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Book review: The End of Addiction 2010-08-19 06:00:01
An encyclopedia of information that is broken down to help people understand the nature of addiction. The book familiarises patients and families with the disease known as addiction.
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Book review: Dear Ahmedbhai, Dear Zuleikhabehn 2010-08-19 06:00:01
It is not often a book can be described as beautiful, but this collection of letters - exchanged between a political prisoner and a self-described housewife - evokes all the cliches.
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Book review: Yalo 2010-08-12 06:00:01
Daniel is a Lebanese man born in Beirut, who is also known as Yalo.
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Book review: Lekgowa 2010-08-12 06:00:01
In the past five years South Africa has seen an upsurge of "life writing", telling the stories of ordinary people in the post-apartheid era.
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Book review: Memories Of A Game Ranger 2010-08-12 06:00:01
He was a pioneer for wildlife preservation during the early days of the Sabi Nature Reserve in 1902; Harry Wolhuter became one of the first Lowveld game rangers of the area.
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Book review: When Rustling Became An Art 2010-08-12 06:00:01
The title of this book refers to the way in which the leaders of the Kgatla people built and sustained their wealth and power by the accumulation of cattle.
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Book review: The Honour To Serve 2010-08-05 06:00:01
James Ngculu was a soldier of Umkhonto we Sizwe. The book is a recollection of his experiences serving under the organisation during the time of apartheid.
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Book review: Sharmilla, And Other portraits 2010-08-05 07:45:01
Beautiful literature complements the splendour of life in Elleke Boehmer's works.
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Book review: Soweto 2010-08-05 06:00:01
Jodi Bieber explores present-day Soweto in photographs.
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Book review: Yalo 2010-07-29 06:00:01
Daniel is a Lebanese man born in Beirut, who is also known as Yalo. The novel takes us through Yalo's life.
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Book review: Living With My X 2010-07-29 06:00:01
Stephen Malherbe, who was born with an "extra X", writes about his experiences with Klinefelter's syndrome.
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Book review: Let Them Eat Cake 2010-07-22 06:00:01
Smart, charming and provocative are the words that can be used to describe Justice Malala's column articles that appear in the Financial Mail.
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Book review: Behind The Badge 2010-07-22 06:00:01
When it comes to shooting criminals, experiencing the raw cruelty of death, the seduction of empowerment, the warmth of individuals working under pressure to deliver security services to communities that have to appreciate work that is seldom seen or heard of, this book has it.
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Book review: Zuma 2010-07-22 06:00:01
If one wants to know more about the man behind brand Zuma, then this biography is not the one you're looking for.
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Book review: Zulu Boy Gone Crazy 2010-07-22 06:00:01
Fred Khumalo is a Zulu, provocative, intellectual, conscious and impressively informed.
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Book review: Young Mandela 2010-07-22 06:00:01
British journalist David James Smith, who writes for London's Sunday Times Magazine, has stepped gingerly on to the sacred ground to try to take up some of the rifts and the damage in his book Young Mandela.
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Book review: Beat The Crunch 2010-07-22 06:00:01
It could be a good idea to get hold of this book and let Charl Ten Oever help you beat the financial crunch - now and in the future.
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Book review: The War for South Africa 2010-07-15 06:00:01
For the past four decades, Thomas Pakenham's The Boer War has best met the need for a one-volume history of the Anglo-Boer War.
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Book review: Made for Goodness - And why this makes all the difference 2010-07-15 06:00:01
Mary Robinson, former president of Ireland, states that Desmond Tutu has walked the talk all his life. We can all be grateful that together with his daughter Mpho, he has now shared the secrets of why he has so much hope and joy.
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Book review: Young Blood 2010-07-15 06:00:01
Mazobe's work is inspirational. He is prone to a few jagged transitions, but the story is something the South African movie industry should take thorough note of.
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Book review: In the balance: South Africans debate reconciliation 2010-07-15 06:00:01
Sixteen years into democracy in South Africa, some feel that there is a need to reopen the debate on reconciliation.
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Book review: Captured in Time: Five Centuries of South African Writing 2010-07-15 06:00:01
Captured in Time is an excellent anthology of writing about South Africa, spanning close on five centuries.
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Book review: A Case Of Knives 2010-07-07 12:03:01
The 1960s in South Africa form the backdrop for the story of Enoch Pretorius's adolescent journey to finding his place as a son, student and man.
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Book review: Once Dead, Twice Shy 2010-07-07 12:03:01
A 17-year-old girl, Madison Avery, dies in a freak accident on the night of her prom. But it was no accident.
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Book review: Jake Ransom And The Skull Kings Shadow 2010-07-07 12:01:01
James Rollins is best known for his adult fiction. His New York Times bestselling books include The Last Oracle, The Judas Strain, and Black Order.
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Book review: Among Thieves 2010-07-07 12:00:01
In Among Thieves he has produced a cracker, weaving fact and fiction to find a not-improbable solution to the mystery of the world's biggest unsolved art heist.
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From Russia with love - and the odd murder 2010-07-05 12:00:01
Fiction's Soviet Republic is intriguing, writes Beverley Roos Muller.
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Book review: Angel Time - The Songs Of The Seraphim 2010-07-01 08:09:01
If you are a die-hard Anne Rice fan you'll probably enjoy this book.
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Book review: Cracking China 2010-07-01 06:00:01
There's no surer way of knowing you've arrived in a foreign country and culture than to be greeted with the words that it's 11am, so it's time for lunch. Lunch? Yes lunch.
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Book review: Remarkable South Africans 2010-07-01 08:08:01
Remarkable South Africans is a book that sings the song of unsung heroes and heroines.
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