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William Warwick and Ross Hogan return, for one last time, in a gripping and unputdownable finale.
London, 2012. The eyes of the world are on Britain as the country prepares to host the Olympic Games.
But the glare of the spotlight makes London a target for some of the most dangerous people on earth. And the moment the bid is won, an international conspiracy is set in motion to unleash a devastating attack that will leave the world in chaos.
One man stands between triumph and disaster: Commander William Warwick, heading up Scotland Yard's elite team. But as he pursues the shadowy organisation, he sets off a deadly game of cat and mouse which will take him from the bustling streets of London to the hidden corridors of power. Can Warwick stop the assassin before the greatest show on earth becomes a catastrophe …
Simple Suppers is your new best friend in the kitchen for fuss-free,
wholesome meals the whole family will love. Packed with easy-to-follow
recipes, this book offers seasonal dishes that require minimal
planning, prep, and ingredients – but deliver big on taste and
nutrition. From speedy weeknight dinners to one-pot wonders and
make-ahead gems, these recipes will transform pantry staples into hero
meals, making cooking a breeze. Whether you’re feeding picky eaters,
batch cooking for the week, or simply craving the comforting smells of
a slow-cooked dinner, this cookbook has you covered with all the
delicious, stress-free meals you need to feed your family, all year
round.
In Timeless South African, renowned cook and food writer Ilse van der
Merwe has compiled a list of the top 101 iconic South African dishes –
meals not only seen as ‘heritage food’, but dishes that are still
relevant, recognisable, loved and prepared in many South African
communities today. Well-researched and based on formal and informal
discussions with chefs, members of the public and food lovers of
different backgrounds, this book celebrates the country’s diverse
cultures and culinary traditions, highlighting the history of each
recipe as well as the modern ways in which they have been reinvented.
The dishes in this book – whether humble or celebratory – are paired
with classically styled and vibrant photos. Do you know your vetkoek
from your amagwinya? Or your koeksisters from your koesisters? And do
you know the interesting histories of bobotie, the gatsby, hertzoggies
and Durban naan? The more we share our food and our stories, the more
we’ll be able to celebrate what unites us: being South African.
A thrilling and long-awaited new novel from globally bestselling author
Dan Brown
Accompanying celebrated academic, Katherine Solomon, to a lecture she’s
been invited to give in Prague, Robert Langdon’s world spirals out of
control when she disappears without trace from their hotel room. Far
from home and well out of his comfort zone, Langdon must pit his wits
against forces unknown to recover the woman he loves.
But Prague is an old and dangerous city, steeped in folklore and
mystery. For over two thousand years, the tides of history have washed
back and forth over it, leaving behind echoes of everything that has
gone before. Little can Langdon know that he is being stalked by a
spectre from that dark past. He must use all of his arcane knowledge to
decipher the world around him before he too is consumed by the rings of
treachery and deception that have swallowed Katherine.
Against a backdrop of vast castles, towering churches, graveyards
buried twelve deep and labyrinthine underground passages, Langdon must
navigate a shadow city hiding in plain sight, a city which has
successfully kept its secrets for centuries and will not readily
deliver them. This is a battlefield unlike any he has previously
experienced, one on which he must fight not for his only life, but for
the future of humanity itself.
The Secret Of Secrets is Dan Brown’s first novel for over eight years
and sees the stunning return of Harvard symbologist Robert Langdon,
this time pitting his wits against a conspiracy which will test even
his considerable brainpower and take him to the edge of losing all that
he holds dear…
Dana Snyman se verbintenis met rugby kom van ver af. Op vier woon hy
saam met sy pa ’n eindstryd op Coetzenburg by, en hoor hy die naam
Dawie de Villiers vir die eerste keer. Kort hierna kry hy sy eerste
rugbybal, ’n geskenk van Dok Craven . . . Van klubrugby op stowwerige
dorpsvelde tot die glorie van drie Wêreldbekers; dis stories dié
wat aankom oor ’n leeftyd. Wie de hel is Johnny Joubert? is –
nes rugby – kleurryk, sonder fiemies, en eg Suid-Afrikaans.
Bianca Fabricious, hygromanskrywer en nuwe eienaar van die
Strandlopergastehuis op St. Helenabaai, het skaars haar voete
gevind of die uitsig voor haar kamervenster verander in ’n
misdaadtoneel.
Bianca probeer haarself as verdagte uitskakel en die regte boosdoener
aan die kaak stel, maar dit veroorsaak ’n hele reeks onvoorsiene
gebeure . . .
Dié spanningsvolle en skerpsinnige intrige is boonop propvol kwinkslae
én ontluikende romanse.
Eben Etzebeth is tans die speler wat al die meeste toetswedstryde in
die Suid-Afrikaanse rugbygeskiedenis gespeel het. Op die veld word
hierdie ellelange slot se intelligensie, energie en aggressie gevrees,
gerespekteer en dikwels nageboots – maar hy bly ongeëwenaard.
Hy is lid van die Springbokke se senior leierskapsgroep, en speel ’n
deurslaggewende rol in ’n ongelooflik suksesverhaal wat twee
agtereenvolgende Wêreldbekers insluit, asook die span se posisie boaan
die wêreldranglys die afgelope twee jaar.
In hierdie eerlike en onderhoudende vertelling beskryf Eben van die
vernaamste faktore vir sy buitengewone sukses, en hoe hy gefokus bly –
op en van die veld af. Van sy beskeie kinderjare in Goodwood – ’n
voorstad van Kaapstad waar niks maklik kom nie – regdeur sy vroeë
klubloopbaan, tot by sy swaar verdiende plek in die Suid-Afrikaanse
nasionale span, vertel Ten slotte die verhaal van ’n merkwaardige
sportloopbaan.
Maggie McCabe is teetering on the brink. A highly skilled and renowned
Army combat surgeon, she has always lived life at the edge, where she
could make the most impact. And it was all going to plan…until it
wasn’t.
Upside down after a devastating series of tragedies leads to her
medical license being revoked, Maggie has lost her purpose, but not her
nerve or her passion. At her lowest point, she is thrown a lifeline by
a former colleague, an elite plastic surgeon whose anonymous clientele
demand the best care money can buy, as well as absolute discretion.
Halfway across the globe, sequestered in the lap of luxury and
cutting-edge technology, one of the world’s most mysterious men
requires unconventional medical assistance. Desperate, and one of the
few surgeons in the world skilled enough to take this job, Maggie
enters his realm of unspeakable opulence and fulfills her end of the
agreement. But when the patient suddenly disappears while still under
her care, Maggie must become a fugitive herself – or she will be the
next one who is…
Eben Etzebeth is the most-capped player in South African rugby history.
A towering lock, his intelligence, energy and aggression on the pitch
is feared, respected, often imitated but never matched.
He is the heart and soul of a historically successful Springbok team
and a key part of their astonishingly successful run that encompasses
two consecutive World Cups and a current two-year-stint at the top of
the world rankings. In this frank and disarming account, Eben uncovers
the key factors in his extraordinary success, and how he keeps
focussed, both on and off the pitch. From his humble beginnings in
Goodwood, a Cape Town suburb where nothing came easy, through his early
club career and on to his hard-won place within the South African
squad, UNLOCKED reveals the personal side of an astonishing
professional career.
This is an inspiring story of a man who has led from the front, and
played against the best in the world.
Three Tools to Renew Your Mind and Transform Your Life
Our thoughts have consequences. Most people would agree that positive
thoughts generate positive actions. Negative thoughts activate negative
behaviour. But do we understand that we can manage our lives by
managing our thoughts? Not only does neuroscience back this concept,
but the idea is also embedded throughout Scripture. "Do not be
conformed to this world but be transformed by the renewal of your mind"
(Rom.12:2 ESV). Tame your thoughts and transform your life!
In Tame Your Thoughts, Max explores three key thought-management tools
and then applies them to the most common thought problems: worry,
guilt, anxiety, and other types of mental quicksand that threaten to
trap us. God loves us too much to let us lead a life marked by poor
thinking. He made our brains; he can retrain our brains. God has not
left us alone in this battle of the mind.
Stuck in your head? Hounded by regrets? Weighed down by worry? Change
is possible! The thoughts that have characterized your past need not
characterize the rest of your life. Readers will learn to
• Take thoughts captive,
• Test each message against the truth of Scripture,
• Interrupt poisonous thought threads, and
• Think and act like Jesus.
If God can resurrect the dead, can he not resurrect hope? Defy
depression? Clarify confusion? Silence shame? Destroy doubt? Banish
bitterness?
Take God at his word. "For God has not given us a spirit of fear, but
of power and of love and of a sound mind" (2 Tim. 1:7 NKJV, emphasis
added). With God as their helper, the reader will discover a new way of
thinking and a better way of living. A new person will begin to emerge.
Captain Jonathan Morris, the Confessor Cop, used empathy to extract
confessions from even the toughest criminals. With a 99% success rate,
his cases, from catching serial killer Jimmy Maketta to investigating
the Sizzler’s Massacre, earned him the respect of prosecutors and
profilers. In this memoir, Michael Behr explores Morris’s high-profile
investigations and personal struggles, revealing the man behind the
badge in a gripping blend of true crime and personal story.
On 23 August 2021, a quiet, hardworking single mom was shot down in a
hail of bullets as she drove home. Her name was Babita Deokaran, chief
accountant at Tembisa Hospital. The izinkabi paid to kill her were
caught, but the question remained: who ordered her murder, and why?
Crime reporter Jeff Wicks set out to find the answer – a pursuit that
would profoundly change, even endanger, his life. This is an explosive
investigation into state capture and a moving tribute to the cost of
integrity.
When Covid-19 pulled the rug out from under Marita van der Vyver and
her Frenchman's feet and they were forced to sell their old, large
house in the French countryside, they decided to get rid of most of
their earthly possessions and travel far across the world. In this
journey, which spans three continents, a lifetime of memories from one
of Afrikaans’s greatest writers is explored. Sometimes you have to lose
a lot, and also be willing to lose yourself, before you can truly gain
freedom.
In 1998 was hulle onskuldige tieners. In 2025 is hulle verdagtes.
Sersant Sollie Mthembu se nuwe ondersoek lei hom terug na ’n
onopgeloste dossier van die negentigs. Om die moordenaar te stuit, en
tegelyk iemand na aan hom se lewe te red, moet Sollie agter die kap van
die byl kom: Is dit wraak? Of word mense stilgemaak?
Roulette is die bekroonde skrywer Sidney Gilroy se vyfde roman – ’n
onthutsende krimi wat die gevolge van familiegeheime en gevaarlike
speletjies onder die vergrootglas plaas.
Toe Covid-19 die mat onder Marita van der Vyver en haar Fransman se
voete uitruk en hulle noodgedwonge hul ou groot huis op die Franse
platteland moes verkoop, besluit hulle om die meeste van hulle aardse
besittings ontslae te raak en ver in die wêreld te gaan reis. In
hierdie reis, wat oor drie vastelande strek, word ’n hele leeftyd se
herinneringe ontgin. Want soms moet mens baie verloor, en ook bereid
wees om self verlore te raak, voor mens regtig vryheid kan wen.
Hell of a Country is a creative reimagining of a true crime story
from early-1970s South Africa. The novel tells the story of teenager
Lorraine van Niekerk who despises the fact that her boss and lover,
middle-aged André Bekker, won’t leave his wife Sunette and marry her
instead. When Lorraine’s life fatefully intersects that of Alfie
Geemooi, a recent amputee, she comes up with a hell of a plan. Is
murder an adequate price to pay for love?
Waarheen sal die donker spoor hom lei?
Hulle kry haar lyk in ’n veld. ’n Tienermeisie – verkrag, gemartel,
vermoor. En sy’s nie die eerste een nie.
Adjudant-offisier Jan Magson moet die reeksmoordenaar vang. Hy moet die
slagoffers se ma’s en pa’s in die oë kyk en hul vrae beantwoord, maar
hy kan nie. Hy kan nie eens sy eie vrae beantwoord nie. Want agter hom
lê daar ook ’n donker spoor ...
Kort voor lank haal die moorde hoofopskrifte en die gemeenskap eis
antwoorde:
Hoekom trek die polisie nie die boosaard vas nie? Toe ’n ma ’n brief
vir die koerant skryf en ’n pa ’n beloning uitloof, word dinge op ’n
mespunt gedryf. Bevind Magson hom op nóg ’n dwaalspoor of is hy
uiteindelik op die donker spoor wat hom na die ware antwoorde sal lei?
Donker spoor was blitsverkoperskrywer Martin Steyn se bekroonde
debuutroman.
In dié splinternuwe heruitgawe met ’n treffende nuwe omslag kan lesers
weer saam met Jan Magson in die duistere psige van die moordenaar delf.
Wat skuil agter die Sheldon-fortuin?
Zabeth Meyer beland op Kronkelrivier om navorsing vir die krimiskrywer
Wilbur Sheldon te doen. In sy skatryk familie se Victoriaanse herehuis,
Sheldon Manor, kom sy al hul vreemde tragedies en intriges teë: Eers
verdrink die oudste Sheldonkleinkind, en ’n paar jaar later sterf sewe
Sheldons op een dag.
Net een erfgenaam van die Sheldon-fortuin bly oor: Die onbekwame Keith.
En Ethel, die familiematriarg, is al in haar tagtigs.
Kort ná Zabeth se aankoms gebeur daar nog ’n ongeluk by Sheldon Manor
en skielik lyk gebeure van vyf en twintig jaar gelede heel anders ...
Tussen Zabeth, Wilbur en die aantreklike Liam Sheldon moet hulle die
dinastie se donker geheime en hul elkeen se eie verlede ontrafel
voordat nog iemand seerkry.
Three bodies are found scattered across South Africa. One on the shores
of the Indian Ocean, one in a farm invasion in modern KwaZulu-Natal,
and one in 1880, in the aftermath of the Anglo-Zulu War.
Detective Sannie van Rensburg and marine biologist and former soldier
Adam Kruger are each on the trail of a mystery, while more than a
century ago colonial police officer Peter Gregory has a secret mission:
to find the lost sword of the great Emperor Napoleon Bonaparte.
But he’s not the only one who wants it.
From the blood-soaked battlefields of colonial-era Zululand to the
modern-day political struggles over land and poaching in South Africa
and war in the Middle East, these investigations are on a dangerous
collision course.
Because people will kill for a symbol of power.
Look around you – is anything real or normal any more? News, images and
videos created by AI are everywhere. The world we live in is changing
daily, and it’s no exaggeration to say that everything you thought you
knew is undergoing apocalyptic levels of change. Our new normal
includes AI CEOs, AI partners, AI versions of our dead relatives to
keep us company, and customers deploying their own adversarial agent
‘armies’ to hostile-negotiate on their behalf.
Meanwhile, the expensive skills you have accumulated, the jobs you’ve
fought for, the relationships you’ve invested in, the organisations
you’ve worked for and the economies we depend on for survival are
shrinking even as our choices expand.
Discernment and understanding of context are now critical to your
survival. So, let’s stare the future down and, instead of fearing AI,
become solutionists. In order to survive in this hypercompetitive,
globalised and automated world, where the strongest and smartest
winners are set to take all, we need to change our mindsets and our
skill sets to become fit for the ‘post-AI, apocalyptic’ world that is
here to stay. This means embracing progress and turning AI and
technology into an asset with which we can co-exist, while continuing
to create new possibilities far into the future.
This book is a call to action to live on the flipside of fear.
Moord aan boord van die Leonardo
Forensiese patoloog Madelein Blignaut het al te veel dood in haar
loopbaan gesien. Ná nog ’n ontstellende hofsaak besluit sy om
ontvlugting te gaan soek op die Leonardo, ’n luukse passasierskip wat
deur die verre ooste vaar.
Daar ontmoet sy ’n groep fassinerende Suid-Afrikaners: Die bekroonde
pianis Tibor Lindeque wat kort-kort bekommerd vir haar kyk en ’n
aantreklike kulkunstenaar Helmut Coleman wat gou vir haar
onweer-staanbaar raak.
Wanneer hulle op Okinawa afklim, vertel Tibor vir haar die inwoners van
hierdie eiland word oeroud. “Daar is nie dood op Okinawa nie.”
Maar hy is verkeerd. Kort voor lank tref hulle die een na die ander
medepassasier se lyk aan. ’n Storm dwing hulle na dieper waters toe, en
dan besef Madelein daar is ’n moordenaar op die Leonardo. Wie is dit?
Wat wil hulle hê? En, meer belangrik, wie’s volgende?
Annelie Botes se afsterwe op 12 Desember 2024 het die einde van ’n era
ingelui. ’n Era van byna meer as twee dekades waarin sy gedagtes,
opinies en insigte oor die lewe met ’n toegewyde lesersgehoor gedeel
het. Vir Afrikaans lesers was haar weeklikse rubrieke ’n bron waaruit
hulle mildelik geskep het om sin te maak van die wêreld en om
inspirasie te vind sodat hul eie skale kon balanseer.
Die rubrieke in hierdie bundel het van 2020 tot 2024 verskyn en volg op
Voetstoots, ’n keur van Annelie se rubrieke tussen 2006 en 2020. Vir
die menigte lesers vir wie Annelie se stem oor die jare ’n vertroude
instelling geraak het, is haar menings ’n besielende kleinood
waarheen hulle meermale sal terugkeer om woorde te vind wanneer dit in
hul eie stemme ontbreek.
Hierdie bundel is ’n versameling kantaantekeninge tydens tydperke van
ingrypende inkeer en verlies. In Maart 2020 het die Covid-19-pandemie
die wêreld getref – bunkertyd in Annelie se taal. In haar wêreld was
die tyd van korona ’n voorspel tot haar eie finale
periode van aflegging, siekte, amputasie en uiteindelik, die
onvermydelike seisoen van “die engele met raspervlerke”.
In the shadows of friendship, can love to illuminate the way?
Maryam, a 16-year-old girl from Cape Town, has always been the quiet
observer, content to let her vibrant best friend, Tauhier, take the
spotlight. But when Fuad, thecharismatic heartthrob of their friend
group, begins to notice her, Maryam findsherself caught in a whirlwind
of curiosity, fear, and excitement. Each interaction withFuad feels
like an insurmountable challenge—until Tauhier steps in to help.
Set against the backdrop of 1990s Cape Town, Maryam must navigate
thecomplexities of first love, cultural expectations, and her own
insecurities. As shegrapples with her feelings, she must decide if she
has the courage to let her heartlead the way, even if it means stepping
out of the shadows and into the light.
‘Nozipho’s story shows how all our experiences are rehearsals getting
us ready for the big stages of life. It’s a wonderful piece of work!’ –
Dr Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka, former Deputy President of South Africa
When the flames of life’s challenges have swept through you, who do you
become from the ashes?
Nozipho Tshabalala is a high-performing, excellence-driven, successful
black woman. Being in control of everything in her life was crucial to
her survival and success. For the most part, it had always served her
well – until it didn’t.
In this captivating and deeply personal memoir, conversation strategist
Nozipho invites you into her world – one shaped by political violence,
professional triumphs on global stages and the intimate battles with
loss that would test her most fundamental beliefs. Now in her 40s, she
has realised that what she needed most to survive may not be what she
needs to thrive.
After the Fires is a call to reclaim the narrative amid life’s
unexpected turns. It honours the complexity of womanhood while
celebrating the possibility of becoming exactly who you were meant to
be, even when that person looks nothing like what you imagined.
With vulnerability and wisdom, Nozipho demonstrates how surrender
becomes not an act of defeat but a pathway to freedom. Her story
reminds us that sometimes our greatest strength lies not in holding
tighter but in opening our hands to release what no longer serves us.
Now more than ever, we need an understanding of how foods can and
should feed MIND, BODY and SOUL.
For as long as she can remember, Nicci Robertson has been on a mission
to figure out whydiets don’t work. Her journey has led her to the
simple truth that making food from scratchinstead of relying on
processed foods is the keystone to becoming healthy and living longer.
Inthis book, she looks at how food speaks to mind, body and soul. When
you understand thissynergy, you can change your health trajectory
forever, and even steer future generations awayfrom obesity and disease
– not by dieting or following some rigid theory of meal timing
ordeprivation but by embracing the pleasure of making, sharing and
savouring real food.
Mind, Body & Soul Food debunks the many myths surrounding diets,
detoxes and diettrends and what food influencers believe we should be
consuming, so that you can begin to tellfact from fiction and even
construct a solution for yourself that changes as you do.
In addition, this book features over 80 mouthwatering recipes that are
nutritionally balancedand packed with flavour, specifically tailored to
feed your mind, body and soul.
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