 Jason Atherton is one of the leading contemporary chefs in the UK. This Michelin-starred former h... Read More |  This almost 600-page documentary of South Africa’s political history spans the years just p... Read More |  Has this woman done what many of us yearn for but just don’t have the courage to do? Not o... Read More |
 South Africa Through the Seasons is a journal containing a compilation of some splendid shots by ... Read More |  This coffee-table quality book is a comprehensive guide of eight selected routes crisscrossing ce... Read More |  For the Sake of Silence, written by Michael Cawood Green and published in 2008, has enriched the ... Read More |
 Donkey Crossings: A Wild and Desperate Journey Down the Transkei Coast is just that - wild and de... Read More |  This contribution to the Cradle of Humankind is a large hard-cover book, complete with dust jacke... Read More |  Antjie Krog starts this third book of the trilogy in a tense and exciting way by exploring her po... Read More |
 Adventurer extraordinaire, Kingsley Holgate, with his family and close friends, undertakes what i... Read More |  The odds were always highly ... Read More |  Southern Africa is home to an astounding 47% o... Read More |
 Judged by its presentation, ... Read More |  This book is based on the ac... Read More |  Now this is what I call heavy reading! I am fortunate... Read More |
 Basotho people at work is a p... Read More |  I read this stunning book in 2003 when it was first published, recounting the 10 years of evoluti... Read More |  Probably the best of its kind on the market so far, On Route in South Africa wa... Read More |
 Published in a comfortable-to-hold, 235 mm x 195 mm, hard-cover format, this book is first and f... Read More |  Magnificent South Africa – and I agree. A country so diverse and with such spectacular sc... Read More |  Short, sharp, succinct. The sub-title says it a... Read More |
 This is not a new publication but, if like me, you were, for personal reasons, reluctant to rea... Read More |  “The region’s most comprehensively illustrated guide” is an apt opening t... Read More |  Brilliantly written, factual yet emotional, a meticulously researched work, all in all a great ... Read More |
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 A childhood that inspires a book such as Reuben Cooks can only be a happy one a... Read More |  Nature’s Great Events covers six of the most dramatic and spectacular natu... Read More |  Comprehensive, descriptive and highly visual, the Field Guide to Trees of Southern Afri... Read More |
 Of blood, guts and war, Crossing the Buffalo: The Zulu War of 1879 has been classified as &... Read More |  Soup-lovers, this one is for you.
500 Soups is a handy hard-cover book, size 15cm ... Read More |  South Africa is home to 7 world heritage sites and each has its own handy pocket guide published by ... Read More |
 It’s about orientation – or so one would think when picking up an atlas. The World Atlas... Read More |  This is not a book for a hiking fanatic, but rather a book for someone interested in the history and... Read More |  In this debut novel Aravind Adiga, winner of the Man Booker Prize for Fiction 2008, brings to lig... Read More |
 A passionate author, a good photographer, intimate knowledge on the subject matter, and a vast and v... Read More |  Duncan Souchon lives in Cape Town and has climbed mountains in Africa, Russia, North America and Chi... Read More |  Alfred de Jager Jackson’s uninhibited love for South Africa’s harsh yet splendid central... Read More |
 So this is how they make them! Ever wanted to ask the chef for the recipe of something you had just ... Read More |  This icon of South Africa’s wine lifestyle has been the country’s leading wine annual s... Read More |  For centuries it has been known that food and wine go hand in hand, the one compliments the other. ... Read More |
 The catchy title is sure to overcome any initial flinching at this massive 960 page volume. For win... Read More |  This book is probably intended for children. Nevertheless, it is also a book to be enjoyed and ... Read More |  Phillip V Tobias, the famous South African palaeoanthropologist, writes in his foreword that &lsquo... Read More |
 The subtitle of this book is Style, Identity and Meaning of African Headrests, an extr... Read More |  Third in a series of catalogues and exhibitions celebrating the exquisite art and culture of th... Read More |  According to the author, this encyclopaedic work was written around two themes – ‘co... Read More |
 Published in 2007, this superb quality, hard-cover coffee-table edition is a nostalgic retro ph... Read More |  This is a great book on the Great Karoo – the title very appropriate – and after my firs... Read More |  Traditionally, most South Africans are fond of a barbeque, better known as a “braai”... Read More |
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 The Cradle of Humankind is a concise guide on this amazing phenomenon – one of the eight Wo... Read More |  Zhoozsh! is a fun cookbook with easy, everyday recipes for both experienced and le... Read More |  I had recently been to Wallekraal, so reading this book brought the little settlement in Namak... Read More |
 South African cuisine has a rich history of many different cultures and this is a truly traditi... Read More |  Also available in Afrikaans as Die Natuurlewe van Suider-Afrika
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 South Africa is internationally renowned for game lodges and bush camps of excellent standard. Dary... Read More |  Illustrated by Rosemary Banfield
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 Sasol, Struik Publishers and various specialist authors have joined forces to publish a wide range o... Read More |  Sasol, Struik Publishers and various specialist authors have joined forces to publish a wide range ... Read More |  This book has been designed as a guide to visitors to the caves at Sterkfontein.
It is divided into... Read More |
 Everybody has gazed at the stars, and since the dawn of time man has sought to understand his destin... Read More |  A storybook with pictures; this is what Richtersveld – The land and its people reminds me of; it rea... Read More |  All South Africans are familiar with potjiekos. What immediately comes to mind is a three-legged, bl... Read More |
 As a South African I am ashamed to say that I had not heard of Mapungubwe before. I vaguely recollec... Read More |  Another in the series of handy-sized field guides from SASOL is Skywatching in Southern Africa. T... Read More |  Dynamite comes in small packages! This First Field Guide to MAMMALS of Southern Africa is a small... Read More |
 Bushveld Banquets gives a new and fresh definition to the word ’cookbook’. Overviews are given on a... Read More |  A Guide to the Reptiles of Southern Africa is a comprehensive work on the three main groups of re... Read More |  Fruit Art is most definitely not a traditional cookbook, but rather an artistic styling of prepar... Read More |
 Indian cooking is definitely not for the novice cook, with specific guidelines on how to cook the... Read More |  The Ultimate Africa Atlas is exactly that – the atlas with everything on Africa for today&r... Read More |  You will almost certainly find all you need to know about life in the great outdoors, in The Camp... Read More |
 In case you are not familiar with fire water – it is brandy, and although its origin does n... Read More |  Now, this is fresh. Who could imagine a complete recipe book on canned pilchards? It speaks... Read More |  From Kosi Bay southwards and then up the west coast to Alexander Bay – true to its title, c... Read More |
 This is the fourth edition of the book first published in 1988 as Drakensberg Walks and is essent... Read More |  Do science and art gel? Most definitely so, as is proven with the publication of this great book.... Read More |  If you have a weakness for short stories, you will undoubtedly enjoy this book compiled of 39 fol... Read More |
 A recipe book that comes with handy tips for the prospective 4x4 safari tourist, Rita van Dyk&rsq... Read More |  A good picture of food stimulates the taste, but the superb images used in “Feast” ob... Read More |  That game was abundant in the late 19th century is evident from the meticulous records kept by FC... Read More |
 The sub-title for this book is, ‘Forceful removal imposed by the Apartheid Regime’, w... Read More |  It’s all about orientation. This book however, is not about maps only – it is a compr... Read More |  ‘Land is managed to yield profit – but this should be no more than the interest on th... Read More |
 African Basketry – grassroots from Southern Africa, is an encyclopedia of information on th... Read More |
