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Be spoilt rotten over the holidays with the Exclusive Books Wish List

The red carpet moment of bookselling has arrived. Exclusive Books has announced

its selection for The Wish List 2010. Offering six value box sets and 48 A-List titles,

bibliophiles and booklovers are certain to go gaga this festive season.

If you think a friend or loved one would appreciate a good read but you don’t know

where to start, The Wish List is an excellent guide to the very best books available -

you can’t go wrong.

Exclusive Books has included a superb value offering that includes nine titles, six of

which are box sets available at discounted prices. These include a Maya Angelou six

book set and a Four for One & One For All four book set by Francis & Rico.

The Wish List is not complete without a little humour. So it comes as no surprise that

firm favourites such as Zapiro’s Do You Know Who I Am and Madam and Eve by

Steven Francis and Rico made the cut this year, guaranteeing aching stomach

muscles from flat out laughter.

For those cooking fanatics who prefer to entertain guests around the dinner table,

culinary experts Justin Bonello’s Cooked: Out of the Frying Pan, Nigella Lawson’s

Kitchen and Marita van der Vyver’s Summer Food In Provence are tasty favourites to

add to some spice to your collection.

South Africa by Michael Poliza and Friends is a breathtakingly beautiful coffee table

book containing spectacular photography of South Africa’s rugged coastline and

national parks. The Natural History Book by DK and Decade by Eamonn Mccabe

review and illustrate defining global events over the last ten years and promise

endless hours of informative yet light reading.

Raymond Ackerman brings years of experience and insight to the table with A Sprat

to Catch a Mackerel which would appeal to the budding entrepreneur or the

seasoned businessman. Trend spotters will find compelling reading in Illustrated

Superfreakonomics by Steven D Levitt and Stephen J Dubner and The Facebook

Effect by David Kirkpatrick.

South Africans will be taken on another memorable journey with Nelson Mandela in

Conversations with Myself. Birth by Peter Harris is a gripping real-life political thriller

which covers an insider’s account of behind the scenes happenings during the 1994

South African elections.

Across our borders, The Fear: The Last days of Robert Mugabe by Peter Godwin offers

chilling insights into the turbulent times in Zimbabwe.

Science, nature and history boffins will enjoy Voyager: 101 Wonders between Earth

and the Edge of the Universe by Stuart Clark and Babylon: Mesopotamia and the

Birth of Civilisation by Paul Kriwaczek.

The World’s Greatest Idea by John Farndon will have technological junkies absorbed

for hours. Being Wrong by Katherine Schultz and The Grand Design, by Stephen

Hawking & Leonard Mlodinow will radically challenge conventional thinking and

instigate many a heated debate.

Sport enthusiasts will also benefit from The Wish List. Rugby fans can reminiscence

with Great Moments in Currie Cup History by Wim Van der Berg while The Stig from

Top Gear is revealed in The Man in the White Suit: The Stig, Le Mans, the Fast Lane

and Me.

Adventure seekers will be thrilled with Around Madagascar on my Kayak by

adventurer Riaan Manser. For the armchair traveller 21 Years of Getaway Travel

Writing by Cameron Edwart-Smith and Justin Fox Cameron offers a collection of

fascinating expeditions and recounts of experiences.

Fiction lovers will enjoy a vast selection from top authors that will keep them lazing

on the sun lounger this holiday. To name a few, Phillippa Gregory’s The Red Queen,

Maeve Binchy’s Minding Frankie, Jonathan Franzen’s Freedom and Ken Follet’s Fall of

Giants.

Afrikaans titles on offer include Deon Meyer’s Spoor, Samoe(r)sa Reis by Johan C

Bakkes, Tabernakel by Annelie Botes, Vier Begrafnisse en ‘n Troue by Pat Stametelos

and Die Sneeuslaper by Marlene Van Niekerk.

Little bookworms will stay amused with an array of children’s library book box sets

from favourites such as Dr Seuss, Beatrix Potter and AA Milne. Author Marita Van der

Vyver has translated Grimm’s Fairy Tales beautifully in Die Mooiste Sprokies van

Grimm.

These books are just a taste of what is on offer. The Wish List covers a broad range of

genres and interests; indicative to the fact that Exclusive Books is right on the money

when it comes to the latest book trends.

For more information pop in at your nearest Exclusive Books store or visit

www.exclus1ves.co.za

ENDS

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Issued on behalf of Exclusive Books by:

Alcois du Toit, Catalyst Communications

Tel:  +27 (0)21 480 0423 Cell:  +27 (0)72 447 6745

E-mail:  alcois@catalystcommunications.co.za

Exclusive Books Contact:

Remola Pillay, Deputy Marketing Manager:

Tel: 011 798 0000

E-mail: remolap@exclusivebooks.co.za Note to the editor:

High resolution images of the book jackets are available on request from Catalyst

Communications.