Summerland - Malcolm Knox
R125,00
Every year since he can remember, Richard had spent his holidays on the sun-drenched shores of Palm Beach with his wife and two friends. Now a hollowed-out man, he remembers his paradise, their immaculate lives and the tales that can exist only between the most intimate of friends. As Richard reminisces, we begin to wonder whether he is reliving a lost paradise or actually reinventing it.
Product code: 9780330486781
All Balls and Glitter - My Life - Graig Revel Horwood with Alison Maloney
R120,00
The autobiography of Craig Revel Horwood, a judge on the BBC show Strictly Come Dancing. The book covers his life story, from his childhood in Australia to his celebrity encounters.Â
Product code: 978143173380
To Kill & Kill Again - Martin Fido
R150,00
A History of British Serial Killing chronicles the history of serial murder in Britain, focusing on how famous killers were identified and captured. The book documents the crimes and discusses the forensic and psychological breakthroughs that helped bring these killers to justice. Cases covered include the Whitechapel Murders attributed to Jack the Ripper in 1888 and other prominent British cases up to the time of publication.
Product code: 9781842222041
Out of Line: A Memoir - Dov Fedler
R150,00
The memoir chronicles the life of Dov Fedler, a cartoonist from Johannesburg, South Africa, and includes reflections on his career and the history of his generation.
Product code: 9780620624831
A Very Hungry Girl - Jessica Weiner
R120,00
The memoir chronicles Weiner's personal journey dealing with a body image crisis and eating disorder, which she developed in her youth. It shares her path to recovery and discusses how she uses her story as a motivational speaker.
Product code: 9781401902230
The Way to Win: Strategies for Success in Business and Sport - Robert Heiler
R200,00
The Way to Win features: Daly Thompson - Glaxo; Adrian Moorhouse - ICI; Sebastian Coe - Hewlitt-Packard;Gary Lineker - Semco; Tracy Edwards - Rank Xerox; Mike Brearly - Honda; Jonah Barrington - British Airways
Product code: 9780316914475
Wishing on trains - Alison Lowry
R65,00
The story follows four cousins who share a dark secret from their childhood. Their idyllic childhood spent on their grandmother's farm seems far behind them, and as adults, they have built new lives for themselves. However, their past comes back to haunt them when their grandmother's old house is demolished and a skeleton is discovered in the basement. The discovery forces the now grown-up cousins to confront the devastating consequences of their actions decades earlier.
Product code: 9780434407569
Flashboys - Michael Lewis (Cracking the money code)
R95,00
The book is an expose of high-frequency trading (HFT) on Wall Street, detailing how a small group of outsiders discovered that the stock market was being rigged and set out to fix it.
Product code: 9780241003633
The Honey Ant - Duncan Kyle
R50,00
Kyle was a prolific writer of suspense and high-adventure novels throughout the 1970s and 1980s. His other titles include A Cage of Ice, Black Camelot, and The King's Commissar.
Product code: 0002233827
A Certain Justice - John T Lescroart
R110,00
A gut-wrenching legal thriller
Product code: 9780747215868
Exposure - AGA Lesiewicz
R110,00
The story follows up-and-coming photographer Kristin Ryder. Her life is turned upside down when she begins receiving anonymous and sinister emails that suggest the sender has an intimate knowledge of her past. As her life spirals out of control, she must discover the sender's identity before it's too late
Product code: 9781447283126
Half the Sky -Nicholas D Kristof & Sheryl Wudunn
R125,00
Based on their Pulitzer Prize-winning reporting, Kristof and WuDunn examine the oppression of women and girls in the developing world. The book chronicles stories of extraordinary women who are fighting terrible circumstances, with the authors arguing that gender equality is the central human rights challenge of the 21st century.
Product code: 9781844086825
My Chocolate Redeemer - Christopher Hope
R110,00
Bella is a teenage chocolate addict who lives in an idyllic village in France with her aristocratic grandmother. Her eccentric life is shaken by the sudden appearance of a deposed African leader, an urbane man with a reputation for intense cruelty, who develops a strong interest in her.
Product code: 0434346659
The Sweet-Smelling Jasmine - Jenny Hobbs
R95,00
This is a novel about 15-year-old Isabel, who is sent to Two Rivers in South Africa to live with her sister and brother-in-law after her mother has a stroke. The story follows her friendships and traces the riots that ultimately lead to her brother-in-law's death
Product code: 9780718137472
Dead Men's Dust - Matt Hilton
R75,00
Dead Men's Dust introduces Joe Hunter, an all action hero with a strong moral code. Like the gunslingers of the Wild West, Hunter is not afraid to use his weapons and his fists - but only to save the victims from the bad guys.
Product code: 9780340978221
Prague Spring - Simon Mawer
R150,00
It's the summer of 1968, the year of love and hate, of Prague Spring and Cold War winter. Two English students, Ellie and James, set off to hitch-hike across Europe with no particular aim in mind but a continent, and themselves, to discover. Somewhere in southern Germany they decide, on a whim, to visit Czechoslovakia where Alexander Dubcek's "socialism with a human face" is smiling on the world.Meanwhile Sam Wareham, a first secretary at the British embassy in Prague, is observing developments in the country with a mixture of diplomatic cynicism and a young man's passion. In the company of Czech student, Lenka Konecková, he finds a way into the world of Czechoslovak youth, its hopes and its ideas. It seems that, for the first time, nothing is off limits behind the Iron Curtain.Yet the wheels of politics are grinding in the background. The Soviet leader, Leonid Brezhnev is making demands of Dubcek and the Red Army is massed on the borders. How will the looming disaster affect those fragile lives caught up in the invasion?
Product code: 9781408711156
Dancing on Thorns - Rebecca Horsfall
R95,00
The novel follows a young, naive aspiring actress named Jonni Kendal who moves to London to escape her parents' plans for her life. There she meets the dangerously attractive Jean-Baptiste St. Michel, a talented and ambitious man haunted by his past. As Jonni is drawn into Michel's world, they must both confront their histories before they can build a future together
Product code: 9781844137961
Snares of Guilt - Lesley Horton
R95,00
Was she killed for hate ... or Love?
Product code: 9780752846712
Escapade - Jane Aiken Hodge
R75,00The novel centers on the 17-year-old protagonist, Charlotte Comyn, who runs away to London to escape a marriage proposal from her childhood companion, John Thornton. Her flight leads her to the home of Beth Prior, an actress and old friend of Charlotte's mother. Despite her questionable reputation, Beth is beautiful, talented, and smart. The British Foreign Secretary has tasked Beth with a secret mission: to travel to Sicily and convince the exiled Hapsburg queen, Maria Carolina, to ally with Britain against Napoleon.
Charlotte accompanies Beth to Palermo, Sicily, where the two are drawn into a world of glamour, aristocratic games, and dangerous political maneuvering. Along the way, both women find adventure and love. The novel combines elements of romance, history, and mystery, with a satisfying conclusion for both heroines.
Product code: 9780340587188
Kill the Messenger - Tami Hoag
R95,00
'This is a taut, intelligent thriller, which is genuinely scary, with a strong sense of place'- Sunday Times
Product code: 9780752853291
Supping with Panthers - Tom Holland
Product code: 9780316876223
An eye for an eye - Erika Holzer
R65,00
A tale that will have you on the edge of your seat and whose climax will leave you breathless
Product code: 9780312851863
The Service of Clouds - Susan Hill
R65,00
At the far end of the long white gallery is a painting of a woman, in pale flowing clothes and lying on a sofa beside an open window. It is a painting which leads Flora on, beckoning her away from her childhood, her complaining mother, pert younger sister, and the confines of a small community.
Product code: 9781856192798
Born to Rebel: Birth order, Family Dynamics, and Creative Lives - Frank J Sulloway
R250,00Sulloway's central idea is that siblings develop different personality traits as they compete for parental attention in the "family niche". The strategies they use in this competition shape their long-term behavior.
- Firstborns: The first to arrive, these children identify more strongly with their parents and authority. They are more likely to support the status quo, and exhibit traits like being conscientious, responsible, and ambitious.
- Later-borns: These children must compete for attention in a different way, leading them to develop different strategies. They tend to be more rebellious, sociable, adventurous, and open to new experiences.
Product code: 9780316881791
Visualization for Change 2nd edition - Patrick Fanning
R200,00- The book provides a guide to using visualization as a tool for self-improvement and healing.
- It teaches step-by-step techniques to improve one's life by harnessing the power of imagination.
- The second edition includes applications for various areas such as weight control, stress reduction, improving self-esteem, overcoming shyness, and managing conditions like insomnia, depression, and pain
Product code: 9781879237841
Patterns of Culture - Ruth Benedict
R200,00Originally published in 1934, Patterns of Culture is a foundational work in cultural anthropology. In it, Benedict argues that a people's culture is an integrated whole—a "personality writ large". The book explores this thesis through case studies of three contrasting cultures:
- The Pueblo peoples of New Mexico
- The natives of Dobu in Melanesia
- The Kwakiutl of the American Northwest coast
Product code: 9780395500880
Trollope - Victoria Glendinning
R195,00
An Intimate biography full of life and variety, with many surprises.
Product code: CN8443
The Outsiders - S E Hinton
R100,00
First published in 1967, The Outsiders is a coming-of-age novel for young adults. The story is narrated by Ponyboy Curtis and centers on the rivalry between two teenage gangs in Oklahoma, the working-class "Greasers" and the wealthy "Socs".
Product code: 9781405863957
The Keeper of Lost Things - Ruth Hogan
R135,00
The novel tells the story of Anthony Peardew, a short-story writer who has spent half his life collecting lost objects in an effort to atone for a broken promise. Nearing the end of his life, he bequeaths his house and his vast collection of lost items to his assistant, Laura, tasking her with reuniting the objects with their owners.
Product code: 9781473635487
The White Lie - Andrea Gillies
R120,00
'A wonderfully compelling portrait of a family haunted by secrets and lies ... pitch perfect on the chilling, devastating consequences of guilt ' - Sally Brampton
Product code: 9781780720395