Elsa: 370 books

“Daar is ’n dun skilletjie om ons brein wat ons in die hede anker. Maar soos ’n mens oud word, kom daar skeurtjies in die skil, soos ’n ou laken skif. Dan stroom die verlede daardeur, ontydig of nie. Dis hoekom oumense deurmekaar raak, of hulle konsentrasie swak word, of hulle dinge soos sleutels...

Hierdie is 'n omnibus bestaande uit drie van Elsa Winckler se vorige Romanzas Waar liefde le, Want daar's skoenlappers en Heldergeel dag.

Hierdie omnibus is 'n samestelling van drie van Elsa Winckler se vorige Romanzas, Tussen jazz en rock, Anderkant liefhe en Sonder bagasie.Tussen jazz en rock: Hy laat haar sweet, swaar asemhaal. En dit oor sy kaal bolyf, sy blouselblou oe, sy bitter sexy boudjies ... Sanet is juis voos vir mans. Maar...

Six auteures. Six nouvelles. Six faits divers. Une femme qui souhaitait juste être tranquille. Des diamants qui suscitent des convoitises inattendues. Un pistolet caché derrière les cabinets. Une mariée à la robe un peu trop blanche. Une sonnette qui continue de tinter. Une journaliste prête...

Mobility - the movements of people, things, and ideas, as well as their associated cultural meanings - has been a key factor in shaping Canadians' perceptions of and interactions with their country. Approaching the burgeoning field of environmental history in Canada through the lens of mobility reveals...

The title of this book, Supermadre, is ironic. It means, not that women have begun to exercise real power in Latin American political life, but that their participation is mostly confined to roles that are extensions of their roles as mothers—health, education, welfare, for example—and then only...

Narcissists have been much maligned but according to clinicians who study personality there are many productive narcissists who succeed spectacularly well in life because they can articulate a vision and make others follow. Elsa Ronningstam who has been studying and treating narcissists for 20 years...

La storia della catacomba di Vigna Randanini, analiticamente descritta con precisi riferimenti storici e religiosi, è stata fino ad oggi ignorata da molti. È di particolare rilievo apprendere quanto sia forte ed evidente la caratterizzazione ebraica di questo contesto funerario. La storia di queste...

Voted one of the hundred most important books published in Africa during the last century. Winner of the WA Hofmeyr Prize, the CNA Literary Award and the Louis Luyt Prize.Sharing the language and religion or the Afrikaners bent on her people's subjugation, Poppie Nongena - a Xhosa woman born in an...

Short Story. A hungry, young dragon hunts prey in the woods and runs off three humans hunting a woman and her child. Too late to save the woman he rescues the child and waits for his father's return to decide what to do with a human infant. Much to his dismay he discovers the infant is his half sister....

When Chief Librarian Leona Fordyce dies in the middle of the Friends of the Library Tea, all of the library staff may be suspected of her murder. Police officer Tony Battaglia and Children's Librarian Rachel Martin must follow the clues to unearth the killer. This cozy mystery will appeal to anyone who loves books and libraries.

When Tess hunts for a toadstool from a fairy ring she never expects to meet the owners. When she notices out of place darts of brilliant color she races for home, not the least bit interested in meeting the residents of the Other realm. They follow her home and offer her the position of Guardian of...

Tess finds herself up against ogres and her old enemy. Tragedy strikes and friends and family rally to aid her recovery. The dragon on the western border grows frustrated with his inability to locate his treasure and Prince Duri requests her assistance even though the council has yet to declare her fit for duty.

Returning from an arduous journey Tess takes time off to relax and attend Gladys's wedding. But relaxation takes a back seat when Gladys points out the results of having nearly died.Grasshoppers return to the fairy demesne and Tess cleans up that and a couple other problems she left there.The...