Showdown at the Red Lion

The Life and Time of Jack McLoughlin

‘This enthralling saga of crime, passion, and betrayal, is a compelling portrait of one of empire’s great, unsung antiheroes. The book is a scintillating achievement.’ – Jean Comaroff, Harvard University

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The Cowboy Capitalist

John Hays Hammond, the American West and the Jameson Raid

The Jameson Raid was a pivotal moment in the history of South Africa, linking events from the Anglo-Boer War to the declaration of the Union of South Africa in 1910. In The Cowboy Capitalist, Charles van Onselen challenges a historiography of over 120 years, locating the raid in American rather than British history and forcing us to rethink the histories of at least three nations.

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Under the Camelthorn Tree

Raising a family among lions

A mother’s gritty yet often humorous account of bringing up her five children in a lion research camp; a 21st-century My Family and Other Animals with a dark side.

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Wintersrust

Wintersrust is ’n bruisende verhaal vol hartstog en avontuur. Dit handel oor individue wat worstel met magte buite hul beheer.

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Jock of the Bushveld

A timeless South African classic of fiction, Jock of the Bushveld is the much-loved story based on the true experiences of Sir Percy Fitzpatrick and his Staffordshire bull terrier, Jock.

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In the Heart of the Whore

The Story of Apartheid’s Death Squads

In the Heart of the Whore introduces the reader to the secret underworld of the Apartheid death squads. It explains when and why they were created, who ran them, what methods they employed, who the victims and perpetrators were.

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Into the Heart of Darkness

Confessions of Apartheid’s Assassins

Jacques Pauw has been more closely involved with apartheid’s killers than any other journalist. For more than seven years, he has hunted them down and become a witness to their secret and forbidden world.

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How to Invest Like Warren Buffett

Discover the Wisdom of the World’s Greatest Wealth Creator

This is the South African guide on investing like Buffett by award-winning financial publisher Alec Hogg.

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Always Anastacia

A transgender life in South Africa

This memoir is a clarion call for a more nuanced understanding of trans people and the concepts of sex, gender and identity. It is a courageous account of self-discovery and transition as Anastacia embraces her truth, as the woman she has always been.

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