Tag: Penguin Random House SA

Accompanying celebrated academic Katherine Solomon to a lecture she has been invited to give in Prague, Robert Langdon’s world spirals out of control. Katherine vanishes without a trace from their hotel room. Far from home and well out of his comfort zone, Langdon must pit his wits against unknown forces to recover the woman he loves.

Over the past decades, there have been amazing breakthroughs in behavioural economics. What if you could gather all the best ones in one place? Imagine an entire book packed full of ‘smart-cuts’.

Never Say Die introduces readers to Jane Smith, a sharp and fearless defence attorney. Her life spirals into constant danger after she takes on a high-profile case. Since taking on a famous celebrity client, Jane has been chased down, shot at, and threatened with contempt of court. She’s a survivor. For now.

If you've been spinning your wheels trying to get ahead financially, working more hours, or chasing the latest financial trends, but still find yourself stuck, the problem might not be your work ethic, your boss or even bad luck. Instead, the real issue is likely your approach.

Poet Antjie Krog returns to the landscape of her childhood. The Free State plains enchant her. It is her home, and also the home of her mother, the writer Dot Serfontein. Now in her nineties, Dot is frail and needs full-time care. However, her intellect and sense of humour remain razor-sharp. Her writing is also comparable to that of her daughter.

On the night of 30 October 2002, eight bomb blasts tore through Soweto. The explosions left one woman dead and damaged vital infrastructure. A far-right white Afrikaner separatist group called the Boeremag carried out the attacks. Their stated aim was to overthrow the ruling African National Congress (ANC) government, rid the country of black people and reinstate a new Boer-administered republic.

South Africa can sometimes appear to be awash with occult crime, stories of satanist conspiracies, witchcraft accusations, muti murders and demonic possession frequently surface in the media. A trawl through our national news suggests a society at war with the forces of evil.

Look around you. Is anything real or normal anymore? News, images and videos created by Artificial Intelligence (AI) are everywhere. The world we live in is changing daily. It is no exaggeration to say that everything you thought you knew is undergoing apocalyptic levels of change. Our new normal now includes AI CEOs and AI partners.

In their latest political page-turner, The First Gentleman: A Thriller, James Patterson and former President Bill Clinton reunite to deliver a fast-paced, high-stakes drama that blends insider knowledge with cinematic suspense. Following the success of their previous collaborations, this novel pivots to a fresh narrative twist: a male spouse navigating the treacherous waters of power, politics and personal peril as the husband of America’s first female president.

When you travel through a new country, you need a guidebook. When you travel through love, heartbreak, joy, parenting, friendship, uncertainty, aging, grief, new beginnings and life itself, you need a guidebook too. As such, We Can Do Hard Things is the guidebook for being alive.