Torn between his adoration for his wife and young son and the irresistible draw of the criminal underworld, Shatterproof Bhekuzulu is headstrong, smart, cunning, and strangely endearing. The Lazarus of the tsotsi world, Shatterproof dithers between his need for redemption and his love for illicit scheming. Violent, funny, and intriguing, this story paints a colorful picture of a South African hustler during the apartheid—one so magnetic it hurts to watch him dig his own grave, one disastrous decision at a time.

The North Wind and the Sun

Literature & Fiction

Irving, David Dinwoodie

Humor & Satire

Jacana Media

Roberts Birds of Southern Africa has been continuously in print for some 65 years and is the most popular African natural history book of all time. The scope and depth of biological information in the Seventh edition of Roberts far exceeds that of any previous edition. It covers all 951 species recorded in the region and also illustrates these in 80 new plates commissioned from the region’s best bird artists. For scientists and conservationists it is a benchmark publication and will be a standard reference for years to come. For birdwatchers it will be an invaluable source of information to help them better understand and appreciate the birds around them.

Roberts Birds of Southern Africa

Science & Math

Chittenden, Hugh

Davies, Greg

Weiersbye, Ingrid

Biological Sciences

From Archbishop Desmond Tutu's "Tutu Chicken" to Basetsana Kumalo's "Peri Peri Prawns," 36 of South Africa’s most beloved celebrities reveal their favorite recipes in this zesty cookbook, which was commissioned to raise funds for the nonprofit organization, Business Against Crime Western Cape.

Recipes from the Hearth: At Home with South African Icons

Cookbooks, Food & Wine

Ferreira, Francois

Conlyn, Gwynne

Regional & International

Filled with beautiful images, this new field guide presents the nesting habits of the 730 bird species known to breed in southern Africa. From vultures and eagles to waxbills and cisticolas, this comprehensively cross-referenced book contains up-to-date information about each species—when and where they nest, what the nest and eggs look like, and how long it takes for the eggs to hatch. A perfect gift for nature-lovers, it also includes accurately colored, life-size reproductions of all the species’ eggs, no matter how big or small.

Roberts Nests & Eggs of Southern African Birds: A Comprehensive Guide to the Nesting Habits F over 720 Bird Species in Southern Africa

Sports & Outdoors

Field Guides

Miners Shot Down

Desai, Rehad

Durban Curry is a finalist in the 2015 World Gourmand Cookbook of the Year awards, in the last eight of the headline category: Best Book in the World. Chosen from entries from 205 countries. The grand winner to be announced in Yantai, China, in June 2015. Real-life back stories and vibrant documentary photographs set this bright and beautiful book apart from the crowd. It traces the origins, development and current place of a dish which sailed from Asia to South Africa 150 years ago, and has become a national culinary treasure, made, loved and celebrated by all communities, very different from the mother “kari” of India, reflecting the people, produce, and flavors of a new homeland. There is not only one Durban curry. There are hundreds of variations, and though red and hot are generally agreed attributes, there are more exceptions than rules in Durban curry-making. The authors have gone into the kitchens and cauldrons and pots of cooks both humble and grand; explored local markets and spice emporiums; coaxed family recipes and signature dishes from the best cooks on this stretch of the Indian Ocean coast; winkled out the history and secrets of Durban’s most famous fast-food invention, the Bunny Chow; tracked down the best traditional and modern “sides.” The book includes the easiest instructions for homemade spice, masala and chilli-powder mixes; the most piquant pickles and chutneys and achars; and the authors have nailed down legendary South African wine authority, John Platter, to suggest (some surprising) liquid accompaniments. This is a great reading as well as cooking book. A collection of people and recipes and pictures that make you smile – and want to head to the kitchen, or curl up on the couch. The dishes are simple to make, the ingredients easily found world-wide. South Africans “in exile”, all who hanker after the flavours of home: this is your book. Adventurous, enquiring foodies from anywhere, keen to explore keen to explore different flavours from unexpected places: this is your book.

Durban Curry: So Much of Flavour: People, Places & Secret Recipes

Platter, Erica

Friedman, Clinton

John Platter returns! With the same simple approach to wine which made him a household name in South Africa, he tells the stories of wines and winemakers; taste the wines himself; writes about them in language everyone can understand. • 261 wines, chosen, personally tasted and described by John Platter • Backstories, amusing anecdotes, profiles of the wines and winemakers • New areas, new stars, new wineries, new experiences for wine drinkers • The wine-wars – the revolutionaries, the young guns and the new-old guard • Introductions to varieties and blends • Easy explanations of wine terms which befuddle everyday drinkers • Wine-friendly recipes from winemakers and top wine country chefs

My Kind of Wine

PLATTER, JOHN

Beverages & Wine

<div>Many people have a childlike fascination with the idea of a hideaway or a bolthole, a place literally out of sight, maybe at the bottom of the garden, in the woods or in the country, somewhere remote from the routine of everyday life. This book features 30 different styles of holiday house where all kinds of experiences are possible away from life in the city. They're found on remote escarpments of the South African hinterland, in the vineyard-filled valleys and among the mountains of the Overberg and the Boland, overlooking the lagoon at Churchhaven and on the edges of small country towns in the Sandveld and Swartland. This book celebrates all of them, identifying precisely what it is that makes a holiday home the 'perfect' escape.</div>

Perfect Hideaways in South Africa

Travel

Duncan, Paul

Africa

In 2012, a few volunteers took a neglected piece of land that was a sterile bowling green on the edge of the Cape Town inner city, and turned it into a productive urban food garden. Today the Oranjezicht City Farm has become so much more than that with food growing becoming a way to realise a much wider vision. This small educational non-profit project has hosted thousands of school children, and through its weekly farmer’s market supports numerous small, local farmers, dozens of artisanal food purveyors and the hundreds of jobs they provide. Oranjezicht City Farm: Food Community Connection, tries to capture some of the stories about how this farm, and all the activities around it, came to be.

Oranjezicht City Farm: Food, Community, Connection

Joubert, Leonie

Tullula is a majestic bird born into royalty - the ndunas of the herd. Being a nduna means having to guard the skies at night (although its not entirely clear what the ndunas are guarding against). Tullula longs for something different, so she sneaks off during the day (while the rest of the ndunas are sleeping) to explore what life is like living in sunlight

Tullula

Children's Books

Moahloli, Refiloe

Animals

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