Recipes: The Kind Kitchen by Jason McNamara
The Kind Kitchen is not just the title of a cookbook, or the name of a restaurant, it embodies a way of living for Jay Mac. As he says: “We don’t have a Planet B to call home!
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Recipes: Every Night of the Week by Lucy Tweed
A wildly entertaining and practical cookbook filled with shortcuts and permission to do it your own way, by Donna Hay’s right-hand woman. As Donna herself says: ‘Lucy has a special gift. Everything she touches turns to magical, sparkling loveliness.’ Some days you want to cook; other days the goal is simply ‘food in mouths’.
Extract: Guns and Needles by Clinton van der Berg
South Africa revels in its reputation as a sport-loving country. Yet just beneath the surface lurks a dark underbelly that reeks of cheating and illicit shenanigans, where shady characters and willing athletes are prepared to do whatever it takes to come out on top. Guns and Needles infiltrates an extraordinary environment that includes the story of the youngest athlete, who happens to be a South African, to ever test positive.
Extract: Pandora by Susan Stokes-Chapman
A pure pleasure of a novel set in Georgian London, where the discovery of a mysterious ancient Greek vase sets in motion conspiracies, revelations and romance. Perfect for readers who loved The Binding and The Essex Serpent.
Samson, The Scilly Isles
Extract: The Horse Woman by James Patterson & Mike Lupica
Maggie Atwood and Becky McCabe - mother and daughter, both champion riders - vowed to never, ever, compete against one another. But a dramatic turn of events ahead of the Paris Olympics changes everything. Mother and daughter share a dream: to be the best in the world. Only one rider can fulfil that dream and make history. Only one rider can make history.
“Little (Horse) Woman”
Extract: Wahala by Nikki May
A darkly comic and bitingly subversive take on love, race and family, Wahala will have you laughing, crying and gasping in horror. Boldly political about class, colorism and clothes, here is a truly inclusive tale that will speak to anyone who has ever cherished friendship, in all its form.
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Extract: A Shot to Save the World by Gregory Zuckerman
This is the definitive account of the global effort to develop a vaccine for Covid-19, charting the failure and success of every major vaccine in use. A number-one New York Times bestselling author and award-winning Wall Street Journal investigative journalist, Zuckerman takes us inside the
top-secret laboratories, corporate clashes and high-stakes government negotiations that led to effective vaccines development and roll out.
Extract: Black Cake by Charmaine Wilkerson
An estranged brother and sister must set aside their differences to deal with their mother’s death and their puzzling inheritance: an audio recording, in which she tells the story of her hidden past, and her famous black cake to be shared ‘when the time is right’. Their journey of discovery takes them from the Caribbean to London to California, and changes everything they thought they knew about their family. An immersive and deeply satisfying family drama.
Extract: A Question of Guilt by Jørn Lier Horst
In 1999, 17-year-old Tone Vaterland was killed. Desperate for a conviction, the police deemed the investigation an open-and-shut case and sent her spurned boyfriend, Danny Momrak, down for murder. But 20 years later, William Wisting receives a puzzling letter that suggests the wrong man was convicted for Tone’s death. It's a race to the end to find the real murderer in the heart-pounding final book in the Cold Case series.
Extract: The Man Who Never Was by Douglas Kruger
David shares a close bond with his eight-year-old son, Chris, but their family is destroyed when David dies. In the afterlife, he is given an opportunity. He is told that he may be granted three viewings by which to look in on his son. What David sees will not leave him, and he decides to make a simple but impassioned request.
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