Penguin Random House South Africa: 694 books
by Albert Jansen
Language: English
Release Date: October 1, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: October 1, 2017
The first star guide of its kind in the southern hemisphere, this book features 96 star maps for observing the southern skies with the naked eye, standard binoculars or a small telescope. Divided into 12 sets, the maps cover all eight principal views of the sky (N, NE, E, SE, S, SW, W and NW) for...
by Melinda Roodt
Language: English
Release Date: November 18, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: November 18, 2016
The Classic South African Cookbook is exactly that – classic home cooking for South Africans the way we eat now. In line with our country’s diverse cultures, which often blend more harmoniously in the kitchen, this book is a kaleidoscope of our modern lifestyle with influences from grandma’s...
The Poacher's Moon
A true story of life, death, love and survival from South Africa's Western Cape
Language: English
Release Date: September 1, 2014
When wildlife conservationist Richard Peirce learnt about the targeting of three private game reserves in the Western Cape in 2011 and the butchery of some of their rhinos, he embarked on a crusade to raise public awareness about the horrors of rhino poaching. This is the story of Higgins and Lady,...
by Rahla Xenopoulos
Language: English
Release Date: September 1, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: September 1, 2015
It is Ibiza 1997 and rave culture is at its peak. A period of dancing and hedonism forges an unbreakable bond between six friends: an unshakeable tribe is formed. Sharing a deep connection, their dependence on one another will intensify over the years, until one member’s flirtation with death shatters...
Chic Jozi
The Savvy Style Companion
Language: English
Release Date: September 27, 2012
Where do you go for cut-price designer labels, that must-have little black dress, or a unique ensemble for an exclusive evening out? Where can you take your children so they'll be entertained and safe while you can relax? And what actually are 44 Stanley, Arts on Main, and Gramadoelas? How do you...
Paths to Pubs
A Guide to Hikes and Pints in the Cape Peninsula
Language: English
Release Date: August 23, 2012
Offering the most detailed coverage yet of the many paths that crisscross the Cape Peninsula, this book describes 69 tracks that traverse Table Mountain, the rocky headlands of Cape Point, and the ridges, beaches, forests and coastal villages that make up Cape Town’s hiking paradise. Best of all,...
by Nicola Hadfield
Language: English
Release Date: September 18, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: September 18, 2013
‘How fair is a garden amid the trials and passions of existence.’ What wise comment from Benjamin Disraeli. Our deep African skies, abundant sunshine and balmy climate lure us outdoors for much longer than the time devoted to indoor pursuits. Spending time in our own gardens or outdoor areas should...
by Barbara Erasmus
Language: English
Release Date: October 1, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: October 1, 2012
A novel about choice; the random decisions that determine the path that life will follow. The novel centres around three women who are likened in some way to the characteristics of various insects and are linked by their discordant proportions. Ann is too tall, a lanky mosquito of a girl, Sophie is...
by Yvonne Burgess
Language: English
Release Date: November 1, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: November 1, 2012
As a boy, sweeping up the hair in the salon of the Professor of Tonsorial Artistics, Rudyard Kipling 'Rudy' Knoesen's dreams were of greatness and escape. Never did he imagine that his twilight years would be spent sleeping in parks and eating from dustbins in foul-smelling alleyways. Rescued from...
by Yvonne Burgess
Language: English
Release Date: October 1, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: October 1, 2012
There was something going on with Iris and Girlie. Something fishy that I didn't know about. Because it was bound to be fishy if they weren't letting me in on it.' So figures Gran of her daughter and grandchild, confined in their flat - with an unplanned fourth generation expected as well. This ruefully...
by John van de Ruit
Language: English
Release Date: September 21, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: September 21, 2012
After an unexpected and diabolical farewell breakfast conversation with his father, Spud Milton returns to boarding school for his 1993 Matric year, his last as a schoolboy. Armed with a prefect's tie and a raging libido, Spud soon discovers that being a large(ish) fish in a small pond has its fair...
The Secret Society
Cecil John Rhodes’s Plans for a New World Order
Language: English
Release Date: November 1, 2015
Cecil John Rhodes made a fortune from diamonds and gold, became prime minister of the Cape, and had a country named after him, but his ambitions were far greater than that. When he was still in his twenties, after a meeting with General Gordon of Khartoum, Rhodes set up a Secret Society with the aim...
African Nursery Rhymes
Popular rhymes for South African children reworked and and adapted for South African children.
Language: English
Release Date: November 20, 2012
This delightful collection of 55 nursery rhymes, specially reworked and adapted for South African children, is a must for every young adult’s bookshelf or e-Book collection. Nursery rhymes are an essential part of a child’s development, teaching youngsters rhythm and rhyme as well as word skills...
African Brew
Exploring the craft of South African Beer
Language: English
Release Date: October 29, 2013
From beer’s porridge-like beginnings through to the cutting edge craft beers being poured across the country today, African Brew tells the story of South African beer. Join a pint-studded journey through seven provinces to meet the brewers, taste their beers and learn exactly what goes into that...