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The Three-Body Problem – Cixin Liu
R185.001967: Ye Wenjie witnesses Red Guards beat her father to death during China’s Cultural Revolution. This singular event will shape not only the rest of her life but also the future of mankind.
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Huigaeb #01: Kraak – Rouxnette Meiring
R170.00In 2065, na vele natuurrampe, rig geo-ingenieurs ‘n virtuele koepel oor Kaapstad op en dit word HuiGaeb. Maar in 2315 begin die krake wys; krake in die koepel, maar ook sypel daar in die ultragereguleerde samelewing van HuiGaeb invloede van die buitewereld in. Vele inwoners le in droomhospitale, onverklaarbaar aan die slaap, maar lewend. ‘n Groep jongmense besluit om die koepel te verlaat en ‘n reis na die noorde van Chinafrika aan te pak op soek na antwoorde.
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I’ll be Gone in the Dark – Michelle McNamara
R265.00“You’ll be silent forever, and I’ll be gone in the dark.”
For more than ten years, a mysterious and violent predator committed fifty sexual assaults in Northern California before moving south, where he perpetrated ten sadistic murders. Then he disappeared, eluding capture by multiple police forces and some of the best detectives in the area. -
Mary Shelley – Miranda Seymour
R240.00The definitive and richly woven biography of Mary Shelley, in celebration of the 200th anniversary of Frankenstein The creator of the world’s most famous outsider became one herself . . .
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What They Didn’t Teach You in Art School: How To Survive As An Artist In The Real World –
R336.00You have a great talent, but do you know how to make a success of it? One of the things not taught in art school is just how active and engaged you need to be. You will have to become your own finance, business and marketing manager, as well as researcher, curator and administrator.
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The Death of Democracy – Benjamin Carter Hett
R320.00A revelatory account of the fall of the Weimar Republic and the rise of Hitler, based on new and award-winning research, and recently discovered archival material.
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Mr Bitcoin : How I became a millionaire at 21 – Mpho Dagada
R195.00Mr Bitcoin: How I became a millionaire at 21, shares his story of triumph and failure. He tells his story from the beginning: being brought up by business-minded and accomplished grandparents who planted in him the seeds of what it means to be successful in business.
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Tallest Tower, Smallest Star: A Pictorial Compendium of Comparisons – Kate Baker & Page Tsou Studio
R365.00Have you ever wondered how a dinosaur would measure up against the Great Pyramids of Giza, if a hummingbird could outfly a jet plane, or how many atoms could fit inside a grain of sand? These are just some of the questions explored in this extraordinary book of comparisons.
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Welcome to Our World: A Celebration of Children Everywhere!
R270.00Children all over the world are very different, but they also have much in common.
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New Favorites for New Cooks: 50 Delicious Recipes for Kids to Make – Carolyn Federman
From a leader in the field of food education, this smart, fun, lavishly illustrated cookbook provides 50 kid-tested recipes that engage children’s natural inclination for adventure and use fresh, seasonal ideas for breakfast, lunch, snacks, and sweets to teach basic cooking skills.
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The Mythology Book: Big Ideas Simply Explained – DK
R190.00More than 80 classic myths retold and explained, from early creation beliefs to classical hero narratives and the recurring theme of the afterlife. The latest title in the bestselling Big Ideas series, The Mythology Book explores the compelling worlds and characters depicted in myths and legends.
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The Otters’ Tale – Simon Cooper
R210.00When Simon Cooper bought an abandoned water mill that straddles a small chalkstream in southern England, little did he know that he would come to share the mill with a family of wild otters. Yet move in they did, allowing him to begin to observe them, soon immersing himself in their daily routines and movements. He developed an extraordinary close relationship with the family, which in turn gave him a unique insight into the life of these fascinating creatures.
NEW RELEASES
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Ingrid Jonker – ’n Biografie – Petrovna Metelerkamp
R300.00Hierdie volledige biografie volg vyftien jaar na Metelerkamp se eerste boek oor Ingrid Jonker, Beeld van ’n digterslewe. Ingrid se lewe en werk het die kollektiewe verbeelding aangegryp, veral nadat oudpresident Nelson Mandela een van haar gedigte voorgelees het tydens sy inhuldiging.
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Wie gaan in 2019 regeer? – Jan-Jan Joubert
R249.00Die politieke verslaggewer Jan-Jan Joubert het met hierdie boek ’n groot uitdaging suksesvol aangepak: ’n sinvolle uiteensetting van faktore wat ’n rol speel in die Suid-Afrikaanse politiek. Kernkwessies wat die uitslag van die 2019-verkiesing sal beїnvloed word bespreek.
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Truitjie roer my nie – Schalk Bezuidenhout & Erns Grundling
R220.00Dis die 80’s truitjie op die voorblad wat my laat vassteek en die boek optel. Helder pryk hy daar in die truitjie, met die gelaatstrekke van Borat en die uitdrukking van Charlie Chaplin: Schalk Bezuidenhout.
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Star of the North – D B John
R299.00This title is making some buzz overseas and on social media. It’s an intricate, intelligent and compulsive thriller, set in North Korea. Soo-min, a US citizen, is abducted from a South Korean beach, and twelve years later her twin sister, Jenna, now a professor in Georgetown, is recruited by the CIA and sees this as a chance to discover what happened to her. Mrs Moon works on a penal farm and discovers an aid package which she decides to use to her own advantage.
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The Burning Chambers – Kate Mosse
R299.00The Burning Chambers is Kate Mosse’s new historical novel, this time veering towards being more romance than thriller. Set in her trademark region of Languedoc, France, in the sixteenth century. It is a fraught and dangerous time: the Catholic Church strives to repress the Reform tradition of the Hugenots.
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On Leopard Rock: A Life of Adventures & Wilbur Smith
R285.00Smith’s latest title is a memoir of his fascinating life, and reads like an adventure story. He grew up in Rhodesia on a farm, and from a young age was taught to the necessity of protecting their livestock from predators – and was well able to wield a rifle. Smith had to endure a harsh boarding school education, and eventually became a tax assessor.
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Warlight – Michael Ondaatje
R290.00Ondaatje new title, Warlight, is set in London in 1945, and tells the story of 14-year-old Nathaniel and his 16-year-old sister, Rachel, who, when their parents disappear on as mysterious mission, are left in the care of a boarder they refer to as The Moth.
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The President Is Missing – James Patterson & Bill Clinton
R249.00A very exciting duo for Patterson fans: a thriller written with ex-president Clinton in which the fictional Jonathan Lincoln Duncan bears some resemblance to Clinton in personal detail.
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