Биографии и Мемуары
35106 кн.
With this singular book Nataniël tells the story of a childhood in three small towns and one large suburb, in an era during which rules were seldom questioned and of a young boy’s overwhelming fear of the ordinary. Look At Me is Nataniël's first full-length memoir.
| Автор | Nataniël |
Koopman brilliantly wades through the flotsam and jetsam of generations, among shipwrecks and sunken treasures in an attempt at familial and collective healing. She faces up against her insecurities as a brown relatively privileged 'elder millennial'. An artist, a daughter, a queer woman in love, she is in pursuit of healing and always and forever trying to lose that last 5kgs to the great disappointment of her feminist self.
| Автор | Kelly-Eve Koopman |
Not Child's Play brilliantly traverses the Muller's nightmare of seven weeks in captivity by Renamo child soldiers, in Mozambique after their yacht runs aground near the Bazaruto Islands. Plagued by intense mental and emotional strain, with the fear of violence and death a constant, as the days drag slowly by, uncannily the hostages and captors begin to bond.
| Автор | Dave Muller |
In July 2016, Letshego Zulu set off with her husband, SA racing champion Gugulethu Zulu, to conquer Mount Kilimanjaro. She had no idea that she would return to South Africa days later with her husband’s body in a coffin. This is the untold story of what really happened on Kilimanjaro. Told in mesmerising detail, this is a remarkable journey of a wife’s courage and stamina as she tries to find an authentic life after Gugu’s untimely death.
| Автор | Letshego Zulu |
From Whiskey to Water is the no-holds-barred memoir by one of South Africa's most loved radio talk show hosts, Sam Cowen. Having kept her alcohol addiction well away from the public eye for over 14 years, in this tell-all tale, Sam finds the courage to talk about her struggle with her addiction to whiskey, food and finally to a passion that saved her life – marathon swimming.
| Автор | Sam Cowen |
Brutal Legacy by former TV and Radio star, Tracy Going is an account of a romantic relationship that quickly turns violent. In mesmerising detail, Going describes her bruises and battered spirit, the harrowing two-and-a-half year court process, the collapse of her career due to the highly public nature of her assault, her decline into depression, and the decades long journey to undo the damage in search of safety and the reclaiming of self.
| Автор | Tracy Going |
When Chris Hani was assassinated in 1993, he left a shocked South Africa, teetering on the precipice of civil war. But to 12-year old Lindiwe Hani, it was her Daddy, who had been brutally taken. Being Chris Hani's daughter became an increasingly heavy burden to bear, propelling Lindiwe into a downward spiral of addiction. Finally Lindiwe confronts her demons, by coming face to face with her father's killers – Janus Walusz and Clive Derby Lewis.
| Автор | Ferguson Hani |
To celebrate her 14 year clean and sober birthday, award winning journo Melinda Ferguson takes a brand new Ferrari out to test drive for the day. Seven hours later the car lies smashed into a million pieces, beyond recognition and repair. The crash sets an epic journey in motion, where Ferguson must navigate her way out of a cul de sac of trauma and scandal.
| Автор | Melinda Ferguson |
As a member of Canada’s most famous rock band, The Guess Who, Carl Dixon has an unparalleled view of the history of Canadian rock Carl Dixon, one of the most frequently quoted musicians in the recent title Metal on Ice (Dundurn, 2013), tells his own story Dixon’s injuries in his 2008 auto crash were truly terrible, and his recovery is a remarkable story of determination and faith Author keeps a busy touring schedule as a musician and inspirational speaker and is a great interviewee
| Автор | Carl Dixon |
