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Deelfontein (Afrikaans, Paperback): Nicole Jaekel Strauss Deelfontein (Afrikaans, Paperback)
Nicole Jaekel Strauss
R350 R312 Discovery Miles 3 120 Save R38 (11%) Ships in 5 - 10 working days

In 1900 reis die Britse dokter Oliver Glenville na Deelfontein in die Karoo om by ’n Britse veldhospitaal vir offisiere aan te sluit. Daar beland beseerde Britse soldate én Boerekrygers op sy operasietafel.

Klara Grootboom, ’n skoonmaker, rig ’n versoek aan hom wat teen sy beginsels indruis, maar dis asof sy hom in ’n vangnet van haar eie het.

Meer as ’n honderd jaar later skep ’n opkomende Kaapse kunstenaar ’n uitstalling uit Deelfontein se gegewens en ontdek ’n onverwagse familieband . . .

Analysis Of Safety Incidents (Paperback): Sarel J. Smit Analysis Of Safety Incidents (Paperback)
Sarel J. Smit
R537 Discovery Miles 5 370 Ships in 4 - 6 working days

Workplace incidents and accidents affect businesses long after the incidents occur. The interruption of busi­ness activities and running equipment results in financial loss. Injuries suffered by people damage a business’s image and competitive edge, and demotivate employees.

By approaching safety risks in a measured, responsible manner, safety professionals and business owners can mitigate the occurrence of incidents and prevent them from happening in the workplace.

Supply Chain Management (Paperback, 3rd Edition): Mark Maritz Supply Chain Management (Paperback, 3rd Edition)
Mark Maritz; Hannie Badenhorst-Weiss, Amanda Niewoudt
R550 Discovery Miles 5 500 In Stock

Supply Chain Management provides a practical framework for students and demonstrates how organisations manage the enterprise-wide functions of supply in today’s business environment. The textbook covers discussions around current supply chain issues within South African and southern African contexts. It also offers comprehensive coverage for undergraduate students who are studying transport and logistics as part of a degree or diploma, within a management qualification.

New to this edition:

•    Framing of SCM as value creation and not cost-cutting i.e. strategic importance and approaches to supply chain management
•    Impact of world events i.e. Russia-Ukraine war, Covid-19
•    Greater focus on sustainability and ethics
•    New technologies – AI, machine learning, big data
•    Additional information on supplier development
•    New overarching case study that leads students to analyse different elements of supply chain management and their application.

Table of Contents:

Part 1: Inbound supply chain
Chapter 1: Introduction to the concepts ‘supply chain management’ and ‘logistics’
Chapter 2: Purchasing and supply management 
Chapter 3: Supplier management
Chapter 4: Inbound transportation
Part 2: Internal supply chain
Chapter 5: Inventory management
Chapter 6: Warehouse management
Chapter 7: Operations management 
Part 3: Outbound supply chain
Chapter 8: Distribution management 
Chapter 9: Outbound transport
Chapter 10: Customer service and supplier management
Chapter 11: Integration of the supply chain 
Part 4: Supply chain management in practice
Chapter 12: Environmentally sustainable supply chain management
Chapter 13: Supply chain management in a platform economy
Chapter 14:  Supply chain management in the public sector

The Dragon's Prophecy - Israel, the Dark Resurrection, and the End of Days (Paperback): The Dragon's Prophecy - Israel, the Dark Resurrection, and the End of Days (Paperback)
R399 R367 Discovery Miles 3 670 Save R32 (8%) Ships in 4 - 8 working days

Is there an ancient vision that unlocks what is really happening to our world and what is yet to come? A dangerous force from ancient times that is now operating in the world and determining the course of world events? Did a three-thousand-year old mystery actually foretell the invasion of Israel by Hamas down to the year – and even the exact date? Is there a secret to the Book of Revelation that actually reveals what is taking place right now?

The Dragon's Prophecy: Israel, the Dark Resurrection, and the End of Days
For the first time ever, Jonathan Cahn will open up End-Time Prophecy to reveal the mysteries behind the End of the Age and what is now happening before our eyes - even the hidden keys to victory in the light of what’s coming – and how to overcome your Dragon!

The Dragon's Prophecy will reveal…

• The long-hidden secret of the Last Days
• The Dark Resurrection
• The Colors of the Apocalypse
• The Return of the Sea People
• The Day of the Dragon
• The Black Sabbath
• The Inverted Angel
• The Revenge of the Three Thousand
• The 2,315th Day
• The Secret on the Mount
• The Invaders
• The Beast
• And much, much, more!

What does the future hold?
What do you need to know and do?
And what about the Dragon?

The Dragon's Prophecy: Israel, The Dark Resurrection, and the End of Days

It will change the way you see the world.
It will open your eyes and blow your mind!

Pa's En Seuns - Bou 'n Sterk Pa-Seun Verhouding Wat Tot Eer Van God Is (Afrikaans, Paperback): Angus Buchan Pa's En Seuns - Bou 'n Sterk Pa-Seun Verhouding Wat Tot Eer Van God Is (Afrikaans, Paperback)
Angus Buchan
R129 R119 Discovery Miles 1 190 Save R10 (8%) Ships in 4 - 8 working days

Wil jy graag ’n nouer band hê met jou seun? Wil jy die tipe verhouding hê wat God eer en vir jou en jou seun ’n seën sal wees, nou en vir die res van julle lewens?

In Pa’s en seuns moedig Angus Buchan pa’s aan om die verhouding met hulle seuns te slyp, te beskerm en te koester. Deur temas soos nederigheid, liefde, waardering, genade en respek inspireer Angus mans om die tipe pa te wees wat God hulle gemaak het om te wees.

Hy herinner elke pa dat dit nooit te vroeg of te laat is om daardie kosbare verhouding met jou seun te koester nie.

We're Going To Need More Wine (Paperback): Gabrielle Union We're Going To Need More Wine (Paperback)
Gabrielle Union 3
R319 R291 Discovery Miles 2 910 Save R28 (9%) Ships in 9 - 17 working days

In the spirit of Amy Poehler’s Yes Please, Lena Dunham’s Not That Kind of Girl, and Roxane Gay's Bad Feminist, a powerful collection of essays about gender, sexuality, race, beauty, Hollywood, and what it means to be a modern woman.

One month before the release of the highly anticipated film The Birth of a Nation, actress Gabrielle Union shook the world with a vulnerable and impassioned editorial in which she urged our society to have compassion for victims of sexual violence. In the wake of rape allegations made against director and actor Nate Parker, Union—a forty-four-year-old actress who launched her career with roles in iconic ’90s movies—instantly became the insightful, outspoken actress that Hollywood has been desperately awaiting. With honesty and heartbreaking wisdom, she revealed her own trauma as a victim of sexual assault: "It is for you that I am speaking. This is real. We are real."

In this moving collection of thought provoking essays infused with her unique wisdom and deep humor, Union uses that same fearlessness to tell astonishingly personal and true stories about power, color, gender, feminism, and fame. Union tackles a range of experiences, including bullying, beauty standards, and competition between women in Hollywood, growing up in white California suburbia and then spending summers with her black relatives in Nebraska, coping with crushes, puberty, and the divorce of her parents. Genuine and perceptive, Union bravely lays herself bare, uncovering a complex and courageous life of self-doubt and self-discovery with incredible poise and brutal honesty. Throughout, she compels us to be ethical and empathetic, and reminds us of the importance of confidence, self-awareness, and the power of sharing truth, laughter, and support.

Strengths Finder 2.0 - A New and Upgraded Edition of the Online Test from Gallup's Now Discover Your Strengths (Hardcover,... Strengths Finder 2.0 - A New and Upgraded Edition of the Online Test from Gallup's Now Discover Your Strengths (Hardcover, Upgraded Edition)
Gallup, Tom Rath
R620 R541 Discovery Miles 5 410 Save R79 (13%) Ships in 5 - 10 working days

StrengthsFinder 2.0 features the NEW and UPGRADED version of the StrengthsFinder program, the main selling point of mega-bestseller Now, Discover Your Strengths (over a million copies sold). Access to the new and upgraded StrengthsFinder program will be available exclusively through this book.

DO YOU HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO DO WHAT YOU DO BEST EVERY DAY?

Chances are, you don’t. All too often, our natural talents go untapped. From the cradle to the cubicle, we devote more time to fixing our shortcomings than to developing our strengths.

To help people uncover their talents, Gallup introduced the first version of its online assessment, StrengthsFinder, in the 2001 management book Now, Discover Your Strengths. The book spent more than five years on bestseller lists and ignited a global conversation, while StrengthsFinder helped millions discover their top five talents.

In StrengthsFinder 2.0, Gallup unveils the new and improved version of its popular assessment, language of 34 themes and much more. While you can read this book in one sitting, you’ll use it as a reference for decades.

Loaded with hundreds of strategies for applying your strengths, this new book and accompanying website will change the way you look at yourself — and the world around you — forever.

AVAILABLE EXCLUSIVELY THROUGH THE UNIQUE ACCESS CODE INCLUDED IN STRENGTHSFINDER 2.0:

A new and upgraded edition of the StrengthsFinder assessment

A personalized Strengths Discovery and Action-Planning Guide for applying your strengths in the next week, month and year

A more customized version of your top five theme report

50 Ideas for Action (10 strategies for building on each of your top five themes)

The redesigned StrengthsFinder 2.0 companion website featuring: a strengths community area, a library of downloadable discussion guides and activities, a strengths screensaver, and a program for creating display cards of your top five themes

Too Late (Paperback): Colleen Hoover Too Late (Paperback)
Colleen Hoover
R305 R272 Discovery Miles 2 720 Save R33 (11%) Ships in 5 - 10 working days

The intense, gripping psychological suspense thriller from the bestseling author, previously published on Wattpad in 2016.

Sloan will go through hell and back for those she loves. And she does, every single day. After finding herself stuck in a relationship with the dangerous and morally corrupt Asa Jackson, Sloan will do whatever it takes to get by until she's able to find a way out. Nothing will get in her way. Nothing except Carter.

Sloan is the best thing to ever happen to Asa. And if you ask Asa, he'd say he's the best thing to ever happen to Sloan. Despite Sloan's disapproval of Asa's sinister lifestyle, he does exactly what he needs to do in order to stay a step ahead in his business. He also does exactly what he needs to do in order to stay a step ahead of Sloan. Nothing will get in his way. Nothing except Carter.

To Die For (Paperback): David Baldacci To Die For (Paperback)
David Baldacci
R385 R349 Discovery Miles 3 490 Save R36 (9%) Ships in 5 - 10 working days

Some secrets are too dangerous to keep . . .

TWO SUSPICIOUS DEATHS

When Dwayne and Alice Odom are killed, the police report states clearly that it was a drug overdose. So why is their daughter, who was there when they died, claiming that’s not the truth?

ONE YOUNG SURVIVOR

Betsy Odom doesn’t trust the police but when she finds herself in the FBI’s custody after her parents’ deaths, she knows she has to be careful. Her uncle wants to adopt her and as he is a very rich and powerful man, she wants to let him. His criminal connections, however, mean the authorities aren’t so sure.

ONE MAN ON THE RUN

Enter Travis Devine. Trying to escape a skilled predator who wants him dead, Devine finds himself as Betsy’s bodyguard. But when an informant is found murdered, Devine knows this job is perhaps even more dangerous than the one he’s running from . . . and the true enemy may be on his side.

Hulle Noem Haar Carminda (Afrikaans, Paperback): E. Kotze Hulle Noem Haar Carminda (Afrikaans, Paperback)
E. Kotze
R340 R304 Discovery Miles 3 040 Save R36 (11%) Ships in 5 - 10 working days

Skipper Mias Mulder keer uit Walvisbaai terug na Ei-Land aan die Weskus toe hy hoor dat ’n ander man by sy verloofde kuier. Hy leen ’n motorfiets en pak die lang rit na sy tuisdorp toe aan. Op pad kom hy ’n vrou, Carminda, teë wat gestrand is en ’n geleentheid soek. Sy ry agterop die motorfiets saam en klou styf aan hom vas. Eers geleidelik word haar hartseer herkoms bekend.

Hulle noem haar Carminda is ’n verhaal van liefde wat byna alles bedek, hoewel spoke uit die verlede bly pla.

Financial Mathematics - A Computational Approach (Paperback, 2nd Edition): K. Pereira, N. Modhien, K. Hunt Financial Mathematics - A Computational Approach (Paperback, 2nd Edition)
K. Pereira, N. Modhien, K. Hunt
R326 Discovery Miles 3 260 Ships in 4 - 8 working days

This book introduces the fundamentals of financial mathematics.

It begins with a discussion of simple and compound interest and then establishes the important concepts of effective and equivalent effective interest rates. Subsequent chapters discuss the applications of annuities to practical problems regarding the saving of money and repayment of loans. The notion of using net present value and internal rate of return to distinguish between two different investment opportunities is presented.

The concluding chapters of the book take a brief look at the use of differential and integral calculus in financial mathematics. Each chapter includes numerous worked examples that are solved with the aid of a financial calculator where applicable.

Picturing Change - Curating visual culture at post-apartheid universities (Paperback): Brenda Schmahmann Picturing Change - Curating visual culture at post-apartheid universities (Paperback)
Brenda Schmahmann
R420 R100 Discovery Miles 1 000 Save R320 (76%) In Stock

Since South Africa's transition to democracy, many universities have acquired new works of art that convey messages about the advantages of cultural diversity, and engage critically with histories of racial intolerance and conflict. Given concerns about the influence of British imperialism or Afrikaner nationalism on aspects of their inherited visual culture, most tertiary institutions are also seeking new ways to manage their existing art collections, and to introduce memorials, insignia or regalia, which reflect the universities' newfound values and aspirations. In Picturing Change, Brenda Schmahmann explores the implications of deploying the visual domain in the service of transformative agendas and unpacks the complexities, contradictions and slippages involved in this process. She shows that although most new commissions have been innovative, some universities have acquired works with potentially traditionalist - even backward-looking - implications. While the motives behind removing inherited imagery may be underpinned by a desire to unsettle white privilege, in some cases such actions can also serve to maintain the status quo. This book is unique in exploring the transformative ethos evident in the curation of visual culture at South African universities. It will be invaluable to readers interested in public art, the politics of curating and collecting, as well as to those involved in transforming tertiary and other public institutions into spaces that welcome diversity.

Private Dublin (Paperback): James Patterson, Adam Hamdy Private Dublin (Paperback)
James Patterson, Adam Hamdy
R385 R344 Discovery Miles 3 440 Save R41 (11%) Ships in 5 - 10 working days

In L.A., a star-studded movie premiere descends into chaos when a shooter opens fire on the crowd.

The culprit escapes and boards a plane to Dublin, Ireland.

Jack Morgan, the head of the world’s largest private detective agency, is at the premiere and his partner Justine is badly wounded in the shooting.

Following the gunman to Dublin, Jack soon realises that this is much bigger than a single shooter. What Jack thought was a random act of violence was actually a targeted attempt on his life.

To ensure the safety of those he loves most, Jack must find the person who is so intent on his downfall ­– and eliminate them once and for all.

Harry Potter en die Halfbloed Prins (Afrikaans, Paperback, Heruitgawe): J. K. Rowling Harry Potter en die Halfbloed Prins (Afrikaans, Paperback, Heruitgawe)
J. K. Rowling; Translated by Janie Oosthuysen
R370 R330 Discovery Miles 3 300 Save R40 (11%) Ships in 5 - 10 working days

Wanneer Dumbledore een nag in Ligusterlaan aankom om Harry Potter te kom oplaai, is sy hand swart en verskrompel, asof die vleis weggebrand is. Geheime en gerugte versprei deur die towenaarswêreld, en selfs Hogwarts is nie veilig nie. Harry is oortuig dat Malfoy die Donker Merk dra: daar is ’n Doodseter tussen hulle. Harry gaan kragtige towerkuns en egte vriende nodig hê terwyl hy Voldemort se donkerste geheime ondersoek, en Dumbledore berei hom voor vir die lot wat nog altyd op hom wag . . .

Small Business Management - Launching and Growing Entrepreneurial Values (Paperback, S.A. Edition): Nkoana Radipere, Justin... Small Business Management - Launching and Growing Entrepreneurial Values (Paperback, S.A. Edition)
Nkoana Radipere, Justin Longenecker
R923 Discovery Miles 9 230 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

Small Business Management lays out, step by step, the knowledge and insights needed to lead and manage a small business. It provides instruction and guidance that will greatly improve your odds for success as you take your own entrepreneurial journey. This edition presents the best information available today about launching and growing small businesses in South Africa.

The Midnight Carousel (Paperback): Fiza Saeed McLynn The Midnight Carousel (Paperback)
Fiza Saeed McLynn
R395 R353 Discovery Miles 3 530 Save R42 (11%) Ships in 5 - 10 working days

Come children, come children from far and near. Come choose your steed, you galloping knights, to enjoy the fun of the carousel . . .

Paris, 1914

Detective Laurent Bisset has reluctantly closed a most puzzling case. Fairgoers have been vanishing while riding a dazzling carousel. The only man who could be responsible is behind bars – but Laurent cannot explain what happened to those missing.

Chicago, 1920

Maisie Marlowe acquires a beautiful, antique carousel, and sets up the Silver Kingdom amusement park. It is a place of delight and wonder – until a child goes missing on its most famous ride.

When rumours of the Chicago disappearance reach Laurent, he crosses the Atlantic in search of new answers to an old mystery.

Together, can he and Maisie uncover the carousel’s secret before it claims another?

Vergete wereld - Die klipmuurnedersettings van die Mpumalanga-platorand (Afrikaans, Paperback): Peter Delius, Tim Maggs, Alex... Vergete wereld - Die klipmuurnedersettings van die Mpumalanga-platorand (Afrikaans, Paperback)
Peter Delius, Tim Maggs, Alex Schoeman
R400 R369 Discovery Miles 3 690 Save R31 (8%) Ships in 5 - 10 working days

If you drive through Mpumalanga with an eye on the landscape flashing by, you may see, near the sides of the road and further away on the hills above and in the valleys below, fragments of building in stone as well as sections of stone-walling breaking the grass cover. Endless stone circles, set in bewildering mazes and linked by long stone passages, cover the landscape stretching from Ohrigstad to Carolina, connecting over 10 000 square kilometres of the escarpment into a complex web of stone-walled homesteads, terraced fields and linking roads. Oral traditions recorded in the early twentieth century named the area Bokoni - the country of the Koni people. Few South Africans or visitors to the country know much about these settlements, and why today they are deserted and largely ignored. A long tradition of archaeological work which might provide some of the answers remains cloistered in universities and the knowledge vacuum has been filled by a variety of exotic explanations - invoking ancient settlers from India or even visitors from outer space - that share a common assumption that Africans were too primitive to have created such elaborate stone structures. Forgotten World defies the usual stereotypes about backward African farming methods and shows that these settlements were at their peak between 1500 and 1820, that they housed a substantial population, organised vast amounts of labour for infrastructural development, and displayed extraordinary levels of agricultural innovation and productivity. The Koni were part of a trading system linked to the coast of Mozambique and the wider world of Indian Ocean trade beyond. Forgotten World tells the story of Bokoni through rigorous historical and archaeological research, and lavishly illustrates it with stunning photographic images.

Oxford South African Illustrated School Dictionary - Grade 3-7 (Paperback, 2nd Edition): Oxford South African Illustrated School Dictionary - Grade 3-7 (Paperback, 2nd Edition)
R204 Discovery Miles 2 040 Ships in 6 - 10 working days

Improve your child's vocabulary, grammar, and pronunciation with the brand new edition of the Oxford South African Illustrated School Dictionary.

Exceptionally clear and easy to use, and updated with over 1000 new words, this popular dictionary offers excellent support for learners in Grades 3 to 7.

Marble Hall Murders - Magpie Murders: Book 3 (Paperback): Anthony Horowitz Marble Hall Murders - Magpie Murders: Book 3 (Paperback)
Anthony Horowitz
R395 R353 Discovery Miles 3 530 Save R42 (11%) Ships in 5 - 10 working days

From bestselling author, Anthony Horowitz, a new novel in the bestselling Magpie Murders series in which editor, Susan Ryeland, uncovers the clues in an Atticus Pund mystery to solve a murder.

Susan Ryeland has had enough of murder. She’s edited two novels about the famous detective, Atticus Pünd, and both times she’s come close to being killed. Now she’s back in England and she’s been persuaded to work on a third.

The new ‘continuation’ novel is by Eliot Crace, grandson of Miriam Crace who was the biggest selling children’s author in the world until her death exactly twenty years ago. Eliot believes that Miriam was deliberately poisoned. And when he tells Susan that he has hidden the identity of Miriam’s killer inside his book, Susan knows she’s in trouble once again.

As Susan works on Pünd’s Last Case, a story set in an exotic villa in the South of France, she uncovers more and more parallels between the past and the present, the fictional and the real world – until suddenly she finds that she has become a target herself.

It seems that someone in Eliot’s family doesn’t want the book to be written. And they will do anything to prevent it.

Leadership In Health Services Management (Paperback, 4th Edition): Karien Jooste, Siedine Coetzee Leadership In Health Services Management (Paperback, 4th Edition)
Karien Jooste, Siedine Coetzee
R575 R540 Discovery Miles 5 400 Save R35 (6%) Ships in 4 - 8 working days

Leadership in Health Services Management provides healthcare professionals with the necessary information to lead with commitment and strive towards a clear vision of health for all. It guides readers through crucially important issues such as leadership Leadership in Health Services Management provides healthcare professionals with the necessary information to lead with commitment and strive towards a clear vision of health for all. It guides readers through crucially important issues such as leadership styles, strategic thinking, motivation, negotiation, empowerment, knowledge management, and the application of leadership in daily operational management in health services.

Now in its fourth edition, the book contains original research on different topics that can assist in self-leadership in the workplace, a theme that is woven throughout the text. In addition, there is a focus on the application of leadership theories.

The book incorporates aspects of leadership that align with the South African Qualifications Authority and the requirements of the South African Nursing Council for postgraduate studies. In addition, a research component has been prioritised.

Managing For Excellence In The Public Sector (Paperback, 4th Edition): Gerrit van der Waldt Managing For Excellence In The Public Sector (Paperback, 4th Edition)
Gerrit van der Waldt
R888 R791 Discovery Miles 7 910 Save R97 (11%) Ships in 4 - 8 working days
Just Once (Hardcover): Karen Kingsbury Just Once (Hardcover)
Karen Kingsbury
R595 Discovery Miles 5 950 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

The #1 New York Times bestselling author writes a sweeping World War II love story about a young woman torn between two brothers.

In 1941, beautiful Irvel Holland is too focused on her secret to take much notice of the war raging overseas. She’s dating Sam but in love with his younger brother, Hank—her longtime best friend—and Irvel has no idea how to break the news. Then the unthinkable happens—Pearl Harbor is attacked. With their lives turned upside down overnight, Sam is drafted and convinces Hank to remain in Indiana, where he and Irvel take up the battle on the home front.

While Sam fights in Europe, an undeniable chemistry builds between Irvel and Hank but neither would dare cross that line. Then, two military leaders pay Irvel a visit at the classroom where she teaches. The men have plans for her, a proposition to join a new spy network. One catch: She can tell no one.

With Irvel caught between two brothers thousands of miles apart, can love find a way, even from the ashes of the greatest heartbreak?

Halloween Ends (DVD): Jamie Lee Curtis Halloween Ends (DVD)
Jamie Lee Curtis
R260 Discovery Miles 2 600 Ships in 15 - 30 working days

The most acclaimed and revered horror franchise in film history reaches its epic, terrifying conclusion as Laurie Strode faces off for the last time against the embodiment of evil, Michael Myers.

Michael hasn’t been seen for four years after the events of Halloween Kills. Laurie lives with her granddaughter Allyson and has chosen to liberate herself from fear and rage and embrace life. When a young man is accused of killing a boy he was babysitting, a cascade of violence and terror is ignited with a final confrontation between Laurie and Michael unlike any ever captured on screen.

Visual Century: 1973 - 1992: Vol 3 - South African art in context (Paperback): Mario Pissarra Visual Century: 1973 - 1992: Vol 3 - South African art in context (Paperback)
Mario Pissarra
R400 R369 Discovery Miles 3 690 Save R31 (8%) Ships in 5 - 10 working days

Volume 3 of Visual Century: South African Art in Context 1907-1948 is part of a four-volume publication that reappraises South African visual art of the twentieth century from a postapartheid perspective. Edited by Mario Pissarra, the volume looks at the years 1973 to 1992. The forw0rd by Rashied Araeen titled `Art and Human Struggle', sets the theme for this period. Bracketed by porous transitional moments in the early 1970s and 1990s, this volume covers a period characterised by a deepening of the struggle for democracy, a time when historical preoccupations with race were increasingly complemented with growing discourses on class and gender. It was a time when unprecedented internal and external pressure resulted in heightened introspection and action in and through the visual arts. The essays address a multiplicity of ways in which artists responded directly and indirectly to the challenges of this period, mostly as individuals but also through organisations. Resistance and complicity, and the spaces between, found expression in the use of everyday themes, biblical sources, ethnically derived themes, subtle and extreme forms of humour, as well as through representations of conflict. This is a period when challenging art was produced in community arts centres, universities and in public places, a time when the cultural boycott simultaneously united and polarised artists, and exiles mediated the ambivalences of `home'.

The Disorder of Things - A Foucauldian approach to the work of Nuruddin Farah (Paperback): John Masterson The Disorder of Things - A Foucauldian approach to the work of Nuruddin Farah (Paperback)
John Masterson
R266 Discovery Miles 2 660 Ships in 4 - 6 working days

Nuruddin Farah is widely regarded as one of the most sophisticated voices in contemporary world literature. Michel Foucault is revered as one of the most important thinkers of the twentieth century, with his discursive legacy providing inspiration for scholars working in a range of interdisciplinary fields. The Disorder of Things offers a reading of the Somali novelist through the prism of the French philosopher. The book argues that the preoccupations that have remained central throughout Farah's forty year career, including political autocracy, female infibulation, border conflicts, international aid and development, civil war, transnational migration and the Horn of Africa's place in a so-called 'axis of evil', can be mapped onto some key concerns in Foucault's writing most notably Foucault's theoretical turn from 'disciplinary' to 'biopolitical' power. In both the colonial past and the postcolonial present, Somalia is typically represented as an incubator of disorder: whether in relation to internecine conflict, international terrorism or contemporary piracy. Through his work, both fictional and non-fictional, Farah strives to present alternative stories to an expanding global readership. The Disorder of Things analyses the politics and poetics that underpin this literary project, beginning with Farah's first fictional cycle, Variations on the Theme of an African Dictatorship (1979-1983), and ending with his Past Imperfect trilogy (2004-2011). Farah's writing calls for a more refined, substantial reading of our current geo-political situation. As such, it both warrants and compels the kind of critical engagement foregrounded throughout The Disorder of Things. This book will appeal to students, academics and general readers with an interest in the interdisciplinary study of literature. Its engagement with theorists, drawn from postcolonial, feminist and development studies, set against the backdrop of a host of philosophical and sociological discourses, shows how such intellectual cross-fertilisation can enliven a single-author study.

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