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Jonathan Ball Publishers is the leading publishers and distributors of English general books in South Africa. We specialise in South African history, politics and current affairs. Jonathan Ball Publishers also act as agents for British and American publishers, marketing and distributing books on their behalf in southern Africa.

25 February 2021 - Life coach and speaker gives motivational talk. In the first of the webinar series for 2021, on 24 February, Dr Alex Granger asked the more than 340 alumni attendees to consider the Choluteca Bridge in Honduras. It is situated in an extreme weather zone built to withstand the worst of mother nature’s onslaughts. In 1988 it withstood Hurricane Mitch – the second-deadliest Altantic hurricane on record — while other infrastructure was devastated and over 11 000 fatalities...

By Kathy Chouteau Amid pandemic-driven building closures in 2020, the Contra Costa County Library  reached a record-breaking one million digital book checkouts, placing it in the top 55 public library systems worldwide in total digital circulation and one of 102 public library systems worldwide that achieved that mark. Also signaling the current zeitgeist was the highest-circulating title readers borrowed from the library’s Overdrive-powered digital collection in 2020: White Fragility by Ro...

Top 10 Books That Will Change Your Life Oral storytelling tradition is as old as mankind itself, and with the invention of writing, the practice of handing down wisdom from one generation to another in book form was solidified. Despite the wide array of audiovisual media we have to indulge in these days, reading remains extremely popular not just as a form of entertainment but also, enlightenment, and the best books are often those that provide both. The following 10 books are from different ti...

By Ron Signore The weekend kicked off with the much anticipated rematch at UFC 257 between Conor McGregor and Dustin Poirier. This would be the fist fight for “The Notorious” Conor McGregor since January a year ago. The anticipation created by his normal pre-fight trash talk, along with his continued postings of his workouts on social media would have led everyone to believe he was in the best condition of his life. Poirier on the other hand had taken a much different approach, one that wo...

Book recommendations, Amelia Newman, Ursuline High School Wimbledon Being stuck in lockdown we are not left with much to do causing us to pick up new hobbies or continue with new ones. A hobby I love and have been able to expand on is reading and after reading a few other articles like this theme I have decided to offer some reviews of my own. Every word you cannot say, Iain S Thomas: As we are all aware lockdown has been a terrible experience and sometimes we feel a little negative or down...

L.A. County Library announced Tuesday that it reached a record-breaking 3,109,225 digital book checkouts via OverDrive in 2020 – a 34 percent increase from 2019 – making it one of the top 15 public library systems worldwide for total annual digital circulation. L.A. County Library Sets Record with More than 3 Million Digital Book Checkouts This accomplishment illustrates the continued growth and importance of library digital lending of eBooks and audiobooks, especially in a year with build...

How to Cope With Grief and Loss as a Highly Sensitive Introvert by Kimberly Morata Since highly sensitive introverts feel more deeply, loss affects us more deeply, too — so we need a different way to deal with grief. Content warning: This article includes a reference to violence.  Let’s be honest — it’s no secret that we will never fully get over the loss of a loved one who has passed away. Instead, we move forward with the wound and empty space they leave w...

The start of a new year always ushers in a raft of newly released self-help books. Freshly made resolutions and the ‘new year, new you’ mindset drives self-help book sales in January, which is why a veritable library of new titles appear in the ‘Mind, Body, Spirit’ section of the book shop at the beginning of the year. To the uninitiated, the self-help genre can appear samey and predictable. The books seem to proclaim the same message: ‘YOU, but better!’ The authors seem to be targe...