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Au Revoir Now Darlint - The Letters of Edith Thompson (Hardcover): Laura Thompson Au Revoir Now Darlint - The Letters of Edith Thompson (Hardcover)
Laura Thompson
R436 Discovery Miles 4 360 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

A hundred years ago, on the night of 3 October 1922, a thirty-two-year-old clerk named Percy Thompson was stabbed to death as he walked home to his suburban villa in Ilford. With him was his wife, twenty-eight-year-old Edith. His killer was Edith's lover: Frederick Bywaters, a merchant seaman aged twenty. Bywaters was hanged for murder on 9 January 1923. So too was Edith Thompson. There was no evidence, of any kind, that she was involved with the killing. What condemned Edith were the letters that she had written to her lover, which were interpreted by the law as incitement to murder. These letters are remarkable documents. Charged with the vitality of Edith's voice, they are moving, perplexing, maddening, banal, spectacularly sensual, infused with a stream-of-consciousness immediacy. And they have never been collected in print, until now. In Au Revoir Now Darlint, Laura Thompson - author of the CWA Gold Dagger-shortlisted Rex vs Edith Thompson - gathers the letters together alongside illuminating commentary to tell the story of an ordinary life and an extraordinary imagination that ultimately led to appalling tragedy.

Naples '44 - An Intelligence Officer in the Italian Labyrinth (Paperback, New edition): Norman Lewis Naples '44 - An Intelligence Officer in the Italian Labyrinth (Paperback, New edition)
Norman Lewis
R393 R291 Discovery Miles 2 910 Save R102 (26%) Ships in 12 - 17 working days

Norman Lewis arrives in war-torn Naples as an intelligence officer in 1944. The starving population has devoured all the tropical fish in the aquarium, respectable women have been driven to prostitution and the black market is king. Lewis finds little to admire in his fellow soldiers, but gains sustenance from the extraordinary vivacity of the Italians. There is the lawyer who earns his living bringing a touch of Roman class to funerals, the gynaecologist who "specializes in the restoration of lost virginity" and the widowed housewife who times her British lover against the clock. "Were I given the chance to be born again," writes Lewis, "Italy would be the country of my choice."

Girl with No Job - The Crazy Beautiful Life of an Instagram Thirst Monster (Paperback): Claudia Oshry Girl with No Job - The Crazy Beautiful Life of an Instagram Thirst Monster (Paperback)
Claudia Oshry
R522 R447 Discovery Miles 4 470 Save R75 (14%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days
How to Come Alive Again (Paperback, 2nd edition): Beth McColl How to Come Alive Again (Paperback, 2nd edition)
Beth McColl
R233 Discovery Miles 2 330 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

'Essential reading, not just for anyone struggling with mental illness, but for anyone who knows someone who needs support. That's all of us' Daisy Buchanan, author of How to Be a Grown-Up'An essential, wondrous WOW of a book' Sarah Knight, New York Times bestselling author of The Life-Changing Magic of Not Giving a F**k It doesn't matter that you've lived in the shadows, that you've slept through years of your life, that you've done things you're shamed to admit even to yourself. It doesn't matter that you're an anxious mess with a shouty monster brain that keeps you from conforming to society's definition of normal. How to Come Alive Again is a relatable, honest, joyous and above all practical guide for anyone who has a mental illness - or anyone who knows and loves someone who does. Beth McColl shares what's worked for her and what hasn't, and what she wishes she'd known from the start: from advice on how get through a bad day to the truth about medication and what to expect from a partner. Here are the basics for mending your life, accepting yourself, and learning to live again.

Surviving the White Gaze - A Memoir (Paperback): Rebecca Carroll Surviving the White Gaze - A Memoir (Paperback)
Rebecca Carroll
R489 R403 Discovery Miles 4 030 Save R86 (18%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days
The Black Girl's Guide To Corporate South Africa (Paperback): Lindelwa Skenjana The Black Girl's Guide To Corporate South Africa (Paperback)
Lindelwa Skenjana
R265 R228 Discovery Miles 2 280 Save R37 (14%) Ships in 4 - 8 working days

This timely memoir-cum-guide includes the insights of black women at various stages of their career as they navigate the pitfalls of the corporate world.

A performance review of the working world introduced to the young women reveals issues such as racism, sexism, ethnic chauvinism, ageism, and sexual harassment that many encounter with naivety.

When technical expertise and hard work are not the issue, how do black women make the most of their efforts and support each other to success?

'n Baie Lang Brief Aan My Dogter (Afrikaans, Paperback): Marita van der Vyver 'n Baie Lang Brief Aan My Dogter (Afrikaans, Paperback)
Marita van der Vyver
R365 R314 Discovery Miles 3 140 Save R51 (14%) Ships in 4 - 8 working days

’n Baie lang brief aan my dogter is Marita van der Vyver, een van Afrikaans se mees geliefde skrywers, se ontroerende jeugmemoir. Dit is 'n speurtog deur die skrywer se beginjare, maar dit is ook ’n liefdesbrief aan ’n dogter en ’n taal en ’n land. En bowenal is dit ’n ma se poging om sin te maak van hierdie onverskillige en wrede wêreld waarin sy haar nou begewe.

Black Bird - One Man's Freedom Hides in Another Man's Darkness (Paperback): James Keene, Hillel Levin Black Bird - One Man's Freedom Hides in Another Man's Darkness (Paperback)
James Keene, Hillel Levin
R463 R382 Discovery Miles 3 820 Save R81 (17%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days
All Saints - The Surprising Story of How Refugees from Burma Brought Life to a Dying Church (Paperback, Movie Tie-In): Michael... All Saints - The Surprising Story of How Refugees from Burma Brought Life to a Dying Church (Paperback, Movie Tie-In)
Michael Spurlock, Jeanette Windle
R477 Discovery Miles 4 770 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

The True Story Behind the Powerful Film ALL SAINTS

Newly ordained, Michael Spurlock's first assignment is to pastor All Saints, a struggling church with twenty-five devoted members and a mortgage well beyond its means. The best option may be to close the church rather than watch it wither any further. But when All Saints hesitantly risks welcoming a community of Karen refugees from Burma--former farmers scrambling for a fresh start in America--Michael feels they may be called to an improbable new mission.

Michael must choose between closing the church and selling the property--or listening to a still, small voice challenging the people of All Saints to risk it all and provide much-needed hope to their new community. Together, they risk everything to plant seeds for a future that might just save them all.

Discover the true story that inspired the film while also diving deeper into the background of the Karen people, the church, and how a community of believers rally to reach out to those in need, yet receive far more than they dared imagine.

The Reverend Michael Spurlock served All Saints Episcopal Church in Smyrna, Tennessee, for three years. He is currently on the clergy staff at Saint Thomas Church Fifth Avenue in New York City. Michael, his wife, Aimee, and their two children live in New York City..

Remainders of the Day - A Bookshop Diary (Hardcover): Shaun Bythell Remainders of the Day - A Bookshop Diary (Hardcover)
Shaun Bythell
R794 R673 Discovery Miles 6 730 Save R121 (15%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Everything Is Spiritual - Finding Your Way in a Turbulent World (Paperback): Rob Bell Everything Is Spiritual - Finding Your Way in a Turbulent World (Paperback)
Rob Bell
R473 R393 Discovery Miles 3 930 Save R80 (17%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days
As a Woman - What I Learned about Power, Sex, and the Patriarchy After I Transitioned (Paperback): Paula Stone Williams As a Woman - What I Learned about Power, Sex, and the Patriarchy After I Transitioned (Paperback)
Paula Stone Williams
R461 R380 Discovery Miles 3 800 Save R81 (18%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Between the Mountain and the Sky - A Mother's Story of Love, Loss, Healing, and Hope (Hardcover): Maggie Doyne Between the Mountain and the Sky - A Mother's Story of Love, Loss, Healing, and Hope (Hardcover)
Maggie Doyne
R729 R603 Discovery Miles 6 030 Save R126 (17%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days

Between the Mountain and the Sky shows us the goodness that is possible when a single person--regardless of age--takes action to help another and, in the process, changes the lives of hundreds. Maggie's story begins in suburban New Jersey, in a comfortable middle-class family that supports her decision to travel the world during a gap year before starting college. During her travels, the trajectory of her life alters when she has a surprise encounter with a Nepali girl breaking rocks in a quarry. Maggie decides to invest her life savings of five thousand dollars to buy a piece of land and open a children's home in Nepal. That home becomes Kopila Valley Children's Home, and eventually, the nonprofit Maggie launches, the BlinkNow Foundation, also starts the Kopila Valley School, which provides tuition-free education for more than four hundred students. Maggie and BlinkNow's work have been recognized around the world for their innovative, sustainable work. However, this book isn't a how-to for fledging philanthropists or nonprofit founders--it's a coming-of-age story about a young woman suspended between two worlds, as well as the love, loss, healing, and hope she experiences along the way. And Maggie's inspiring, intimate tale shows readers an important truth: the power to change the world exists within all of us.

Die Kind Se Naam Is Anneke (Afrikaans, Paperback): Juliana Coetzer Die Kind Se Naam Is Anneke (Afrikaans, Paperback)
Juliana Coetzer
R295 R254 Discovery Miles 2 540 Save R41 (14%) Ships in 4 - 8 working days

Ses jaar ná die verskyning van Bloedvreemd vertel Juliana Coetzer wat hét geword van haar dogter, Anneke. In Bloedvreemd vertel die skrywer hoe Anneke op sewejarige ouderdom ’n virus opgedoen wat haar brein aangetas het, en geleidelik het sy verstandelik begin agteruitgaan. Die werklikheid het egter nie stilgestaan nie. Ses jaar ná die boek vra mense steeds – wat het geword van julle? Is Anneke oukei? Hoe maak ’n mens met die voortdurende verlies, die agteruitgang?

Juliana Coetzer is ook ’n terapeut. Met 'n skreiend eerlike stem wat voortdurend selfondersoek doen, skryf Juliana oor die verdere reis met Anneke, nou al in haar vroeg dertigs. Sy kan al hoe minder praat, al hoe minder verstaan, en steeds probeer sy haar onafhanklikheid behou. Sover Juliana en haar eggenoot, Fanus, daartoe in staat is, probeer hulle haar omhul in ’n wêreld met embarming en begrip. Maar elke dag (en nag) bring sy eie, eindelose uitdagings.

Die kind se naam is Anneke is aangrypende leesstof vir enigiemand wat al pyn/verlies ervaar het. Of jy ’n kind het of nie. En of jy Bloedvreemd gelees het al dan nie.

Black Magic - What Black Leaders Learned from Trauma and Triumph (Paperback): Chad Sanders Black Magic - What Black Leaders Learned from Trauma and Triumph (Paperback)
Chad Sanders
R461 R380 Discovery Miles 3 800 Save R81 (18%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days
I Am a Girl from Africa - A Memoir of Empowerment, Community, and Hope (Paperback): Elizabeth Nyamayaro I Am a Girl from Africa - A Memoir of Empowerment, Community, and Hope (Paperback)
Elizabeth Nyamayaro
R484 R398 Discovery Miles 3 980 Save R86 (18%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Icebound - Shipwrecked at the Edge of the World (Paperback): Andrea Pitzer Icebound - Shipwrecked at the Edge of the World (Paperback)
Andrea Pitzer
R476 R395 Discovery Miles 3 950 Save R81 (17%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days
An Elephant In My Kitchen (Paperback): Francoise Malby-Anthony, Katja Willemsen An Elephant In My Kitchen (Paperback)
Francoise Malby-Anthony, Katja Willemsen 1
R330 R258 Discovery Miles 2 580 Save R72 (22%) Ships in 5 - 10 working days

'The most magical book about the African bush since Born Free' - Daily Mail

'A beautiful love story between humans and the majestic elephants' Jo Malone, Daily Express

Françoise Malby-Anthony never expected to find herself responsible for a herd of elephants with a troubled past. A chic Parisienne, her life changed forever when she fell in love with South African conservationist Lawrence Anthony. Together they founded a game reserve but after Lawrence’s death, Françoise faced the daunting responsibility of running Thula Thula without him. Poachers attacked their rhinos, their security team wouldn’t take orders from a woman and the authorities were threatening to cull their beloved elephant family. On top of that, the herd’s feisty new matriarch Frankie didn’t like her.

In this heart-warming and moving book, Françoise describes how she fought to protect the herd and to make her dream of building a wildlife rescue centre a reality. She found herself caring for a lost baby elephant who turned up at her house, and offering refuge to traumatized orphaned rhinos, and a hippo called Charlie who was scared of water. As she learned to trust herself, she discovered she’d had Frankie wrong all along . . .

Filled with extraordinary animals and the humans who dedicate their lives to saving them, An Elephant in My Kitchen by Françoise Malby-Anthony is a captivating and gripping read.

Pee Wees - Confessions of a Hockey Parent (Paperback): Rich Cohen Pee Wees - Confessions of a Hockey Parent (Paperback)
Rich Cohen
R438 R362 Discovery Miles 3 620 Save R76 (17%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Haramacy - A collection of stories prescribed by voices from the Middle East, South Asia and the diaspora (Paperback): Zahed... Haramacy - A collection of stories prescribed by voices from the Middle East, South Asia and the diaspora (Paperback)
Zahed Sultan
R250 Discovery Miles 2 500 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

'A beautiful love letter to the diaspora, Haramacy is an essential collection of essays that push the conversation forward on issues to do with visibility, mental health, race and class' Nikesh Shukla 'A superbly crafted collection of essays. Often elegant, often visceral, always essential' Musa Okwonga Journalism in the UK is 94 per cent white and 55 per cent male, while only 0.4 per cent of journalists are Muslim and 0.2 per cent are Black. The publishing industry's statistics are equally dire. Many publications will use British Black, Indigenous People of Colour when it's convenient; typically, when the region the writer represents is topical and newsworthy. Otherwise, their voices are left muted. Haramacy amplifies under-represented voices. Tackling topics previously left unspoken, this anthology offers a space for writers to explore ideas that mainstream organisations overlook. Focusing on the experiences of twelve Middle Eastern and South Asian writers, the essays explore visibility, invisibility, love, strength and race, painting a picture of what it means to feel fractured - both in the UK and back home. Appreciating both heritage and adopted home, the anthology highlights the various shades that make up our society. The title, Haramacy, is an amalgamation of the Arabic word 'haram', meaning indecent or forbidden, and the English word 'pharmacy', implying a safe, trustworthy space that prescribes the antidote to ailments caused by intersectional, social issues. The book features contributions by novelists, journalists, and artists including Aina J. Khan, Ammar Kalia, Cyrine Sinti, Joe Zadeh, Kieran Yates, Nasri Atallah, Nouf Alhimiary, Saleem Haddad and Sanjana Varghese, as well as essays by editors Dhruva Balram, Tara Joshi and Zahed Sultan.

Hope Found - When Life Isn't All You Hoped It Would Be. God Is. (Paperback): Jim Ravella, Ginger Ravella Hope Found - When Life Isn't All You Hoped It Would Be. God Is. (Paperback)
Jim Ravella, Ginger Ravella
R543 R456 Discovery Miles 4 560 Save R87 (16%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Lone Rider - The First British Woman to Motorcycle Around the World (Paperback): Elspeth Beard Lone Rider - The First British Woman to Motorcycle Around the World (Paperback)
Elspeth Beard 1
R313 R257 Discovery Miles 2 570 Save R56 (18%) Ships in 12 - 17 working days

In 1982, at the age of just twenty-three and halfway through her architecture studies, Elspeth Beard left her family and friends in London and set off on a 35,000-mile solo adventure around the world on her 1974 BMW R60/6. Reeling from a recent breakup and with only limited savings from her pub job, a tent, a few clothes and some tools, all packed on the back of her bike, she was determined to prove herself. She had ridden bikes since her teens and was well travelled. But nothing could prepare her for what lay ahead. When she returned to London nearly two and a half years later she was stones lighter and decades wiser. She'd ridden through unforgiving landscapes and countries ravaged by war, witnessed civil uprisings that forced her to fake documents, and fended off sexual attacks, biker gangs and corrupt police convinced she was trafficking drugs. She'd survived life-threatening illnesses, personal loss and brutal accidents that had left permanent scars and a black hole in her memory. And she'd fallen in love with two very different men. In an age before email, the internet, mobile phones, satnavs and, in some parts of the world, readily available and reliable maps, Elspeth achieved something that would still seem remarkable today. Told with honesty and wit, this is the extraordinary and moving story of a unique and life-changing adventure.

Paris Nights - My Year at the Moulin Rouge (Paperback): Cliff Simon Paris Nights - My Year at the Moulin Rouge (Paperback)
Cliff Simon 1
R518 R406 Discovery Miles 4 060 Save R112 (22%) Ships in 12 - 17 working days

Paris Nights: My Year at the Moulin Rouge opens with a bored twenty-seven-year old Cliff Simon staring out at the ocean from his beachfront house, wishing he was somewhere else. Gavin Mills telephones him from Paris inviting him to join him at the iconic Moulin Rouge. Cliff sells everything he owns, leaving Johannesburg, South Africa for the City of Lights. He learns that his spot at the Moulin is not guaranteed and is forced to audition. Making the grade, he is put into can can school before he is allowed into the company. His adrenaline is pumping from excitement and fear, both of which he has faced before. Taking a look back, we see twelve-year-old Cliff helming a racing dinghy in the midst of a thunderstorm on the Vaal River. His father yells at him not to be a sissy, and he brings the boat back to shore alone. We then travel to London with his family escaping the tumult of Apartheid. He trains for the Olympics, but drops out, enrolling in the South African military where he subjected to harsh treatment and name calling Fokken Jood. After a honorable discharge, he works in cabaret at seaside resorts and is recruited as a gymnast in a cabaret, where he realizes that the stage is his destiny. The memoir fast forwards to Cliffs meteoric rise at the Moulin from swing dancer to principal in Formidable. Off stage he gets into fights with street thugs, hangs out with diamond smugglers, and has his pick of gorgeous women. With a year at the Moulin to his credit, doors open for him internationally and back in South Africa. He earns a starring role in Egoli: Place of Gold, and marries his long-time girlfriend, Colette. On their honeymoon to Paris, Cliff says, Merci Paris for the best year of my life.

Duitser Aan Die Kaap, 1724 - 1765 - Die Lewe En Loopbaan Van Hendrik Schoeman (Afrikaans, Hardcover, illustrated edition): K.... Duitser Aan Die Kaap, 1724 - 1765 - Die Lewe En Loopbaan Van Hendrik Schoeman (Afrikaans, Hardcover, illustrated edition)
K. Schoeman
R239 Discovery Miles 2 390 Ships in 4 - 8 working days

Aan die hand van eietydse dokumentasie het Karel Schoeman in hierdie titel die lewe herkonstrueer van sy Suid-Afrikaanse stamvader, die Duitser Hendrik Schoeman uit Sleeswyk-Holstein, wat in 1724 as matroos in diens van die VOC die Kaap bereik het, 'n prekere bestaan gemaak het as veeboer in die binneland van Suid-Afrika, en in 1765 in armoede in die huidige Klein-Karoo oorlede is. Soos Schoeman opmerk, is hierdie man in verskeie opsigte geskik om as "tipiese" stamvader uit die Kompanjiestyd beskou te word.

Save Yourself (Paperback): Cameron Esposito Save Yourself (Paperback)
Cameron Esposito
R461 R380 Discovery Miles 3 800 Save R81 (18%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days
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