Remains day

Hardback. English. Fabr & Faber. 1989. First Edition. In good condition. Previous owner's name inside. The Remains of the Day is a profoundly compelling portrait of the perfect English butler and of his fading, insular world postwar England. At the end of his three decades of service at Darlington Hall, Stevens embarks on a country drive, during which he looks back over his career to reassure himself that he has served humanity by serving ¿a great gentleman.¿ But lurking in his memory are doubts about the true nature of Lord Darlington¿s ¿greatness¿ and graver doubts about his own faith in the man he served. A tragic, spiritual portrait of a perfect English butler and his reaction to his fading insular world in post-war England. A wonderful, wonderful book.

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This item is sold brand new. It is ordered on demand from our supplier and is usually dispatched within 7 - 11 working days From the New York Times bestselling author of The Silent Girls comes this chilling, harrowing thriller set in rural Vermont about a recluse who believes the young girl he's found in the woods is the reincarnation of his missing daughter, returned to help him solve her and his wife's disappearance. I won't say a word. Cross my heart and hope to die... Jonah Baum, a professor of poetry at a local college in Vermont, sees his ordinary life come tumbling down when his wife and young daughter vanish from their home. No evidence of a kidnapping. No sign of murder. No proof that Rebecca didn't simply abandon her marriage. Just Sally's crude and chilling drawings, Jonah's little lies, and the sheriff's nagging fears that nothing is what it seems. For Sally's best friend, Lucinda, it's something else. She trusts in Sally not to just disappear, not after they've shared so many secrets-especially about the woods and what they saw there. But she'll never tell. No one would believe her anyway. As the search for Rebecca and Sally intensifies, and as suspicion falls on Jonah, the disappearances become more relentlessly haunting than anyone can imagine. Because what's seen in the light of day is not nearly as terrifying as what remains hidden in the dark... Features Summary From the New York Times bestselling author of The Silent Girls comes this chilling, harrowing thriller set in rural Vermont about a recluse who believes the young girl he's found in the woods is the reincarnation of his missing daughter... Author Eric Rickstad Publisher William Morrow Paperbacks Release date 20180723 Pages 416 ISBN 0-06-284331-1 ISBN 13 978-0-06-284331-9

This item is sold brand new. It is ordered on demand from our supplier and is usually dispatched within 7 - 12 working days Grace and her mother and sisters live on an island off the west coast of Ireland. Their father is a successful writer of travel books that advocate a simpler way of life, though he is so seldom there that his family become the subjects of his social experiments and his children's freedom is indistinguishable from poverty. Grace and Jeannie take turns to look after their little sister Emily. Then one day - Grace's day - Em falls from the island's watchtower. But why and how Em found her way to that dangerous height remains a mystery, and Grace's lifelong remorse and guilt force her to relive the moment of her sister's death again and again. This is a novel written with uncanny style and control, in a range of voices that mirror the growing wisdom of the characters about a world of adult self-indulgence and the consequences of careless decisions and dishonest compromises. William Wall is an underrated Irish master whose work is reaching astonishing maturity. Features Summary After her little sister Emily falls to her death from the watchtower on the day she was supposed to be looking after her, Grace can never overcome her guilt... Author William Wall Publisher Head of Zeus Release date 20180809 Pages 224 ISBN 1-78854-547-8 ISBN 13 978-1-78854-547-1

This item is sold brand new. It is ordered on demand from our supplier and is usually dispatched within 7 - 12 working days The extraordinary new novel from the Nobel Prize-winning author of Never Let Me Go and The Remains of the Day The Romans have long since departed, and Britain is steadily declining into ruin. But at least the wars that once ravaged the country have ceased. The Buried Giant begins as a couple, Axl and Beatrice, set off across a troubled land of mist and rain in the hope of finding a son they have not seen for years. They expect to face many hazards - some strange and other-worldly - but they cannot yet foresee how their journey will reveal to them dark and forgotten corners of their love for one another. Sometimes savage, often intensely moving, Kazuo Ishiguro's first novel in a decade is about lost memories, love, revenge and war. Features Summary The extraordinary new novel from the Nobel Prize-winning author of Never Let Me Go and The Remains of the Day The Romans have long since departed, and Britain is steadily declining into ruin. Author Kazuo Ishiguro Publisher Faber and Faber Release date 20160128 Pages 362 ISBN 0-571-31507-0 ISBN 13 978-0-571-31507-9

This item is sold brand new. It is ordered on demand from our supplier and is usually dispatched within 7 - 11 working days Geoffrey Firmin, a former British consul, has come to Quauhnahuac, Mexico. His debilitating malaise is drinking, an activity that has overshadowed his life. On the most fateful day of the consul's life--the Day of the Dead, 1938--his wife, Yvonne, arrives in Quauhnahuac, inspired by a vision of life together away from Mexico and the circumstances that have driven their relationship to the brink of collapse. She is determined to rescue Firmin and their failing marriage, but her mission is further complicated by the presence of Hugh, the consul's half brother, and Jacques, a childhood friend. The events of this one significant day unfold against an unforgettable backdrop of a Mexico at once magical and diabolical. "Under the Volcano" remains one of literature's most powerful and lyrical statements on the human condition, and a brilliant portrayal of one man's constant struggle against the elemental forces that threaten to destroy him. Features Summary Geoffrey Firmin, a former British consul, has come to Quauhnahuac, Mexico. His debilitating malaise is drinking, an activity that has overshadowed his life... Author Malcolm Lowry Publisher Harper Perennial Modern Classics Release date 20070410 Pages 402 ISBN 0-06-112015-4 ISBN 13 978-0-06-112015-2

This item is sold brand new. It is ordered on demand from our supplier and is usually dispatched within 4 - 8 working days One man's odyssey across a world without memory. On Day Zero, humankind collectively lost its memory. The collapse of civilisation was as instantaneous as it was inevitable. For a man named Kayle Jenner, confined by a regime to a commune on a remote beach, all that remains is the vague and haunting vision of a son... That, and a wooden raft. It is a raft that will set Kayle on a journey across a broken world to find his son. Braving a landscape of elusive encounters, a maze of other people's dreams, and muddled memories, Kayle will discover more than just his lost past. He will discover the truth behind Day Zero ¿ a truth that makes both fools and gods of men. Features Summary On day zero, humankind collectively lost its memory. The collapse of civilisation was as instantaneous as it was inevitable. Author Fred Strydom Publisher Umuzi Release date 20150401 Pages 423 ISBN 1-4152-0736-4 ISBN 13 978-1-4152-0736-9

Another day. Another death. Death du Jour. My God, how many such days would there be?' On a bitterly cold march night in Montreal, forensic anthropologist Dr Temperance Brennan is exhuming the remains of a nun proposed for sainthood in the grounds of an old church. Just hours later, Tempe is called to the scene of an horrific arson. A young family has perished, and there seems to be no witness, no motive, no explanation. From the charred remains of the inferno, to a trail of sinister cult activity and a terrifying showdown during an ice storm, Tempe faces a nerve-shattering test of both her forensic expertise and her instinct for survival.

This item is sold brand new. It is ordered on demand from our supplier and is usually dispatched within 7 - 15 working days Though African Americans have served as foreign reporters for almost two centuries, their work remains virtually unstudied. In this seminal volume, Jinx Coleman Broussard traces the history of black participation in international newsgathering. Beginning in the mid-1800s with Frederick Douglass and Mary Ann Shadd Cary the first black woman to edit a North American newspaper African American Foreign Correspondents highlights the remarkable individuals and publications that brought an often-overlooked black perspective to world reporting. Broussard focuses on correspondents from 1840 to modern day, including reporters such as William Worthy Jr., who helped transform the role of modern foreign correspondence by gaining the right for journalists to report from anywhere in the world unimpeded; Leon Dash, a professor of journalism and African American studies at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign who reported from Africa for the Washington Post in the 1970s and 1980s; and Howard French, a professor in Columbia University s journalism school and a globetrotting foreign correspondent. African American Foreign Correspondents provides insight into how and why African Americans reported the experiences of blacks worldwide. In many ways, black correspondents upheld a tradition of filing objective stories on world events, yet some African American journalists in the mainstream media, like their predecessors in the black press, had a different mission and perspective. They adhered primarily to a civil rights agenda, grounded in advocacy, protest, and pride. Accordingly, some of these correspondents not all of them professional journalists worked to spur social reform in the United States and force policy changes that would eliminate oppression globally. Giving visibility and voice to the marginalized, correspondents championed an image of people of color that combatted the negative and racially construed stereotypes common in the American media. By examining how and why blacks reported information and perspectives from abroad, African American Foreign Correspondents contributes to a broader conversation about navigating racial, societal, and global problems, some of which we continue to contend with today. Features Summary Though African Americans have served as foreign reporters for almost two centuries, their work remains virtually unstudied. In this seminal volume, Jinx Coleman Broussard traces the history of black participation in international newsgathering... Author Jinx Coleman Broussard Publisher Louisiana State University Press Release date 20130607 Pages 268 ISBN 0-8071-5054-1 ISBN 13 978-0-8071-5054-2

This item is sold brand new. It is ordered on demand from our supplier and is usually dispatched within 7 - 11 working days 'Guys like us, that work on ranches, are the loneliest guys in the world. They got no family. They don't belong no place.'George and his large, simple-minded friend Lennie are drifters, following wherever work leads them. Arriving in California's Salinas Valley, they get work on a ranch. If they can just stay out of trouble, George promises Lennie, then one day they might be able to get some land of their own and settle down some place. But kind-hearted, childlike Lennie is a victim of his own strength. Seen by others as a threat, he finds it impossible to control his emotions. And one day not even George will be able to save him from trouble.Of Mice and Men is a tragic and moving story of friendship, loneliness and the dispossessed, with a stunning new cover by renowned artist Bijou Karman. Features Summary Tackling universal themes of friendship and shared vision, and giving a voice to America's lonely and dispossessed, 'Of Mice and Men' remains Steinbeck's most popular work... Author John Steinbeck Publisher Penguin Books Release date 20170630 Pages 105 ISBN 0-241-98033-X ISBN 13 978-0-241-98033-0

Dream Encyclopedia by James R Lewis The author asks: was it really a dream… example: when you awake from a particularly vivid dream to find you had trouble shaking the eerie feeling it left behind? Was the dream a residue of your hectic day or more a more ominous experience?  In the Dream Encyclopedia Lewis explore 250 intriguing topics, from art and dream to night terrors illustrating how dreams influence culture, religion, history, art, literature and out personal lives. 700 dream symbols are also unraveled and their meaning examined. Also a history of dreaming and their influence in cultures from the beginning of man until the present day.   An Awesome book! Gruesome and interesting photos, illustrations, sketches, etc.   Detroit, Visible Ink Press, 1995, First Edition, 416p. 18x25cm.   Condition: Soft cover, excellent condition. Postage R65  DUE TO   SIZE  POSTING WILL ONLY BE DONE ON MONDAYS IN ORDER TO CUT OVERHEAD COSTS SUCH AS TRAVELLING (FUEL), PARKING FEES, PACKAGING AND POSTAGE, IN ORDER TO KEEP MY PRICES LOW AND REASONABLE. Should you wish to make other arrangements or need a book(s)/item(s) urgently, please let me know. N.B.: It is cheaper to purchase more than one book at a time, as postage for the first 1 kg remains R52, and R8 per extra book after 1 kg. So do browse through my PoggioBooks BOB page.

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Jump to: navigation, search Fochville Fochville is located in South Africa Fochville Fochville shown within South Africa Coordinates: ′S ′ECoordinates: ′S ′E Country South Africa Province Gauteng District West Rand Municipality Merafong City Area1 • Total km sq mi) Population ( • Total • Density 840/km/sq mi) Racial makeup ( • Black African 25.7% • Coloured 1.2% • Indian/Asian 0.4% • White 71.7% • Other 0.9% First languages ( • Afrikaans 71.3% • English 6.8% • Sotho 6.2% • Tswana 6.0% • Other 9.7% Postal code (street) PO box Area code 018 Fochville is a farming and mining town situated in Gauteng province in South Africa and makes a part of the Merafong City Local Municipality which also includes Kokosi, Carletonville and Khutsong. In the area surrounding Fochville are a number of Sotho or Tswana ruins. The Boer War hero, Danie Theron was killed just 5 km north of the town. The town itself was only established as an agricultural centre in and was named after the World War I commander-in-chief of the Allied forces in France, Marshal of France Ferdinand Foch Internal Agency Ref No:ZZ # Kitchen: 1 # Parking: 3 Has Garden Security Features: Gated Security Property Reference #: Nearby Schools: Fochville has two primary schools and one high school Nearby Places/Vicinity: Fochville has sporting facilities at the sport Stadium called Gert van Rensburg Stadium. Sporting clubs include Cricket, Rugby, Squash, Yoga, kickboxing and more. The contact details for fochville sporting clubs can be found on Fochville.info The Borehole is the site where, in the early mining days, Western Deep Levels struck a stream of sulphurous water, which to this day surges out of the borehole. Renosterfontein is a farm with old Tswana kraals, a traditional African village, and the ruins of a house that belonged to the brothers of President Andries Pretorius. Fochville was proclaimed as a town on 15 November under control of a Health Committee and was named after the famous French General Foch of the First world War. The Thlokwe Ruins are the remains of Tswana and Sotho kraals on the hills surrounding Fochville. They were used until the inhabitants were driven away by Mzilikazi in the s. The Theron Memorial is a memorial to Boer scout Danie Theron who was killed in during an engagement with a British detachment. The memorial is situated 8 km west of the town on the N12. The Voortrekker Plaque, located to the south west of the Theron Memorial, marks the site of an early Voortrekker fortification of . Fochville has two primary schools and one high school. There is also a Bird Farm and Trout Hatchery. Agent Details: Miems Burger Weswits Properties Cnr Vrede St & Losberg Ave Fochville Fochville www.weswits.com

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Jump to: navigation, search Fochville Fochville is located in South Africa Fochville Fochville shown within South Africa Coordinates: 2629′S 2729′ECoordinates: 2629′S 2729′E Country South Africa Province Gauteng District West Rand Municipality Merafong City Area1 • Total 11.36 km2 (4.39 sq mi) Population (2011)1 • Total 9,497 • Density 840/km2 (2,200/sq mi) Racial makeup (2011)1 • Black African 25.7% • Coloured 1.2% • Indian/Asian 0.4% • White 71.7% • Other 0.9% First languages (2011)1 • Afrikaans 71.3% • English 6.8% • Sotho 6.2% • Tswana 6.0% • Other 9.7% Postal code (street) 2515 PO box 2515 Area code 018 Fochville is a farming and mining town situated in Gauteng province in South Africa and makes a part of the Merafong City Local Municipality which also includes Kokosi, Carletonville and Khutsong. In the area surrounding Fochville are a number of Sotho or Tswana ruins. The Boer War hero, Danie Theron was killed just 5 km north of the town. The town itself was only established as an agricultural centre in 1920 and was named after the World War I commander-in-chief of the Allied forces in France, Marshal of France Ferdinand Foch Internal Agency Ref No:ZZ00005106 # Kitchen: 1 # Parking: 3 Has Garden Security Features: Gated Security Property Reference #: 3154041 Nearby Schools: Fochville has two primary schools and one high school Nearby Places/Vicinity: Fochville has sporting facilities at the sport Stadium called Gert van Rensburg Stadium. Sporting clubs include Cricket, Rugby, Squash, Yoga, kickboxing and more. The contact details for fochville sporting clubs can be found on Fochville.info The Borehole is the site where, in the early mining days, Western Deep Levels struck a stream of sulphurous water, which to this day surges out of the borehole. Renosterfontein is a farm with old Tswana kraals, a traditional African village, and the ruins of a house that belonged to the brothers of President Andries Pretorius. Fochville was proclaimed as a town on 15 November 1920 under control of a Health Committee and was named after the famous French General Foch of the First world War. The Thlokwe Ruins are the remains of Tswana and Sotho kraals on the hills surrounding Fochville. They were used until the inhabitants were driven away by Mzilikazi in the 1820s. The Theron Memorial is a memorial to Boer scout Danie Theron who was killed in 1900 during an engagement with a British detachment. The memorial is situated 8 km west of the town on the N12. The Voortrekker Plaque, located to the south west of the Theron Memorial, marks the site of an early Voortrekker fortification of 1842. Fochville has two primary schools and one high school. There is also a Bird Farm and Trout Hatchery. Agent Details: Miems Burger Weswits Properties Cnr Vrede St & Losberg Ave Fochville 2515 Fochville www.weswits.com

(This title is available on demand: expected date of dispatch will be 4-7 working days once ordered) There is a paradox about Africa: it remains a subject that attracts considerable attention yet rarely is there a full appreciation of its complexity. African historiography has typically consisted of writing Africa for Europe-instead of writing Africa for itself, as itself, from its own perspectives. The History of Africa redresses this by letting the perspectives of Africans themselves take center stage. Authoritative and comprehensive, this book provides a wide-ranging history of Africa from earliest prehistory to the present day-using the cultural, social, political, and economic lenses of Africa as instruments to illuminate the ordinary lives of Africans. The result is a fresh survey that includes a wealth of indigenous ideas, African concepts, and traditional outlooks that have escaped the writing of African history in the West. The new edition includes information on the Arab Spring, the rise of FrancAfrica, the presence of the Chinese in Africa, and the birth of South Sudan. The chapters go up to the present day, addressing US President Barack Obama's policies toward Africa. A new companion website provides students and scholars of Africa with access to a wealth of supporting resources for each chapter, including images, video and audio clips, and links to sites for further research. This straightforward, illustrated, and factual text allows the reader to access the major developments, personalities, and events on the African continent. This groundbreaking survey is an indispensable guide to African history. Format:Paperback Pages:436

A scarce book - Still in a good condition - Titles red and not black - Remains of a Sunday School prize label dated 1953 inside.   *NB.*    If you buy more than one book from me on the same day you only pay R 6 extra postage for each of the additional books - See what else I have to offer, it might just be worth your while.      

This item is sold brand new. It is ordered on demand from our supplier and is usually dispatched within 7 - 11 working days Was there a beginning of time? Could time run backwards? Is the universe infinite or does it have boundaries? These are just some of the questions considered in an internationally acclaimed masterpiece by one of the world's greatest thinkers. It begins by reviewing the great theories of the cosmos from Newton to Einstein, before delving into the secrets which still lie at the heart of space and time, from the Big Bang to black holes, via spiral galaxies and strong theory. To this day A Brief History of Time remains a staple of the scientific canon, and its succinct and clear language continues to introduce millions to the universe and its wonders. This new edition includes updates from Stephen Hawking with his latest thoughts about the No Boundary Proposal and offers new information about dark energy, the information paradox, eternal inflation, the microwave background radiation observations, and the discovery of gravitational waves. It is published to accompany the launch of a new app, Stephen Hawking's Pocket Universe. Features Summary Was there a beginning of time? Could time run backwards? Is the universe infinite or does it have boundaries? This book examines these questions. It begins by reviewing the great theories of the cosmos from Newton to Einstein... Author Stephen Hawking Publisher Bantam Books (Transworld Publishers a division of the Random House Group) Release date 20110818 Pages 240 ISBN 0-85750-100-3 ISBN 13 978-0-85750-100-4

This item is sold brand new. It is ordered on demand from our supplier and is usually dispatched within 7 - 11 working days The Catcher in the Rye is J. D. Salinger's world-famous novel of disaffected youth. Holden Caulfield is a seventeen- year-old dropout who has just been kicked out of his fourth school. Navigating his way through the challenges of growing up, Holden dissects the 'phony' aspects of society, and the 'phonies' themselves: the headmaster whose affability depends on the wealth of the parents, his roommate who scores with girls using sickly-sweet affection. Written with the clarity of a boy leaving childhood behind, The Catcher in the Rye explores the world with disarming frankness and a warm, affecting charisma which has made this novel a universally loved classic of twentieth-century literature. J. D. Salinger was born in 1919 and died in January 2010. He grew up in New York City, and wrote short stories from an early age, but his breakthrough came in 1948 with the publication in The New Yorker of 'A Perfect Day for Bananafish'. The Catcher in the Rye was his first and only novel, published in 1951. It remains one of the most translated, taught and reprinted texts, and has sold some 65 million copies. His other works include the novellas Franny and Zooey, For Esme with Love and Squalor, and Raise High the Roof Beam, Carpenters, published with Seymour - An Introduction. Features Summary Holden Caulfield is a dropout who has just been kicked out of his fourth school. Navigating his way through challenges of growing up, Holden dissects the 'phony' aspects of society... Author J. D Salinger Publisher Penguin Books Release date 20100304 Pages 192 ISBN 0-241-95043-0 ISBN 13 978-0-241-95043-2

This item is sold brand new. It is ordered on demand from our supplier and is usually dispatched within 7 - 11 working days In 1890, on Indian reservations across the West, followers of a new religion danced in circles until they collapsed into trances. In an attempt to suppress this new faith, the US Army killed over two hundred Lakota Sioux at Wounded Knee Creek. Louis Warren's God's Red Son offers a startling new view of the religion known as the Ghost Dance, from its origins in the visions of a Northern Paiute named Wovoka to the tragedy in South Dakota. To this day, the Ghost Dance remains widely mischaracterized as a primitive and failed effort by Indian militants to resist American conquest and return to traditional ways. In fact, followers of the Ghost Dance sought to thrive in modern America by working for wages, farming the land, and educating their children, tenets that helped the religion endure for decades after Wounded Knee. God's Red Son powerfully reveals how Ghost Dance teachings helped Indians retain their identity and reshape the modern world. Features Summary A leading historian of the American West writes the definitive account of the iconic Ghost Dance religion, which led to the infamous massacre at Wounded Knee in 1890 Author Louis S Warren Publisher BasicBooks Release date 20130421 Pages 496 ISBN 0-465-01502-6 ISBN 13 978-0-465-01502-3

There WAS a Breaker Morant - He was executed at Pietersburg on 27 February 1902. His Crime? Wilful murder of Civilians. Yet to this day his guild still remains in doubt. [contact-form][contact-field label='Name' type='name' required='1'/][contact-field label='Email' type='email' required='1'/][contact-field label='Website' type='url'/][contact-field label='Comment' type='textarea' required='1'/][/contact-form]

A riveting novel that begins with a murder in an old Connecticut barn and reaches its climax on Broadway. We first meet Katie Byrne at seventeen. A tall beauty with reddish-gold hair, she has always wanted to be an actress. Her two best friends share her passion for the theatre, and the three girls have spent much of their childhood rehearsing plays in an old barn in Connecticut. Leaving early one day to help her mother prepare dinner, Katie realizes she has left her schoolbooks at the barn and she and her older brother return to retrieve them. When they arrive, they find the barn, the setting of so many happy dreams, has become the scene of a nightmare: one of Katie's friends has been raped and murdered, and the other lies unconscious. Ten years later, Katie, a struggling actress in New York, is still haunted by the tragedy. Her friend Carly remains in a coma, and Katie desperately wants to achieve success and stardom not only for herself but also for her two old friends. Her big chance comes when she is discovered and wins a major role in a Broadway play. A promising love affair adds to the excitement of working on Broadway; but Katie must face the demons of the past before she can embrace the possibilities of the future.  

BRITAIN'S RAILWAYS IN COLOUR: BR DIESEL IN THE 1960's & 1970's By: Colin G Maggs MBE This book, covering the early years of diesel on Britain's railways, presents a wonderful array of over 200 colour photographs, many of them previously unpublished. All the imagery is reproduced from original transparencies that have remained carefully preserved away from daylight since the day they were taken, so the original vividness of colour remains - a rare quality. As high-quality colour photography from this period is scarce (most photographers worked mainly in black and white to serve the needs of publishers), this book will delight today's railway enthusiasts, who are always keen to see new material unearthed and published. Hardback, 280 x 230mm, 208 pages, 69 colour & 316 b&w illustrations ISBN : 9781844256518 Book No: H4651

This novel, written by a veteran science fiction anthologist, is not my cup of tea - after C.S. Lewis little remains to be said in the topic of good angels and bad - anyway the book looks very new. - The novel is told from the point of view of the angel Darien, who begins doubting whether God was correct in booting Lucifer out of Heaven. In response, God sends Darien on an Earthbound “Angelwalk” so he can experience firsthand all the nastiness of the modern world.  *N.B.*   If you buy more than one book from me on the same day you only pay R 6 extra postage for each of the additional books - See what else I have to offer, it might just be worth your while.

This item is sold brand new. It is ordered on demand from our supplier and is usually dispatched within 24 hours England, 1930s. Christopher Banks has become the country's most celebrated detective, his cases the talk of London society. Yet one unsolved crime has always haunted him; the mysterious disappearance of his parents, in Old Shanghai, when he was a small boy. Now, as the world lurches towards total war, Banks realises the time has come for him to return to the city of his childhood and at last solve the mystery - that only by his doing so will civilisation be saved from the approaching catastrophe. Moving between London and Shanghai of the inter-war years, When We Were Orphans is a story of memory, intrigue and the need to return; of a childhood vision of the world surviving deep into adulthood, indelibly shaping and distorting a person's life. If you enjoyed When We Were Orphans, you might also like Ishiguro's The Remains of the Day, now available in Faber Modern Classics. Features Summary In 1930s England, Christopher Banks has become one of the country's most celebrated detectives, his cases are the talk of London society. Yet one crime has always haunted him; the mysterious disappearance of his parents in Old Shanghai... Author Kazuo Ishiguro Publisher Faber and Faber Release date 20001002 Pages 368 ISBN 0-571-20562-3 ISBN 13 978-0-571-20562-2

This item is sold brand new. It is ordered on demand from our supplier and is usually dispatched within 7 - 12 working days `You can only find out the rights and wrongs by Reasoning - never by being rude about your opponent's psychology.' For C. S. Lewis, reason and logic are the sensible way to approach faith and ethics. Much of the 20th century's ills are caused by ill-founded beliefs and opinions.Lewis's original approach remains as vital today as ever. He is able to take the most convoluted subject, turn it side on and shed bright illumination on it. To be able to see along things rather than at them - just like a beam of sunlight that invades the darkness of a toolshed - is, to Lewis, the way to understanding.Written variously between 1940 and 1962, this collection of essays represents the best of Lewis's considerable wisdom on the great ethical and theological concerns of the day. Features Summary `You can only find out the rights and wrongs by Reasoning - never by being rude about your opponent's psychology.' For C. S. Lewis, reason and logic are the sensible way to approach faith and ethics... Author C. S. Lewis Publisher William Collins Publishing Release date 20170601 Pages 192 ISBN 0-00-822088-3 ISBN 13 978-0-00-822088-4

Cry Tomorrow by Rosemary Levin Autobiography The courageous personal account  of Rosemary Levin, a young ballet dancer who  left her  childhood home in Johannesburg to marry in 1953 and follow her gold mining engineer husband into the remote African bush in Rhodesia (now Zimbabwe).  She was injured in a motor accident near the small town of Gwelo in 1959, and the result was whiplash, a neck broken and a complete spinal cord lesion at 5/6 cervical. She was in her early seventh month of pregnancy on that day, with her third child. At twenty eight years old she was paralysed and with the help her husband she had to face her disability until he   died in January 2007 almost fifty years later. On June 5th 2009 she passed a full fifty years as a 5/6 cervical complete lesion survivor - Guinness World Records have honored her by giving her a certificate for surviving her cervical injury.   Soft cover, printed privately, 2003, 232p. Quarto size.   Condition: slight cover curling, but rest in very good condition Packaging and Postage R54 (in S.A.) due size   POSTING WILL ONLY BE DONE ON MONDAYS IN ORDER TO CUT OVERHEAD COSTS SUCH AS TRAVELLING (FUEL), PARKING FEES, PACKAGING AND POSTAGE, IN ORDER TO KEEP MY PRICES LOW AND REASONABLE.  Should you wish to make other arrangements or need a book(s)/item(s) urgently, please let me know. N.B.: It is cheaper to purchase more than one book at a time, as postage for the first 1 kg remains R52, and R8 per extra book after 1 kg. So do browse through my PoggioBooks BOB page.   

"The Catcher in the Rye" is J. D. Salinger's world-famous novel of disaffected youth. Holden Caulfield is a seventeen- year-old dropout who has just been kicked out of his fourth school. Navigating his way through the challenges of growing up, Holden dissects the 'phony' aspects of society, and the 'phonies' themselves: the headmaster whose affability depends on the wealth of the parents, his roommate who scores with girls using sickly-sweet affection. Written with the clarity of a boy leaving childhood behind, "The Catcher in the Rye" explores the world with disarming frankness and a warm, affecting charisma which has made this novel a universally loved classic of twentieth-century literature. J. D. Salinger was born in 1919 and died in January 2010. He grew up in New York City, and wrote short stories from an early age, but his breakthrough came in 1948 with the publication in The New Yorker of "A Perfect Day for Bananafish". "The Catcher in the Rye" was his first and only novel, published in 1951. It remains one of the most translated, taught and reprinted texts, and has sold some 65 million copies. His other works include the novellas "Franny and Zooey", "For Esme with Love and Squalor", and "Raise High the Roof Beam, Carpenters, published with Seymour - An Introduction". Format:Paperback Pages:0

Book and wrapper still in very good used condition.   >>>     Against the backdrop of the Russian Revolution and World War I Europe, Zoya, young cousin to the Tsar, flees St. Petersburg to Paris to find safety. Her entire world forever changed, she faces hard times and joins the Ballet Russe in Paris. And then, when life is kind to her, Zoya moves on to a new and glittering life in New York. The days of ease are all too brief as the Depression strikes, and she loses everything yet again. It is her career, and the man she meets in the course of it, which ultimately save her, as she rebuilds her life through the war years and beyond. And it is her family that comes to mean everything to her. From the roaring twenties to the 1980's, Zoya remains a rare and spirited woman whose legacy will live on.   ·         *N.B.*   If you buy more than one book from me on the same day you only pay R 6 extra postage for each of the additional books - See what else I have to offer, it might just be worth your while.  

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