Hard Bastards - Kate Kray
R135,00- Kate Kray, a true crime writer who was married to gangster Ronnie Kray from 1989 to 1994.
- The book profiles 24 British criminals and other "hard men," featuring their portraits by photographer Don Barrett.
Product code: 9781857823295
The Future just happened - Michael Lewis
R125,00Lewis explores the internet's early days and how it empowered individuals and amateurs over traditional institutions and experts. Using a series of vignettes, the author reveals how the internet was already beginning to disrupt long-established professions and industries.
- A 14-year-old child successfully manipulates the stock market, demonstrating how readily available information challenged the mystique and authority of investment professionals.
- A 19-year-old contributes to the disruption of the music business, showing how the internet changed content distribution.
- By decentralizing information, the internet eroded the power and mystique of professions like lawyers and investment gurus.
- The book also considers the broader consequences of this rapid change, from the decay of old institutions to the unsettling of traditional perceptions of the future
Product code: 9780340795002
Mad Cows - Kathy Lette
R95,00
Mad Cows is a comic novel and a sequel to Lette's earlier book, Foetal Attraction. The story follows Madeleine Wolfe, a single mother, who is framed and arrested for shoplifting. She then has to navigate the British justice and welfare system while trying to protect her newborn son
Product code: 9780330334037
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
Greatest Moments of Cricket - Ralph Dellor & Stephen Lamb
Product code: 9781906229764
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
R95,00
A Certain Justice - John T Lescroart
R110,00
A gut-wrenching legal thriller
Product code: 9780747215868
R110,00
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
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
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
Informed Consent - Sandra Glahn
R95,00
Dr. Jeremy Cramer is a young doctor on the verge of a cutting-edge medical discovery. But his research is derailed when Cramer's son is infected with a rare fatal disease. Now as he races against time to save his child's life, Cramer will make a decision that could shatter his career.Informed Consent is a pulse-pounding medical thriller that complements the current popularity of hospital dramas. With non-stop suspense, snappy dialogue, and witty humor, author Sandra Glahn takes a look at some of today's hot-button issues through this provocative story.
Product code: 978158991099
Rites of Passage - William Golding
R195,00
The work of a master at the full stretch of his age and wisdom - necessary, provoking, urgent, rich, complex and rare.'Golding is quite simply the best living writer of the short novel in the English Language.' - The Times
Product code: 9780571191444
The HAJ - Leon Uris
R110,00
The Haj is a historical saga that follows a Palestinian Arab boy named Ishmael through the birth of Israel and the subsequent displacement and turmoil.
Product code: 9780233976976
R110,00
Nine Lessons - Nicola Upson
R65,00
The novel takes readers from Cambridge to the desolate Suffolk coast, where Penrose uncovers a connection between the victims that dates back twenty-five years. As the body count rises and the stakes get higher, both Penrose and Tey must race to stop the killer before another person is attacked.
Product code: 9780571324781
R65,00
Irving Berlin: A Daughter's Memoir - Mary Ellin Barrett
R125,00- The memoir is written by Mary Ellin Barrett, the oldest daughter of the famed songwriter Irving Berlin.
- It covers her experience of growing up with the legendary composer of American classics such as "White Christmas" and "God Bless America".
- Barrett recounts her parents' high-profile and controversial marriage—a Jewish composer and a wealthy Irish-American Catholic socialite.
- The book provides a glimpse into a world of privilege and fame in the 1930s and 1940s but also reveals the personal struggles within the family, including the tragic death of an infant son and her father's bouts of depression.
Product code: 9780671725334
R125,00
Beautiful Lies - Lisa Unger
R95,00
Forced to hunt down a ghost from the past, Ridley risks everything and learns to trust no one in a race to find the truth before it finds her ...
Product code: 9780099522133
Brush up your classics - Michael Macrone
R125,00
An informative and entertaining guide to understanding the most famous words, phrases, and stories of the Greek Classics
Product code: 9780517202845
R125,00
Golden Soak - Hammond Innes
R95,00
Golden Soak is a 1973 adventure and thriller novel by British author Hammond Innes, known for his well-researched adventure stories set in hostile and remote locations. The book follows a disgraced mining engineer to the arid expanses of Western Australia, where he becomes entangled in a dangerous web of greed, family secrets, and a long-lost mineral strike
Product code: 0002212714
R95,00
Lunenburg - Keith Baker
R120,00
 When two new murders occur in Halifax, the investigation draws Taggart and Welles to Lunenburg. They discover a connection to a brutal, unsolved murder that took place 30 years prior and uncover a dark secret within the seemingly picturesque town.Â
Product code: 9780747223207
R120,00
The Apothecary's House - Adrian Mathews
R110,00
A Fast-paced, finely crafted, riveting mystery
Product code: 9781405050951
R110,00
Dreams of Exile: Robert Louis Stevenson: A Biography - Ian Bell
R200,00
"A great surprise ... a book that is genuinely fresh and revealing" The Boston Globe
Product code: 9780805039382
R200,00
The Space Between Us - Thrity Umrigar
R75,00
The story is set in contemporary Mumbai and explores the complex relationship between two women from different social classes: Sera Dubash, a Parsi housewife, and Bhima, her domestic servant
Product code: 9780007212323
R75,00
Task Force Black - Mark Urban
R150,00
The Explosive true story of the SAS and the secret war in Iraq
Product code: 9781408702659
R150,00
Meanwhile don't push and squeeze - Robert Berold
R135,00
A Year of Life in China. The book is a memoir based on the year the South African writer Robert Berold spent teaching at a university in Hangzhou, China. It includes contributions from the author's students and touches on China's developing economy, its everyday life, and its respect for ancient texts
Product code: 9781770093850
R135,00
A Painted House - John Grisham
R95,00
The story follows seven-year-old Luke Chandler in rural Arkansas in 1952, as he and his family hire migrant workers to help with the cotton harvest. The book, inspired by Grisham's own childhood, chronicles Luke's journey from innocence to experience as he witnesses events that threaten his family and change their lives forever.Â
Product code: 9780712670395
The Grenadillo Box - Janet Gleeson
R135,00
It all starts with a body in the library. When Lord Montford is discovered shot, sprawled on the floor of his newly completed library, his faithful hound dead at his feet, a mystery is uncovered, the answer to which has its origins thirty years in the past. Nathaniel Hopson, journeyman for Thomas Chippendale, the famous English furniture designer, and the man who built Montford's sumptuous library, is the first on the scene. Within hours another body is discovered, that of Nathaniel's closest friend John Partridge, his hands badly mutilated. How is it that a Lord of the realm and a cabinetmaker's assistant should both be found dead on the same night, both in suspicious circumstances? Nathaniel is set on a course as the reluctant detective, driven to discover the truth of his friend's mysterious death and his connection with the murder of Lord Montford. In The Grenadillo Box Janet Gleeson has produced a detective story as intricately crafted as a Chippendale cabinet, a gripping story which brings to dramatic life the world of the Eighteenth century.
Product code: 9780593048030
When All is Said: Five Toasts, Five People, One Lifetime - Anne Griffin
R120,00
This Book tells the story of Maurice Hannigan, an 84-year-old Irish man who sits in a hotel bar and, over the course of one evening, raises five toasts to the five people who have meant the most to him in his lifetime. Through his stories, which reveal unspoken joy, regret, and tragedy, the life of this one man is powerfully revealed
Product code: 9781473683006
In Pale Battalions - Robert Goddard
R100,00
After her husband's death, Leonora Galloway and her daughter, Penelope, travel to France. Their journey leads them to the Thiepval Memorial to the Missing of the Somme, where they uncover a family secret that spans three generations
Product code: 9780593014103
The Man who risked it all - Laurent Gounelle
R150,00
Looking down from the Eiffel Tower, Alan Greenmor stands on the edge, determined to end it all. As he prepare to jump, his thoughts are interrupted by a cough. To his right is a mysterious stranger in a dark suit, smoking a cigar. This is Yves Dubreuil. The person who will change Alan's life.
Product code: 9781401938147