Leon Labuschagne's livelihood depends on death. At nineteen, he is a Death Row warder at Maximum Security Prison in Pretoria, South Africa: a shepherd who cares for the condemned - and a butcher who escorts them to the gallows. In the summer of 1987, after thirty-two men were hanged in two weeks (all real cases), Leon loses control, with tragic results. And now he's the one facing the death penalty. Only the most precarious line of legal argument stands between Leon and the gallows. Chasing a defense, his advocate trawls the deepest recesses of life in the Pot - the twilight world of Death Row - in order to determine the effect of multiple executions on his young client. In 1987, 164 people were executed at Maximum Security. Two years later, the last man went to the gallows, after more than four thousand hangings in Pretoria in that century. Shepherds & Butchers portrays legal execution in unprecedented detail, revealing its devastating impact on all those involved. At the same time, it exposes the callous violence on the other side of the noose, where murderers reign. Chris Marnewick's first novel is a gripping courtroom drama steeped in the factual.

Shepherds & Butchers

Literature & Fiction

Marnewick, Chris

Genre Fiction

Random House Struik

Agent Kevin Durant of the National Intelligence Agency has been keeping close tabs on Ali, a Durban businessman corrupt to his core. Libyan terrorists are buying parts for weapons of mass destruction and Ali is their go-between. Into this shadowy world of hidden cameras and disguises enters beautiful and reckless Leila, a Libyan spy who flies to South Africa to clinch the deal with Ali. Leila doesn’t travel alone. Her lover accompanies her, and so does trouble. For Durant – with the CIA fingering his investigation, a post-natal wife at home and a rat on his team – an ‘ordinary day’ means anything but.

An Ordinary Day

Mystery, Thriller & Suspense

Corbett, Trevor R.

Thrillers & Suspense

Unique images by veteran photographer Liebenberg are included, taken in stealth where cameras were outlawed, and because he managed to get to both sides of the conflict. The book traces the marks left by war on individuals on both sides, as much as on the region that was the theatre of operations – on its landscape, its cultural and its political life. It follows the conflict through to the aftermath: the arrival of the United Nations transitional authority and the advent of democracy in Namibia, showing many of the fault lines exposed in the process. The photographs, mostly in black and white, in large format, speak eloquently for themselves, with captions reduced to the minimum. No blame is apportioned in this, southwestern Africa’s Vietnam.With historically contextualizing introduction by historian Hayes.

Bush of Ghosts: Life and War in Namibia 1986-90

Arts & Photography

Photography & Video

Low Carb is lekker: Two

Cookbooks, Food & Wine

Reynierse, Ine

Special Diet

South African cuisine is a unique blend of the culinary art of many different cultures—the Dutch, French, German and British settlers, as well as the Malays who came from the East, all brought their own recipes to this country. The subtle adaptation of these ‘imported’ recipes in the addition of local ingredients and the introduction of innovative cooking methods have made for an original, much-loved cuisine. This book also features interesting snippets about the early newcomer’s way of life. Anyone who longs for a beloved grandmother’s famous milk tart or melkkos, or a great aunt’s delicious bobotie or vetkoek, should have this book in his or her kitchen!

Traditional South African Cooking

Van Wyk, Magdaleen

Barton, Pat

Regional & International

This incomparable resource contains detailed descriptions and maps for all South Africa's 19 national parks in one handy volume. From a single sanctuary established in 1926, SA now boasts a proud complement of 19 national parks that have been described by National Geographic as the finest area network in the world outside of the USA. This book introduces what is undoubtedly South Africa's most celebrated national treasure. It includes information that has never before appeared in print, along with 25 comprehensive maps that contain up-to-date data regarding the latest land purchases and tourist developments in each park and the recently established trans-frontier parks in neighboring countries. Essential details for visitors, interesting facts on wildlife distribution and information about guest facilities are presented in easily accessible tables and text boxes.

Touring South Africa’s National Parks

Science & Math

Brett, Michael

Biological Sciences

"With several short essays and superb photographs, this book offers a comprehensive look at the minstrel troupes that are the exuberant face of Cape Town's Carnival."--dust jacket

One Love, One Ghoema Beat: Inside the Cape Town Carnival

John Edwin Mason

Handy-sized and affordably priced, this volume offers a photographic journey that transports readers to the center of the action: where lions roar and vultures lurk; where troops of baboons riot and lone leopards hunt. It is a rare glimpse into the lives of wild animals, revealing their daily struggle for survival, their unbridled energy and the intricacies of family interaction.

Wildlife of Southern Africa

Polich, Carol

In Cooking for an Allergy-free Lifestyle, Tammi Forman shares her family secrets and recipes, because she knows how hard it is to cater for a family with allergies. This book provides clarity in the 'how to' of living a balanced and affordable allergy-free lifestyle. By returning to the basics, and simplifying our choices, Tammi believes that we can eat delicious food that maintains our good health ... and not go broke or crazy in the process! Cooking for an Allergy-free Lifestyle features 146 delicious recipes ranging from breakfasts, breads, salads and dressings, to soups, main meals, cakes and bakes. There are even recipes for play dough, bath salts and furniture polish. The recipes, which include egg-, wheat-, gluten-, dairy-, nut-, yeast- and sugar free options, are each coded (e.g. DF for dairy free) for quick reference so that, at a glance, readers will be able to see if the dish caters for their particular allergy. Cooking for an Allergy-free Lifestyle is a highly practical book, with an emphasis on convenience and delicious dishes. It will appeal to anyone suffering from food allergies who is looking for good and wholesome, but delicious, recipes.

Cooking for an Allergy-Friendly Lifestyle

Forman, Tammi

A unique book that pays tribute to beautiful Cape Town and its people. With bothaerial images of the city, and then up-close images into the varied architecture of its city-centre buildings; to the human face of Cape Town, from its well-known characters and buskers to various citizens enjoying being out and about.Includes poignant acknowledgements by various high-profile Capetonians and other personalities, among them Nelson Mandela, Archbishop Desmond Tutu, business wunderkind Mark Shuttleworth, comedian Marc Lottering, and Simon Attwell from Capetonian music sensation Freshlyground.

Cape Town: Up Close & Personal

Travel

Feinstein, Mia

Africa

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