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Letters on Cezanne (English, German, Paperback, 2nd ed.): Rainer Rilke Letters on Cezanne (English, German, Paperback, 2nd ed.)
Rainer Rilke; Translated by Joel Agee
R288 Discovery Miles 2 880 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

Rilke's prayerful responses to the french master's beseeching art

For a long time nothing, and then suddenly one has the right eyes.

Virtually every day in the fall of 1907, Rainer Maria Rilke returned to a Paris gallery to view a Cezanne exhibition. Nearly as frequently, he wrote dense and joyful letters to his wife, Clara Westhoff, expressing his dismay before the paintings and his ensuing revelations about art and life.

Rilke was knowledgeable about art and had even published monographs, including a famous study of Rodin that inspired his New Poems. But Cezanne's impact on him could not be conveyed in a traditional essay. Rilke's sense of kinship with Cezanne provides a powerful and prescient undercurrent in these letters -- passages from them appear verbatim in Rilke's great modernist novel, The Notebooks of Malte Laurids Brigge. Letters on Cezanne is a collection of meaningfully private responses to a radically new art.

Maybe Baby - 28 Writers Tell the Truth about Skepticism, Infertility, Baby Lust, Childlessness, Ambivalence, and How They Made... Maybe Baby - 28 Writers Tell the Truth about Skepticism, Infertility, Baby Lust, Childlessness, Ambivalence, and How They Made the Biggest Decision of Their Lives (Paperback)
Lori Leibovich
R390 R323 Discovery Miles 3 230 Save R67 (17%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days

To breed or not to breed? That is the question twenty-eight accomplished writers ponder in this collection of provocative, honest, soul-searching essays. Based on a popular series at Salon.com, Maybe Baby offers both frank and nuanced opinions from a wide range of viewpoints on parenting choices, both alternative and traditional.

Yes: "I've been granted access to a new plane of existence, one I could not have imagined, and would not now live without."--Peter Nichols

No: "I can sort of see that it might be nice to have children, but there are a thousand things I'd rather spend my time doing than raise them."--Michelle Goldberg

Maybe: "As we both slip into our mid-thirties, my own personal daddy dilemma has quietly taken on an urgency that I frankly didn't expect."--Larry Smith

From infertility to adoption, from ambivalence to baby lust, Maybe Baby brings together the full force of opinions about this national, but also intensely personal, debate.

The Cost of Living - Living Autobiography 2 (Paperback): Deborah Levy The Cost of Living - Living Autobiography 2 (Paperback)
Deborah Levy 1
R265 R212 Discovery Miles 2 120 Save R53 (20%) In Stock

A GUARDIAN BEST BOOK OF THE 21ST CENTURY WINNER OF THE PRIX FEMINA ETRANGER 2020 Following on from the critically acclaimed Things I Don't Want to Know, discover the powerful second memoir in Deborah Levy's essential three-part 'Living Autobiography'. 'I can't think of any writer aside from Virginia Woolf who writes better about what it is to be a woman' Observer _________________________________ 'Life falls apart. We try to get a grip and hold it together. And then we realise we don't want to hold it together . . .' The final instalment in Deborah Levy's critically acclaimed 'Living Autobiography', Real Estate, is available now. _________________________________ 'I just haven't stopped reading it . . . it talks so beautifully about being a woman' Billie Piper on BBC Radio 4's Desert Island Discs 'It is the story of every woman throughout history who has expended her love and labour on making a home that turns out to serve the needs of everyone except herself. Wonderful' Guardian 'Wise, subtle and ironic, Levy's every sentence is a masterpiece of clarity and poise . . . a brilliant writer' Daily Telegraph 'A graceful and lyrical rumination on the questions, "What is a woman for? What should a woman be?"' Tatler 'Extraordinary and beautiful, suffused with wit and razor-sharp insights' Financial Times

The Book of Delights (Paperback): Ross Gay The Book of Delights (Paperback)
Ross Gay
R475 R353 Discovery Miles 3 530 Save R122 (26%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days
The Sundae Delivery Service (Paperback): Holly Rivers The Sundae Delivery Service (Paperback)
Holly Rivers
R194 Discovery Miles 1 940 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

The action-packed sequel to The Boy in the Post: perfect for fans of the Adventures on Trains series! 'Energetic, lively and charming' READING ZONE on The Boy in the Post A few months have passed since Orinthia's transatlantic adventure with her two younger brothers and the mailbox menagerie is thriving, training animails to deliver post. Then a family of ice-cream makers arrive in the village - including daughter Jemima - and announce they're entering their ice-cream into the prestigious Golden Udder Awards in Norway. Orinthia and Jemima decide to train a pair of cows to deliver a true show-stopper during the competition. But on the voyage to Norway and beyond, it's clear someone is determined to sabotage their efforts ... A warm, adventurous and action-packed sequel to The Boy in the Post - though can be easily read as a standalone story A brillantly-imagined fantasy world with a vintage feel and a trio of characters you'll long to be friends with As a child, Holly was a lead actress in ITV's original Worst Witch series! Perfect for fans of M.G. Leonard and Sam Sedgman's Adventures on Trains series

Read 'em and Weep - A Bedside Poker Companion (Paperback): John Stravinsky Read 'em and Weep - A Bedside Poker Companion (Paperback)
John Stravinsky
R362 R299 Discovery Miles 2 990 Save R63 (17%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days

Poker is much more than just a popular game. It is a world unto itself, populated with a multitude of colorful characters: professionals and amateurs, hustlers and dreamers. This royal flush of a collection brings together short stories, essays, poems, and excerpts from novels by a host of renowned writers -- from the Wild West to present day -- who have mined their personal experience of the game. Entertaining and enlightening, you'll want to ante up for Read 'Em and Weep.

With pieces by ...

Nelson Algren Andy Bellin Anthony Holden Katy Lederer James Thurber Barbara Tuchman Billy Collins Pete Dexter Martin Amis David Mamet Herbert O. Yardley A. Alvarez

...And More

William Butler Yeats and the Murder of Honor Bright (Paperback, 2nd edition): Patricia Hughes William Butler Yeats and the Murder of Honor Bright (Paperback, 2nd edition)
Patricia Hughes
R539 Discovery Miles 5 390 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

Leafing through the Guardian I found a picture of William Butler Yeats receiving his Nobel Prize in 1923. It was a photograph my father used to show me as a child. I always assumed that both men were from a hot country because of their black hair and thick, pale, fast-tanning skin. My father used to avoid Irish people, so I didn't know what they looked like. Suddenly I realised there was a strong, personal resemblance.

Let Me Tell You What I Mean (Paperback): Joan Didion Let Me Tell You What I Mean (Paperback)
Joan Didion
R203 Discovery Miles 2 030 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

Twelve early pieces never before collected that offer an illuminating glimpse into the mind and process of Joan Didion. Mostly drawn from the earliest part of her astonishing five-decade career, the wide-ranging pieces in this collection include Didion writing about a Gamblers Anonymous meeting, a visit to San Simeon, and a reunion of WWII veterans in Las Vegas, and about topics ranging from Nancy Reagan to Robert Mapplethorpe to Martha Stewart. Here are subjects Didion has long written about - the press, politics, California robber baronsac, women, the act of writing, and her own self-doubt. Each piece is classic Didion: incisive and, in new light, stunningly prescient.

On Being Ill (Paperback): Virginia Woolf On Being Ill (Paperback)
Virginia Woolf
R167 R144 Discovery Miles 1 440 Save R23 (14%) Ships in 12 - 17 working days

Penned in 1925 during the aftermath of a nervous breakdown, On Being Ill is a groundbreaking essay by the Modernist giant Virginia Woolf that seeks to establish illness as a topic for discussion in literature. Delving into considerations of the loneliness and vulnerability experienced by those suffering from illness, as well as aspects of privilege others might have, the essay resounds with an honesty and clarity that still rings true today. 'Novels, one would have thought, would have been devoted to influenza, epic poems to typhoid, odes to pneumonia, lyrics to toothache. But no - with a few exceptions... literature does its best to maintain that its concern is with the mind; that the body is a sheet of plain glass through which the soul looks straight and clear, and, save for one or two passions such as desire and greed, is null, and negligible and non-existent.'

A Letter to Samuel - You Shall Know the Truth and the Truth Shall Set You Free (Paperback): Chandi Chirwa A Letter to Samuel - You Shall Know the Truth and the Truth Shall Set You Free (Paperback)
Chandi Chirwa
R211 Discovery Miles 2 110 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

The general understanding of dA (c)jA vu is this: DA (c)jA vu, from French, literally "already seen", is the phenomenon of having the strong sensation that an event or experience currently being experienced has been experienced in the past, whether it has actually happened or not. So how would you feel if five years of your life flashes in front of your eyes in a space of five minutes or your dreams come to life in the same week? Samuel, I have been in situations where dA (c)jA vu was so clear, I was not sure whether I was dreaming or living.

Earth Under My Heel - A journal of a walk across Northern Spain on the Camino de Santiago (Paperback): Captain David Littlejohn... Earth Under My Heel - A journal of a walk across Northern Spain on the Camino de Santiago (Paperback)
Captain David Littlejohn Beveridge
R669 Discovery Miles 6 690 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

On the 18th of March 2013 David Littlejohn Beveridge set out, in fulfillment of childhood dreams, to walk the ancient pilgrim route called the Way of St.James or Camino de Santiago from Roncesvalles to Santiago de Compostela. Earth Under My Heel is his journal.

Music to Eat Cake By - Essays on Birds, Words and Everything in Between (Hardcover): Lev Parikian Music to Eat Cake By - Essays on Birds, Words and Everything in Between (Hardcover)
Lev Parikian
R394 Discovery Miles 3 940 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

Today's reader has choices: books about love, about life, about death - and everything in between. The variety is overwhelming, bewildering. But what if the reader could play a part in producing something different, something about everything, about nothing, about everything and nothing at the same time? What if the reader could tell the writer what to write about? Lev Parikian asked his readers those very questions, gathered their responses and then set out to write that book. Music to Eat Cake By is the result, a collection of essays exploring everything from the art of the sandwich and space travel to how not to cure hiccups and, of course, his beloved birdsong. Lev considers each subject with his signature wit and warmth, inviting the reader to wonder: what might we ask him to write about next?

Triumph on the Western Front - Diary of a Despatch Rider 1915-1919 Oswald Harcourt-Davis MM (Paperback): Oswald Harcourt Davis Triumph on the Western Front - Diary of a Despatch Rider 1915-1919 Oswald Harcourt-Davis MM (Paperback)
Oswald Harcourt Davis; Edited by Philip Holdway-Davis
R712 R631 Discovery Miles 6 310 Save R81 (11%) Ships in 12 - 17 working days

Oswald Harcourt-Davis joined the Corps of Royal Engineers in 1916 to become a despatch rider. He was allocated a Triumph motorcycle at Abbeville France on 18th July 1916 and was attached to the ANZACs for the duration of the war which saw him motorcycling around the Somme and Ypres Salient areas. He won his military medal at Messines.

In The Kitchen - Essays on food and life (Paperback): Yemisi Aribisala, Joel Golby, Daisy Johnson, Rachel Roddy, Ruby Tandoh,... In The Kitchen - Essays on food and life (Paperback)
Yemisi Aribisala, Joel Golby, Daisy Johnson, Rachel Roddy, Ruby Tandoh, … 1
R305 R249 Discovery Miles 2 490 Save R56 (18%) Ships in 9 - 15 working days
Diary of a Desperate Mother - Battling Eczema & Allergies (Paperback): Fredericka Charles Diary of a Desperate Mother - Battling Eczema & Allergies (Paperback)
Fredericka Charles
R499 Discovery Miles 4 990 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

Overwhelmed and desperate for a remedy that would heal her son, Fredericka Charles tried, it seems everything to help him. She revisits this seemingly hopeless chapter of her life in the confidence that it would help someone.

Escaping the Crooked Cross - Internment Correspondence Between Paul and Charlotte Bondy (Paperback): John Adrian Bondy,... Escaping the Crooked Cross - Internment Correspondence Between Paul and Charlotte Bondy (Paperback)
John Adrian Bondy, Jennifer Taylor
R285 Discovery Miles 2 850 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

Paul and Charlotte Bondy were refugees from Hitler caught up in Churchill's policy of mass internment. Paul was detained at the Alien Internment Camp at Huyton, near Liverpool, from late June to early December 1940. During this time his only contact with his wife and young daughter was by post. As this young married couple struggled to overcome the vicissitudes of war and exile to maintain some semblance of family life, they wrote to each other regularly. The letters, postcards and telegrams reproduced here are a unique example of a complete WW2 Internment Correspondence.

The Early Life of Miss Anne Lister and the Curious Tale of Miss Eliza Raine (Paperback, 3rd Revised edition): Patricia L. Hughes The Early Life of Miss Anne Lister and the Curious Tale of Miss Eliza Raine (Paperback, 3rd Revised edition)
Patricia L. Hughes
R649 Discovery Miles 6 490 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

Gentleman Jack - Anne Lister - and Eliza Raine are 13-year-olds at boarding school. Both alienated from the other wealthy Yorkshire girls, they slept in the same bed in a small, unheated attic room and confided about schoolwork, families and personal problems, so their friendship grew deep and serious. Each had what the other craved: Anne, with no money, saw that Eliza could be independent. Lonely Eliza envied Anne's well-respected, stable family. And when Anne put her arm around Eliza, the beautiful, exotic Indian girl responded.

Tiny Moons - A Year of Eating in Shanghai (Paperback): Nina Mingya Powles Tiny Moons - A Year of Eating in Shanghai (Paperback)
Nina Mingya Powles; Illustrated by Emma Wright
R268 R216 Discovery Miles 2 160 Save R52 (19%) Ships in 9 - 15 working days
Reel Masters - Chefs Casting about with Timing and Grace (Hardcover): Susan Schadt Reel Masters - Chefs Casting about with Timing and Grace (Hardcover)
Susan Schadt; Foreword by Peter Kaminsky; Contributions by Jeremiah Bacon, John Besh, John Currence, …
R1,388 R1,158 Discovery Miles 11 580 Save R230 (17%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Building an essay - A practical guide for students (Paperback): J.D. Lewis-Williams Building an essay - A practical guide for students (Paperback)
J.D. Lewis-Williams
R140 R121 Discovery Miles 1 210 Save R19 (14%) Ships in 15 - 25 working days

Writing an essay is rather like building a house. First, you need to have a carefully thought-out plan and a clear idea of how to use all the different tools and building materials. Of course, you also need to know what the finished project should look like. What are the conventions that other building contractors use? What does the home-owner expect? Only once you fully understand the basic principles of building are you able to put together, brick by brick, the four walls, a floor, a roof and the finishing touches, such as windows and doors. Much the same is true of writing an essay. You need to know the building regulations. You need to know what you are expected to build. You need to know the secrets and tricks of the trade. You need to practise. In this handbook, students - those who are about to write their first essay and those who have written numerous essays but who know that they are capable of obtaining better results - are guided along the basic principles of planning and building an essay that is well structured, clear and concise, and meets the high international standards required by tertiary educational institutions.

Correspondance de Pierre Bayle: Janvier 1703-1706: No. 13 (Hardcover): Pierre Bayle Correspondance de Pierre Bayle: Janvier 1703-1706: No. 13 (Hardcover)
Pierre Bayle; Edited by Antony McKenna
R4,829 Discovery Miles 48 290 Ships in 12 - 17 working days
Good Morning, Monster - A Therapist Shares Five Heroic Stories of Emotional Recovery (Paperback): Catherine Gildiner Good Morning, Monster - A Therapist Shares Five Heroic Stories of Emotional Recovery (Paperback)
Catherine Gildiner
R523 R397 Discovery Miles 3 970 Save R126 (24%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days
My Mother Laughs (Paperback): Chantal Akerman My Mother Laughs (Paperback)
Chantal Akerman; Introduction by Eileen Myles; Translated by Danielle Shreir; Afterword by Frances Morgan 1
R455 R370 Discovery Miles 3 700 Save R85 (19%) Ships in 9 - 15 working days
Om te skryf (Paperback): Om te skryf (Paperback)
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R460 R426 Discovery Miles 4 260 Save R34 (7%) Ships in 7 - 10 working days

Hoe leer jy skryf? Hoe skryf mens oor jouself, oor ander, oor plekke en gebeure of oor idees en oortuigings? Hoe begin jy 'n treffende teks, hoe sluit jy dit af? Mens leer vinnig as jy langs 'n goeie ambagsman gaan staan en mooi loer wat hy doen en die tegnieke wat hy benut in jou eie werk begin toepas. Dit is die lekkerste en vinnigste manier. Hier is 'n boek in Afrikaans wat saamgestel is om jou daarmee te help. Om te skryf bevat vertalings van bekende Engelse prosa en oorspronklike Afrikaanse tekste, maar die boek gaan nie oor wat die skrywers se nie - belangrik soos dit mag wees - maar oor die hoe: die tegnieke waardeur hulle hul boodskap helder oordra. Na elke uittreksel, word daar vrae gestel wat die leser help om die woordmeesters se styl, tegniek en vaardighede aan te leer. Inhoud behels persoonlike skryfwerk, die karakterskets en beskrywing, asook meer abstrakte konsepte soos die uiteensetting van 'n agument en 'n poging om ander mense te oortuig. Later volg tegnieke om 'n stuk te begin en te eindig, skryfwerk oor kuns en media en ten slotte 'n afdeling oor die nuanses van individuele styl. Die boek bevat ook 'n woordelys met bondige definisies van terme wat in die oefenvrae in die boek gebruik word. Die eerste Afrikaanse boek van sy soort vir aspirant skrywers, joernaliste, en enigiemand wat lief is vir literatuur of daarin belangstel om sy skryfvaardighede te verbeter; bevat oor 'n honderd uittreksels uit werk van van die voorste skrywers in die geskiedenis (van Plato tot V.S. Naipaul), asook van die beste skryfwerk uit ons eie literere en joernalistieke erfenis (van Etienne Leroux tot Dana Snyman); opsigselfstaande afdelings bied lesers buigsaamheid om by enige afdeling te begin; oefeninge maak dit moontlik om toe te pas wat gelees is; vergesel van 'n webwerf met gereelde kompetisies, ens. - www.omteskryf.net

Mint Tea to Maori Tattoo! (Paperback, Colour ed): Carolina Veranen-Phillips Mint Tea to Maori Tattoo! (Paperback, Colour ed)
Carolina Veranen-Phillips
R716 Discovery Miles 7 160 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

One morning Carolina wakes up, determined to change something in her life. She has had enough of living her monotonous daily routine and craves something else, something unusual. How about a trip around the world? Her adventure takes her to the Middle East, Africa and Oceania. During her travels she encounters endangered mountain gorillas, walks with wild lions, and flirts with adrenaline boosting activities like bungee jumping. But what does this experience bring her spiritually?

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