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Ulysses – James Joyce
R210.00Set entirely on one day, 16 June 1904, “Ulysses” follows Leopold Bloom and Stephen Daedalus as they go about their daily business in Dublin.
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Under Glass – Claire Robertson
R270.00Previous titles The Spiral House and The Magistrate of Gower have secured this local author a reputation for beautifully written literary fiction. Under Glass, newly released, is set around the mid 1800s. Mrs Chetwyn lands in Port Natal to join her husband – their passage and some land have been bought by her father-in-law.
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Under the Knife : A History of Surgery in 28 Remarkable Operations – Arnold van de Laar
R315.00How did a decision made in the operating theatre spark hundreds of conspiracy theories about JFK?
How did a backstage joke prove fatal to world-famous escape artist Harry Houdini?
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Up Against the Night by Justin Cartwright
R320.00Frank McAllister is wealthy and lives in the UK. He has lived there for thirty years and has houses in Nottinghill, New Forest and Cape Town. He feels increasingly alienated and hankers for his South African heritage, and the novel opens with him planning a trip to Cape Town with his lover Nellie. Frank is descended from Piet Retief (as is Justin Cartwright) and his murder by Dingaan and subsequent avenge by the Boers in the Battle of Blood River is explored. Frank’s Afrikaner cousin, Jaco, almost famous on YouTube for nearly being eaten by a shark, threatens to disturb his more measured existence. Themes of heritage and what it means, and the presumptions made by strangers in a foreign land are central to the story. Cartwright writes beautifully, and his keen observation of character and profound insights are balanced by a sense of irony, and even comic absurdity.
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Vargic’s Miscellany of Curious Maps by Martin Vargic
R430.00This extraordinary book is an absolute must for map lovers. Described, rather enticingly, as a ‘wonderful, obsessive-compulsive absurdity’ it consists of a series of exquisitely detailed old-world style maps of various twenty-first century pop-culture phenomena, such as: The Map of YouTube, The Music Map, The Map of Stereotypes and The Corporate World Map. Vargic is original, inventive, humorous and insightful.
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Verskroeide Aarde – Fransjohan Pretorius
R395.00Die Britse beleid van “verskroeide aarde” en konsentrasiekampe tydens die Anglo-Boereoorlog het bitter herinneringe en trauma veroorsaak wat dekades ná die oorlog steeds by Suid-Afrikaners spook.
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Vinegar Girl – Anne Tyler
R305.00Kate Battista is feeling stuck. How did she end up running house and home for her eccentric scientist father and uppity, pretty younger sister Bunny? Plus, she’s always in trouble at work – her pre-school charges adore her, but the adults don’t always appreciate her unusual opinions and forthright manner.
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Vladimir Putin: Life Coach – Rob Sears
R220.00What can the rise and reign of this century’s most feared politician teach us about life, work and love?
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Vlakwater deur Ingrid Winterbach
R250.00Ingrid Winterbach-aanhangers sal sekerlik bly wees om te hoor van die verskyning van haar nuwe boek. Dit is ‘n veelvlakkige roman vol van intrige, die kunste, waansin en spiritualistiese filosofieë. Kunstenaar Niek Steyn koop ‘n huis in Kaapstad ná die beëindiging van sy liefdesverhouding. Niek bevriend Marthinus, wat naby hom bly, en vind dat hulle ‘n belangstelling in die kunstewêreld deel. Gou word die verhaal bevolk met ‘n verskeidenheid klaarblyklik versteurde kunstenaartipes. Slegs een karakter verteenwoordig normaliteit en warmte in Niek se lewe – sy huurder, die kunsstudent Charelle. Wanneer sy verdwyn en verskeie onrusbarende dinge in die area gebeur, is Marthinus oortuig dat Viktor daaragter sit; Viktor wat die skisofreniese boek Vlakwater geskryf het. Intussen werk ‘n naamlose haaslip-vrou aan ‘n monografie oor die bekende kunstenaars-cum-filmmakers, die Olivier-broers. Stadigaan begin mens vermoed daar is dalk een skakel wat al hierdie dinge verbind, maar is die vermoede korrek?
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Vlees En Bloed – Riette Rust
R200.00Eileen en Roelien staan nie net as die Bloedsusters bekend omdat hulle biologiese susters is nie.
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Vrae En Feite Vir Nuuskierige Agies – Adinda Vermaak
R195.00Christmas Choice 2017
Is jy ’n nuuskierige agie wat wil weet…
