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When talented hoop dancer and staunch introvert Lily Black meets hoop instructor James Baker, her first instinct is to retreat. James sees possibilities within Lily that she had never imagined for herself. He encourages her to train for and enter a national hoop dance competition called The Circle. But Lily struggles with not only four decades of stage fright, but the recent loss of her husband due to cancer. Both cause pain for herself and her teenage children. Lily must fight to discover...
| Автор | Amy Shankland |
Brian Fredericks, ’n aangrypende nuwe stem, skryf met nege kortverhale ’n wêreld oop in die Cape Flats. Hy werp lig op ’n komplekse wêreld waar die grens tussen reg en verkeerd heeltyd verskuiwe, maar bowenal het hy ’n sonderlinge insig in die feilbaarheid maar ook die broosheid van menswees. Karakters kry lewe op papier, en maak jou opnuut kyk na die wêreld om jou en in jou. Met dié bundel kortverhale vestig Fredericks hom as baanbreker in die Afrikaanse kortkuns.
| Автор | Brian Fredericks |
Justine ja Daniel Homage on Pariisis elav väärikas ja edukas abielupaar. Kuid väärikus on vaid fassaad, mille on kujundanud terve elu mehe kõrvalehüppeid kannatanud Justine. Viimaks naise kannatus katkeb ja ta läheb meest teolt tabama. Olukord kujuneb aga selliseks, et Justine peab esinema teise naisena, klopsides kokku loo teisikutest. Kas mees läheb pettuse õnge?
| Автор | Natalee Redmond |
"Vabariigi Valvuri Ivan Orava nimi on tuntud igale eestlasele. Käesolev mälestuste täiendatud trükk ilmub Orava 100. juubeli puhul. Nagu ikka, sekkub Orav karmilt ja selgesõnaliselt kõikjal, kus viga näeb laita. Lisaks on raamatus ka varem ilmumata näidend «„Orav ja Meri“»."
| Автор | Andrus Kivirähk |
Romaan eesti rahva raskest elust mõisahärrade rõhumise all. Rängas olukorras ei jää rahval muud üle, kui krabada endale kõike mida kätte saab, olgu siis naabri sahvrist, mõisaaiast või teede ristmikul vanakurja käest. Loomulikult on mängus ka kõiksugused kratid, tondid ja kollid, kes varitsevad põõsas, silmad põlemas, et paljukannatanud külainimestele veelgi kurja teha.
| Автор | Andrus Kivirähk |
Monsters, cryogenics, relationships, religion, war, dragons, cannibalism, angels, demons, space exploration, aliens, beans, eyes, traffic cones, gods, Chicago, pot plants, robots, a dive bar on Mars, goblins, heart break, July, cake, bees, geese, peacock flavour crisps and time travel are just some of the things you’ll find in this eclectic collection of flash fiction and poetry. Originally written for the Elephant Words website where writers are challenged to produce a new short piece of...
| Автор | Ian Sharman |
It is the politically turbulent 1950s, in Cape Town. Phyllis’s ailing mother has just passed away, leaving Phyllis without a home, and with no one to care for. With her sister’s help, she applies for a position as matron at a prestigious boarding school for boys. Surrounded by restless, reckless boys on the verge of adulthood, Phyllis is reminded of her own desires and losses. She begins to write a journal again – for the first time since that dreadful day when her mother discovered what she had...
| Автор | Dawn Garisch |
On the larger of two islands in the southern Atlantic seas, a baby girl is born one dark winter’s day, while the spindrift wind sings strange songs around the gullies and cliffs. But Gulai’s mother dies soon after giving birth to her, and her father, Dr Orion Prosper, the only medical doctor on the island, blames himself.For days afterwards he stays locked in his room, refusing to talk to anyone. But Gulai never stops crying and her aunt is forced to seek advice from Sophia – the island’s other...
| Автор | Dawn Garisch |
Die dertienjarige Fransie is verlam ná ’n fratsongeluk, maar reeds terwyl hy in die hospitaal aansterk, hoor hy verblydende nuus oor ’n nuweling op die dorp, ene Joe Speedboot, wat besig is om die dorpie se plattelandse verlamming te temper. Dié is ’n seun met baie planne en ’n wil van staal – soveel so dat hy spoedig die klein dorpie Lomark heeltemal op horings neem met midder-nagtelike ontploffings en tuisgeboude spioenasie-vliegtuie.Fransie en Joe word groot vriende en Joe help Fransie om...
| Автор | Tommy Wieringa |
Al sou sy dit nie graag wou erken nie, volg Helena Burre haar eie kop, nes haar skipper-pa Jas. Wanneer dié oënskynlik ‘n stokkie steek voor haar broer se skoolganery op Stellenbosch, besluit Helena om inderhaas terug te keer van Grenspan in die Vrystaat waar sy die afgelope jaar in ’n dokter se spreekkamer uitgehelp het. Maak nie saak dat sy en Chris amper trouplanne gehad het nie … Dis met die terugkoms op Volleminkbaai dat Helena besef wat sy gemis het. En dat sy weer met Auret Nagel te doene...
| Автор | E. Kotze |
Siia raamatusse on kokku kogutud 18 muistendit, mille autoriteks on Fr. R. Kreutzwald ning Fr. R. Faehlmann. Kaunid illustratsioonid tegi raamatule Triinu Lille.
| Автор | Friedrich Reinhold Kreutzwald |
Oscar Wilde´i nimi on lugejatele ilmselt tuttav juba varasematest tõlgetest, nagu on teada ka tema värvika ja traagiliselt lõppenud elu seigad. Käesolevas kogumikus on tõlgitud tema loominguprobleeme, kunsti ja elu vahekordi käsitlevad esseed «Valetamise allakäik», «Sulg, pliiats ja mürk», «Kriitik kui kunstnik», «Maskide tõde» ning «Inimese hing sotsialismi ajal». Esseedele on lisatud ka «Readingi vangla ballaad».
| Автор | Oscar Wilde |
Friedrich Reinhold Kreutzwaldi rahvajutt.
| Автор | Friedrich Reinhold Kreutzwald |
'Eesti rahva ennemuistsete juttude'' hulka kuuluv jutustus.
| Автор | Friedrich Reinhold Kreutzwald |
Whom do you trust when nothing is as it seems? In the aftermath of her mother’s sudden death, psychologist Maria Petros confronts disturbing questions.What is the secret society that her mother frequented? Who is the philosopher Maria meets in a therapy session, and why is he pursuing her with such vigour? As she delves into her mother’s strange life, she finds herself seduced . . . and facing grave danger.When in Broad Daylight I Open My Eyes is set in a familiar yet sinister Cape Town. It...
| Автор | Greg Lazarus |
Margot is a late-night talk radio host – the perfect job for an outspoken insomniac. Her Kalk Bay home is crowded with wonderfully evocative characters such as her teenage daughter, Pia, her hopelessly romantic yet mostly absent lover Curtis, and the family hanger-on, Mr Morland, a professional psychic. Finally there’s her mother, Zoe, once the acclaimed author of a quirky self-help volume with the same title, but now increasingly senile. In this deeply moving new novel by the award-winning poet...
| Автор | Finuala Dowling |
In die skemer van haar lewe kry Colette Cronjé ’n brief van 'n lank vermiste familielid. Dit kom uit Portugal en dit dwing haar om alles te onthou wat sy 'n leeftyd lank probeer vergeet het. Want wat 'n halwe eeu gelede in Portugal gebeur het, het haar eie lewe asook dié van die volgende twee geslagte onherroeplik verander. Haar dogter, Nandi, se verset teen haar ouers en haar afkoms is so verreikend dat sy haar kind vir aanneming weggee, alleen oorsee vlug en alle bande met haar...
| Автор | Marita van der Vyver |
Thabang Maje, retired school teacher and part-time private eye, is contacted by Regional Education Director J. B. M. Motau to solve the case of a missing school teacher, Mamorena Marumo. There are two complicating factors: firstly, Thabang was in love with the elusive and bewitching Mamo when they were both teenagers; and, secondly, to complete his task, he’ll have to enrol as an under-cover primary-school teacher in the far-flung village of Marakong-a-Badimo, near Mafikeng.It doesn’t take long...
| Автор | Diale Tlholwe |
Romaani tegevus hargneb 80-ndatel ühes väljamõeldud linnas säärases linnaosas, mille sarnaseid on kogu maailmas sadade kaupa üles kerkinud. Suvine leitsak ja kuivad kraanid on sobiv keskkond lahkamaks kesmises korrusmajas elava keskealise mehe elu ja psühholoogiat ning avastamaks kes on su naabrid, mida nad mõtlevad, mis elu elavad.
| Автор | Teet Kallas |
''Eesti rahva ennemuistsete juttude'' hulka kuuluv jutustus.
| Автор | Friedrich Reinhold Kreutzwald |
