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Pringle's autobiography offers a graphic and often painful account
of his experiences with major marathons, including the Marathon des
Sables and the Yukon Arctic Ultra. Journalists and scientists
monitor his progress as he pushes his body to the very limits, as
he competes in extreme sporting events which have already claimed
lives. A growing sense of self-knowledge and a sense of unity with
the natural world lead him to overcome his inner demons, and to
find a distinctive and transformational spiritual path.
Considered by many to be the iconic French memoirist's defining
work, The Years is a narrative of the period 1941 to 2006 told
through the lens of memory, impressions past and present, cultural
habits, language, photos, books, songs, radio, television,
advertising and news headlines. Annie Ernaux invents a form that is
subjective and impersonal, private and communal, and a new genre -
the collective autobiography - in order to capture the passing of
time. At the confluence of autofiction and sociology, The Years is
'a Remembrance of Things Past for our age of media domination and
consumerism' (New York Times), a monumental account of
twentieth-century French history as refracted through the life of
one woman.
Hierdie skrywer weet hoe om ʼn storie te vertel en hoe om die leser in te katrol. Haar kinderjare in Pretoria-Wes word lewendig en humoristies verhaal.
Haar pa het lewenslank boekminderwaardig gevoel omdat hy nie kon gaan studeer nie. Sy pa het sy grond verloor en hy moes vroeg die skool verlaat om te gaan werk. Hy onderskei hom in die spoorweë, maar die drankduiwel ry hom (en die gesin). Geen kind van hom hoef te gaan leer nie, glo hy.
Die verteller self spring duidelik en onweerstaanbaar uit die bladsy regop – iemand wat, in haar eie woorde al soos ʼn haas verskrik is deur haar pa maar wat haar eenvoudig nie laat onderkry nie. Sy sou gaan leer, buig of bars. En sy het nie opgehou voordat sy ʼn doktorsgraad verwerf het nie.
My Family and Other Animals is the bewitching account of a rare and
magical childhood on the island of Corfu by treasured British
conservationist Gerald Durrell, beautifully repackaged as part of
the Penguin Essentials range. 'What we all need,' said Larry, 'is
sunshine...a country where we can grow.' 'Yes, dear, that would be
nice,' agreed Mother, not really listening. 'I had a letter from
George this morning - he says Corfu's wonderful. Why don't we pack
up and go to Greece?' 'Very well, dear, if you like,' said Mother
unguardedly. Escaping the ills of the British climate, the Durrell
family - acne-ridden Margo, gun-toting Leslie, bookworm Lawrence
and budding naturalist Gerry, along with their long-suffering
mother and Roger the dog - take off for the island of Corfu. But
the Durrells find that, reluctantly, they must share their various
villas with a menagerie of local fauna - among them scorpions,
geckos, toads, bats and butterflies. Recounted with immense humour
and charm My Family and Other Animals is a wonderful account of a
rare, magical childhood. 'Durrell has an uncanny knack of
discovering human as well as animal eccentricities' Sunday
Telegraph 'A bewitching book' Sunday Times Gerald Durrell was born
in Jamshedpur, India, in 1925. He returned to England in 1928
before settling on the island of Corfu with his family. In 1945 he
joined the staff of Whipsnade Park as a student keeper, and in 1947
he led his first animal-collecting expedition to the Cameroons. He
later undertook numerous further expeditions, visiting Paraguay,
Argentina, Sierra Leone, Mexico, Mauritius, Assam and Madagascar.
His first television programme, Two in the Bush which documented
his travels to New Zealand, Australia and Malaya was made in 1962;
he went on to make seventy programmes about his trips around the
world. In 1959 he founded the Jersey Zoological Park, and in 1964
he founded the Jersey Wildlife Preservation Trust. He was awarded
the OBE in 1982. Encouraged to write about his life's work by his
brother, Durrell published his first book, The Overloaded Ark, in
1953. It soon became a bestseller and he went on to write
thirty-six other titles, including My Family and Other Animals, The
Bafut Beagles, Encounters with Animals, The Drunken Forest, A Zoo
in My Luggage, The Whispering Land, Menagerie Manor, The Amateur
Naturalist and The Aye-Aye and I. Gerald Durrell died in 1995.
The #1 Irish Times bestseller WINNER of the An Post Irish Book
Awards 'A clear-eyed, myth-dispelling masterpiece' Marian Keyes
'Sweeping, authoritative and profoundly intelligent' Colm Toibin,
Guardian 'With the pace and twists of an enthralling novel' Irish
Times 'Evocative, moving, funny and furious' Dominic Sandbrook,
Sunday Times 'An enthralling, panoramic book' Patrick Radden Keefe
'A book that will remain important for a very long time' An Post
Irish Book Award We Don't Know Ourselves is a very personal vision
of recent Irish history from the year of O'Toole's birth, 1958,
down to the present. Ireland has changed almost out of recognition
during those decades, and Fintan O'Toole's life coincides with that
arc of transformation. The book is a brilliant interweaving of
memories (though this is emphatically not a memoir) and engrossing
social and historical narrative. This was the era of Eamon de
Valera, Jack Lynch, Charles Haughey and John Charles McQuaid, of
sectarian civil war in the North and the Pope's triumphant visit in
1979, but also of those who began to speak out against the ruling
consensus - feminists, advocates for the rights of children, gay
men and women coming out of the shadows. We Don't Know Ourselves is
an essential book for anyone who wishes to understand modern
Ireland.
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On Animals
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For anyone who has ever felt like they don't belong, Sigh, Gone
shares an irreverent, funny, and moving tale of displacement and
assimilation woven together with poignant themes from beloved works
of classic literature. In 1975, during the fall of Saigon, Phuc
Tran immigrates to America along with his family. By sheer chance
they land in Carlisle, Pennsylvania, a small town where the Trans
struggle to assimilate into their new life. In this coming-of-age
memoir told through the themes of great books such as The
Metamorphosis, The Scarlet Letter, The Iliad, and more, Tran
navigates the push and pull of finding and accepting himself
despite the challenges of immigration, feelings of isolation, and
teenage rebellion, all while attempting to meet the rigid
expectations set by his immigrant parents. Appealing to fans of
coming-of-age memoirs such as Fresh Off the Boat, Running with
Scissors, or tales of assimilation like Viet Thanh Nguyen's The
Displaced and The Refugees, Sigh, Gone explores one man's
bewildering experiences of abuse, racism, and tragedy and reveals
redemption and connection in books and punk rock. Against the
hairspray-and-synthesizer backdrop of the '80s, he finds solace and
kinship in the wisdom of classic literature, and in the subculture
of punk rock, he finds affirmation and echoes of his disaffection.
In his journey for self-discovery Tran ultimately finds refuge and
inspiration in the art that shapes--and ultimately saves--him.
From the Stock Exchange to Westminster, the fantasy of an eventual
'return to normal' is still alive and well. But the economic world as
we know it - and the rules that govern it - are over. And few are
prepared.
Here, market risk expert Lawrence McDonald unveils the predictive model
he developed in the aftermath of Lehman Brothers’ collapse, outlining
actionable trading ideas for a radically reshaped economy. Readers will
discover:
- Why inflation will stay near 3-5% for the next decade
- Why hard assets and rare minerals like lithium and cobalt will
outperform growth stocks and passive investment strategies
- Why America will likely lose its position as a global superpower
and holder of the world's premier reserve currency
Rather than merely doomsaying, How to Listen When Markets Speak equips
readers to make sense of our current moment, resist reactionary
narratives and baseless analysis and pounce on a new investing playbook.
Etienne Leroux word steeds beskou as een van die grootste skrywers
wat die Afrikaanse literatuur opgelewer het. J.C. Kannemeyer se
biografie oor hierdie geheimsinnige en dikwels omstrede figuur
behels meer as ’n magdom waardevolle inligting. Dit is ook 'n
persoonlike beskouing van Leroux, die mens, sy politieke opvattings
en sy siening van sensuur. 'n Fotoseksie waarin skaars foto's van
Leroux, sy familie en medeskrywers opgeneem is, verryk die
biografie en dra by tot 'n boeiende portret van ’n hoogs
verwikkelde en enigmatiese man.
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