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The Course of Love - Alain de Botton
1 × R305.00
Subtotal: R305.00
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The Butchering Art : Joseph Lister’s Quest to Transform the Grisly World of Victorian Medicine – Lindsey Fitzharris
R385.00The story of a visionary British surgeon whose quest to unite science and medicine delivered us into the modern world – the safest time to be alive in human historyIn The Butchering Art, historian Lindsey Fitzharris recreates a critical turning point in the history of medicine, when Joseph Lister transformed surgery from a brutal, harrowing practice to the safe, vaunted profession we know today.
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The Childhood of Jesus – J. M. Coetzee
R205.00After crossing oceans, a man and a boy – both strangers to each other – arrive in a new land. David, the boy, has lost his mother and Simon vows to look after him. In this strange new country they are assigned a new name, a new birthday, a new life. Knowing nothing of their surroundings, nor the language or customs, they are determined to find David’s mother.
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The Children Act – Ian McEwan
R295.00Fiona Maye is a High Court judge in London presiding over cases in family court. She has a reputation for her sensitive evaluations and well-reasoned judgements. But her life is thrown into turmoil by her husband declaring he intends to embark on an extra-marital affair, and a challenging case involving a beautiful seventeen-year-old boy who refuses a life-saving blood transfusion because it conflicts with his beliefs as a Jehovah’s Witness. Fiona is forced to face some particularly difficult truths about herself and her values. For those readers familiar with any previous titles: Atonement, Enduring Love and Solar, among others, this one lives up to any expectations. The characteristic beautiful, clear writing style and nuances of human emotion are all present in this wonderful book.
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The Children of Húrin – J. R. R. Tolkien
R195.00Painstakingly restored from Tolkien’s manuscripts and presented for the first time as a fully continuous and standalone story, this paperback of the epic tale of The Children of Hurin will reunite fans of The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings with Elves, dragons, Dwarves and Orcs, and the rich landscape and characters unique to Tolkien.
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The Children of Jocasta – Natalie Haynes
R285.00This is a retelling of Sophocles’ three Theban plays and the story of Oedipus from the point of view of two minor characters: Jocasta ( mother and wife of Oedipus ) and Ismene ( sister of Antigone ). Jocasta was forced into her first marriage to Laius, King of Thebes, at 15 years old.
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The Choice – Edith Eger
R320.00In 1944, sixteen-year-old Edith Eger was sent to Auschwitz. There she endured unimaginable experiences, including being made to dance for the infamous Josef Mengele. Over the coming months, Edith’s bravery helped her sister to survive, and led to her bunkmates rescuing her during a death march. When their camp was finally liberated, Edith was pulled from a pile of bodies, barely alive.
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The Clan of the Cave Bear – Jean M. Auel
R125.00Follow Ayla, a Cro-Magnon child who loses her parents in an earthquake and is adopted by a tribe of Neanderthal, the Clan. See how the Clan’s wary suspicion is gradually transformed into acceptance of this girl, so different from them, under the guidance of its medicine woman Iza and its wise holy man Creb.