News & Reviews
9Lives reviews Cheryl Strayed’s inspirational novel, Wild
19 September 2013
'Wild is one of the most inspirational books I have ever read and perfectly captures the strength that one woman can have.'
Wild tells the story of Cheryl Strayed’s journey on the Pacific Crest Trail, a 2,663 mile (4,286 km) hiking trail that stretches from the border of Mexico to the border of Canada. She took on this massive...
An unputdownable book review by Linda McCullough
04 September 2013
Linda McCullough, a denizen of the dock city of Durbs, has been selling books to her fellow Natalians for more than a decade. “What a pleasure. As they say in the classics, I read to both lose and find myself, and count myself truly blessed that my work is also one of my all time favourite hobbies.”
Wow! I usually have four or...
A bookseller reviews The Humans
23 August 2013
On a wet Friday evening, Professor Andrew Martin of Cambridge University solves the world’s greatest outstanding mathematical puzzle – and then he disappears. He is found the next morning, wandering naked at a motorway service station. What accounts for his startling behaviour, and the radical change in his personality?
As we find out...
Nielsen SAPnet Gold Book Award – presented to John van de Ruit – South Africa’s Bestselling Author
16 August 2013
When John van de Ruit was informed about this recognition he said: “I am hugely honoured to receive the Gold Book Award for South Africa’s Bestselling Author. Spud: Exit Pursued By a Bear was the final book in the Spud series and I’m thrilled that the series has ended on this note.
The last eight years since the release of Spud...
A bookseller reviews 8115: A Prisoner's Home by Alf Kumalo and Zukiswa Wanner
15 August 2013
Mandela describes 8115 Vilakazi Street as “identical to hundreds of others, it had the same standard tin roof, the same cement floor, a narrow kitchen, and a bucket toilet at the back”.
When Mandela moved there in 1946, little did he know how vital that cramped two room house would be in forever changing the course of history in south...
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