Odyssey to Freedom - George Bizos

Odyssey to Freedom by George Bizos is a spell-binding autobiography by one of the world's most admired human rights advocates. This story, told on a grand scale, unfolds from Bizos' daring rescue of 6 NZ soldiers from the Nazis as a boy in Greece. He arrives in Johannesburg together with his father, penniless and unable to speak English. He studies law at Wits and becomes an advocate, building a career on defending the downtrodden against apartheid abuses in a hostile justice system.

Old Dusty of the Low Veld - George Campbell

Old Dusty of the Low Veld by George Campbell is based on the life of an old Prospecter who spent nearly fifty years in the Low Veld propspecting for gold. This book has an appeal all of its own, for here is a day that has gone and in the telling of "Old Dusty's" story, the author has, to quote Eldred Green, "himself panned some nuggets of pure gold"

Die Dagboek Van H.A.L. Hamelberg 1855-1871 - FJ Du T. Spies

Die Dagboek Van H.A.L. Hamelberg: 1855- 871 by FJ Du T. Spies is a retelling of the original diary by the consul-general of the Orange Freestate. Volume 33 in the first series of VRS Publications.  There is an English summary, translated by NG Sabbagha. Illustrated with b&w photos.

The Records of a Pioneer Family - Essex; William & Harriet with Arthur Rabone

The Records of a Pioneer Family by Alfred Essex, William Rabone and Harriet Rabone is a collection of letters and diaries of the Essex/Rabone family, giving an account of the pioneer life more than a century ago.

A Nature Conservationist Looks Back - Douglas Hey

A Nature Conservationist Looks Back by Douglas Hey endeavours to provide a popular yet factual account of the origins and development of nature conservation in the Cape Province. Illustrated with b&w photos.

Tomorrow's Sun - Helen Joseph

Tomorrow's Sun: The Smuggled Journal from South Africa by Helen Joseph presents the true story of her fight for equality for black Africans - and the humiliations and harassments she has been forced to suffer as a result. It is Helen Joseph's own story of how she became involved in the struggle against the apartheid system.

1st US edition copy.

On Circuit in Kafirland - Perceval M Laurence

On Circuit in Kafirland by Perceval M Laurence collects this colonial judge's writings in one volume. They represent some of the recreations, legal and literary of a colonial judge. Laurence says in his preface that the press received his previous literary endeavour kindly and "..with such complete indifference by the book buying public - if such an entity still exists - that I understand some 'remainders' are still procurable on very reasonable terms." This just goes to show that nothing has changed 100 years later.

Camp Life and Sport in South Africa - T J Lucas

Camp Life and Sport in South Africa by T J Lucas is a first rate account of life and warfare in the Cape during the 1850s, written by one who experienced the events described within these pages at first hand. The author of this book was a trooper in the Cape Mounted Rifles serving in South Africa-or the Cape Colony-in the middle years of the nineteenth century. The Cape Mounted Rifles were engaged in a succession of small but savage wars-known broadly as the Kaffir Wars-with the indigenous tribes of the region.

Zululand Wilderness - Ian Player

Zululand Wilderness by Ian Player tells the story of a profound friendship between Ian Player and Qumbu Magqubu Ntombela that took them along rhino, elephant and hippo paths, across the Black and White Umfolozi rivers, and into the domain of ancient Zulu kings

The Strange Alchemy of Life and Law - Albie Sachs

The Strange Alchemy of Life and Law by Albie Sachs is an autobiography of Albie Sachs, who played a prominent part in the struggle for justice in South Africa. The book provides unique access to an insider's perspective on modern South Africa, and a rare glimpse into the working of a judicial mind. By juxtaposing life experiences and extracts from judgments, Sachs enables the reader to see the complex and surprising ways in which legal culture transforms subjective experience into objectively reasoned decisions.

Kitty and the Prince - Ben Shephard

Kitty and the Prince by Ben Shephard is the story of the doomed love affair between Kitty Jewell, the white daughter of a Cornish mining engineer and Prince Lobengula, a black man. He was a member of a travelling show called Savage South Africa comprising African natives and wild animals brought from South Africa for the entertainment of the British public in 1899. The affair was a heart-breaking love story which at the time caused a scandal and filled the newspapers with disgust.