The Harrogate Secret - Catherine Cookson
R45,00
I've been reading Catherine Cookson's novels for several years. This is one of my favorite ones. She is not a romance writer but a true realist, dealing with harsh realities of every day life.
Product code: 978-0552169066
The Turk who loved Apples - Matt Gross
R100,00
While writing his celebrated "Frugal Traveler" column for the New York Times, Matt Gross began to feel hemmed in by the focus on what he thought of as "traveling on the cheap at all costs." When his editor offered him the opportunity to do something less structured, the "Getting Lost" series was born—a more immersive form of travel that allowed Gross to "lose his way all over the globe," from developing-world megalopolises to venerable European capitals, from American sprawl to Asian archipelagos.
Product code: 978006821158
The General's Daughter - Nelson Demille
R45,00
Her murder was just the beginning. She was an army captain and the daughter of legendary General 'Fighting Joe' Campbell, when her body was found - naked and bound - on the firing range of Fort Hadley. This political powder keg of a case goes directly to elite army investigator Paul Brenner and rape specialist Cynthia Sunhill - and explodes. Behind the military code of honour, Brenner and Sunhill uncover trails of corruption - all leading to the golden girl's shocking secret life.
Product code: 9780751541762
Kudu Shofar Musical Instrument 40 cm
R700,00
Kudu Shofars sound like brilliant proclamations sent into Heaven. They can sound 4 to 7 notes.
The natural colours are strikingly beautiful: pomegranate, cream, rose, olive, eucalyptus, gold and ebony and sometimes a mixture of a few colours.Length sizes from 55cm, 60cm, 65cm, 70cm, 75cm, 80cm, 85cm, 90cm and 95cm.
Product code: Kudu 002
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
A Matter of Mischief - Evelyn Hood
R50,00
It was in the middle of a street fight during the dismal winter of 1775 that Margaret Knox first spotted Islay McInnes, a Highland girl struggling to make a living for herself and her dependants among the Paisley slums. At sixteen, Islay is already the head of her household and Margaret - a charity worker and teacher at the local school - sees it as her Christian duty to ease the unfortunate girl's plight. Margaret finds new accommodation for Islay above the shop of her friend Jamie Todd, but soon, as well as dramatically changing Islay's and Jamie's life, Margaret's benevolent spirit brings confrontation into her marriage. Her husband Gavin is a well-respected surgeon, and though they share a deep concern for the health of the community, Margaret does all she can to prevent her beloved husband intervening in God's work. For Gavin desperately seeks a cure for the pox that threatens not just the poor children of Paisley but also his own...
Product code: 9780751550986
The Horse Boy - A Father's Miraculous Journey to Heal His Son - Rupert Isaacson
R150,00
Rupert Isaacson's The Horse Boy is one family's epic journey to rescue their son. Rupert and Kirstin Isaacson were heartbroken when they learned that their two-year-old son Rowan was autistic. And with each passing day, Rowan's growing isolation, his uncontrollable fits, each failed treatment, filled them with despair. Then one day Rowan escaped and ran into a field of horses. Rupert watched in horror - but saw a miracle occur. The horses responded lovingly to Rowan - and he to them. Could Rowan's affinity with these animals save their son from his condition? The Isaacsons left their home in Texas and travelled to the plains and mountains of Mongolia - the spiritual home of the horse - risking everything - their happiness, future and sanity - on an arduous epic horseback journey in search of a cure for Rowan
Product code: 9780141033631
Uncharted - Angela Hunt
R95,00
"I'm beginning to think the island wants to keep us here." It was supposed to be an adventure. A little time off to honor the memory of a friend and complete a service project in the tropics. Do good deeds while getting a tan. But when a storm rocks their plans, five long-time friends from college find themselves hurled onto a desolate island, and relief fades to fear. Here nature rules with a vengeance. The lone shelter from raw conditions is a sinister cave. Are they victims of a bizarre psychological experiment? Or could this godforsaken place have the power to maroon them forever?
Product code: 9781595542342
The Widower - Ray kluun
R75,00
Following his wife Carmen's funeral, chronicled so movingly in "Love Life", Dan tries to pick up the pieces. He is now the sole parent of little Luna. But inevitably in his grief he goes right off the rails. His friends worry for him and for Luna, and Rose finds it difficult to reconnect with him. His hedonism becomes self-destructive and he deep down he knows it's better to have Luna stay with friends than for her to witness his decline.He sells his share of the business to his partner and goes on a drug-addled holiday to Ibiza, where he witnesses 9/11. His relationship with Rose is virtually over, though she can never quite bring herself to abandon him completely. Dan reaches rock bottom and realises he can't go on like this. His friends advise him to go on a long trip, taking Luna with him, and to try and take stock of his life. He decides to take Luna to Australia, via Bali and Thailand. There as they travel across the continent they begin to tentatively establish a relationship - a new relationship - and Dan finally comes to realise what it is he wants and needs in his life
Product code: 9780330454353
The Law is a Lady - Nora Roberts
R65,00
When Phillip Kincaid was scouting locations for his new movie, he didn't expect the long arm of the law to point him in the right direction. But when he was jailed for speeding, he realized Friendly, New Mexico, was just the godforsaken little town he'd been looking for. And Victoria Ashton, town sheriff, was just the woman he'd been waiting for. Tory knew she had a tiger by the tail when she tossed Kincaid in the slammer. How could she possibly remain impartial when every look, every touch, made her want to throw caution to the winds? It was lucky that both Cupid - and Justice - were blind.
Product code: 9780263889550
Pandora's Sisters - Michael Stephen Fuchs
R95,00
So says a woman with an axe pressed to her neck, and the solution to the entire mystery of human existence clutched between her palms. Two weeks earlier, Kate Quinlan was just your average British expat with a PhD, working in Silicon Valley as an artificial-intelligence designer for ultra-violent video games, spending the evenings hanging out with her pet chimp - and wondering how something as weird as human consciousness could have evolved through mere Darwinian selection. But when a disconcertingly attractive behavioural geneticist and a hotshot cryptologist stroll into her life, she begins looking for answers in the backwaters of the human genome - the 97 per cent written off as 'junk DNA'. And when men in strange hats come looking for her hard drive, shooting first and never really asking any questions, she finds herself on the run - pursued by multiple squads of heavily-armed religious zealots, the Feds, and worse. All seek to obtain, or to suppress forever, the key to the revelatory stretch of DNA known as the Pandora Sequence.
Product code: 9780230531260
The Sandman - Lars Kepler
R160,00
The No 1 Swedish thriller by the author of The Hypnotist and The Fire Witness He's Sweden's most prolific serial killer. Jurek Walter is serving a life sentence. Kept in solitary confinement, he is still considered extremely dangerous by psychiatric staff. He'll lull you into a sense of calm. Mikael knows him as "the sandman". Seven years ago, he was taken from his bed along with his sister. They are both presumed dead. He has one target left. When Mikael is discovered on a railway line, close to death, the hunt begins for his sister. To get to the truth, Detective Inspector Joona Linna will need to get closer than ever to the man who stripped him of a family; the man who wants Linna dead.
Product code: 9780007467815
In Their Footsteps / Stolen - Tess Gerritsen
R95,00
IN THEIR FOOTSTEPS The quiet scandal surrounding her parents' deaths 20 years ago sends Beryl Tavistock on a search for the truth from Paris to Greece. As she enters a world of international espionage, Beryl discovers she needs help and turns to a suave ex-CIA agent. But in a world where trust is a double-edged sword, friends become enemies and enemies become killers. STOLEN When the bullets finally ceased, the bodies lay in a coiled embrace on the lifeboat. The sinking of a cargo ship and the slaughter of its crew seemed a senseless act of violence. But Clea Rice knows the truth and is determined to expose the culprits. When Jordan Tavistock is asked to steal the indiscreet letters of a friend, he reluctantly obliges, only to be caught red-handed by another burglar. The burglar is Clea, who is looking for something else entirely. As Jordan finds himself caught up in a web of mystery and intrigue, he wonders how he can trust Clea when she will not tell him who she is working for, or even what her real name is. Only together, can they find the answers to the sinister questions surrounding the sinking of the ship. Answers that some are prepared to kill for to keep buried.
Product code: 9781848452787
The Beekeeper's Daughter - Santa Montefiore
England, 1933: Grace Hamblin is growing up in a rural idyll. The beekeeper's daughter, she knows her place and her future - that is until her father dies and leaves her alone. Alone, that is, except for one man who she just can't shake from her thoughts...Massachusetts, 1973: Grace's daughter Trixie Valentine is in love with an unsuitable boy. He's wild and romantic, and in a band that might be going somewhere. But when tragedy strikes and he has to go home to England, he promises to come back to Trixie one day, if only she will wait for him. Both mother and daughter are searching for love and happiness, unaware of the secrets that bind them. To find what they are longing for they must confront the secrets of the past, and unravel the lies told long ago...
Product code: 9781471101007
Under the Hawthorn Tree - Ai Mi
R150,00
Jingqiu, an innocent young woman from a politically questionable family in the city, is selected as one of a small group of students to be sent to the countryside to work on a project that will further the Cultural Revolution. Clever, curious and eager, she tries to fit in with her hosts and the rural way of life, and it isn't appropriate for her to fall in love. But she does, with the son of a mighty army general. This beautiful, simple story of love against the odds will break your heart.
Product code: 9781844087037
The Lake House - Kate Morton
R125,00
The Lake House by Kate Morton is the mysterious and enchanting fifth novel from the number one bestselling author of The House at Riverton and The Secret Keeper. A missing child ...June 1933, and the Edevane family's country house, Loeanneth, is polished and gleaming, ready for the much-anticipated Midsummer Eve party. Alice Edevane, sixteen years old and a budding writer, is especially excited. Not only has she worked out the perfect twist for her novel, she's also fallen helplessly in love with someone she shouldn't. But by the time midnight strikes and fireworks light up the night skies, the Edevane family will have suffered a loss so great that they leave Loeanneth forever. An abandoned house ...Seventy years later, after a particularly troubling case, Sadie Sparrow is sent on an enforced break from her job with the Metropolitan Police. She retreats to her beloved grandfather's cottage in Cornwall but soon finds herself at a loose end.
Product code: 9781447200864
Fall of Giants - Ken Follett
R150,00
This is a huge novel that follows five families through the world-shaking dramas of the First World War, the Russian Revolution, and the struggle for votes for women. It is 1911. The Coronation Day of King George V. The Williams, a Welsh coal-mining family, is linked by romance and enmity to the Fitzherberts, aristocratic coal-mine owners. Lady Maud Fitzherbert falls in love with Walter von Ulrich, a spy at the German Embassy in London. Their destiny is entangled with that of an ambitious young aide to U.S. President Woodrow Wilson and to two orphaned Russian brothers, whose plans to emigrate to America fall foul of war, conscription and revolution. In a plot of unfolding drama and intriguing complexity, "Fall of Giants" moves seamlessly from Washington to St Petersburg, from the dirt and danger of a coal mine to the glittering chandeliers of a palace, from the corridors of power to the bedrooms of the mighty.
Product code: 9780230710078
The White Princess - Philippa Gregory
R150,00
The haunting story of the mother of the Tudors, Elizabeth of York, wife to Henry VII. Beautiful eldest daughter of Edward IV and Elizabeth Woodville - the White Queen - the young princess Elizabeth faces a conflict of loyalties between the red rose and the white. Forced into marriage with Henry VII, she must reconcile her slowly growing love for him with her loyalty to the House of York, and choose between her mother's rebellion and her husband's tyranny. Then she has to meet the Pretender, whose claim denies the House of Tudor itself.
Product code: 9780857207548
Where the Heart Is - by Annie Groves
R65,00
The Campions, along with the rest of the nation, must face their fears and endure their darkest hour. All of their tomorrows depend upon it.
Product code: 978-0007899821
The Stranger from the Sea - A Novel of Cornwall 1810-1811 (Paperback, Unabridged) - Winston Graham
R150,00
Cornwall 1810. The Poldark family awaits the return of Ross from his mission to Wellington's army in Portugal. But their ordered existence ends with Jeremy Poldark's dramatic rescue of The Stranger from the Sea. Stephen Carrington's arrival in the Poldark household changes all their lives. For Clowance and Jeremy in particular, the children of Ross and Demelza, Stephen's advent is the key to a new world - one of both love and danger. 'From the incomparable Winston Graham...who has everything that anyone else has, then a whole lot more' - "Guardian".
Product code: 9780330463386
Godiva (Paperback) - Nerys Jones
R160,00
The setting is Britain, 1045. The Normans are circling, waiting their turn to pounce on the English throne and wrest it away from the Anglo-Saxon barons who grudgingly support King Edward the Confessor, the childless, half-Norman "Virgin King." The royal court is a hotbed of rumor and political intrigue, and everything hinges on the succession. Godiva, wife of Lovric, Earl of Mercia, one of the most powerful barons--and a major landowner in her own right--is drawn into the court machinations. When Edward manipulates their son into a treasonable act and makes him a pawn in his power play, Godiva's ferocious maternal instincts rise to the fore. As the courtly scheming undermines Godiva's hitherto solid marriage and drives her to despair and confusion, the stage is set for a story so powerful its impact has survived for a thousand years. This tale of an independent, resourceful, and intelligent noblewoman tested to the limits of her endurance illuminates one of the great myths of British history.
Product code: 9780330452809
The Little Old Lady Who Struck Lucky Again (Paperback) - Catharina Ingelman-Sundberg
The little old lady is back! This time, Martha Andersson and her friends - the League of Pensioners - have left behind their dreary care home in Stockholm and are enjoying the bright lights of Las Vegas. This is their opportunity for a new lease of life and they plan to make the most of it. But before long, they are up to their old tricks and with ingenious tactics, a pair of false teeth and a wheelchair each, they plot to outwit the security system at one of the casinos.As their antics become more and more daring, Martha and her friends head back to Sweden full of ideas for more money making schemes. However, they aren't the only ones planning on stealing bucket loads of cash and soon find themselves pitted against a gang of dangerous criminals.Can the group of elderly friends work together to outsmart the younger robbers and get away with their biggest heist yet? Or will this job be a step too far for The League of Pensioners?
Product code: 9781447274902
The Long Ride Home - Rupert Isaacson
R150,00
Heart-breaking, uplifting and full of adventure, The Long Ride Home is the long-awaited sequel to the international bestseller The Horse Boy. Rowan came back from the shamans in Mongolia a changed boy. The three most debilitating effects of his autism - his incontinence, his endless tantruming, and his inability to make friends - were gone. But a year almost to the day since Rowan's improvement he started regressing: the accidents and tantrums reappeared, terrifying his father Rupert. Something had to be done.Father and son embarked on a new quest, journeying from the bushmen of Namibia to the coastal rain-forests of Queensland, Australia and finally to the Navajo reservations of the American southwest, where Rowan was transformed - they had begun The Long Ride Home.
Product code: 9780670922284
Philida (Paperback) - Andre Brink
R195,00
The year is 1832 and the Cape is rife with rumours about the liberation of slaves. Philida is the mother of four children by Francois Brink, the son of her master. Francois has reneged on his promise to set her free and his father has ordered him to marry a white woman from a prominent family, selling Philida on to owners in the harsh country in the north. Unwilling to accept this fate, Philida tests the limits of her freedom by setting off on a journey. She travels across the great wilderness to the far north of Cape Town - determined to survive and be free. This title is longlisted for The Man Booker Prize 2012.
Product code: 9780099578758
Valsrivier (Afrikaans) - Dominique Botha
R145,00
“Jy is te naby aan die water,” fluister Paul. “Babers slaap in die modder. Hulle sal wakker word as jy op hulle trap.” Paul en Dominique se sorgelose kinderdae op ’n Vrystaatse plaas is vir ewig verby wanneer hul ouers se linkse politiek die skoollewe op die dorp onmoontlik maak. Hulle word weggestuur na kosskole in Natal. Paul is ’n belowende jong digter, sy suster sy vertroueling. Maar Paul is vol woede en sy ontwaking word ’n afwaartse spiraal. Hulle vlieg London toe om die bedrukking van Suid Afrika te ontsnap, maar hy gaan ook sy dood tegemoet. Dominique Botha se roerende debuutroman is ’n elegie vir die lewe van haar kleintyd en haar verlore broer. Die boek is op ware gebeure gebaseer.
Product code: 9781415207468
Die Verdwyning Van Mina Afrika (Afrikaans) - Zuretha Roos
R150,00
Op 'n dag staan Gert Afrika met die kleuter op sy arm voor die agterdeur van die gegoede blanke boer. "Ek kan nie lat sommer enigiemand na my kind kyk nie, baas! Baas ken die spul! Dis heeldag dronknes en messteek...Sy's al wat ek oorhet van my eie, baas! Kyk net watse mooie kind is sy!" En so word die driejarige Mina Afrika die aanneemkind van die kinderlose Erik en Sara de Graaff. Hulle wil haar graag 'n kans in die lewe gee, haar fyn opvoed. Hier is Mina se storie, die suksesvolle debuutroman van Zuretha Roos. Oor die boek se Riana Scheepers: "Die verdwyning van Mina Afrika is eerstens (en laastens) 'n wonderlike storie. Dit is 'n verhaal met 'n verlossende, gelukkige einde; dit is vol menslike deernis; dit betrek die oer-temas en vraagstukke; dit teken 'n lewendige prentjie van 'n amper vergete Distrik Ses; dis deel van ons kollektiewe geheue - 'n boek wat alles het waarna die Afrikaanse leser dikwels vra." Lees ook die opwindende vervolg: Die tuiskoms van Mina Afrika.
Product code: 9780624033288
Eenoogkoning - Malene Breytenbach
R65,00
Salome Binnemans beleef vier oorloë: die Boereoorlog, die oorlog in Duits-Suidwes-Afrika, die Eerste en Tweede Wêreldoorlog. Eenoogkoning is ’n verhaal van liefde, verlies, swaar keuses. Lank domineer die eenoogkoning haar lewe, maar sy is ’n vrou wat terugveg.Hierdie historiese roman neem die leser terug na die draai van die vorige eeu, na ‘n tydperk van oorloë en ontwrigting. In hierdie tyd is die geskiedenis geskryf deur koloniale magte wat eers in Suidelike Afrika en daarna in die Eerste Wêreldoorlog die grense van lande en klein volke verskuif of uitgewis het.
Product code: 9781920518271
Swart Op Wit (Afrikaans) - Annelie Botes
R260,00
My dinkgoed het deurmekaar geraak, se Annelie Botes. 'n Aantal jaar gelede het 'n mediastorm om die Kammanassiekind se kop losgebars. Dit was 'n donker tyd in haar lewe, maar sy is terug op die enigste manier wat sy ken: swart-op-wit loop sy haar spore van vyf-en-vyftig jaar na en deel met die leser dinge wat sy nie verstaan nie, wat haar bang maak en wat haar bly maak. Sy doen dit vir haar kinders en hulle kinders se kinders. "Want niemand op aarde wil spoorloos die langleer klim nie," se sy. Tussenin lees ons ook hoe die toe al rebelse Annelie as tiener verlief raak op die man wat steeds die wyse, gryse engel Gabriel aan haar sy is. Oor al die berge en dale heen vlieg die twee saam. Moeiteloos glip sy tussen kontrasterende stories: jongliefde, oumensliefde, tye toe die liefde ontbreek het. Soms lag sy uit haar agterkeel oor Basjan-kat wat sy gebied op haar skoot gemerk het, ander kere sak sy gebroke op haar kniee neer oor Jabu se rooi baadjie ..."Ek sukkel met die lewe," se sy, "niks kom ooit vir my maklik nie. Maar ek hou nooit op om te probeer nie. Die jimmele weet ..."
Product code: 9780992176464
eMajuba (Afrikaans) - Dawie Louw
R160,00
Pragtige Nelia word deur sakeman Boris de Beuck verkrag. Maar skielik is daar sprake van 'n video wat glo bewys dat Nelia vrywillig betrokke was. Woedend besef sy dat magtige Magda, Boris se ma, agter die skerms konkel. Nelia neem reg in eie hande en as IT-spermuur spesialis, sit sy met 'n dodelike troefkaart. Ook kry sy hulp van vreemdeling Retief Boshoff wat vermoed dat haar saak verband hou met 'n voorval uit die tweede Vryheidsoorlog, 111 jaar gelede. Moeksie, Retief se grootouma, was toe ook 'n slagoffer van 'n verkragting. En die verdagte? Sep de Beuck, Boris se grootoupa. Om alles te kroon, was Sep 'n joiner wat openlik met Kakie geheul het. Maar daar's 'n kinkel. 'n Kakie-soldaat was daardie stormagtige nag ook op die plaas en Moeksie kon nie haar aanvaller eien nie. Al wat sy in die weerlig kon sien, was iets soos 'n geboortevlek op die man se maag. Op soek na die man met die vlek, delf Retief en Nelia diep in die twee families se voorgeskiedenis; vanaf die oorlog in 1902, via die gewapende stryd van Umkhonto We Sizwe in die 70's, tot en met die Kerkstraat-bomaanval in 1983. Retief skryf verbete aan sy familiegeskiedenis, onder andere oor die Boshoffs se eed om wraak op die De Beucks te neem. Nelia besef Retief sit in sy eie manuskrip vasgevang en vermoed dat dit die einste eed is wat hom so in die verlede hou. Daarenteen het Nelia, as weggooikind, geen idee wie haar voorsate is nie.
Product code: 9781920654634
Die Stormsee Swyg (Afrikaans) - Annemarie J. Pieterse
R160,00
Helmuth Gunther, die aantreklike baas van Gunther en Vennote, styg met sy Cessna net buite Reniersburg in die Karoo op. Hy is opgewonde om 'n grondtransaksie in die Weskus te gaan beklink. 'n Verskriklike windstorm laat sy vliegtuig egter neerstort in 'n bloekombos. Die harde kopstamp wat Gunther opdoen, vlek die donker gange van sy jarelange geheueverlies oop. 'n Dramatiese reddingspoging laat hom in Reniersburg se hospitaal uit sy bewustelose toestand wakker word waar sy staatmakersekretaresse, Lanie de Wet hom besoek. Langs Gunther se hospitaalbed loop sy haar egter vas in allerhande onthoubeelde wat by Helmuth begin opkom en sy begin besef...die man op wie sy verlief is, is dalk iemand anders. In hierdie tyd is inspekteur Leander Fourie, die nuwe bevelvoerder van Kransbaai se polisiestasie, juis besig om al die onafgehandelde dossiere van sy voorganger, deur te werk. Toe die briewetas van Helmuth Gunther uit die Cessnawrak gehaal word en sy identiteit plus 'n vroeere foto van hom daarin gekry word, wek dit die speurinstink by inspekteur Fourie teen 'n spoed op. Want in een van die onafgehandelde dossiere le daar 'n identiese foto wat net 'n jonger weergawe is van die bloekombos se slagoffer. Dis egter 'n foto sonder die wondmerke aan die gesig en onder 'n ander naam. Hoe onvoorspelbaar, hoe diep en hoe lank kan 'n stormsee sy geheime bewaar?
Product code: 9781920654580
Die Twaalf - 21.12.2012 Die Tyd Raak Min (Afrikaans) - William Gladstone
R95,00
Hierdie is 'n buitengewone en onvergeetlike roman oor 'n uiters ongewone en niksvermoedende held.
Product code: 9780620452427
Die Dooies Leef (Afrikaans, Paperback) - S.D. Fourie
R180,00
Die dooies is nie onder die aarde nie. Hulle is in die geritsel van die bome." Hy kyk verras na haar. "Glo jy ook dat die dooies nooit finaal gesterf het nie?" Sy antwoord nie. Dit is nie waaroor sy vanaand wil gesels nie. Sy is al vir dae besig met die dooies. Sy wil net weer 'n slag perspektief kry. Helder dink. Hanna Bagiano is in twee verdeel toe sy meegedeel word dat sy dringend na Engeland moet reis. Haar ouma, Maryna Lourens, het afgesterf en die prokureursfirma in Londen moet Hanna se identiteit verifieer voordat hulle haar ouma Maryna se boedel kan afhandel. Hanna wou nog altyd reis, maar nou word hierdie reis betaal deur die ouma wat haar as kleinkind ontken en verwerp het. Die ouma wat gese het sy is nie 'n Lourens nie. En boonop sit sy met haar ouma Maryna en oumagrootjie, Sophie Lourens, se dagboeke. Toe sy dit begin lees, kom spook die verlede by haar: ou geraamtes klim uit die kas en Hanna kom te staan voor die Lourensvloek wat van nageslag tot nageslag oorgedra word ...Sal sy dit kan vryspring? Of sal die noodlot en die vloek ook haar en haar nageslagte tref? Alhoewel dit aanvanklik moeilik is, gee Hanna gehoor aan haar ouma se laaste versoek: Sy begin terugloop op die spore van haar voorgeslagte. Sy maak haarself ontvanklik vir die stemme van die verlede met die hoop dat sy die geheime van haar eie verlede sal kan ontsluit. En dalk, net dalk, vind sy self geluk wanneer sy die wense van die wat voor haar was, vervul. Commendatio deur Leti Kleyn: "Die leser word so gemaklik in Die dooies leef ingetrek, dat jy nie eers sien die bladsye raak minder en die einde kom nader nie."
Product code: 9781920654610
Die ongetemde hart - John Eldredge
R120,00
Die skrywer hou 'n totaal nuwe benadering tot manwees voor. Hy skryf nie ideale gedragspatrone vir Christenmans voor nie, maar nooi hulle op 'n verkenningstog om hul Godgegewe, ongetemde aard te ontdek. Hy identifiseer drie kernbegeertes wat diep in elke man se hart geplant is: 'n stryd om te stry; 'n avontuur om te beleef; 'n skoonheid om te red Eldredge bespreek die redes waarom mans nie in voeling is met hierdie begeertes nie, en verduidelik hoe hulle dit kan terugvind en dit kan uitleef tot voordeel van hulleself en hul verhoudings. Die ongetemde hart slaan die persepsie die nek in dat Christenmans vaal mannetjies is wat net in hul spoor moet trap en weinig anders doen. Dit is 'n uitnodiging om God se ongetemde aard hul eie te maak en ware manlikheid te ontdek.
Product code: 9781415306185
Pluimprinse - Malene Breytenbach
R260,00
After an attack in her house at Muizenberg Olivia Bailey decides to quit her job as journalist and travels to Oudtshoorn to meet her estranged grandmother.While getting to know her grandmother, who lives in a feather palace and still drives an old Rolls Royce Silver Ghost, Olivia begins to unravel her own history.This is a history entangled in the feather boom, a time of power and wealth.
Pluimprinse tells a story of the difficult relationship between Jew and Boer, unobtainable love and how our choices in life influence the lives of future generations.
Product code: 9780624048251
Becoming the Narcissist's Nightmare - How to Devalue and Discard the Narcissist While Supplying Yourself (Paperback) - Shahida Arabi
R850,00Although clinical research has been conducted on narcissism as a disorder, less is known about its effects on victims who are in toxic relationships with partners with Narcissistic Personality Disorder. Individuals with this disorder engage in chronic devaluation and manipulation of their partners, a psychological and emotional phenomenon known as "narcissistic abuse." Unfortunately, the full extent of what narcissistic abuse entails is not taught in any psychology class or diagnostic manual. In this book, survivors will learn:•The red flags of narcissistic behavior and covert manipulation tactics, including subtle signs many survivors don't catch in the early stages of dating a narcissist.•The motives behind narcissistic abuse and techniques to resist a narcissist's manipulation.•Why abuse survivors usually stay with a narcissist long after incidents of abuse occur.•How our own brain chemistry locks us into an addiction with a narcissistic or toxic partner, creating cravings for the constant chaos of the abuse cycle.•Traditional and alternative methods to begin to detach and heal from the addiction to the narcissist, including eleven important steps all survivors must take on the road to healing.•Methods to rewrite the narratives that abusers have written for us so we can begin to reconnect with our authentic selves and purpose.•How to rebuild an even more victorious and empowering life after abuse.
Product code: 9781523702466
Grave Secrets - Kathy Reichs
R40,00
In the searing heat of Guatemala, Dr Temperance Brennan must harden herself against the horrors she excavates. And then four young girls go missing from Guatemala City. When a skeleton is found at the back of a rundown hotel, only someone with Tempe's expertise can deduce the identity and cause of death. But as she searches for answers, her path is blocked at every turn. It is clear that some people will stop at nothing to keep Guatemala's secrets buried.
Product code: 9780099307303
Die Ras-Kanonne - J Lion Pienaar
R100,00
Vervaardig uit wabandyster tydens die Eerste Vryheidsoorlog 1880-1881
Product code: SPB001
Flenters vir Lint - Bernette Bergenthuin
R45,00
Van Christiaan sou Katinka vergeet, sy sou hom uit haar hart werk ... en nou is sy terug op Stellenbosch en verloof an Hannes Swartz, die een man teen wie Christiaan haar gewaarsku het .. IMPORTANT NOTICE: Before you add your item to the cart please register. This will give you login details and you will enter our 3d secure system for the shopping cart. To register see MY ACCOUNT in the top menu bar.
Product code: 9780799348583
Viva La Vida (Afrikaans, Paperback) - Bernette Bergenthuin
R150,00
Vida se beste vriend staan uiteindelik op trou. Maar as hy hom lewenslank wil opsaal met ’n meisie wat in alle opsigte die Barbie-model ’n treetjie voor is, is dit sy saak. Dit is wel hinderlik dat sy as “best woman” ’n tuxedo-aandrok moet dra en alles wat daarmee saamgaan om die verloofde gelukkig te hou. Ook die feit dat hulle haar met die verloofde se broer wil afpaar. Maar net vir die troue en net vir haar beste vriend is dit ook seker nie te veel gevra nie. En die man is regtig ’n vangs, as sy nou eerlik wil wees.Terwyl haar beroepslewe as argitek ook ’n onverwagte trap of twee styg en sy daarmee probeer tred hou, doem ander komplikasies op: haar ewig onvergenoegde ma, haar immer swerwende pa, ongeoorloofde affairs begin aan die orde van die dag lyk, ’n ramparty haak ampertjies uit en ’n naweek in die Bosveld het rampspoedige gevolge.As daar ooit ’n moontlikheid was dat Vida se beste vriend eintlik die liefde van haar lewe is, is dit nou te laat. Die strykkwartet speel al die troumars, letterlik. En Vida se sin vir humor is meestal al wat haar staande hou.IMPORTANT NOTICE: Before you add your item to the cart please register. This will give you login details and you will enter our 3d secure system for the shopping cart. To register see MY ACCOUNT in the top menu bar.
Product code: 9780799378566
Hoe Tjert Tert geword het en so en goeters - Herman du Plessis
R120,00
Seker die mees bekende is: TERT SE KERSFEES STORIEEk brand al van lankal af om hierdie storie te vertel, maar ek het uitgehou tot nou toe. Merkwaardig, al moet ek dit self sê. As ek 'n storie hoor, dan moet hy vertel word, maar hierdie een moes ek mee wag.
Verlede jaar, besluit Tert en Lien dat, aangesien hulle kinders elkeen hulle eie koers gaan inslaan gedurende Kersfees, hulle nie stoksielalleen by die huis gaan sit nie. Tert wou weg na waar dit stil is. Geen blink liggies en goeters nie. Net die stilte...'n Lekker lees, lekker lag boek.
Product code: 9780620476850
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
Tallie Se Storie - Toe My Man Sy Werk Verloor Het - Carol Langenhoven
R95,00
Hierdie verhaal handeloor die emosionele invloed wat aflegging op 'n gewone middelklasgesin het - die broodwinner wie se selfbeeld flenters is, hoe elkeen in die gesin emosioneel moet oorleef en watter planne gemaak moet word om die geldwolf vandie deur af te hou.
Product code: 9780620475679
Ver Van Vrede - My Volle Verhaal - Jurie Els
'n Mens kan 'n speld hoor val in hof GC in die Noord-Gautengse Hooggeregshof. Dis 09:30, Maandag 2 November 2009. "Ek het lank stilgebly. Ek is veroordeel, gekruisig en vermorsel deur die media en die publiek. Ek is uitgeskel vir alles wat sleg is. By teepartytjies en om braaivleisvure is oor my geskinder en gelag. Op internetblogs het duisende mense anoniem met my gespot en my veroordeel. Ek het niks gese nie. Ek kon nie. Ek moes doodstil bly. Ek moes my kans afwag. Nou is my kans. My enigste kans... My aktetas bevat 485 bewysstukke in Saak CC 206 van 2009: die Staat vs CJ Els..."Jurie Els het huis toe gekom as beskuldigde in een van die mees opspraakwekkende sekssake in die Suid-Afrikaanse regsgeskiedenis. So begin Jurie Els, bekende sanger en eggenoot van die voormalige hoogspringkampioen, Hestrie Cloete, se verhaal van sy private lewe en sy ervaring as sanger in die Suid-Afrikaanse musiekbedryf - wat uiteindelik sou uitloop op 'n aanklag van onsedelike aanranding van sy destyds minderjarige protege: die jong sanger Robbie Klay. Die titel bied 'n voelvlug oor Els se lewe en loopbaan waarin omtrent elke naam in die Suid-Afrikaanse ligtemusiek-wereld 'n rol speel.Hoogs interessante leesstof vir almal met 'n belangstelling in die opwinding en die teleurstellings; die vriendskappe en die verraad in die plaaslike vermaaklikheidsbedryf. Die titel is goed geskryf en gestruktureer - met boaan elke hoofstuk die datums (vanaf 1963-2010) waarteen die meevoerende drama afspeel. Dit sorg vir heelwat nostalgiese herinneringe aan bekende maar dalk vergete radioprogamme, rolprente, TV-reekse, tydskrifte ,"plate", CD's, kunstenaars en kompetisies deur die jare soos Els se vertellings dit voor die leser se oog laat verbyskuif...Die titel van Els se boek, Ver Van Vrede, is 'n gepaste en ironiese keuse. Aan die een kant is hy en sy gesin wat deesdae in Nieu-Seeland woon, letterlik "ver van Vrede", die Vrystaatse dorpie waar Jurie grootgeword het en waarheen hy telkens sou terugkeer. Die ongure hofsaak wat teen hom aanhangig gemaak is en die tol wat dit finansieel, emosioneel en loopbaangewys van hom geeis het, wek die indruk dat hy aan die einde van die verhaal inderdaad "ver van vrede" sou wees. Tog eindig die boek met die woorde: "Ek is ver van Vrede. Tog het ek vrede gekry. Volkome Vrede."'n Bonus tot die boek - wat veral die duisende belangstellendes in Els se opspraakwekkende verhoor van 2009 sal interesseer - is die uitgebreide woordelikse uittreksels uit die hofstranskripsies van die saak wat agter in Ver Van Vrede opgeneem is.
Product code: 9780620475297
The Warren Buffett Way - Investment Strategies of the World's Greatest Investor (PB, New ed) - Robert G. Hagstrom
R180,00
"Simply the most important new stock book of the 1990s, to date. Buy it and read it." —Kenneth L. Fisher, ForbesThe runaway bestseller—updated with new material included for the first time!"The Warren Buffett Way outlines his career and presents examples of how his investment techniques and methods evolved and the important individuals in that process. It also details the key investment decisions that produced his unmatched record of performance." —from the Foreword by Peter S. Lynch, Bestselling author, One Up on Wall Street and Beating the Street"...an extraordinarily useful account of the methods of an investor held by many to be the world's greatest." —The Wall Street Journal.
Product code: 9780471177500
Investment Biker - Around the World - Jim Rogers (Paperback, New Ed)
R390,00
This book is about the author's amazing trip across six continents and the world economy and society. It discusses who's sinking and who's swimming, which countries are on the rise and which are collapsing, where you can make a million and where you could lose one. Every place he stopped on the trip, Rogers talked to businessmen, bankers, investors and regular people. He learned reams of information that you had never learn from reading the financial pages of any periodical. Delivers a thrilling account of the journey of a lifetime and provides tips that would enable you to pay for a trip just like it.
Product code: 9780471495529
First Family - David Baldacci
R65,00
David Baldacci's First Family is the fourth gripping New York Times bestseller in the King and Maxwell series. When she turned the page and her gaze flickered over the date on top it was as though the lightning outside had somehow grounded right into her. A billion volts of pain, a shriek of anguish you could actually see, and feel, as it pierced her. Camp David, USA. A birthday party turns into a nightmare when a child is snatched after the celebrations. The First Lady enlists the services of Sean King and Michelle Maxwell to bring the child home safely. But she and King share a past. Years ago he saved her then senator husband from political disaster. And this may not be all that passed between them. With Michelle still battling her own demons, the two are pushed to the limit, with forces aligned on all sides against them - and the line between friend and foe impossible to define ...or defend. David Baldacci's smash-hit series continues with The Sixth Man and King and Maxwell.
Product code: 9781447226543
Split Second - David Baldacci
R60,00
Split Second is the first in the gripping King and Maxwell series by bestselling author David Baldacci. When something distracts Secret Agent Sean King for a split second, it costs him his career and presidential candidate, Clyde Ritter, his life. But what stole his attention? And why was Ritter shot? Eight years later Michelle Maxwell is on the fast track through the ranks of the Secret Service when her career is stopped short: presidential candidate John Bruno is abducted from a funeral home while under her protection. The similarity between the two cases drives Michelle to re-open investigations into the Ritter fiasco and join forces with attractive ex-agent King. The pair are determined to get to the bottom of what happened in those critical moments. Meanwhile, high-ranking members of the legal system and key witnesses from both cases are going missing. King is losing friends, colleagues and clients fast and his ex-lover, Joan Dillinger, is playing curious games - she wants Sean back, but she also owes him for something ...Split Second is followed by Hour Game, Simple Genius, First Family, The Sixth Man and King and Maxwell.
Product code: 9781447210559
The Simple Truth - David Baldacci
R65,00
As a young conscripted soldier, Rufus Harms was jailed for the brutal killing of a schoolgirl. Yet, after twenty-five hard years of incarceration, a stray letter from the US army reveals new facts about the night of the murder - and the evil secret shared by some of Washington's most powerful men. Fearful for his life, Harms seizes his one chance to escape. But within hours the only people who knew about the appeal have been hunted down and eliminated. As the unknown assassins close in on Harms, ex-cop turned criminal attorney John Fiske is drawn into the web. His younger brother is already a victim, the woman he loves is under threat. For the truth and the chance of a fututre, he will never give up the fight. But for both men time is already running out. Their enemy is buried deep witin the system and completely ruthless when protecting the truth ...
Product code: 9780330527255
Divine Justice - David Baldacci
R65,00
Known by his alias, "Oliver Stone," John Carr is the most wanted man in America. With two pulls of the trigger, the men who hid the truth of Stone's past and kept him in the shadows were finally silenced.But Stone's freedom has come at a steep price; the assassinations he carried out have prompted the highest levels of the United States Government to unleash a massive manhunt. Joe Knox is leading the charge, but his superiors aren't telling him everything there is to know about his quarry - and their hidden agendas are just as dangerous as the killer he's trying to catch.Meanwhile, with their friend and unofficial leader in hiding, the members of the Camel Club must fend for themselves, even as they try to protect him. As Knox closes in, Stone's flight from the demons of his past will take him far from Washington, D.C., to the coal-mining town of Devine, Virginia - and headlong into a confrontation every bit as lethal as the one he is trying to escape.
Product code: 9780330536660
The Innocent - David Baldacci
R65,00
Another action-packed thriller from one of the world's most popular writers Back in DC after successful missions in Edinburgh and Tangier, assassin Will Robie sees his latest assignment, to eliminate a US government employee, go badly wrong. What had she done, or what did she know? Robie is now a wanted man. But it seems that he's not the only one on the run. Young teenager Julie Getty is devastated by the inexplicable murder of her parents in their home. Who wanted them dead, and why, is a mystery. But Julie is smart enough to believe that their killer will come after her. Robie and Julie meet when he saves her from an attempt on her life as they were trying to leave town. The police investigating the hit start to take an interest in Robie. He's particularly attracting the interest of Special Agent Nicole Vance, who believes that the two cases are connected. Robie finds himself in a dangerous position as he is tasked to investigate a crime at which he was present. Does he need to change sides to save lives - including his own?s
Product code: 9780330520324
The Aviator's Wife : A Novel - Melanie Benjamin
R95,00
In the spirit of "Loving Frank" and "The Paris Wife, " acclaimed novelist Melanie Benjamin pulls back the curtain on the marriage of one of America s most extraordinary couples: Charles Lindbergh and Anne Morrow Lindbergh. The history [is] exhilarating. . . ."The Aviator s Wife" soars. "USA Today" "NEW YORK TIMES" BESTSELLER When Anne Morrow, a shy college senior with hidden literary aspirations, travels to Mexico City to spend Christmas with her family, she meets Colonel Charles Lindbergh, fresh off his celebrated 1927 solo flight across the Atlantic. Enthralled by Charles s assurance and fame, Anne is certain the aviator has scarcely noticed her. But she is wrong. Charles sees in Anne a kindred spirit, a fellow adventurer, and her world will be changed forever. The two marry in a headline-making wedding. In the years that follow, Anne becomes the first licensed female glider pilot in the United States. But despite this and other major achievements, she is viewed merely as the aviator s wife. The fairy-tale life she once longed for will bring heartbreak and hardships, ultimately pushing her to reconcile her need for love and her desire for independence, and to embrace, at last, life s infinite possibilities for change and happiness. Look for special features inside.
Product code: 9780345528681
Sextet - Sally Beauman
R40,00
Moving from Halloween through Thanksgiving to Christmas, from the cloisters of Oxford to the unpredictable looking-glass world of a Hollywood film, this is a novel about obsessions and the heartbreak they can cause.
Product code: 9780553503265
Deliver Us from Evil - David Baldacci
R65,00
Evan Waller is a monster. He has built a fortune from his willingness to buy and sell anything ...and anyone. In search of new opportunities, Waller has just begun a new business venture: one that could lead to millions of deaths all over the globe. On Waller's trail is Shaw, the mysterious operative from The Whole Truth, who must prevent Waller from closing his latest deal. Shaw's one chance to bring him down will come in the most unlikely of places: a serene, bucolic village in Provence. But Waller's depravity and ruthlessness go deeper than Shaw knows. And now, there is someone else pursuing Waller in Provence -Reggie Campion, an agent for a secret vigilante group headquartered in a musty old English estate- and she has an agenda of her own. Hunting the same man and unaware of each other's mission, Shaw and Reggie will be caught in a deadly duel of nerve and wits. Hitchcockian in its intimate buildup of suspense and filled with the remarkable characters, breathtaking plot turns, and blockbuster finale that are David Baldacci's hallmarks, Deliver Us From Evil will be one of the most gripping thrillers of the year.
Product code: 9780330513692
King and Maxwell - David Baldacci
R85,00
Former Secret Service Agents turned private investigators, Sean King and Michelle Maxwell, return in their most surprising, personal and dangerous case to date. King and Maxwell is the explosive finale to David Baldacci's phenomenal series. King and Maxwell encounter teenager Tyler Wingo when he has just received the tragic news that his soldier father has been killed in Afghanistan. But then Tyler receives an email from his father ...after his supposed death. Sean and Michelle are hired to solve the mystery, and their investigation leads to deeper, even more troubling questions. Could Tyler's father really still be alive? Was his mission all that it seemed? Has Tyler's life been a lie, and could he be the next target? It's clear that King and Maxwell have stumbled upon something even more sinister when those in power seem intent on removing them at any cost. Determined to help and protect Tyler, their search for the truth takes them on a perilous journey which not only puts their lives at risk but arrives at a frightening conclusion
Product code: 9781447225348
The Forgotten - David Baldacci
R60,00
Military criminal investigator John Puller is drawn closer to home when his aunt is found dead in her house in Paradise, Florida. The local police have ruled the death as an accident, but Puller finds evidence to suggest that she may well have been murdered. On the surface the town lives up to its name, but as Puller digs deeper he realises that this town and its inhabitants are more akin to Hell than Paradise. His belief is confirmed as evidence of strange and inexplicable events come to light. And when Puller learns the truth about what is happening in this once sleepy town, he knows that his discoveries will impact far wider than Paradise.Military criminal investigator John Puller is drawn closer to home when his aunt is found dead in her house in Paradise, Florida. The local police have ruled the death as an accident, but Puller finds evidence to suggest that she may well have been murdered. On the surface the town lives up to its name, but as Puller digs deeper he realises that this town and its inhabitants are more akin to Hell than Paradise. His belief is confirmed as evidence of strange and inexplicable events come to light. And when Puller learns the truth about what is happening in this once sleepy town, he knows that his discoveries will impact far wider than Paradise.
Product code: 9780330520331
