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The Last Dance of the Debutante (Hardcover): Julia Kelly The Last Dance of the Debutante (Hardcover)
Julia Kelly
R726 R607 Discovery Miles 6 070 Save R119 (16%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days
The Mountain Whisperer (Paperback): Jia Pingwa The Mountain Whisperer (Paperback)
Jia Pingwa; Translated by Christopher Payne
R451 R374 Discovery Miles 3 740 Save R77 (17%) Ships in 9 - 15 working days
The Red Queen - Cousins' War 2 (Paperback): Philippa Gregory The Red Queen - Cousins' War 2 (Paperback)
Philippa Gregory 1
R240 R192 Discovery Miles 1 920 Save R48 (20%) In Stock

THE COMPELLING NOVEL FROM SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER PHILIPPA GREGORY The second book in Philippa's stunning new series, The Cousins' War, brings to life the story of Margaret Beaufort, a shadowy and mysterious character in the first book of the series - The White Queen - but who now takes centre stage in the bitter struggle of The War of the Roses. The Red Queen tells the story of the child-bride of Edmund Tudor, who, although widowed in her early teens, uses her determination of character and wily plotting to infiltrate the house of York under the guise of loyal friend and servant, undermine the support for Richard III and ultimately ensure that her only son, Henry Tudor, triumphs as King of England. Through collaboration with the dowager Queen Elizabeth Woodville, Margaret agrees a betrothal between Henry and Elizabeth's daughter, thereby uniting the families and resolving the Cousins War once and for all by founding of the Tudor dynasty. Praise for Philippa Gregory: 'Meticulously researched and deeply entertaining, this story of betrayal and divided loyalties is Gregory on top form' Good Housekeeping 'Gregory has popularised Tudor history perhaps more than any other living fiction writer...all of her books feature strong, complex women, doing their best to improve their lives in worlds dominated by men' Sunday Times 'Engrossing' Sunday Express 'Popular historical fiction at its finest, immaculately researched and superbly told' The Times

When We Cease to Understand the World (Paperback): Benjamin Labatut When We Cease to Understand the World (Paperback)
Benjamin Labatut; Translated by Adrian Nathan West
R466 R374 Discovery Miles 3 740 Save R92 (20%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days
The Next Ship Home - A Novel of Ellis Island (Paperback): Heather Webb The Next Ship Home - A Novel of Ellis Island (Paperback)
Heather Webb
R500 R429 Discovery Miles 4 290 Save R71 (14%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days

Ellis Island, 1902: Two women band together to hold America to its promise: "Give me your tired, your poor ... your huddled masses yearning to breathe free..." A young Italian woman arrives on the shores of America, her sights set on a better life. That same day, a young American woman reports to her first day of work at the immigration center. But Ellis Island isn't a refuge for Francesca or Alma, not when ships depart every day with those who are refused entry to the country and when corruption ripples through every corridor. While Francesca resorts to desperate measures to ensure she will make it off the island, Alma fights for her dreams of becoming a translator, even as women are denied the chance. As the two women face the misdeeds of a system known to manipulate and abuse immigrants searching for new hope in America, they form an unlikely friendship-and share a terrible secret-altering their fates and the lives of the immigrants who come after them. Inspired by true events and for fans of Kristina McMorris and Hazel Gaynor, The Next Ship Home holds up a mirror to our own times, deftly questioning America's history of prejudice and exclusion while also reminding us of our citizens' singular determination. This is a novel of the dark secrets of Ellis Island, when entry to "the land of the free" promised a better life but often delivered something drastically different, and when immigrant strength and female friendship found ways to triumph even on the darkest days.

Red Dog (Paperback): Willem Anker Red Dog (Paperback)
Willem Anker
R385 R331 Discovery Miles 3 310 Save R54 (14%) Ships in 4 - 8 working days

Coenraad de Buys was the most dangerous man around in the Cape of the late 1700s.

At eight he crossed his first frontier and left his mother’s house behind. Left his home (the first of many); left the Cape; left civilisation.

From the Langkloof Buys roves – a giant, a legend, polygamist and swindler; the bane of government, father to chieftains and a Buysvolk of his own. Everywhere his wild oats are sown; everywhere renegades and criminals join his band of outcasts. He interprets between Xhosa and English but speaks only his own words.

And everywhere on his travels, always there is the pack of dogs and the earless red leader that put Buys on his restless path. In Buys’ tracks, in his head, around his camp fires the slavering jaws snap.

He was born in the Langkloof. He died on the banks of the Limpopo. But Buys is not dead.

Red Dog is a novel about frontiers and borders. The Afrikaans original Buys was hugely acclaimed in 2014. Now it has been masterfully translated by Michiel Heyns.

Die Vertes In (Afrikaans, Paperback): Zirk van den Berg Die Vertes In (Afrikaans, Paperback)
Zirk van den Berg
R340 R292 Discovery Miles 2 920 Save R48 (14%) Ships in 4 - 8 working days

Duits Suidwes-Afrika, 1905. ‘n Tyd van oorlog en beroering.

Die tengerige Siegfried Bock kom as soldaat na die protektoraat om sy staal te wys. Maar hy word gou ontnugter toe hy vergrype aanskou wat hy nie kan vergeet nie. Lisbeth Löwenstein is hier om met ’n man te trou wat sy skaars onthou, ’n setlaar wat vir haar armlastige ouers geld gestuur het om haar tot vrou te neem. Mordegai Guruseb ontsnap uit ’n konsentrasiekamp waar gevangenes van ontbering omkom. Maar kort voor lank word sy vryheid weer bedreig. En dan is daar die mislukte dokter Albert Pitzer wat homself ’n wetenskaplike ag en hoop om data te versamel wat sy teorieë staaf. Alvaus Luipert, ’n plaaslike skoolmeester, duld egter nie sy arrogante aannames en vernederende metodes nie.

In die uitgestrekte, majestueuse landskap van Duits Suidwes-Afrika word dié vyf mense se lot vervleg en elkeen se menslikheid word tot die uiterste beproef.

Letters from War (Paperback): Mark Schultz Letters from War (Paperback)
Mark Schultz; As told to Travis Thrasher
R383 R315 Discovery Miles 3 150 Save R68 (18%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days

INSPIRED BY THE ORIGINAL HIT SONG
"W"hen Beth Thompson's only son, James, goes missing in action in Afghanistan, she is left with her prayers, hopes, fears . . . and letters.
Mother and son have been writing since boot camp. James writes of his struggle to become a confident soldier and of his concern for his young wife and their unborn child. Beth, like any mom, praises her son's courage even as she frets for his safety.
Even after James disappears, Beth is comforted by a daily ritual of writing him about her feelings, faith, and attempts to maintain a normal life when nothing is really normal but the waiting.
Based on platinum-selling singer Mark Schultz's hit song "Letters from War," this powerfully emotional and timely story reveals how faith sustains in even the darkest of circumstances.

Heading Out to Wonderful (Paperback): Robert Goolrick Heading Out to Wonderful (Paperback)
Robert Goolrick
R410 R345 Discovery Miles 3 450 Save R65 (16%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days

It is the summer of 1948 when a handsome, charismatic stranger, Charlie Beale, recently back from the war in Europe, shows up in the town of Brownsburg, a sleepy village nestled in the Valley of Virginia. All he has with him are two suitcases: one contains his few possessions, including a fine set of butcher knives; the other is full of money. A lot of money. Heading Out to Wonderful is a haunting, heart-stopping novel of love gone terribly wrong in a place where once upon a time such things could happen.

The Midwife of Venice (Paperback): Roberta Rich The Midwife of Venice (Paperback)
Roberta Rich
R477 R397 Discovery Miles 3 970 Save R80 (17%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days

Not since Anna Diamant's "The Red Tent" or Geraldine Brooks's "People of the Book" has a novel transported readers so intimately into the complex lives of women centuries ago or so richly into a story of intrigue that transcends the boundaries of history. A "lavishly detailed" ("Elle" Canada) debut that masterfully captures sixteenth-century Venice against a dramatic and poetic tale of suspense.
Hannah Levi is renowned throughout Venice for her gift at coaxing reluctant babies from their mothers using her secret "birthing spoons." When a count implores her to attend his dying wife and save their unborn son, she is torn. A Papal edict forbids Jews from rendering medical treatment to Christians, but his payment is enough to ransom her husband Isaac, who has been captured at sea. Can she refuse her duty to a woman who is suffering? Hannah's choice entangles her in a treacherous family rivalry that endangers the child and threatens her voyage to Malta, where Isaac, believing her dead in the plague, is preparing to buy his passage to a new life. Told with exceptional skill, "The Midwife of Venice" brings to life a time and a place cloaked in fascination and mystery and introduces a captivating new talent in historical fiction.

Finn Mac Cool (Paperback): Morgan Llywelyn Finn Mac Cool (Paperback)
Morgan Llywelyn
R512 R429 Discovery Miles 4 290 Save R83 (16%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days
West with Giraffes - A Novel (Paperback): Lynda Rutledge West with Giraffes - A Novel (Paperback)
Lynda Rutledge
R289 R222 Discovery Miles 2 220 Save R67 (23%) Ships in 9 - 15 working days

An emotional, rousing novel inspired by the incredible true story of two giraffes who made headlines and won the hearts of Depression-era America. "Few true friends have I known and two were giraffes..." Woodrow Wilson Nickel, age 105, feels his life ebbing away. But when he learns giraffes are going extinct, he finds himself recalling the unforgettable experience he cannot take to his grave. It's 1938. The Great Depression lingers. Hitler is threatening Europe, and world-weary Americans long for wonder. They find it in two giraffes who miraculously survive a hurricane while crossing the Atlantic. What follows is a twelve-day road trip in a custom truck to deliver Southern California's first giraffes to the San Diego Zoo. Behind the wheel is the young Dust Bowl rowdy Woodrow. Inspired by true events, the tale weaves real-life figures with fictional ones, including the world's first female zoo director, a crusty old man with a past, a young female photographer with a secret, and assorted reprobates as spotty as the giraffes. Part adventure, part historical saga, and part coming-of-age love story, West with Giraffes explores what it means to be changed by the grace of animals, the kindness of strangers, the passing of time, and a story told before it's too late.

The Viscount Who Loved Me - Bridgerton: Book 2 (Paperback, New ed): Julia Quinn The Viscount Who Loved Me - Bridgerton: Book 2 (Paperback, New ed)
Julia Quinn 2
R280 R224 Discovery Miles 2 240 Save R56 (20%) Ships in 5 - 10 working days

From New York Times bestselling author Julia Quinn comes the second novel in the beloved Regency-set world of her charming, powerful Bridgerton family, now a series created by Shonda Rhimes for Netflix.

Anthony Bridgerton needs a wife.

Having spent his twenties in a rakish pursuit of pleasure (whilst taking care to ensure the financial security of his mother and seven younger siblings and mother) he knows it's high time he settled down and ensured the continuation of the Bridgerton line.

Edwina Sheffield is considered the most beautiful debutante of the current season. She is also sweet, innocent and eminently biddable - Anthony is sure she'll make a perfectly acceptable wife and vows to make her his.

The only obstacle in his way is Edwina's older sister, Kate. Kate is determined to do all she can to allow her sister the chance to marry for love rather than convenience. And the roguish viscount is beginning to think he may have met his match in Kate's keen wit and sharp tongue. Until, that is, he makes the mistake of kissing her...

The Road to Jerusalem (Paperback): Jan Guillou The Road to Jerusalem (Paperback)
Jan Guillou
R461 R386 Discovery Miles 3 860 Save R75 (16%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days

For power. For passion. For glory. The epic story of the knights templar.

Born in 1150 to a noble family in the Kingdom of Western Gotaland, young Arn Magnusson is marked early on by a miraculous and fateful event. When the boy inexplicably recovers after falling from the parapet of his ancestral home, his mother finds herself beholden to a promise made in a moment of prayer. Arn, second-born son of Magnus Folkesson, will live his life in the service of God--sent from his family to do holy work and to prepare for a position in the priory.

At Varnhem monastery, Arn comes of age under the tutelage of Father Henri, a Cistercian monk devoted to his aristocratic pupil's education. However, grammar, math, and logic are not the only lessons: Brother Guilbert, the monastery blacksmith and former Knight Templar, finds Arn adept at training of a very different kind. Observing the boy's extraordinary talent with horse, sword, and bow, Father Henri, trusting in God's will, sends his charge into the world to fulfill a destiny that lies beyond the cloister walls.

Returning home, Arn finds his monastic habits at odds with his clan's old and tested ways. Yet his family soon discovers that Arn has learned more than poetry and farm work, and he proves himself useful at a time when he is needed most. The murder of a king has brought Western Gotaland into a whirlwind of intrigue, and cunning lords from East and West are vying for power. And, when Arn meets the lovely Cecilia, he discovers this new and dangerous world holds other surprises too. Before he can claim her hand, however, the headstrong and naive noble makes a fateful mistake that will wrench him from his love and send him to a foreign war--to the Holy Land to battle infidels for twenty years.

From the frozen landscapes of Northern Europe to the bloody battlefields of the Middle East, Arn will face brave knights, powerful queens, and treacherous kings. The first book in the international bestselling Crusades Trilogy, this thrilling epic of betrayal, faith, blood, and love sets "a Shakespearian quest for power" ("Corriere della Sera," Italy) against the backdrop of the Holy Wars, witnessed through a vibrant, unorthodox lens.

The World of After (Paperback): Stephen Henighan The World of After (Paperback)
Stephen Henighan
R847 R613 Discovery Miles 6 130 Save R234 (28%) Ships in 12 - 17 working days
Watermark (Paperback): Vanitha Sankaran Watermark (Paperback)
Vanitha Sankaran
R403 R338 Discovery Miles 3 380 Save R65 (16%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days

The daughter of a papermaker in a small French village in the year 1320--mute from birth and forced to shun normal society--young Auda finds solace and escape in the wonder of the written word. Believed to be cursed by those who embrace ignorance and superstition, Auda's very survival is a testament to the strength of her spirit. But this is an age of Inquisition and intolerance, when difference and defiance are punishable "sins" and new ideas are considered damnable heresy. When darkness descends upon her world, Auda--newly grown to womanhood--is forced to flee, setting off on a remarkable quest to discover love and a new sense of self . . . and to reclaim her heritage and the small glory of her father's art.

The Midwife (Hardcover): Tricia Cresswell The Midwife (Hardcover)
Tricia Cresswell
R534 R440 Discovery Miles 4 400 Save R94 (18%) Ships in 9 - 15 working days

A haunting and moving historical fiction, The Midwife by Tricia Cresswell is perfect for fans of The Familiars and The Binding. 1838. After a violent storm, a woman is found alone, naked and near death, on the Northumberland moors. She has no memory of who she is or how she got there. But she can remember how to help a woman in labour and how to expertly dress a wound, and can speak fluent French. With the odds against her, a penniless single woman, she starts to build her life from scratch, using her skills to help other women around her. She finds a happy place in the world. Until tragedy strikes, and she must run for her life . . . In London, Dr Borthwick lives a solitary life working as an accoucheur dealing with mothers and babies in the elegant homes of high society together with his midwife, and volunteering in the slums of the Devil's Acre alongside a young widow, Eleanor Johnson. His professional reputation is spotless and he keeps his private life just as clean, isolating himself from any new acquaintances. But he is harbouring a dark secret from his past - one that threatens to spill over everything.

Dors (Afrikaans, Paperback): Marinda van Zyl Dors (Afrikaans, Paperback)
Marinda van Zyl
R345 R297 Discovery Miles 2 970 Save R48 (14%) Ships in 4 - 8 working days

In die loop van 1876 kom verskeie groepe Transvalers by die samevloei van die Krokodil- en Maricoriviere aan met die idee om na Damaraland te trek. Om daar te kom, moet hulle ’n stuk waterlose Kalahari, bekend as die Dors, oorsteek. Maar die magstryd tussen die voormanne van elke groep om die hoofleier van die trek te wees laat die trek op 'n ramp afstuur, lank voor hulle die Dorsland binnegaan.

Before The Raid (Paperback): Tom L West Before The Raid (Paperback)
Tom L West
R272 Discovery Miles 2 720 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

Before the Raid was a 1942 Crown Film Unit, propaganda film, made for boosting public morale in war time. The booklet explores the making of this film at Portmahomack in North East Scotland, and its message about the need for free and oppressed peoples to engage in civil resistance towards evil and, with sacrifice, in their ability to overcome it. In support of their work in maintaining the local history of the Tarbat Peninsula, all proceeds from the sale of this book go to: The Tarbat Historic Trust.

The Barbary Pirates - An Ethan Gage Adventure (Paperback): William Dietrich The Barbary Pirates - An Ethan Gage Adventure (Paperback)
William Dietrich
R459 R385 Discovery Miles 3 850 Save R74 (16%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days

American explorer, adventurer, and lover Ethan Gage has braved the sands of Egypt, the perils of the Atlantic Ocean, and the harsh wilderness of early America. Now he finds himself in a desperate race with a powerful band of North African Muslim outlaws. The prize is the Mirror of Archimedes, an ancient superweapon that now, in 1802, could tip the balance of power in the Mediterranean.

Can Ethan rescue his lost love, Astiza, without betraying the cause of his own United States? Can he save the two-year-old son he only recently learned of without allowing the fiendish Egyptian Rite to dominate the world? And when the sun rises on the Mirror of Archimedes, will everything Ethan cares about go up in flames? Racing from the brothels of Paris to the canals of Venice to the dungeons of Tripoli, Gage will face his ultimate reckoning on the high seas--as he battles to prevent the destruction of the American, English, and French fleets at the ruthless hands of . . . The Barbary Pirates

As the Women Lay Dreaming (Paperback): Donald S. Murray As the Women Lay Dreaming (Paperback)
Donald S. Murray
R308 R251 Discovery Miles 2 510 Save R57 (19%) Ships in 9 - 15 working days

In the small hours of January 1st, 1919, the cruellest twist of fate changed at a stroke the lives of an entire community. Tormod Morrison was there that terrible night. He was on board HMY Iolaire when it smashed into rocks and sank, killing some 200 servicemen on the very last leg of their long journey home from war. For Tormod - a man unlike others, with artistry in his fingertips - the disaster would mark him indelibly. Two decades later, Alasdair and Rachel are sent to the windswept Isle of Lewis to live with Tormod in his traditional blackhouse home, a world away from the Glasgow of their earliest years. Their grandfather is kind, compassionate, but still deeply affected by the remarkable true story of the Iolaire shipwreck - by the selfless heroism and desperate tragedy he witnessed. A deeply moving novel about passion constrained, coping with loss and a changing world, As the Women Lay Dreaming explores how a single event can so dramatically impact communities, individuals and, indeed, our very souls.

The Dakota Cipher (Paperback): William Dietrich The Dakota Cipher (Paperback)
William Dietrich
R416 R351 Discovery Miles 3 510 Save R65 (16%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days

Ethan Gage wants to enjoy the fruits of victory after helping Napoleon win the Battle of Marengo, but an ill-advised tryst with Bonaparte's married sister has made that impossible. So now, with President Thomas Jefferson's blessings, Ethan and a mystic Norwegian, Magnus Bloodhammer, embark upon an expedition into America's western wilderness--dodging hostile Indians and a British seductress as they search for the mythical hammer of the Norse god Thor. The prize, which was allegedly carried to North America more than a century before Columbus arrived, leads them across a landscape no white man has yet traversed. Here Gage's skills will be tested as never before--as he braves frontier peril en route to the most incredible discovery of all time.

The Imposter Bride (Paperback): Nancy Richler The Imposter Bride (Paperback)
Nancy Richler
R337 R286 Discovery Miles 2 860 Save R51 (15%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days
The Rosetta Key - An Ethan Gage Adventure (Paperback): William Dietrich The Rosetta Key - An Ethan Gage Adventure (Paperback)
William Dietrich
R402 R335 Discovery Miles 3 350 Save R67 (17%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days

The year is 1799. As Bonaparte's army descends upon Israel, intent upon conquest, American adventurer Ethan Gage finds himself embroiled in an ancient mystery in the Holy Land, searching for a legendary Egyptian scroll imbued with awesome powers. The raffish and resourceful Gage must keep the mysterious document from his enemy, Napoleon--or, failing that, wrest it from him, even if it means pursuing his vengeful adversary back to France. And the wisdom of his great mentor, Benjamin Franklin, will offer Gage no solace should Bonaparte succeed in unlocking the terrible secrets of the Book of Thoth, and seizing ultimate power.

The Power of the Dog (Paperback): Thomas Savage The Power of the Dog (Paperback)
Thomas Savage; Afterword by Annie Proulx
R422 R343 Discovery Miles 3 430 Save R79 (19%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days
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