| The Book Show with Jenny Crwys-Williams happens every Wednesday. Jenny and various other personalities review the latest releases in the book world. Jenny also interviews current successful authors. |
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BOOK SHOW for 17 March 2010 |
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Notes from the Middleworld
by Breyten Breytenbach
Haymarket Books
R230
The Return Journey
by Maeve Binchy
Orion Books
R250
The Double Crown
by Marie Heese
Human and Rosseau
R210
I Do Not Come to You by Chance
by Adaobi Tricia Nwaubani
Weidenfeld & Nicholson
R120
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BOOK SHOW for 10 March 2010 |
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The Angels Weep
by Wilbur Smith (Audiobook)
Pan MacMillan
R280
Mao’s Last Dancer
by Li Cunxin
Penguin Books
R200
LIST OF SOUTH AFRICAN ICONIC BOOKS
1. Fiela se Kind by Dalene Matthee
2. Cry, the Beloved Country by Alan Paton
3. Cold Stone Jug by Herman Charles Bosman
4. Down Second Avenue by Ezekiel Mphahlele
5. Goodbye Dolly Grey by Rayne Kruger
6. Day of the Dead Moon by The Story of the Anglo-Zulu War of 1879
a series of five audio CDs or cassette tapes by David Rattray
7. The Number by Jonny Steinberg
8. The Bushveld Doctor by Christiaan Louis Leipoldt
9. Story of an African Farm by Olive Schreiner
10. Native Life in South Africa by Sol Plaatje
11. My Father’s Orchard by Rayda Jacobs
12. In a Different Time by Peter Harris
13. Riddle Child by Annelie Botes
14. Shades by Marguerite Poland
15. The Life and Times of Michael K by J.M. Coetzee
16. Commando by Deneys Reitz
17. For Whites Only by Charles Cilliers
18. A Dream Deferred by Mark Gevisser
19. Circles in the Forest by Dalene Mathee
20. Rumours of Rain by Andre Brink
21. Elephantoms by Lyall Watson
22. Master Harold and the Boys by Athol Fugard
23. Indaba, My Children by Credo Mutwa
24. My Traitors Heart by Rian Malan
25. Inkinnsela yaseMgungundlovu by Sibusiso Nyembezi
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BOOK SHOW for 04 March 2010 |
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The Poisonwood Bible
by Barbara Kingsolver
Horizon Books
R138
The Lacuna
by Barbara Kingsolver
Horizon Books
R224
Remarkable Creatures
by Tracey Chevalier(Audiobook)
Jonathan Ball
R214
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BOOK SHOW for 24 February 2010 |
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Vefa’s Kitchen
by Phaidon
Horizon Books
R434
Antonio Carllucio’s Simple Cooking
Penguin
R374
Marie Claire Real and Simple
by Michele Crankston
Wild Dog Press
R229
Franschoek Food
by Myrna Robins
RandomStruik
R344
Tender Volume 1
by Nigel Slater
Jonathan Ball
R364
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BOOK SHOW for 10 February 2010 |
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Mandela: The Authorised Portrait
edited by Caroline Bowron
Wild Dog Press
R225
The Anatomist
by Anthony Sampson
Jonathan Ball
R229
Nelson Mandela’s Favorite African Folktales
by Various
Jonathan Ball
R204
In the words of Nelson Mandela
by Jenny Crwys-Williams
Penguin
R62
Long Walk to Freedom
edited by William Philips
Penguin
R164
Long Walk To Freedom Audiobook
R264
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BOOK SHOW for 10 February 2010 |
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BOOK SHOW for 03 February 2010 |
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Age of Miracles
by Marianne Williamson
Hayhouse
R165.95
Let the Great World Spin
by Colum McCann
Random House
R199
Refuge
by Andrew Brown
Zebra Press
R195
The legend of Colton H. Bryant
by Alexander Fuller
Simon and Schuster
R148
Another Day of Life
by Ryszard Kapuscinski
Penguin
R135
Parky, My Autobiography
read by Michael Parkinson
Hodder
R204
The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo
by Stieg Larsson (Audiobook)
Quercus
R229.95
The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo
by Stieg Larsson
Quercus
R133.00
The Girl who Played with Fire
by Stieg Larsson (Audiobook)
Quercus
R269.95
The Girl who Played with Fire
by Stieg Larsson
Quercus
R133.00
The Girl who Kicked the Hornet’s Nest
by Stieg Larsson (Audiobook)
Quercus
R279.95
The Girl who Kicked the Hornet’s Nest
by Stieg Larsson
Quercus
R133
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BOOK SHOW for 16 December 2009 |
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Gift Book of the Year
The Life and Love of Trees
by Lewis Blackwell
PQ Blackwell
R365.00
Cook Book of the Year
Cooked in Africa
by Justin Bonello
Penguin
R300.00
Non-fiction Book of the Year
D-Day
by Antony Beevor
Viking
R350.00
Fiction Book of the Year
The Help
by Kathryn Stockett
Penguin
Fig Tree
R200.00
Book of the Year
Cooked in Africa
by Justin Bonello
Penguin
R300.00
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BOOK SHOW for 09 December 2009 |
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Old Possum’s Book of Practical Cats
by TS Eliot
illustrated by Axel Scheffler
Faber & faber
R179.95
Mad About the Dog
by Belinda Harley
Souvenir Press
R150.00
Don’t Mess with the President’s Head
by Zapiro
Jacana Media
R140.00
More South African Insults
by Sarah Britten
30 Degrees South
R145.00
Just William
by Richard Crompton
Pan Macmillan
R90.00
South Africa: A traveler’s literary companion
edited by Isabel Balseiro and Tobias Hecht
Whereabouts Press
R179.95
The South African Fact Book
by Pat Hopkins, Denise Slabbert and Jabuliwe Bongiwe Ngwenya
Penguin
R130.00
29 Gifts: How a month of giving can change your life
by Cami Walker
De Capo Lifelong
R189.95
Paper View
by AA Gill
Phoenix
R140.00
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BOOK SHOW for 02 December 2009 |
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Twenties Girl
by Sophie Kinsella
Bantam Press
R215.00
206 bones
by Kathy Reichs
William Heinemann
R215.00
Short Drive to Freedom
by Koos Kombuis
Human & Rousseau
R185.00
The White Queen
by Philippa Gregory
Simon & Schuster
R190.00
The Lost Symbol
by Dan Brown
read by Paul Michael
Orion
R244.95
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BOOK SHOW for 25 November 2009 |
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Black Diamond
by Zakes Mda
Penguin
R190.00
Lustrum
by Robert Harris
Hutchinson
R215.00
The Greatest Show on Earth
by Richard Dawkins
Bantam Press
R235.00
One Small Step: The inside story of space exploration
by David Whitehouse
Quercus
R249.95
The Scarpetta Factor
by Patricia Cornwell Little
Brown
R200.00
Photowisdom: Master Photographers on their Art
by Lewis Blackwell
PQ Blackwell
R395.00
The Life and Love of Trees
by Lewis Blackwell
PQ Blackwell
R365.00
Resident Alien
by Rian Malan
Jonathan Ball
R185.00
The Shakespeare Almanac
by Gregory Doran
Hutchinson
R330.00
Tollins: Explosive Tales for Children
by Conn Iggulden
illustrated by Lizzy Duncan
HarperCollins
R199.95
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BOOK SHOW for 18 November 2009 |
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Heart of Africa
by Sihle Khumalo
Umuzi
R195.00
Karoo Keepsakes
by Chris Marais and Julienne du Toit
Mainline Media
R250.00
Kruger National Park
by Peter Derichs
Peter’s Guides
R200.00
Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park
by Peter Derichs
Peter’s Guides
R120.00
Birds Sing for Us: A memoir
by June Stannard
R220.00
A Complete Guide to the Frogs of Southern Africa
by Louis du Preez & Vincent Carruthers
Struik: Nature
R320.00
Donkey Crossings
by Kim McGowan
Umuzi
R160.00
Simon King reads Wild Life:
Amazing animals
extraordinary people
astonishing places
Hodder
R200.00
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BOOK SHOW for 11 November 2009 |
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Madiba Magic
Tafelberg Publishers
R230.00
Begging to Be Black
by Antjie Krog
Zebra Press
R220.00
Other books in the ‘trilogy’
Country of my Skull
by Antjie Krog
Zebra Press
R220.00
A Change of Tongue
by Antjie Krog
Zebra Press
R220.00
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BOOK SHOW for 04 November 2009 |
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August Heat
by Andrea Camilleri
Picador
R228.00
The Terracotta Dog
by Andrea Camilleri
Macmillan Digital Audio
R333.00
Midnight Fugue
by Reginald Hill
HarperCollins
R199.95
The Fate of Katherine Carr
by Thomas H. Cook
Quercus
R194.95
The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet’s Nest
by Stieg Larsson
read by Martin Wenner
Quercus Audiobooks
R284.95
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BOOK SHOW for 28 October 2009 |
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My Brother’s Keeper
by Jassy MacKenzie
Umuzi
R170.00
Beasts of Prey
by Rob Marsh
Human & Rousseau
R175.00
The Keeper
by Natasha Mostert
Bantam Press
R205.00
The October Killings
by Wessel Ebersohn
Umuzi
R195.00
The Boy who Harnessed the Wind: Creating Currents of Electricity and Hope
by William Kamkwamba and Bryan Mealer
HarperCollins
R199,95
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BOOK SHOW for 21 October 2009 |
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Daddy’s Girl
by Margie Orford
Jonathan Ball
R175.00
Cooked in Africa
by Justin Bonello
Penguin
R300.00
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BOOK SHOW for 14 October 2009 |
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Tsamma Season
by Rosamund J Handler
Penguin
R180.00
Isabella de Medici: The Glorious Life and Tragic End of a Renaissance Princess
by Caroline P. Murphy
Faber & faber
R159.95
The Lost Army
by Valerio Massimo Manfredi
Pan
R110.00
Sharpe’s Prey
by Bernard Cornwell
read by Paul McGann
Harper Audio
R209.95
Guernica
by Dave Boling
Picador
R124.00
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BOOK SHOW for 07 October 2009 |
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Wolf Hall
by Hilary Mantel
4th Estate
R199.95
Booker Prize Shortlist:
Summertime, by JM Coetzee
The Children’s Book, by A.S. Byatt
Wolf Hall, by Hilary Mantel
The Glass Room, by Simon Mawer
The Quickening Maze, by Adam Foulds
The Little Stranger, by Sarah Waters
The Help
by Kathryn Stockett
Penguin
R200.00
Boeke Prize Shortlist
The Selected Works of T.S. Spivet, by Reif Larsen
Testimony, by Anita Shreve
The Help, by Kathryn Stockett
The Angel’s Game by Carlos Ruiz Zafon
People of the Book, by Geraldine Brooks
The Children’s Book by A.S. Byatt
White is for Witching
by Helen Oyeyemi
Picador
R185.00
Purple Hibiscus
by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
(unabridged version available at The Listeners’ Library)
I Do Not Come to You by Chance
Adaobi Tricia Nwaubani
Weidenfeld & Nicholson
R214.95
The Strange Alchemy of Life and Law
Albie Sachs
OUP
R220.00
The Strange Alchemy of Life and Law
by Albie Sachs
OUP
R220.00
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BOOK SHOW for 30 September 2009 |
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The Olive Tree
by Carol Drinkwater
Phoenix
R129.95
The Olive Route
by Carol Drinkwater
Phoenix
R129.95
The Olive Farm
The Olive Season and The Olive Harvest
All avail at R129.95
The Selected Works of T.S. Spivet
by Reif Larsen
Harvill & Secker
R215.00
Testimony
by Anita Shreve
Penguin
R120.00
The Angel’s Game
by Carlos Ruiz Zafon
Jonathan Ball
R240.00
The Angel’s Game
by Carlos Ruiz Zafon
read by Dan Stevens
Orion Audiobooks
R454.95
The Children’s Book
by A.S. Byatt
Chatto and Windus
R215.00
The Help
by Kathryn Stockett
Penguin
R200.00
People of the Book
by Geraldine Brooks
HarperPerennial
R125.00
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BOOK SHOW for 23 September 2009 |
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Shatter
by Michael Robotham
read by Tim Pigott-Smith.
Hachette Audio
R230.00
Bombproof
by Michael Robotham
Sphere
R190.00
Three
by Giselle Willcox
Jacana Media
R160.00
Mom, Pass the Broccoli
by Cari Corbet-Owen
Oshun Books
R169.95
The Irreverent Mothers’ Handbook
by Sam Cowen and Lee van Loggerenberg
Oshun Books
R149.00
Sparkle like a Flower Fairy
Warne
R140.00
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BOOK SHOW for 16 September 2009 |
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A Change in Altitude
Anita Shreve
Little, Brown
R190.00
Testimony by Anita Shreve
read by Adam Sims and Jennifer Woodward.
Hachette Digital
R250.00
The Lost Symbol
by Dan Brown
Transworld
R295.00
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BOOK SHOW for 09 September 2009 |
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Trinity Rising
by Fiona Snyckers
Jonathan Ball
R130.00
Champagne Kisses
by Amanda Brunker
Transworld Ireland
R115.00
Champagne Babes
by Amanda Brunker
Transworld Ireland
R215.00
The Naughty Girl’s Guide to Life
by Tara Palmer-Tomkinson and Sharon Marshall
Sphere
R130.00
The Towering World of Jimmy Choo
by Lauren Goldstein Crowe & Sagra Maciera de Rosen
Bloomsbury
R200.00
Act Like A Lady Think Like A Man
by Steve Harvey
Harper Collins
R174.95
Tease
by Immodesty Blaise
Ebury Press
R195.00
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BOOK SHOW for 02 September 2009 |
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Around the World in 80 Trades
by Conor Woodman
Macmillan
R185.00
Around the World in 80 Trades
written and read by Conor Woodman
Macmillan Digital Audio
R228.00
The Secret Scripture
by Sebastian Barry
Faber & faber
R124.95
Girls at War and Other Stories
by Chinua Achebe
Penguin
R130.00
Black Sunlight
by Dambudzo Marechera
Penguin
R130.00
Neighbours: The Story of Murder
by Lilia Momple
Penguin
R130.00
As the Crow Flies
by Veronique Tadjo
Penguin
R130.00
Weep Not, Child
by Ngugi’ wa Thiong’o
Penguin
R130.00
Hangman’s Game
by Karen King-Aribisala
Penguin
R130.00
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BOOK SHOW for 27 August 2009 |
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Wild Honey
by Bookey Peek
Penguin
R130.00
Handle with Care
by Jodi Picoult
Hodder & Stoughton
R189.94
Tsamma Season
by Rosamund J Handler
Penguin
R180.00
Leaving the World
by Douglas Kennedy
Hutchinson
R195.00
Testimony by Anita Shreve
read by Adam Sims and Jennifer Woodward.
Hachette Digital
R250.00
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BOOK SHOW for 19 August 2009 |
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The Hanging Garden
by Ian Rankin
read by Bill Paterson
Orion AudioBooks
R244.95
Long Lost
by Harlan Coben
Bloomsbury
R199.95
The Scarecrow
by Michael Connolly
Bloomsbury
R214.95
13 Uur
by Deon Meyer
Human & Rousseau
R190.00
A Beautiful Place to Die
by Malla Nunn
Picador
R185.00
A Deadly Trade
by Michael Stanley
Headline
R209.95
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