'I was made in Coffee Bay. Right there on the beach, in the sand.' From the opening lines, we are drawn in and engrossed by this startling memoir of a singular childhood. Suzan is adopted as a newborn in the late 1960s into a seemingly loving and welcoming family living in Pietermaritzburg. But Suzan is set on a collision course with, most particularly, her adoptive mother, and society, from her very beginning. Suzan's relationship with her mother is fraught with drama, which veers over into a level of emotional abuse and needless cruelty that is shocking. At the age of thirteen, Suzan is sent to a place of safety as a ward of the state, effectively 'orphaning' her. From there, she spirals out of control – fighting to survive in a world of other neglected, abandoned and abused children. She becomes a 'runner', escaping at every opportunity from her various places of confinement, grabbing her schooling in snatches, living on the edges of a drug and prostitution underworld, finding love wherever she can. Suzan's young life was the stuff of movies, but it is her writing, in a voice that is unforgettable and true, that transforms her memories into something magical rarely matched in South African literature. A new classic.

Containing 115 exercises & massages and based on a traditional healing system, this yoga helps to relieve stress, transform old patterns and promote balance and health. This user friendly, Smyth sewn edition contains the complete text and illustrations of our two-volume set, first published in 1978, and includes a new introduction by the author. The original books have become a valued resource for individuals and health-care practitioners around the world. They have been translated into 15 languages.

Hailed for its lucid presentation, TSK blends reasoning and experiential inquiry to offer a unique path of transformation. A deeply exhilarating book, TSK gives readers a language to ask the questions that conventional training teaches us to ignore. Thirty-five exercises reunite philosophy with direct experience.

Ye Fei, who brought along his father's flying immortal from outer space, came to the continent after surviving for 500 years. Even though he was called an idiot by others, his family love and love made him truly feel the warmth of his family.

A marriage of violence and control is not love and for Raine the moment of truth has come, the dark night of the soul is upon her but will she will find her way? You'll Come to Me is an electrifying story of strength and courage that will grip you until the very last page. As she fights to survive, what will Raine eventually find? An unexpected love that heals and restores her life, or will she remained trapped in a life of shadows an never moving into a new life of light?

Includes chapters on slang, jargon, and neologisms.

After leaving Special Forces, Xiao Ke, who was born with the ability to predict the future, had been living a leisurely lifestyle. A kind help from the bar instead brought him some trouble, and as the trouble grew, Xiao Ke's peaceful life was immediately broken. As more and more people entered his life, his responsibilities became greater and greater, he was entrusted by the country to search for treasures of Hua Xia, and he also had to fight everywhere because of the kidnapping of his woman. From London, to Paris, to Istanbul, all sorts of footprints were left behind.

Once, elephants came in two colours: black or white. They loved all other creatures - but each set wanted to destroy the other. Peace-loving elephants ran and hid in the deepest jungle while battle commenced. The war-mongers succeeded: for a long time it seemed that there were no elephants in the world at all, not of any colour. But then the descendants of the peace-loving ones emerged from the jungle, and by now they were all grey. ‘This book was one of my favourites as a kid, I simply relished in the gloriousness of a load of elephants battling it out in a bizarre forest. It wasn’t until I was a bit older that I recognised the importance of the message that lay (not so subtly) underneath.’ OLIVER JEFFERS