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So moes die liefde ly - 'n Passiespel (Afrikaans, Paperback): Charles Fryer So moes die liefde ly - 'n Passiespel (Afrikaans, Paperback)
Charles Fryer
R186 Discovery Miles 1 860 In Stock

So moes die Liefde ly is aanvanklik op versoek geskryf vir opvoering as ‘n projek om die lyding van Christus uit te beeld. Die opvoerings was baie geslaagd en nadat Charles Fryer die stuk verwerk het, word dit in die vroee negentigerjare in die Kangogrotte by Oudtshoorn opgevoer. Dit is elke tweede Paasseisoen aangebied en behalwe Suid-Afrikaners, het mense van regoor die wereld – Duitsers, Amerikaners en Nederlanders – hierdie weergawe van Jesus se lydingsgeskiedenis ervaar. Die teks is na die eerste opvoering heelwat uitgebrei en het nuwer en groter dimensies bygekry. Liedere, asook danstonele, is ingevoeg en die koor is vergroot van 20 tot ongeveer 50.

Notes on Grief (Paperback): Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie Notes on Grief (Paperback)
Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
R153 Discovery Miles 1 530 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

A personal and powerful essay on loss from Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, the bestselling author of Americanah and Half of a Yellow Sun. 'Grief is a cruel kind of education. You learn how ungentle mourning can be, how full of anger. You learn how glib condolences can feel. You learn how much grief is about language, the failure of language and the grasping for language' On 10 June 2020, the scholar James Nwoye Adichie died suddenly in Nigeria. In this tender and powerful essay, expanded from the original New Yorker text, his daughter, a self-confessed daddy's girl, remembers her beloved father. Notes on Grief is at once a tribute to a long life of grace and wisdom, the story of a daughter's fierce love for a parent, and a revealing examination of the layers of loss and the nature of grief.

The Angels Knocking on the Tavern Door - Thirty Poems of Hafez (Paperback): Robert Bly, Leonard Lewisohn The Angels Knocking on the Tavern Door - Thirty Poems of Hafez (Paperback)
Robert Bly, Leonard Lewisohn
R399 R326 Discovery Miles 3 260 Save R73 (18%) In Stock

The great Persian poet Hafez is so beloved in Iran that almost every family there keeps his "Divan" close at hand. For some fifteen years, esteemed American poet and author Robert Bly has worked with the great Islamic scholar Leonard Lewisohn to produce this translation, which for the first time captures Hafez's nimbleness, his fierce humor, his astonishing range of thought, and his delight in love--enabling English speakers to fully appreciate the true genius of this master of the "ghazal" form, one of the greatest inventions in the history of poetry.

Die Vrou Wat Alleen Bly - Twee Draaiboeke (Afrikaans, Paperback): Karel Schoeman Die Vrou Wat Alleen Bly - Twee Draaiboeke (Afrikaans, Paperback)
Karel Schoeman
R210 Discovery Miles 2 100 In Stock

By geleentheid van die gevierde skrywer Karel Schoeman se 75ste verjaardag in Oktober 2014 publiseer Protea Boekhuis twee televisiedraaiboeke, wat, hoewel hulle geruime tyd gelede reeds geskryf is, nie voorheen gepubliseer is nie. In die voorwoord tot die twee draaiboeke meld Karel Schoeman dat die twee draaiboeke in 1985 ontstaan het, toe daar bewerkings van sy romans verfilm is. Die twee dramatekste sou miskien eerder as leestekste en nie as speeltekste nie beskou kon word, maar Schoeman sluit nie die moontlikheid van verfilming uit nie. Hy skryf verder: “Die betrokke manuskripte het onlangs aan die lig gekom nadat ek gemeen het dat dit lankal nie meer bestaan nie, en word nou gepubliseer soos hulle geskryf is, aangesien dit nie sinvol gelyk het om na verloop van meer as 'n kwarteeu nog daaraan te probeer verander of verbeter nie.” Die eerste van die twee tekste, “'n Vrou wat alleen bly”, speel op 'n klein plattelandse dorpie af. Dit handel oor die raaiselagtige skietdood van 'n geliefde dominee en oor die versteuring van verhoudings tussen mense wat mekaar reeds lank ken wanneer 'n nuweling die gemeenskap binnekom. Die tweede teks, “Hier was huise, hier 'n pad” speel in 1908 af in en om 'n hotelletjie aan die Suid-Kaapse kus. In hierdie draaiboek bevind 'n aantal uiteenlopende karakters hulle toevallig en kortstondig in mekaar se geselskap. Sommige van die karakters reik huiwerig na mekaar uit, maar die verhoudings wat ontstaan, bly vervlietend. Soos in 'n Tsjechow-drama toon Karel Schoeman in hierdie twee tekste watter intensiteit daar in klein menslike gebare, huiwerende gesprek en versigtige uitreik na ander kan le.

Full House - A Wild Cards Collection (Paperback): George R. R. Martin Full House - A Wild Cards Collection (Paperback)
George R. R. Martin
R554 R468 Discovery Miles 4 680 Save R86 (16%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Rooi Soos Waatlemoen (Afrikaans, Paperback): Bertie Cloete Rooi Soos Waatlemoen (Afrikaans, Paperback)
Bertie Cloete
R124 Discovery Miles 1 240 Ships in 4 - 8 working days
The Tempest (Paperback, CSEC edition): William Shakespeare The Tempest (Paperback, CSEC edition)
William Shakespeare; Introduction by Gareth Calway; Notes by Gareth Calway; Volume editing by Dorothy L. Warner, Anieta Bailey; Notes by …
R343 Discovery Miles 3 430 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

This edition contains the full text of The Tempest with clear and supportive notes. A detailed introduction and a guide to each act and scene give you everything you need to study the play for CSEC (R) English B. Understand the language of the play with clear notes on each page. Learn about Shakespeare's world and the context of the play in the lively introduction. Get to grips with characters, themes and dramatic techniques with a guide to each scene. Trace the development of themes across the play with succinct summaries and links to the key scenes. Prepare for your final examinations with practice exam questions and annotated sample responses to show you how to improve your work.

Briewe Uit Die Tankwa (Afrikaans, Paperback): Leti Kleyn, Dawid Slinger Briewe Uit Die Tankwa (Afrikaans, Paperback)
Leti Kleyn, Dawid Slinger; Photographs by Adriaan Oosthuizen
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R415 Discovery Miles 4 150 Ships in 4 - 8 working days

Met kaarte en geografiese grense sal mens wel kan bepaal waar le die Tankwa-Karoo. maar vir Adriaan Oosthuizen kry jy die streek wanneer jy die langste grondpad tussen twee dorpe in Suid-Afrika aanpak: die pad tussen Ceres en Calvinia. Saam met Adriaan se foto’s vertel Leti Kleyn van haar besoek aan hierdie geliefde stuk land en dit word aangevul deur Dawid Slinger se vertellings en skrywes. ’n Fees vir die oog, lekkerleesboek en ’n inligtinggids ineen oor die geliefde streek wat die Tankwa-Karoo heet.

The Pan-African Pantheon - Prophets, Poets And Philosophers (Paperback): Adekeye Adebajo The Pan-African Pantheon - Prophets, Poets And Philosophers (Paperback)
Adekeye Adebajo
R380 R297 Discovery Miles 2 970 Save R83 (22%) Ships in 5 - 10 working days

This book makes a unique contribution to the literature on Pan-Africanism by providing biographical essays of major Pan-African figures, both well known and less known. In so doing, it analyses Pan-Africanism as a school of thought, and connects this intellectual thinking to the lived experiences of those who practised and promoted such a world view.

It covers well known Pan-Africanists such as W.E.B. Du Bois, George Padmore, Kwame Nkrumah and Frantz Fanon, as well as well-known figures not typically identified with Pan-Africanism in the mainstream, such as Maya Angelou and Mariama Ba.

The book also covers other areas, including the history of Pan-Africanism and the quest for reparations, pioneers, politicians and activists of Pan-Africanism, and Pan-Africanism in the humanities and social sciences, making it a great introductory reader for those interested in the subject. The book chapters are short, concise and easy to read. The authors are engaging and cover both historical and contemporary topics of interest to a wide audience, including university students. Attention has been directed at inclusive geographical and gender representation.

Mag Die Diep Slaap Jou Dan (Afrikaans, Paperback): Hilda Smits Mag Die Diep Slaap Jou Dan (Afrikaans, Paperback)
Hilda Smits
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R210 Discovery Miles 2 100 Ships in 4 - 8 working days

Soos Hilda Smits se eerste, bekroonde bundel die bome reusagtig soos ons was betrek die verse in hierdie bundel die leser by die hoogs persoonlike en gee dit terserfdertyd betekenis aan die universele belewenis.

Die verse is magies soos bewussynstroom, soos drome waar die kloutjie nie altyd by die oor uitkom nie, ʼn mens ervaar dit met jou onderbewuste, in jou maag. Dis dromerig soos meditasie, dis soos sit en staar na reën teen ʼn ruit.

Sinne is onvoltooid, werkwoorde hang in die lug sonder naamwoorde, byvoeglike naamwoorde is bedrieglik eenvoudig; “gewone” woorde soos mooi, sterk, fyn, jonk – dis egter die onverwagse beelde wat verras, en woorde wat buite hul normale konteks ingespan word, wat jou uitknikker.

PHANTOM GANG (Hardcover): Ciaran O'Rourke PHANTOM GANG (Hardcover)
Ciaran O'Rourke
R475 Discovery Miles 4 750 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

With lyric grace and meditative clarity, Phantom Gang offers a daring dissection of civilizational violence in a variety of contexts from the intimate atavisms and inequalities of Irish history to the insidious growth of the global Big Tech economy in the present day alongside deep, sensually delicate explorations of broken love and salvaged memories. Honouring the work of a range of writers and photographers, including John Clare (1793-1864), Martin Chambi (1891-1973), Bertolt Brecht (1898-1956), and Gerda Taro (1910-1937), these poems unsettle the boundaries between past and present, elegy and tribute, folkloric remembrance and political reportage, interweaving each with all to create a compelling vision of a world in motion and a consciousness alive to change - as spectral voices and still-living presences seep "into the open echo-chamber / of poetry", casting light on the inner and outer landscapes of the poet's life in time. Following his acclaimed first collection, The Buried Breath, O'Rourke here expands and enriches the thematic concerns of his early work to accommodate new forms of portraiture and moral questioning, while further honing the "clean-boned" music of his poetic style, lit always by a profound emotional charge. Phantom Gang confirms O'Rourke as a leading new voice in Irish poetry.

Om Hennie Aucamp Te Onthou (Afrikaans, Paperback): Danie Botha Om Hennie Aucamp Te Onthou (Afrikaans, Paperback)
Danie Botha
R61 Discovery Miles 610 Ships in 4 - 8 working days

Die geliefde en gevierde kortverhaalskrywer Hennie Aucamp is op 21 Maart 2014, slegs twee maande na sy 80ste verjaardag oorlede. In hierdie herinneringsboek word verskillende fasette van sy lewe deur familie, vriende en medeskrywers belig. Onder die familielede wat bydraes tot die boek gelewer het, is sy suster Rina wat herinneringe aan hulle kinderjare op die familieplaas Rus-mijn-ziel opdiep en sy neef Inus Aucamp wat meer vertel van die vestiging van die Aucamp-familie in die Stormberge. Die skryfster Margaret Bakkes, wat ook sy kleinniggie is en op 'n buurplaas grootgeword het, vertel hoe sy en Hennie reeds as kinders teenoor mekaar bely het dat hulle wil skryf. Daar is ook bydraes deur Marius en Christiaan Bakkes, wat oor Hennie se belangstelling in die natuur. Daar is besondere opstelle deur medeskrywers Lina Spies, Aletta Lubbe (gebore Aucamp), Danie Botha en Abraham de Vries, terwyl Daniel Hugo en Joan Hambidge gedigte opgedra aan Hennie gelewer het. Die radiopersoonlikhede Monica Breed en Margot Luyt skryf oor Hennie se ruimhartigheid en sy vriend Nico Loubser oor Hennie se laaste dae. Foto’s van Philip de Vos en Marius Bakkes skep 'n visuele beeld van die woordman Aucamp.

The Funny Stuff - The Official P. J. O'Rourke Quotationary and Riffapedia (Hardcover): P.J O'Rourke The Funny Stuff - The Official P. J. O'Rourke Quotationary and Riffapedia (Hardcover)
P.J O'Rourke
R661 R550 Discovery Miles 5 500 Save R111 (17%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days

A compendium of quotes and riffs by P.J. O'Rourke on subjects ranging from government ("Giving money and power to politicians is like giving car keys and whiskey to teenage boys") to fishing ("a sport invented by insects and you are the bait") to apps ("we need a no-app app--let's call it a nap") to be published on what would have been his 75th birthday. "P. J. O'Rourke was the funniest writer of his generation, one of the smartest and one of the most prolific. Now that he belongs to the ages, P.J. takes his rightful place along with Oscar Wilde, Mark Twain and Dorothy Parker in the Pantheon of Quote Gods."--Christopher Buckley from his introduction When The Penguin Dictionary of Modern Humorous Quotations was published in 1994, P. J. O'Rourke had more entries than any living writer. And he kept writing funny stuff for another 28 years. Now, for the first time, the best material is collected in one volume. Edited by his longtime friend and member of the American Society of Magazine Editors Hall of Fame Terry McDonell, THE FUNNY STUFF is arranged in six sections, organized by subject in alphabetical order from Agriculture to Xenophobia. From his earliest days at the National Lampoon in the 1970s, through his classic reporting for Rolling Stone in the 80s and 90s to his post-Trump, pandemic, new media observations of recent years, P.J. produced incisive, amusing copy. Not only did P.J. write memorable one-liners, he also meticulously constructed riffs that built to a crescendo of hilarity and outrage--and are still being quoted years later. His prose has the electric verbal energy of Tom Wolfe or Hunter Thompson, but P.J. is more flat out funny. And through it all comes his clear-eyed take on politics, economics, human nature--and fun. THE FUNNY STUFF is a book for P.J. fans to devour but also a book that will bring new readers and stand as testament to one of the truly original American writers of the last 50 years.

Die Lenige Liefde (Afrikaans, Paperback): Daniel Hugo Die Lenige Liefde (Afrikaans, Paperback)
Daniel Hugo
R58 Discovery Miles 580 Ships in 4 - 8 working days

Die liefde, natuur en digterskap is die oorwegende temas van die bundel en elk word vanuit ’n wye spektrum perspektiewe bekyk. Herman de Coninck se werk spreek van innoverende beeldspraak, totaal gestroop van pretensie – en Daniel Hugo slaag daarin om in sy vertalings die unieke karakter van De Coninck se werk te behou. Herman de Coninck het die Afrikaanse en Suid-Afrikaanse leser se verbeelding aangegryp met Liefde, Miskien (vertaal deur Daniel Hugo) in 1998. Die lenige liefde, ’n bloemlesing uit al De Coninck se werke, sal weereens die leser betower. Meer toeganklike poesie kom ’n mens nie aldag tee nie. De Coninck se werk spreek van innoverende beeldspraak waarvan die gebrek aan pretensie die leser maak lees, luister en onthou.

Unveiled - Poetic Reflections of a Yielding Heart (Paperback): Jenny Mathews Unveiled - Poetic Reflections of a Yielding Heart (Paperback)
Jenny Mathews
R773 R671 Discovery Miles 6 710 Save R102 (13%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days
How to Slowly Kill Yourself and Others in America - Essays (Paperback): Kiese Laymon How to Slowly Kill Yourself and Others in America - Essays (Paperback)
Kiese Laymon
R397 R323 Discovery Miles 3 230 Save R74 (19%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Die Roebaijat Van Omar Khajjam (Afrikaans, Paperback): Omar Khajjam Die Roebaijat Van Omar Khajjam (Afrikaans, Paperback)
Omar Khajjam; Translated by Daniel Hugo
R58 Discovery Miles 580 Ships in 4 - 8 working days

Die Roebaijat van Omar Khajjam is ’n groep Persiese kwatryne wat beroemd geword het toe ’n Engelse vertaling van Edward FitzGerald in 1859 gepubliseer is. Sedertdien het dit al meer as 650 verskillende uitgawes en ’n groot aantal herdrukke belewe. Meer as ’n honderd komponiste het sedertdien ook toonsettings van die kwatryne geskryf. Ook in Suid-Afrika het hierdie kwatryne (die woord roebai beteken kwatryn) bekend en gewild geword, onder andere deur die Afrikaanse vertalings van bekende digters soos C.Louis Leipoldt en C.J. Langenhoven. Khajjam se oorspronklike verse was nie gerangskik in enige bepaalde volgorde of tematiese samehang nie. FitzGerald het die kwatryne egter gerangskik en soms selfs herskryf om ’n poetiese eenheid daarvan te maak en om iets van Khajjam se hedonistiese lewensfilosofie weer te gee. Die bekende digter en vertaler Daniel Hugo het 50 van die kwatryne wat FitzGerald vertaal het, uitgesoek op grond van hulle vertaalbaarheid in Afrikaans en hulle trefkrag. Hierdie keuse wil steeds die wesenlike karakter van die kwatryne te behou. Hulle kan as eenheid of as selfstandige gedigte gelees word.

Soul Seeker - Reflections on a Spiritual Journey from Darkness to the Light (Paperback): Perspectus Soul Seeker - Reflections on a Spiritual Journey from Darkness to the Light (Paperback)
Perspectus
R410 R345 Discovery Miles 3 450 Save R65 (16%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days
More En Gistraand En Die Einde Van Die Maand (Afrikaans, Paperback): Philip de Vos More En Gistraand En Die Einde Van Die Maand (Afrikaans, Paperback)
Philip de Vos
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R285 R245 Discovery Miles 2 450 Save R40 (14%) In Stock

Dié jongste bundel verse deur Philip de Vos is vir jonk én oud, en getuig opnuut van sy vakmanskap as digter, sy slinkse, aweregse humor maar ook sy fyn waarnemingsvermoë.

Ritme dien as ruggraat vir elke vers, met ’n goeie skeut tong-in-die-kies stuitigheid, maar soms ook met ’n melancholiese, elegiese ondertoon.

Daar is verse oor die Skepping, oor Moses en oor Lot, verskeie oor nig Mara en Maraaia, en ter afsluiting meer as ’n handvol stoute kwatryne.

RLE: Japan Mini-Set E: Sociology & Anthropology (Hardcover): Various RLE: Japan Mini-Set E: Sociology & Anthropology (Hardcover)
Various
R28,319 Discovery Miles 283 190 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

Mini-set E: Sociology & Anthropology re-issues 10 volumes originally published between 1931 and 1995 and covers topics such as japanese whaling, marriage in japan, and the japanese health care system. For institutional purchases for e-book sets please contact [email protected] (customers in the UK, Europe and Rest of World)

Amfiteater - Skrywerstemme Van Oud-Tukkies (Afrikaans, Paperback): Amfiteater - Skrywerstemme Van Oud-Tukkies (Afrikaans, Paperback)
R143 Discovery Miles 1 430 Ships in 4 - 8 working days

In sy honderdjarige bestaan – vanaf sy beskeie begin in 1908, met een professor, drie lektore en twee en dertig studente, tot die reuse instelling wat dit vandag is - het die Universiteit van Pretoria rigting en dimensie gegee aan talle mense se lewe. Amfiteater gee 'n blik op die talent van gevestigde en minder bekende skrywers wat eens UP se kampus bewandel het – en verenig so die stemme van oud-Tukkies uit verskeie lewensterreine. Die essays in Amfiteater sal nie net by Tuks-Alumni reg oor die ouderdom spektrum byval vind nie, maar ook by enige leser met waardering vir kort prosa. Die trant van die meerderheid essays is lig en vermaaklik en daarom nie op 'n suiwer akademiese gehoor afgestem nie. Bydraers is almal Tuks-alumni, en sluit bekendes in uit die wereld van skrywers, joernaliste politici, historici en verhoogkunstenaars: Marius Ackermann, Johan Bakkes, Chris Barnard, Louise Boshoff, Martjie Bosman, Paul Bosman, Pik Botha, Terence Carney, Louis Changuion, T.T. Cloete, Neil Cochrane, Johann de Jager, Engemi Ferreira, Jeanette Ferreira, Joan Hambidge, Karin Hougaard, Neels Jackson, Carie Maas, Annamarie Marais, Johann Lodewyk Marais, Lizz Meiring, Fransjohan Pretorius, Wessel Pretorius, Dalena van Jaarsveld, Dolf van Niekerk, Cas Vos, George Weideman.

DARKNESS BETWEEN STARS (Hardcover): John F. Deane, James Harpur DARKNESS BETWEEN STARS (Hardcover)
John F. Deane, James Harpur
R475 Discovery Miles 4 750 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

In setting the poets side by side, this volume also highlights the two main faith traditions of the West: Deane with his Roman Catholic background, rooted in the landscape of Mayo; and Harpur with his Protestant (Church of Ireland and Quaker) heritage, influenced by myth, medieval history and mystics. Their two approaches to everyday life and ultimate reality - including nature, saints and mystics, music, art, prayer, and issues of faith and doubt - combine to make a single volume full of lyrical beauty and powerful witness. In addition, an afterword consisting of an informal dialogue between the two poets complements in prose the themes their poems explore. This is a book to challenge, console, delight and make its readers think again about their own journeys through this "vale of soul-making".

RLE: Japan Mini-Set D: Politics (POD) (8 vols) (Hardcover): Various RLE: Japan Mini-Set D: Politics (POD) (8 vols) (Hardcover)
Various
R22,431 Discovery Miles 224 310 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

Mini-set D: Politics re-issues works originally published between 1920 & 1987 and examines the government, political system and foreign policy of Japan during the twentieth century.

The Sound of Iona - Poetry and music inspired by the landscape (CD): Kenneth Steven The Sound of Iona - Poetry and music inspired by the landscape (CD)
Kenneth Steven
R217 Discovery Miles 2 170 Ships in 12 - 17 working days
Fadhil Al-Azzawi's Beautiful Creatures (Hardcover): Fadhil Al-Azzawi Fadhil Al-Azzawi's Beautiful Creatures (Hardcover)
Fadhil Al-Azzawi; Translated by Fadhil Al-Azzawi; Edited by Hannah Somerville; Introduction by Farouk Yousif
R486 Discovery Miles 4 860 Ships in 12 - 17 working days
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