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Veld - The Gardens And Landscapes Of Patrick Watson (Hardcover, Standard Edition): Garreth van Niekerk Veld - The Gardens And Landscapes Of Patrick Watson (Hardcover, Standard Edition)
Garreth van Niekerk; Photographs by Elsa Young; Artworks by Heidi Fourie
R800 R674 Discovery Miles 6 740 Save R126 (16%) Ships in 5 - 10 working days

Patrick Watson is currently South Africa’s most innovative and versatile landscape architect. Known for designing extensive mega-sites, such as Sun City and an entire Indian Ocean Island, he is also the creator of exquisite small gardens in private homes and quiet spaces for reflection, such as the Apartheid Museum and the Garden of Hope at St George’s Anglican Church in Parktown, Johannesburg.

In all he does, he combines artistic intuition with extensive botanical knowledge and a deep concern for the conservation and restoration of nature. His projects are creative, fresh with inspiration, and often bold, and he uses plants, colours, landforms and space to create visual and emotional experiences.

Covering 23 gardens and landscapes, and richly supported by sensitive photography and some specially commissioned artworks, the book is a beautiful record of a remarkable local talent, a visionary whose art is informed by nature. It recognises and celebrates the combination of knowledge, skill and instinct that make up the man, and the radical influence he has had on his profession.

An Eye For An Eye (Hardcover): Jeffrey Archer An Eye For An Eye (Hardcover)
Jeffrey Archer
R587 Discovery Miles 5 870 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

The unputdownable new novel from international bestseller Jeffrey Archer.

In one of the most luxurious cities on earth, a billion-dollar deal is about to go badly wrong. A lavish night out is about to end in murder. And the British government is about to be plunged into crisis.

Thousands of miles away, in the leafy Berkshire countryside, Lord Hartley, the latest in a line of peers going back over two hundred years, lies dying. But his will triggers an inheritance with explosive consequences.

Two deaths. Continents apart. Completely unrelated.

So why are they at the centre of a master criminal's plot for revenge? And can Scotland Yard’s Chief Superintendent William Warwick uncover the truth before an innocent man's life and legacy are destroyed?

Asterix in Korsika (Afrikaans, Paperback): R. Goscinny Asterix in Korsika (Afrikaans, Paperback)
R. Goscinny; Illustrated by A. Uderzo; Translated by Sonya van Schalkwyk-Barrois
R198 Discovery Miles 1 980 Ships in 4 - 8 working days

Vendettas, liggeraakte, trotse stamme en rebelle wat die Romeine in die maquis ontduik – dit is 50 v.C. in Korsika. Asterix en Obelix help hoofman Verinniwereldkitikitikitix om praetor Opsysenuvius se planne te fnuik en om teen Julius Caesar se ler op te staan. Want die Korsikane hou vol dat hulle net ’n Korsikaan as keiser sal aanvaar …

Asterix in Korsika is die 20ste boek in die gewilde Asterix-reeks.

Principles of Management Accounting - A South African Perspective (Paperback, 2nd Revised edition): Roos, Cairney, Chivaka,... Principles of Management Accounting - A South African Perspective (Paperback, 2nd Revised edition)
Roos, Cairney, Chivaka, Fourie, Haji, …
R680 Discovery Miles 6 800 Ships in 2 - 4 working days

Principles of management accounting 2nd edition is an accessible, entry-level management accounting textbook for university students aimed at second- and third-year students at universities and universities of technology, as well as those following MBA courses in accounting and finance. The book covers undergraduate-appropriate topics from the management accounting syllabus of the South African Institute of Chartered Accountants (SAICA). In doing so, most aspects of the relevant papers' syllabi of the Chartered Institute of Management Accountants (CIMA), as well as those of the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants (ACCA) are dealt with too. The contributors are from a range of South African tertiary institutions ensuring that the book is representative of the way management accounting is taught in this country and taking cognizance of the areas in which students have difficulty.

The Real Meal Revolution (Paperback): Tim Noakes, Sally-Ann Creed, Jonno Proudfoot, David Grier The Real Meal Revolution (Paperback)
Tim Noakes, Sally-Ann Creed, Jonno Proudfoot, David Grier; Photographs by Craig Fraser 36
R550 R503 Discovery Miles 5 030 Save R47 (9%) Ships in 5 - 10 working days

A scientist, a nutritionist, and two chef-athletes – the crack squad behind The Real Meal Revolution have walked or in some cases run the hard yards through the gauntlets of nutritional science and self-experimentation. The revelatory stance and the mouth-watering recipes in this book is the result of their experience combined with overwhelming scientific evidence.

Part myth-busting scientific thriller, part mouth-watering cookbook, the goal of the real meal revolution is to change your life by teaching you how to take charge of your weight and your health through the way you eat.

It advises on how to get:

  • more energy
  • less (or no) cravings
  • no hunger
  • weight loss
  • much better health in every aspect
  • better blood glucose and insulin readings
  • enhanced athletic performance
  • increased mental focus
  • better sleeping habits
Strategic and performance management in the public sector (Paperback): Frans Minnaar Strategic and performance management in the public sector (Paperback)
Frans Minnaar
R675 Discovery Miles 6 750 Ships in 7 - 10 working days

Public administration comprises two integrated components, namely the political process in terms of which government policy is formulated, and a management process in terms of how this policy must be implemented. The introduction of strategic and performance management systems and procedures in the public sector has become international standard practice, often resulting in a comprehensive redesign of the traditionally bureaucratic legislative framework - strategic management links the government organisation to the community, thus incorporating the actual needs of the community in government's planning, while performance management gears the organisation towards service delivery. Strategic and performance management in the public sector provides an integrated management model for 21st century government organisations. This title is a step-by-step presentation of the strategic and performance management process, starting with government policies and culminating in a comprehensive performance management system. It contains practical examples, activities, relevant legislation boxes and supplementary material for further understanding.

The Midlife Method - How To Lose Weight And Feel Great After 40 (Paperback): Sam Rice The Midlife Method - How To Lose Weight And Feel Great After 40 (Paperback)
Sam Rice
R332 R301 Discovery Miles 3 010 Save R31 (9%) Ships in 9 - 17 working days

In The Midlife Method, food and lifestyle writer Sam Rice explores why it is so much harder to lose weight as we get older and what we can do about it. Rather than focusing exclusively on restricted eating, as so many diets do, Sam guides us through her 'method' for midlife weight loss based on extensive research into the specific physiological changes that occur in our middle years.

She answers the questions that she herself asked when, in her forties, the weight suddenly started accumulating around the middle:

  • Why is this happening to me?
  • What am I eating that isn't helping?
  • What foods should I be eating more of?
  • How do calories fit into the equation?
  • How much and what kinds of exercise are most beneficial?
  • What other lifestyle changes do I need to make?

Including more than 80 delicious recipes for breakfast, lunch and family-friendly dinners, along with an easy 4-week meal plan, The Midlife Method shows how combining Light Days (active calorie restriction via calorie-controlled recipes) and Regular Days (focused on eating well-balanced, nutrient-dense food) can bring about healthy and sustainable weight loss. But we don't just want to lose weight as we get older, we want to feel great too, that is where The Midlife Method Healthy Habits come in.

Learn how to exercise optimally, get a better night's sleep, manage stress and enjoy alcohol as part of a healthier lifestyle. If you feel stuck in a midlife weight rut then this is the book for you.

Marketing Concepts And Strategies (Paperback, 9th Edition): Sally Dibb, William Pride, Ferrell, Lyndon Simkin Marketing Concepts And Strategies (Paperback, 9th Edition)
Sally Dibb, William Pride, Ferrell, Lyndon Simkin
R1,266 R1,185 Discovery Miles 11 850 Save R81 (6%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days

The ninth edition of Marketing Concepts and Strategies has been fully updated to reflect the latest marketing themes, together with the authors' real-life practitioner expertise.

The marketing world has gone digital as consumers rely on social media; new operational regulations abound on data compliance and privacy. Marketing has become more aligned to ethical, responsible and sustainability issues; the discipline has become more critical and reflective, and the pandemic has changed business strategies worldwide.

Pharos Afrikaanse Woordelys & Spelrels (Afrikaans, Paperback, 11de Uitgawe): SA Akademie vir Wetenskap en Kuns Pharos Afrikaanse Woordelys & Spelrels (Afrikaans, Paperback, 11de Uitgawe)
SA Akademie vir Wetenskap en Kuns 1
R575 R529 Discovery Miles 5 290 Save R46 (8%) Ships in 4 - 8 working days

Hierdie elfde, omvattend herbewerkte uitgawe bied (naas bestaande hoofstukke oor wisselvorme, getalle ens.) twee nuwe hoofstukke wat onderskeidelik leestekens en trappe van vergelyking bereel. Bestaande reels is aangepas en word eenvoudiger verduidelik. Nuwe lyste bied duidelike leiding oor plekname in die Ooste, landname met hul geldeenhede en ISO-kodes, en elemente in die periodieke tabel. Skryfhulp oor transliterasie, Omgangsafrikaans en die SI-stelsel maak die uitgawe n volledige hulpbron.

Your First Year Of Work - The Survival Guide (Paperback): Shelagh Foster Your First Year Of Work - The Survival Guide (Paperback)
Shelagh Foster
R55 R51 Discovery Miles 510 Save R4 (7%) Ships in 5 - 10 working days

Are you in your first job? Are you trying to find your first job? Are you stressing about entering the workplace? Are your parents stressing about you finding your first job? Shelagh Foster has seen so many people just like you, battling to get ahead once they've finished matric, college or university. This is a daunting time, but you don't need to go it alone -- let Shelagh guide you through the do's and don'ts of entering the workplace. This survival guide will give you answers to your workplace questions, and to questions you didn't even know to ask - Write the email that gets you an internship interview - Make a great impression in an interview - Crack the unwritten codes of office culture - Know how your body language impacts on your colleagues' impressions of your performance - Win respect in written and spoken communication - Be professional, no matter how humble your role might be - Interpret the office dress code ... Shelagh will show you the ropes and set you on the road to career success.

Daisy de Melker - Hiding Among Killers In The City Of Gold (Paperback): Ted Botha Daisy de Melker - Hiding Among Killers In The City Of Gold (Paperback)
Ted Botha
R320 R286 Discovery Miles 2 860 Save R34 (11%) Ships in 5 - 10 working days

A true crime classic about Daisy de Melker in ragtime Joburg – a city of murder, mayhem and gold.

Ted Botha takes the reader into the underbelly of Johannesburg in the 1920s and 1930s as he traces the fascinating story of the mysterious Daisy de Melker, who was hanged for poisoning her son. Many also believed she poisoned two husbands for their life insurance money.

In the shadow of ever-growing mine dumps, she went about her business quietly and unnoticed – the most unlikely of killers. Even though people close to her kept dying, no one suspected a thing for twenty years. When someone finally spoke up, it led to one of South Africa’s most sensational trials.

De Melker’s story unfolds in tandem with those of colourful Johannesburg characters of the same period such as the Foster Gang, Herman Charles Bosman, the dashing conman Baron von Veltheim and a Bonny-and-Clyde-style couple, Dicky Mallalieu and Gwen Tolputt. Some cross paths with each other and also those of famous writers of era such as Sir Arthur Conan Doyle and Sarah Gertrude Millin.

Pitch Battles - Sport, Racism And Resistance (Paperback): Peter Hain, Andre Odendaal Pitch Battles - Sport, Racism And Resistance (Paperback)
Peter Hain, Andre Odendaal
R540 Discovery Miles 5 400 Ships in 9 - 17 working days

“There will be a black Springbok over my dead body.” — Dr Danie Craven, President of the South African Rugby Board, 1969

Just a year after the controversial D’Oliveira affair, the organised disruption of the all-white 1969/70 South African rugby and cricket tours to Britain represented a significant challenge to apartheid politics. Led by future cabinet minister Peter Hain, the ‘Stop the Seventy Tour’ campaign brought about the cancellation of both tours, presaging white South Africa’s expulsion from the Olympics and the end of apartheid sport altogether.

With his brand of attention-grabbing, direct action sports protest, the 19-year-old Hain emerged as a hero to some and enemy to others. Now, reflecting on these experiences with fifty years of hindsight, Lord Hain, together with South Africa’s foremost sports historian and fellow anti-apartheid activist Andr Odendaal, shows how decades of relentless international and domestic campaigning for equality led to a Springbok team captained by black athlete Siya Kolisi winning the 2019 Rugby World Cup.

Interspersing a wide range of examples with personal testimony, Pitch Battles explores the themes of sport, globalisation and resistance from the deep past to the present day. Published in the same year as the Stop The Tour documentary from acclaimed director Louis Myles, this compelling story of sacrifice, struggle and triumph reveals how sport should never be divorced from politics or society’s values.

Beaten But Not Broken (Paperback): Vanessa Govender Beaten But Not Broken (Paperback)
Vanessa Govender; Foreword by Debora Patta 3
R330 Discovery Miles 3 300 Ships in 2 - 4 working days

At the height of her journalism career, more than one million households across the country knew her name and her face. Her reportage on human suffering and triumph captivated viewers, and with it Vanessa Govender shot to fame as one of the first female Indian television news reporters in South Africa. Always chasing the human angle of any news story, Govender made a name for herself by highlighting stories that included the grief of a mother clutching a packet filled with the fragments of the broken bones of her children after theyd been hacked to death by their own father, and another story where she celebrated the feisty spirit of a little girl who was dying of old age, while holding onto dreams that would never be realised. Yet Govender, a champion for societys downtrodden, was hiding a shocking story of her own. In Beaten But Not Broken, she finally opens up about her deepest secret one that so nearly ended her career in broadcast journalism before it had barely kicked off.

She was a rookie reporter at the SABC in 1999. He was a popular radio disc jockey, the darling of the SABCs Lotus FM, a radio station catering to nearly half a million Indian people across South Africa. They were the perfect pair, or so it seemed. And if anyone suspected the nature of the abusive relationship, Govender says, she doesnt believe they knew the full extent of the horror that the popular DJ was inflicting on this intrepid journalist. The bruising punches, the cracking slaps, and the relentless episodes filled with beatings, kicking and strangling were as ferocious as the emotional and verbal abuse he hurled at her. No one would know the brutal and graphic details of Govenders story until now.

In Beaten But Not Broken, this Indian woman does the unthinkable, maybe even the unforgiveable, in breaking the ranks of a close-knit conservative community to speak out about her five-year-long hell in this abusive relationship. Her story also lays bare her heart-breaking experiences as a victim of childhood bullying and being ostracised by some in her community for being a dark-skinned Indian girl. Govender tells a graphic story of extreme abuse, living with the pain, and ultimately of how she was saved by her own relentless fighting spirit to find purpose and love. This is a story of possibilities and hope; it is a story of a true survivor.

The Bomb - South Africa's Nuclear Program (Paperback): Nic Von Wielligh, Wielligh-Steyn von The Bomb - South Africa's Nuclear Program (Paperback)
Nic Von Wielligh, Wielligh-Steyn von
R679 Discovery Miles 6 790 Ships in 4 - 8 working days

South Africa's Bomb kept the world guessing for years. Six-and-a- half nuclear bombs had been secretly built and destroyed, former South African President F.W. de Klerk announced in 1993. No other country has ever voluntarily destroyed its nuclear arsenal.

From 1975 Nic von Wielligh was involved in the production of nuclear weapons material, the dismantling of the nuclear weapons and the provision of evidence of South Africa's bona fides to the international community. The International Atomic Energy Agency declared South Africa's Initial Report to be the most comprehensive and professional that they had ever received. In this book the nuclear physicist and his daughter Lydia von Wielligh-Steyn tell the gripping story of the splitting of the atom and the power it releases. It is an account of ground-breaking research and the scientists responsible; it deals with uranium enrichment, the arms race and South Africa's secret programme.

The Bomb: South Africa's Nuclear Programme is a story of nuclear explosions, espionage, smuggling of nuclear materials and swords that became ploughshares.

Constructing a Good Dissertation - A Practical Guide to Finishing a Masters, MBA or Phd on Schedule (Paperback): Erik Hofstee Constructing a Good Dissertation - A Practical Guide to Finishing a Masters, MBA or Phd on Schedule (Paperback)
Erik Hofstee 2
R389 R359 Discovery Miles 3 590 Save R30 (8%) Ships in 5 - 10 working days

A guide to writing good dissertations. The approach is both practical and sensible.

The entire dissertation process is broken down into manageable pieces. What to do, when to do it, the sense behind doing it, and how to do it efficiently are explained in a clear and easily understood way.

Checklists and online support are included:

  • Strategies for success before researching or writing;
  • manage the dissertation project;
  • structure the dissertation;
  • find a doable topic and identify an appropriate problem in it;
  • do effective preliminary and detailed research;
  • write proposals that work;
  • plan and write the 'big five' - introduction, literature review, method chapter, body, conclusion;
  • work effectively with supervisors;
  • avoid common errors;
  • mark your own dissertation before handling it in;
  • pass cum laude.
The Kind Worth Saving (Paperback): Peter Swanson The Kind Worth Saving (Paperback)
Peter Swanson
R386 Discovery Miles 3 860 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

The un-put-downable sequel to the bestselling The Kind Worth Killing.

TWO'S COMPANY, THREE'S FATAL

'Do you remember me?' she asked, after stepping into my office.

When private detective and former teacher Henry Kimball is hired to investigate an ex-pupil's cheating husband, he senses all is not quite what it seems, and before he knows it he's gotten far too close to the other woman. As the case gets ever stranger, he turns to the only person he can trust, Lily Kintner, someone with dark secrets of her own...

With its ingenious clockwork-like plot, and twists aplenty, The Kind Worth Saving is a crime novel to savour from a modern master.

Management And Cost Accounting In South Africa - Student Manual (Paperback): William Bishop, Colin Drury Management And Cost Accounting In South Africa - Student Manual (Paperback)
William Bishop, Colin Drury
R578 Discovery Miles 5 780 In Stock

For over forty years, Management and Cost Accounting has helped learners master the intricacies of accounting through a successful blend of theory and practice.

The Student Manual is a practical companion to the corresponding South African edition, Management and Cost Accounting in South Africa, featuring a wealth of questions for each chapter topic which empower students to practise and reinforce key concepts of management and cost accounting using South African examples and currency.

Help, Help - Stories (Afrikaans, English, Paperback): Nataniel Help, Help - Stories (Afrikaans, English, Paperback)
Nataniel
R295 R277 Discovery Miles 2 770 Save R18 (6%) Ships in 4 - 8 working days

This collection consists of 29 stories – 5 in English, 24 in Afrikaans. Several of the stories have been adapted from stage productions over a period of three years: BUTTERFLY, LOVESICK TIM, MOSCOW, SIX IN A BOAT, DIE SMITSTRAAT SUITE, ROME ’62 and PASSI PASSIO.

Hierdie jongste versameling van Natanil bevat 29 stories – 5 in Engels, 24 in Afrikaans. Verskeie van die stukke is verwerk uit Natanil-produksies oor ’n periode van drie jaar: BUTTERFLY, LOVESICK TIM, MOSCOW, SIX IN A BOAT, DIE SMITSTRAAT SUITE, ROME ’62 en PASSI PASSIO.

In At The Kill (Paperback): Gerald Seymour In At The Kill (Paperback)
Gerald Seymour
R473 R435 Discovery Miles 4 350 Save R38 (8%) Ships in 9 - 17 working days

Liverpool: a suburban crime family grips a whole city with fear. And their ambition reaches further still.

Galicia: an entire community waits on the windswept edge of Europe for the delivery of four tonnes of cocaine, brought across the ocean in an almost unbelievable craft.

London: Jonas Merrick, grey and quiet, alone in a small office, seems an unlikely character to be tasked with bringing down an international drug network. But while Jonas's colleagues regard him as scratchy, fastidious, old, he is also ruthless, cunning and brutally pragmatic. And he has a man on the inside: a would-be money-launderer on that wild Spanish coast. A man who has been undercover for so long, he has almost forgotten who he really is. And he is due to come home. Has to. For he will be given no mercy if he is caught. But Jonas needs him to stay.

The superb Jonas Merrick is fast becoming one of the great figures of British spy fiction. In At The Kill may be his most compelling story yet.

Applied Questions On Auditing (Paperback, 8th Edition): B.M. Barnard, B. Marx, A. van der Watt, P.A. Lansdell Applied Questions On Auditing (Paperback, 8th Edition)
B.M. Barnard, B. Marx, A. van der Watt, P.A. Lansdell
R1,210 Discovery Miles 12 100 Ships in 2 - 4 working days

The questions in this book are grouped according to the various topics covering the different stages of the audit process.

To enhance the value of the book and to make it more useful, it was decided to include answers to all the questions in the text.

Arctic Monkeys - The Car (CD): Arctic Monkeys The Car (CD)
Arctic Monkeys
R407 Discovery Miles 4 070 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

The Car is the seventh studio album from Arctic Monkeys. Featuring ten new songs written by Alex Turner, produced by James Ford and recorded at Butley Priory, Suffolk, La Frette, Paris and RAK Studios, London.

Essentials Of Statistics For The Behavioral Sciences (Paperback, 10th Edition): Larry Wallnau, Frederick Gravetter, James... Essentials Of Statistics For The Behavioral Sciences (Paperback, 10th Edition)
Larry Wallnau, Frederick Gravetter, James Witnauer, Lori-Ann Forzano
R1,330 R1,238 Discovery Miles 12 380 Save R92 (7%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days

ESSENTIALS OF STATISTICS FOR THE BEHAVIORAL SCIENCES, 10th Edition delivers straightforward instruction, hands-on learning tools and real-world examples to help you go beyond memorizing formulas to truly understanding the hows and whys of statistics.

Giving extra focus to the topics students typically struggle with most, the authors take time to fully explain statistical concepts. Integrated applications reinforce concepts, offering further support to ensure that even those with a weak background in mathematics can fully grasp statistics.

The authors also illustrate how an understanding of statistical procedures will help you comprehend published findings -- ultimately leading you to become a savvy consumer of information.

Die Woud Van Sneeu & Ys (Afrikaans, Paperback): Frenette van Wyk Die Woud Van Sneeu & Ys (Afrikaans, Paperback)
Frenette van Wyk
R270 R253 Discovery Miles 2 530 Save R17 (6%) Ships in 7 - 11 working days

“ … Ons noem jou Mysti,” sê Ravka, “dit pas by jou ... dis misterieus en mooi.” Mysti word in die sneeu in Lapland wakker. Verkluim. Met geen idee wie sy is of waar presies sy is nie. Ravka ontferm hom oor haar. Hy en sy ma Tóva neem Mysti onder hulle vlerk terwyl sy haar geheue probeer herwin. Intussen help sy Ravka by die rendiersentrum in Menetetty om getraumatiseerde rendiere te versorg, en raak al liewer vir hom. Maar iets onverklaarbaar gebeur in die nag met haar. Haar lyf verander en vervorm. Sy verstaan nie wat met haar gebeur nie. Mysti besluit om die raad van ’n heks in die vervloekte Iselande woud te gaan opsoek – voor Ravka uitvind daar is iets fout met haar. Wanneer Mysti moet kies waar sy wil bly, daag Cosmo, iemand uit haar verlede, op. Hy het haar kom haal om terug te neem na die woud waar sy vandaan kom. Saam met hom onthou sy al meer wie sy is. Is Ravka regtig wie hy sê hy is? Wie is Ozymoz? En hoe pas die legende van Joulupukki by die raaisel in?

Business By Grace - How I Built A World-Changing Advertising Business With R2000 (Paperback): Zibusiso Mkhwanazi, Steven Zwane Business By Grace - How I Built A World-Changing Advertising Business With R2000 (Paperback)
Zibusiso Mkhwanazi, Steven Zwane
R340 R260 Discovery Miles 2 600 Save R80 (24%) Ships in 5 - 10 working days

Zibusiso Mkhwanazi’s entrepreneurial journey has taken him from being a digital advertising prodigy to founding South Africa’s largest black-owned advertising agency group. His experiences have led him to believe that anyone has the potential to become a leader.

In this book, Business By Grace – How I Built a World-Changing Advertising Business with R2 000, Zibusiso shares the lessons he’s learned along the way, highlighting that the road to success is never easy. From his early struggles and business breakdowns to his current status as a revered entrepreneur, Zibusiso’s account demonstrates how resilience, tenacity, and his faith have helped him overcome challenges. His story is both inspiring and informative, offering valuable insights for entrepreneurs and business leaders alike.

At its core, the book is a tribute to the South African spirit. It tells the story of a young boy who sold sweets at school and grew up to become one of the country’s most successful business icons.

Business By Grace is a compelling and engaging book, a must-read for anyone seeking inspiration and guidance on their own entrepreneurial path.

Chris van Wyk: Irascible Genius - A Son's Memoir (Paperback): Kevin van Wyk Chris van Wyk: Irascible Genius - A Son's Memoir (Paperback)
Kevin van Wyk
R360 R326 Discovery Miles 3 260 Save R34 (9%) In Stock

When he died in 2014, author Chris van Wyk left behind an impressive literary legacy. The scope of his work was broad – poetry, children’s books, short stories and biographies. But perhaps he is best remembered for his memoir Shirley, Goodness & Mercy, which chronicles his growing up in Riverlea and introduces us to the colourful characters who helped to shape his life and inform the stories he wrote.

The public persona of this witty and wise raconteur was well known, but behind it was a family man, who liked nothing better than to spend time with his two sons Kevin and Karl, his wife and childhood sweetheart Kathy, and the friends and family who were his primary sources of inspiration.

Using the unique vantage point of oldest son, Kevin van Wyk’s astute observations of his father and the strong bond they enjoyed throughout Chris’s life have resulted in a memoir that is as affectionate as it is entertaining. In taking us behind the scenes into the Van Wyk household, we witness the inner workings of the mind of a storyteller, from the flowering of his father’s activism, wit and wisdom to the sources of his occasional quirky outbursts. If storytelling runs in the genes, Kevin may just be proof that his father’s spirit lives on.

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