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Experience the world of Roman emperor Marcus Aurelius and the tremendous challenges he faced and overcame with the help of Stoic philosophy "[Robe...

Meet 50 women, from queens and politicians to explorers and sports figures, who changed the world. These 50 women pursued their ambitions and achie...

'The best book I have ever read on men and war in our time' - John Le CarreMichael Herr went to Vietnam as a war correspondent for Esquire. He retu...

The incredible story of Elzbieta Zawacka, or Agent Zo, a WW2 Polish resistance fighter who was secretly trained by the special forces in the Britis...

Following the celebrations of the Millennium and our entry into the 21st century, it was to be hoped that the days when a brutal dictator could bri...

Moederland is a courageous and modern appraisal of what it means to be descended from the people who created the ultraracist apartheid system in So...

Walter Sisulu usually does not feature extensively in index entries in any serious book about the ANC’s post-Second World War history. Look those e...

1-Recce was the sharpest, most versatile and deadliest specialist unit in the entire South African army. These men were super fit, unbelievably tou...

1 Recce: Behind Enemy Lines takes the reader into the ‘inner sanctum’ of the Recces. In their own words, Recce operators recount some of the life-t...

‘This is Antjie Samuel reporting from Ladybrand …’  For more than two years, Antjie Krog worked in acute engagement with the many voices that arose...

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"The days of Congo and Angola when you had the image of mercenaries as drunken guys going around shooting up the place... has gone - the people you...

What if we could redefine leadership? What if kindness came first? Jacinda Ardern grew up the daughter of a police officer in small-town New Zealan...

 Feeling an exile in the country of his birth, the talented journalist and leading black intellectual Bloke Modisane left South Africa in 1959. It...

In the face of Taliban oppression, one girl's unwavering defiance sparked a worldwide movement. Shot in the head for daring to seek an education, M...

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The compelling story of Martin Luther King's life and achievements has become simplified and domesticated in a way that fails to do full justice to...

Beyond Diplomacy covers nearly six decades of Riaan “Koedoe” Eksteen’s eventful career — from being South Africa’s youngest ambassador at the time,...

‘The sun was high in the sky that day, so the shape on the road ahead stood out in sharp relief as we approached. A body, straddling the righthand ...

The prosperous Mbeki clan lost everything to apartheid. Yet Thabo Mbeki rose to become president of South Africa in 1999. A decade later, Mbeki was...

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Dan Moyane was 10 years old when he lay on his back on a patch of grass at his parents’ home in White City Jabavu, Soweto, looking at the moon and ...

Mapetla Mohapi was a leading member of the Black Consciousness Movement, and the first to die in detention in 1976. Police produced a 'suicide note...

A riveting, action-filled account that sheds light on the realities of working in a war-torn country, this is the first book on the war in Iraq by ...

DON'T MISS OLLIE OLLERTON'S EXPLOSIVE DEBUT NOVEL SCAR TISSUE! PRE-ORDER YOUR COPY NOW. OLLIE OLLERTON CO-HOSTS SAS: WHO DARES WINS ALONGSIDE ANT ...

I Write What I Like features the writing of the famous activist and Black Consciousness leader, Steve Biko. Before his untimely death in detention ...

These memoirs from one of the great leaders of our time are 'essential reading for anyone who wants to understand history - and then go out and cha...

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