A selection of must-read books that change lives

Writings of Steve Biko

Non-Fiction Archbishop Desmond Tutu. It is Biko‘s first known published piece of writing. In addition, all the material of the original Picador Africa edition – a collection of Biko’s columns under the pseudonym Frank Talk – are included in this book. – Citizen reporter .

The law of a

Self Help

raction

Story: Published in 2006 shortly after the debut of a movie released under the same name, The Secret is based around quantum physics and the notion that whatever the mind can think, it can achieve. This read explores the pseudo-scientific theory called “the law of attraction”, declaring that thinking positively about relationships, money and success will cause them to manifest into your life. The great secret of life is the law of attraction. In other words, life is not happening to you, you are creating it. The book consists of quotes from people who have used the law of attraction to change their lives as well as 10 life changing insights that the author has had over the last 10 years. – Thabang Buthelezi

Memoirs of an addict Smacked:

Autobiography

Author: Melinda Ferguson Released by: Penguin Year: 2011 Pages: 330 ISBN: 9780143026891

Story: Smacked the true story of a young woman who has spiraled into the seedy underworld of herione and cocaine addiction. Ferguson bares her soul and details how she chose to abandon her life – family,children and husband – to live in Hillbrow while “chasing the dragon”. She later gives birth to her son while high, returns to the streets and then conquers the addiction .The story allows you into the mind of an addict and give an honest opinion of life on the streets. Ferguson describes writing Smacked as giving her a reason to live. “I wrote Smacked when I was five years clean. I was still very broken at the time and so it became my lifeline. I just wrote it in an honest spewing frenzy and had no idea how many thousands of people – both addicts and non-addicts – it would touch. It changed me and everything in my life. It is a book that has taken me on the most beautiful journey of healing and reconnection to a life force.” Smacked has changed the way South Africans view addiction and allowed communities to have open conversations about this often taboo subject. – Thami Kwazi