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Man Sonder Weerga (Afrikaans, Paperback): Bets Smith Man Sonder Weerga (Afrikaans, Paperback)
Bets Smith
R310 Discovery Miles 3 100 Ships in 2 - 4 working days

Bets Smith is een van Afrikaans se gevestigde skrywers. Behalwe vir romanses, skryf sy ook spanningsverhale.

Hierdie omnibus is ’n samestelling van drie van Bets se vorige Romanzas, Die towerformule, Liefste Valentyn en Engel sonder vlerke.

Die towerformule:
Esti se nuwe huisbaas op die Noord-Kaapse dorpie verwar haar. Is Bernhard Ehmke die beer, wat hom oor vroue ontferm, of die wolf, wat harte verorber? Maar beer of wolf, dié dokter sal haar nie ook meesleur nie.

Liefste Valentyn:
Elvira vermoed lankal Marius gebruik haar. Die hospitaalgange dreun oor hom en die baas se dogter. Reuel, die nuwe chirurg, wil Marius jaloers maak, en Elvira wonder – is sy verpletter? Of dalk verlig?

Engel sonder vlerke:
Minette se laaste studiejaar ontaard in ’n nagmerrie toe sy self moet sorg vir elke sent wat sy benodig. Sy waardeer beslis nie die enigmatiese dokter Hugo Storm se ongevraagde inmenging in haar lewe – of haar hart – nie.

The Gold Diggers - A Novel (Paperback): Sue Nyathi The Gold Diggers - A Novel (Paperback)
Sue Nyathi
R484 Discovery Miles 4 840 Ships in 2 - 4 working days

We all know our final destination but we have no idea what will cross our path as we journey there.

It’s 2008 and the height of Zimbabwe’s economic demise. A group of passengers is huddled in a Toyota Quantum about to embark on a treacherous expedition to the City of Gold. Amongst them is Gugulethu, who is hoping to be reconciled with her mother; Dumisani, an ambitious young man who believes he will strike it rich, Chamunorwa and Chenai, twins running from their troubled past; and Portia and Nkosi, a mother and son desperate to be reunited with a husband and father they see once a year.

They have paid a high price for the dangerous passage to what they believe is a better life; an escape from the vicious vagaries of their present life in Bulawayo. In their minds, the streets of Johannesburg are paved with gold but they will have to dig deep to get close to any gold, dirtying themselves in the process.

Told with brave honesty and bold description, the stories of the individual immigrants are simultaneously heart-breaking and heart-warming.

Doodsake op Karibib (Afrikaans, Paperback): Isa Konrad Doodsake op Karibib (Afrikaans, Paperback)
Isa Konrad
R388 Discovery Miles 3 880 Ships in 2 - 4 working days

Inspekteur Conrad Dorfling is terug!

Isa Konrad laat die sonderlinge speurder van Karibib, Conrad Dorfling, weer krap waar daar ’n lyk is.

Sommer gou-gou ontdek Dorfling twee goed, nee drie:

- Die lyk is oud. Dit gaan moeite kos om uit te vind wat aangaan.

- Alet Gouws is terug in Karibib. Hoekom weet hy nie, maar hy is nie seker dat dit goeie nuus is nie.

- Die hele polisiestasie weet skynbaar van sy en Alet se afskeidsoen …

Conrad weet nie wie se lyk dit is nie, maar hy is dankbaar dat dit ’n geraamte is, ’n doodloopsaak dus. Hy kan nie twee moorde in twee weke onder sy neus laat gebeur nie.

En boonop krap Alet se teenwoordigheid hom om. Hy het regtig gedink daardie soen was vaarwel. Sy is ’n mooi vrou en Con se vorige huwelik het rampspoedige gevolge gehad ...

Alet het per ongeluk ’n getuie in sy vorige moordsaak geword. Namibië is nie haar wêreld nie, haar lewe en haar man is in Kaapstad.

Hoekom het sy skielik teruggekom Karibib toe? Alet het hom laat glo sy was op pad om van haar man te skei.

Intussen warm sy doodloopsaak op. Binnekort is hulle op soek na ’n tweede lyk, en binne in sy eie lyf bewe die geraamtes in hulle kaste.

Dors (Afrikaans, Paperback): Marinda van Zyl Dors (Afrikaans, Paperback)
Marinda van Zyl
R412 Discovery Miles 4 120 Ships in 2 - 4 working days

In die loop van 1876 kom verskeie groepe Transvalers by die samevloei van die Krokodil- en Maricoriviere aan met die idee om na Damaraland te trek. Om daar te kom, moet hulle ’n stuk waterlose Kalahari, bekend as die Dors, oorsteek. Maar die magstryd tussen die voormanne van elke groep om die hoofleier van die trek te wees laat die trek op 'n ramp afstuur, lank voor hulle die Dorsland binnegaan.

Liefste Verleidster (Afrikaans, Paperback): Elize Davies Liefste Verleidster (Afrikaans, Paperback)
Elize Davies
R148 Discovery Miles 1 480 Ships in 2 - 4 working days

Annette raak verlief op haar ridder-bestuurder-fotograaf. Maar Markus het vroeg-vroeg al geleer dat hy op niemand kan staatmaak nie en sy emosies is stewig verskans agter 'n ondeurdringbare muur. Wat moet Annette doen om by sy hart uit te kom?

Hartsbegeerte (Afrikaans, Paperback): Madelie Human Hartsbegeerte (Afrikaans, Paperback)
Madelie Human
R292 Discovery Miles 2 920 Ships in 2 - 4 working days

Hierdie omnibus is ’n samestelling van drie van Madelie Human se vorige Romanzas, Terug na jou, Kolwyntjie en Altyd die strooimeisie.

Terug na jou:

Jare gelede het Mercia haar liefde vrygelaat, soos mens ’n boemerang van jou af weggooi. Nes die boemerang het haar liefde nou na haar toe teruggekeer. Sal sy hierdie keer daarin slaag om dit vas te hou en vir altyd te koester?

Kolwyntjie:

Die tweelingdokters in die spreekkamers reg langs Melani se nuwe besigheid is albei ewe sjarmant. Dis egter Lourens wat haar hart verower, maar hy wil verder studeer en het nie tyd vir ’n verhouding nie ...

Altyd die strooimeisie:

Meyer Malan steel Zoë se hart met die eerste oogopslag, maar hoe kan sy hom liefhê as hy juis een van die bevoorregtes is wat op haar pa se erfplaas grootgeword het. Kan sy die familie vertel wie sy werklik is?

Waar Liefde Begin (Afrikaans, Paperback): Schalkie van Wyk Waar Liefde Begin (Afrikaans, Paperback)
Schalkie van Wyk
R148 Discovery Miles 1 480 Ships in 2 - 4 working days

Lani Taljaard en haar beste vriendin besluit dis tyd om op hul eie voete te staan. Silwersee is net die regte plek om dit te doen. Lani word uit die staanspoor oorweldig deur dokter Jan- Erik van Eeden se onbetwisbare selfversekerdheid, maar sy hou nie daarvan om nie in beheer te voel nie. Hoekom beveel tant Marcia vir Lani om nie vir haar ma van Jan-Erik te vertel nie? Wat het jare gelede tussen die Van Eedens en die Taljaards skeefgeloop?

Gister is Lankal Verby (Afrikaans, Paperback): Salome Schutte Gister is Lankal Verby (Afrikaans, Paperback)
Salome Schutte
R142 Discovery Miles 1 420 Ships in 2 - 4 working days

Om sy voete teen die warm sand te beskerm, tel Lia ’n seun by die strand op en ontmoet sy mooie, maar moeilike pa, Viljé. Sy weet sy moet wegbly van hulle, maar die oulike seun steel haar hart âˆ' ’n talent wat hy blykbaar met sy pa deel.

Katryn - Vrou Van Die Richtersveld (Afrikaans, Paperback): Jan Huisamen Katryn - Vrou Van Die Richtersveld (Afrikaans, Paperback)
Jan Huisamen 1
R124 Discovery Miles 1 240 Ships in 2 - 4 working days

Katryn Jonis staan in die Kaapse Hooggeregshof tereg op aanklag van moord.

Die oorledene is die seun van haar aartsvyand, Abraham Klink. Sonder advokaat of ooggetuies, met al die omstandigheidsgetuienis teen haar, moet Katryn voor die halsregter veg vir haar lewe.

Sy het net één wapen tot haar beskikking: dat sy die waarheid praat, so heilig en so waar as wat net die waarheid kan wees.

Goudmyn (Afrikaans, Paperback): Wilbur Smith Goudmyn (Afrikaans, Paperback)
Wilbur Smith; Translated by Zirk van den Berg
R376 Discovery Miles 3 760 Ships in 2 - 4 working days

Toe Jak Stapelberg die pos van algemene bestuurder van die Sonderkloof- goudmyn aangebied word, weet hy dis te goed om waar te wees. Hy is te jonk en boonop beskik hy nie oor die nodige kwalifikasies nie.

Sy vermoede word bevestig toe Manfred Steiner sy voorwaarde stel: Jak moet doen wat hy vra, sonder teenspraak.

En Jak stem in, want dié kans gaan nie gou weer verbykom nie. As hy net eers die werk het, kan hy Manfred se opdrag mos weier. Nie Jak óf Manfred het rekening gehou met die eintlike magte wat Jak se aanstelling bewerk het nie. Terwyl dié magte planne smee om die grootste goudmyne te vernietig en die ekonomie omver te werp, is Jak se aandag verdeel. Dit blyk dat ’n sindikaat gouderts uit die myn steel. En dan is daar Tess, Manfred se beeldskone maar gefrustreerde vrou, wat ongeoorloofde begeertes in Jak wakker maak . . .

Mag, gierigheid, wraak en begeerte vier hoogty op die goudvelde van die 1960’s in dié Afrikaanse vertaling van Wilbur Smith se gewilde Gold Mine.

Geliefde Heler (Afrikaans, Paperback): Malene Breytenbach Geliefde Heler (Afrikaans, Paperback)
Malene Breytenbach
R148 Discovery Miles 1 480 Ships in 2 - 4 working days

Die briljante chirurg Geert Bouwman kom by die Mediclinic op Stellenbosch locum. Teatersuster Naomi Roux is glad nie ingenome met die idee dat sy ’n oog oor sy doen en late moet hou terwyl hy in sy tante se huis woon nie. Sy huur tog net die woonstel en ateljee by tant Merel. Maar Geert en Naomi is gedurig in mekaar se geselskap en hulle werk goed saam. Hoe kan sy onbetrokke staan teenoor ’n man soos dokter Geert Bouwman?

Man van die Maand (Afrikaans, Paperback): Karlien Badenhorst Man van die Maand (Afrikaans, Paperback)
Karlien Badenhorst
R142 Discovery Miles 1 420 Ships in 2 - 4 working days

Mia se redakteur vra haar om die Man van die maand-rubriek oor Luc Raath te skryf. Hier is haar kans om die pos as rubriekskrywer te verdien en niks mag verkeerd loop nie. Maar een kyk in Luc se groen oë en sy weet hier is moeilikheid.

A Gap In The Hedge (Paperback): Johan Vlok Louw A Gap In The Hedge (Paperback)
Johan Vlok Louw 1
R316 Discovery Miles 3 160 Ships in 2 - 4 working days

When Karl wakes up in a dilapidated house on the outskirts of a South African mining town, he does not know who or where he is, but it’s clear that the townsfolk know him.

Next door lives a ten-year-old boy, Henry. Henry’s father is a violent drug-dealer, his mother helpless in protecting them against him. A gap in the hedge between the two houses allows Henry to slip into Karl’s yard, and Karl and Henry strike up a gentle friendship as glimpses of Karl’s troubled past and his time in the army emerge.

When a drug deal goes wrong, Henry’s mother is killed. His father unceremoniously dumps her body in a disused mineshaft, but a murder investigation ensues after the body is discovered. All is not as it seems, however, and in a powerful climax the real connection between Henry and Karl is revealed.

Kamikaze (Afrikaans, Paperback): Rudie van Rensburg Kamikaze (Afrikaans, Paperback)
Rudie van Rensburg
R574 Discovery Miles 5 740 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

Kassie Kasselman is kriewelrig. Sy lewe lank poeliesman gewees, maar wat hy nóú alles oor die SAPD lees . . . Hy't juis 'n ander werksaanbod. En dan kom hy teen die grieseligste booswig nóg te staan, en moet blitsig slim skuiwe bedink om die Pion van die bord af te vee. Spioenasie, wapenhandelkorrupsie en 'n moordenaar uit jou nagmerries . . .

The First Law Of Sadness (Paperback): Nick Mulgrew The First Law Of Sadness (Paperback)
Nick Mulgrew
R458 Discovery Miles 4 580 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

Connected by more than their exquisite prose, Nick Mulgrew’s new stories delve into a world of killer eagles, tattoo removal parlours, hardcore punk guitarists-cum-auditors, turtle sanctuaries, plane crashes, amateur pornographers and biltong-makers – a world concurrently too strange and too familiar for comfort. A collection of startling imagination and sympathy – set primarily in South Africa’s least fashionable cities and suburbs – these stories maintain a precarious balance between rich comedy and despair throughout their explorations of grief, spectacle, sex, nostalgia, and the lives of animals, both human and not. With audaciousness met by trademark spiritual undercurrents and poetic flourish, The First Law of Sadness is confirmation of Mulgrew’s status as one of South Africa’s best contemporary exponents of short fiction.

'n Liedjie Vir Anine (Afrikaans, Paperback): Elsa Winckler 'n Liedjie Vir Anine (Afrikaans, Paperback)
Elsa Winckler
R268 Discovery Miles 2 680 Ships in 2 - 4 working days

Zander Breedt is ’n Afrikaanse sanger. Roem het egter ’n wrang smaak – hy bid en lees Bybel, maar kry nie antwoorde nie. En sy nuwe aangetroude familielid, Anine, ’n joernalis, maak nie die lewe makliker nie. Anine word bewus van Zander se frustrasie en vrae, maar kan nie oor haar eie hartseer kom nie. Dan moet sy ’n artikel oor Zander skryf. Sy kan nie eens praat met hom sonder om haar woorde te verloor nie, wat nog te se ’n onderhoud met hom voer.

Free Association (Paperback): Steven Boykey Sidley Free Association (Paperback)
Steven Boykey Sidley 1
R352 Discovery Miles 3 520 Ships in 2 - 4 working days

Max Lurie’s navel-gazing podcast about his life has become an unexpected success. But its embellishments and inventions are starting to leak into his everyday life.

As Max tries to navigate the grey areas between fact and fiction, things begin to spin out of control. He juggles real and imagined girlfriends, an illegally procured firearm, an unpredictable friendship with a homeless schizophrenic, his acerbic immigrant producer, his dying father, his famous childhood sweetheart, an unlikely romantic entanglement and his critical and growing audience. Can he keep all of these balls in the air and finally bring them safely to rest?

This story takes a deep and satiric dive into the worlds we imagine for ourselves and the lives we actually live, particularly in a time when our real and digital personas intersect and merge in chaotic ways. Free Association casts a steely and comic eye on the great and small concerns of being human: the chances we take and miss, the pain of not fitting in, the fragility of the psyche, the unpredictability of love, the dull certainty of death, the importance of listening to others and the careening craziness of it all.

Caught Between Two Hard Rocks (Paperback): Samuel Chauke Caught Between Two Hard Rocks (Paperback)
Samuel Chauke
R229 Discovery Miles 2 290 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

Impi was born during the Mozambican civl war and was abducted to join renamo as a child soldier. He also participated forcefully in all mutilation and killing activities.

Soetloop (Afrikaans, Paperback): E. Kotze Soetloop (Afrikaans, Paperback)
E. Kotze
R382 Discovery Miles 3 820 Ships in 2 - 4 working days

Die vroee 20ste eeu. Klein Kattie, met Kat op die skoot, hoor die familiestories: als oor hoe die voormense beroof is - en Pa wat slaap in die buitekamer! As kinderoppasser by vername mense leer sy later 'n fyner lewe ken, maar toe sy 'n onbesonne huwelik aangaan, draai Kattie se pad af. In Soetloop keer Kotze terug na haar geliefde Weskus-milieu. Nes in Hoogty is hier meelewende insig in ’n brak lewenspad - maar tog met sy varswater-soetlope.

Black Heart (Paperback): Mike Nicol Black Heart (Paperback)
Mike Nicol
R280 Discovery Miles 2 800 Ships in 2 - 4 working days

It’s showdown time for Sheemina February in her vendetta against security operative Mace Bishop. And a frazzled Mace Bishop is walking straight into the face-off.

Problem is his partner Pylon Buso’s taken a bullet and a foreigner under their protection's been kidnapped. Bad to worse, the secret service want Mace to steal the weapons system of his only other client. Mace is in the kill zone.

In the final part of Mike Nicol’s Revenge trilogy, the hidden hand of Sheemina February is everywhere. Her finger tightening on the trigger.

The History Of Blood (Paperback): Paul Mendelson The History Of Blood (Paperback)
Paul Mendelson 1
R250 Discovery Miles 2 500 Ships in 2 - 4 working days

When the South African Police Service receive a panicked call for help from the wayward daughter of a former Apartheid-era politician, they discover not only her body but, within it, a message which will take Colonel Vaughn de Vries and Don February of the Special Crimes Unit on a journey through their country - and their country's past - to decipher and resolve.

As organised crime grips South Africa, new players arrive in Cape Town, determined to exploit the poor and hopeless, promising redemption. While other government agencies snap impotently at the small fish, De Vries, linked by a personal connection, resolves to follow this trail to its source and take it down from the top.

As decades old webs of corruption and influence are exposed, and the boundaries of morality blur, his decisions begin to impact on his friends, colleagues and family.

Snake Under My Pillow (Paperback): Samuel Chauke Snake Under My Pillow (Paperback)
Samuel Chauke 1
R370 Discovery Miles 3 700 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

Maria was a medical doctor graduate who took over the reins as a chief after the death of her father, Masombuka. While accepting the crown she encountered discrimination and prejudice as a woman.

At the time she became the chief of Masombuka village, traditional norms and cultural practices was against women taking part in any powerful positions in the community. Maria broke all taboo and became the chief, much to the annoyance of her uncle Gwebu who was earmarking himself for that position. When he realised that the traditional house had amended the rules to allow her to sit in the tribal court and preside over all matters pertaining the community, he decided to hunt for Amos. Amos was the son of chief Masombuka who had gone awol with his mother when he was very young. He was actually the rightful heir to take over his father but because he could not be found some of the elders decided to crown Maria.

Gwebu plans to successfully locate Amos, to wage and fuel fire between Amos and Maria.

Pirana (Afrikaans, Paperback): Rudie van Rensburg Pirana (Afrikaans, Paperback)
Rudie van Rensburg
R608 Discovery Miles 6 080 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

Wanneer Kassie Kasselman die verdwyning van 'n ekskollega begin ondersoek, is dit duidelik dat hier meer as net 'n dwelmverwante verdwyning skuil. Hoe lyk dit dan of dit verband hou met die ontvoering wat sy kollega Rooi Els se vrou se werkplek getref het? Van die Kaapse ganglands tot die Kruger-wildtuin met sy renosterstropers; tussen 'n verslonsde Bolandse hoewe met 'n grieselige visdam en die glans-en-skanswêreld van diplomasie moet Kassie sy pad voel-voel vind - of Rooi se vrou is visvoer.

Tussen Die Klippe (Afrikaans, Paperback): Hans Du Plessis Tussen Die Klippe (Afrikaans, Paperback)
Hans Du Plessis
R370 Discovery Miles 3 700 Ships in 2 - 4 working days

Dis die jaar 1851 en die beeldskone Susanna Isabella Marais word aangekla van ‘sonde’. Sy word gedaag voor die Hof van Landdroste en Heemrade omdat die oudstes haar van veelmannery en bedrog beskuldig. En in die hof onder die wildeseringbome, waar die verrigtinge kort-kort onderbreek word deur die lawaai van bobbejane, voels en vlakvarke, word haar skuld getuie vir getuie duideliker. Hulle ken haar so. Dominee Johannes word deur die weledele Sinodale Kommissie uit die Kolonie gestuur om die “hoogs onwettige, onsedelike en onchristelike egverbintenis” te ondersoek. Susanna is een vroegoggend hof toe gesleep, “soos wat 'n mens 'n uitgediende velsak agter jou aansleep”. Haar lang, donker rok gekreukel, stowwerig en op die een skouer geskeur. Nogtans, soos destyds met die kerkraadsvergadering, is “haar groot, geel-bruin oe, ryp soos twee mispels, geamuseerd eerder as bang, spottend, neerbuigend selfs”. Johannes is op soek na die waarheid van die Bybelse liefde. Hoe meer verdoemend die getuienis teen haar raak, hoe meer begin hy wonder of die liefde wat hy verkondig, meer is as die liefde tussen God en mens?

Heaven And Earth (Paperback): Graham Downs Heaven And Earth (Paperback)
Graham Downs
R210 Discovery Miles 2 100 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

Demons, witches, extra-sensory perception, possessed animals, and an ever-loving God. There is much that exists, or is claimed to exist, in the world today, that we are yet to understand. A perfect introduction into the inner workings of the weird mind of Graham Downs, this collection of flash fiction paranormal stories contains: The Thing in the Window, An Automatic Decision, Telepathic Link, The Witch of Wellington, and The Christmas Bird.

All have been newly edited and polished since publication on his website in 2014, and some with new endings. It also contains the never-before published story, Under the Sheets, about an old woman who believes she is being haunted by a strange ghost, living under her bed, and this special edition paperback includes the hit short story, Billy's Zombie!

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