Tag: Penguin Random House SA

Food can do more than satisfy hunger. It can bring people together, create memories and turn ordinary moments into meaningful occasions. In The Art of Hosting, South African personality and entrepreneur Louise Volschenk explores this idea through recipes, entertaining advice and personal touches.

Cooking at home can feel difficult when time is short and everyday demands keep piling up. Simple Too responds to that reality with an inviting approach to food. Yotam Ottolenghi brings his distinctive flavours to recipes designed for ordinary kitchens and busy schedules. For readers who enjoyed Ottolenghi SIMPLE, Simple Too offers another collection of accessible recipes. The book features 135 dishes covering breakfast, lunch, dinner and dessert. Each recipe places simplicity at its core without sacrificing flavour, creativity or visual appeal.

The author returns with Farewell to Eden, an ambitious historical novel about love, trauma, faith and the difficult process of rebuilding a life after war. Set between post-war Mandatory Palestine and the English countryside, the novel explores how private lives carry the lasting consequences of major historical events.

Busy schedules often leave little time for preparing a satisfying home-cooked meal. Jamie Oliver's 20 Minute Meals tackles that challenge with a practical collection of quick and flavourful recipes. The book shows that fast cooking can still produce food worth sharing around the dinner table. 20 Minute Meals features 120 recipes designed to reach the table in 20 minutes or less.

Protocols offers a practical guide to improving mental and physical wellbeing through simple, science-based practices. Rather than presenting health as a collection of complicated interventions, Huberman focuses on everyday behaviours that readers can understand and apply. The book explores how small, consistent changes can influence sleep, focus, stress, exercise, nutrition and overall performance.

Money with Carla challenges many assumptions South Africans hold about building wealth. Carla Venter draws on her experience in finance, investing and international markets. She combines professional knowledge with practical lessons from her own journey towards financial independence.

Situated builds on the ideas explored in her bestselling book, Grit. While Grit focused on passion and perseverance, this book examines another factor behind achievement. Duckworth argues that success also depends on the situations people create around themselves. Her research challenges the popular belief that people should simply adapt to difficult circumstances.

African Snakes offers an accessible and informative introduction to one of the continent’s most fascinating groups of reptiles. The book challenges common misconceptions while explaining how snakes survive across Africa’s diverse environments. It combines scientific information with practical guidance for readers interested in understanding these often-misunderstood creatures.

Inferno plunges readers into the dangerous political world of imperial Rome. Conn Iggulden combines historical drama, political intrigue and personal ambition to create a tense portrait of Nero’s reign. The novel explores what happens when absolute power meets rebellion, paranoia and ruthless ambition.

Entrepreneurship often looks glamorous from the outside. However, building a business requires difficult decisions, resilience and a willingness to learn from failure. Things I Wish I Knew captures this reality through the experiences of an entrepreneur who has navigated the pressures of business and finance. The book offers a candid account of building and growing businesses. It draws on real decisions, consequences and outcomes from the author’s entrepreneurial journey.