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I Can Juggle Now – Andre The Hilarious Hypnotist

Anna Howcroft — Sat, 27 Jan 2018 11:16:27 +0000

Being on stage for over 22 years, Andre’s popular presence has filled numerous theatres, school halls, corporate events and some places he chooses not to discuss.
In this superbly entertaining book Andre shares some of the hilarious stories, questions and comments that have changed his understanding of South Africa, the country he calls home, and its vibrantly colourful people. You are able to gain insight into his fascinating life and delight in his comical perspective

I Moved Your Cheese – Darrel Bristow-Bovey

Anna Howcroft — Mon, 22 Jan 2018 17:41:08 +0000

The problem with self-help books that litter the shelves of the bookstores and bedside tables of the nation is that they expect you to do all the work. You are required to read them, remember key words, perhaps even put their teachings into practice in everyday life. Not this self-help book. This is the self-help book for people who want to take no steps at all. This is the self-help book for people lying on the sofa. This book will tell you how to reap the rewards of being a better person without having to trouble yourself with the unnecessary burden of actually becoming better. Our pages have been treated with a revolutionary new formula that allows wisdom to pass directly from the page into the atmosphere, where it can be easily inhaled from a reclining position

The Giant Bathroom Reader

Anna Howcroft — Mon, 20 Nov 2017 14:11:02 +0000

Did you know that during a visit to Germany, Peter the Great once used his host’s curtains as toilet paper? That a French dwarf once sued his government for the right to participate in ths port of dwarf tossing?

From Mother Goose to Gold Fever, Celebrity Scandals to Cults and Fanatics, and from Wis Thoughts to the World’s Longest…, this is a wealth of incredible and occasionally improbable information. Be amazed, be appalled, but above all be enthralled by this cornucopia of craziness

Holy Cows – Gareth van Onselen

Anna Howcroft — Wed, 25 Oct 2017 08:56:04 +0000

Incisive and witty, this book exposes the strange contradictions and ambiguities at the heart of South African society. Van Onselen identifies the many ways in which cultural practice or belief fly in the face of our much vaunted constitution. For instance, can lobola be reconciled with equal rights? And why are initiation rites, practiced not only by cultural groups, but also in university residences and by the Springbok rugby team, still accepted when they often lead to death or injury?
He mocks political correctness, dissects the booming business of death, superstition and witchcraft, and bemoans the growing influence of religion in politics.
Fiercely liberal and committed to constitutional values, Van Onselen will make you question accepted practices and see the absurdity of what passes for just another day in South Africa