Falling man

    There is September 11 and then there are the days after, and finally the years.  Falling Man  is a magnificent, essential novel about the event that defines turn-of-the-century America. It begins in the smoke and ash of the burning towers and tracks the aftermath of this global tremor in the intimate lives of a few people.  First there is Keith, walking out of the rubble into a life that he’d always imagined belonged to everyone but him. Then Lianne, his estranged wife, memory-haunted, trying to reconcile two versions of the same shadowy man. And their small son Justin, standing at the window, scanning the sky for more planes.  These are lives choreographed by loss, grief, and the enormous force of history.  Brave and brilliant,  Falling Man  traces the way the events of September 11 have reconfigured our emotional landscape, our memory and our perception of the world. It is cathartic, beautiful, heartbreaking.

We combine postage, so do look at our other items on offer. Postage prices outside of South African borders will differ. Please enquire before purchasing. Dispatched within 3 business days. Condition: Good. Jonathan Cape, 1990 - Natural History - 112 pp. Name of previous owner inside. Written by Heathcote Williams, author of the highly acclaimed Whale Nation, Falling for a Dolphin is an inspiring and intensely beautiful poem that tells the story of a close encounter between a man and a dolphin. Free and discounted shipping on bulk purchases (postal and courier) within the RSA. See shipping for details.   Please Click ---> HERE PTO Books is selling.

  Author(s): Mike Stocks  Title:       White Man Falling  ISBN:  978 1 84688 036 0  Publisher/place: Alma Books, London  This Edition:  first trade paperback  Year of Publication: 2007  First Published: 2006  Binding: paperback Number of pages:  281  Weight: 270g  Condition:   Excellent  Please see pictures, as these form part of the description.    

 In 1992 an Indian climber was left to die alone high on the South Col of Mount Everest by other climbers who watched his feebly waving hand from the security of their tent thirty yards away.  Why did these onlookers not hold the dying man's hand and comfort him?  The answer  appalls Joe Simpson, who was himself left for dead in a crevasse in Peru in 1985. "I shall never forget the horror of dying alone - the awful empty loneliness of it." Now that Everest has become the playground of the rich, where commercial operators offer guided tours to the top up fixed ropes, camping amidst the detritus and unburied corpses of previous less fortunate climbers, Simpson wonders if the noble, caring instincts that once characterised mountaineering have been irrevocably displaced - as in other facets of society.  In this exciting and challenging book, he explores anecdotally and in conversations with other mountaineers, the moral climate of mountaineering in the 1990s. Soft cover, fair condition.  The cover is creased and scuffed in places.  The book shows definite signs of wear, but it's a fascinating read.  207 pages.

This item is sold brand new. It is ordered on demand from our supplier and is usually dispatched within 7 - 12 working days Whether you're trying to broaden your literary horizons, find the perfect book for a friend, or simply select a good read for yourself, 1001 Books You Must Read Before You Die is the only guide you will need to make the right choice. Offering concise critical insight to the novels and the writers that have fired imaginations and influenced cultures around the world, this newly updated edition runs the gamut from the first Latin novel to survive in its entirety to Dave Egger's highly topical novel about an all-seeing, all-knowing technology company, The Circle. Organized chronologically and covering the whole range of literary styles, this indispensable reference traces the history of world fiction. Discover the stories behind the adjectives Dickensian, Kafkaesque, Rabelaisian... and the writers behind the stories. From the dark recesses of the Marquis de Sade's jail cell to Aldous Huxley's brave new world, and from the society of Barbara Pym's excellent women to Don DeLillo's falling man, you'll find critiques of the most important and bestselling fiction ever written. Delve into the pages of this sumptuously illustrated book and let general editor, Peter Boxall, guide you through the greatest novels that the world has to offer. Read and enjoy. Features Summary A fully updated edition of the essential literature reference book, featuring reviews of the bestselling and most acclaimed novels of all time, along with more than 500 colour images of original book jackets. Author Peter Boxall Publisher Cassell Illustrated Release date 20181004 Pages 960 ISBN 1-78840-086-0 ISBN 13 978-1-78840-086-2

This item is sold brand new. It is ordered on demand from our supplier and is usually dispatched within 4 - 8 working days A BBC Radio 4 Book of the Week It's as if they're made for each other. Two men, both falling, but holding each other up for a time. Ostend, 1936: the Belgian seaside town is playing host to a coterie of artists, intellectuals and madmen, who find themselves in limbo while Europe gazes into an abyss of fascism and war. Among them is Stefan Zweig, a man in crisis: his German publisher has shunned him, his marriage is collapsing, his house in Austria no longer feels like home. Along with his lover Lotte, he seeks refuge in this paradise of promenades and parasols, where he reunites with his estranged friend Joseph Roth. For a moment, they create a fragile haven; but as Europe begins to crumble around them, they find themselves trapped on an uncanny kind of holiday, watching the world burn. 'Evocative, sharply drawn portraits...an engrossing history' Kirkus, starred review 'Sparkling...Weidermann's storytelling is piquant' Publishers Weekly 'Brilliantly researched and riveting' Die Welt Features Summary A BBC Radio 4 Book of the Week It's as if they're made for each other. Two men, both falling, but holding each other up for a time. Ostend, 1936: the Belgian seaside town is playing host to a coterie of artists... Author Volker Weidermann (Author), Carol Brown Janeway (Translator) Publisher Pushkin Press Release date 20170215 Pages 176 ISBN 1-78227-297-6 ISBN 13 978-1-78227-297-7

Both Guy Faulkner and Sophie Watson had been abandoned by the people they loved.  But Sophie at least was determined that she would not allow her rejection to be the springboard for falling in love with a man like Guy - however sweet and nice he was.  The same could be said for Gina Tyrrell, who was becoming increasingly confused over how she felt about Nick Caspian.  Love him or leave him - the man just would not go away... Soft cover, fairly good condition.  The paper is yellowing a bit.  221 pages.

We combine postage, so do look at our other items on offer. Postage prices outside of South African borders will differ. Please enquire before purchasing. SAPO and PostNet packages Dispatched within 5 business days. PAXI and Aramex packages Dispatched within 3 business days. Condition: Good. First edition, Simon & Schuster, 2008 - Cowboys - 203 pp. Colton H. Bryant grew up in Wyoming and never once wanted to leave it. Wyoming loved him and he loved it back. Two things helped Colton get through school and the neighbourhood bullies: his best friend Jake and his favourite mantra: Mind over matter -- which meant to him: if you don't mind, it don't matter. Colton and Jake grew up wanting nothing more that the freedom to sleep out under the great Wyoming night sky, and to be just like Jake's dad, Bill, a strong, gentle man of few words who can ride rodeo like nobody's business. When Colton started work as a driller on a rig, despite his young wife begging him to quit, he claimed it was in his blood. Colton did die young and he died on the rig -- falling to his death because the oil company neglected to spend the $2,000 on safety rails. His family received no compensation. The strong, sad story of Colton H. Bryant's life could not be told without the telling of the land that grew him, where there are still such things as cowboys roaming the plains, where it is relationships that get you through and where a simple, soulful and just man named Colton H. Bryant lived and died. About the author  (2008) Alexandra Fuller was born in England in 1969. In 1972, she moved with her family to Rhodesia (now Zimbabwe). At the end of that country's civil war, the family moved to Malawi and later Zambia. Fuller received a Bachelor of Arts in English Literature from Acadia University in Nova Scotia, Canada after which she returned to Zambia where she worked with a safari company. In 2011, her book Cocktail Hour Under the Tree of Forgetfulness made Publisher's Weekly Best seller list. She is also the author of Leaving Before the Rains Come, a non-fiction work which made the New York Time bestseller list in 2015. Bibliographic information: Title The Legend of Colton H. Bryant Author Alexandra Fuller Publisher Simon & Schuster, 2008 ISBN 1847373542, 9781847373540 Length 203 pages Free and discounted shipping on bulk purchases (postal and courier) within the RSA. See shipping for details.   Please Click ---> HERE PTO Books is selling.

Young Maryann Nelson is devastated at the loss of her beloved father. But worse is to come when her mother, Flo, sees an opportunity to better herself and her family in a marriage to the local undertaker, Norman Griffin. Though on the surface a caring family man, Norman is not at all what he seems, as Maryann and her sister Sal soon discover. Unable to turn to their unsympathetic mother for support, the girls are left alone with their harrowing secret. But for Sal it is too much to bear... The chance of a new life opens up for Maryann when she befriends Joel Bartholomew. Aboard his narrowboat, the Esther Jane, she finds herself falling in love with life on the canal as she is swept away from Birmingham and all her worries. Until Joel's feelings for Maryann begin to change, awakening all the old nightmares that she had thought were long buried, and in panic and confusion she takes flight...

This item is sold brand new. It is ordered on demand from our supplier and is usually dispatched within 7 - 15 working days Enigmatic and multi-layered, "Islanders" is about finding one's own hard-won truth. A young man's indelible memories of the struggle to find intimacy--formative experiences like the ebb and flow of friendships, love, and ordinary workaday life--are viewed through a lens of nostalgic longing and hard-eyed realism as he attempts to come to terms with the past. Set during the cataclysm of the last years of the war in Vietnam, in a landscape that shifts between the bleak fishing towns of the Atlantic coast to the ruined cities of the Northeast, "Islanders" explores the classic theme of identity's intricate relationship to place. Features Summary Seen through the prism of personal history, an evocative, unsettling view of a world falling apart. Author Ammiel Alcalay Publisher City Lights Books Release date 20100318 Pages 96 ISBN 0-87286-506-1 ISBN 13 978-0-87286-506-8

This item is sold brand new. It is ordered on demand from our supplier and is usually dispatched within 4 - 8 working days The Blood Mirror is the action-packed fourth novel in the Lightbringer series by international bestseller Brent Weeks. The Seven Satrapies have collapsed into four - and those are falling before the White King's armies.Gavin Guille, ex-emperor, ex-Prism, ex-galley slave, formerly the one man who might have averted war, is now lost, broken and trapped in a prison crafted by his own magical genius. But Gavin has no magic at all. Worse, in this prison, he may not be alone.Who will fight to prevent a tainted empire from becoming something even worse? Features Summary The Blood Mirror is the hugely anticipated fourth novel in the acclaimed Lightbringer series, from international bestseller Brent Weeks Author Brent Weeks Publisher Orbit Release date 20170815 Pages 688 ISBN 0-356-50463-8 ISBN 13 978-0-356-50463-6

Book still in a very good condition -In the line of  >>>   Once upon a time there was a poor peasant who had so many children that he did not have enough of either food or clothing to give them. Pretty children they all were, but the prettiest was the youngest daughter, who was so lovely there was no end to her loveliness.   One day -- it was on a Thursday evening late in the fall -- the weather was wild and rough outside, and it was cruelly dark. The rain was falling and the wind blowing, until the walls of the cottage shook. They were all sitting around the fire busy with this thing and that. Then all at once something gave three taps on the window. The father went out to see what was the matter. Outside, what should he see but a great big white bear. "Good evening to you," said the white bear. "The same to you," said the man. "Will you give me your youngest daughter? If you will, I'll make you as rich as you are now poor," said the bear. *N.B.*   If you buy more books from me you only pay R 6 postage each on the additional books – see what else I have to offer, it might be worth your while.  

Thrill Me by Susan Mallery (Audiobook) Title: Thrill Me Author: Susan Mallery Narrator: Tanya Eby Publisher: Brilliance Audio Genre: Fiction - Romance - Contemporary Type: Audiobook Delivery method: Please refer to "Shipping & Payment" Description: Meet the Mitchell brothers of Fool's Gold, California-five gorgeous men who've left a trail of broken hearts in their wake.ﾅMaya Farlow learned the hard way to depend only on herself, so when she fell too deeply for the bad-boy charms of Del Mitchell, she did the only thing she could-she ran. Stunned, Del left Fool's Gold to make his name and fortune in extreme sports.Now ten years later, Maya's been hired to promote her hometown's new slogan, The Destination for Romance. The celebrity spokesman is none other than Del, the man she dumped but never forgot. Awkward!Although Del's not the type to hold a grudge, he's determined to avoid falling a second time for the woman who broke his heart. He's a daredevil, not an idiot. Trouble is, in all his adventures he never found a rush as exhilarating as Maya's kiss. Maybe risking his heart will prove to be the biggest thrill of all.ﾅ

Mick's memory had completely vanished, but his male instincts were in perfect working order -- and insisting he kiss Annelise Brennan senseless. Yet he had to tamp down his desire, for she'd offered him a room at her inn... not a no-strings affair. Without even knowing it, this tender woman smoothed the raw edges of his soul. Still, it wasn't as if he were falling for her!Annelise was content with life in Pineridge; Mick's home was the earth's far corners. She wanted a house full of babies; he was never meant to be a family man. And the second he recaptured his identity, he would be out of her life, because all Mick had in common with this innkeeper was... love?

This item is sold brand new. It is ordered on demand from our supplier and is usually dispatched within 7 - 12 working days `The perfect book for the summer!' - Karen Whittard (NetGalley Reviewer) Love happens when you least expect it... Jodi is panicking. It's only weeks until her little village in Devon holds its first ever festival and everything is falling apart. Desperate to avoid disaster, she brings in notorious party planner Christian to save the day. Although she wasn't prepared for just how gorgeous he wuold be! Men are off the cards for Jody and surely Christian is the last man she would ever date? But with tensions rising - along with the bunting and homemade scones - she's about to find out... Perfect for fans of Caroline Roberts, Cathy Bramley and Heidi Swain. Features Summary `The perfect book for the summer!' - Karen Whittard (NetGalley Reviewer) Love happens when you least expect it... Author Kellie Hailes Publisher HQ Release date 20171005 Pages 288 ISBN 0-00-827446-0 ISBN 13 978-0-00-827446-7

Superman Unchained #1 (Modern Age Variant)   DC COMICS When thirteen satellites fall from the sky in one day, the logical suspect is Lex Luthor-even though he's still locked up in prison! But a stranger question remains: If Superman didn't stop the last satellite from falling, who did? There's an mystery hidden where even Superman can't see it-Can The Man of Steel drag a decades-old secret into the light? Don't miss the debut of this red-hot new series from two of comics' brightest superstars: SCOTT SNYDER and JIM LEE!