Biography

	Tolstoy - Rosamund Bartlett Tolstoy: A Russian life by Rosamund Bartlett gives us an eloquent portrait of the brilliant, maddening, and contrary man. In November 1910, Count Lev Tolstoy died at a remote Russian railway station. At the time of his death, he was the most famous man in Russia, with a growing international following, and more revered than the tsar.	ZAR 130.00
	Maasai Days - Cheryl Bentsen Maasai Days: A first-hand account of life in an African village by Cheryl Bentsen is a proud, frank book about a fine people and the author's experience with them. Illustrated with b&w photographs.	ZAR 90.00
	A Fortunate Man - John Berger A Fortunate Man: The Story of a Country Doctor by John Berger reveals with extraordinary intensity the life of a remarkable man. It is a portrait of one selfless individual and the rural community for which he became the hub. In 1966 John Berger spent three months in the Forest of Dean shadowing an English country GP, John Sassall.	ZAR 125.00
	Gonzo - Will Bingley & Anthony Hope-Smith Gonzo: A Graphic Biography of Hunter S. Thompson by Will Bingley and illustrated by Anthony Hope-Smith is a witty, thoughtful graphic biography of the king of Gonzo journalism. Over the course of Hunter S. Thompson's extraordinary life he was publicly branded a bum, a vandal, a thief, a liar, an addict, a freak, and a psychopath. Some of which were true.	ZAR 110.00
	Master of War - Benson Bobrick Master of War: The Life of General George H. Thomas by Benson Bobrick is a revelatory and dynamic biography of general George H. Thomas. Bobrick argues that he was the greatest and most successful general of the Civil War. Because Thomas didn't live to write his memoirs, his reputation has been largely shaped by others, most notably Ulysses S.	ZAR 150.00
	Livingstone Letters: 1843 to 1872 - Maurice Boucher Livingstone Letters: 1843 to 1872: David Livingstone Correspondence in the Brenthurst Library, Johannesburg by Maurice Boucher concentrates upon the Livingstone letters in the Brenthurst Library, covering a period from his first years as a missionary in Africa in the early 1840s to the drama of his last journeys three decades later.	ZAR 900.00
	Jerry Lee Lewis - Rick Bragg Jerry Lee Lewis: His own story by Rick Bragg for the very first time, reveals the truth behind the Last Man Standing of the rock-and-roll era. Jerry Lee Lewis has lived an extraordinary life. He gave rock and roll its devil's edge with hit records like 'Great Balls of Fire'. His incendiary shows caused riots and boycotts.	ZAR 95.00
	Ethel and Ernest - Raymond Briggs Ethel and Ernest: A True Story by Raymond Briggs is utterly original, deeply moving and very funny. The author uses cartoon strips to tell the story of the author's parents' lives through the privations of the 1930s, the horrors of the World War II and the disillusionment of the postwar years, up to the couple's death in 1971.	ZAR 80.00
	Tricks of the Mind - Derren Brown Tricks of the Mind by Derren Brown takes you on a journey into the structure and psychology of magic. Derren Brown's television and stage performances have entranced and dumbfounded millions.	ZAR 90.00
	At Speed - Mark Cavendish At Speed: My life in the fast lane by Mark Cavendish tells his very personal story of the journey to the top, and gets to the heart of the pain and the passion, and the guts and the glory of professional cycling. Cycling bible L''Equipe has responded to his staggering success by naming him the best sprinter in the history of Tour de France.	ZAR 110.00
	Mao - Jung Chang and Jon Halliday Mao: The unknown story by Jung Chang and Jon Halliday will astonish historians and the general reader alike. Jung Chang's Wild Swans was an extraordinary bestseller throughout the world, selling more than 10 million copies and reaching a wider readership than any other book about China. Now she and her husband Jon Halliday have written a groundbreaking biography of Mao Tse-tung.	ZAR 75.00
	e e cummings - Susan Cheever e e cummings: A Life by Susan Cheever is a major reassessment of the life and work of the novelist, painter, and playwright considered to be one of America’s preeminent twentieth-century poets. At the time of his death in 1962, at age sixty-eight, he was, after Robert Frost, the most widely read poet in the United States.	ZAR 155.00
	What Could Possibly Go Wrong - Jeremy Clarkson What Could Possibly Go Wrong by Jeremy Clarkson is the sixth book in Jeremy Clarkson's bestselling The World According to Clarkson series. No one writes about cars like Jeremy Clarkson. While most correspondents are too busy diving straight into BHP, MPG and MPH, Jeremy appreciates that there are more important things to life. Don't worry, we'll get to the cars. Eventually.	ZAR 140.00
	'n Stem vir Suid Afrika - Mimi Coertse 'n Stem vir Suid Afrika deur Mimi Coertse is Mimi se storie soos vertel aan Ian Raper. Dit is die lewensverhaal van 'n begaafde vrou wat al haar liefde en verdriet in haar droom en haar taak werp.	ZAR 65.00
	Brief Candle in the Dark - Richard Dawkins Brief Candle in the Dark: My Life in Science by Richard Dawkins continues his autobiography, following the threads that have run through the second half of his life so far and homing in on the key individuals, institutions and ideas that inspired and motivated him.	ZAR 110.00
	The People Smuggler - Robin de Crespigny The People Smuggler: The True Story of Ali Al Jenabi, the 'Oskar Schindler of Asia' by Robin de Crespigny is one man's epic story of trying to find a safe place in the world. When Ali Al Jenabi flees Saddam Hussein's torture chambers, he is forced to leave his family behind in Iraq.	ZAR 96.00
	Che's Travels - Paulo Drinot Che's Travels: The Making of a Revolutionary in 1950s Latin America edited by Paulo Drinot is a collection of essays regarding Che's travels. Ernesto "Che" Guevara twice traveled across Latin America in the early 1950s.	ZAR 135.00
	Zona - Geoff Dyer Zona: A Book about a Film about a Journey to a Room by Geoff Dyer is a very stimulating book on film. Here the author takes on his biggest challenge yet: unlocking the film that has obsessed him all his adult life. Like the film Stalker itself, it confronts the most mysterious and enduring questions of life and how to live.	ZAR 85.00
	The Masonic Magician - Philippa Faulks and Robert L D Cooper The Masonic Magician: The Life and Death of Count Cagliostro and His Egyptian Rite by Philippa Faulks and Robert L D Cooper tells Count Cagliostro's extraordinary story, complete with the first English translation of the Egyptian Rite ever published. Count Alessandro Cagliostro was a cult figure in European society in the tumultuous years leading to the French Revolution.	ZAR 150.00
	More Fool Me - Stephen Fry More Fool Me: A Memoir by Stephen Fry is a brilliant, eloquent account by a man driven to create and to entertain - revealing a side to him he has long kept hidden.	ZAR 140.00
	Freedom's Daughter - Sonia Gandhi Freedom's Daughter: Letters Between Indira Gandhi and Jawaharlal Nehru 1922-1939 edited by Sonia Gandhi is the first volume of the extensive father-daughter correspondence between Jawaharial Nehru and his daughter Indira (who was to become Mrs Gandhi). Illustrated with b&w Photos.	ZAR 90.00
	Distrust That Particular Flavor - William Gibson Distrust That Particular Flavor: Encounters with a future that's already here by William Gibson brings together for the first time his writings on a wide variety of contemporary subjects: the differing cultures of Japan and Singapore; music and the movies; what's wrong with the internet; the interactive relationship between writers and readers; and many others.	ZAR 110.00
	Gilliamesque - Terry Gilliam Gilliamesque: A Pre-Posthumous Memoir by Terry Gilliam is the autobiography of an unorthodox life. The director of Time Bandits, Brazil, The Adventures of Baron Munchausen, The Fisher King, 12 Monkeys and Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas - not to mention co-founder of Monty Python's Flying Circus - recalls his life so far.	ZAR 250.00
	Gandhi Before India - Ramachandra Guha Gandhi Before India by Ramachandra Guha allows us to understand the personality and politics of Mohandas Gandhi as never before. Showing that Gandhi's ideas were fundamentally shaped before his return to India in 1915.	ZAR 320.00
	As You Do - Richard Hammond As You Do: Adventures with Evel, Oliver and the Vice-President of Botswana by Richard Hammond ranges widely over his life and times (moving quickly on from his crash) -- a visit to Glastonbury with James May reminds of him of his early years of playing in a band and how and why he never quite made it as a rock star; the stunts and other perils that come his way like the "Top Gear "Nort	ZAR 75.00