This is the story of Phen, aged 11, who lives in Hillbrow in 1967. He loves reading and words the way other boys love racing cars and soccer. He can,almost literally, live in a book as he devours its pages. This is just as well as he stutters badly and has a sick father whose head lives in a library. Phen is forced to live out his own story as he befriends a hobo in the local park called Heb Thirteen Two. This eccentric man offers unorthodox advice as the boy’s life spins deeper and deeper into turmoil. Forced to grow up much faster than other boys his age, Phen’s friendship with Heb will guide him towards adulthood in such a way that one starts to suspect Heb, whose name is short for Hebrews 13:2 (Be not forgetful to entertain strangers: for thereby some have entertained angels unawares), might bean angel come to live among men.
Softcover, 288 pages, 210 x 134 mm
Item Code: BF00580
Wanneer Tertius de Klerk se nag van skande op die lappe kom, moet hyvlug: Weg van die drukkende universiteitsdorp waar hy geskiedenis aanverveelde studente doseer; weg van sy loopbaan wat bly taan; weg van syvrou Alta wat hom gaan verbrysel as sy hom in die hande kry.Hy kies die hasepad Patagonië toe – nes sy oupagrootjie Basjan jaretevore. Hierdie dorre streek aan die suidelikste punt van Suid-Amerika hetvir Basjan en honderde boere soos hy ná die Boereoorlog uitkoms gebied.Dit is hier waar Basjan ná sy omswerwinge in dié vreemde land ’n plaaskon vestig.Maar die geskiedenis herhaal homself: Tertius raak nie só maklik vansy vurige vrou ontslae nie. Alta sit haar lamsakkige man agterna, nesSalome – Tertius se oumagrootjie – met Basjan gemaak het. Per skip en opdie rug van ’n muil deur die woestyn kon Salome al hoe nader kom aan dieman waarmee sy uiteindelik sou trou.Met ’n skeut avontuur en empatie en so wyd soos die landskap vanPatagonië ontvou Maya Fowler se roman in vier stemme in ’n hinterlandwaar Afrikaans tot vandag toe steeds gepraat word.
Item Code: BA00720
Guernsey Literary & Potato Peel Pie Society FTI PB
The beloved, life-affirming international bestseller which has sold over half a millioncopies worldwide – soon to be a major film coming in April 2018, starring Lily James,Matthew Goode, Jessica Brown Findlay, Tom Courtenay and Penelope WiltonIt’s 1946. The war is over, and Juliet Ashton has writer’s block. But when she receives aletter from Dawsey Adams of Guernsey – a total stranger living halfway across theChannel, who has come across her name written in a second hand book – she entersinto a correspondence with him, and in time with all the members of the extraordinaryGuernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society.Through their letters, the society tell Juliet about life on the island, their love of books –and the long shadow cast by their time living under German occupation. Drawn into theirirresistible world, Juliet sets sail for the island, changing her life forever.
Item Code: BF00840
Tertius de Klerk is an academic. When a drunken one night stand with a student turns into an embarrassment, Tertius is convinced that the time has come to leave.
Softcover, 384 pages, 210 x 134 mm
Item Code: BF00790
Elsa Winckler Eerste Keur 1
Non Member R255.00
Cilla kan van kleins af met diere kommunikeer in Van altyd af. Reynecke Retiefvertrou egter nie haar intuïtiewe benadering nie; hy beskuldig haar daarvan dat sysy perd wil toor. Cilla krap terselfdertyd al Reynecke se vooropgestelde idees oorverhoudings en die lewe om.Aileen se pâtisserie sal vir Stellenbossers wys hoe fyngebak moet lyk in Teeenders, te anders. Ongelukkig is die eienaar van die perseel heeltemalonmoontlik. Na ’n lesing oor persoonlikheidstipes, weet sy: Sy en Allen Muir salnooit om dieselfde vuur kan sit nie. Hoekom laat sy nabyheid haar dan soverskriklik opgewonde voelKalinda worstel met verskeie uitdagings in Tydlose liefde . Soos die spook wat inhaar kar geklim het én haar kantsakdoekie agtergelaat het. Sy ontmoet ook diewildewragtag van ’n Zach met sy arrogante drie-date-reël. Daar is dadelik ’nonverklaarbare drif wat tussen hulle posvat, terwyl sy die geskiedenis en haarspook se spore volg.
Item Code: BA00640
Non Member R299.00
In die loop van 1876 kom verskeie groepe Transvalers by die samevloei van dieKrokodil- en Maricoriviere aan met die idee om na Damaraland te trek. ’n Landwat hulle net uit die stories van jagters ken. Om daar te kom, moet hulle ’n stukwaterlose Kalahari, bekend as die Dors, oorsteek. Maar die magstryd tussen dievoormanne van elke groep om die hoofleier van die trek te wees laat die trek op’n ramp afstuur, lank voor hulle die Dorsland binnegaan. Anderkant die dors wagdaar nie ’n land van melk en heuning nie, maar koors, tsetsevlieë, olifante enleeus. ’n Land vir mense wat uit hardekool se hout gesny is. ’n Land vir mensewat die dood kan vat en kan doodmaak sonder om ’n oog te knip.
Item Code: BA00630
Liefdestango – Dirna AckermannDane se jeugliefde het agtien jaar gelede net padgegee nadat haar ma hulle verhouding verbied het. Nou is hy terug en hy en Dane moet weet wat die beletsel op hulle liefde dan is.Die Nuwe Vennoot – Dina BothaMilan verseg om haar aandeel in die maatskappy te verkoop aan Evan, wat sy glad nie ken nie. Sy verdink ho, buitendien van knoeiery. Maar sy vind die arrogante vent onweeerstaanbaar.Papierpo – Marietjie WelgensTien jaar gelede was Nicolaas die liefde van Shauna se lewe. Toe het sy gevlug van sy oordele en die vernedering. Maar noudat hey terug is in haar lewe, sal sy haar op him wreek.
Item Code: BA02730
Perfekte Formule – Elsa WincklerElena is vasberande om nie op n aantreklike wynboer se kerfstok te belan nie. Sy sal buitendien nooit op n plaas aard nie.Liefdesdroom – Mari RobertsTascha verloor tydens n werkvakansie op n idilliese Griekse eilandjie haar hart en besluit om by die man te bly.Droomseisoon – Alexa SteynSandra herstel nog van haar egskeiding to die onweerstaanbare skrywer met die wind in sy hre haar op Elsiesbaai se strand vind.
Item Code: BA02720
Two new novels from Amanda Prowse, that tell the storyof one couple from both sides… This is Annas story.There are two sides to every love story…Anna Cole may have grown up poor, but her mothers lovemade her feel rich every day. When she died, Annas worldshattered.Then she met Theo: a shy man with kind eyes, who rebuilther faith in love. But Theo has a past of his own. Can hereally be Annas knight in shining armour if he has his ownbattles to fightFrom bestselling author Amanda Prowse, this is the grippingromance of Anna and Theo: One love, two stories.
Item Code: BF01010
Jan Wentzel, verhaleredakteur van Die voorpunt, kry te make met Marié Hurter, ’naspirant-skrywer wat maar net nie wl aanvaar dat haar liefdesverhaal afgekeur isnie. Jan het hoë ideale en neem sy werk ernstig op, maar ’n probleem ontstaan.Hoe gemaak as hy nou ook ’n ogie op Marié het Of voer dié ondeunde rooikopiets in die mouIn Die rooikop en die redakteur en ander stories bring H&R vroeë verhale deureen van Afrikaans se belangrikste skrywers in een band byeen. Vóór dieSestiger-beweging, etlike literêre pryse en internasionale aansien het André Brinksy loopbaan begin as skrywer van humoristiese stories en spannings- enliefdesverhale in gesinstydskrifte. Die vermaaklike stories in dié bundel hetgedurende die 50s in die tydskrifte Die huisgenoot en Die brandwag verskyn. Diébundel kombineer Brink se eiesoortige sin vir humor met ’n tikkie nostalgie –perfek vir ’n ouer én nuwe geslag lesers. Saamgestel deur Cecilia van Zyl,voormalige verhaleredakteur van Die huisgenoot.
Item Code: BA00530
On the side of the road, two boys are walking, holding hands. The smaller,barefoot one does not speak. The words are there in Zuko’s head but they arestuck somewhere between his thoughts and his mouth. He sees patterns, though,all around him – in the clouds, the stones, the arch of the sun. He hums the sun’ssound, his fingers painting pathways in the air. Some say he is cursed, othersbelieve he is magical.To Ash, Zuko is his little brother, all he has left in the world. He has notheard of autism. The older boy is a teenager who has seen more than most hisage. Ash stood beside their mother when she buried their sister. Then, when hismother also succumbed to illness, he dug her grave alone. Now he is leading hisbrother to the city to find their father.As the two traverse the land, they are forced to eat what they find and sleepunder the stars. And Ash keeps wondering: Will their father know them Will hetake them in
Item Code: BF00600
The Tattooist of Auschwitz:
Based on the incredible true story of Lale SokolovHeart-breaking – a tale of love and survival amidst the horrors of Auschw itzHuman – the real story behind one of the most potent symbols of the Holocaust -the blue numbers tattooed on prisoners armsInspirational – the very best of humanity in the very w orst of circumstancesUnforgettable – a story untold for over seventy years is finally sharedLife-affirming – one mans determination to survive and live a full life w ith thew oman he lovedFully verified – Lale Sokolovs background and story has been fact-checked againstall available documentary evidenceThe StoryThe Tattooist of Auschwitz is based on the true story of Lale and Gita Sokolov, tw oSlovakian Jew s, w ho survived Auschw itz and eventually made their home inAustralia. In that terrible place, Lale w as given the job of tattooing the prisonersmarked for survival – literally scratching numbers into his fellow victims arms inindelible ink to create w hat w ould become one of the most potent symbols of theHolocaust. Lale used the infinitesimal freedom of movement that this positionaw arded him to exchange jew els and money taken from murdered Jew s for food tokeep others alive. If he had been caught he w ould have been killed; many ow edhim their survival.There have been many books about the Holocaust – and there w ill be many more.W hat makes this one so memorable is Lale Sokolovs incredible zest for life. Heunderstood exactly w hat w as in store for him and his fellow prisoners and he w asdetermined to survive – not just to survive, but to leave the camp w ith his dignityand integrity intact, to live his life to the full. Terrible though this story is, it is also astory of hope and of courage. It is also – almost unbelievably – a love story. W aitingin line to be tattooed, terrified and shaking, w as a young girl. For Lale – a dandy, ajack-the-lad, a bit of a chancer – it w as love at first sight and he determined notonly to survive himself, but to ensure that Gita did, too. His story – their story – w illmake you w eep, but you w ill also find it uplifting. It show s the very best ofhumanity in the very w orst of circumstances.Like many survivors, Lale and Gita told few people their story after the w ar. Theyeventually made their w ay to Australia, w here they raised a son and had asuccessful life. But w hen Gita died, Lale felt he could no longer carry the burden oftheir past alone. He chose to tell his story.
Item Code: BF01140