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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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  We Will Not Cease

  Archibald Baxter

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  We Will Not Cease is the unflinching account of New Zealander Archibald Baxter's brutal treatment as a conscientious objector during World War I. 
  In 1915, when Baxter was 33, he was arrested, sent to prison, then shipped under guard to Europe where he was forced to the front line against his will. Punished to the limits of his physical and mental endurance, Baxter was stripped of all dignity, beaten, starved and left for dead by the New Zealand military. In the final attempt to discredit him authorities consigned him to a mental institution, an experience that would haunt him for the rest of his life.

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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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  Unique: A Memoir - A Memoir

  Dame Kelly Holmes

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  In national treasure Dame Kelly Holmes’ most personal book yet, she tells the true story behind her extraordinary life from army recruit to Olympic hero and much-loved TV personality. 
   
  Last year, Dame Kelly came out publicly as being gay and revealed that for the first 52 years of her life she’d been living a LIFE OF FEAR. Now in a heart-rending and inspirational new memoir she tells of her journey from hiding her sexuality as a young soldier at a time when being gay in the military was illegal, to her fears of being outed as she stood on the podium at the Athens Olympics, the games which catapulted her to fame as a double-gold medallist. 
   
  Dame Kelly tells how she has managed to find happiness and inner peace as she has opened herself to a world where she’s finally free to be herself, and proud. In the last year she has become an unofficial ambassador for the LGBT community and has become one of the best- loved faces of daytime TV, joining the regular panel of ITV’s Loose Women. 
   
  This honest memoir is a tale of self-discovery, overcoming struggles and learning to be true to yourself.

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  The Idiot - The Profound Classic...

  Fyodor Dostoevsky

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  What if being truly good made you the ultimate outsider? 
  In The Idiot, Fyodor Dostoevsky weaves a powerful story of innocence clashing with the harsh realities of society. Prince Lev Myshkin, an open-hearted and compassionate man, returns to Russia after years abroad, only to be caught in a whirlwind of intrigue, romantic rivalry, and the dark forces of human nature. His honesty and idealism challenge the corruption and cynicism of the world around him—but at what cost? 
  This modern translation captures the depth and brilliance of Dostoevsky’s original work while making it clear and accessible for contemporary readers. Exploring themes of morality, faith, love, and the complexity of human psychology, this novel remains as relevant today as when it was first written.What You’ll Discover in This Modern Translation:A Story of Tragic Innocence – Follow Prince Myshkin’s journey through love, betrayal, and social ambition in 19th-century Russia.A Deep Exploration of Human Nature – Delve into Dostoevsky’s timeless insights on good and evil, sanity and madness, and the struggle for meaning in a complex world.A Masterpiece in a Fresh, Readable Style – Experience Dostoevsky’s thought-provoking novel in a translation that preserves its depth while ensuring clarity for today’s readers.An Unforgettable Cast of Characters – Encounter Myshkin, Nastasya Filippovna, Rogozhin, and others as their fates intertwine in an emotional and psychological battle. 
  Discover why The Idiot is considered one of Dostoevsky’s greatest works and why its message still resonates today. 
  Start reading now and experience a novel that will challenge your mind, touch your heart, and stay with you forever.

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  Extra Pauline Letters The:...

  Various Early Christian Sources,...

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  What if Paul’s letters didn’t end with the New Testament? 
  In The Extra Pauline Letters, journey beyond the canon and into the forgotten corners of early Christianity.  
  This audiobook presents modern adaptations of letters once attributed to the apostle Paul—letters that shaped, encouraged, and even challenged Christian communities of the first few centuries. 
  What you’ll hear inside: 
  •	3 Corinthians – An anti-heresy text preserved in Eastern traditions. 
  •	Laodiceans – A brief yet powerful Pauline-style exhortation. 
  •	Paul and Seneca – A fictional exchange between the apostle and Rome’s leading philosopher. 
  •	Acts of Paul Excerpts – Dramatic accounts supporting Paul’s wider influence. 
  Whether authentic or legendary, these texts highlight how early Christians continued to wrestle with Paul’s legacy.  
  Rediscover the letters that didn’t make it into your Bible—but shaped history nonetheless.

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