by Kathy le Cordeur | Apr 9, 2018 | Uncategorized
Dear Customers, We have changed over to the required 15% VAT – not without a few headaches! We have decided to absorb the tax increase and all the prices of books currently on stock will remain the same. As new stock lands, prices will be calculated with 15% tax...
by Kathy le Cordeur | Feb 18, 2018 | Uncategorized
Dear Customers, No topical chat this week. The list of new books and a few house-keeping notes, make this letter long enough. There has been a flurry of activity from publishers and there are many new titles available. And there are more to come – every time we...
by Kathy le Cordeur | Feb 18, 2018 | Uncategorized
Dear Customers, After the last newsletter about advertising, Valentine’s Day is going to be a case in point. Back-to-school advertising is done, so the next commercial onslaught is Valentine’s Day. It’s all very festive when all the shops are decorated in red,...
by Kathy le Cordeur | Feb 18, 2018 | Uncategorized
Dear Customers, Last year on the way to bible study, I heard segment of the Money Show on 702. The host was interviewing a woman who was badly in debt and decided to do something about it. She not only succeeded in getting her finances right, but wrote a book...
by Kathy le Cordeur | Jan 20, 2018 | Uncategorized
Dear Customers, Wishing you all a fruitful year ahead in the service of our Lord. We had a good break, but the first day back at work was so energy-sapping hot that I can’t say we were “raring to go”. Now that it has cooled down a bit, we can say, “at your...
by Kathy le Cordeur | Dec 23, 2017 | Uncategorized
Good Neighbours Bookshop and Augustine Bookroom will both be closed from 23rd December until 6th January. Orders placed during this time will only be processed and posted/couriered when we re-open on 8th January 2018. Any urgent queries can be directed to Kathy on...
by Kathy le Cordeur | Dec 4, 2017 | Uncategorized
Dear Customers, After another sleepless night because of our neighbour’s rooster crowing from just past midnight, there is not much energy left to write any article. The only thing on my mind is the suggestion of roast chicken to my neighbour as a...
by Kathy le Cordeur | Nov 23, 2017 | Uncategorized
Dear Customers, We take great delight in watching our children and grandchildren grow up – first steps, first words, first time on a bike without fairy-wheels, first anything! We know that our children will one day master all the levels of development,...
by Kathy le Cordeur | Nov 23, 2017 | Uncategorized
Dear Customers In this 500th year of the commemoration of the Reformation, we have been inundated with books on the subject and many good ones too. As it has been 500 years since Luther nailed a few points up for discussion, there are many Luther biographies that have...
by Kathy le Cordeur | Nov 23, 2017 | Uncategorized
Appreciating God’s Garden Dear Customers, We have just returned from a two-week road-trip, exploring the beauty of South Africa. The power of the Augrabies, Falls, the aridness of the Northern Cape, the majesty of folded...
by Kathy le Cordeur | Sep 29, 2017 | Uncategorized
Quote of the day Faith upholds a Christian under all trials, by assuring him that every painful dispensation is under the direction of his Lord; that chastisements are a token of His love; that the season, measure, and continuance of his sufferings, are appointed by...
by Kathy le Cordeur | Sep 19, 2017 | Uncategorized
The reason we come away so cold from reading the word is, because we do not warm ourselves at the fire of meditation. ~ Thomas Watson ~ While pulling books for the Rez conference, I came across God’s Battle Plan for the Mind, The Puritan Practice of Biblical...
by Kathy le Cordeur | Sep 19, 2017 | Uncategorized
We have had nothing new for ages and then everything lands at once! Our overseas shipments were all late, but when they did come in, it was all at once. And this coincided with some local orders and the processing of orders for the Rez conference. A very busy time!...
by Kathy le Cordeur | Sep 19, 2017 | Uncategorized
Dear Customers When new customers walk into the shop, I always ask how they heard about us. It’s usually a friend or a colleague that has told them about Good Neighbours and Augustine. Word of mouth remains a very powerful advertiser. Some of these new...
by Kathy le Cordeur | Aug 24, 2017 | Uncategorized
With sober judgement Newsletter 24/8/2017 Dear Customers I was reviewing a sample book that I was given about the myth of being a perfect mom. Most of us consider ourselves more highly than we ought, but a busy, exhausted mother,...
