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  • AMERICAN SIGN LANGUAGE FOR BEGINNERS

    Easy and Simple Guide to American Sign sign language

    by Ernest Alver ...
    There is a quick one easy method to begin learning American Sign Language.In just 30 days, U can learn to sign with people in your community, home, and school, with the help of American sign language for beginners.This beginner's book include all the topics U need to develop a solid foundation in American sign language for everyday situations, from letters and numbers to vocabulary and Grammar ... Read more

    R124,66

  • When We Cease to Understand the World

    Shortlisted for the 2021 International Booker Prize

    Translated by Adrian Nathan West ...
    SELECTED FOR BARACK OBAMA'S SUMMER READING LIST 'A monstrous and brilliant book' Philip Pullman'Wholly mesmerising and revelatory... Completely fascinating' William Boyd Sometimes discovery brings destruction When We Cease to Understand the World shows us great minds striking out into dangerous, uncharted terrain. Fritz Haber, Alexander Grothendieck, Werner Heisenberg, Erwin Schrödinger: these are ... Read more

    Was R152,25 Now R135,23 or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Class Action

    In Pursuit of a Larger Life

    Charles Abrahams has spearheaded class-action lawsuits to defend the vulnerable and oppressed, but as a child he experienced oppression himself in the most visceral way.In this remarkable memoir, Charles recounts his poverty-stricken youth on the Cape Flats, amidst habitual gang fights and domestic violence. In the tiny home he shared with ten siblings, his father abused his mother, while at ... Read more

    R132,01

  • Autopsy

    Life in the trenches with a forensic pathologist in Africa

    As a medical detective of the modern world, forensic pathologist Ryan Blumenthal's chief goal is to bring perpetrators to justice. He has performed thousands of autopsies, which have helped bring numerous criminals to book. In Autopsy he covers the hard lessons learnt as a rookie pathologist, as well as some of the most unusual cases he's encountered. During his career, for example, he has dealt ... Read more

    R169,15 or Free with Kobo Plus

  • The Secret to Success

    by Eric Thomas ...
    From homeless high school dropout to one of the most sought after motivational speakers in the country, Eric Thomas has truly found the Secret 2 Success. In this, his debut autobiography, Eric shares that secret with the rest of the world. By chronicling his days sleeping in abandoned buildings in the unforgiving Detroit winters, to his rise as a successful husband, father, CEO, educator and ... Read more

    R146,04 or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Challenging Beliefs

    Memoirs of a Career

    by Tim Noakes ...
    Tim Noakes is one of the world’s leading authorities on the science behind sport and a successful sportsman in his own right. Through a lifetime of research, he has developed key scientific concepts in sport that have not only redefined the way elite athletes and teams approach their professions, but challenged conventional global thinking in these areas. In this new and updated edition of ... Read more

    R176,05

  • When Breath Becomes Air

    The powerful and moving memoir of a doctor, the global bestseller

    ****THE MILLION COPY BESTSELLER**'Rattling. Heartbreaking. Beautiful,' Atul Gawande, bestselling author of Being Mortal**What makes life worth living in the face of death?At the age of thirty-six, on the verge of completing a decade's training as a neurosurgeon, Paul Kalanithi was diagnosed with inoperable lung cancer. One day he was a doctor treating the dying, the next he was a patient ... Read more

    R239,42

  • Elon Musk

    How the Billionaire CEO of SpaceX and Tesla is Shaping our Future

    by Ashlee Vance ...
    South African born Elon Musk is the renowned entrepreneur and innovator behind PayPal, SpaceX, Tesla, and SolarCity. Musk wants to save our planet; he wants to send citizens into space, to form a colony on Mars; he wants to make money while doing these things; and he wants us all to know about it. He is the real-life inspiration for the Iron Man series of films starring Robert Downey Junior.The ... Read more

    R239,42

  • Bad Science

    by Ben Goldacre ...
    Ben Goldacre’s wise and witty bestseller, shortlisted for the Samuel Johnson Prize, lifts the lid on quack doctors, flaky statistics, scaremongering journalists and evil pharmaceutical corporations.Since 2003 Dr Ben Goldacre has been exposing dodgy medical data in his popular Guardian column. In this eye-opening book he takes on the MMR hoax and misleading cosmetics ads, acupuncture and homeopathy ... Read more

    R125,34

  • A Child Called It

    From international bestseller Dave Pelzer, the book that broke a million hearts

    by Dave Pelzer ...
    A harrowing and inspiring true story of a young boy's abusive childhood, from international bestseller Dave Pelzer.'A story where love, kindness, patience and endurance triumph' Daily Mail*****Brutally beaten and starved by his emotionally unstable and alcoholic mother, Dave became a slave; he was no longer a boy, but an 'it'. His bed was an old army cot in the basement, his clothes torn and unwa. ... Read more

    R217,22

  • All Creatures Great and Small

    The Classic Memoirs of a Yorkshire Country Vet

    by James Herriot ...
    ** Now a major TV series on Channel 5 **Since they were first published, James Herriot’s memoirs have sold millions of copies and entranced generations of animal lovers. Charming, funny and touching, All Creatures Great and Small is a heart-warming story of determination, love and companionship from one of Britain’s best-loved authors.Fresh out of Glasgow Veterinary College, to the young James ... Read more

    R232,98

  • Aussie, Actually

    A South African woman's memoir of migrating to Australia

    by Lois Nicholls ...
    Lois Nicholls is pregnant and heartbroken when she leaves her country of birth, South Africa to begin a new life in Australia with her husband and toddler.Through a series of anecdotes she provides a snapshot of her emigration journey with candid, humorous and touching accounts of her new life on foreign soil. Battling through endless Brisbane summers, she tells of her struggles to make friends, ... Read more

    R113,09

  • This is Going to Hurt

    The Bestselling Secret Diaries of a Junior Doctor

    by Adam Kay ...
    **The multi-million copy bestseller and Book of the Year at The National Book Awards, now a major BBC comedy-drama starring Ben Whishaw.‘Painfully funny. The pain and the funniness somehow add up to something entirely good, entirely noble and entirely loveable.' - Stephen Fry**Welcome to the life of a junior doctor: 97-hour weeks, life and death decisions, a constant tsunami of bodily fluids, and ... Read more

    R232,98

  • Furiously Happy

    by Jenny Lawson ...
    For fans of David Sedaris, Tina Fey and Caitlin Moran comes Furiously Happy from Jenny Lawson, author of the #1 New York Times bestseller Let's Pretend This Never Happened.In Let's Pretend This Never Happened, Jenny Lawson regaled readers with uproarious stories of her bizarre childhood. In Furiously Happy she explores her lifelong battle with mental illness. A hysterical, ridiculous book about ... Read more

    R232,98

  • The Innocent Man

    A gripping crime thriller from the Sunday Times bestselling author of mystery and suspense

    by John Grisham ...
    ***NOW A MAJOR NETFLIX SERIES***__________________A gripping true-crime story of a shocking miscarriage of justice, from international bestselling thriller author John Grisham, author of A Time to Kill, The Firm and The Whistler.In the baseball draft of 1971, Ron Williamson was the first player chosen from Oklahoma. Signing with Oakland, he said goodbye to his small home town and left for C... ... Read more

    R202,62

  • A Midwife's Story

    A gripping first-hand account of midwife Penny Armstrongs journey from student midwife in Glasgow to running her own practice among the Amish in rural Pennsylvania, A Midwifes Story never fails to enlighten, inform and surprise.Going far beyond mere biography, Armstrongs journey of self-discovery is ultimately very moving, and it is the honesty with which she describes the world she discovers ... Read more

    R104,75

  • Confessions of a Sociopath

    A Life Spent Hiding in Plain Sight

    by M. E. Thomas ...
    **The bold memoir from a diagnosed sociopath. Shocking but funny, Confessions of a Sociopath is a fascinating insight into the mind of a self-confessed predator.'Gripping and important . . . quite the memorable roller coaster ride' – Jon Ronson, author of The Psychopath Test**M. E. Thomas is a high-functioning non-criminal sociopath. She is charismatic, ambitious and successful. You would be ... Read more

    R232,98

  • The Lord God Made Them All

    The Classic Memoirs of a Yorkshire Country Vet

    by James Herriot ...
    The fourth volume of memoirs from the author who inspired the BBC and Channel 5 series All Creatures Great and Small.Finally home from London after his wartime service in the RAF, James Herriot is settling back into life as a country vet. While the world has changed after the war, the blunt Yorkshire clients and menagerie of beasts with weird and wonderful ailments remain the same. But between his ... Read more

    R275,30

  • All Things Bright and Beautiful

    The Classic Memoirs of a Yorkshire Country Vet

    by James Herriot ...
    ** Now a major TV series on Channel 5 **Now settled into the sleepy Yorkshire village of Darrowby, and married to Helen the farmer’s daughter, James Herriot thinks he’s finally got himself sorted. But life as a vet in the 1930s was never going to be easy. Quite aside from his unpredictable colleagues, brothers Siegfried and Tristan Farnon, he must contend with new-fangled medical techniques, ... Read more

    R232,98

  • Sis, Don't Settle

    How to Stay Smart in Matters of the Heart

    by Faith Jenkins ...
    DATE SMARTER, MAKE BETTER DECISIONS IN LOVE, AND ACHIEVE THE RELATIONSHIP YOU DESERVE… IT ALL STARTS WITH NOT SETTLING!By day, Faith Jenkins is the host of Oxygen's Killer Relationship and former host of the nationally syndicated relationship show Divorce Court; by night, she’s a happily married new mother who navigated these dating streets for years before learning how to attract the love of her ... Read more

    R155,35

  • The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks

    A True Story of Scientific Discovery, Questionable Ethics, and a Family's Fight for Truth

    **The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks is a heartbreaking mix of memoir and science, telling the story of how one woman’s cells – taken without her knowledge – have saved countless lives.Now an HBO film starring Oprah Winfrey & Rose Byrne.‘No dead woman has done more for the living . . . A fascinating, harrowing, necessary book’ – Hilary Mantel, Guardian**Her name was Henrietta Lacks, but ... Read more

    R190,54

  • Every Living Thing

    The Classic Memoirs of a Yorkshire Country Vet

    by James Herriot ...
    The fifth volume of memoirs from the author who inspired the BBC and Channel 5 series All Creatures Great and Small.In Every Living Thing James Herriot brings back familiar and much-loved friends, including his partner Siegfried and his most lucrative patient, the delightful Tricki Woo.There are some some new arrivals too, such as the abandoned and terrified mongrol Titch who finds the perfect ... Read more

    R232,98

  • An Astronaut's Guide to Life on Earth

    Back on the earth after three spaceflights, Chris Hadfield's captivating memoir An Astronaut's Guide to Life on Earth reveals extraordinary stories from his life as an astronaut, and shows how to make the impossible a reality. This edition contains a new afterword.Colonel Chris Hadfield has spent decades training as an astronaut and has logged nearly 4,000 hours in space. During this time he has ... Read more

    R275,30

  • My Stroke of Insight

    'A unique insight into human consciousness and its possibilities' The Times'Incredible' New Scientist'This book is important for everyone . . . I love this book' Oprah WinfreyOn the morning of the 10th December 1996, Jill Bolte Taylor, a thirty-seven-year-old Harvard-trained brain scientist experienced a massive stroke when a blood vessel exploded in the left side of her brain.A neuroanatom... ... Read more

    R217,22