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  A Home on Vorster Street - A Memoir

  Razina Theba

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  As a young girl, Razina Theba makes her way every day to the tiny family flat on Vorster Street in Fordsburg. It is here, just outside of the Johannesburg city centre, where she grows up, playing in the Yard with countless cousins, learning to enjoy perfect syrupy paan and the best way to brew chai for her bajee. It is also where she observes her family’s harassment by the Security Branch, as well as her parents’ determination to make their business at the Oriental Plaza a success. 
    
  In A Home on Vorster Street, Razina witnesses the ebb and flow of a tight-knit neighbourhood trying to survive the forces of apartheid and, ultimately, where she learns of the value of family love and the enduring comfort it provides. 
    
  At times funny and charming and, at others, painful and tender, this dazzling collection of stories is a spirited exploration of a colourful Indian-Muslim family bound by loyalty to their culture, community, religion and each other.

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  Exhibitions - Essays on Art and...

  Jehanne Dubrow

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  What happens when beauty intersects with horror? In her newest nonfiction collection, Jehanne Dubrow interrogates the ethical questions that arise when we aestheticize atrocity. The daughter of US diplomats, she weaves memories of growing up overseas among narratives centered on art objects created while working under oppressive regimes. Ultimately Exhibitions is a collection concerned with how art both evinces and elicits emotion and memory and how, through the making and viewing of art, we are—for better or for worse—changed.

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  The Road to Business Success - a...

  Andrew Carnegie

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  *The Road to Business Success* by Andrew Carnegie offers valuable insights into achieving business success, drawn from Carnegie's extensive experience as an industrialist and philanthropist. The book is structured around key principles essential for success in business. 
  Carnegie begins by stressing the importance of having a clear vision and a strong sense of purpose as the foundation for any business venture. He highlights the significance of hard work, perseverance, and the continuous pursuit of knowledge. Building strong relationships with customers, employees, and partners is also a major theme, reflecting Carnegie's belief in the power of collaboration and trust in business. 
  Carnegie identifies the "Big Three" dangers, that every smart businessperson must avoid to achieve lasting success.

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  Fierce Attachments - A Memoir

  Vivian Gornick

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  In this deeply etched and haunting memoir, Vivian Gornick tells the story of her lifelong battle with her mother for independence. Gornick's groundbreaking book confronts what Edna O'Brien has called "the principal crux of female despair": the unacknowledged Oedipal nature of the mother-daughter bond. 
   
   
   
  Born and raised in the Bronx, the daughter of "urban peasants," Gornick grows up in a household dominated by her intelligent but uneducated mother's romantic depression over the early death of her husband. Next door lives Nettie, an attractive widow whose calculating sensuality appeals greatly to Vivian. These women with their opposing models of femininity continue, well into adulthood, to affect Gornick's struggle to find herself in love and in work. 
   
   
   
  As Gornick walks with her aged mother through the streets of New York, arguing and remembering the past, each wins the listener's admiration: the caustic and clear-thinking daughter, for her courage and tenacity in really talking to her mother about the most basic issues of their lives, and the still powerful and intuitively-wise old woman, who again and again proves herself her daughter's mother.

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  René Meulensteen: United Sir...

  René Meulensteen

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  Manchester United enjoyed their greatest generation under Sir Alex Ferguson. The rulebook on domestic domination was rewritten as the club became the most successful in British football history. 
   
  For the first time, one of Ferguson’s closest aides lifts the lid on the inner workings at Carrington, as René Meulensteen, one of the game’s greatest minds, shares all the stories and secrets that contributed and illuminated the most glittering managerial era in football history. 
   
  Meulensteen’s story begins in a provincial region of Holland; a student of the game, René explains how he fought through red tape and bureaucracy to establish himself as a coach with principles he firmly believed in, and how those visionary methods saw him land a remarkable position at the world’s biggest club, overseeing the technical development of their most precious department - the youth system. 
   
  Meulensteen talks about working with stars like Wayne Rooney, Rio Ferdinand and Ryan Giggs, before he was called to work with the first team on a more permanent basis. There, he enjoyed notable contributions, transforming Cristiano Ronaldo into a goal monster and featuring heavily in the move that brought Robin van Persie to Old Trafford. From being Ferguson’s right-hand man to going out on his own, Meulensteen explains his philosophy in an inspiring and accessible way. 
   
  Moreover, this autobiography is a compelling and addictive love-letter to the fabric of everything Manchester United stands for. The exploration and explanation of United’s style of play will thrill supporters and stun analysts, as one of the sport’s greatest minds finally shares his fascinating journey in football.

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  The House of the Dead - A...

  Fyodor Dostoevsky

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  Could you endure a life stripped of dignity, freedom, and hope? 
  In The House of the Dead, Fyodor Dostoevsky takes us deep into the harsh realities of a Siberian labor camp, where prisoners—thieves, murderers, and exiled intellectuals—struggle to retain their humanity in the face of suffering. Based on Dostoevsky’s own experiences in exile, this novel presents a vivid, unfiltered account of prison life, where cruelty and despair are tempered by fleeting moments of compassion and resilience. 
  Narrated through the eyes of Aleksandr Petrovich, an aristocrat sentenced to hard labor, the novel reveals the psychological torment of incarceration. Yet, amid the darkness, Petrovich finds surprising camaraderie among the prisoners, challenging his beliefs about crime, punishment, and redemption. 
  What You’ll Discover in This Modern Translation:A Harrowing True-to-Life Account – Experience Dostoevsky’s firsthand depiction of the brutal conditions in Siberian labor camps.A Deep Psychological Study – Explore themes of guilt, suffering, and the resilience of the human soul.A Masterpiece in a Fresh, Readable Style – This modern adaptation retains the depth of Dostoevsky’s prose while making it more accessible for contemporary readers.A Story of Redemption and Transformation – Witness how suffering shapes the lives of men and forces them to confront their deepest selves. 
  More than a prison memoir, The House of the Dead is a profound meditation on the nature of justice, morality, and human endurance. Its insights remain as powerful today as when Dostoevsky first penned them. 
  Can suffering lead to salvation? 
  Get your copy today and journey into one of the most gripping and philosophical novels ever written.

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