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Read Shakespeare’s plays in all their brilliance—and understand what every word means! Don’t be intimidated by Shakespeare! These popular guides make the Bard’s plays accessible and enjoyable. Each No Fear guide contains: The complete text of the original play A line-by-line translation that puts the words into everyday language A complete list of characters, with descriptions…
Antigone – ‘Anouilh is a poet, but not of words: he is a poet of words-acted, of scenes-set, of players-performing’ Peter Brook Jean Anouilh, one of the foremost French playwrights of the twentieth century, replaced the mundane realist works of the previous era with his innovative dramas, which exploit fantasy, tragic passion, scenic poetry and…
About the book: The Republic of Gilead offers Offred only one function: to breed. If she deviates, she will, like dissenters, be hanged at the wall or sent out to die slowly of radiation sickness. But even a repressive state cannot obliterate desire – neither Offred’s nor that of the two men on which her…
Since it was first performed in Athens in the 420s BC, Oedipus the King has been widely regarded as Sophocles’ greatest tragedy and one of the foundation stones of western drama. Taken as a model by Aristotle in his Poetics, it became a yardstick for future generations. Since the play’s rediscovery in the Renaissance, audiences – including Sigmund…
A boy arrives at a remote village in the dead of night. His name is Ludlow Fitch—and he is running from a most terrible past. What he is about to learn is that in this village is the life he has dreamed of—a safe place to live, and a job, as the assistant to a…
Jan van Tonder betree in hierdie roman die magies wêreld van die menslike religie waarin realiteit en mistiek moeilik van mekaar te onderskei is.
Rehearsed in Fordsburg in the mid-eighties, in the shadow of the notorious John Vorster Square, Sarafina! paint a vibrant and dynamic picture of life in Soweto. It pays tribute to township youth all over South Africa, whose courage and determination helped fan the flames of struggle. And it honours the women who provided such remarkable leadership and…
This rich range of poems from various places and times, from established poets, or writers new on the scene, encourages engaged reading, as well as learners’ own writing. In addition to the poems, Voice of the Land contains the following features: An introduction providing background on the poems and the themes present throughout the collection…
This is the magical story of Santiago, an Andalusian shepherd boy who dreams of travelling the world in search of a worldly treasure as fabulous as any ever found. From his home in Spain he journeys to the markets of Tangiers, and from there into the Egyptian desert, where a fateful encounter with the alchemist…
Vlerke Vir Almal – 9780798174510
The Fault in Our Stars – 9780141355078
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart is a genius, the most brilliant musician the world will ever see. But the court of 18th-century Vienna doesn’t recognize his talents – only Antonio Salieri, the Court Composer, does, and he is tortured by what he hears. Seething with rage at the genius of this buffoon and aware of his own…
About the book: Adapted into an award-winning film by Francis Ford Coppola, and starring Patrick Swayze, Rob Lowe and Tom Cruise, S.E. Hinton’s The Outsiders is a young adult novel of enduring power. This Penguin Modern Classics edition is published with an introduction by Jodi Picoult, author of My Sister’s Keeper. The Greasers and the rich-kid Socs…
Death and the King’s Horseman – 9780413695505
The perfect edition for any Orwell enthusiasts’ collection, discover Orwell’s classic dystopian masterpiece beautifully reimagined by renowned street artist Shepard Fairey ‘All animals are equal. But some animals are more equal than others.’ Mr Jones of Manor Farm is so lazy and drunken that one day he forgets to feed his livestock. The ensuing rebellion…
Like every other play in the Cambridge School Shakespeare series, Measure for Measure has been specially prepared to help all students in schools and colleges. This version of Measure for Measure aims to be different from other editions of the play. It invites you to bring the play to life in your classroom through enjoyable…
Here is the story of Mary and the Girls, of Zoot, Pretty-Boy and Oubaas, of the Abrahams family who came from Bo-Kaap, of Last-Knight the Barber and his prim wife. This novel is written in tribute to the people of District Six so that we do not forget. ‘Buckingham Palace’ is a dingy row of…
A farmhouse is being reproduced a dozen times, with slight variations, throughout a valley. Three small graves have been dug in the front garden, the middle one lying empty. A woman in a wheelchair sorts through boxes while her husband clambers around the old demolished buildings, wondering where the animals have gone. A young woman…
Oxford School Shakespeare: The Merchant of Venice – 9780198328674
I fell in love the way you fall asleep: slowly, then all at once. Despite the tumour-shrinking medical miracle that has bought her a few years, Hazel has never been anything but terminal, her final chapter inscribed upon diagnosis. But when a gorgeous plot twist named Augustus Waters suddenly appears at Cancer Kid Support…
Soos ‘n vuishou in die maag. So tref hierdie bundel kortverhale vir tieners jou. Van die bekendste skrywers in Afrikaans span saam vir ‘n boeiende leeservaring. Al die stories in hierdie bundel het een ding gemeen – hulle is uit die perspektief van hedendaagse jongmense geskryf en takel kwessies waarmee tieners hulle sterk kan vereenselwig
Velige hawe is ‘n heruitgawe van twee van die skrywer se gewildste romanses, Vonkpos vir die hart en Â’n Beskermengel vir Marlene, wat onderskeidelik in 2005 en 2006 verskyn het. Vonkpos vir die hart Hy noem haar meisiekind, Soms. Met oe wat vreemd blink. Maar die muur om hom kry Liezl nie afgebreek nie. Pieter…
Nog vier koshuisavonture in een boek! Waar Lindie en haar vriendinne is, is daar altyd hope pret, avontuur en naelbyt-aksie! Die vyfstuks Lindie, Talita, Mia, Gina en Andrea beleef allerlei opwindende avonture saam in die Bergrif Meisieskool se koshuis. Nog vier van die gewilde SSS-boeke verskyn nou saam in een omnibus: Seesand, sonbrille en smokkelaars…
Dramateks vir hoërskoolleerders (15+): Môre as ons groot is deur Fanie Viljoen. Dis matriekafskeid – die wonderlikste aand in elke tiener se lewe. Maar wat gebeur wanneer dit verby is? Wanneer selfs die after-party end kry? Vier jongmense staan op die grens van hulle grootmenslewe. Vanaand neem hulle afskeid van hulle skool – hulle vriende…
The Maze Runner (Maze Runner Series) By James Dashner – 9781909489400
The Arab-Israeli Conflict – 9781138933354
Lien se Lankstaanskoene Studiegids (Studiepret) – 9780992221492
The Thing about Jellyfish – 9781447291251
Om ‘n ster te vang – Elana du Toit – 9780799354898
Harper Fire Looking for Alaska. 20th Anniversary Edition – 9780008664817
No Turning Back Beverley Naidoo – 9780141368900
Secret Diary of Adrian Mole Aged 13 ¾ – 9780141315980
A Tale of Two Cities – 9780141439600
To Kill a Mocking Bird – 9780099466734
The Three Theban Plays: Antigone; Oedipus the King; Oedipus at Colonus – 9780140444254
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