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Blue Origin’s all-female space flight urges women to shoot for the stars – but astronaut memoirs reveal the cost of being exceptional

Maverick Life

Blue Origin’s all-female space flight urges women to shoot for the stars – but astronaut memoirs reveal the cost of being exceptional

by: Jasleen Chana

Bill Gates’ origin story describes a life of privilege, exposing the DNA of some of the tech industry’s problems

Maverick Life

Bill Gates’ origin story describes a life of privilege, exposing the DNA of some of the tech industry’s problems

by: Dana McKay

Thebe Ikalafeng’s The Traveller is sumptuous

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Thebe Ikalafeng’s The Traveller is sumptuous

by: Ferial Haffajee

The five best non-fiction books of 2024 – according to experts

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The five best non-fiction books of 2024 – according to experts

by: The Conversation

Matriarchs, Meze and the Evil Eye is a must-read memoir

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Matriarchs, Meze and the Evil Eye is a must-read memoir

by: Costas Ayiotis

Marion Sparg — a white MK soldier on blasting apartheid’s foundations

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Marion Sparg — a white MK soldier on blasting apartheid’s foundations

by: Marion Sparg

Lucky Bastard by Anthony Akerman and the making of an origin story

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Lucky Bastard by Anthony Akerman and the making of an origin story

by: Anthony Akerman

Speechless at 40 — Kim Ballantine’s heartbreaking, raw and darkly funny memoir

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Speechless at 40 — Kim Ballantine’s heartbreaking, raw and darkly funny memoir

by: The Reading List

The Storyteller of Riverlea – read an excerpt from ‘Chris van Wyk: Irascible Genius’, a memoir by his son Kevin van Wyk

South Africa, Maverick Life

The Storyteller of Riverlea – read an excerpt from ‘Chris van Wyk: Irascible Genius’, a memoir by his son Kevin van Wyk

by: Kevin van Wyk

In Knife, his memoir of surviving attack, Salman Rushdie confronts a world where liberal principles like free speech are old-fashioned

Maverick Life

In Knife, his memoir of surviving attack, Salman Rushdie confronts a world where liberal principles like free speech are old-fashioned

by: Paul Giles

Anthony Akerman’s memoir: ‘Lucky Bastard’

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Anthony Akerman’s memoir: ‘Lucky Bastard’

by: Anthony Akerman

‘Impossible Skies’ — a documentation of an unequivocal genius of South African art

South Africa, Maverick Life

‘Impossible Skies’ — a documentation of an unequivocal genius of South African art

by: Janet van Eeden