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Die Kameraadskap van die Ring is uiteengedryf. Party berei hulle
sonder hoop voor vir oorlog teen die oeroue boosheid van Sauron.
Ander kry te kampe met die verraderlikheid van die towenaar
Saruman. Slegs Frodo en Sam bly oor om die vervloekte Ring van Mag
na Mordor – die donker koninkryk waar Sauron heers – te neem en te
vernietig.
Hulle gids is Gollum, listig en hebsugtig, ’n slaaf van die ring
wat almal die verderf in lei. Só vervolg hierdie manjifieke
topverkoper, ’n verhaal vol avontuur wat met Die Kameraadskap van
die Ring begin het, en met ’n oorrompelende hoogtepunt in Die
Koning keer terug ten einde loop.
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Satantango
(Paperback)
Laszlo Krasznahorkai; Translated by George Szirtes
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R474
R377
Discovery Miles 3 770
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Now in paperback, Satantango, the novel that inspired Bela Tarr's
classic film, is proof that the devil has all the good times. Set
in an isolated hamlet, the novel unfolds over the course of a few
rain-soaked days. Only a dozen inhabitants remain in the bleak
village, rank with the stench of failed schemes, betrayals,
failure, infidelity, sudden hopes, and aborted dreams. "Their
world," in the words of the renowned translator George Szirtes is
"rough and ready, lost somewhere between the cosmic and tragic, in
one small insignificant corner of the cosmos. Theirs is the dance
of death." Into this world comes, it seems, a messiah...
Oom Chris is die baas van Doodsedrif – of so het hy gedink. Sy vet, bruin kalf lę versuip langs die seekoeigat. Toe dryf oom Jan Oortjies se ou hond opgeblaas langs die oewer. Kraaibek, die mak bobbejaan, spring kort daarna waansinnig in die rivier en verdrink.
Telkens sien oom Chris se seuns die drietonige voetspoor op die riviersand. Manienk, een van die plaasseuns, meen dis Salmaklak, “die gladde nat dier wat hier by jou in die water is”. Hy trek die diere in die water in en los hul liggame om in die rivier af te dryf.
Maar wie het die Tswanaseun met ’n graaf oor die kop geslaan en in ’n vlak graf begrawe?
Karl Kielblock was ongetwyfeld een van die beste
speurverhaalskrywers in ons land. Met hierdie boek bewys hy dit
weer eens. Mooier as die blomme is deel van die Frans
Lindenhof-speurreeks en dis ‘n verhaal met baie spanning en
onverwagte wendinge en ook heelwat afwisseling wat daarvoor sorg
dat dit end-uit genietbaar bly. Namakwaland se kleurkaleidoskoop
lok elke jaar duisende besoekers van oraloor. Daar is egter iets
nog mooier en waardevoller as veldblomme wat in die Namakwaland
verskuil is, besef Joachim Verbeek wanneer ‘n skilderekspedisie
plotseling in 'n nagmerrie ontaard. Wanneer Verbeek se paadjie
onwetend met die van uitgeslape diamantdiewe kruis, verander dit
wat as ‘n rustige wegbreek beplan is in 'n jaagtog vol blink
klippies, verleidelike vroue – en lewensgevaar. Niks ontglip egter
die onverskrokke speurder-sersant Frans Lindenhof se waaksame oe en
fyn ore nie, en hy onderneem om die misdadigers vas te keer.
A novel about two young men that fall in love under unlikely circumstances.
One of them has sworn off relationships to avoid turning out like his abusive father, while the other rediscovers himself. The book follows their journey as they navigate through their new found feelings.
It’s a fun, quirky read but also an intense emotional rollercoaster.
Age is just a number... Until yours is up.
When a blood-soaked old man is spotted wandering through a sleepy
fishing village in the far north of Scotland, his neighbours think he’s
been in an accident.
Until he leads them to his home, and to the carefully arranged remains
of his late wife.
It is the first murder that the remote Highland village has ever seen.
It will not be the last.
Someone is targeting the elderly and vulnerable in their homes. Someone
they know. Someone they trust.
Arriving to lead the manhunt, DCI Jack Logan finds a close-knit
community closing ranks. Can Jack break down the wall of silence before
more lives are lost? Or, in this twisted, sadistic killer, has Jack
Logan finally met his match?
One For the Ages is the 16th book in the multi-million selling DCI Jack
Logan series from Scottish crime author, JD Kirk.
Met Daar Doer in Duitswes roep Helm Jooste vervloe dae met
nostalgie en humor in herinnering. Hy vertel met selfspot van sy
eie ervarings in onder andere die ou Suidwes: vertellings wat jou
terselfdertyd laat lag en met heimwee en deernis vul. Kom dans op
maat van die Rooiduin Orkes tot rooidag; skater en bloos oor die
lywige Ant Maryntjie en die tandlose Toks – en droom saam met ’n
bobaasverteller oor die “se nou maars” en verspeelde kanse in
Jessica se blou oe.
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Shore Leave
(Paperback)
David Whish-Wilson
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R547
R494
Discovery Miles 4 940
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Stay
(Paperback)
Elle Kennedy, Sarina Bowen
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R410
R366
Discovery Miles 3 660
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From New York Times bestselling author Elle Kennedy and USA Today
bestselling author Sarina Bowen comes the next in the spin-off series
of their wildly successful Him and Us books.
"I'm ridiculously attracted to you, Hottie. I figured I should be up
front about that."
"Shut up and kiss me again, Snipes."
Hailey Taylor Emery has a hunch that Sniper87, her favorite client at
Fetch—the anonymous virtual assistant service she runs with her
ex-husband—is actually gorgeous hockey superstar Matt Eriksson. It's
against the rules to check his file, but she's pretty sure she spends
every day texting her lifelong crush and catering to his every need.
Still processing her recent divorce, Hailey is perfectly content for
this to be nothing but harmless online flirting…until Sniper87 wants to
meet her. Face to face. Cue: utter panic.
Matt Eriksson is no stranger to heartbreak. He's still not over the
destruction of his own marriage, and it sucks to be the only guy on his
team who knows the truth: that hockey and long-term relationships are a
toxic mix. He barely sees his kids, and dealing with his ex makes him
feel worthless. The only person in his life who seems to understand is
someone who won't show her pretty face: the mysterious HTE, aka
"Hottie."
Surely, though, it's nothing a pair of fourth row hockey seats can't
fix. Superfan Hailey can't resist the offer, and Matt can't resist
Hailey. But when the phone screens come down, can they get past their
baggage long enough to build something real?
Struggling with integrating back into society after escaping her captor after five years of torture, sexual abuse as well as prostitution, Minenhle finds herself turning against the people who love her the most.
Haunted by dreams and memories of her torture and torment she turns to illegal substances in order to try and deal with the pain.
Toe leukemie in hul twintigste huweliksjaar by Marthie se man Derik
gediagnoseer word, word die Mombergs se lewe onherroeplik verander.
Die “vonnis” kom totaal onverwags en die prognose lyk donker: waar
Derik voorheen vir geen uitdaging nee gese het nie (die Twee Oseane
en die Comrades gehardloop het, entoesiasties was om sy
vlieglisensie te bekom en die paartjie op die kruin gestaan het van
’n skynbaar sorgelose en geleentheidbelaaide bestaan, moet hulle
nou die realiteit van hospitale, chemoterapie, en later die
onafwendbaarheid van Derik se dood, leer verwerk – en ervaar hulle
onder die moeilikste van omstandighede dat die kleure van liefde
nie net die sonskyngeel en pastelpienk van die lewe se ligkant
insluit nie – maar ook die swart van vrees, die grys van
onsekerheid en die rooi van pyn help inkleur. In Kleure van liefde
word met nugterheid en humor, maar ook op filosofiese en vraende
trant, besin oor die lewe voor, tydens en na ’n geliefde se dood.
Deur werklike dagboekinskrywings en e-posse die skrywer en haar man
by die vertelling in te sluit, word die leser betrek by ’n baie
persoonlike ontdekkingstog: die na aanvaarding, berusting – en
hoop.
Shield of Sparrows is a slow-burn, high-stakes romantasy perfect for
fans of Sarah J. Maas and Rebecca Yarros―where enemies become lovers,
monsters stalk a cursed realm, and a forgotten princess finds the
strength to tear off her crown and become the warrior she was never
meant to be.
The gods sent monsters to the five kingdoms to remind mortals they must
kneel.
I’ve spent my life kneeling―to their will and to my father's. As a
princess, my only duty is to wear the crown and obey the king.
I was never meant to rule. Never meant to fight. And I was never
supposed to be the daughter who sealed an ancient treaty with her own
blood.
But that changed the fateful day I stepped into my father’s throne
room. The day a legendary monster hunter sailed to our shores. The day
a prince ruined my life.
Now I’m crossing treacherous lands beside a warrior who despises me as
much as I despise him―bound to a future I didn’t choose and a husband I
barely know.
Everyone wants me to be something I’m not―a queen, a spy, a sacrifice.
But what if I refused the role chosen for me? What if I made my own
rules? What if there’s power in being underestimated?
And what if―for the first time―I reached for it?
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