This is more than a rugby story. It’s a story of faith, family, sacrifice and the courage to defy the odds.

"From the dusty streets of Kraaifontein to the biggest stadiums in the world, my journey was never about taking the easy route. Growing up, I was told I was too small to compete. Too small to play at the highest level. Too small to reach the dreams I carried in my heart. My father gave me valuable lessons that shaped my life: Work harder. Stay humble. Never give up. His words became my foundation. Sidestepping the Odds is my story of a boy who dreamed big, worked relentlessly and refused to let other people’s expectations define his future.

It’s a story to inspire those who were told they were too small, too different, too ordinary. It’s for those who faced rejection or impossible odds and wondered if their dreams were worth chasing.

I hope my story shows that your circumstances should not define your future. That purpose is found through perseverance. And that the odds don’t decide who or what you become. YOU do."

Sidestep the odds. Step into your purpose.

“A truly memorable table is one where abundance is always felt.”

You’re Invited is your guide to effortless, elevated hosting – where generous food, thoughtful details and meaningful moments come together around the table. Born from years of Hush In My Kitchen’s sold-out culinary experiences, this collection brings together recipes for every occasion – from relaxed brunches and intimate dinners to kids tables, impressive entertaining for in-laws, and indulgent desserts.

For life’s bigger moments, discover festive feasts, South African braai culture at its most generous and a dedicated seafood chapter inspired by the Italian-American tradition, Feast of the Seven Fishes.

Full of practical hosting tips and flavour-packed dishes, You’re Invited gives you the confidence to turn every meal into a reason to gather.

As the world gets to grips with sex-trafficker Jeffrey Epstein’s monstrosity, one dimension of his network has remained largely hidden: South Africa. Award-winning investigative journalist Hazel Friedman tracked down South African women whom Epstein had recruited and convinced them to share their stories.

Drawing on extensive research and interviewing sources who had not spoken out before, Friedman searches for answers: What attracted Epstein, notorious for his aversion to ‘dark girls’, to Africa? How did Cape Town become his hunting ground? And why did he want to buy a home in Bantry Bay?

As The Devil Wears Sneakers shows, Epstein’s South African exploits were not confined to luring aspirant models. In his murky world, wealth, espionage and geopolitics intersected with organised crime, and Friedman explores Epstein’s ties with politicians, powerbrokers and covert intelligence.

But this is not solely a story of predation and impunity. It is also about silence, trauma – and survival. The Devil Wears Sneakers is a work of relentless reporting and unflinching courage that proves some truths cannot stay buried.

Jack Reacher is a hard man to track down. And that’s just the way he likes it. But General Susan Turner, based deep inside the Pentagon, has the means, and the motive, to do so.

She needs his help. A member of her team has been brutally murdered on covert duty. She can’t trust anyone she works with, not even her deputy. She needs someone from the outside. Someone who solves problems and disappears without a trace.

Reacher heads to Summertown, Colorado. A town as remote and bizarre as it gets. One diner, one motel, five massive data centres, two giant solar farms humming away in the dust. Total population: four people. And one of them is watching him.

But Reacher isn’t built to run. He’s built to finish things.

General Turner knows: if they come for him, they'll regret it - all the way to the top of the chain.

From Harry Whittaker, the co-author of the instant No. 1 international bestseller Atlas: The Story of Pa Salt, comes an epic mystery set in the world of the Seven Sisters.

Reader-favourite antiquarian bookseller Orlando Forbes – first introduced in The Shadow Sister – returns in this dual-timeline saga. When Orlando uncovers a hidden cache of manuscripts in an old Harrow rectory, his investigation draws us deeper into the private longings and unresolved fractures of the character’s own life.

Across dual timelines, his search for the truth about a forgotten Victorian author becomes a mirror to his own story, revealing buried betrayals, guarded hearts, and the courage it takes, in any century, to claim your true name.

Expect exciting appearances from beloved Seven Sisters characters, and discover how their lives have been shaped following the events of Atlas: The Story of Pa Salt.

This is Orlando's story . . .

Throughout Cariema Isaacs’ life, amid myriad defining moments, her pursuit of tracing her culinary lineage remained paramount. So, despite life’s demands, Cariema made the pivotal decision to uncover the origins of Cape Malay traditional dishes by travelling to Indonesia, Singapore, Malaysia, the Netherlands and France. The journey expanded beyond the quest for spices and flavours, delving into profound self-discoveries at every turn.

In Singapore, she savoured teh tarik pandan, a delightful beverage that mirrored the cardamom-spiced tea her Ouma used to make. In Jakarta she tried Indonesian rendang and discovered it closely matched the flavours of Cape Malay denningvleis. While in the Netherlands, she was pleasantly surprised to discover a strong Dutch influence in Cape Malay baking and the similarities between the soetkoekie and speculaas. The French flair for delicate pastries and fruit preserves echoed in South Africa’s love affair with konfyt and éclairs.

In The Cape Malay Culinary Masterclass, Cariema intertwines the delicate threads of her lineage with the diverse influences on Cape Malay gastronomy from the dishes of these countries. This collection of more than 100 recipes, presented with clear step-by-step photographs, holds the gems of Cape Malay culinary heritage, including the stories, traditions (both culinary and cultural) and cherished memories of cooking and baking.

The Cape Malay Culinary Masterclass stands as a tribute to the enduring culinary prowess of the Cape Malays, where each dish carries the essence of generations past and the promise of many more to come.

In the electrifying new 6:20 Man thriller from international number one bestselling author David Baldacci, Agent Travis Devine leaves US soil and enters a storm of global conspiracy...

When fearless war correspondent Theresa Lee is shot and left for dead on a storm-swept Manhattan street, the authorities are left with zero leads. But when Bill Walker - the intelligence analyst she was meeting with at the time of her attack, and who has critical knowledge that would be invaluable to criminals - also vanishes without a trace, the stakes reach terrifying new levels. A professional hit team has attempted to silence the journalist and snatched the analyst. The question is: why?

Enter Travis Devine, called in to untangle a web of weaponized data and manufactured truths. His investigation pulls him from New York's glass-and-steel canyons to the glittering harbours of Australia, straight into the orbit of the Woolwine empire - a dynasty whose vast fortune makes them more powerful than some nations. And when personal family issues suddenly arise in the middle of his investigation, Devine must keep his emotions in check and juggle like he never has before, while killers lurk around every corner.

Partnering with Anais Jones, a Sydney homicide detective, Devine uncovers a lethal convergence of rogue intelligence operations, Russian mobsters and a quiet campaign to redraw the global balance of power. To stop a catastrophe that could shatter the world order, Devine must question everything.

In a world where enemies wear the faces of allies, and a billionaire's actions has led to a rapidly rising body count, the 6:20 Man is running out of time to keep it all from crashing down.

In the gripping new thriller in James Patterson's globally bestselling series, Alex Cross faces his most personal case yet as a ruthless conspiracy targets him and his own family.

Alex Cross is a psychologist who hunts criminals for the FBI and the DC Metro Police. Family matriarch Nana Mama is proud of the man she raised. Though that doesn’t stop her worrying every time he ventures into the shadowy underworld of Washington DC – despite his promise to always be careful.

When a man is found shot and burned beneath an overpass, Cross is pulled into a brutal murder investigation.

But with every step closer to the truth, he risks breaking his promise to Nana Mama… and putting the entire Cross family in the line of fire.

From the bestselling author of The Tattooist of Auschwitz comes an uplifting new story of hope and survival.

In 1942, the Nazis came for a Jewish family living in Montparnasse, occupied Paris. In the chaos of their arrest, the eleven-year-old daughter fled to the only person she trusted: her piano teacher…

With the authorities closing in, Andrée and the girl are caught in a desperate race to stay alive. Soon, they are separated, and so starts Andrée’s fight for survival. She is determined to return and honour her promise to save the girl who has been entrusted to her care.

Epic in scope and inspired by real events and people, The Piano Teacher of Montparnasse tells the story of piano teacher and French Resistance operative, Andrée Levallois, and the young girl she risks everything for. It is at once gripping, heartbreaking and uplifting.

Harry Hole is out of the police force. He has left a history of violence and grief behind him and is trying his hands at a new career.

But when a woman is found murdered, her killing styled after a scene from a famous movie, and two more bodies turn up in rapid succession, newly minted homicide investigator Oleg Fauke turns to Harry for advice.

As gruesome films begin to appear and the victims pile up, Harry’s unique expertise is needed. He is drawn back into helping his old colleagues, and his personal relationships grow as complicated as the mind of the killer he is trying to catch.

A special limited-edition hardcover featuring printed edges and endpapers.

From #1 New York Times bestselling author Rebecca Yarros comes a slow-burn romance about love, family, and what it means to become the truest version of yourself.

Callista Moran has spent a lifetime putting her own plans aside to care for other people. Once she and Darren Knight announce their engagement, she thinks her future is finally set. But when a routine sailing trip goes tragically wrong, a cyclone blows those carefully made plans away.

Stranded on an island for the next eighteen months alongside the crew and her fiancé’s cousin, Callista discovers a strength she never knew she had. And begins to question the life she always thought she wanted. With Dominic, an ex–army medic, she finds true peace―and a version of herself that she doesn’t need to explain. They resist their connection at first, but as months wear on, and the hope of rescue fades, something real starts taking shape, built on who they are when everything else is stripped away.

When they’re finally found, the world hasn’t changed. But they have. In the height of a modern media frenzy, learning to live as the people they’ve become will challenge not only their definition of survival, but love.

The irresistible story of a young man whose life turns upside down when he is hired by the most prestigious, secretive and dysfunctional poetry journal in the world: the renowned Peck & Peck.

It's 1982, New York City. Crime is on the rise, muggings are in the streets, and Batter Gray, recent college graduate with a skill that no one wants - an 'ear' for poetry - is worried about his future. While all his friends have real jobs, he's folding T-shirts at the Gap. As for love? No. Not unless you count Sallie Mae, the student loan tyrant. He hears from Sallie all the time.

But when Batter gets a dream job at Peck & Peck, the most prestigious poetry quarterly in the world, his life moves into the literary fast lane. Soon Batter is knee-deep in the secret war between the two Editors in Chief, the famous Peck brothers - twins and enemies - as well as being privy to the private affairs of their thirty-nine editors, whose professed mission is the same: Find originality. Reward creativity. Burn the rest. And by 'burn', they mean incinerate.

Because at Peck & Peck, 'good' isn't good enough, 'interesting' doesn't cut it, plagiarists aren't tolerated, and parolees run the mailroom. Still want to submit your poem? Go with God.

Welcome to another dazzling and unforgettable novel from Bonnie Garmus, author of Lessons in Chemistry. Hugely original, brilliantly funny and peopled with unforgettable characters, Peck & Peck is both a passionate ode to the written word and a heartwarming exploration of all that makes us human.

Am I a bad person? Or am I allowed to wonder "what if"? Is this kind of desire simply something people feel but don't speak about? What is a woman without fantasy?

More pleasure, more kink, more partners, more zest - this is desire turned all the way up.

If Want sparked the fire of a quiet revolution, More gives women the fuel to let it roar. In this electrifying sequel to the landmark bestseller, Gillian Anderson invites us to leave shame and fear at the door as she dials up the heat on women's sexual fantasies and dares us to want more.

This collection of intimate letters - submitted by anonymous women across the globe, curated and introduced by Gillian - dives deeper into what women everywhere think, feel and dream about in their most private moments. Spilling out of the bedroom, the letters take us to all spaces where desire resides, from office boardrooms to kitchen counters, school gates to forest floors. Bolder and more explicit, they come from over fifty nations and women from eighteen to eighty. Nothing is off limits: there are silken ropes and stirrups, metal collars and machines, neighbours, friends, in-laws and strangers, cravings to own and be owned, people to desire and be desired by, pleasure and pain in equal measure.

Joyful, unapologetic and deliciously unfiltered, More proves that the freedom for women to fantasise without restraint is as exhilarating and vital as ever.

From global phenomenon EL James, author of the record-breaking Fifty Shades of Grey series, comes an unforgettable new novel about love, loss and an impossible romance that defies even death itself.

In a single, devastating moment, I lost everyone I loved.

Now I'm in London, living with my sort-of-uncle Dylan. And the only thing we have in common is loss. This new life isn't a life. It's unbearable. Except––there's someone else here.

A young man. He can’t be real. Can he?

He's funny, cool, infuriating... and he understands me in a way no one else does. But only I can see him. Before I know it, he's all I can think about. All I can dream about.

Am I falling in love… with a ghost?

The long-awaited sequel to one of the world's most beloved and widely read books of the last twenty years: The Shack.

How does life go on in the face of irreconcilable loss? How can the irredeemable find redemption? Unrivalled storyteller Wm. Paul Young leads us back to the great questions of human existence with profound compassion, honesty and ultimately hope.

Ten years after the devastating events of The Shack, Mackenzie Allen Phillips is still living in the shadow of loss. Though life has moved forward, grief continues to haunt his family, his relationships, his faith, and his very sense of self. Nan, his wife, carries her own hidden sorrow. They are two people bound together by love yet often divided by pain.

On what would have been their daughter Missy's sixteenth birthday, Mack and Nan confront the unthinkable when Mack is asked to visit death row to speak with the serial killer who abducted and murdered her. In the stark silence of the prison, Mack encounters not only the brokenness of another human being but also the raw weight of his own anger, doubt, and disappointment with God. Where is God when unbearable suffering endures? How can a shattered heart ever heal?

In Return to the Shack, William Paul Young invites readers on a profound journey into the depths of grief, the complexity of trauma, and the surprising humanity of those we most fear. With honesty and compassion, he explores the devastating impact of mental illness, abuse, and violence, the strain of loss on relationships, and the staggering cost - and unexpected freedom - of forgiveness.

This long-awaited sequel dares to ask the hardest questions:
What does it mean to forgive the unforgivable?
How do we live with God's silence when our wounds cry out for answers?
Can even the darkest prison and the most desolate wreckage of broken dreams become places where grace and redemption take root?

Both tender and unflinching, Return to the Shack is a story of pain, faith, and the relentless possibility of hope.

"What is it you think you’re protecting in that brain of yours? The war is over. Holdfast is dead. The Eternal Flame extinguished. There’s no one left for you to save."

A gorgeous deluxe edition of the iconic #1 New York Times bestselling dark fantasy novel, dividing the novel into three hardcover volumes in a stunning slipcased set, featuring:

• Illustrated slipcase with brand-new art
• Three unjacketed hardcovers with foil stamps
• Metallic silver edges
• Bookmark ribbons
• Full-colour illustrated endpaper maps
• 24 black-and-white interior illustrations by acclaimed artist Avendell

Once a promising alchemist, Helena Marino is now a prisoner―of war and of her own mind. Her Resistance friends and allies have been brutally murdered, her abilities suppressed, and the world she knew destroyed.

In the aftermath of a long war, Paladia’s new ruling class of corrupt guild families and depraved necromancers, whose vile undead creatures helped bring about their victory, holds Helena captive.

According to Resistance records, she was a healer of little importance within their ranks. But Helena has inexplicable memory loss of the months leading up to her capture, making her enemies wonder: Is she truly as insignificant as she appears, or are her lost memories hiding some vital piece of the Resistance’s final gambit?

To uncover the memories buried deep within her mind, Helena is sent to the High Reeve, one of the most powerful and ruthless necromancers in this new world. Trapped on his crumbling estate, Helena’s fight―to protect her lost history and to preserve the last remaining shreds of her former self―is just beginning. For her prison and captor have secrets of their own . . . secrets Helena must unearth, whatever the cost.

When the going gets tough, what's a wimpy kid to do?

Nobody knows how to survive the rough and tumble halls of middle school better than Greg Heffley. In fact, he's got a three-ring binder chock-full of notes on his school's biggest bullies-along with his hard-earned strategies for how to outsmart them.

But when Greg's binder falls into the wrong hands, his world starts to unravel. Now it's a race against time before the bullies discover the identity of the person behind it.

Greg has learned to roll with the punches, but now he's backed into a corner with no good options. Will he throw in the towel, or go down swinging? One thing's for sure-Fight or Flight is a knockout!

Livia Bohusz misses her brother, Cyrus. Unmoored by his death, and the stifling silence of the family farm, eleven-year-old Livia has no choice but to survive. Her only solace: music, an escape in the quiet rapture piano practice brings. The promise of a new life her talent offers, intoxicating.

So when Livia starts her college music scholarship it feels as if a new life might begin. Immersing herself in her passions in a world where she excels, even as she struggles to fit in with more urbane classmates, she glimpses the possibilities of a life beyond the farm and her parents.

Then one springtime, as the smell of reviving grass and crocuses and the sounds of songbirds fill the air, Livia catches a glimpse of shirt sleeves rolled to the elbow, muscles you wouldn't miss in the rear view:

'Who is that man?'

It is a question Livia may come to wish she had never asked.

From one of the greatest writers alive comes Livia's story, Partita, both a coming-of-age narrative and an examination of midlife hopes and regrets, a novel as simple as love and longing, as touching, complex and finely tuned as the music it celebrates.

’n Hittegolf verswelg die Kaap en gemoedere loop hoog.

Misdaadverslaggever Ami Prinsloo is na die Kaapstadse nuuskantoor verban nadat sy kwansuis drooggemaak het in Gauteng. Hier moet sy haarself van voor af bewys – veral aan die onverbiddelike redakteur, Greta Fischer. Wanneer jong rugbyspelers en hul ouers tydens ’n skoolwedstryd handgemeen raak, rapporteer Ami nie net die nuus nie, maar word sy ook ’n ooggetuie toe ’n vuisgeveg skrikwekkende gevolge het.

’n Veertienjarige seun verloor sy pa. Terwyl sy ondersoek instel na die rede vir die bakleiery, ontbloot sy ’n geheim wat haar bloed laat kook. Sy kan nie onbetrokke bly nie, al jaag dit sersant Lukas van Onselen die harnas in en al waarsku Fischer haar om nie haar eie kop te volg nie.

Soos die gevolge van hierdie één insident uitkring, besef Ami net weer: Geen misdaad bestaan ooit in isolasie nie. En dan begin die domino’s een vir een val . . .

Romance, danger, and intrigue await you in the breathtaking sixth book in the #1 bestselling Court of Thorns and Roses (ACOTAR) series.

What was broken will be remade.

Deep in the heart of the continent, Koschei the Deathless is stirring. Though he's been bound to a mountain lake for millennia, the insidious threat of his return now spreads across the Fae territories, attracting powerful allies hell-bent on reclaiming what was once theirs: the human lands.

The Night Court will not stand idly by while innocents are attacked. But with Prythian still piecing itself together in the wake of the devastating Hybern War, the task of uniting is proving more difficult by the day.

To make matters worse, those who rule and protect the Night Court are reeling from recent betrayals and revealed truths. The rifts dividing them seem insurmountable.

But to defeat Koschei's creeping shadow, they must find a way back to each other and resurrect their former alliances. To survive, they must find a way to repair the splintered harmony all around them.

The full Court of Thorns and Roses series includes:
1) A Court of Thorns and Roses
2) A Court of Mist and Fury
3) A Court of Wings and Ruin
4) A Court of Frost and Starlight
5) A Court of Silver Flames
6) A Court Of Splintered Harmony
7) A Court of Forgotten Melody

A Change of Pace is the powerful, deeply human memoir of South African distance runner and Olympian Adriaan Wildschutt. Raised in the impoverished, gang-affected community of Ceres in the Western Cape, Adriaan faced an environment where talent alone rarely guaranteed escape. Through an extraordinary work ethic, raw resilience, and the grounding support of his family and mentors, including Zola Budd, he turned running from a childhood escape into a world-class athletic career.

From local dirt-track races in the Boland to earning an NCAA collegiate scholarship in the United States, breaking national records, and competing at the 2024 Olympic Games – all while earning his MBA – Adriaan’s story is far more than a sports biography.

A Change of Pace is an intimate, inspiring account of overcoming generational poverty, navigating the mental pressures of elite global athletics, and refusing to be defined by circumstance. It offers readers an honest behind-the-scenes look at the discipline, doubt, and grit required to build a life on the world stage.

Bestselling author, smart thinking guru and TED podcast superstar, Adam Grant provides a guide for successful relationships in all areas of life.

A vibe—a special connection between people that creates a spark—is an engine of happiness and success. Yet building meaningful ties is one of the most pressing problems of our time. As social media forces face-to-face interaction behind digital screens, communication gets outsourced to AI, and the world becomes more polarized than ever, our loneliness crisis shows no signs of slowing.

To reveal how we can forge faster, stronger, and longer bonds, Grant offers groundbreaking studies, expert insights, and myth-busting stories. Filled with the eye-opening takeaways that have brought millions of readers to his books, Vibe teaches us that similarity is not necessary for solidarity, chemistry doesn’t always happen quickly, and closeness doesn’t always take time.

Along the way, Grant introduces us to a crew of astronauts who learned to trust people they don’t like, a comedy troupe that swears by taking time apart as a key to staying together, a band that grew closer by learning to fight more, and a journalist who designed a gathering that led to seventy-eight marriages. He also opens up about his personal struggles to find his place as a shy introvert and the lessons that propelled his transformation into an enthusiastic convener. Through these examples and more, Grant uncovers the keys to creating deeper relationships and tighter communities.

Vibe will change how you approach your interactions. No matter how good you are at connecting, you can always get better—and help others get better too.

From the #1 New York Times bestselling author of the Dream Harbor series, comes a new small-town romance set in the quirky town of Maple Hollow.

Ruby Bellerose lives on the edge of the woods, in a cottage more akin to a fairy tale than modern day life. Her love life is practically non-existent, and she keeps away from the whispered gossip that travels through Maple Hollow.

Until a chance encounter with Rafe.

As mysterious as he is brooding, Ruby is drawn to the woodsman, curious to find out about the stranger who lives deep within the woods.

But Rafe is hiding a secret. And with something lurking in the shadowy forest, will Ruby find that Rafe is her knight in shining armor, or something altogether more dangerous…

A version of this book was previously published as A Curse of Blood and Wolves in 2024. This book has been rewritten and edited again, however some character names and plot points do remain the same as the original story.

Beloved Bible teacher and ministry leader Joyce Meyer shares the unforgettable story of her troubled upbringing, her call to ministry, and God’s healing hand upon her life in this boldly honest and moving memoir.

Joyce Meyer grew up in America’s Midwest in the 1940s and 50s. After her father’s return from the battlefields of World War II, she spent her childhood in a home warped by his relentless rage and the horrific sexual abuse she suffered at his hands―a battlefield of her own.

Yet it was from these harrowing beginnings that she emerged as a pioneering figure, becoming the first modern woman to lead a global Christian ministry, investing her life in helping others, raising a loving family, and creating a legacy of hope and healing that will live on well beyond the span of her extraordinary life. Her story is a living testament to God’s ability to transform and redeem even the most deeply wounded among us.

My Battlefield tells this story with the same unflinching honesty, determined faith, and surprising humor that has characterized Joyce’s teaching over the last five decades. For every heart-breaking story we read about her childhood, characterized by darkness and shame, and from the years of bitterness and anger that followed as she struggled to learn how to trust in the goodness of God and others, we also read amazing stories of God’s unique hand on her life. We watch a life once desecrated and marked for destruction be redeemed, healed, and called to do work that has brought hope and light to millions of other lives.

Joyce invites you to experience both the pain and the miracle of her story in My Battlefield.

In the new crime thriller from the Sunday Times bestselling author, Lt. Eve Dallas journeys into the darkness where murder is born...

NYSPD homicide detective Eve Dallas has seen a lot in her time but even she is shocked by the savagery of a beating which leaves a wealthy biotech executive dead in his home office. The victim's corpse is so mangled and damaged it's hard to believe a lone assailant would be capable of this. The killer is clearly unnaturally strong. Or very, very angry.

While the excessive violence leads Dallas to conclude that this was a deeply personal act, she can't ignore the suspicious bank account in the Cayman Islands, or the shadowy, profit-hungry company Chu worked for. The mystery only grows when it turns out Chu isn't the only victim of this furious killer.

Dallas will need to tear through one layer of secrecy after another to reveal the terrible truth behind this series of rage-fuelled murders...