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  • Madness

    Stories of Uncertainty and Hope

    ‘A patient is standing in the middle of the river. He gazes across the water to the city and the mountain above where the sun is setting. His back is turned to the hospital. The nurses are waiting for him patiently on the river bank. He seems uncertain whether to cross the river or to return. There is no danger. He is on the edge, in an in-between space, as is the hospital where I have worked as a ... Read more

    R152,48

  • All Because of Henry

    by Nuala Gardner ...
    All Because of Henry picks up the lead from the international bestseller, A Friend Like Henry, which traced the childhood journey of Dale, the Gardner family and, of course, their amazing golden retriever Henry, who has finally helped Dale to communicate with the world. Now, we meet Dale again, aged seventeen, to find out where his story goes next. He is no longer the victim of severe classical ... Read more

    R122,35

  • Six-Word Memoirs on Love and Heartbreak

    by Writers Famous and Obscure

    “A perfect distraction and inspiration, and a collection that begs to be shared.” — Denver PostLove wounds the heart and soul . . .From the editors of the New York Times bestseller Not Quite What I Was Planning comes another collection of terse true tales—this time simple sagas exploring the complexities of the human heart. Six-Word Memoirs on Love & Heartbreak contains hundreds of personal ... Read more

    R122,00

  • 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

    R239,19

  • 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

    R239,19

  • 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

    R125,22

  • 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

    R219,41

  • This is Going to Hurt

    The bestselling secret diaries of a junior doctor, now a major BBC comedy-drama

    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

    R232,75

  • 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

    R232,75

  • My Life Among the Serial Killers

    Inside the Minds of the World's Most Notorious Murderers

    Over the course of twenty-five years, Dr. Helen Morrison has profiled more than eighty serial killers around the world. What she learned about them will shatter every assumption you've ever had about the most notorious criminals known to man.Judging by appearances, Dr. Helen Morrison has an ordinary life in the suburbs of a major city. She has a physician husband, two children, and a thriving ... Read more

    R127,18

  • 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

    R202,39

  • 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

    R232,75

  • 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

    R275,07

  • The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks

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

    Series series Picador Collection
    **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

    R190,43

  • 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

    R232,75

  • 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

    R219,41

  • 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

    R186,75

  • 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

    R232,75

  • The Boy Who Never Gave Up

    A Refugee’s Epic Journey to Triumph

    In 1994, 16-year-old Emmanuel Taban walked out of war-torn Sudan with nothing and nowhere to go after he had been tortured at the hands of government forces, who falsely accused him of spying for the rebels. When he finally managed to escape, he literally took a wrong turn and, instead of being reunited with his family, ended up in neighbouring Eritrea as a refugee.Over the months that followed, ... Read more

    R204,34

  • 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

    R275,07

  • Achieve Your Full Potential: 1800 Inspirational Quotes That Will Change Your Life

    Do you know that know that scientists claim that we only use 10% or less of our brain at any given time? Imagine if we were able to use the whole 100%... Unfortunately, I don't know the secret to unlocking the 90% or so of your brain. However, I do know the secret to changing your life. And that secret is outlined throughout these 1817 quotes. These quotes, arranged in 21 different categories, ... Read more

    R10,85

  • Beautiful Child

    The story of a child trapped in silence and the teacher who refused to give up on her

    by Torey Hayden ...
    A stunning and poignant account of an extraordinary teacher's determination never to abandon a child in need from the internationally bestselling author of ‘One Child’ and No. 1 bestseller ‘Ghost Girl’.Seven-year-old Venus Fox never spoke, never listened, never even acknowledged the presence of another human being in the room with her. Yet an accidental playground 'bump' would release a rage ... Read more

    R104,29

  • Lore of Nutrition

    Challenging conventional dietary beliefs

    by Tim Noakes ...
    In December 2010, Professor Tim Noakes was introduced to a way of eating that was contrary to everything he had been taught and was accepted as conventional nutrition ‘wisdom’. Having observed the benefits of the low-carb, high-fat lifestyle first-hand, and after thorough and intensive research, Noakes enthusiastically revealed his findings to the South African public in 2012. The backlash from ... Read more

    R239,99