Zebra imprint: 1234 books
A Memoir of Love and Madness
Living with bipolar disorder
Language: English
Release Date: March 28, 2011
In 1992, Rahla Xenopoulos was diagnosed with bipolar disorder. Despite the devastating diagnosis, she sought education on her affliction. Although she found an abundance of literature on various mental illnesses, none of it seemed applicable to her. This situation inspired her to write a book chronicling...
Of Warriors, Lovers and Prophets
Unusual Stories from South Africa's Past
Language: English
Release Date: November 5, 2010
South African history will never be the same again … Shunning the predictable, Max du Preez has put on his investigative journalist’s cap and examined our past from a fresh perspective. The result is a collection of extraordinary and mostly unknown stories, all meticulously researched and written...
by Ms Antjie Krog
Language: English
Release Date: March 23, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: March 23, 2012
In 1992, a gang leader was shot dead by an ANC member in Kroonstad. The murder weapon was then hidden on Antjie Krog’s stoep. In Begging to Be Black, Krog begins by exploring her position in this controversial case. From there the book ranges widely in scope, both in time - reaching back to the...
by Richelle Mead
Language: English
Release Date: February 1, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: February 1, 2012
The Dark Swan series by #1 New York Times bestselling author Richelle Mead is together at last in this complete bundle! Just typical. No love life to speak of for months, then all at once, every horny creature in the Otherworld wants to get in your pants... Storm Born--Book One Eugenie Markham is...
Make or Break
How the next three years will shape South Africa’s next three decades
Language: English
Release Date: September 26, 2016
The next three years will determine whether South Africa succeeds or fails in the long term. • Jacob Zuma’s term as president is due to end in 2019, though he could go earlier. Who will succeed him and what will be the impact on policy? • The ANC’s dominance has been significantly dented after...
by Alan Morris
Language: English
Release Date: November 5, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: November 5, 2011
What can human bones tell us of a person’s life, or even death? How can information from bones solve mysteries both modern and ancient? And what makes the study of skeletonised human remains so imperative in southern Africa? The answers to these and other questions are contained in Missing &...
To the Point
The No-Holds-Barred Autobiography
Language: English
Release Date: November 5, 2010
There’s something about Herschelle Gibbs - a certain quality that has endeared him to cricket fans in South Africa and around the world. Despite the frustrating on-field inconsistencies of this towering talent, and the messy and very public personal troubles that have tracked him through the years,...
An Affair to Forget
A True Story
Language: English
Release Date: November 5, 2010
An Affair to Forget is the true story of how the author found out about her husband’s affair, her reaction to it, and how she eventually managed to find peace and acceptance. Although it is an account of her personal journey, many can identify with her experience: the disbelief and anger felt at...
by Simon Rademan
Language: English
Release Date: November 5, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: November 5, 2013
The guide no woman can do without … ‘Whereas fashion comes and goes, style is forever.’ So says Simon Rademan, one of South Africa’s foremost couturiers and author of The Style Bible, every woman’s guide to achieving effortless style. Having dressed some of South Africa’s richest and most...
The Man Who Founded the ANC
A Biography of Pixley ka Isaka Seme
Language: English
Release Date: June 19, 2017
In 1912, just over a year after returning from his studies at Columbia and Oxford, the thirty-year-old Pixley ka Isaka Seme succeeded where others had failed in forming a political organisation that represented all black South Africans. Seme also established a national newspaper, became one of the...
Of Tricksters, Tyrants and Turncoats
More Unusual Stories from South Africa's Past
Language: English
Release Date: November 5, 2010
The sequel to the bestselling Of Warriors, Lovers and Prophets, this is a collection of more fascinating, colourful - and mostly unknown - historical tales, all meticulously researched and written in a lively and engaging style. There are stories of Khoikhoi who tried - with mixed fortunes - to integrate...
Justice Denied
The Role of Forensic Science in the Miscarriage of Justice
Language: English
Release Date: July 1, 2014
If you are accused of a crime you did not commit, do you believe that justice will prevail in a court of law? Perhaps you should think again… An innocent woman is almost sent to prison for eight years because of a mistaken fingerprint identification by so-called forensic experts; a chicken farmer...
Wine, Women and Good Hope
A history of scandalous behaviour in the Cape
Language: English
Release Date: October 1, 2015
While setting up a refreshment station in the Cape of Good Hope, Jan van Riebeeck tried his hand at making wine and brewing beer. This introduction, partnered with its trusty bedfellow, sex, set the tone for what would become a hedonistic metropolis. Wine, Women and Good Hope is a romp through this...
by John Mitchell
Language: English
Release Date: October 5, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: October 5, 2014
He is one of the most highly regarded coaches in international rugby, but also one of the most controversial. Now you can read why ... John Mitchell’s rugby coaching career spans many years, several teams and various countries. He was assistant to Clive Woodward, who spearheaded England’s 2003...