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Nuut by Naledi: Nagouers deur Saskia de Coster

LitNet Op die redakteur se lessenaar 2022-10-19

Saskia word onder versweë teensinnigheid moeder saam met haar groot liefde en eggenote, Juli. Laasgenoemde dring daarop aan om ’n eie kind in die wêreld te bring.

New from Tafelberg: Cleaner’s Boy by Patric Tariq Mellet

LitNet Op die redakteur se lessenaar 2022-10-19

Mellet’s autobiography demonstrates a spirit of innate and unbridled resistance, in small and major ways, that liberated Cleaner’s Boy from an unpromising and tragic early life to a life of influence driven by a deep understanding of identity.

New from Tafelberg: Blood and silver by Jan Glazewski

LitNet Op die redakteur se lessenaar 2022-10-19

Before fleeing the family estate near Lviv, in what is now Ukraine, Jan Glazewski’s father buried what he could salvage of the family silver in the forest.

Nuut by Protea: Die Waterplek: Afrika, volume 1 deur Carina Stander

LitNet Op die redakteur se lessenaar 2022-10-11

Baie water en bloed het intussen in die see geloop en nou verlaat die sewentienjarige Eron Verberger uiteindelik sy geboorteland in die hoop om die laaste Geseënde en sy pa by die Waterplek te vind ...

Nuut by Umuzi: Die kapokdokter deur François Loots

LitNet Op die redakteur se lessenaar 2022-10-11

1816. Die Kaap de Goede Hoop. ’n Jong dokter, James Barry, stap aan wal as ’n militêre chirurg se assistent. Goewerneur Lord Charles Somerset is ná ’n paar maande só beïndruk met die briljante Barry dat hy hom as sy huisdokter aanstel.

New from Naledi: I wish I’d said ... Vol 5, edited by Johann de Lange and Nxalati CP Golele

LitNet Op die redakteur se lessenaar 2022-10-11

Imagination saves us in dark days and the words on these pages will show you an experience that is as universal as it is individual.

Nuut by Naledi: Helaas deur Hennie van Coller

LitNet Op die redakteur se lessenaar 2022-10-11

In hierdie bundel word daar op intellektuele wyse ’n groot verskeidenheid onderwerpe hanteer en interessant genoeg sluit dit juis ook emosionele sake in.

New from Kwela: Farm killings in South Africa by Nechama Brodie

LitNet Op die redakteur se lessenaar 2022-10-11

Dr Nechama Brodie challenges many of the myths used to narrate farm killings. She includes nearly a century of news reports, statistical data, legal cases and expert research on violence on farms.

Nuut by LAPA: Inkommers deur Hans du Plessis

LitNet Op die redakteur se lessenaar 2022-10-11

Inkommers is ’n eietydse verhaal, ’n kroniek van die Afrikaners – die familie, nie die volk nie – wat al van die Groot Trek se dae af wydsbeen oor die vuil Vaal in die Vredefortkoepel boer.

Nuut by Protea: Krygsgevangenekuns in die Anglo-Boereoorlog deur Vicky Heunis

LitNet Op die redakteur se lessenaar 2022-10-11

Heelwat is al oor die Anglo-Boereoorlog (1899–1902) geskryf. Tog is daar slegs enkele publikasies wat handel oor die tema van die kuns wat deur Boerekrygsgevangenes vervaardig is.

New from Van Schaik: A history of South African literature: Afrikaans literature, part two by Jerzy Koch

LitNet Op die redakteur se lessenaar 2022-10-06

Koch uses the metaphor of mapping to describe the work of the historiographer, and it becomes clear that his study analyses the literary texts within the context of space and time.

Nuut by Naledi: Mister Angelo Alzheimer deur Jef Geeraerts

LitNet Op die redakteur se lessenaar 2022-10-06

De zaak Alzheimer, waarvan Mister Angelo Alzheimer die vertaling (deur Fanie Olivier) is, is een van ’n lang reeks krimi’s waardeur die polisie-duo Vincke en Verstuyft volksbesit geword het.

Nuut by LAPA: Dit het alles begin by ’n hond deur Annelie Ferreira

LitNet Op die redakteur se lessenaar 2022-10-06

Vier tieners dra elkeen swaar aan ’n geheim. Tot die noodlot hulle op ’n vreemde pad saamgooi en hulle mekaar se lewens op magiese wyse aanraak.

New from Jonathan Ball: Charlene: In search of a princess by Arlene Prinsloo

LitNet Op die redakteur se lessenaar 2022-10-06

At its heart, it’s the story of a woman in search of happiness for herself and her family – and also of the beginning of Charlene defining her own space amid the royal protocol. 

New from Penguin: Koos Bekker’s billions by TJ Strydom

LitNet Op die redakteur se lessenaar 2022-10-06

Koos Bekker has amassed one of the largest fortunes ever by a South African. Just how did he do it?

New from Jonathan Ball: Fruit of a poisoned tree by Antony Altbeker

LitNet Op die redakteur se lessenaar 2022-10-06

Now updated with the tale of the remarkable events that followed the judge’s verdict, prize-winning author Antony Altbeker takes you into the heart of the epic courtroom battle.

New from Jonathan Ball: Patrice Motsepe: An appetite for disruption by Janet Smith

LitNet Op die redakteur se lessenaar 2022-09-26

Known as much for his philanthropy as for his commercial nous, entrepreneurship, and for being a soccer boss and family man, Patrick Motsepe is a near-legendary figure in South African business.

New from Jonathan Ball: Impossible bosses by Vivienne Lawack, Hanlie Lizette Wessels and Robert Craig

LitNet Op die redakteur se lessenaar 2022-09-26

A coach in your pocket, this book offers a practical guide for how to manage your manager.

New from Jonathan Ball: Don’t upset ooMalume: A guide to stepping up your Xhosa game by Hombakazi Mercy Nqandeka

LitNet Op die redakteur se lessenaar 2022-09-26

By interweaving her guide to Xhosa culture with stories from her daily life at the Mqele and Bulungula villages, and lessons taught to her by her mother and her late grandmothers, she hopes to help reconnect Xhosa people to their roots.

New from Delta Books: The guerrilla and the journalist by Fred Bridgland

LitNet Op die redakteur se lessenaar 2022-09-20

This is a personal account of the bond that developed between a guerrilla fighter and a journalist, and the terrifying challenges they faced as they revealed Savimbi’s true colours.

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