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the book of Joy

Desmond tutu & Dalai Lama trade paperback

Two of the world’s most influential spiritual leaders, His Holiness the Dalai Lama and Archbishop Desmond Tutu have come together to share their thoughts on achieving enduring happiness.

Whether we are frustrated with the morning traffic, fearful that we cannot provide for our families, or grieving for the loss of a loved one, is it really possible to be joyful in the face of our daily troubles? And even if our lives are well and good, how can we live in joy when so many others are suffering?

With jokes, discussions, fondness and friendship, the ‘mischievous spiritual brothers’ from different cultures and religions tackle the answers to these questions, and share their personal stories of struggle and renewal.

Jamie oLiver’s christmas cookbook

Jamie oliver Hardcover

Jamie’s Christmas Cookbook will be packed with all the classics you need for the big day and beyond, as well as loads of delicious recipes for edible gifts, party food and new ways to love those leftovers. It’s everything you need for the best Christmas ever.

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robert harris trade paperback

The Pope is dead. Behind the locked doors of the Sistine

Chapel, one hundred and twenty Cardinals from all over the globe will cast their votes in the world’s most secretive election.

They are holy men. But they have ambition. And they have rivals.

Over the next seventy-two hours one of them will become the most powerful spiritual figure on earth.

briDget Jones’s baby

helen fielding trade paperback

As Bridget careers towards baby-deadline, tortured by Smug Mothers miming her ticking biological clock, a series of classic Bridget Jones moments finally leads her into pregnancy – but just not quite as intended. It’s a pregnancy full of cheesy potatoes, outlandish advice from Drunken Singletons and Smug Mothers, chaos at scans and childbirth classes, high jinks and romance, joy and despair – but all of it dominated by the terribly awkward question – ‘Who’s the Father?’

never go back

Lee child trade paperback

NOW FILMED AS THE SECOND JACK REACHER MOVIE, STARRING TOM CRUISE

Drop-out military cop Jack Reacher has finally hitch-hiked his way to Virginia. His destination, the closest thing to a home he ever had: the headquarters of his old unit, the 110th Military Police.

Reacher has no real reason to be here, except that he spoke to the new commanding officer on the phone. He liked Major Susan Turner’s voice. But now he’s arrived, she’s disappeared, and things are getting weird.

Accused of a sixteen-year-old homicide and co-opted back into the army, Reacher says nothing.

But he’s sure as hell thinking of a way out.

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shepherDs anD butchers

chris marnewick Paperback

Leon Labuschagne’s livelihood depends on death. At nineteen, he is a warder on Death Row: a shepherd who cares for the condemned – and a butcher who escorts them to the gallows. After a gruelling two-week stint in which thirty-two men were hanged, Leon loses control, with tragic results. And now he’s the one facing the death penalty.

Ook beskikbaar in Afrikaans DoraDo 9781415208960

short, fast-paceD, high-impact entertainment.

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the mating seasonPaperback

Self-proclaimed ‘bird nerd’ Sophie Castle has been given the opportunity of a lifetime: her own documentary about her fine-feathered friends. But her cameraman, Rigg Greensman, is unmotivated... and drop dead gorgeous. Can they work together to convince the public to love birds – without falling in love themselves?

$10,000,000 marriage proposaL Paperback

I am a creative, open-minded businessman with limited time and desire to play the field. This is a serious proposal.

A mysterious billboard intrigues three single women in LA. But who is this Mr. Right? And is he the perfect match for the lucky winner?

verDict Paperback

A woman violently attacked in her bed. A billionaire businessman on trial at The Old Bailey.

As the world’s press gather outside London’s luxurious Tribeca hotel, can Jon Roscoe protect his own family from the terrifying consequences of the verdict?

sacking the Quarterback Paperback

The golden boy of American football just went bad.

Quarterback Grayson Knight has a squeaky-clean reputation. So when he’s arrested for drug possession, lawyer Melissa St. James knows that something doesn’t add up. It’s clear he’s hiding something, though he denies it.

But there’s one thing he can’t deny – he wants Melissa.

french kiss Paperback

French detective Luc Moncrief joined the NYPD for a fresh start – but someone wants to make his first big case his last.

Welcome to New York.

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pure. aDrenaLine. reaDingBookShots are short, high-impact stories by James Patterson and other writers that can be read in one sitting. Each and every one is fast-paced, 100% story-driven; a shot of pure and satisfying entertainment.

More spellbinding than the latest blockbuster movie, BookShots will keep you on the edge of your seat from the first page to the last.

Under 150 pages. Under R60.Impossible to put down.

the Long Wave

tom Dreyer trade paperback

In the wake of his father’s death, Gilbert du Toit begins to see rays of light and schools of fish streaking through the air. He believes that these visions are sending him a message, and sets off to follow his peculiar guides across the vastness of the Great Karoo.A journey that begins with a sense of purpose deteriorates into a manic and unpredictable expedition. Yet, as his travels unfold, it becomes clear that his past cannot be outpaced easily.In glimmering prose infused with humour and pathos, Tom Dreyer’s The Long Wave is a tale of transformation, friendship and the mystery at the heart of ordinary life.

tannie maria & the satanic mechanic: a tannie maria mystery

sally andrew Softcover

Everybody’s favourite agony aunt and crime fighter Tannie Maria needs some counselling advice of her own. She seeks out a counsellor, jokily known to all as “the satanic mechanic”. Straight out of The Rocky Horror Picture Show and from hot-as-hell Hotazel, Ricus fixes both cars and people.

But Maria’s counselling tune-up switches gears when a murder flings her straight into Detective Henk Kannemeyer’s investigation. Not only is she dating the dashing Henk, she now has to work beside him: a potential recipe for disaster.