Author: Dr Sunday Aigbodion

Language: English

ISBN: 978-1-77605-630-9

Genre: Non-fiction

Welcome to the portal of illumination. Your journey so far has been one of trials, temptation, disappointment, recurrent despair and the occasional brief period of happiness. But God has heard your prayers, and open doors of joy, peace, love, harmony and material and spiritual abundance await you.

Through this book, the author aims to reveal the secrets that have been kept in the spiritual domain of great men of God, hidden from the general public. Most men of God hide these secrets from their congregations, and the reason they do this is unbelievable… Essentially it’s to keep them in perpetual dependency, exploiting their congregations so that the inherent creative spiritual powers in the people remain dormant, incapacitated and unexplored.

If you apply the principles shared in this book, you will become your own prophet, and you can summon angels and helpers to your aid at will. You will be so empowered by this that you will no longer run to deceptive men and women of God when harsh situations threaten your peace of mind.

Author: Sanna van der Walt

Language: Afrikaans

ISBN:978-1-77605-628-6

Genre: Fiction

Hoe sal jy voel as jy skielik uitvind jy is eintlik getroud wanneer jy veronderstel was om jou droom te gaan uitleef oorsee? Het jy ook ondeurdagte dinge in jou jongdae gedoen wat later kinkels in jou lewe veroorsaak het?

“Jong, ek gaan sommer met die deur in die huis val. Die rede hoekom ek hier is gaan oor dinge wat ons in ons studentedae aangevang het en nou geboemerang het.”

“Hoe nou?” vra Ruan uit die veld geslaan.

“Ek weet nie of jy nog kan onthou van die eerstejaartjie wat met haar ontgroening met jou ‘getrou’ het nie?” vra Johan.

“Ja, die stil, stemmige enetjie. Dit was nogal ’n ding en baie prettig,” lag Ruan.

“Kan jy nog die troue onthou?” vra Johan.

“Vaagweg lui daar ’n klokkie want ek het nooit ingestem nie behalwe die een keer, want sy was een van die mooiste meisies en in ’n ander klas as die ander meisies,” lag Ruan.

“Jy was lekker gekoring en toe word ek sommer nadergetrek om dit na ’n werklike troue te laat lyk,” verduidelik Johan.

“Jy was maar net so lekker gekuier,” lag Ruan kliphard.

“Wel, sy en jy is toe per ongeluk werklik deur my getroud,” antwoord Johan versigtig...

Author: Tshego Monaisa

Language: English

ISBN: 978-1-77605-622-4

Genre: Fiction

Maki, Lerato and Tebogo have been friends for the better part of their lives. Maki is a journalist with ambitions of becoming a scriptwriter on a soapie, so when she meets Tumelo the filmmaker, her life takes a turn. Lerato has just given up her title as a slay queen to form a relationship with personal trainer, Seputla. She is madly in love with Seputla but her old life comes knocking when her ex, Bra Aubrey, makes it clear that he wants her back. Tebogo feels stuck in her eight-year relationship with Tshepo. When she tells him how she feels, he proposes to her, but when she meets the actor, she falls heedlessly in love and theirs becomes a whirlwind romance with dire consequences.

Author: Raashida Khan

Language: English

ISBN: 978-1-77605-590-6

Genre: Fiction

Barely surviving the death of her daughter to a harrowing disease and the acrimonious divorce from her husband of nineteen years, Azraa Hassim has become a bitter woman, numbed by her own rage and anger.

Fragrance of Forgiveness, the sequel to the award-winning debut novel Mirror Cracked, picks up two years later. Azraa exists without engaging with anyone unless necessary, especially her family. But life forces her to question yet again all that she had taken for granted and all that she had thought was true in her life. Azraa’s journey leads her down a path towards the realisation that she has to learn to forgive herself so that she can forgive others. Only then will she be free to accept and trust in Allah’s will and plan.

A truly gripping and thought-provoking story about the crushing devastation of betrayal and its disastrous consequences, Raashida Khan’s genius in Fragrance of Forgiveness is in the interwoven messages on leading a fulfilled and accepting life. This tough but touching very human story has the capacity to change lives and shows how we are all similar in our struggles, while revealing insights into contemporary Muslim society.

Compilers: Anita Stander en Anine Vorster 

Language: Afrikaans 

ISBN: 978-1-77605-618-7 

Genre: Fiction - Short Stories 

Hierdie kortverhaalbundel, Die Mooie Jan en ander Afrikaanse kortverhale, beloof om ‘n unieke leeservaring te wees! Dit is die resultaat van ‘n skryfgeleentheid wat geloots is om aan aspirantskrywers die kans te gee om die vreugde van publikasie te ervaar asook om ‘n bydrae te lewer tot die bevordering en behoud van ons geliefde Afrikaans. Die tema was oop en skrywers kon enige genre instuur, mits dit fiksie is en in Afrikaans geskryf is. 

Soos dit maar altyd gaan met die kies van kortverhale deur verskillende skrywers met verskillende skryfstyle, was die keuringsproses geen maklike taak nie. Die standaard was hoog, maar die samestellers, Anita Stander en Anine Vorster, glo dat die eindproduk ‘n kleurvolle mengsel is wat iets vir almal se smaak bied. Die bundel bestaan uit 29 kortverhale. Daar is misdaad-verhale met ‘n kinkel in die kabel; liefdesverhale wat jou hartsnare sal raak; humoristiese stories wat jou sal laat skaterlag oor die pittige manier waarop dit geskryf is. Dan is daar ook die nostalgiese vertellings wat jou sal neem na pragtige plekke en laat verlang na mense wat jy nie ken nie. 

Bydraende Skrywers: Hendie Grobbelaar; Alwine Fölscher; Adri Vlok; Martha Scheckle; Louis Lategan; Sanchen Lambrecht; Juanita Fourie; Christo Meyer; Aletia Ollewagen; Danie Markgraaff; Sue Eksteen; Heidi Heese de Beer; Estie Wentzel; Herman Beukes; Yolanda Faye Holden; Bets Koen; Linda J. Dunhin; Bedelia Paulsen; Helena L. Greyling; Zyrilde Potgieter; Chantél Venter; Madeleen Theron; Delanie Flanegan; Dieter Lochner; Evanthe Schurink; Elizabeth Hentschel; Ammie Pringle; Betsy Stoltz; Evert Louw

Author: Ruth Mantile 

Language: English 

ISBN: 978-1-77605-620-0 

Genre: Non-fiction 

An eye-opening, true-life narrative filled with raw, cut-throat and uncomfortable truths as experienced by an innocent young South African girl who was neglected and abused by her mother and raped by people she thought she could trust. It’s the story of her life – from her abusive childhood to a tumultuous, roller coaster life as a teenager in the Umkhonto weSizwe (MK) training camps of Lesotho and Angola. 

The purpose of this book is to show that no matter what your circumstances are, the choices you make can build or destroy you. In the first few pages, the author asks: “Does the world still believe that one’s upbringing determines one’s destiny? Does this narrative say that, if you were born from a rich family, you would also be rich, or if your mother abandoned you at childbirth, you would also abandon your children?”

And then, through the thorough relay of her life as a young girl, Ruth gives assurance to every woman, man and child who are experiencing – or have experienced – abuse of any kind, that there is life after trauma when you love and believe in yourself. Her story encourages readers to rise from the ashes like a phoenix, just as she did.

The book also gives a glimpse into the camp life and the camaraderie of MK members training to fight for their cause: The end of apartheid in South Africa.

Author: Herman Beukes 

Language: Afrikaans 

ISBN: 978-1-77605-626-2 

Genre: Afrikaans fiction  

Die waterskaarste in die Kaap raak al erger. Twee entrepreneurs, Markus Rheeder en Bethany Clarke, kry dit reg om die onmoontlike te doen – hul eie water te vervaardig. 

Agter die skerms is donker magte egter aan die werk om hul idee te steel vir finansiële gewin. Markus en Bethany roep die hulp in van Ming Li, ʼn goeie vriend en ervare Ninja-vegter, wat hul bystaan in hul stryd om uit die greep van die vyand te bly – ʼn vyand wat nie sal skroom om moord te pleeg om te kry wat hy wil hê nie. 

Desperaat om aan die lewe te bly, spook hulle om die persone agter die komplot te ontmasker. In hul pogings krap hul ʼn nes van korrupsie en omkopery oop wat tot in die regering strek. Gaan hul betyds agter die kap van die byl kom, of is hul gedoem om uitgewis te word? Sal Ming Li opgewasse wees om die oormag te keer wat dreig om hul te verswelg? Die bloedspoor eindig net voor dit te laat is . . .

Author: Graham Keet 

Language: English 

ISBN: 978-1-77605-614-9 

Genre: Fiction 

How will life on Earth finally end? Kratos, a mysterious hooded figure, issues the king with an ultimatum and threatens to destroy the earth if his demands are not met. 

For a thousand years, the world has lived in peace, with Satan incarcerated in an abyss. Now an unprepared world is cast into turmoil. Could the mysterious Kratos be Satan liberated from the abyss, or does this dubious honour go to the flamboyant Gorgonius Draco? 

 Luke Baron is tasked with discovering what is behind the unexpected worldwide turmoil. Together with his beautiful assistant, Karen Leigh, Baron is cast into the dangerous cauldron of end-time conflict as the day of final destruction draws nearer.

In a dramatic climax on Jerusalem’s Temple Mount, the forces of good and evil face each other in a final showdown, the result of which will determine the destiny of mankind.

Author: Hamilton Wende 

Language: English 

ISBN: 978-1-77605-616-3 

Genre: Fiction 

Sebastian Burke, a British academic, has spent his whole life trying to understand the secret life of Alexander the Great and his slave bride Roxane. Now, with the Taliban forced underground, he finally has the opportunity to undertake the journey he has dreamed of for almost his entire adult life, a journey into the heart of Alexander’s world, a journey to the lost city of Ay Khanoum in northern Afghanistan. 

Here, with the help of Claire Finch – a fiercely independent American documentary producer – he hopes to find and expose to the world the contents of the Royal Diaries of Alexander – the last copies of which were kept in the city before its destruction by barbaric invaders from the East.

However, from the moment two American servicemen are murdered by Al Queda terrorists in the bar of their hotel in Tashkent it becomes clear that there is far more at stake than just Sebastian’s reputation as a historian, and what started out as a quest to validate a lifetime of academic study quickly turns into a journey of discovery that will bring Sebastian face to face with his Rhodesian past – a past that he has run from for more than 30 years.

Author: Hamilton Wende 

Language: English 

ISBN: 978-1-77605-492-3 

Genre: Fiction 

When CIA operative Al Morris is kidnapped in Afghanistan, it sets off a dizzying chain of international terrorist intrigue. His son, Danny, is a foreign correspondent who has never respected his father’s choosing a career in spying. However, he writes an article about the terrorist group which unwittingly betrays an Afghan warlord, Azmaray Shah, and leads to his son Turan’s capture.

Azmaray Shah insists that Danny come to negotiate for his father’s life and for the release of Turan. Stricken by guilt and the need to help his father, Danny joins a mission by US Marines to rescue Al. Danny finds himself caught in a vortex of combat across Afghanistan which forces him to confront his own courage and question the values he has carried with him all his life. 

This is a story of war, of fathers and sons, and the deepest need we all carry for hope and redemption across the generations.

Author: Tania Smit 

Language: Afrikaans 

ISBN: 978-1-77605-552-4 

Genre: Afrikaans poetry / blog articles 

Die langverwagte bundel met uittreksels van die steeds groeiende en gewilde Afrikaanse webblad, Hekelwoorde van my Hart. Gepubliseer op versoek van lesers, volgelinge, geraaktes en vervlegtes vir vashou en koester en liefhê. 

Tania Smit woon in Oudtshoorn saam met haar twee tienerkinders, Julia en Adrian. Sy skryf oor die voel van haar eie lewe as reënboogkind, single dating in haar veertigs, haar vrese en oorwinnings, om gevat en gelos te wees, genoeg en te min te wees, en oor wyn en vure en kos en reis en ma-wees en menswees. Sy is ʼn dromer maar ook ʼn realis. Die woorde in hierdie bundel is haar storie, maar ook almal se storie.

Author: Tiyani Nkuna 

Language: English 

ISBN: 978-1-77605-568-5 

Genre: Non-fiction / Religious 

For everyone who is single and feels pressured to settle down, this book is for you. Anyone who desires to live purposefully and involve God in the day to day challenges of being single, this journey is for you. And for everyone who is on the verge of giving up on love or who has given up on love because the waiting has been filled with hurt and disappointment, this book has your story in it. 

This book will help you to:  

Hand over the challenges you face as a single person to God, Overcome the pressure to settle for less, Enhance your prayer life and deepen your relationship with God, Encourage your strength in waiting, and Understand God’s love in a deeper way, thereby trusting Him with your life.

Author: Tiyani Nkuna 

Language: English 

ISBN: 978-1-77605-558-6 

Genre: Non-fiction / Religious 

For every man and woman, husbands and wives who desire to put God first in their marriages and relationships, this book is for you. Anything worth having is worth securing through prayer.  

This book will: 

• Help you to strengthen the bond of your marriage through devotional prayers,

• Aid you in being mindful of your spouse’s needs and stand in the gap for them in prayer, 

• Encourage you to surrender every aspect of your marriage to God through prayer, 

• Keep God at the centre of your marriage, and 

• Help to shine a light on the things that you can cover with prayer in your marriage.

Author: Tshiamo Noko 

Language:English 

ISBN:978-1-77605-601-9 

Genre: Youth Fiction 

Malawi is just an average, misunderstood tweenager until a reckless accident in the school’s science lab turns her whole life upside down! She finds herself floating out of windows, wearing heavy shoes, and training alongside the Bizzaro Alliance, a select (and special) group of superheroines fighting against crime and injustice. Join Malawi and her friends on the adventure of a lifetime!

Author: Dr Cheryl Lassen 

Language: English 

ISBN: 978-0-620-79256-1 

Genre: Autobiography 

Matilda’s journey begins with the knowledge of possibilities, the taming of her mind and the control of her body. The story takes you on her journey through the unknown; of her life growing up in a humble Coloured township during apartheid and her venture through the joy, pain and laughter that was the abyss of her love life.

She makes one think about the parts of us that others don’t and will never see, and parts of us that others will never know. The parts of ourselves, our minds and our cares that teach, admonish, criticise, are conflicting yet simultaneously belong and exist in the same person.

Her view shows the lighter side of apartheid – because that was the way that she saw and experienced it: watching white kids enjoy themselves, her attempts to act as a “Play-white,” her reclassification, her defiance of the Immorality Act, her mixed marriage, heartbreak, ridicule and pre-judgement, painting these as a set of comical challenges.

She exposes the thoughts and the depth of her existence and essence that are invisible and intangible, yet present through experiences of love, lust, trust, delight, pain and death; having no beginning and no conclusion.

The deeply complex character has fun talking to her mind and to The World at large, telling tales of the past, the present and the future, guided by a prayer: ‘Grazie e Dio, Lo sai che ci sono qui. Thank You, God. I know that You know that I am here.’

Author: Ogugua Ajayi 

Language: English 

ISBN: 978-1-77605-594-4 

Genre: Fiction 

For Wale Ojo, it was just an ordinary business day, but a spur of the moment decision to help strangers would change his life in ways he could never have imagined. This is a story of love, redemption and forgiveness.

Author: Rhulani Mathebula 

Language: English 

ISBN: 978-1-77605-599-9 

Genre: Poetry 

Poetry provides a platform to express deep feelings and emotions that would otherwise be left unsaid...

Rhulani grew up in Mtititi Village in Malamulele Town, Limpopo. She is a qualified urban and regional planner. Rhulani is an introvert and started writing in her early teen years. Her debut poetry anthology, Art of the Heart, was published in 2017.

Author: Sue Eksteen 

Language: English 

ISBN: 978-1-77605-603-3 

Genre: Non-fiction  

“The world turned, my eyes almost popped out of their sockets, my lungs were screaming for breath, my heart was in a deadly race for the finish line and the lower part of my body was in a furnace worse than the one improvised by Nebuchadnezzar…and then…ugh!” 

“The head is showing…now another nice push…” Nice? NICE! You must be joking, but I obeyed and the next minute it felt as if I was floating somewhere above my bed.” 

“The most wonderful and blissful moment of my entire life unfolded. The doctor placed our little son into my arms, umbilical cord still tying him to me, and covered in a creamy substance. I looked down at the little miracle in my arms and choked up.

Every effort, every discomfort of the past months, every stitch and pain, every helpless moment, every fear and every uncertainty dissipated. My baby! Oh, it was so worthwhile. It was so amazingly wonderful… a total miracle that left me speechless.

He was the most beautiful thing I have ever laid eyes on, and I was part of him in a way that no-one will ever be able to take away from me! I gently held him close for a few seconds before he was taken from my arms to get released from my insides and cleaned up.”

Author: Verena Martin 

Language: English 

ISBN: 978-1-77605-608-8 

Genre: Non-fiction 

Verena Martin shares much of her life’s story with you as a means of illustrating how she’s come up with 16 ways to living a better and happier life. As a coach and public speaker, Verena has encountered hundreds of people from all walks of life.

She was inspired to write this book because she discovered that so many of those people are lost in their lives. Although many of them have read self-help books, they still don’t feel secure on their life’s journeys. They may be okay today but when something difficult happens tomorrow, they stumble.  

In this book, Verena will take you through the preparation you’ll need to build a sound foundation in which to anchor everything in your life, both personally and professionally.

Author: Natalia Sifuba 

Language: English 

ISBN: 978-1-77605-606-4 

Genre: Non-fiction/Biography

 The heroic action of Reverend Isaac Williams Dyobha Wauchope, legendary hero from the 1917 SS Mendi troopship would pave the path of political activism for many Wauchope generations. His descendant, Joyce Kalaote, was a political activist, a struggle heroine, and one of the towering BCM figures during the 1970s against the system of apartheid.

A nurse by profession, she thrust herself into civic struggles, and as an active community member rallied brave women to close ranks in support and in defence of the 16 June 1976 students following the outbreak of nationwide uprisings. But she was not alone; the members of her entire family were political activists. 

Her nephew, George Mpapa Wauchope, was described as a soldier of justice and, after having enrolled at the University of Fort Hare in 1970, joined the South African Students Organisation (SASO). Fort Hare sharpened his political interest, and this is where this remarkable figure emerged with an unwavering desire to take on the system on its illegitimate rule over the black majority.

Being a prominent exponent of the philosophy of Black Consciousness, his extraordinary activism became the family’s catalyst, and the entire Wauchope family becomes involved in the struggle for national liberation.