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Lean Out: The Truth About Women, Power and the Workplace – Facebook and Google veteran Marissa Orr explains why our efforts to close the gender gap have failed

Lean Out offers contrarian, often humorous insights to this critical global dialogue and provides a pathway for both individuals and companies to promote a more inclusive workplace that benefits all employees.

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The Rise of the Ultra Runners by Adharanand Finn – an electrifying and inspiring account of one of the toughest sports in the world

Ultra running defies conventional logic. Yet this most brutal and challenging sport is now one of the fastest-growing in the world. Why is this? Is it an antidote to modern life, or a symptom of a modern illness?

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No Friend but the Mountains by Behrouz Boochani – the international literary sensation written secretly via text message from immigration detention

No Friend but the Mountains is an award-winning, devastating true story of survival from illegally imprisoned refugee, Behrouz Boochani.

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The Stellenbosch Mafia – all male, all Afrikaans, and all stinking rich – what influence does this billionaires’ club exert on South Africa?

The Stellenbosch Mafia: Inside the Billionaires’ Club by Pieter du Toit is out in July 2019 from Jonathan Ball Publishers.

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New book alert! TJ Pheto’s postcolonial Setswana novel Botlhodi: The Abomination

Out now from Langaa RPCIG, Cameroon publishers, Botlhodi: The Abomination – A Postcolonial Setswana Novel by TJ Pheto.

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Her Husband’s Mistake – Sheila O’Flanagan’s page-turning new novel about a marriage, a secret, and a wife’s choice

Dave’s made a BIG mistake. What’s Roxy going to do about it? Her Husband’s Mistake is the riveting new novel from bestselling author Sheila O’Flanagan.

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Ellie and the Harpmaker by Hazel Prior – a heartwarming, utterly charming debut

Hazel Prior’s debut novel Ellie and the Harpmaker is rich with vibrant characters and a lush setting, and reminds us that sometimes, you don’t find love – love finds you.

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The First Breath – the story of the cutting-edge medicine that has saved a generation of babies

The First Breath – a powerful medical memoir about the extraordinary fetal and neonatal medicine bringing a new generation of babies into the world.

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The Last Widow – the highly anticipated new thriller from bestselling author Karin Slaughter, featuring Will Trent and Sara Linton

In The Last Widow, bestselling author Karin Slaughter brings back Will Trent and Sara Linton in a superb and timely thriller full of devious twists, disturbing secrets and shocking surprises you won’t see coming!

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I Choose To Live: Life After Losing Gugu – Letshego Zulu’s tragic and inspiring memoir

When Letshego Zulu set off with her husband, South African racing champion Gugulethu Zulu, to conquer Mount Kilimanjaro in July 2016, she had no idea that she would return to South Africa days later with her husband’s body in a coffin.

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New book alert! Susan Newham-Blake’s As if Born to You – a story of secrets, trauma and finding healing in unexpected places

As if Born to You, the new novel by Susan Newham-Blake, the author of Making Finn, is out now from Penguin Random House.

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Is there hope after state capture? Find out in After Dawn by former Deputy Finance Minister Mcebisi Jonas

From the pen of the former deputy finance minister of South Africa, Mcebisi Jonas, comes After Dawn: Hope After State Capture.

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‘Either the next big thing or total bulls–t’: Read how the Winklevoss brothers got over losing Facebook in Bitcoin Billionaires

From Ben Mezrich comes Bitcoin Billionaires – the fascinating story of brothers Tyler and Cameron Winklevoss’s big bet on cryptocurrency and its dazzling pay-off.

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Sarah Ladipo Manuika’s debut novel In Dependence explores the complexities of contemporary Africa

In Dependence is a lyrical and moving story of unfulfilled love fraught with the weight of history, race and geography and intertwined with questions of belonging, ageing, faith and family secrets.

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The most dangerous lies are the ones we tell ourselves. A Good Enough Mother by Bev Thomas

An utterly compelling drama with a timebomb at its core, A Good Enough Mother is a brilliant, beautiful story of mothering, and how to let go of the ones we love when we must.