Random House Struik: 161 books

Leon Labuschagne’s livelihood depends on death. At nineteen, he is a warder on Death Row: a shepherd who cares for the condemned – and a butcher who escorts them to the gallows. After a gruelling two-week stint in which thirty-two men were hanged, Leon loses control, with tragic results. And now...

In hierdie oomblik voor hy homself om die lewe bring, hersien Desmond die pad wat hom gelei het tot hier. Om homself en sy lot te verander moes Danie Fourie meer doen as ontsnap uit ’n tronk. Hy moes uitstyg en Desmond Faure word, homself herskep ver weg van Krugersdorp. Hy moes sy siel verkoop,...

Toe Elsabet Louw een Woensdagmiddag wreed verkrag is in die damestoilette by 'n winkelsentrum, het sy aanvanklik wat met haar gebeur het, ontken. Deur die verkragting bloot as 'n aanranding te beskryf, het sy haarself teen die wrede werklikheid beskerm. Toe sy uiteindelik die waarheid konfronteer,...

Paul du Toit het hom in die Verenigde Koninkryk kom vestig nadat hy Suid-Afrika tien jaar tevore onder 'n wolk verlaat het. Nou is hy geskei en middeljarig, verstrengel in 'n vervelige werk en 'n sukkelende verhouding, Hy aanvaar dus geredelik 'n maklike – of so dink hy – opdrag van 'n ryk Londense...

Met Vier briewe vir Jan Ellis debuteer die bekende sanger, Steve Hofmeyr, as prosaskrywer. Die vaardigheid waarmee hy die medium hanteer getuig van ’n kennis van sy grond, sy land en sy mense. Dit is ’n besonderse werk waarin ’n kragtige storie vertel word. Humor en patos vorm die grondslag...

Oudbrigadier Piet Byleveld word wêreldwyd gereken as een van die beste speurders van ons tyd. As jy moord pleeg en Piet Byl word ingeroep, is jou plek in die tronk bespreek. As jy kinders leed aandoen, het jy jou eie lot verseël. En is jy 'n reeksmoordenaar, sal hy nie stop voor hy jou agter tralies...

Value management’s time has come. In a world roiled by terrorism, economic meltdown, and corporate governance scandals, executives everywhere face the challenge of delivering new growth against the odds. Competing Through Value Management provides the guidance you need to get ahead of your competition...

In Strategy that Works, Ian Mann discusses – and debunks – a number of popular theories of strategy before presenting his unique approach based on many profound insights that have never before been gathered together in one place to form a coherent theory and method. He explains the difference...

With searing honesty, tender prose and outrageous humour, Adam Levin takes us through the daily trials of living with Aids, travelling from promiscuity and dangerous denial, through the terrors of imminent mortality, to face the realities of his disease. But this book’s power lies not only in its...

In 2003 Sihle Khumalo decided to give up a lucrative job and a comfortable life style in Durban and to celebrate his 30th birthday by crossing the continent from south to north. Celebrating life with gusto and in inimitable style, he describes a journey fraught with discomfort, mishap, ecstasy, disillusionment,...

This is the epic story of South Africa’s amazing quests for the Rugby World Cup, which resulted in triumph at Ellis Park in 1995 and in Paris in 2007, while there was heartbreak in 1999 and shame in 2003. The Springboks and the Holy Grail is no mere narration of matches and scores. The author was...

THE CARS, THE RACES, THE RIVALRIES, THE WOMEN … WELCOME TO THE WORLD OF SAREL VAN DER MERWE, SOUTH AFRICA’S GREATEST RACING DRIVER. IT’S TIME TO FASTEN YOUR SEATBELT FOR THE RIDE OF YOUR LIFE … Sarel van der Merwe is a certified, card-carrying legend – the Clint Eastwood of South African...

"The clerk of the court called all rise as judge Blignaut swept in dressed in his black gown. He sat down, and moments later we rose again as he swept out, having pronounced the verdict. 'The clerk handed [my lawyer] a copy of the judgment. I received my own copy by e-mail that afternoon. [My...

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...