Penguin Random House South Africa: 694 books

‘Smartwoman’ understands how she can build wealth by making her money work for her … While some women seem to excel at making their money work for them, others battle from pay day to pay day. With this book, we tap into what these ‘smartwomen’ know and what the rest of us can learn from...

Do you want to retire knowing that you can maintain the lifestyle you’ve grown accustomed to but don’t know if you have (or will have) saved enough to live on comfortably for the rest of your life? If so, this is the book for you … Just about everyone over the age of forty worries about how...

Leandie du Randt is a popular Afrikaans actress as well as a registered psychometrist. Stemming from her passion for helping people and based on her own experience, Comfortable in Your Own Skin specifically aimed at teenage girls to help them to develop self-confi dence and to be the best version...

Business ideas and practices are constantly changing, but no manager has the time to read all the business books and articles that come out in a year. In this book, Ian Mann does all the work for you, trawling through recent business publications and distilling the most important new insights and...

Napoleon Bones police dog, gourmet, Cape Town crime fighter. Not your average pavement special. Aside from being a culinary expert and a thinking woman’s companion, he’s one half of an all-rescues K9 unit tasked to help track down the notorious Blackjacks gang. Their search takes Bones and his...

The perfect companion for the urban sightseer, Walking Cape Town features 24 easy walks and 9 drives through the streets and suburbs of one of the world’s most beautiful and diverse cities. From the Company’s Garden in the heart of the city to trendy Green Point, Sea Point and Camps Bay, the colourful...

African Myths and Legends is a spellbinding, fascinating collection of myths and legends to enliven the imagination of young readers. No-one is entirely sure whether these legends are fact or fiction, but that is where the magic lies! Each story is accompanied by snippets of information highlighted...

1782:In the bustling settlement at the Cape of Good Hope, traders, politicians, farmers and fortune-seekers compete for goods, land and power. It is here that Geert Baardwijk, a wealthy Dutch heir, finds himself drawn to Lena, a young slave he has inherited from his father. Bartered and sold into...

Originally published in 1981, Living Shores was for many years the standard reference for marine science students but was also embraced by a popular market for its fascinating insights into marine and coastal habitats and the life they support. After a long absence, this classic has been revived and...

The Kruger National Park is one of the world’s leading stewards of biological diversity. Its management requires ongoing monitoring and re-evaulation to ensure that species survive. Shaping Kruger provides fascinating insight into the lives, habits and behaviour of the larger animals that significantly...

‘There’s no escaping this one,’ he says, but not to me. He says it to the ground and the sky and the thin arms of the waiting trees, but not to me. A film-maker by profession, Catherine has the perfect family: a supportive husband and a bright ten-year-old daughter. But Catherine’s beloved...

Angry Owl is cross about the weather. As he sits shivering in the rain on the branch of a tree, he watches as a huge storms brews, bringing with it wind, thunder, snow, hail and even a tornado. But before long, Angry Owl realises that he needn’t be unhappy because something special happens. Find out what it is …

When it’s pouring with rain, Gogo decides to pass the time by making some pancakes. But she soon discovers that the family has run out of three important ingredients: flour, eggs and milk. Without those, you can’t make pancakes. But clever Gogo has an idea. She sends Lungi and Sipho to a different...

Ricky is woken up one night by Cheetah, Zebra and Elephant, who need his help to rescue a lion cub that has fallen into the river. Encouraged by the animals, Ricky overcomes his fear, jumps into the water and brings the cub safely to the river bank. When the cub’s parents realise that Ricky put...