Triomf

This is the story of the four inhabitants of 127 Martha Street in the poor white suburb of Triomf. Living on the ruins of old Sophiatown, the freehold township razed to the ground as a so-called 'black spot', they await with trepidation their country's first democratic elections. It is a date that coincides fatefully with the fortieth birthday of Lambert, the oversexed misfit son of the house. There is also Treppie, master of misrule and family metaphysician; Pop, the angel of peace teetering on the brink of the grave; and Mol, the materfamilias in her eternal housecoat. Pestered on a daily basis by nosy neighbours, National Party canvassers and Jehovah's Witnesses, defenceless against the big city towering over them like a vengeful dinosaur, they often resort to quoting to each other the only consolation that they know; we still have each other and a roof over our heads.  TRIOMF relentlessly probes Afrikaner history and politics, revealing the bizarre and tragic effect that apartheid had on exactly the white underclass who were most supposed to benefit. It is also a seriously funny investigation of the human endeavour to make sense of life even under the most abject of circumstances.

Literature & Fiction

Marlene Van Niekerk

Contemporary

Overlook Pr

Focuses on the unappealing Marcel family - father Frank who wins the Golden Boy fast-food chain, his wife Mary who is having an affair with chef Leo, and his son Virgil. All three get embroiled in the machinations of the Everlasting Club, an organization dedicated to feasting.

The Food Chain

Geoff-Nicholson

Great Flower Painters: Four Centuries of Floral Art

Mitchell, Peter

This beginners' guide to stencilling features rooms from the author's Georgian farmhouse, each one decorated in a distinctive period or style. Each chapter focuses on one of the rooms and includes a description of its stencil elements, colour photographs of the interior, a step-by-step project sequence exploring an individual stencilling technique, and a stencil pack to trace from the page. The 12 themed styles include the honeysuckle kitchen; Indian Raj room; panelled room; blue-and-white Wedgewood dining room; Islamic bedroom; Chinoiserie bedroom; den; contemporary bathroom; Grecian hallway; Gustavian bedroom; and Napoleon's room.

The Stencilled Home: 12 Themed Room Styles

Morris, Helen

Drawn from legend and lore, a fascinating account brings to life the many adventures and exploits of the great warriors from the steppes of Asia known as the Cossacks, from Ivan the Terrible to the Tsarist cause, and dispels the myths that these warriors are purely a historical phenomenon by providing present-day activities of Cossacks in Bosnia, Chechnya, and other areas.

Cossacks: An Illustrated History

Ure, John

History

<p>A gripping and revealing narrative of the persecution of one of Russian literature's brightest poets during the Stalin era; The Death of a Poet is a harrowing narrative account of how the forces of fate combined to destroy the life of one of twentieth-century Russian literature's most talented and esteemed poets during the bloodiest period of Stalin's regime. In 1937, at the height of her creative powers and living in exile in Paris, where rumours of Stalin's purges had been circulating in the emigre community, Marina Tsvetaeva made the fateful decision to follow her husband Sergei Efron, who had been forced to flee from French authorities, back to Moscow. She had been living in exile for more than twenty years. Soon after their reunion, both Alya, their daughter, and Efron were arrested for 'anti-Soviet activity.' Cast onto the street and living in fear that her own arrest was imminent, the poet who once stood at the pinnacle of Russian letters descended into a living hell, compounded</p>

Death Of A Poet: The Last Days Of Marina Tsvetaeva

Kudrova, Irma

Poetry

Petroleum Man: A Novel

Stanley Crawford

<p>Illustrates Charles Dickens' criticism of social status and the possibilities of crossing social boundaries through hard work and good will - a reflection of his own ascendance from poverty to great success as a novelist and social commentator, a theatrical performer and editor of a number of important journals.</p>

Nicholas Nickleby (Nonesuch Dickens)

DICKENS., CHARLES

Education & Teaching

Higher & Continuing Education

Rock 'N' Roll Times: The Style and Spirit of the Early Beatles and Their First Fans

Arts & Photography

Vollmer, Jürgen

Music

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