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Daniel Janse Van RensburghWhat was supposed to be a short business trip to Equatorial Guinea turned into a journey to the depths of hell. Black Beach, located on Bioko island off the mainland of Equatorial Guinea, is one of the world’s most feared prisons, notorious for its brutality and inhumane conditions. In 2013, South African businessman Daniel Janse…
Sylvia DaySo Close is the first book in the Blacklist series, with Sylvia Day’s trademark emotional intensity, scorching sensuality, and powerful storytelling. Widower Kane Black remains ruinously married to his late wife, Lily. Grief has hollowed him, until he sees a woman with his wife’s inimitable beauty on Manhattan’s streets. He whisks her up to his towering penthouse, where…
Jan GlazewsBefore fleeing the family estate near Lviv, in what is now Ukraine, Jan Glazewski’s father buried what he could salvage of the family silver in the forest. The Glazewskis left war-ravaged Europe after World War II for a new life in South Africa. When Jan is born in Paarl in 1953, he nearly dies, like…
Julie KagawaAllie has done the unthinkable – died so that she might continue to live. Cast out and separated from the boy she dared to love, she follows the call of blood to save her creator, Kanin. But when the trail leads to Allie’s birthplace, what she finds there could change the world forever… There’s a…
.Suid-Afrika se skoonheid en koloniale geskiedenis het seker gemaak dat verskeie bloubloediges deur die eeue heen sterk bande met die land ontwikkel het. Só is daar byvoorbeeld die Nederlandse prinses Irene van Lippe-Biesterfeld, met haar groot liefde vir die Karoo, wat hard baklei het teen skaliegas-ontginning deur die Nederlandse petroleummaatskappy Shell. As godsdienstige of politieke…
.As die bakgogga byt, of jy hunker na die vertroostende smaak van tradisionele tuisgebak, is die nutste toevoeging toto die Landbou Boerekos-trefferreeks, Landbou Boerekos – Die beste gebak net die regte boek om nader te trek.Die boek bied ‘n omvattende versameling bakresepte uit die gewilde kostydskrif, Landbou Boerekos. As jy dus al ooit jou Ouma se verlore gemmerkoekie- of…
Hannes DeetlefsThe story of the people of South West and part of South Africa of “those times” is here recorded as accurately as possible. The facts and thus the selection of themes and events based special on the very meticulous diaries, numerous letters and pictures of Hermann Deetlefs and Elisabeth Deetlefs Reimer. Great effort has gone…
.Buig die boompie … Psigiater Ann Marais breek weg na die Wonderberge, maar ’n vlaag ontvoerings vertroebel haar vakansie. Speurder Marnus Mostert vertel haar van die grieselrige manier waarop die ontvoerder sy jong slagoffers martel voordat hy hulle vermoor: Hy buig en snoei hulle soos Bonsaiboompies … Daar is net een mens wat hulle kan…
Trevor NoahAdapted for younger readers from Born a Crime: And Other Stories – the #1 South African and New York Times bestseller‘If my mother had one goal, it was to free my mind. My mother spoke to me like an adult. She was always telling me stories, giving me lessons, Bible lessons especially. She was big…
Julia QuinnThis year’s most sought-after invitation must surely be that of the Bridgerton masquerade ball, to be held Monday next. Will some fortunate young lady use the mystery of a masquerade night to snare one of the eligible bachelors? Lady Whistledown’s Society Papers, May 1815Sophie Beckett never dreamt she would sneak into Lady Bridgerton’s famed masquerade ball…
Julia QuinnPenelope Featherington has secretly adored her best friend’s brother for . . . well, it feels like forever. After half a lifetime of watching Colin Bridgerton from afar, she thinks she knows everything about him, until she stumbles across his deepest secret . . . and fears she doesn’t know him at all.Colin Bridgerton is…
Julia QuinnIn every life there is a turning point. A moment so tremendous, so sharp and breath-taking, that one knows one’s life will never be the same. For Michael Stirling, London’s most infamous bachelor, that moment came the first time he laid eyes on Francesca Bridgerton.After a lifetime of chasing women, of smiling slyly as they chased…
Julia QuinnFiendishly smart, devilishly outspoken and – according to some, particularly Gareth St. Clair – probably best in small doses. But there’s something about her – something charming and vexing – that grabs one and won’t quite let go.Gareth and Hyacinth cross paths at the annual – and annually discordant – Smythe-Smith musicale. To Hyacinth, Gareth’s…
Julia QuinnUnlike most men of his acquaintance, Gregory Bridgerton is a firm believer in true love. He’d have to be an idiot not to be: all seven of his siblings are happily married. Gregory figures he is just biding his time until the right woman comes along. And so when he sees Hermione Watson, he knows with…
Julia QuinnOnce upon a Regency time, an author created a family . . .But not just any family. Eight brothers and sisters, assorted in-laws, sons and daughters, nieces and nephews, (not to mention an overweight corgi), plus an irrepressible matriarch who’s a match for any of them . . . These are the Bridgertons. Through eight…
.Protect the weak. Safety for all. Power without virtue is tyranny. Nedé has a new Apprentice, and now Reina Pierce must come to grips with what she sacrificed to secure Matriarch Teera’s favor. As secrets unfold and danger mounts, Reina will test the bounds of trust and be forced to answer the question that has…
Sam CowenIn September 2018, Collan Rex, the former water polo coach at Parktown Boys High School, found guilty of 144 charges of sexual assault and 14 of assault, was sentenced to 23 years in prison. It was one year longer than he’d been alive. The story made front page headlines. Rex was a young, good-looking sports coach…
Jo WatsonChase your dreams. Dance under the stars. Fall in love at the festival of Burning Moon.WARNING: Being jilted at the altar in front of 500 wedding guests can lead to irrational behaviour, such as going on your honeymoon to Thailand alone.On the way to paradise, symptoms may include getting arrested, setting yourself on fire, turning up…
Cassandra ClareJames and Cordelia must save London – and their marriage – in this thrilling and highly anticipated conclusion to the Last Hours series from the #1 New York Times and USA TODAY bestselling author Cassandra Clare. Chain of Thorns is a Shadowhunters novel.Cordelia Carstairs has lost everything that matters to her.In only a few short…
TJ StrydomOp sy dag eienaar van ’n diamantmyn, ’n wynplaas én die duurste huis in Kaapstad. Voorsitter van Suid-Afrika se grootste kleinhandelaar. Direkteur van die Reserwebank, en die rykste man in die land. As jong man het Christo Wiese sy tande by Pep Stores geslyp. Mettertyd bou hy ’n magtige sakeryk op, wat Shoprite en ’n…
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