Belonging

Belonging: A History of Indian South Africans is a comprehensive historical account by Ashwin Desai and Goolam Vahed that explores the complex journey of Indian South Africans from indenture and empire through apartheid to the present, examining their struggles for belonging, identity, and resilience against segregation and exclusion.

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The Shortest History of Germany

An acclaimed international bestseller which tells the story of Europe’s most admired and feared country, from the Roman age to Charlemagne to von Bismarck to Merkel.

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The Shortest History of England

How the most powerful country in the UK was forged by invasion and conquest, and is fractured by its north-south divide.

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The Shortest History of China

Journey across epic China – through millennia of early innovation to modern dominance in one riveting, fast-paced read.

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Apartheid: An Illustrated History 3rd Edition

An Illustrated History

Apartheid: An Illustrated History examines the defining experience of modern South Africa’s transition from colonialism to democracy. What began in May 1948 as an ambitious project to engineer white supremacy at the expense of the country’s black majority spawned 46 years of repressive authoritarianism and bitter resistance, which claimed the lives of thousands and pushed the country to the brink of civil war.

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Hollywood on the Veld

When movie mayhem gripped the City of Gold

In 1913, a secretive American millionaire, who lived on the top floor of the famous Carlton Hotel, had a crazy idea: to make movies in Johannesburg. Hollywood on the Veld is the never-been-told-before story of the rise and fall of the strangest and most unique movie empire ever.

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Samuel Daniell

An Enigmatic Life in Southern Africa and Ceylon, 1799-1811

Samuel Daniell is the first biography of the life and work of one of the most accomplished, yet least-known artists from the era of British exploration.

Available June 2025

Fading Footprints

In search of South Africa’s first people

Part historical detective story, part memoir, Fading Footprints traces the author’s journey into the magical folklore of the /xam hunter-gatherers of the Upper Karoo. Through archival research and on field trips in South Africa, De Prada-Samper reveals the tragic scope of  the genocide of the /xam San by European colonisers.

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