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In Laataandbiegstories en sulke dinge word die leser meegevoer deur onvergeetlike stories wat om die kampvuur lewe kry.
Soms is dit humoristies, soms deernisvol, soms skerp ironies, maar altyd boeiend. Daar word vertel van die nag van die donkie, van Tante wat sag word, van Pollie van die populiere en van die intrinsieke waarde van Victor, die lelike skaaphondkruising.
In Jan Nel se kortverhale herken die leser homself onomwonde; dis juis hoekom mens lag. Die mens, met al sy swakhede, bly tog maar mens, en om te lag is soveel makliker as om jouself te kasty.
With an Introduction and Notes by Keith Wren. University of Kent at
Canterbury. One of the most celebrated and popular historical
romances ever written, The Three Musketeers tells the story of the
early adventures of the young Gascon gentleman, D'Artagnan and his
three friends from the regiment of the King's Musketeers - Athos,
Porthos and Aramis. Under the watchful eye of their patron M. de
Treville, the four defend the honour of the regiment against the
guards of Cardinal Richelieu, and the honour of the queen against
the machinations of the Cardinal himself as the power struggles of
seventeenth century France are vividly played out in the
background. But their most dangerous encounter is with the
Cardinal's spy, Milady, one of literature's most memorable female
villains, and Alexandre Dumas employs all his fast-paced narrative
skills to bring this enthralling novel to a breathtakingly gripping
and dramatic conclusion. Our edition uses the William Barrow
translation first published by Bruce and Wylde (London,1846)
Incorporating elements of fiction, nonfiction, drama, and
poetry, Diane Glancy's stories are lyrical yet down to earth, often
tough and gritty. Experimental, sometimes surreal in form, they
nevertheless concern people who are very real-a color-blind young
boy who watches planes in flight and imagines color; a shy stamp
collector who speculates that he and his friend, like the stamps,
could go anywhere via the U.S. Post Office; an old woman who dies
in the cold landscape of her inner life but retains her vision; a
cynical woman reluctant to take risks with yet another traveling
man.
In spite of life's hard realities, Firesticks is filled with
humor and hope and a stitching together of cultures, as the
crossblood characters search for their identities.
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It Takes Two
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Julia Baznik; Foreword by Pat A Hargis
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A nerd must fight powerful spirits and aliens all vying for the
secret power of his "family jewel," so who better to fight
alongside him than his high school crush and a spirit granny?! Momo
Ayase and Okarun are on opposite sides of the paranormal spectrum
regarding what they'll believe in and what they won't. Their quest
to prove each other wrong leads them down a path of secret crushes
and paranormal battles they'll have to participate in to believe!
The banana-stealing Serpoians are back! And they've trapped Okarun,
Momo, and Aira in a void to have another go at stealing their
reproductive organs. The subsequent battle causes the powers of the
Acrobatic Silky dwelling within Aira to awaken, and she temporarily
joins forces with Momo and Okarun. But will they be any match for
their opponents after the aliens merge with their minions to form
an even greater being?!
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