STAFF CHOICE
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All The Beautiful Girls – Elizabeth J. Church
R285.00In the summer of 1968, Ruby Wilde is the toast of Las Vegas. Showgirl of the Year, in her feathers and rhinestones, five-inch heels and sky-high headdresses, she mesmerises audiences from the Tropicana to the Stardust. Ratpackers and movie stars, gamblers and astronauts vie for her attention and shower her with gifts.
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The Man Who Didn’t Call – Rosie Walsh
So when he leaves for a long-booked holiday and promises to call from the airport, you have no cause to doubt him.
But he doesn’t call.
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Love and Other Consolation Prizes – Jamie Ford
1909, Seattle. At the World’s Fair a half-Chinese boy called Ernest Young is raffled off as a prize. He ends up working in a brothel in Seattle’s famed Red Light District and falls in love with Maisie, the daughter of a flamboyant madam, and Fahn, a karayuki-san, a Japanese maid sold into servitude.
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Robin – Dave Itzkoff
R310.00From his rapid-fire stand-up comedy riffs to his breakout role in Mork & Mindy and his Academy Award-winning performance in Good Will Hunting, Robin Williams was a singularly innovative and beloved entertainer. He often came across as a man possessed, holding forth on culture and politics while mixing in personal revelations – all with mercurial, tongue-twisting intensity as he inhabited and shed one character after another with lightning speed.
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Super Easy Burgers – 69 Really Simple Recipes – Orathay Souksisavanh
R245.00A collection of 69 recipes for simple-to-prepare, super delicious burgers of all kinds–from beef and poultry to veggie and seafood.
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Who We Are and How We Got Here – Ancient DNA And The New Science Of The Human Past – David Reich
R380.00The past few years have witnessed a revolution in our ability to obtain DNA from ancient humans. This important new data has added to our knowledge from archaeology and anthropology, helped resolve long-existing controversies, challenged long-held views, and thrown up remarkable surprises.
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Follow Finn : A Search-and-Find Maze Book – Peter Goes
R265.00The goblins are on the loose so Finn and his dog race after them.
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Four Tales – Philip Pullman
R320.00Four Tales brings together Clockwork, The Firework-Maker’s Daughter, I was a Rat!, and The Scarecrow and His Servant.
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The Deathless – Peter Newman
R300.00The demons…In the endless forests of the Wild, humanity scratches a living by the side of the great Godroads, paths of crystal that provide safe passage and hold back the infernal tide. Creatures lurk within the trees, watching, and plucking those who stray too far from safety.
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The Ultimate Interplanetary Travel Guide: A Futuristic Journey Through the Cosmos – Jim Bell
R395.00Do you dream of traveling to other worlds? This visually spectacular book brings you closer to an interplanetary voyage than ever before!
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Drive: The Definitive History of Motoring – DK
R390.00A car book which takes you through motoring history, from classic cars to how we enjoy driving today, and beyond. As Jodie Kidd says in her introduction “Sit back, buckle up, and enjoy the ride”. From the public’s amazement at the idea of a horseless carriage to today’s excitement for driverless vehicles, find out everything you need to know about motoring from 1895 to the present day.
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The Deals that Made the World – Jacques Peretti
R205.00While the laws that guide our lives are written by the politicians we elect, much of the world around us – from the food we eat to the products we buy to the medications we take – is shaped by private negotiations and business deals few of us know about.
NEW RELEASES
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Dors – Marinda van Zyl
R280.00In die laat 1800’s kom families van dwarsoor die Transvaal bymekaar om Damaraland toe te trek om Britse belegging van hul gebied vry te spring. Van meet af aan is daar egter ‘n leierstryd onder die mans, met rampspoedige gevolge.
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Die Hond Wat Ophou Blaf Het – Jo Nel
R250.00Diegene wat hou van bloed en derms sal hierdie hoogspanningsverhaal verslind. Die tandarts Izak Hugo haat sy werk. Hy sien gewelddadige visioene van hoe hy sy kermende pasiënte vir ewig kan stilmaak.
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Steinhoff en die Stellenbosse Boys – James-Brent Styan
R280.00Die val van Steinhoff vroeg in Desember 2017 het Suid-Afrika geskok. Steinhoff se waarde het binne enkele dae met ongeveer R200 miljard geval, en sou nog veel verder daal in die daaropvolgende maande.
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Uit die Bloute – Chanette Paul
R315.00Jojo Richter se speuravonture is direk eweredig aan haar nuuskierigheid. Sy moes nooit ingestem het om vir Irene navorsing oor VVV’s te doen nie. Wanneer ’n skelm regter naby Bientangsbaai met ’n pyl en boog vermoor word, het dit skielik alles met Irene se belangstelling in VVV’s te doen.
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The Shepherd’s Hut – Tim Winton
R290.00Fans of Winton’s powerful and lyrical prose will not be disappointed by his new title, The Shepherd’s Hut. Jaxie is a teenage outcast. He has suffered frequent physical abuse from his alcoholic father.
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Tsk Tsk: The Story of a Child at Large – Suzan Hackney
R240.00This powerful memoir by South African Hackney reached our shelves in April this year and continues to sell well. Hackney was adopted as a newborn and was brought up in Pietermaritzburg by her adoptive parents.
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The Prison Letters of Nelson Mandela – Sahm Venter
R425.00The market may be satiated with books on Nelson Mandela, but this is something quite different, and very special indeed. When he was incarcerated in 1962, Mandela had no idea that he would then proceed to spend the next twenty seven years in jail. While in prison he wrote hundreds of letters: to prison authorities; government officials; fellow activists; to Winnie and his children.
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The Outsider – Stephen King
R295.00Old-school horror and another masterpiece from King: The brutal (and frankly, difficult to process) murder of an 11-year-old boy and the evidence points conclusively to a Little League coach, English teacher and father Terry Maitland.
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