For her entire adult life, Oprah Winfrey has struggled with her weight. She never thought in her lifetime, medicines would provide hope, health, and healing for people like her. But as her conversations with Dr. Ania Jastreboff from the Yale School of Medicine reveal, we’ve learned that having obesity is not a choice. It’s not a question of willpower.

Obesity is a disease.

It’s a question of biology, created by our bodies' need to survive and the environment we created and now live in.

And it’s treatable.

The new medications can lower our body fat set point (our brain’s 'Enough Point'), so that we lose weight without battling biology with willpower. Dr. Jastreboff describes strategies to optimise health and manage side effects all with the reassuring perspective of decades of experience treating patients with obesity and leading studies with these medications.

Many of her patients say the 'food noise' that plagued them for years has evaporated. They describe a new freedom from intrusive, persistent and disruptive thoughts about food. With treatment they begin a journey of healing with self-compassion, devoid of the shame and blame they’ve endured from society for decades.

Oprah says she’s learned so much from Dr. Jastreboff about how, when it comes to weight, our bodies work with us ― and also against us. How each of our struggles are different and each of our choices in living with obesity may also be different.

Dr. Jastreboff’s groundbreaking research offers a new way forward, not only for obesity treatment, but also for overall health, with significant implications for the prevention and reversal of hundreds of related diseases. As she demonstrates in this book, when science meets empathy, real healing becomes possible.

Yes, there is a path to healing and leading the life you have always wanted, when your brain is reassured that you have 'enough.'

Benni had everything that a coach loves in a player.’ – José Mourinho

Benni McCarthy is South Africa’s most successful footballer – he’s the all-time top scorer for  Bafana Bafana, the country’s only Champions League winner, and he is now forging a  successful career as a coach.

Benni has gone from growing up in the ganglands of the Cape Flats to playing at some of  the biggest arenas in sport, moving from South Africa as a teenager to become a much- prized player at clubs in the Netherlands, Spain and England. He was the top scorer at the  Africa Cup of Nations finals, he also found the back of the net at the World Cup, and he  helped FC Porto and their fabled coach José Mourinho to win the top club prize in world  football.

Since hanging up his boots, Benni has embarked on a coaching career that has seen him win  silverware in South Africa and then go on to work on the staff at Manchester United. He is  now building a national team for Kenya as they ready themselves to host the 2027 Cup of  Nations tournament.

Overcoming formidable obstacles has been the hallmark of Benni’s career, be it defying  neighbourhood gang bosses, a series of vindictive coaches or selfserving South African  football administrators. His defiant approach to officialdom often landed him in hot water  but he has always stayed true to his principles, resulting in a love-hate relationship with  Bafana Bafana that has never been properly explained … until now

The iconic, multiplatinum, Grammy Award®–winning performer Brandy brings us a raw, intimate portrait of her life, charting her growth to stardom from Mississippi churches to Hollywood spotlights

From the moment she first sang at church in McComb, Mississippi, Brandy knew her voice was special. At fourteen she landed her first record deal. At fifteen her album went platinum. At sixteen she was starring in the hit sitcom Moesha and became the first Black actress to play Cinderella on screen alongside fairy godmother, Whitney Houston.

Yet as the accolades piled up, so too did the pressure the maintain a flawless image. To onlookers, she had crafted the blueprint for the teenage “it” girl. But behind closed doors “The Vocal Bible” as she was known, was struggling.

Now, for the first time, Brandy reveals the real story behind her life in the spotlight, the stratospheric highs and the unimaginable lows, the groundbreaking moments and the relatable journey she had to take to discover her authentic self—as a woman, a mother, an artist—as Brandy.

Brandy's debut memoir is a fearless and remarkable story of hope, resilience and the strength it takes to make peace with the past.

Met haar aankoms by Noordeberg Hospitaal is Lola Anley aangenaam verras om aangewys te word as een van die topmediese studente wat blyplek in die gesogte Straumann Huis kry.

Maar haar opgewondenheid is van korte duur wanneer sy uitvind dat sy in die kamer gaan bly van ’n student wat ’n jaar gelede op die kampus vermoor is. Die raaisel rondom Asher Parker se dood is nooit opgelos nie en die moordenaar is nog op vrye voet.

Wie het vir Asher vermoor en hoekom? En waarom voel dit asof iemand Lola dophou en wag vir die regte oomblik om toe te slaan?

In die Straumann Huis begin vreemde dinge gebeur. Boonop word Lola se slaap versteur deur drome oor haar oorlede tweelingsuster. Om al die spoke ter ruste te lê móét sy die geheim van Asher se moord ontrafel – sónder dat iemand die waarheid oor haar eie verlede leer ken.

Waar bloed kruip is Marieta Carrick se debuutroman, nou heruitgegee. Die gebeure vind plaas voor dié van haar gewilde Bloed van ’n vlinder.

Lottie’s done with embarrassing herself. There can't possibly be any more ways to do it! Right?

Have her annoying little brother announce her bra size while shopping? Done.
Got her head stuck in a coffin during an escape room? Check.
Go viral and embarrass herself on national media? Completed it.

So surely nothing else could possibly phase her. Until an invitation from Amber to join her family ski holiday suddenly arrives . . .

Join Lottie on her next (mis)adventure full of life lessons, funny LOLs, and cringe inducing moments . . . this time on skis!

Food is so much more than just fuel. It’s pleasure. It’s comfort. It’s connection. It’s culture and tradition. It’s celebration. In the same way, Paradise is so much more than just a cookbook. It’s indulgent. It’s decadent. It’s vibrant. It’s unapologetically rich. It’s tropical. It’s African but also global. It’s all about good food – the kind that makes you forget everything else for a moment.
 
Much of today’s messaging around food instils us with feelings of guilt or shame simply for enjoying what we eat. With  Paradise,  Kenneth encourages us to let our hair down, to embrace moments of indulgence, to occasionally treat ourselves and our loved ones. Go ahead, eat that cake. Celebrate friendships with pizza and red wine. Say yes to extra cheese and that second helping.
 
The recipes in  Paradise  are as varied as they are easy and delicious. Experiencing and appreciating the flavours and traditions of a variety of cultures, both regionally and internationally, has given Kenneth a unique outlook on food, allowing him to fuse various culinary traditions to create something truly distinctive. From traditional southern African dishes such as seswaa, mokwetjepe, magwinya and Cape Malay curry to global favourites such as Jamaican oxtail, Korean fried chicken, Vietnamese pho and Mississippi mud pie, Paradise takes classics you know and love, and elevates them to their full potential – using quality ingredients, better techniques and a deep respect for flavour.
 
So be inspired. Be empowered. Explore the art of cooking and discover the pleasure it can bring to your life as you enter Paradise…

DIE AARDE HOU AAN MET DRAAI

As jy iemand verloor, gaan die lewe voort. Jý moet ook. Dit is wat die Van Wyk-gesin leer met een van hulle se dood.

Op ’n manier moet hulle sin maak uit wat gebeur het – en uit wat volg.

Daar is Ruan, die chirurg-pa wie se werk altyd eerste gekom het.

Markus, die matriekseun van wie almal groot verwagtinge het, wat bots met sy eie. Die drie jaar jonger Leandri wat besef sy het nooit haar ma geken nie. En Sophia wat met haar eerste skooljaar begin.

Veelbekroonde skrywer François Bloemhof het hierdie TV-reeks, wat só die land se verbeelding aangegryp het, verwerk tot ’n aangrypende roman wat wyd byval sal vind.

Are you sleepwalking through life, overwhelmed by an unending stream of desires, duties and demands?

In this groundbreaking guide, Deepak Chopra reveals how you can connect with your true self and break free from the limitations of the ego. Building on decades of spiritual teachings, Chopra takes you through 40 sutras – statements that capture the essence of a profound truth – and shows you how to move from a state of simply surviving to one where you can access deeper intuition and insights.

Featuring practical exercises, meditations and personal stories from Chopra's own spiritual journey, Awakening will shake you from the nightmare of a limited self and invite you to embrace a new way of being – one marked by inner peace, purpose and boundless possibility, where miracles become everyday occurrences.

Waldo is ravenous. Horny. Blunt. Naive. Wise. Impulsive. Lonely. Angry. Forceful. Hurting. Perceptive. Endlessly wanting. And the thing she wants most of all: Mr. Korgy, her creative writing teacher with the wife and the kid and the mortgage and the bills, with the dead dreams and the atrophied looks and the growing paunch. She doesn’t know why she wants him. Is it his passion? His life experience? The fact that he knows books and films and things that she doesn’t? Or is it purer than that, rooted in their unlikely connection, their kindred spirits, the similar filter with which they each take in the world around them? Or, perhaps, it’s just enough that he sees her when no one else does.

Startlingly perceptive, mordantly funny, and keenly poignant, Half His Age is a rich character study of a yearning seventeen-year-old who disregards all obstacles—or attempts to overcome them—in her effort to be seen, to be desired, to be loved.

In this twisty thriller from New York Times bestselling author Colleen Hoover, a frustrated author looks for her muse in a remote hideaway, but what she finds defies all expectations…and reality.

Her words used to set the page on fire. But a viral backlash over her latest film adaptation forced Petra Rose to take a hiatus, resulting in missed deadlines and an overdue mortgage. Branded a fraud and fame-hungry opportunist, she learned the hard way what happens when the internet turns on you. And she’s been uninspired to write ever since.

Now, with her next suspense novel outlined and savings nearly gone, she retreats to a secluded lakeside cabin, hoping to find inspiration. It’s Petra’s last-ditch attempt to save her career―and herself.

Then he shows up.

Detective Nathaniel Saint arrives with disturbing news, his presence igniting a creativity in her she thought long since burned out. Petra’s words return in a rush, and her fictional cop character begins to mirror the very real cop who’s becoming her muse.

Their “research” sessions blur the lines between fantasy and reality. Each glance, every touch pulls Petra deeper into a world she thought she’d never lose herself in again. She’s never felt more alive. But inspiration this powerful comes at a cost.

When Saint starts taking his role in her career a little too seriously, Petra’s forced to confront the chaos she created. But doing so could cost her more than the reputation she’s been trying to salvage. The reputation the world wrote for her―the reputation only she can reclaim.

Dear Waheed: A mother’s legacy of love and wisdom in thirty unforgettable letters is a poignant collection of letters written by a mother to her son over the course of thirty days against the backdrop of Ramadaan during the pandemic lockdown.

The author found herself vulnerable and alone; her son in one city, and she in another. During her solitude, she embraced the opportunity to delve deep into her spirit and found that, as she wrote, a new pathway to healing appeared. The period was a pivotal experience for Farhana Yunnus, as it was for many. A transformative journey to reflect, heal, and restore. She discovered that her letters were bridging the gap between hearts and cities, silence and uncertainty, and the past and present.

Through her poetic and reflective prose, Yunnus navigates the trials of emotional and spiritual growth during a time when connection and comfort were hard to find. She compassionately explores themes such as faith, mental health, resilience, individuality, family, love, and the powerful bond between a mother and child.

Helga Roets is dalk aan die verkeerde kant van 80, maar jy kan haar steeds deur ’n ring trek, elke dag van die week. Sy woon nou al amper vyf jaar by Silwerhare Aftreeoord in Pretoria, en hoewel die aanpassing swaar was, voel haar blyplekkie deesdae soos huis. Sy het darem nog haar motortjie waarmee sy gereeld winkel toe ry.

Soms besoek sy vriendinne of gaan sit by ’n koffiewinkel om die mense om haar te bekyk.

Dit kom dus as ’n groot skok wanneer die oogarts makulêre degenerasie in albei haar oë diagnoseer. En vandeesweek is hoeka so ’n bedrywige week: twee begrafnisse, en Saterdag ’n troue in die Paarl.

Ten spyte van haar kinders se teenkanting, glip Helga Dinsdag suutjies uit by die aftreeoord, bagasie gepak, reg om haar reisavontuur te begin. Maar wie wag onder die lamppaal? Niemand anders nie as Stefaans de Wet, so ewe van plan om haar op haar tog te vergesel – net omdat sy nie mooi kan sién nie.

Toe Marié vier jaar oud is, verhuis haar ouers van Suid-Afrika na ’n sendingstasie in die destydse Rhodesië waar haar pa vir die plaaslike drukpers werk. In hierdie oënskynlike paradys beleef Marié die wêreld om haar met verwondering, humor, nuuskierigheid en, namate sy ouer word, met groeiende ontnugtering.

Daar is die onderliggende politieke veranderinge en spanninge van die 1970’s waarvan sy net skrams bewus is en, kort voor lank, veranderinge in die dinamiek van haar eie gesinslewe wanneer sy uitvind dat haar ma swanger is. Die koms van haar boetie onderstreep haar rol as die dogter en as “vrou-in-wording”.

Wanneer Marié en haar vriendin, Hanneke, ’n omstrede dokument beetkry en lees, begin Marié se kinderlike illusies verder kraak . . .

Einde en begin is ’n roerende bildungsroman wat strek van naïewe belewing na geleidelike ontwaking, vertel deur die oë van ’n jong karakter wat diep in die leser se hart sal kruip.

Leer die geheime van ’n suksesvolle huwelik by die topverkoper Joyce Meyer. Of jy nou dertig dae of dertig jaar getroud is, jy wil ’n huwelik hê wat in moeilike tye floreer. Maar ons huwelike lyk nie altyd soos ons gedink het dit sou nie. Miskien het jy nie probleme in jou
huwelik nie, maar jy wil jou verhouding so sterk as moontlik maak. In Die sleutels tot ’n gesonde huwelik, leer die geliefde skrywer Joyce Meyer jou om kragtige waarhede uit God se Woord vir jou en jou huwelik te ontsluit, struikelblokke na gesonde verhoudings te oorkom, in vrede met ’n onseker persoon te leef en die fokus van jouself en jou gade af te haal en eerder na die Here te kyk. Joyce Meyer se leeftyd van Bybelse wysheid en haar praktiese en persoonlike ervaring sal jou help om in jou huwelik te groei. Ongeag in watter
stadium van die huwelik jy is, jy kan hoop en moed ervaar in God se beloftes van genesing, herstel en ’n lewe vol van sy goedheid!

In 1916 keer Caleb Kelly, ’n jong WOI-veteraan, getraumatiseerd en geskend terug na die Oos-Kaap. Die afgryse wat hy in Frankryk beleef het, is ingebrand in sy wese.

Kort ná sy terugkeer vernietig olifante die windpomp op sy plaas.

Caleb is woedend en gereed om wraak te neem. Maar dan gebeur iets onverwags en sy toorn maak plek vir ’n vriendskap met ’n trop wat bedags tussen die ruigtes naby die plaas skuil.

Intussen word grootskaalse landbou-ontwikkeling in die Sondagsriviervallei deur die regering van stapel gestuur. Dewald Troskie word aangestel om die olifante in die omgewing uit te dun.

Deur historiese feite met fiksie te verweef neem Bakkes lesers op ’n reis vanaf 1919 tot die stigting van die Addo-olifantpark in 1931. Soetdoring in die ruigtes is meer as ’n historiese roman – dit is ’n meditasie oor trauma en genesing, oor die mensdom se vermoë tot
beide vernietiging en verlossing. Die onbreekbare band tussen Caleb en sy trop olifante sal lesers ontroer, uitdaag en inspireer.

Die moord-en-roofspeurder Adriaan Kruger verhuis saam met sy nuwe vrou na Overberg, ’n dorpie in die Suid-Kaap. Daar ontdek hy gou onheil is nie beperk tot die grootstad nie. Die egpaar is nog besig om hul voete te vind toe hy skielik gekonfronteer word met ’n
raaiselagtige verdwyning, ’n dorpenaar wat sterf weens vergifting, en ’n ou, onopgeloste saak wat lyk asof dit met die twee onlangse sake verband hou.

Drie misdade, wat oënskynlik geen raakpunte het nie – maar los jy één op, so vermoed Adriaan, word die ander los drade ook vasgeknoop . . .

The long-awaited follow-up to the global bestselling The Last Thing He Told Me, soon to be a major series on Apple TV+ (coming 2026).

Five years after her husband, Owen, disappeared, Hannah Hall and her stepdaughter, Bailey, have settled into a new life in Southern California. Together, they’ve forged a relationship with Bailey’s grandfather Nicholas and are putting the past behind them.

But when Owen shows up at Hannah’s new exhibition, she knows that she and Bailey are in danger again.

Hannah and Bailey are forced to go on the run in a relentless race to keep their past from catching up with them. As a thrilling drama unfolds, Hannah risks everything to get Bailey to safety—and finds there just might be a way back to Owen and their long-awaited second chance.

Global icon Liza Minnelli shares her inspiring story: stepping out from the long shadow of a mega-star mother and legendary film director father, fighting a lifetime battle with addiction, and emerging from it all to become a once-in-a-lifetime artist.

Kids, Wait Till You Hear This! is the autobiography of EGOT icon Liza Minnelli. This fascinating, untold story reveals the intimate truth of the only child born to Hollywood legends Vincente Minnelli and Judy Garland. For the first time, here is Liza up close: Raw, strong, sexy, hilarious and heartbreaking.

Liza decided at the age of 16  that “sympathy is my mother’s business. I give people joy.” That veil of joy, however, masks a lifelong struggle with Substance Use Disorder ("SUD," which Liza inherited from her mother's branch of her family), boundless love to give and an equal need to receive it, broken marriages, multiple miscarriages, and hospitalizations—the highs and lows of unparalleled artistic success and lifelong friendships, as well as chronic anxiety and the threat of financial ruin. 

Despite every challenge, Liza’s is a life wrapped in laughter and her tremendous capacity to give and receive love. Today at nearly 80, she opens her heart, mind and memories, sharing secrets we never knew. Liza’s book celebrates supreme artistry and, more importantly, her human rights activism.

“It’s time to tell the truth," Liza says, “and help people heal, as I have, one day at a time.”

An unexpected diagnosis.
A breakup.
A redundancy.

When life throws a curveball, this book helps us through.

After an incident in her own life left her reeling, pioneering cognitive scientist Maya Shankar managed the uncertainty by dedicating herself to researching the mind. Now, her powerful book invites us to rethink our relationship with change altogether.

Sharing the riveting stories of others who have also gone through remarkable disruption, Maya unpicks scientific insights to illuminate the universal lessons hidden within them. Exploring our complex reactions to all kinds of change, from denial and guilt to rumination and stagnation, we’re offered tools and strategies to unlock our full potential in the face of upheaval.

Change isn't something to just endure. It doesn't have to leave us feeling stuck, hopeless or broken. Approached in the right way, it can lead us to uncover new abilities, perspectives and values, transforming us in extraordinary ways.

Whether you're processing a past change, grappling with a present one, or bracing for a future one, discover who you can become on the other side of change.

Sometimes, enough is enough…

Debbie Mullen is losing it. For years, she has compiled all her best advice into her column, Dear Debbie, where the wives of New England come for sympathy and neighbourly advice. Through her work, Debbie has heard from countless women who are ignored, belittled, or even abused by their husbands. And Debbie does her best to guide them in the right direction.

Or at least, she did.

These days, Debbie's life seems to be spiralling out of control. She just lost her job. Something strange is happening with her teenage daughters. And her husband is keeping secrets, according to the tracking app she installed on his phone. Now, Debbie's done being the bigger person. She's done being reasonable and practical. It's time to take her own advice.

And now it's time for payback against all the people in her life who deserve it the most.

Ancient Rome, AD 37
 
A scribe in a noble household, all Cormac has ever known is a life of slavery. When his master suddenly relieves him of his post, along with a hundred other men and women, Cormac is furnished with documents to free him from bondage but given no means to survive.
 
Somewhere between slave and citizen, the freedom to live is the freedom to starve too. All that was once orderly, structured and routine is now chaos, and Cormac must learn life anew.
 
His writing skills have afforded him flickers of opportunity in a world far wealthier than his, but will he resist the pull of the city's underbelly? Can he untangle himself from its crimes?
 
Conn Iggulden's next novel will take readers on an epic journey to discover what one man - fighting against all the odds - will make of his freedom.

Who polices the police?

A cop murders his family and then turns the gun on himself. In the shed behind his cottage is a cache of weapons: Russian automatics, handguns, 9mils, .38s. You don’t need forensics to work out what’s gone wrong. This is a cop with a side racket. Which gets the attention of Captain Zara Dewane of the Internal Crime Unit. A single mom, known among cops as the Jackal, what she uncovers about the family murder puts her in the firing line.

There are cops running guns stolen from the police armoury. There are cops selling guns to gangsters. Thing is, the money chain goes deep into the policehierarchy. Even fingers the political bosses. Close her down, comes the order from on high. Kill her, in other words.
Making Zara and her family targets. With only one way out.

Long ago, Arthur Poole built a grand house overlooking the turbulent ocean, in a Maine village that bore his name. Today, Sonya MacTavish lives in that house-a manor that has been cursed for generations. Within its walls, she has witnessed the deaths of seven brides and the thefts of seven wedding rings.

Determined to bring light to this haunted place-to fill it with people, with life and hope, once again - Sonya decides it is time to break the curse and banish a malevolent spirit once and for all.

But the enemy in the black dress continues to hover, to come at her in frightening forms. They may be illusions-but illusions can be powerful enough to wound, even kill. This dark-hearted witch wants to be mistress of Poole Manor, at any cost. And Sonya will need to fight a battle across two realms to finally take possession of the house on the clifftop-and of her own future...

My name is Elinor Gilbert. And I am the Invisible Woman.

Elinor Gilbert was once a young woman with a thriving career at the FBI.

Now, decades past solving crimes with the bureau, she is personally and professionally forgettable.

Which is exactly what her former FBI boss needs. He disguises Elinor as a middle-aged nanny, and casts her as an agent on the inside of his investigation into a New York art dealer suspected of ties to organised crime.

But as Elinor pushes toward the truth, her superpower - anonymity - risks doubling as a fatal flaw.

The more the invisible woman integrates into her 'host' family, the more dangerously memorable she becomes.

Billie and Mickie Banks grew up on a small farm in the American Mid-West. As sisters, they couldn’t be more different. Billie, kind, loving and a gifted science graduate, longs for love. While hard-hearted Mickie, who has no interest in education or her sister, relies on her striking looks and charm, and has no regard for who she hurts to get everything and everyone she wants.

Determined to seek fame and fortune, Mickie moves to Los Angeles and becomes a model. She swiftly becomes involved with Alex Addison, a rich, smooth-talking, but unscrupulous surgeon. Billie, who has joined her sister in LA where work is more plentiful, becomes deeply suspicious of the mystery around Mickie’s new life and the person she’s involved with, but her concern and love for her sister is met with contempt.

But just as Mickie discovers the life of wealth and extravagance she’s always craved, a major scandal threatens to blow her seemingly perfect world apart. Is Alex a criminal or is he a genius? As Mickie risks a prison sentence, Billie must ask herself whether bad people can ever truly change.