Tag: Penguin Random House SA

Annabel is deep in the territory of the sandwich generation. Widowed for nearly a decade and raising two teenagers alone, she now faces a difficult dilemma. What is best for her ageing mother? This emotional crossroads sets the stage for Annabel and Her Sisters, a story that explores family duty, love and rediscovery.

How have people managed extraordinary things to escape the shackles of their circumstances? Can success be taught, or does it depend on personal talent alone? Is it nature or nurture? Does luck have a part to play? The Essence of Success finds common threads across different disciplines such as sport, business, war and politics.

How far can you distance yourself from your enemy without losing sight of the threat they pose? And how far can you go without becoming an enemy yourself? These haunting questions set the tone for a story steeped in secrets, conflict and redemption. In the shadow of a flawless facade, the Coal family’s dynasty stands on the brink of collapse.

The Nazis may have lost the battle. But the war is just beginning. Summer, 2025. A US senator burns to death in his Washington townhouse. Masked gunmen massacre supporters during a football match in Berlin. Meanwhile, an old man is murdered while he sleeps in the dementia ward of a German hospital. These three seemingly unconnected events mark the first steps in a terrifying countdown to apocalypse.

As a cognitive scientist, the ultimate subject of Steven Pinker’s fascination is how we think about each other’s thoughts. This process seems infinite and complex. It sounds impossible, yet Steven Pinker shows that we do it constantly. This awareness, which we experience as something public or “out there”, is known as common knowledge.

A New York Times bestselling author returns with the latest installment in the addictive Frankie Elkin series. In this story, Frankie travels to Tucson, Arizona, to find a missing Afghan refugee whose friend suspects she is in grave danger. Frankie must act before it is too late.

Behind the façade of South Africa lies a brutal shadow world. Mafias, cartels and crime syndicates rule it, locked in a ruthless war over the country’s riches. The tobacco mafia dominates its trade. The water tanker mafia exploits scarcity. The taxi mafia thrives, alongside the hospital mafia and the construction mafia. The kidnapping mafia expands its reach.

Amidst a current tidal wave of negativity, Raising Champions emerges as a powerful and timely antidote for our country. The book draws from the personal journeys of three of South Africa’s most celebrated sports figures. These include Olympic gold medallist Chad le Clos, Bafana Bafana legend Shaun Bartlett, and 2007 Rugby World Cup winner CJ van der Linde.

To Health With It! is a reflective yet practical guide to holistic living by acclaimed broadcaster and entrepreneur Tebogo Thekisho, widely known as ProVerb. As a compelling call to live well across all dimensions, the book explores physical, mental, emotional, financial, social and spiritual wellbeing.

Have you ever thought of someone just before they called? Or experienced a coincidence that felt too unlikely to be true? It’s all too easy to dismiss synchronicities or signs like these as chance. But what if they weren’t? And what if, by learning to tune into them, you could access a guiding wisdom? The Signs may help you overcome challenges and live with purpose.