At My French Table: Food, Family and Joie de Vivre in a corner of
Author: Jane Webster

Format:Hardback , 320 pages
ISBN-13:9780670070329
Imprint:Viking
Publisher:Penguin AUS

When Jane Webster sells her house in Melbourne and takes her four children out of school to move to a grand but neglected chateau in Normandy, she isn't sure how they will adapt to their new French lives. But soon enough, the family is immersed in the tiny village of Bosgouet, embracing the unhurried pace and seasonal rhythmns of rural France.

There is a new language to learn, new friends to make and a whole region - from Paris to Rouen and Deauville - to discover.

Restoring the cheateau to its former glory also gives Jane the opportunity to fulfil her lifelong dream of establishing a cookery school. With an abundance of fresh produce at hand and the advice of local traiteurs and chefs, Jane brings the flavours of Normandy to life at her table.

Filled with exquisite photography, recipes and stories, At my French Table captures the simple pleasures of family life in a beautiful corner of France.

Seven Days in Cape Town [Paperback]
Sean Fraser

Paperback: 176 pages
Publisher: Struik Publishers; New Ed edition (31 Mar 2006)
Language English
ISBN-10: 1770071989
ISBN-13: 978-1770071988
Product Dimensions: 27.8 x 21.2 x 1.4 cm

The main body of the title is divided into seven day-tours in and around Cape Town. Each day-tour is accompanied by an map covering the day's recommended itinerary. Following the seven day-tours are six 'specialist' itineraries that describe areas further afield. These comprise - the West Coast and Namaqualand, Southern Cape Coast, Stellenbosch, Paarl and Franschhoek, and the Garden Route. Finally, a directory listing covers shopping, nightlife, cuisine and events, giving useful names and addresses, and relevant-additional information.

The Complete Photographer
Tom Ang - Author

Format: Adobe eBook
ISBN: 9781405360159
Publication date: 02 Aug 2010
Publisher: Dorling Kindersley

Completely unique in its broad appeal, scope, and stunning photography; this will appeal to anyone interested in photography, whether beginner or advanced. Behind-the-scenes features introduce the work of 20 top international photographers, showing in step-by-step detail how an idea progresses from concept stage to final image.

Based around tutorials on 10 different genres, covering both technical and creative aspects of photography, Tom Ang takes you through assignments, image analysis, and critiques to work on and follow.

Picturesque Swakopmund
Author: Sandie Fitchat; Sheldon Kotze

ISBN: 9781770078703
Format: PLC, gloss laminate
Release Date: September 2010
Category: Travel and Heritage
Pages: 64

Unlike Rome, Swakopmund can only be reached from the north, the south, or directly on the B2 from Windhoek (a journey of around four hours). No matter which way you come, the approach leads through increasingly dry countryside that morphs into a barren moonscape punctuated by tall dunes. One begins to wonder and worry a little – and then Swakopmund appears like the pearl in an oyster. A little oasis with a curious German character, thanks to its well-preserved, stately colonial buildings dating from 1884 to 1915. Swakopmund is known for its hospitality and good cuisine, but there is more to it than that. It also offers a range of outdoor pursuits, excellent fishing, a clutch of interesting museums right in town, and a modern casino to boot. This book reveals all the facets of Namibia’s favourite holiday destination. Picturesque Swakopmund is part of the Picturesque series of small, full-colour souvenir books. Other titles in the series include Cape Town, Garden Route, Durban & Surrounds, South Africa, Namibia, Botswana, Mozambique and Remembering Robben Island.

Picturesque Namibia
Author: Sandie Fitchat; Sheldon Kotze

ISBN: 9781770076921
Format: PLC, gloss laminate
Release Date: August 2010
Category: Travel and Heritage
Pages: 64

Namibia - a land of wide plains stretching to the distant horizon; a sea of red dunes undulating towards the great pans of Botswana; a land of towering mountains and wave-lashed, ancient coastline; a land sparsely inhabited, yet sporting modern towns and a capital, Windhoek, that feels like any vibrant city in Africa.

Namibia’s diverse, unspoilt scenery, its floral splendour and its wildlife riches draw thousands of visitors annually. They flock here to enjoy the breathtaking surroundings on exclusive guest farms and in countless country hideaways, or to explore famous Etosha National Park as well as a host of historic sites - from geological marvels to centuries-old rock paintings and engravings. This book pays tribute to one of the most beautiful countries on earth. Picturesque Namibia is part of the Picturesque series of small, full-colour souvenir books. Other titles in the series include Cape Town, Garden Route, Durban & Surrounds, Swakopmund, South Africa, Botswana, Mozambique and Remembering Robben Island.

Top 10 of Everything 2011
Russell Ash (Author)

Hardcover: 256 pages
Publisher: Sterling
ISBN-10: 0600621979
ISBN-13: 978-0600621973

Birds of Southern Africa: The Complete Photographic Guide
Ian Sinclair (Author) (Author), Peter Ryan (Author)

• Paperback: 440 pages
• Publisher: Struik Publishers (August 20, 2009)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1770073884
• ISBN-13: 978-1770073883

This brand new photographic field guide to the birds of southern Africa presents more than 2,500 images showing a wide selection of age and sex plumage variations, perched and in-flight birds, and color morphs where relevant, making it the most comprehensive collection of bird photographs of the region ever produced in a single volume.

Accompanying text focuses on identification, call, status, breeding details and diet. Also included for each species is a distribution map and a calendar bar indicating occurrence and breeding months.

Grow Fruit
Alan Buckingham - Author
Jo Whittingham - Consultant

Format: Hardback
ISBN: 9781405337397
Size: 195 x 235mm
Pages : 352
Publisher: Dorling Kindersley

From ripe berries bursting with juice, to apples, plums or cherries, it's easy to grow your own fruit, no matter how little room you have.

Follow foolproof, step-by-step advice and all the practical know-how you need to fill your fruit bowl with home-grown produce.
Choose from more than 50 different crops - from apples to strawberries and walnuts to whitecurrants. Use the quick-reference year planner to work out when to plant, prune and harvest and master the easy-to-follow techniques for all levels of expertise and every type of growing space - from allotments and greenhouses to patios and roof terraces. You don't need green fingers to grow great fruit.

Party Party
Author: Jenny Dodd

Publisher: Struik Lifestyle
ISBN: 9781770077782
Length: 280mm
Width: 215mm
Pages: 168
Illustrations: 160 full colour photographs

Moms (and dads) simply can’t get enough of Jenny Dodd’s lifesaving party books, to ensure that their children’s parties are, well, a piece of cake to organise. Party Party continues in similar style to Party Ideas for Children and Party Fun! with an all-new line-up of fabulous themes for the best parties ever, and which won’t break the bank.

She guides you on planning, invitations, food (including cake recipes), decorations, themes and entertainment. Best of all the themes are highly adaptable to suit ages from the youngest to teenagers (and sometimes beyond), as well as other types of occasion. Themes are: Dotty Do; Putting Par-tee; Small Affair; Formula One; Birthday Bugs; Cooking Up Fun; Cutting the Ice; Destination Mars; Enchanted Forest; Farmyard Frolics; Feisty Fire Engine; High School Rock; Karate Kicks; My Special Pony; Shipwrecked and Stranded; Soccer World Final; Stone Age; Big Number One; Crime Scene; Travel to Egypt

The Marginal Safari: Scouting the Edge of South Africa: Scouting the edge of South Africa
Author: Justin Fox

Format: Softcover
Publisher: Umuzi
ISBN: 9781415200582
Length: 222mm
Width: 146mm
Pages: 352

Justin Fox, the well-known travel journalist and deputy editor of Getaway magazine, journeys counter-clockwise around the edges of South Africa, starting in Cape Town. It is 2006 and his famous father Revel has been diagnosed with cancer. Worried and guilt-ridden, he takes to the road nevertheless, making full use of the advantages that distance and the sheer physicality of driving affords a troubled soul.

For this trip becomes something of a soul journey: "Restless, anxious about an uneventful slide into my late 30s, hungry for adventure – or colourful change at least – I've been craving the road for some time." As he stops at places frequented or famously erected by his architect father, his thoughts congeal around notions of fatherland and fatherhood. He tarries at outposts and colourful towns, skipping entire cities at times to favour the off-beat treasures of human souls fashioned less by convention than by their own sheer will pitted against nature or circumstance.

Fox travels like Theroux and reports like a novelist, with pithy dialogue and sharp observations, and strings together scenes, pictures, communities and characters to form a totality of what South Africa is today as seen from its margins: a poignant, exciting clash of histories and stories which Fox tells in a quietly charming and irresistible way.

Living with My X
Stephen Malherbe

ISBN: 9781770200425
Format: Softcover
Release Date: June 2010
Category: Zebra Press
Pages: 224

As a young boy, Stephen always felt different from his friends – he was smaller, less self-assured and often sickly. He struggled with classroom learning and school sports.

Only as a shy, embarrassed ‘sixteen-year-old with the body of a boy of ten’ was Stephen diagnosed with Klinefelter’s syndrome, a medical disorder resulting from his cells having one X chromosome more than is normal for males. Symptoms of the condition include small testicles, resulting in sterility; gynaecomastia, the enlargement of the breasts; low energy levels and self-esteem; communication and learning difficulties; developmental delays; and decreased libido, among many others.

With appropriate treatment, Stephen’s body began to develop into that of a man and he felt able to embark on a ‘normal’ life, one that included girlfriends, marriage and a career. Many uphill battles later, Stephen reached a point of spiritual strength from which he could begin to tell his story.

Living with my X is a unique and deeply personal account of a man living in the shadow of a genetic condition that is less rare than one thinks. Between 1 in 500 and 1 in 1 000 men are born with an ‘extra’ X chromosome. The symptoms associated with this vary widely. Although many men remain entirely unaware of their additional X chromosome, and few boys who have it go on to develop Klinefelter’s syn-drome, Stephen was one of those who did.

Able-bodied
Author:Leslie Swartz

ISBN: 9781770220829
Format: Trade Paperback
Release Date: May 2010
Category: Zebra Press
Pages: 240

A large Wagnerian grandmother. A great-aunt known as ‘the Buchenwald chicken’. Shame and misery on the sports field. A club-footed father who disappeared to the golf course every weekend.

How do these experiences lead to a career in psychology? Able-Bodied is a unique account of how being the son of a disabled man and the product of an eccentric family brought Leslie Swartz to a professional life working with disability issues.

At the heart of this tale is a moving account of a complex, troubled, but loving father–son relationship, a relationship that spurred a lifetime of trying to understand and come to grips with what different bodies and different abilities mean for us all. With wit, compassion, frankness and irreverence, Swartz considers the challenges faced by families, academics, institutions and everyone trying to make a positive difference to society. Poignant and often hilarious, Able-Bodied is a tale of conflict, achievement, pain and triumph. It is a fascinating blend of personal narrative, anecdote and reflection on society, medicine and ethics.