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The House of the Dead / The Gambler (Paperback): Fyodor Dostoevsky The House of the Dead / The Gambler (Paperback)
Fyodor Dostoevsky; Translated by Constance Garnett; Introduction by A.D.P. Briggs; Series edited by Keith Carabine
R141 R120 Discovery Miles 1 200 Save R21 (15%) Ships in 9 - 15 working days

Translated by Constance Garnett with an introduction by Anthony Briggs. Dostoevsky's fascination for mental breakdown and violence (20 murders in his four main novels) was based on his own life, and these two unmistakably autobiographical works bear this out. The House of the Dead is fiction, but based on his four years in a Siberian prison. An educated upper-class man is condemned to live among criminals and brutal guards, with arbitrary punishments, lousy food, disgusting living conditions, hard toil and many floggings. Somehow he avoids bitterness and recrimination; faith in humanity survives. With its breadth of characterisation, acute sense of detail and strong narrative interest, this work can still shock, entertain and inspire. In The Gambler we see the Russian community in a German spa town. Drawn to the casino, Alexey becomes obsessed with roulette. In a gripping story, full of psychological interest, his growing mania eclipses even his interest in Polina, a heroine of demonic and vibrant sexuality. Dostoevsky himself was rescued from a similar gambling obsession by the young stenographer who took down this work at his dictation and married him soon afterwards.

The Survivor (Paperback): Shelley Shepard Gray The Survivor (Paperback)
Shelley Shepard Gray
R349 R292 Discovery Miles 2 920 Save R57 (16%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days

Mattie's body has healed from the cancer that nearly took her life . . . but can she find the man who can mend her lonely heart?

Mattie has faced more in her twenty-three years than she ever imagined possible. Having successfully battled cancer, she's ready to reenter the world with hopes for her future. But while she was in and out of hospitals, other Amish girls her age were courting and finding the men they would marry. The only man who's ever made her heart beat faster is Graham Weaver, her best friend, who has always been there to comfort her, in good times and bad. Is it finally time for their friendship to become something more?

But cruel gossip is spreading, claiming that Graham's the father of the baby Jenna Yoder's carrying. Will Mattie's dreams of a happily-ever-after be crushed before they've left the ground?

Eusebius' Ecclesiastical History (Hardcover): Eusebius Eusebius' Ecclesiastical History (Hardcover)
Eusebius
R530 R436 Discovery Miles 4 360 Save R94 (18%) Ships in 4 - 8 working days

Eusebius' Ecclesiastical History is one of the classics of early Christianity and of equal stature with the works of Flavius Josephus. Eusebius chronicles the events of the first three centuries of the Christian church in such a way as to record a vast number of vital facts about early Christianity that can be learned from no other ancient source. When Eusebius wrote his Ecclesiastical History, his vital concern was to record facts before they disappeared, and before eye-witnesses were killed and libraries were burned and destroyed in persecutions by Rome. He faithfully transcribed the most important existing documents of his day so that future generations would have a collection of factual data to interpret. Thus Eusebius (c. A.D. 260-340) richly deserves the title "father of Church history."

"More readable." This is the only full edition of "Eusebius' Ecclesiastical History" that has been retypeset in modern, easy-to-read type. Archaic words have been modernized and the punctuation has been updated according to contemporary standards.

"Easier to use." The Loeb numbering system (now the standard way to cite "Eusebius' Ecclesiastical History)" has been added to make it easier to locate passages referred to in other reference works. Also, all citations and cross-references have been updated from Roman numerals to the modern form of citation.

"More complete." The complete text of all ten books of Eusebius is included. Also included is "Historical View of the Council of Nicea" as well as translations of related documents.

A Daughter`s Courage (Paperback): Misty M Beller A Daughter`s Courage (Paperback)
Misty M Beller
R278 Discovery Miles 2 780 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

Her quest to repair what's been broken leads to imminent danger--and soon it's more than her own life on the line. After accidentally destroying the intricately carved chalice her people have treasured for over a hundred years, Charlotte Durand sets out in search of a skilled artisan who can repair the damage. What she expected to be a two-day trek becomes much more daunting when a treacherous snowstorm sets in. Searching for solitude and respite from his troubling past, the last thing Damien Levette needs in the middle of a mountain blizzard is to tend to another person, but he can't leave behind the mysterious woman he finds half frozen at the edge of a mountain lake. As they battle both the elements and their distrust of each other, Charlotte and Damien must work together to survive the peril of the mountains--or it could be the downfall of them both. Praise for Misty M. Beller "Beller has provided a splendid escape for us."--Fresh Fiction on Hope's Highest Mountain "A romantic mountain saga."--Publishers Weekly on Faith's Mountain Home "I've long been a Misty Beller fan and her books don't disappoint."--Tracie Peterson, bestselling author

Rachael's Decision (Paperback): Molly Jebber Rachael's Decision (Paperback)
Molly Jebber
R242 R197 Discovery Miles 1 970 Save R45 (19%) Ships in 9 - 15 working days
Old Wrestler (Pamphlet): Jeon Sungtae Old Wrestler (Pamphlet)
Jeon Sungtae; Translated by Sora Kim-Russell
R208 R169 Discovery Miles 1 690 Save R39 (19%) Ships in 12 - 17 working days
Jennie (Paperback): Paul Gallico Jennie (Paperback)
Paul Gallico 1
R224 R191 Discovery Miles 1 910 Save R33 (15%) Ships in 12 - 17 working days

"If in doubt, wash!" What is it like to be a cat? Find out in this classic animal story from the renowned writer Paul Gallico. Peter Brown longs for a pet cat. One day, he is following a stray cat through the streets when he is knocked down and seriously hurt. On waking, he is astonished to find that he has turned into a cat... The world is a dangerous place for him, but luckily he is rescued and befriended by Jennie, a kindly stray tabby who has been abandoned by her owners. Adventures wait around every corner for the two new friends, as Jennie teaches Peter all about life as a cat. Humorous and touching, and packed with acutely observed feline behaviour, this is a beloved classic that's essential for any cat-lover.

Dracula's Guest (Paperback): Bram Stoker Dracula's Guest (Paperback)
Bram Stoker; Preface by Florence Stoker
R211 Discovery Miles 2 110 Ships in 12 - 17 working days
Certain Artists (Paperback): Certain Artists (Paperback)
R278 Discovery Miles 2 780 Ships in 12 - 17 working days
Tales of the Tattooed - An Anthology of Ink (Paperback, Special edition): John Miller Tales of the Tattooed - An Anthology of Ink (Paperback, Special edition)
John Miller 1
R281 R61 Discovery Miles 610 Save R220 (78%) Ships in 9 - 15 working days
Mrs. Dalloway (Annotated) (Paperback, Annotated edition): Virginia Woolf Mrs. Dalloway (Annotated) (Paperback, Annotated edition)
Virginia Woolf; Introduction by Bonnie Kime Scott
R496 R411 Discovery Miles 4 110 Save R85 (17%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days

Harcourt is proud to introduce new annotated editions of three Virginia Woolf classics, ideal for the college classroom and beyond. For the first time, students reading these books will have the resources at hand to help them understand the text as well as the reasons and methods behind Woolf's writing. We've commissioned the best-known Woolf scholars in the field to provide invaluable introductions, editing, critical analysis, and suggestions for further reading. These much-awaited volumes are the first of many annotated Woolf editions Harcourt plans on publishing in the coming years.
This brilliant novel explores the hidden springs of thought and action in one day of a woman's life. Direct and vivid in her account of the details of Clarissa Dalloway's preparations for a party she is to give that evening, Woolf ultimately managed to reveal much more; for it is the feeling behind these daily events that gives Mrs. Dalloway its texture and richness and makes it so memorable.
Annotated and with an introduction by Bonnie Scott

Divorce (Pamphlet): Kim Soom Divorce (Pamphlet)
Kim Soom; Translated by Emily Yae Won
R208 R169 Discovery Miles 1 690 Save R39 (19%) Ships in 12 - 17 working days
The Jane Austen Collection (Hardcover): Jane Austen The Jane Austen Collection (Hardcover)
Jane Austen
R1,615 R1,222 Discovery Miles 12 220 Save R393 (24%) Ships in 12 - 17 working days
Romeo and Juliet (Hardcover): William Shakespeare Romeo and Juliet (Hardcover)
William Shakespeare
R599 R485 Discovery Miles 4 850 Save R114 (19%) Ships in 9 - 15 working days
Great Expectations (Hardcover): Charles Dickens Great Expectations (Hardcover)
Charles Dickens
R297 Discovery Miles 2 970 Ships in 12 - 17 working days
The Silmarillion (Hardcover, Illustrated Deluxe edition): J. R. R. Tolkien The Silmarillion (Hardcover, Illustrated Deluxe edition)
J. R. R. Tolkien; Edited by Christopher Tolkien
R2,916 R2,523 Discovery Miles 25 230 Save R393 (13%) Ships in 12 - 17 working days

For the first time ever, a beautiful slipcased edition of the forerunner to The Lord of the Rings, illustrated throughout in colour by J.R.R. Tolkien himself, with the complete text printed in two colours and with many bonus features unique to this edition. The Silmarilli were three perfect jewels, fashioned by Feanor, most gifted of the Elves, and within them was imprisoned the last Light of the Two Trees of Valinor. But the first Dark Lord, Morgoth, stole the jewels and set them within his iron crown, guarded in the impenetrable fortress of Angband in the north of Middle-earth. The Silmarillion is the history of the rebellion of Feanor and his kindred against the gods, their exile from Valinor and return to Middle-earth, and their war, hopeless despite all the heroism, against the great Enemy. It is the ancient drama to which the characters in The Lord of the Rings look back, and in whose events some of them such as Elrond and Galadriel took part. The book also includes several shorter works: the Ainulindale, a myth of the Creation, and the Valaquenta, in which the nature and powers of each of the gods is described. The Akallabeth recounts the downfall of the great island kingdom of Numenor at the end of the Second Age, and Of the Rings of Power tells of the great events at the end of the Third Age, as narrated in The Lord of the Rings. This deluxe slipcased edition contains the complete text, which is printed in two colours and features, for the very first time, more than 50 colour paintings, illustrations and designs drawn by J.R.R. Tolkien himself as he composed this epic work. Unique to this edition are two poster-size, fold-out maps revealing all the detail of Beleriand as the tales grew, an illustrated booklet featuring 'A Brief Account of The Silmarillion and its Making' by Christopher Tolkien, and a printed art card reproducing 'Taniquetil'. It is additionally quarterbound in blue leather, with raised ribs on the spine, stamped in three foils on black cloth boards, and housed in a custom-built clothbound slipcase. The pages are edged in silver and include a ribbon marker.

The Sun Also Rises (Paperback): Ernest Hemingway The Sun Also Rises (Paperback)
Ernest Hemingway 1
R467 R358 Discovery Miles 3 580 Save R109 (23%) Ships in 12 - 17 working days

The quintessential novel of the Lost Generation, "The Sun Also Rises" is one of Ernest Hemingway's masterpieces and a classic example of his spare but powerful writing style. A poignant look at the disillusionment and angst of the post-World War I generation, the novel introduces two of Hemingway's most unforgettable characters: Jake Barnes and Lady Brett Ashley. The story follows the flamboyant Brett and the hapless Jake as they journey from the wild nightlife of 1920s Paris to the brutal bullfighting rings of Spain with a motley group of expatriates. It is an age of moral bankruptcy, spiritual dissolution, unrealized love, and vanishing illusions. First published in 1926, "The Sun Also Rises" helped to establish Hemingway as one of the greatest writers of the twentieth century

An Experiment in Misery (Paperback): Stephen Crane An Experiment in Misery (Paperback)
Stephen Crane
R268 R224 Discovery Miles 2 240 Save R44 (16%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days

Though best known for "The Red Badge of Courage," his classic novel of men at war, in his tragically brief life and career Stephen Crane produced a wealth of stories--among them "The Monster," "The Upturned Face," "The Open Boat," and the title story--that stand among the most acclaimed and enduring in the history of American fiction. This superb volume collects stories of unique power and variety in which impressionistic, hallucinatory, and realistic situations alike are brilliantly conveyed through the cold, sometimes brutal irony of Crane's narrative voice.

Heart of Darkness (Paperback): Joseph Conrad Heart of Darkness (Paperback)
Joseph Conrad
R210 R155 Discovery Miles 1 550 Save R55 (26%) Ships in 12 - 17 working days

HarperCollins is proud to present its range of best-loved, essential classics. 'The reaches opened before us and closed behind, as if the forest had stepped leisurely across the water to bar the way for our return. We penetrated deeper and deeper into the heart of darkness.' When Charles Marlow agrees to captain a steamer up the Congo in search of the elusive ivory trader Mr Kurtz, it becomes a terrifying journey into both the unknown and his own subconscious. As he travels deeper and deeper into the dense jungle, he begins to sense the presence of this extraordinary and terrible man, and to question the horrifying realities of European imperialism and of human nature itself. Originally published as a three-part story in 1899, Conrad's masterpiece has inspired many further works, including Francis Ford Coppola's Apocalypse Now, and remains a thought-provoking text to this day.

Final Judgements (Paperback, LONDON): Joan Fuster Final Judgements (Paperback, LONDON)
Joan Fuster; Translated by Mary Ann Newman
R330 R297 Discovery Miles 2 970 Save R33 (10%) Ships in 9 - 15 working days

The pinnacle of Fuster's essay writing, Final Judgements is a book of aphorisms that, used to teach moral and/or philosophical truths, reveal things that are relevant to the universal human experience. As Adam Gopnick of The New Yorker puts it, "the aphorism is, in its algebraic abbreviation, a micro-model of empirical inquiry." And Fuster uses the aphoristic tradition, less to establish truths than to undermine them, to question the conceits contained in the established truism. Despite the seriousness of its subject matter, however, this book is laugh-out-loud funny, Fuster's wit revealing that the best aphorisms are based in stripping language of its artifice and revealing its contradictions, and the cumulative effect is a quintessentially Mediterranean kind of playfulness.

Kew Gardens (Paperback): Virginia Woolf Kew Gardens (Paperback)
Virginia Woolf
R150 R129 Discovery Miles 1 290 Save R21 (14%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days

First published in 1921 as part of her ground-breaking short-story collection Monday or Tuesday, Kew Gardens follows the thoughts of a set of characters walking past a flower bed in the royal botanic garden on a hot July day. Interweaving the thoughts of the characters with depictions of the natural world surrounding them, the narrative flows from mind to mind, from the tranquil flower bed to the bustling city outside. Written in Woolf's trademark style, brimming with keen observation and rich language, Kew Gardens is both a paean to the natural world and an empathetic exploration of human experience. 'The light fell either upon the smooth, grey back of a pebble or the shell of a snail with its brown, circular veins, or, falling into a raindrop, it expanded with such intensity of red, blue and yellow the thin walls of water that one expected them to burst and disappear... Then the breeze stirred rather more briskly overhead and the colour was flashed into the air above, into the eyes of the men and women who walk in Kew Gardens in July.'

Peter Pan (Hardcover): J.M. Barrie Peter Pan (Hardcover)
J.M. Barrie
R244 Discovery Miles 2 440 Ships in 12 - 17 working days
You Will Never Be Found - From the no. 1 international bestseller (Paperback, Main): Tove Alsterdal You Will Never Be Found - From the no. 1 international bestseller (Paperback, Main)
Tove Alsterdal; Translated by Alice Menzies
R238 Discovery Miles 2 380 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

He was locked inside an abandoned house. But he's not the only one . . . When a dead man is found locked in the basement of an abandoned house, deep in the woods, there is no evidence of what happened beyond his name - scratched into the wall before he died. The regional police can't find anyone who knew him. But no-one knows the locals like Detective Eira Sjoedin. When her expert knowledge of her home town is again called in, she knows one of them must have seen something. Then, a shock: before she can uncover the truth, someone close to her disappears. Has he fallen victim to the same criminal they've been chasing? And can Eira put the pieces together in time to save him? **AVAILABLE FOR PRE-ORDER NOW** PRAISE FOR WE KNOW YOU REMEMBER 'Intensely gripping.' CHRIS WHITAKER 'Strong characters, a great sense of place and plot twists galore.' SUNDAY TIMES CRIME CLUB 'A terrific twisting rollercoaster of a thriller.' PETER JAMES 'A police procedural with panache.' O, THE OPRAH MAGAZINE 'Atmospheric, immersive and utterly compelling.' M. W. CRAVEN WHAT READERS THINK 'Breathtaking!' 5* review 'There are twists and turns and dead ends galore!' 5* review 'A brilliant story with a very likeable police detective.' 5* review 'Really loved this Scandi crime story. Had me guessing to the end!' 5* review **WE KNOW YOU REMEMBER, the first in this unputdownable, prize-winning series, is out now**

Krabat - Schulausgabe (German, Paperback): Otfried Preussler Krabat - Schulausgabe (German, Paperback)
Otfried Preussler
R282 Discovery Miles 2 820 Ships in 12 - 17 working days
A Time to Bloom (Paperback): Lauraine Snelling A Time to Bloom (Paperback)
Lauraine Snelling
R310 Discovery Miles 3 100 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

Will their dreams fall apart when confronted with all that is stacked against them? Delphinium Nielsen and her sisters have accomplished much in the past year, traveling west and settling in Nebraska. They are on their way to building a garden in dedication to their mother and working against the forces of nature to make their farm thrive. However, none of that can mask their concern that they are quickly running out of money. Del's work teaching in their booming town offers hope, not only to support her sisters financially, but also to better her students' lives. Not all of the town sees it that way, though, with the rebuilding of the schoolhouse continually neglected and her brightest student's father demanding he work the farm instead of attend class. When their brother Anders arrives with his war-wounded and heartbroken friend RJ, Anders sees the strength of the sisters' idea to start a boardinghouse and decides to invest in it. Del finds RJ barely polite and wants nothing to do with him. But despite Del and her sisters' best-laid plans, the future--and RJ--might surprise them all. "Snelling's thorough research pays off in her vivid evocation of frontier-era Nebraska . . . The result is a transportive historical worth getting lost in."--Publishers Weekly

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