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Electrifying and audacious, an unmissable new novel about old and new Europe, old and new love, from the twice-Man Booker-shortlisted author of Hot Milk and Swimming Home.
In 1988 Saul Adler (a narcissistic, young historian) is hit by a car on the Abbey Road. He is apparently fine; he gets up and goes to see his art student girlfriend, Jennifer Moreau. They have sex then break up, but not before she has photographed Saul crossing the same Abbey Road.
Saul leaves to study in communist East Berlin, two months before the Wall comes down. There he will encounter - significantly - both his assigned translator and his translator's sister, who swears she has seen a jaguar prowling the city. He will fall in love and brood upon his difficult, authoritarian father. And he will befriend a hippy, Rainer, who may or may not be a Stasi agent, but will certainly return to haunt him in middle age.
Slipping slyly between time zones and leaving a spiralling trail, Deborah Levy's electrifying The Man Who Saw Everything examines what we see and what we fail to see, the grave crime of carelessness, the weight of history and our ruinous attempts to shrug it off.
Raise self-confident, self-reliant children using the RIE
(Resources for Infant Educarers) Approach.
Your baby knows more than you think. That's the heart of the
principles and teachings of Magda Gerber, founder of RIE (Resources
for Infant Educarers), and Educaring. BABY KNOWS BEST is based on
Gerber's belief in babies' natural abilities to develop at their
own pace, without coaxing from helicoptering or hovering parents.
The Educaring Approach helps parents see their infants as competent
people with a growing ability to communicate, problem-solve, and
self-soothe.
BABY KNOWS BEST is a comprehensive resource that""shows parents how
to respond to their babies' cues and signals; how to develop
healthy sleep habits; why babies need uninterrupted playtime; and
how to set clear, consistent limits. The result? More relaxed
parents and more confident, self-reliant children.
Triple bill of romantic dramas based on the novels by Nicholas
Sparks. In 'Dear John' (2010), while Special Forces Army Sergeant
John Tyree (Channing Tatum) is home on leave, he meets beautiful
college student Savannah Curtis (Amanda Seyfried) and the two fall
in love. When the time comes for Savannah to return to college, she
promises to write to John during his 12-month enlistment overseas.
However, their budding love affair is put to the test when John
decides to re-enlist in the wake of the 9/11 attacks. 'Safe Haven'
(2013), follows the fortunes of a guarded young woman who
unexpectedly finds love in a North Carolina town. Katie Feldman
(Julianne Hough) stands out on arrival in Southport. Beautiful but
highly reserved, she makes it clear that she expects to have little
involvement in the social life of the town and its inhabitants.
However, an unforeseen chain of events brings Katie close to Alex
(Josh Duhamel), a widower who runs a store while also attempting to
bring up his young children. As she inexorably falls in love with
Alex and the children Katie begins to let down her guard, but doing
so threatens to raise the dark secret she has been protecting. Will
she find a way to reconcile the trauma of her past with the
possibility of a brighter future? 'The Best of Me' (2014), charts
the relationship between Dawson Cole (Luke Bracey/James Marsden)
and Amanda Collier (Liana Liberato/Michelle Monaghan), two people
from opposite sides of town, who fall deeply in love as teenagers.
However, Amanda's parents don't approve of Dawson and their
relationship is short-lived due to a number of unfortunate events
outside of their control. 20 years later, the pair are reunited at
a mutual friend's funeral and it doesn't take long for their
romance to rekindle. But although it seems the universe is
conspiring to bring them back together after all this time, it
seems there are still other forces at work which are determined to
keep them apart...
The long-awaited sequel to The Little Coffee Shop of Kabul, the bestseller that captured the hearts of millions worldwide.
Five extraordinary women. One unthinkable choice. A hope that won’t be extinguished.
Kabul, August 2021: Sunny Tedder is back in her beloved coffee shop. After eight years away, she’s thrilled to reunite with her Kabul “family.”
Yazmina now runs a couple of women’s shelters from the old cafe and dreams of a bright future for her two young daughters. Her sister Layla has become an outspoken women’s rights activist and, thanks to social media, is quite the celebrity. Kat, Sunny’s friend from America, is wrapping up her year-long stay in the land of her birth, but she’s facing some unfinished business. And finally, there’s elderly den mother Halajan whose secret new hobby is itself an act of rebellion.
Then the US troops begin to withdraw, and the women watch in horror as the Taliban advance on the capital at ferocious speed…
Set against the terrifying fall of Kabul in 2021, Deborah Rodriguez concludes her bestselling Little Coffee Shop trilogy with a heart-stopping story of resilience, courage, and, most importantly, hope
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The Sea Cemetery
Aslak Nore; Translated by Deborah Dawkin
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R634
R520
Discovery Miles 5 200
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The matriarch of a wealthy Norwegian dynasty commits suicide on the
family estate. Her unpublished memoirs about the family's trauma -
a wartime ship disaster that killed her husband and hundreds of
others - are missing. Her granddaughter embarks on a journey to
find the manuscript. Aided by a discredited secret agent with his
motives, they wind up the family's labyrinthian past - a dark and
dramatic story of secrets, betrayals, and doomed love. The Sea
Cemetery is a literary thriller, a sweeping family saga, and a
colourful drama about power and inheritance inspired by the great
tales from the 19th century as well as modern tv series. Distinctly
set in Norway, exploring universally human issues, the novel ends
in a fateful final voyage along the stunningly scenic Norwegian
coast. The quest to uncover the truth 75 years later converges in
the shipwreck on the bottom of the sea 300 meters below the surface
- where the shocking truth lies buried ...
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Who's Writing This Story?
Robin Newman; Illustrated by Deborah Zemke
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R514
R420
Discovery Miles 4 200
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Vir die eerste keer ooit word al die dramas, hoorspele en die libretto van N.P. Van Wyk Louw in ’n versamelbundel uitgegee, met ’n voorwoord deur prof. Chris van der Merwe.
Van der Merwe sê: “Met die herlees van die dramas, hoorspele, koorspel en libretto van N. P. van Wyk Louw het dit my opgeval hoe dikwels hulle ʼn gesprek met mekaar voer. Soortgelyke temas word herhaaldelik uitgebeeld; die tekste sluit by mekaar aan, komplementeer mekaar, spreek mekaar soms teen. Dikwels kom die temas wat Louw in sy essays bespreek het of in sy poësie tot uiting gebring het, ook in die karakterisering en die intriges van die dramas na vore. Dit is opmerklik dat die denke van Louw nooit stagneer nie; steeds is daar tekens van ʼn voortgaande worsteling en vernuwing. Die indiwiduele dramas, in die groter konteks van sy oeuvre gelees, laat ʼn fassinerende skrywerspersoonlikheid na vore kom."
Tant Bettie het 'n gunstelingbroekie wat op 'n dag van die
wasgoeddraad afgewaai word – en wilde avonture beleef. Sal Tant
Bettie ooit weer haar broekie terugkry? 'n Storie met koddige
kinkels en vrolike illustrasies, perfek vir voorlees!
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Polly Bee Makes Honey
Deborah Chancellor; Illustrated by Julia Groves
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R568
R487
Discovery Miles 4 870
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Follow Polly Bee as she flies to flowers, finds pollen and nectar,
and helps make sticky honey in this stylish and fact-filled picture
book, part of the new “Follow My Food†series that looks at the
ways different foods are made. How is honey produced? And how does
it get from the farm to the kitchen table? This simple story
provides young readers a glimpse into a day in the life of a worker
bee.  From flower to hive to table, this engaging story
will help kids understand where their food comes from, and it’s
ideal for teaching them about sustainability and the environment.
Featuring attractive collage-style art and rich vocabulary, the
book also includes information on beekeeping, fun facts about bees,
and a simple recipe.
Selected for the 2012 Man Booker Prize shortlist. As he arrives
with his family at the villa in the hills above Nice, Joe sees a
body in the swimming pool. But the girl is very much alive. She is
Kitty Finch: a self-proclaimed botanist with green-painted
fingernails, walking naked out of the water and into the heart of
their holiday. Why is she there? What does she want from them all?
And why does Joe's enigmatic wife allow her to remain? Profound and
thrilling, Swimming Home reveals how the most devastating secrets
are the ones we keep from ourselves.
Sullivan Stapleton, Rodrigo Santoro and Eva Green star in this
action film based on Frank Miller's graphic novel 'Xerxes' and set
before, during and after the events of '300' (2006). In 480 BC,
Athenian General Themistocles (Stapleton) leads the Greek Army in a
war against the invasion of King Xerxes I (Santoro), naval
commander Artemisia (Green) and their Persian forces. Themistocles
allies with the Spartans but they are still outnumbered by Xerxes'
men. Who will be victorious? The film was co-written by Zack Snyder
and Kurt Johnstad and also stars Lena Headey, Jack O'Connell and
Hans Matheson.
A powerful novel of the saving grace of language and human
connection, from the celebrated author of The Vegetarian.
'Breathtaking . . . She is simply my favourite living writer to
read, and think with, and see the world with' Max Porter In a
classroom in Seoul, a young woman watches her Greek language
teacher at the blackboard. She tries to speak but has lost her
voice. Her teacher finds himself drawn to the silent woman, for day
by day he is losing his sight. Soon they discover a deeper pain
binds them. For her, in the space of just a few months, she has
lost both her mother and the custody battle for her nine-year-old
son. For him, it's the pain of growing up between Korea and
Germany, being torn between two cultures and languages. Greek
Lessons is a tender love letter to human connection, a novel to
awaken the senses, vividly conjuring the essence of what it means
to be alive. Translated by Deborah Smith and Emily Yae Won.
'Another stunning gem: quiet, sharply faceted, and devastating'
Kirkus 'Han Kang is a writer like no other. In a few lines, she
seems to traverse the entirety of human experience' Katie Kitamura
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Preaching Racial Justice
Gregory Heille, Maurice Nutt, Deborah Wilhelm
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R823
R685
Discovery Miles 6 850
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Triple bill of thrillers. In 'Catch .44' (2011) Tes (Malin
Åkerman), Kara (Nikki Reed) and Dawn (Deborah Ann Woll) are three
women with guns who are working for crime boss Mel (Bruce Willis).
When they find themselves the victims in a double-crossing drug
deal that turns out to be more of a set-up than a heist gone wrong,
they set out to get their revenge. Forest Whitaker and Brad Dourif
co-star. 'Switch' (2011) is a French-language thriller in which a
woman's attempts to spice up her life through switching apartments
goes disastrously wrong. Sophie Malaterre (Karine Vanasse), a
Montreal fashion designer, initially enjoys swapping apartments
with a French woman she met over the internet, Bénédicte Serteaux
(Karina Testa). Sophie's first day in Paris is like a dream - but
her second is a nightmare. She is awoken by the police, led by
Detective Forgeat (Eric Cantona), who have discovered a dead body
in the duplex, and seem unable to distinguish Sophie from
Bénédicte... 'Hijacked' (2012) stars Randy Couture, Dominic Purcell
and Vinnie Jones. Paul Ross (Couture), a grizzled government agent,
has been investigating an influential crime organisation known as
The Tribe for a number of years. Just when he begins to feel that
he is making progress with the investigation his personal and
professional interests interconnect. When a private jet carrying a
wealthy businessman and Ross' former fiancée, Olivia (Tiffany
Dupont), is hijacked by The Tribe, Ross is the only government
agent on the scene. How will he cope?
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West Coast Wild Rainforest
Deborah Hodge; Illustrated by Karen Reczuch
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R514
R420
Discovery Miles 4 200
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Promoting the inclusion of climate change and sustainability issues
within the primary curriculum, this cutting-edge guide provides
age-appropriate activities, curriculum links and opportunities for
progression in knowledge and skills across lower and upper KS2.
Designed to bring contemporary issues to life, the set of
progressions include engaging and detailed lesson plans based
around the Science National Curriculum throughout KS2. The book
introduces essential curriculum concepts and teaches species
identification, showing pupils how to encourage care and action for
the natural world through outdoor activities linked to key
curriculum goals. It demonstrates ways to progress children’s
learning through leadership in a model science curriculum and by
the reformation of their own school grounds. Situating this
teaching outside the classroom ensures that the developing concepts
and knowledge are grounded in the real world, and being outdoors
also has huge benefits for children’s mental health and
wellbeing. The guidance and templates for development planning are
underpinned by current research, while vivid case studies bring
these ideas to life.
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