Blood Brothers - Ernst Haffner
R199,00
Blood Brothers is the only known novel by German social worker and journalist Ernst Haffner, of whom nearly all traces were lost during the course of the Second World War. Told in stark, unsparing detail, Haffner's story delves into the illicit underworld of Berlin on the eve of Hitler's rise to power, describing how these blood brothers move from one petty crime to the next, spending their nights in underground bars and makeshift hostels, struggling together to survive the harsh realities of gang life, and finding in one another the legitimacy denied them by society.
Product code: 9781846558641
R199,00
The Water Babies - Charles Kingsley
R120,00
Tom, a poor orphan, is employed by the villainous chimney-sweep, Grimes, to climb up inside flues to clear away the soot. While engaged in this dreadful task, he loses his way and emerges in the bedroom of Ellie, the young daughter of the house who mistakes him for a thief. He runs away, and, hot and bothered, he slips into a cooling stream, falls fast asleep, and becomes a water baby.
In this new life, he meets all sorts of aquatic creatures, including an engaging old lobster, other water babies, and at last reaches St Branden's Isle where he encounters the fierce Mrs Bedonbyasyoudid and the motherly Mrs Doasyouwouldbedoneby. After a long and arduous quest to the Other-end-of-Nowhere young Tom achieves his heart's desire
Product code: 9781853261480
R120,00
Genade! EdeLAGbare: Humor en die hof - Ian Wessels
R255,00
In Genade! EdeLAGbare oortref Ian Wessels en die RSG-luisteraars hulself met lekkerlag en lekkerlees hofhumor wat beslis in almal se smaak sal val. Regters, landdroste, staatsaanklaers, advokate, prokureurs, tolke, polisiemanne, spietkops, getuies en almal wat al paaie met die hof gekruis het, is gewillige “slagoffers” van die skreeusnaakse bydraes.Ian Wessels and the RSG listeners outdo themselves with the hilarious and fun court humour in Genade! EdeLAGbare. Judges, magistrates, prosecutors, advocates, attorneys, translators, policemen, traffic police, social workers, witnesses and all the people involved at court rooms, are the willing ‘victims’ of these comical contributions.
Product code: 9780799379655
Jesus Among Secular Gods - The Countercultural Claims of Christ (Standard format, CD)
R440,00Product code: 9781478967248
Die Blinde Kol - Elize Parker
R100,00Blinde kol is die tweede boek in die Offerkind-reeks wat begin het met Onthou jy my? Dit vertel die verhaal van Izak Mostert wat na sy geslaagde beenmurgoorplanting en die amputasie van sy bene, stadig weer sy lewe aanmekaar begin las. Hy is verbitterd oor verskeie dinge: sy vrou en kind wat in 'n kaping gesterf het, sy aangenome status en gevoel van verwerping, sy amputasies en kanker en die feit dat sy tydrendae verby is.
Product code: 9781415313398
Black Beauty - Anna Sewell
R130,00
Anna Sewell's moving story is one of the best-loved animal adventures ever written, this Penguin Threads edition of "Black Beauty" includes a new foreword by Pulitzer Prize winner Jane Smiley, cover art by Jillian Tamaki and deluxe French flaps. Commissioned by award-winning Penguin art director Paul Buckley, the Penguin Threads series debuts with cover art by Jillian Tamaki for three gift-worthy Penguin Classics. Sketched out in a traditional illustrative manner, then hand stitched using needle and thread, the final covers are sculpt embossed for a tactile, textured, and beautiful book design that will appeal to the Etsy(tm)-loving world of handmade crafts. The Penguin Classics Deluxe series has been celebrated for its unique packaging and innovative design.
Product code: 9781908533203
R130,00
The Call of the Wild - Jack London
R95,00
Readers Classic Gift Collection by Converpage Digital Reproductions"Striving to keep American Literature on our book shelves"Buck is a domesticated dog whose instincts return when events find him working as a sled dog in the frigid Yukon during the 19th century Gold Rush. An amazing insight into the instincts and actions of a sled dog. A heart-wrenching story touching upon the relationship of dog vs. dog and dog vs. man, with a beautiful ending.
Product code: 9781908533708
Reuk Van Die Dood (Afrikaans, Paperback) - Riana Mouton
R110,00
Iemand is besig om jong vroue in Gauteng te ontvoer en te vermoor. Die moorde is onheilspellend, want die slagoffers word gemartel en uit woede vermoor.Junior Scheepers is die speurder wat hom moet vang, maar hy het probleme van sy eie. Sy lewe val uitmekaar na sy egskeiding en indien hy nie daarin slaag om by sy eie donkerte verby te kom nie, gaan hierdie moordenaar nog heelwat skade aanrig.
Product code: 9780799342406
Anderkant Pontenilo - Irma Joubert
R110,00
Die Tweede Wereldoorlog verdeel nie net die wereld nie, maar ook gesinne. In die Fourie-huishouding staan Pa by Hertzog wat neutraal wil bly, Oupa by Smuts wat tot die oorlog toetree en die seuns by Malan wat die oorlog teestaan. Binne hierdie milieu maak ons kennis met De Wet en Klara, Gerbrand en Christine – jongmense met drome en aspirasies wat elkeen op ‘n unieke manier deur die oorlog beinvloed word. En in ‘n klein Italiaanse dorpie woon die beeldhouer Guiseppe Romanelli en sy seuns. Ook Don Veneto en sy pragtige dogter Gina. Die dorpsmense het van altyd af geweet dat sy en Antonio, Guiseppe se een seun, vir mekaar bestem was; die twee raak spoedig verloof. Antonio word opgeroep om in Noord-Afrika te gaan veg, maar hy word ‘n krygsgevangene en beland op die Fouries se Bosvelplaas in Suid-Afrika waar hy klipwerk doen. En hier ontmoet hy vir Klara, ‘n meisie wat ‘n vriend en geesgenoot word... ‘n Eg menslike verhaal wat met insig en begrip uitbeeld dat oorlog almal raak. En dat die brue wat ons bou soms ‘n opdraand pad aan die anderkant het.
Product code: 9780624047018
R110,00
The Way of the Shepherd - 7 Ancient Secrets to Managing Productive People
R550,00
Find inspiration and a fresh perspective on the art of leadership in this account of a cub reporter who lands the interview of a lifetime and walks away with the keys to exceptional leadership. When the reporter meets with the most respected CEO in America, the businessman shares the seven secrets he learned long ago from his mentor - an eccentric but brilliant professor who taught him proven management principles that, while ancient in origin, are applicable in today s fast-paced, high-tech world. The Way of the Shepherd is a compact, heart-warming story dotted with humor. It will teach you how to lead the people close to you so they will view their work as a calling rather than merely a job, a place to belong rather than a place to work. It shows leaders how to infuse work with meaning and how to engage, energize, and ignite their workforce and gives employees a better understanding of what makes for a quality work experience. It is a powerful metaphor for leaders that reaches back 5,000 years. It is . . . The Way of the Shepherd."
Product code: 9780310250975
Agter Maskers - Marijke Greeff
R95,00
Ná ’n versmorende huwelik van twintig jaar sal Mia kaalvuis baklei vir die voorreg om selfstandig te wees en nie in enige iemand anders se oë te kyk vir haar daaglikse brood nie. Dit is egter makliker gesê as gedaan, want op agt en dertig is sy skielik op haarself aangewese en het sy geen opleiding, geen ervaring en boonop geen selfvertroue nie. Op hierdie kritieke tydstip in haar lewe maak die eienaar van die eksklusiewe restaurant Tsalanang haar ’n aanbod wat sy nie kan weier nie. Giep Rossouw bied haar die geleentheid om te begin bou aan ’n loopbaan en in die proses haar eie menswaardigheid te ontdek. Hoekom bly sy, wat mans vir goed afgesweer het, egter in Giep se donker, smeulende blik vasval? En hoekom bedien hy erotiese skemerkelkies in ’n dameskroeg as hy eintlik ’n opgeleide predikant is? In ’n pynlike proses, waarin ou verhoudings verbrokkel en nuwes gevorm word, word Mia gestroop van die masker waaragter sy nog altyd geskuil het en moet sy diep delf om haarself te vind en haar eie identiteit te vestig. In ’n tyd van haar lewe wat dit vir Mia voel asof sy alles verloor, ontdek sy die krag wat in haar binneste lê en besef sy wat dit beteken om haar hart eers vir haarself te win, voordat sy dit vir iemand anders kan weggee.
Product code: 9780799382464
A Passage to India - E M Forster
R160,00
Exploring issues of colonialism, faith and the limits of comprehension, E.M. Forster's "A Passage to India" is edited by Oliver Stallybrass, with an introduction by Pankaj Mishra. When Adela Quested and her elderly companion Mrs Moore arrive in the Indian town of Chandrapore, they quickly feel trapped by its insular and prejudiced 'Anglo-Indian' community. Determined to escape the parochial English enclave and explore the 'real India', they seek the guidance of the charming and mercurial Dr Aziz, a cultivated Indian Muslim. But a mysterious incident occurs while they are exploring the Marabar caves with Aziz, and the well-respected doctor soon finds himself at the centre of a scandal that rouses violent passions among both the British and their Indian subjects. A masterly portrait of a society in the grip of imperialism, "A Passage to India" compellingly depicts the fate of individuals caught between the great political and cultural conflicts of the modern world. In his introduction, Pankaj Mishra outlines Forster's complex engagement with Indian society and culture.
Product code: 9780141441160
R160,00
Dink Jouself Gelukkig - Pieter van Jaarsveld
R265,00Romeine 12: 2 “...maar laat God julle verander deur julle denke te vernuwe...”
Wêreldbekende spreker Pieter van Jaarsveld wys hoe jy jou lewe kan omkeer. Dié inspirerende boek:- Ontbloot ondermynende mites oor geluk
- Verduidelik dat vreugde vir alle mense beskore is
- Wys hoe jy jou brein kan herbedraad
- Inspireer jou tot ’n positiwe ingesteldheid
- Bevat die nuutste navorsing en tegnieke.Jy kán floreer – hierdie praktiese gids plaas ’n lewe van geluk binne elkeen se bereik.
Product code: 9780796318053
R265,00
The Signature of All Things - Elizabeth Gilbert
5 January 1800. At the beginning of a new century, Alma Whittaker is born into a perfect Philadelphia winter. Her father, Henry Whittaker, is a bold and charismatic botanical explorer whose vast fortune belies his lowly beginnings as a vagrant in Sir Joseph Banks's Kew Gardens and as a deck hand on Captain Cook's HMS Resolution. Alma's mother, a strict woman from an esteemed Dutch family, has a knowledge of botany equal to any man's. It is not long before Alma, an independent girl with a thirst for knowledge, comes into her own within the world of plants and science. But as her careful studies of moss take her deeper into the mysteries of evolution, the man she comes to love draws her in the opposite direction. The Signature of All Things is a big novel, about a big century. It soars across the globe from London, to Peru, to Philadelphia, to Tahiti, to Amsterdam. Peopled with extraordinary characters - missionaries, abolitionists, adventurers, astronomers, sea captains, geniuses and the quite mad - above all it has an unforgettable heroine in Alma Whittaker, a woman of the Enlightened Age who stands defiantly on the cusp of the modern
Product code: 9781408841907
Offerande
R275,00
Is Caz Colijn se pa Elia, die sagsinnige man wat voor haar geboorte koelbloedig vermoor is, of dra sy Cesar, die moordenaar, se gene? Die kwellende vraag kan Caz eers probeer beantwoord as sy van die reusediamante in haar besit ontslae raak en so die Kongolese wat haar tot in Suid-Afrika gevolg het, van haar spoor af kry. Antwerpen kan die antwoord op hierdie missie wees, maar hoe kry sy die diamante daar? En as sy eers daar is, waarheen neem sy dit? Kommissaris De Brabander is 'n opsie tot Caz besef sy staan van voor af weer eerste op sy lys van verdagtes – die keer vir die moord op een van haar agtervolgers. Boonop daag Caz se eksman by haar op en dring aan om sy dogter te ontmoet. Caz besluit om die keuse aan Lilah oor te laat, maar toe die uit Belgie aankom, is sy nie die lieflike kind wat Caz ken en grootgemaak het nie. Caz se probleme neem rampspoedige afmetings aan toe sy besef die offerlam sal die offerande moet word as sy Lilah van haarself en van die dood wil red.
Product code: 9780799381320
Hoe Verklaar Jy Dit? RSG - Danny Fourie
R250,00
Ons weet dat die maan iets met die getye te doen het, maar het jy geweet dat jy met volmaan altyd dieselfde kant van die maan sien? Of dat weerligstrale vol vernietigende elektrisiteit is, maar dat 'n elektriese paling 'n lading van tot 600 volt kan vrystel? Hierdie feite is deel van 'n magdom kennis oor die natuur, fisiese wetenskap en die ruimte wat die RSG-program Hoe verklaar jy dit? reeds jare lank beantwoord. Hierdie publikasie bevat 'n keur uit die honderde vrae van nuuskierige luisteraars wat deur kundiges verduidelik is om die wereld minder vreemd te maak, want nie alle kennis van die wereld om ons is voor die hand liggend nie. Daar is honderde verskynsels in die natuur en ruimte wat vra om verklaar te word. Dan praat ons nie eens van die mensgemaakte uitvindings soos die internet, persoonlike rekenaars, globale posisioneringstelsels, selfone, radiogolwe, teorie van evolusie, relatiwiteitsteorie, narkose en mense in die ruimte nie. Agter die alledaagse skuil die fassinerende werking van kragte en wette en die wetenskap in werking: Wat bepaal dat 'n mens se hart aan die linkerkant van die liggaam sit? Hoekom vries water in 'n dam van bo en nie van onder af nie? Kan gene deur omstandighede gemodifiseer word? Hoe verklaar jy dit? is 'n boek wat jou belangstelling in die wereld om jou sal prikkel. Dit is 'n boek wat op sy eie gelees kan word, wat op die koffietafel kan le en wat saam kan gaan kamp om wonderlike gesprekke om die braaivleisvuur uit te lok
Product code: 9781776090495
The New Confessions of an Economic Hitman - John Perkins
R320,00
False economics. Threats, bribes, extortion. Debt, deception, coups, assassinations and unbridled military power. These are the tools used by the 'corporatocracy' - a vast network of corporations, banks, colluding governments and rich and powerful individuals - to ensure that they retain and expand their wealth and influence, growing richer and richer as the poor become poorer. In his original, post 9/11 book, John Perkins revealed how he was recruited as an economic hit man in the 1970s, and exposed the corrupt methods American corporations use to spread their influence in the developing world, cheating countries out of trillions of dollars. In this new, extensively updated edition he lays bare the latest, terrifying evolution of the economic hit man, and how the system has become even more entrenched and powerful than ever before. In New Confessions of an Economic Hit Man, John Perkins provides fresh and chilling evidence of how the corporatocracy has grown its influence to every corner of the globe, making us all unwitting slaves to their regime. But he also provides advice on how we can end our unconscious support of the system and its self-serving, lethal economy
Product code: 9781785033841
Competing Against Luck : The Story of Innovation and Customer Choice
R590,00
The foremost authority on innovation and growth presents a path-breaking book every company needs to transform innovation from a game of chance to one in which they develop products and services customers not only want to buy, but are willing to pay premium prices for. How do companies know how to grow? How can they create products that they are sure customers want to buy? Can innovation be more than a game of hit and miss? Harvard Business School professor Clayton Christensen has the answer. A generation ago, Christensen revolutionized business with his groundbreaking theory of disruptive innovation. Now, he goes further, offering powerful new insights. After years of research, Christensen has come to one critical conclusion: our long held maxim that understanding the customer is the crux of innovation is wrong. Customers don t buy products or services; they "hire" them to do a job. Understanding customers does not drive innovation success, he argues. Understanding customer jobs does. The "Jobs to Be Done" approach can be seen in some of the world s most respected companies and fast-growing startups, including Amazon, Intuit, Uber, Airbnb, and Chobani yogurt, to name just a few. But this book is not about celebrating these successes it s about predicting new ones.
Product code: 9780062435613
The Ragamuffin Gospel - Brennan Manning , Foreword by Michael W. Smith
R110,00
Many believers feel stunted in their Christian growth. We beat ourselves up over our failures and, in the process, pull away from God because we subconsciously believe He tallies our defects and hangs His head in disappointment. In this newly repackaged edition-now with full appendix, study questions, and the author's own epilogue, "Ragamuffin Ten Years Later," Brennan Manning reminds us that nothing could be further from the truth. The Father beckons us to Himself with a "furious love" that burns brightly and constantly. Only when we truly embrace God's grace can we bask in the joy of a gospel that enfolds the most needy of His flock-the "ragamuffins."
Product code: 9781590525029
R110,00
When Zuma goes - Ralph Mathekga
R250,00
When Jacob Zuma retires to Nkandla, what will be left behind?South Africa has been in the grip of the “Zunami” since May 2009: Scandal, corruption and allegations of state capture have become synonymous with the Zuma era, leaving the country and its people disheartened.But Jacob Zuma’s time is running out. Whether he leaves the presidency after the ANC’s national conference in 2017, stays on until 2019, or is forced to retire much sooner, the question is: what impact will his departure have on South Africa, its people and on the ruling party? Can we fix the damage, and how?Ralph Mathekga answers these questions and more as he puts Zumaʼs leadership, and what will come after, in the spotlight.
Product code: 9780624080671
Not without a Fight - Helen Zille
R369,00
Helen Zille’s long-awaited autobiography is one of the most fascinating political stories of our time.Zille takes the reader back to her humble family origins, her struggle with anorexia as a young woman, her early career as a journalist for the Rand Daily Mail, and her involvement with the End Conscription Campaign and the Black Sash. She documents her early days in the Democratic Party and the Democratic Alliance, at a time when the party was locked in a no-holds-barred factional conflict.This is a story about political intrigue and treachery, floor-crossing and unlikely coalitions, phone tapping and intimidation, false criminal charges and judicial commissions.
Product code: 9781776090426
I Ching or Book of Changes - Richard Wilhelm , Trans: Cary F. Baynes ,
R385,00
At least 5000 years old, the "I Ching" is a book of oracles containing the whole of human experience. Used for divination, it is a method of exploring the unconscious; through the symbolism of its hexagrams we are guided towards the solution of difficult problems and life situations. It can also be read as a book of wisdom revealing the laws of life to which we must all attune ourselves if we are to live in peace and harmony.
Product code: 9780140192070
Small Great Things - Jodi Picoult
R195,00
'To Kill a Mockingbird for the 21st Century' Real Reader Review When a newborn baby dies after a routine hospital procedure, there is no doubt about who will be held responsible: the nurse who had been banned from looking after him by his father. What the nurse, her lawyer and the father of the child cannot know is how this death will irrevocably change all of their lives, in ways both expected and not. Small Great Things is about prejudice and power; it is about that which divides and unites us. It is about opening your eyes.
Product code: 9781444788013
Vicious Circle - Wilbur Smith
R110,00
When Hector Cross's new life is overturned, he immediately recognizes the ruthless hand of an enemy he has faced many times before: a terrorist group has re-emerged - like a deadly scorpion from beneath its rock. Determined to fight back, Hector draws together a team of his most loyal friends from his former life in Cross Bow Security, a company originally contracted to protect his beloved wife, Hazel Bannock, and her company, the Bannock Oil Corp. They travel to the remotest Middle East, to hunt down those who pursue him and his loved ones. For Hazel and Hector have a child, a precious daughter, who he will go to the ends of the earth to protect. And brutal figures from the Bannock family's past - thought long-gone - are returning, with an agenda so sinister that Hector realizes he is facing a new breed of enemy. One whose shifting attack and dark, shocking secrets take Hector to the heart of Africa and to series of crimes so shocking they demand revenge.
Product code: 9781447250128
The Lies of Saints : A Nick Barrett Mystery - Sigmund Brouwer
R95,00
Investigating the apparent suicide of a young cadet at the Citadel, Nick Barrett follows leads back twenty years to the disappearance of a South Carolina beauty pageant queen, through whom he discovers a century-old secret society that threatens Nick and those he loves. Original.
Product code: 9780842365949
R95,00
Out of the Shadows - Sigmund Brouwer
R95,00
Drawn home by a mysterious note about the mother who abandoned him, Nick Barret ventures into Charleston, where he unlocks dangerous secrets and is forced to confront his doubts about his Christian faith.
Product code: 9780842342407
R95,00
Vanity Fair - William Makepeace Thackeray
R150,00
Becky Sharp is a poor orphan when she first makes friends with the lovely Amelia Sedley at Miss Pinkerton's Academy for Young Ladies. She may not have the natural advantages of her companion but she more than makes up for it with her wit, charm, deviousness and determination to make a success of herself whatever the cost.
Product code: 9781848376113
R150,00
How to Write Crime Fiction - Sarah Williams
R175,00
This book provides a comprehensive overview of all the different kinds of crime fiction, with examples from successful contemporary writers in each of the different genres, and clear explanations and exercises to help the beginning writer hone their craft, and discover the kind of crime fiction, the plots, the themes, the language, that work best for them.
Product code: 9781845285692
R175,00
Get Started in: Writing Science Fiction and Fantasy - Adam Roberts
R175,00
This is an authoritative and engaging introduction to writing science fiction and fantasy for the complete beginner. This book provides all the information, guidance, and advice you need to write great science fiction to captivate your readers. It will help you understand how the genre works, the big dos and don'ts - as well as giving you the inspiration and motivation you actually need to write. Written by a leading Science Fiction novelist and a Professor in Creative Writing at the University of London - you'll discover how to let your creativity flow, create incredible worlds, and get your novel finished.
Product code: 9781444795653
R175,00
A Passage to India - E M Forster
R160,00
What did happen to Miss Quested in the Marabar Caves? This tantalizing question provides the intense drama of racial tension at the centre of Forster's last and greatest novel. After a mysterious incident during their visit to the caves, the charming Dr Aziz is accused of assaulting Adela Quested, a naive young Englishwoman new to India. As he is brought to trial, the fragile structure of Anglo-Indian relations collapses and the racism inherent in colonialism is exposed in all its ugliness - a theme which still has powerful, dangerous realities today.
Product code: 9780140274233
R160,00
Tuisland - Karin Brynard
R110,00
Kaptein Albertus Beeslaar het genoeg gehad van die platteland. Hy het pas sy bedanking ingedien, maar word vir een laaste sending die Kalahari in gestuur. Die dood van 'n San-leier en klagtes van polisiegeweld word sy missie. Op die rand van die Kgalagadi-oorgrenspark, waar die laaste afstammelinge van die Kalahari-San in 'n wildernis van sand en Kalahari-leeus woon, loop hy hom in 'n bynes vas. Die brutale aanval op 'n Duitse toeris ontketen 'n rits gebeure wat 'n multimiljoenrandse projek vir die San kan verongeluk. En dan val die volgende dooie. Beeslaar kry 'n nuwe kollega, kolonel Koekoes Mentoor, 'n hardekwas rissiepit wat saam met hom deur 'n doolhof van politiek, mites en moord moet stap. Gelyktydig moet Kytie Rooi, skoonmaakster by 'n luukse gastehuis op Upington, die Kalahari in vlug met 'n vreemde straatkindjie aan die hand. Met die romans Plaasmoord en Onse vaders het Karin Brynard haar reputasie as een van Suid-Afrika se gewildste misdaadskrywers gevestig. In haar derde roman kom haar karakters te staan voor groter uitdagings as ooit te vore.
Product code: 9781415206935
R110,00
Song of Myself - Walt Whitman
R195,00- Do I contradict myself? Very well then I contradict myself. (I am large, I contain multitudes.) Abundant, ecstatic, generous, courageous - this is the first American epic poem, a celebration of selfhood and a catalogue of nineteenth-century American life of all ages and races. Revolutionary in style and controversial in content when it was first published in 1855, Whitman's masterwork has since inspired generations with its intoxicating rhythms and images, and its inclusive, praiseful joy. The Original 1855 Text.
Product code: 9780099595540
R195,00