Description: One World Cup, a series win over the British & Irish Lions, two Tri Nations titles, three Super Rugby trophies and three Currie Cups… These are one man’s remarkable achievements in a career that spanned 16 incredible years. His name is Victor Matfield, and he is an international and a South African sporting legend. You want...

Author: Walter Isaacson Description: An extraordinary book which gives us a unique insight into the life and thinking of the man who has single-handedly transformed the world. From bestselling author Walter Isaacson comes the landmark biography of Apple co-founder Steve Jobs. In Steve Jobs: The Exclusive Biography, Isaacson provides an extraordinary...

Author: Steve Smith; Herschelle Gibbs Description: 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 off-field personal troubles that have tracked...

Author: Nelson Mandela Description: This book comes with a foreword by President Barack Obama. Nelson Mandela is one of the most inspiring and iconic figures of our age. Now, after a lifetime of taking pen to paper to record thoughts and events, hardships and victories, he has opened his personal archive, which offers an unprecedented insight into...

Author: Elizabeth Gilbert Description: Elizabeth Gilbert is in her thirties, she has a husband, a house, and they’re trying for a baby – she doesn’t want any of it. A bitter divorce and a turbulent love affair later, she emerges battered and bewildered and realises it is time to pursue her own journey in search of three things she...

Author: Richard Branson Description: Global entrepreneur Sir Richard Branson has built a business empire and made billions and is renowned for his approachability and ability to challenge and succeed against the odds. “Screw It, Let’s Do It” reveals the lessons that have helped him through his business and personal life, like believing...

Author: Lawrence Anthony; Graham Spence Description: When South African conservationist Lawrence Anthony was asked to accept a herd of ‘rogue’ elephants on his reserve at Thula Thula, his commonsense told him to refuse. But he was the herd’s last chance of survival – notorious escape artists, they would all be killed if Lawrence...

Author: Gregory David Roberts Description: In 1978, gifted student and writer Greg Roberts turned to heroin when his marriage collapsed, feeding his addiction with a string of robberies. Caught and convicted, he was given a nineteen-year sentence. After two years, he escaped from a maximum- security prison, spending the next ten years on the run as...

Author: Elizabeth Gilbert Description: It’s 3 a.m. and Elizabeth Gilbert is sobbing on the bathroom floor. She’s in her thirties, she has a husband, a house, they’re trying for a baby – and she doesn’t want any of it. A divorce and a turbulent love affair later, she emerges battered and bewildered and realises it is time...

Author: Darren Scott; Lisa Raleigh; Dan Nicholl Description: In No Fries on Us, Darren Scott, Dan Nicholl, his writer and long-time friend, and personal trainer Lisa Raleigh recount the story of Darren’s remarkable transformation. Darren’s story is one most men can identify with and this, coupled with the technical know-how that Lisa provides,...