When he was ten years old, the author was told he’d been adopted. It was a seismic event that turned his world upside down. Nobody was who he thoug...

Actor and musician Ian Roberts is something of a South African icon, renowned for his roles as the rugged Boer fighter Sloet Steenkamp in the TV se...

Across the UK, into Europe and further afield, these are the training rides, races and journeys closest to his heart. From one-day classics in the ...

  As a young fighter pilot with the Indian Air Force, Dara Phiroze Chinoy found himself in the midst of the raging IndiaÐPakistan War of 1965. The ...

In 2018, Antonio Iozzo, the CEO and visionary leader of IUM, Africa's leading independently owned insurance underwriting manager, has a near-death ...

Rebellion always starts somewhere, and in the music world of the transgressive teen whether it be the 1960s of the 2020s, The Velvet Underground re...

'I think I just wanted to be great' Born in the USA ... but loved around the world, Bruce Springsteen has been a musical icon for the last 50 ye...

Shalom Auslander was raised with a terrified respect for God. Even as he grew up, defying and eventually being cast out of his community, he could ...

A Financial Times Best Summer Book 2023 A Waterstones Best True Crime Book Nagyrev, Hungary, 1929. Over 160 myster...

*A Times, Telegraph, TLS and Prospect Book of the Year*'The best book I've read on George Eliot' John Carey, Sunday TimesAn exceptional new biograp...

'Oh Miriam! risks the curse of the sequel, and pulls it off . . . A force of nature, a tour de farce. Bold, brave and bright, but also revealing, s...

Churchill in Quotes celebrates the life and wit of this iconic figure - combining archive photography with the inspiring speeches, wry remarks and ...

A Financial Times Book of the Year: the definitive story of fashion's most enigmatic icon. Karl Lagerfeld lived a very public life. He shaped the ...

'A case more important than Profumo' Financial Times 'A riveting read' Literary Review He lived a double-life in the sixtiesFaked his own death in...

An extraordinary story about a Jewish woman who pretended to be Catholic to survive the Holocaust. Catholics believed she was one of them. A devote...

"A lively tale of dog domestication and migration."-Nature"When, where, and how did the partnership between dogs and humans begin? Was it an accide...

Francois van Coke span met die skryf van hierdie biografie saam met Annie Klopper om in sy eie stem die gebeure te vertel wat hom as mens en musika...

Hykie Berg, bekende akteur, topverkoperskrywer en entrepreneur, gee praktiese riglyne oor hoe jy suksesvol kan leef. Hykie inspireer jou en gee raa...

After arriving in London just before the Second World War as a penniless and friendless Austrian-Jewish refugee, George Weidenfeld went on to trans...

'As elegant and powerful as a Federer backhand ... It’s Kitchen Confidential for tennis.' Ed Caesar 'A really wonderful read ... Conor Niland has d...

The memoir by the doctor who became a beacon of hope for millions through the COVID pandemic, and whose six-decade career in high-level public serv...

So lyk ’n vrou, Ilse Verster se hartroerende verhaal oor Esli se lewe van mishandeling deur ’n gewelddadige eggenoot, het lesers in 2022 geskok en ...

A business biography that follows the life of Alan Knott-Craig as a serial entrepreneur in the telecoms and tech spaces, tracking his wins and loss...

Mervyn King has transformed the global business landscape. King advocated reporting on society and the environment, not only on profit. His legacy ...

Dana Snyman deel in Seun die deel van sy storie waaroor hy nog nooit gepraat het nie: sy ervaringe in die 1980’s. Dit is die tyd van PW Botha se vi...

Late Reggae musician, Lucky Dube is without doubt one of South Africa’s iconic stars who left a legacy of love, tolerance and change through his mu...

Dr Franklin Sonn was born in 1939 at Vosburg, in the Karoo, and grew up in Queenstown and later Cape Town. A teacher by training, in 1974 he was ap...

As a follow-up to his hugely popular 2016 autobiography Trail Blazer, Ryan Sandes’ new book explores the gripping and often life-threatening advent...