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Jonathan Ball Publishers are the leading publishers and distributors of English general books in South Africa, specialising in South African history, politics and current affairs.

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The Dalai Lama calls for an end to divisiveness in a new book – An Appeal to the World: The Way to Peace in a Time of Division

An Appeal to the World: The Way to Peace in a Time of Division, by the Dalai Lama, and edited by Franz Alt, is out now from Jonathan Ball Publishers.

Nora Roberts turns to dystopian sci-fi with her new book Year One, the first of a trilogy

From number one New York Times bestseller Nora Roberts comes Year One – an epic, apocalyptic tale of good and evil, love and loss.

A remarkable 10-year-old – Read an excerpt from The Man Who Knew: The Life and Times of Alan Greenspan

Superbly researched and enormously gripping, The Man Who Knew: The Life and Times of Alan Greenspan by Sebastian Mallaby is out now from Jonathan Ball Publishers.

Brilliantly reported and astoundingly fresh – Fire and Fury: Inside the Trump White House by Michael Wolff

Bestselling author Michael Wolff tells the riveting story of how Trump launched a tenure as volatile and fiery as the man himself.

‘Her husband’s almost home. He’ll catch her this time.’ – Read an excerpt from the new smash hit, The Woman in the Window

I’ve noticed she likes a drink in the afternoon, as do I. Does she also like a drink in the morning? As do I?

A Short History of Mozambique: Why has the country’s remarkable recovery shown signs of stalling?

A Short History of Mozambique seeks to distil this country’s complex history, and to understand why Mozambicans remain among the poorest people in the world.

Listen to an audio book preview of The Demon Crown: The new Sigma Force Novel by James Rollins

Off the coast of Brazil, a team of scientists discovers a horror like no other, an island where all life has been eradicated, consumed and possessed by a species beyond imagination.

New poetry from Alice Walker in the ‘playfully imaginative and intensely moving’ Taking the Arrow out of the Heart

Mindful poems about tolerance, justice and hope for the future, by Alice Walker, Pulitzer Prize-winning author of The Color Purple.

Action-packed urban fantasy in Durban and London: Clockwork City by Paul Crilley

Clockwork City: Delphic Division 2 is the follow-up to Paul Crilley’s debut adult novel Poison City.

The new Sigma Force novel from James Rollins: The Demon Crown

From #1 New York Times bestselling author James Rollins, the latest riveting and suspenseful thriller in the Sigma Force series: The Demon Crown.

100 Nasty Women of History: a guide to the history-making women you probably don’t know – but definitely should

100 Nasty Women of History tells the stories of the bravest, baddest but little known women from across the world.

Cyril Ramaphosa not afraid to ‘ice somebody out, just to put them in their place’ – Ray Hartley

Ray Hartley provides some insights into Cyril Ramaphosa’s upbringing and where his interest in politics came from.

A charming feast for the senses: Alexander McCall Smith’s new novel, My Italian Bulldozer

The bestselling author of the No. 1 Ladies’ Detective Agency series returns with an irresistible new novel about one man’s adventures in the Italian countryside.

A Moonless, Starless Sky: Ordinary Women and Men Fighting Extremism in Africa – an extraordinary work of literary journalism by Alexis Okeowo

Okeowo creates a vivid narrative of Africans who are courageously resisting their continent’s wave of fundamentalism.

Now back in print after twenty years: Jacques Pauw’s Into the Heart of Darkness: Confessions of Apartheid’s Assassins

Jacques Pauw takes us on a journey into the minds and lives of the men who went out to kill and kill again.

‘Where Jacob Zuma comes from, your child is my child; he violated those codes’ – Redi Tlhabi talks about Khwezi

‘I couldn’t accept that I was part of a society that allowed a man like that to be the president.’

Adriaan Basson and Pieter du Toit discuss Jacob Zuma’s ‘disastrous term in office’ and their new book Enemy of the People

Investigative journalists Adriaan Basson and Pieter du Toit have written a book which provides a detailed account of President Jacob Zuma’s “disastrous term in office”.

Rerelease: Jacques Pauw’s groundbreaking book In the Heart of the Whore: The Story of Apartheid’s Death Squads

Now republished in a new edition: In the Heart of the Whore: The Story of Apartheid’s Death Squads by Jacques Pauw.

‘They do not smile or welcome us but they let us in’: Sisonke Msimang recalls returning home to South Africa

The Johannesburg Review of Books has shared an excerpt from Sisonke Msimang’s new book Always Another Country.

Join James-Brent Styan at The Book Lounge for the launch of Heartbreaker: Christiaan Barnard and the First Heart Transplant

Jonathan Ball Publishers and The Book Lounge are thrilled to invite you to the launch of Heartbreaker: Christiaan Barnard and the First Heart Transplant by James-Brent Styan.