• The Story of a Hundred Dresses

    The Story of a Hundred Dresses

    R280

    This is a fun, interactive book to help your little one learn how to count, help them learn different colours and lastly, teach them patterns for five of the nine tribes of South Africa that are included in this book.

  • The Story of a New Name: Book 2

    The Story of a New Name: Book 2

    R325

    Elena Ferrante‘s The Story of a New Name is the second chapter in the series, following 2012’s acclaimed My Brilliant Friend, featuring the two friends Lila and Elena. The two protagonists are now in their twenties. Marriage appears to have imprisoned Lila. Meanwhile, Elena continues her journey of self-discovery. The two young women share a complex and evolving bond that brings them close at times, and drives them apart at others. Each vacillates between hurtful disregard and profound love for the other. With this complicated and meticulously portrayed friendship at the center of their emotional lives, the two girls mature into women, paying the sometimes cruel price that this passage exacts.

  • The Story of Art Without MenOut of stock

    The Story of Art Without Men

    R810

    How many women artists do you know? Who makes art history? Did women even work as artists before the twentieth century? And what is the Baroque anyway?

  • The Story of Bumble The Bee

    The Story of Bumble The Bee

    R280

    Bumble’s story is a gentle reminder for little readers that joy, confidence, and friendship often begin with learning to enjoy your own company.

  • Sale! The Story Orchestra: Carnival of the AnimalsOut of stock

    The Story Orchestra: Carnival of the Animals

    Original price was: R300.Current price is: R220.

    Discover the magical world of Carnival of the Animals in this musical reimagining of this celebrated suite for children – push the button in each breathtaking scene to hear the vivid sound of an orchestra playing from Camille Saint-Saëns’ score.

    One day, two brothers discover a magical animal kingdom behind their bookcase. They are greeted by the royal lion with his shaggy mane; ask for directions from an old lonely tortoise; take a ride on some lumbering elephants; topple a skeleton of dinosaur bones; and swim among a school of shimmering fish. If only they could take them all home…

  • The Story Orchestra: Four Seasons In One DayOut of stock

    The Story Orchestra: Four Seasons In One Day

    R300

    Discover what it would be like to travel through the four seasons in one day in this musical story based on the classical masterpiece The Four Seasons—push the button in each breathtaking scene to hear the vivid sound of an orchestra playing from Vivaldi’s score.

  • The Story Orchestra: In the Hall of the Mountain KingOut of stock

    The Story Orchestra: In the Hall of the Mountain King

    R300

    Discover the spellbinding magic of In the Hall of The Mountain King in this musical retelling of Peer Gynt—push the button on each beautiful scene to hear the vivid sound of an orchestra playing from Grieg’s score.

    This tale of a boy’s adventure through the valleys and mountains of the Norwegian countryside begins at a wedding feast far, far away. Peer Gynt is bored and he’s longing for adventure. After sneaking off from the party, he finds himself at a peaceful lake where he meets some dairy people. When he lies about his escapades riding reindeer through the sky, they dare him to go to the lair of the Mountain King, the king of the trolls.

  • The Story Orchestra: Swan LakeOut of stock

    The Story Orchestra: Swan Lake

    R300

    Discover the spellbinding magic of Swan Lake in this musical retelling of the ballet – push the button on each beautiful scene to hear the vivid sound of an orchestra playing from Tchaikovsky’s score.

    This tale of a prince, a beautiful swan princess and an evil sorcerer begins in a woodland clearing far, far away. It is Prince Siegfried’s 21st birthday. He is playing games with his friends when his mother, the Queen, arrives to tell him he needs to stop having fun and start looking after the kingdom. Prince Siegfried dreams of running away.

  • The Story Orchestra: The NutcrackerOut of stock

    The Story Orchestra: The Nutcracker

    R300

    Follow Clara on a magical Christmas adventure in this musical retelling of The Nutcracker ballet—push the button on each beautiful scene to hear the vivid sound of an orchestra playing from Tchaikovsky’s score.

    It is Christmas Eve at Clara’s house. Scents of ginger, chocolate, and peppermint waft through the air. Clara’s parents are having a party, and her little brother Fritz is decorating the Christmas tree. Clara’s godfather, a toymaker, arrives with gifts, including a very special one for her—a wooden nutcracker carved in the shape of a little man. After Fritz breaks it, the children are sent to bed.

  • The Story Orchestra: The Sleeping BeautyOut of stock

    The Story Orchestra: The Sleeping Beauty

    R300

    Discover the enchanting world of The Sleeping Beauty in this musical retelling of the ballet—push the button on each beautiful scene to hear the vivid sound of an orchestra playing from Tchaikovsky’s score.

    Join the King and Queen as they throw a party for their new baby, Princess Aurora. But when a terrible guest arrives and places a curse on princess, the kingdom must find the one special person who can defeat it… As you and your little one journey through the magical scenes illustrated by artist Jessica Courtney Tickle, you will press the buttons to hear 10 excerpts from the ballet’s music.

  • The Surrealist Life of Leonora Carrington

    The Surrealist Life of Leonora Carrington

    In 2006 journalist Joanna Moorhead discovered that her father’s cousin, Prim, who had disappeared many decades earlier, was now a famous artist in Mexico. Although rarely spoken of in her own family (regarded as a black sheep, a wild child; someone they were better off without) in the meantime Leonora Carrington had become a national treasure in Mexico, where she now lived, while her paintings are fetching ever-higher prices at auction today.

     

  • The Thabo Mbeki I knowOut of stock

    The Thabo Mbeki I know

    R300

    The Thabo Mbeki I Know is a collection that celebrates one of South Africa’s most exceptional thought leaders. The contributors include those who first got to know Thabo Mbeki as a young man, in South Africa and in exile, and those who encountered him as a statesman and worked alongside him as an African leader.

  • The Travelling Cat ChroniclesOut of stock

    The Travelling Cat Chronicles

    R200

    It’s not the journey that counts, but who’s at your side. Nana is on a road trip, but he is not sure where he is going. All that matters is that he can sit beside his beloved owner Satoru in the front seat of his silver van.

  • The Trust ManifestoOut of stock

    The Trust Manifesto

    R450

    We’re living in an extraordinary age: the age of trust. We trust the language of algorithms and the intentions of tech giants. The Trust Manifesto is for anyone how has started to question that trust; who worry where it might end, who fear ‘The Black Mirror Effect’. It is for those who wonder what an alternative internet would look like, built on trust, that works for all of us

  • The unknown Pauline Smith

    The unknown Pauline Smith

    R100

    Pauline Smith’s many admirers will welcome this new volume which contains writings which are out of print, have never before been published, or have not appeared in book form. This collection of largely unknown material spans the full range of her creative life from the early ‘Platkops’ stories to her last uncompleted work. What gives…

  • The Urban BeeKeeper: A Year Of Bees In The CityOut of stock

    The Urban BeeKeeper: A Year Of Bees In The City

    R350

    Practical and inspiring, this is an indispensable handbook for city beekeeping.

    Steve Benbow is at the heart of urban beekeeping. With zero experience, he built his first hive on his own tower-block rooftop. Today, he runs hives across London’s greatest landmarks.

    Packed with tips and advice on how to start off, this diary of a beekeeping year tells you everything you need to know about keeping bees. It is also Steve’s hugely entertaining personal story of the glorious ups and downs of the city beekeeper’s life