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Books > Sport & Leisure > Humour > General
Onthou jy nog die dae van donkiekarre, negosiewinkels, hanslammers
grootmaak en tiekiedraai in die waenhuis? Die dae toe ’n Engelsman
nog iets vreemds vir ’n Afrikaanse plaasseun was en ’n man moes kon
briewe skryf om ’n nooi te bekoor? Met Daar doer in Duitswes roep
Helm Jooste daardie dae met nostalgie en humor in herinnering. Hy
vertel met selfspot van sy eie ervarings in onder andere die ou
Suidwes: vertellings wat jou terselfdertyd laat lag en met heimwee
en deernis vul. Kom dans op maat van die Rooiduin Orkes tot
rooidag; skater en bloos oor die lywige Ant Maryntjie en die
tandlose Toks – en droom saam met ’n bobaasverteller oor die “se
nou maars” en verspeelde kanse in Jessica se blou oe. Verskeie
humoristiese vertellinge van Helm Jooste word in hierdie boekie
saamgevat. Meeste van die vertellinge handel oor die ou Suidwes.
For anyone who loved St Trinian's - old or new - or loves a cozy
mystery on a grand estate filled with rather 'interesting'
characters. When an American stranger turns up claiming to be the
rightful owner of the school's magnificent country estate it could
spell trouble for everyone at St Bride's . . . No one can believe
it when the headmistress, Hairnet, instantly accepts the stranger's
claim, not: the put-upon Bursar, ousted from his cosy estate
cottage by the stranger the enigmatic Max Security, raring to
engage in a spot of espionage the sensible Judith Gosling, who
knows more about Lord Bunting than she's letting on the
irrepressible Gemma Lamb, determined to keep the school open Only
fickle maths teacher Oriana Bliss isn't suspicious of the stranger,
after all she can just marry him and secure St Bride's future
forever. That's if inventive pranks by the girls - and the school
cat - don't drive him away first. Who will nab the stranger first?
Oriana with the parson's noose? Gemma with sinister secrets? Or
could this be the end of St Bride's? Previously published by Debbie
Young as Stranger at St Bride's.
More of the best, craziest, biggest and funniest! Absolutely
Awesome South Africa is an entertaining compilation on South Africa
which is packed full of fun, facts and trivia. This completely new
coffee table book is packed with completely new content and design
on every page and is full of South African humour, history and
interesting facts. The vibrant and colourful pages of Absolutely
Awesome South Africa captures the heart and the soul of this
magnificent country. This book is available in Hard Cover and Soft
Cover. 220 page of Facts – Fun – Trivia – Humour – Quotations –
Culture & so much more!
Nomophobia - the fear of having our phones taken from us - is
taking over our lives. The smart devices are in our homes, carried
room-to-room as if glued to the hands of our family members. They
meander into the bathroom, the laundry room, the shop, the garage,
backyard and even into the bedroom where the adults once had their
"alone time." Our teenage children require them to either be under
their pillows, by their pillows or within arm's reach at a
nightstand in order to even sleep at night. The cell phone must be
visible for them to take tests at school without withdrawal
anxiety. The phones travel where we do - school, the office, the
gym, so that we are in constant contact with the virtual world -
other people who also have no real lives outside of their phone.
They are ringing in churches, movie theaters, restaurants,
concerts, funerals. Nothing says "goodbye" to the recently departed
like your ring tone from Metallica's Hardwired. Welcome to the
world of smart phone addiction.
Shepherd Mead, bestselling author of How to Succeed in Business
without Really Trying, came to live in England with his family in
1958. Six years later he published a satirical handbook for fellow
Americans to guide them through the nuances of British culture and
save them from blunders: 'Write down now that pants always mean
underpants', he advises. 'What you wear out in the open are
trousers. Mistakes in this area can lead to nasty
misunderstandings.' Structured around the fictional experience of
an American couple Peggy and Buckley Brash and their two children,
the book covers such topics as 'How to Dress in England', 'The
Dream House and How to Rebuild it', and 'How to Live with the Upper
Classes Without Having Any Money'. Through the Brash family's
encounters with the British and their bewildered conversations with
each other as they attempt to interpret an alien way of life, Mead
answers pertinent questions such as 'Do English schools create sex
madness?' and 'Is England really a pest hole?' with quirky and
affectionate humour. Written with the light touch and incisive wit
which brought Mead such success with his earlier book, and deftly
illustrated with dynamic cartoons, How to Live Like A Lord without
Really Trying is packed with gems on Anglo-American differences and
pithy advice which tells us as much about the British of the 1960s
as it does about their visitors from across the Pond.
TEAR DOWN THAT WALL OF GUILT
If you are trying to raise a respectful and respectable American
family and are embarrassed by the liberal media's filth and
perversion you and your children are subjected to on a daily basis,
remember one thing: Liberalism is at its core, licentious, morally
degrading and abusive to family life. To stop the abuse you must
embrace the truth: Conservatism conserves and protects family
values that have made America the shining beacon of Christian
family life.
To preserve the American family you must make a decision not
merely to eschew liberalism and degradation but to champion
conservatism and our traditional American values.
To do so you must first TEAR DOWN THAT WALL OF GUILT You must
know you are guilty of nothing that may have happened to a Negro,
Indian, Asian or Jew at any time in our recent or ancient past, and
you must stop bowing at the silly altar of political correctness.
You must regain your dignity, your individuality and your moral
certitude. You must rise up and be counted as an American heart and
soul, in spirit and purpose; willing to sacrifice whatever it takes
to preserve America as it was founded to be and for which so many
fought and died for it to be. Your children are counting on you.
They will not survive as free Americans without your courage and
your resolve. TEAR DOWN THAT WALL OF GUILT LET THE RECLAMATION OF
AMERICA BEGIN
"Prince Patrick" was a nick name given to me as a child by my
family and parent's friends that reflected my attitude and desire
to be treated in a manner befitting a little prince. A sign of
endearment to humor my natural, idiosyncratic demeanor. I actually
never thought of myself as royalty, rather, that I was "special,"
destined for greatness or to be famous, and should be treated as an
incubating celebrity. But just how was I going to become a figure
in history? A doctor or scientist that discovered a cure to a
hideous disease or condition? An actor/artist that was going to
define my generation? Or would I become infamous? Whereas, my
innocent "hijinks" would lead to other more serious acts that would
get me recognized for the wrong reasons. These stories of my
eccentric exploits, told time and time again at family gatherings,
have made both family and friends smile, giggle and laugh
hysterically, with the words "no he did not" uttered more than
once.
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