursuit of trade. Spurred on by the Industrial Revolution's demands, these mariners continued their pelagic exploration while pirates, privateers and Confederate raiders tested their mettle. The sea was both foe and ally. To meet the foe was the challenge; to sail her waters and return home as true masters was the force that drove these men to excellence.

A Funny Life - The Sunday Times Bestseller (Paperback): Michael McIntyre A Funny Life - The Sunday Times Bestseller (Paperback)
Michael McIntyre
R285 R258 Discovery Miles 2 580 Save R27 (9%) In Stock

The Sunday Times top 10 bestseller. Laugh along with Michael McIntyre as he lifts the curtain on his life in his revealing autobiography. Michael's first book ended with his big break at the 2006 Royal Variety Performance. Waking up the next morning in the tiny rented flat he shared with his wife Kitty and their one-year-old son, he was beyond excited about the new glamorous world of show business. Unfortunately, he was also clueless . . . In A Funny Life, Michael honestly and hilariously shares the highs and the lows of his rise to the top and desperate attempts to stay there. It's all here, from his disastrous panel show appearances to his hit TV shows, from mistakenly thinking he'd be a good chat show host and talent judge, to finding fame and fortune beyond his wildest dreams and becoming the biggest-selling comedian in the world. Along the way he opens his man drawer, narrowly avoids disaster when his trousers fall down in front of three policemen and learns the hard way why he should always listen to his wife. Michael has had a silly life, a stressful life, sometimes a moving and touching life, but always A Funny Life.

Patriot (Hardcover): Alexei Navalny Patriot (Hardcover)
Alexei Navalny
R665 R574 Discovery Miles 5 740 Save R91 (14%) Ships in 5 - 10 working days

The powerful and moving memoir of a fearless political opposition leader who paid the ultimate price for his beliefs.

Alexei Navalny began writing PATRIOT shortly after his near-fatal poisoning in 2020. It is the full story of his life: his youth, his call to activism, his marriage and family, his commitment to challenging a world super-power determined to silence him, and his total conviction that change cannot be resisted – and will come.

In vivid, page-turning detail, including never-before-seen correspondence from prison, Navalny recounts, among other things, his political career, the many attempts on his life, and the lives of the people closest to him, and the relentless campaign he and his team waged against an increasingly dictatorial regime.

Written with the passion, wit, candour and bravery for which he was justly acclaimed, PATRIOT is Navalny’s final letter to the world: a moving account of his last years spent in the most brutal prison on earth; a reminder of why the principles of individual freedom matter so deeply; and a rousing call to continue the work for which he sacrificed his life.

How Stella Learned To Talk - The Groundbreaking Story of the World's First Talking Dog (Paperback): Christina Hunger How Stella Learned To Talk - The Groundbreaking Story of the World's First Talking Dog (Paperback)
Christina Hunger
R421 Discovery Miles 4 210 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

An incredible, revolutionary true story and surprisingly simple guide to teaching your dog to talk from speech-language pathologist Christina Hunger, who has taught her dog, Stella, to communicate using simple paw-sized buttons associated with different words.

When speech-language pathologist Christina Hunger first came home with her puppy, Stella, it didn't take long for her to start drawing connections between her job and her new pet. During the day, she worked with toddlers with significant delays in language development and used Augmentative and Alternative Communication (AAC) devices to help them communicate. At night, she wondered: If dogs can understand words we say to them, shouldn't they be able to say words to us? Can dogs use AAC to communicate with humans?

Christina decided to put her theory to the test with Stella and started using a paw-sized button programmed with her voice to say the word "outside" when clicked, whenever she took Stella out of the house. A few years later, Stella now has a bank of more than thirty word buttons, and uses them daily either individually or together to create near-complete sentences.

How Stella Learned to Talk is part memoir and part how-to guide. It chronicles the journey Christina and Stella have taken together, from the day they met, to the day Stella "spoke" her first word, and the other breakthroughs they've had since. It also reveals the techniques Christina used to teach Stella, broken down into simple stages and actionable steps any dog owner can use to start communicating with their pets.

Filled with conversations that Stella and Christina have had, as well as the attention to developmental detail that only a speech-language pathologist could know, How Stella Learned to Talk will be the indispensable dog book for the new decade.

Hanging Ruth Blay - An Eighteenth-Century New Hampshire Tragedy (Paperback): Carolyn Marvin Hanging Ruth Blay - An Eighteenth-Century New Hampshire Tragedy (Paperback)
Carolyn Marvin
R526 R485 Discovery Miles 4 850 Save R41 (8%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days
The Taylor Book (Hardcover): Dk The Taylor Book (Hardcover)
Dk
R430 R384 Discovery Miles 3 840 Save R46 (11%) Ships in 5 - 10 working days

Go beyond the music with the most comprehensive exploration of the life and career of international megastar Taylor Swift

The Taylor Book is the ultimate guide to a generation-defining pop sensation, packed with stunning images and all the context you need to fully immerse yourself in the Swiftiverse.

From her humble beginnings as a teen country artist to her record-obliterating Eras tour, Taylor Swift is a supernova that shows no sign of burning out. The Taylor Book explores the life of an icon, including:
Expert analysis of every album and Taylor’s Version, including The Tortured Poets Department
in-depth exploration of Taylor’s most beloved songs and music videos
Breakdowns of Taylor’s notorious Easter Eggs, helping fans explain the secret messaging she slips into every album
Exploration of the songwriting process and genre experimentation
Iconic fashion moments from each era
Exquisite images spanning Taylor’s entire career
A look at Taylor’s work beyond the music, from her acting credits and fandom to her relationships and politics
And much more!

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