The first general nonfiction title in thirty years from a giant of American letters, The Search for the Genuine is a sparkling, definitive collection of Jim Harrison's essays and journalism--some never before published New York Times bestselling author Jim Harrison (1937-2016) was a writer with a poet's economy of style and trencherman's appetites and ribald humor. In The Search for the Genuine, a collection of new and previously published essays, the giant of letters muses on everything from grouse hunting fishing to Zen Buddhism and matters of the spirit, including reported pieces on Yellowstone and shark-tagging in the open ocean, commentary on writers from Bukowski to Neruda to Peter Matthiessen, and a heartbreaking essay on life-- and, for those attempting to cross in the ever-more-dangerous gaps, death--on the US/Mexico border. Written with Harrison's trademark humor, compassion, and full-throated zest for life, this chronicle of a modern bon vivant is a feast for fans who may think they know Harrison's nonfiction, from a true "American original" (San Francisco Chronicle).

In Heilna du Plooy se derde digbundel besin sy veral oor verskillende soorte verhoudings: die verhouding met Suid-Afrika en die stamlande van Afrikaanssprekendes, verhoudings met familie en geliefde vriende, die verhouding met die persoonlike en kollektiewe verlede en verskillende vorms van magsverhoudings. ’n Besonder treffende reeks in die bundel handel dan ook oor die verhouding tussen jagter en prooi, die skuld van die maghebber en die offerande van die ondergeskikte, wat in die vorm van ’n gesprek met ’n reeks beeldhouwerke van Maureen Quin gegiet word. By hierdie reeks sluit verdere gedigte oor die skepping van kuns aan, wat teenoor ’n reeks oor ’n oppervlakkige verbruikerskultuur gelees kan word. Die bundel word afgesluit met ’n aantal elegiese verse en twee verse oor die eenvoudige waardigheid van sorg en mededeelsaamheid.

Catullus wrote on a wide variety of subjects - love (for both women and men), friendship, enmity, bereavement, the joy of homecoming and of drinking wine... And his poems display many moods: from romantic passion to bitter disillusionment, from teasing humour when a friend doesn't acknowledge his unwellness to sharp satire for a bad poet who thinks he's a good one, from grief expressed with a light touch at the death of his sweetheart's sparrow to total desolation on the death of his brother. All the poems have an apparent simplicity and straightforwardness of expression: like Roman frescoes and mosaics, they seem to speak directly to us.

Collected Poems, Vol. 1 includes all of the poems from Henry's first three titles with Flapjack Press - Staring Directly at the Eclipse, Travelling Second Class Through Hope, and Raining Upwards. Staring Directly at the Eclipse was Henry Normal's first poetry book in over twenty years, combining both new and selected poems from his previous performance work. It encompasses the subjects of love, death, loneliness, loss, human frailty and other classic conversation stoppers. Travelling Second Class Through Hope contains poems personally selected by the author from his 20th century works. Raining Upwards was Henry's first all-new poetry collection in over twenty years. These poems explore relationships with science, nature, humanity and other vital matters we are usually too busy to think about.

Martjie Bosman se debuutbundel, wat in 2003 met die Ingrid Jonkerprys vir poesie bekroon is. Die verse in hierdie versameling getuig van sterk beheer oor verstegniek, sober eenvoud en uitgebreide kennis van die breer literatuurlandskap. Dit spreek ook van intense meelewing met die geskiedenis en die natuur.

Benno Barnard is ‘n veelsydige Nederlandse skrywer wie se werk poësie, prosa, essays, toneeltekste en vertalings insluit. Binne en buite, verlede en hede, liefde en dood, die persoonlike en die openbare skep ’n tematiese rykdom en ’n boeiende estetiese spanning in sy werk.

Die verse self vertoon ‘n vaste vorm wat weens die digter se tegniese vernuf klinkklaar soos water vloei.

Benno Barnard se uitsonderlike stem is nou ook in Afrikaans hoorbaar danksy Daniel Hugo se teksgetroue maar soepel vertaling. In ’n nawoord plaas prof. Yves T’Sjoen hierdie gedigte in ‘n breër literêre en maatskaplike konteks.

The dazzling companion volume to the bestselling MYTHOS. There are heroes - and then there are Greek heroes.

Few mere mortals have ever embarked on such bold and heart-stirring adventures, overcome myriad monstrous perils, or outwitted scheming vengeful gods, quite as stylishly and triumphantly as Greek heroes.

In this companion to his bestselling Mythos, Stephen Fry brilliantly retells these dramatic, funny, tragic and timeless tales. Join Jason aboard the Argo as he quests for the Golden Fleece. See Atalanta - who was raised by bears - outrun any man before being tricked with golden apples. Witness wily Oedipus solve the riddle of the Sphinx and discover how Bellerophon captures the winged horse Pegasus to help him slay the monster Chimera.

Heroes is the story of what we mortals are truly capable of - at our worst and our very best.

Haikus and Home Truths Started on a trip to Japan, as a way of using the sleepless jet-lagged nights, composing haikus became something of an obsession. Gradually the idea formed for using the vehicle of the haiku poem to take a heart-journey, from a travelogue, charting the trip of a lifetime, to an inner journey of reflection. This illustrated collection invites the reader to travel with the author, to ponder, perhaps to smile, and to discover the versatility of this classic Japanese poetic form.

Returning to his childhood home, a man finds himself standing beside the pond of the old Sussex farmhouse where he used to play. When he meets an old friend, he is reminded of a name he has not heard for many years: Lettie Hempstock. And is transported to his 12th birthday, when Lettie claimed that this wasn't a pond at all, but an ocean... Plunged into 1983, our young protagonist struggles with the ripples of a disturbing event that makes him question his deepest assumptions about his fractured family. Striving to come to terms with his newly unknowable world, together with his new friend Lettie he must reckon with ancient forces that threaten to destroy everything and in turn learn to trust others to find his own feet. The Ocean at the End of the Lane is a thrilling feat of storytelling in which fantasy, sci-fi, myth and imagination combine in an adventure that unfolds right here, in our world.

In Uit die kroes word die Noord-Kaapse leefwêreld opgeroep in verse wat Namawoorde op verrykende wyse inkorporeer. Dit bevat gedigte wat die sentrale dog geringgeskatte rol van die bruin vrou in die Suid-Afrikaanse geskiedenis belig. Ook die hedendaagse posisie van die jong bruin vrou word bekyk – hoe daar byvoorbeeld steeds teen wanpersepsies oor ras en skoonheid gestry word. Jy dra jou kroes hare so laat mense kan sien. glad alleen beteken nie mooi nie.

Met Oewerbestaan lewer Melt Myburgh ’n debuutdigbundel wat beslis aandag gaan trek.

’n Groot aantal van die gedigte het te make met die landskap van die Noord-Kaap aan die oewers van die Oranjerivier waar die digter groot geword het. In die eerste afdeling word die tema "refleksies" ontgin en verwys na sowel die weerkaatsings van die lewe in dié droë, warm wêreld as na die besinning oor die betekenis wat die gebied en sy mense vir die digter ingehou het. In die afdeling “om federico” is ’n aantal gedigte oor Spanje, waar die landskap sterk herinner aan dié van die Noord-Kaap, maar wat terselfdertyd ook onmiskenbaar die wêreld van die Spaanse digter Federico García Lorca is.

In die afdeling “gesigte” is gedigte oor visioene, onverwagse insigte en ook ontluistering, soos die gedig “’n beeld raak los” waarin een van die sementbeelde in die Uilhuis op Nieu-Bethesda afgetakel word tot net die skelet van bloudraad oorbly.Die laaste afdeling, “inkdood”, bevat gedigte oor dood en verval wat die digter met sy skryfwerk probeer besweer.

Behind the stage lights and word-perfect soliloquies, sinister secrets are lurking in the wings. The mysteries in this collection reveal the dark side to theatre and performing arts: a world of backstage dealings, where unscrupulous actors risk everything to land a starring role, costumed figures lead to mistaken identities, and on-stage deaths begin to look a little too convincing. . . This expertly curated thespian anthology features fourteen stories from giants of the classic crime genre such as Dorothy L. Sayers, Julian Symons and Ngaio Marsh, as well as firm favourites from the British Library Crime Classics series: Anthony Wynne, Christianna Brand, Bernard J. Farmer and many more. Mysteries abound when a player's fate hangs on a single performance, and opening night may very well be their last.

In 1981, when he was thirty-three and had just caught what was then the largest British carp, Chris Yates wondered if he could now dream of capturing Redmire's Pool's real monster: the King. But far from the King itself, it was the idea of such a leviathan that hooked Chris that summer, playing him along the banks for one final season before releasing him back into the world. Chris's account of those pivotal months - originally published as The Lost Diary - recounts the final reckoning of an angler's long relationship with a beloved and mysterious pool. It is also a magical record of both familiar and freshly discovered waters, meetings with new friends, and unexpected encounters with creatures other than fish and presences that are not quite human.

’n Bloemlesing gedigte oor vroue, deur vroue – en vir dié wat met vroue leef. Lees oor beroepsvroue en huisvroue, verliefde, geliefde en ontnugterde vroue, vroue met kinders en sonder kinders, vroue wat in die kalklig staan en vroue wat deur grense breek. Hierdie verse beskou die heelal deur ’n vroulike blik. ’n Bundel om aan te gee vir ’n vriendin of ’n suster, vir ma’s en vir dogters, vir geliefdes – omdat ons almal ’n bietjie so is, en ook nié so is nie.

Acerbic, wisecracking and hilarious, this is the definitive essay collection from New York legend and satirist, Fran Lebowitz, star of Martin Scorsese's hit Netflix series, Pretend It's a City. 'The gold standard for intelligence, efficiency and humour. Now and forever' DAVID SEDARIS 'She's inexhaustible - her personality, her knowledge, her brilliance, most of all her humour' MARTIN SCORSESE 'The rare example of a legend living up to her own mythology. She really is THAT funny' HADLEY FREEMAN Lebowitz turns her trademark caustic wit to the vicissitudes of life - from children ('rarely in the position to lend one a truly interesting sum of money') to landlords ('it is the solemn duty of every landlord to maintain an adequate supply of roaches'). And her attitude to work is the perfect antidote to our exhausting culture of self-betterment ('3.40pm. I consider getting out of bed. I reject the notion as being unduly vigorous. I read and smoke a bit more').