'n Baie lang brief aan my dogter is Marita van der Vyver, een van Afrikaans se mees geliefde skrywers, se ontroerende jeugmemoir. Dit is 'n speurtog deur die skrywer se beginjare, maar dit is ook 'n liefdesbrief aan 'n dogter en 'n taal en 'n land. En bowenal is dit 'n ma se poging om sin te maak van hierdie wrede wêreld waarin sy haar nou begewe.

Ek besluit om die Camino Portugués te stap as aanloop tot my sestigste verjaardag. Maar om dít te kan doen, moet ek eers my lewenslange patroon van fisieke onaktiwiteit takel.
Tot my ontnugtering is die Camino nie van begin tot einde die salige en spirituele ervaring wat ek in die vooruitsig gestel het nie. Maar tog … eers na afloop van die Camino besef ek hoe my staptog vorm aangeneem het en dat dít 'n psigiese rigtingwyser is: Vir my is daar maar net één pad, en dis die een wat ek self moet vind.

In November 2019 het My Only Story, Deon Wiggett se sensasionele weeklikse podsending, Suid- Afrika meegevoer in sy jag op die pedofiel wat hom as skoolseun verkrag het. Nou, in 'n Enkele verhaal, vertel hy vir die eerste keer 'n Afrikaanse storie in Afrikaans - en voltooi hy sy ontmaskering van Willem Breytenbach, die eens briljante onderwyser en latere mediabaas wat 'n donker lewe gelei het.

Deon se missie om 'n monster aan die kaak te stel, neem hom van Breytenbach se hoërskooljare by die landbouskool op Kroonstad na die beroemde Grey Kollege in Bloemfontein en die globale reus Naspers. Maar sy kruistog gaan soveel verder. Namate hy sistemiese tekortkominge by beroemde sowel as obskure skole ondersoek, onthul hy 'n kultuur van aandadigheid wat 'n ernstige gevaar vir ál Suid-Afrika se kinders inhou.

In die loop van sy ondersoek na mans wat op kinders jag maak, skep Deon 'n model wat enigiemand kan gebruik om pedofiele in hul midde te identifiseer. In sy eie woorde: “Dit is aangenaam om voor te gee dat mans nie kinders verkrag nie, maar as jy eers aanvaar dat dit gebeur, word dit verrassend maklik om die roofdiere uit te ken. Wanneer jy eers 'n universele patroon met 'n spesifieke man se profiel vergelyk, kan jy die bedrog raaksien voor dit te laat is.”

'n Enkele verhaal is 'n boeiende, deurdagte en verrassend ondeunde storie van een man se vasberadenheid om sy kindertrauma te verwerk, ander te help om hul eie demone in die oë te kyk, en om 'n stukkie skoonheid terug te wen uit die jeug wat hy verloor het.

Also available in English as My Only Story

Die skrywer Erika Murray-Theron wou weet waar die vroue in haar familie vandaan kom. Wat kry 'n mens van wie? Waar kom alles wat jý is vandaan? Hoe is die vroue in haar familie se lewe geraak deur trauma en groot wêreldgebeurtenisse waaroor hulle geen beheer gehad het nie? Theron se ouma Issie is op 3 Mei 1885 gebore; 133 jaar gelede. In hierdie verhaalbiografie gaan soek Theron in ou kookboeke, aantekeninge, foto's, herinneringe, albums, briewe en geslagsregisters na haar ouma Issie se storie. 'n Lewe ontvou wat geraak is deur die verlies van ouers, die Anglo-Boereoorlog, die Rebellie van 1914 en daarna die energie wat dit verg om 'n groot huisgesin te behartig. 'n Skerfie glas wys hoe die verlede, selfs die verre verlede, spore op latere geslagte laat.

Die eerste volume van die outobiografie van Elsa Joubert, een van die mees gerekende skrywers in Afrikaans. Die outobiografie dek die eerste 25 jaar van Joubert se lewe, haar grootwordjare in die Paarl, haar skooljare, studentejare aan die universiteite van Stellenbosch en Kaapstad, eerste onderwysposte en haar slyping in die joernalistiek. Dit is 'n outobiografie wat met verstommende detail 'n beeld bied van 'n bepaalde era in die land se geskiedenis, maar ook van die wording van 'n skrywer. Joubert deins nie terug van omstrede kwessies nie, en onder meer kom haar betrokkenheid by die Ossewabrandwag aan bod. Maar die vernaamste beeld is die van 'n skrywer wat as kind reeds die drang na woorde ervaar, wat in die onstuimige tyd na die Tweede Wêreldoorlog te midde van klomp invloede haar onafhanklike stem as skrywer probeer vind.

Drie hoera's vir die HELDE wat ons wêreld gemaak het wat dit vandag is. 100 Mense wat die wêreld verander het is propvol ware lewensverhale. Toer deur die wêreldgeskiedenis saam met beroemdes soos Aristoteles, Marie Curie en Mark Zuckerberg en vier die mense wat hulle stempel op die wêreld afgedruk het.

Ontmoet die grootste uitvinders, ontdekkingsreisigers, wetenskaplikes, invloedryke politieke leiers, denkers en skrywers en nog vele meer - lees hier wie het die wêreld verander en hoe hulle dit gedoen het.

HOW 21 LIFE LESSONS @ 21 CAME ABOUT
By Thembalethu Seyisi
When I started thinking of ways to celebrate my 21st birthday on 2 December, I realised after the difficult year we've all been through due to the Covid-19 pandemic, having a normal birthday party in 2020 wouldn't feel quite right.

After deep reflection on how I could best celebrate the milestone of turning 21, I felt the need to pay it forward. Over the past few years, I've been immensely privileged to have been inspired and mentored by exceptional South African women and men. I wanted other young people to also experience the love, grace and inspiration I have benefited from.

I decided to compile a book consisting of life lessons for young people, 21 Life Lessons @ 21. I approached 21 successful people I admire - some high-profile people and some personal heroes as well as family members - to share one life lesson or insight they wish they'd known at 21. A succinct purpose of this book is captured in the isiXhosa saying Inyathi ibuzwa kwabaphambili - wisdom is learnt from the elders.

I hope all the pearls of wisdom in 21 Life Lessons @ 21 will inspire and motivate every young person who reads it to rise above the odds and to see that it is possible to escape the shackles of poverty and deprivation - as so many contributors to this book prove with their life stories. My wish is also that this book will encourage readers to provide a lifeline to those who are still suffocated by inequality and injustice.

CONTENTS
Thembalethu Seyisi INTRODUCTION 6
1. Moshe Apleni CHANGE STARTS WITH YOU 8
2. Rochelle Barrish STOP BEING SORRY 12
3. Susan Booyens PRACTISE RADICAL KINDNESS 15
4. Justice Edwin Cameron THE POWER OF CHARITY 18
5. Kathleen Ciucci DIG DEEP TO FIND JOY 22
6. Catherine Constantinides CHANGE ONE SMALL THING 26
7. Prof. Wim de Villiers LIFE IS A MARATHON 29
8. Sello Hatang FIND YOUR INNER HERO 32
9. Vuyiseka Klaas HANG ON TO YOUR DREAMS 36
10. Zelda la Grange COMMIT TO BEING PRESENT 40
11. Prof. Thuli Madonsela A LETTER TO MYSELF AT 21 43
12. Jean Meiring THE ALCHEMY ERROR 48
13. Haji Mohamed Dawjee BEGGING TO BE WHITE? 52
14. Neo Mokone THE RIGHT TO BE A MONARCH 54
15. Marthe Muller MAY YOUR PATH BE GUIDED 58
16. Sofia Neves FIND YOUR TRUE IDENTITY 62
17. Prof. Mamokgethi Phakeng SEEK GOOD ADVICE 66
18. Sandra Prinsloo FIND MEANING IN NATURE 69
19. Sithembiso Seyisi RUNNING SAVED ME 72
20. Khaya Sithole HONOUR THE WOMEN 75
21. Sonja van der Sandt SET GOALS FOR YOURSELF 79
Hannelie Booyens EPILOGUE 82

The deep differences between the Palestinian and Israeli narratives lead many to conclude that it is too difficult to understand how it all began, and if and how to choose sides.
Why be involved in this matter when there are so many atrocities in the world? Is there a way out of the deadlock?
This book - in content and style - represents a fresh approach to the field of Palestine-Israel studies. It is accessible, yet scientifically and ethically accountable.
The conversations with 21 activists from South Africa and Israel who campaign for Palestinian rights shatter perceptions cultivated by widespread propaganda to show that the issue is, after all, not so difficult to understand. One by one they connect the private and the public, the particular and the general, the conceptual and the practical, the local and the global.
21 Voices is stirring and illuminating. It demonstrates how citizens can step forward and make a difference in tumultuous times when power abuse and lawlessness have thrown morals into confusion. It will appeal to anyone interested in the kind of leadership that aims to shape healthier societies.

When Meb Keflezighi--the first person in history to win both the Boston and New York City marathons as well as an Olympic marathon medal--ran his final marathon in New York City on November 5, 2017, it marked the end of an extraordinary distance-running career. Meb's last marathon was also his twenty-sixth, and each of those marathons has come with its own unique challenges, rewards, and outcomes. In 26 Marathons, Meb takes readers on those legendary races, along every hill, bend, and unexpected turn of events that made each marathon an exceptional learning experience, and a fascinating story. 26 Marathons offers the wisdom Meb has gleaned about life, family, identity, and faith in addition to tips about running, training, and nutrition. He shows runners of all levels how to apply the lessons he's learned to their own running and lives. Equal parts inspiration and practical advice, 26 Marathons provides an inside look at the life and success of one of the greatest runners living today.

On a freezing winter's night, a few hours before dawn on 12 May 1969, security police stormed the Soweto home of Winnie Mandela and detained her in the presence of her two young daughters, then aged nine and ten.

Rounded up in a group of other anti-apartheid activists under Section 6 of the Terrorism Act, designed for the security police to hold and interrogate people for as long as they wanted, she was taken away. She had no idea where they were taking her or what would happen to her children. For Winnie Mandela this was the start of a 491-day period of detention and two trials.

Forty-one years after Winnie's release on 14 September 1970, Greta Soggot, the widow of David Soggot, one of Winnie Mandela's advocates during the 1969-70 trials, handed her a stack of papers that included a journal and notes that she had written in detention. Their arrival brought back vivid and horrifying memories and uncovered a unique and personal slice of South Africa's history.

491 Days: Prisoner Number 1323/69 shares with the world Winnie Mandela's moving and compelling journal as well as some of the letters written between affected parties at the time, including Winnie and Nelson Mandela, who by then had been in prison for nearly seven years.

Readers gain insight into the brutality she experienced, her depths of despair as well as her resilience and defiance under extreme pressure. This young wife and mother emerged after 491 days in detention unbowed and determined to continue the struggle for freedom.

Brent Meersman's memoir of a humble yet eccentric upbringing in a Milnerton, Cape Town, flat in the 1970's and 1980's reads as a stirring eulogy to his schizophrenic mother, yet also as a vivid snapshot in time.

His adoring mother, a horse-loving artist, received only rudimentary treatment and Brent, his brother and father had to look to each other for support. His father battled alcoholism and unemployment, at one point taking the whole family to Belgium, where he had found work, only for them to return a year later, defeated.

Traversing a home environment constantly on high alert for something to go wrong, waiting for his mother's fragile mental stability to shatter, not finding support in his father, whose drinking and absences from home took a punishing toll on the family, bred in the author an almost heroic resilience.

This delicate yet brutal memoir, filled with wry humour, will resonate with many readers.

Michael's first book ended with his big break at the 2006 Royal Variety Performance. Waking up the next morning in the tiny rented flat he shared with his wife Kitty and their one-year-old son, he was beyond excited about the new glamorous world of show business. Unfortunately, he was also clueless . . . In A Funny Life, Michael honestly and hilariously shares the highs and the lows of his rise to the top and desperate attempts to stay there. It's all here, from his disastrous panel show appearances to his hit TV shows, from mistakenly thinking he'd be a good chat show host and talent judge, to finding fame and fortune beyond his wildest dreams and becoming the biggest-selling comedian in the world. Along the way he opens his man drawer, narrowly avoids disaster when his trousers fall down in front of three policemen and learns the hard way why he should always listen to his wife. Michael has had a silly life, a stressful life, sometimes a moving

There are only two great certainties in a game ranger's career. The first is that you will never be well off. The second - and best by far - is that you will do things that most other people only get to dream about.

Memoirs of a much-loved teacher and legendary headmaster of Pretoria Boys High.
Bill Schroder is the stuff teaching legends are made of. He was strict, yet kind; firm and consistent, yet creative and playful when needed. He knew the magical mix of discipline and care needed to ensure the loyalty of his students. In this warm-hearted, inspiring and often funny memoir, Schroder looks back on four decades as an English and Latin teacher and, later, headmaster, including 19 years at Pretoria Boys High.

His holistic approach to teaching earned him the respect of both teachers and students. Teaching is not only about conveying knowledge, he believed, but also about looking after the emotional needs of students. For Schroder, the institution was never more important than the individual - he always put his students first. As a headmaster he became known for doing things his own way. He gave students a voice where others wanted to silence them, he found creative ways to turn problem schools around and never allowed departmental admin to get in the way of teaching. In the early 1990s when schools were opened to all races, Pretoria Boys High under him played a leading role in transforming their school. In his retirement he also served as a consultant and a mentor to a school in a Pretoria township.

Here is a teacher who left an indelible mark on thousands of pupils from Cape Town to Pretoria.

See the world. Then make it better. I am David Attenborough. At time of writing, I am 93 years old. I've had an extraordinary life. It's only now that I appreciate how extraordinary. As a young man, I felt I was out there in the wild, experiencing the untouched natural world - but it was an illusion. The tragedy of our time has been happening all around us, barely noticeable from day to day - the loss of our planet's wild places, its biodiversity. I have been witness to this decline. A Life on Our Planet contains my witness statement, and my vision for the future - the story of how we came to make this, our greatest mistake, and how, if we act now, we can yet put it right. We have the opportunity to create the perfect home for ourselves and restore the wonderful world we inherited. All we need is the will do so.