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Falling Forward is a story of reclaiming identity, voice and power.
Although hailed, alongside Nelson Mandela and Oliver Tambo, as one of the ANC’s holy trinity, Walter Sisulu has remained a relatively neglected figure in the historiography of the struggle for liberation in South Africa. Modest and unassuming, Sisulu was always content to stay in the background in a way that has belied his importance. This nuanced and highly original biography of Walter Sisulu, drafted by political historian Tom Lodge before his untimely death, provides a powerful corrective. Lodge pronounces Walter an exceptional organiser, the most influential planner of the ANC’s mass campaigning during the 1950s, a principled but undoctrinaire communist, and alongside Mandela an advocate of the necessity of armed struggle. He also served as the careful navigator of the ambiguous relationship between the ANC and Umkhontho we Sizwe, and Lodge details how Sisulu’s exceptional grasp of this enabled him to confound the prosecution when he later played a lead role as a defendant in the Rivonia trial. Sentenced to life imprisonment with his fellow trialists, Walter’s became a calming influence amidst the divisive ideological debates which took place on Robben Island, as well as a constant source of strength and support to Mandela. Then, after his release from jail – ahead of Mandela – in 1989, he again demonstrated his prowess as the chief organiser of the ANC as it re-established itself prior to the 1994 elections. In this powerful account of his life, completed by Roger Southall, Lodge provides the detailed analysis of his commitment and contribution to South African freedom that Walter Sisulu deserves.
Unleashed is the hilarious, intensely honest memoir of Caitlin Venniker’s journey from Onderstepoort, the only veterinary training institution in South Africa, into the heart of private practice, with a few stops in the United Kingdom and the Middle East along the way. It’s a story of growing up, juggling owners with high expectations and animals with big opinions, bluffing confidence, quirky colleagues, cows with anger issues and midnight emergencies. It’s about navigating the challenges of dating, using coffee as a crutch, finding humour in dark moments, and the immense joy and grief that come with loving animals.
Have you ever felt lonelier in a relationship than when you were on your own? Know that you are not alone. Because I Love You is a book of stories — but not fiction. These are the real experiences of three women: Zara, Mira and Thuli. Their lives are distinct but they all experience emotional manipulation, psychological control, the slow erosion of self. Each woman’s story unfolds in full – beginning, middle and not always a clean end – amid fragments of the author’s story, woven quietly through the seams of the book.
Who polices the police?
Outback Western Australia, 1958. For generations, the MacBrides have lived on a remote sheep station, Meredith Downs. A million arid acres, it’s an ocean of land, where the weather is a capricious god, and time still roams untamed. One ordinary day, on a lonely road, under the unending blue sky, patriarch Phil MacBride swerves to avoid a kangaroo. In seconds the lives of the entire MacBride family are shattered. Instead of leaving wounds to heal, Fate comes for them yet again, in a twist of consequences that will cause one of them to lose their life, and another to sacrifice theirs for the sake of an innocent child. Matt, the youngest MacBride, is plunged into a moral and emotional journey for which there is no map, no guide, as he is forced to choose between love and duty, sacrifice and happiness. A sweeping novel of family and belonging, of compassion and hope, A Far-flung Life is the epic novel about people trying to do their best, each seeking shelter from the storm of life – and a powerful testament to the enduring strength of love.
Written in the six weeks following the sudden death of Mat, Ferguson’s soul mate, Swift is a memoir that unfolds, breath by breath, as the narrator moves through shock, fury, unspeakable sorrow, and an almost mythic sense of responsibility to save the life of a Swift, which she rescued seven days before her beloved left Earth. She somehow keeps the half-dead Swift alive through the blur of grief, but she has no real clue what she’s doing. Mat was the one who knew all about birds. He was the man with the heart of feathers who identified the rescue bird as a Little Swift when she brought it home. Mat told her many things about the bird: that it never touches the ground, that it eats, sleeps, drinks, and mates on the wing, and that it is a bird that can fly for up to two years without landing. In the aftermath of his shocking departure, and all its absurd bureaucratic requirements, an unlikely long-distance Swift guide appears in Ferguson’s DMs on old Twitter. Her name is Hannah, a hardcore Swift activist from the UK. Ferguson is mesmerized by the Swift Queen’s ethereal beauty and the tattoos of Swifts across her back.
Orphan X is back with a bang in his biggest adventure yet. Two problems: A tech-billionaire whose psychological crisis could have catastrophic implications for the global order. And the abduction of vulnerable young woman, Anca, seized from the New York City Subway, held, hurt, then discarded like trash. One solution: Evan Smoak, a former black ops assassin codenamed Orphan X, now dedicated to helping the desperate with nowhere else to turn. But saving the world from a powerful man who has lost his mind while pursuing justice for an innocent survivor will test Evan like never before. Especially when complicated by Anca's inconvenient insistence that he show some measure of mercy to the men who abducted her. Because if the world's greatest assassin cannot kill, then this mission just got a whole lot more daunting and dangerous. As lethal threats mount, Evan may have to choose between upholding a higher code . . . and his own life.
Vir agt jaar het die sogenaamde Stasiemoordenaar die Kaapse Vlakte in
sy greep gehou – van 1986 tot 1994 verdwyn 22 jong seuns spoorloos en
die gemeenskap leef in vrees. Sommige van die seuns se liggame word
later gevind, begrawe in vlak grafte in bosse en
What if the secret to more energy, stronger immunity, better digestion
and weight loss didn’t lie in a supplement, but rather in your gut?
This book is part handbook, part recipe book, built entirely on
scientific research and made for real life. It's not a fad diet. It’s a
clear,
A thought-provoking collection of inspirational quotes and everyday wisdom to celebrate one of the most important people in your life. What is motherhood? What is the nature of this unique bond that begins at birth and guides us throughout our lives? A mother needs patience, courage, tolerance, flexibility, firmness and a thousand other qualities that grow in the human soul. Above all, she is a true friend to her child. At times, when our lives seem beset with contradictions and betrayals, a mother's love is the constant that gives us the courage never to quit and keep on pursuing our goals, and the conviction that we can reach them. We don't always tell our loved ones how much they mean to us, but with 365 Reasons You're the Perfect Mum you can show them. Packed full of inspirational quotes to put into words the things we can't always say, or don't say enough - how much we love our mums. This book is a tribute to mothers and motherhood, in fact, it's the perfect way to say what every mother wishes to hear.
All over the world, people sleep blissfully in Traumbett beds. These
marvellous feats of German engineering have successfully cornered the
mattress market everywhere. Everywhere, except Sweden and owner Konrad
Kaltenbacher Jr is desperate to expand there.
1920, a small, unnamed city in a colonial empire. Soraya Matas believes she has found the ideal job as a personal maid to the eccentric Mrs Hattingh, whose beautiful, decaying home is not far from the Muslim Quarter where Soraya lives with her parents. As Soraya settles into her new role, she discovers that the house is alive with spirits. While Mrs Hattingh eagerly awaits her son’s visit from London, she offers to help Soraya stay in touch with her fiancé Nour by writing him letters on her behalf. So begins a strange weekly meeting where Soraya dictates and Mrs. Hattingh writes – a ritual that binds the two women to one another and eventually threatens the sanity of both.
All rise…for Judge Stone.
Bendes in die Kaap is weer op mevrou Smit se spoor. Sy sal self moet
ingryp as sy haar doodgewone lewe wil behou.
Chasing the Internet, a revised version of Life Lessons: How to Fail and Win, chronicles Alan Knott-Craig’s relentless pursuit to bridge South Africa’s digital divide, taking readers from his early entrepreneurial struggles to building one of the country’s most innovative connectivity companies. This isn’t just another startup story – it’s a blueprint for purpose-driven entrepreneurship in emerging markets. Learn powerful lessons about partnerships, leadership transitions, and knowing when to bring in new talent to scale. Find out why tackling ‘hard things’ like township connectivity creates unbeatable competitive advantages. Be inspired by fibertime’s remarkable turnaround story. See that purpose and innovative thinking can transform both businesses and communities. This is the story of chasing an impossible dream and actually catching it.
Four old friends. One life-changing trip. It’s been three years since best friends Elin, Grace, Mariella and Jamie got together with their daughters for a book club night that would change their lives forever. Now, they travel to the breathtaking shores of Lake Como, Italy, to reunite for the first time since that fateful evening. Amid the idyllic landscape, sumptuous food and dog-eared pages of their favourite books, it becomes clear that the women are all keeping secrets from each other. What really happened all those years ago? And will the power of love and literature finally help them to let go?
Alexandra Moody's BookTok sensation DARLING DEVILS series is back with the most devilish Darling brother of all ― in a wholesome, banter-filled ice-hockey romance perfect for fans of Hannah Grace, slow-burn chemistry, and happily ever afters! Enemies. Team-mates. Something dangerously close to more … Parker Darling is ready to take center ice now that his older brothers have left to play hockey in college. He shows up to the first practice ready to be team captain of the Ransom Devils, only to find a new coach at the rink―one who already hates Parker for a dumb mistake he made years ago. A mistake he made with the help of Coach Foster's daughter, Mackenzie. Kenzie Foster loves hockey, too, and she's a ruthless goalie. If only her dad hadn't forbidden her from playing―not that she'd want to be on any team with that arrogant jerk Parker Darling. She can't believe she's stuck on the bench at a new school, watching the Devils struggle to win without the force of all three Darling brothers. Parker hates losing, and when the Devils' star goalie gets injured, he knows he has to step up and lead the team back to greatness. Kenzie, meanwhile, sees a wide-open net and an unused uniform just waiting to prove her dad wrong. They'll need to work together to reach their goals―without getting too close to making another big mistake. You’ve never fallen so hard for love on the ice!
A beautiful box set containing all three paperback instalments of the
Crescent City series from #1 bestselling global phenomenon Sarah J.
Maas.
Caroline Herschel has always lived in the shadows. Beholden to her wildly popular older brother, William, who rescued her from servitude, she's worked hard to build a life for herself – one where she can go unnoticed and repay the debt she believes she owes him. But when her brother becomes obsessed with sweeping the stars, everything changes. Newly appointed as the King's Astronomer, William is rushed away from the bustling streets of Bath to the quiet countryside of Windsor. When Caroline makes a discovery that could send her right back to the people she was rescued from, she has no choice but to leave her carefully constructed life and follow her brother. Taking up the position as William's assistant, Caroline resolves to learn everything she can about astronomy. But the more she understands, the more she falls in love with her telescope, and soon, she discovers that she might be good at the science, great, even, and that the stars could offer her the freedom she's always secretly wanted. When it’s clear that Caroline is just as much the astronomer as her brother, she realizes she must break free from the life she has lived and find her own place in the night sky. Based on the true story of Caroline Herschel, The Woman and Her Stars shines a light on a woman who was raised to believe she was worth nothing more than to serve others, but whose genius and resolve made her one of the world’s leading astronomers. An awe-inspiring story set within the societal boundaries of the Georgian era, it’s a hopeful journey of self-discovery, familial bonds, and passion.
Eden Fox, an artist on the brink of her big break, sets off for a run
before her first exhibition. When she returns to the home she recently
moved into – Spyglass, an enchanting old house in the pretty seaside
village of Hope Falls – nothing is as it should be. Her key doesn’t
fit. A woman, eerily similar to her, answers the door. And her husband
insists that this stranger is his wife.
One Word reveals the transformative power of discovering and embedding
your organisation’s true purpose – captured in a single word.
The greatest treasure in the spiritual life is not faith, but love. Love is humankind’s supreme gift and the core of internationally beloved author, Paulo Coelho’s, message. In The Supreme Gift he adapts the classic wisdom of the 19th century biologist, Henry Drummond St Paul, offering a powerful message that will help us incorporate love into our daily lives to experience all its transformational power. Henry Drummond defined love as the culmination of 9 elements: patience, kindness, generosity, humility, gentleness, dedication, tolerance, sincerity and innocence. Reflecting on this, Paulo Coelho brings us on his own journey of deepening his practice of love.
When your favourite rockstar offers to be your wingman, there's only one rule: do not fall for him. At twenty-seven, Marianto has it all – her dream man, a coveted job at a popular digital magazine and a bright future. Until one viral disaster ruins everything. Within hours, Marianto loses her boyfriend and her job. Her solution? Write the article of a lifetime on how to win back your ex. Enter Simón Arreaza – the sexy lead singer of her favourite indie band. After he discovers her list of experiments, he offers some advice, replacing each idea with one of his own. Marianto quickly sees results and so they strike a deal: if he coaches her on winning back her ex's heart, she will help raise his band's profile. But between the fake photo ops and late nights together, the lines of their alliance blur. Marianto begins to question what – and who – she really wants. Because Simón was never part of the plan . . . sometimes, the best things in life aren't.
Hyper-competent start up CFO Ellie is 46-years old and like most women, is already juggling too much. Daughter’s not talking to her, husband’s not listening to her, and she's got a promotion coming up at work. It's an inconvenient time to be beset by mid-life symptoms: coarse hair in new places, hot flushes, insomnia, losing time, finding bloodstains on all her clothing, howling at the moon. Her doctor diagnoses perimenopause. But it's another 28-day cycle that's taking hold. One involving fur, and teeth, and a not insignificant amount of rage. Suddenly the troubles in her life - hot flushes, thankless family, spiralling to-do list, oblivious husband, the w*nker promoted above her at work – seem almost... bitesize. A deeply gratifying, highly addictive and provocative read, Femme Feral is an exhilarating expression of feminine rage, with a warning: If you swallow your anger, it’s sure to come back with a bite. |
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