Ericas, a key component of fynbos vegetation, come in an astonishing array of sizes, shapes and colours. Almost 700 species, nearly all of them found nowhere else in the world, occur in the Cape Floristic Region - a centre of unparalleled diversity for the genus.
"Ericas of the Fynbos" introduces 180 of the region's most common, showy or interesting species. Arranged in five groups and several subgroups for easy identification, this handy guide details the diagnostic features, flowering times, habitats and distribution of each species, and exquisite photographs showcase the beauty and diversity of this charismatic plant group. An informative introduction explores the biology, pollination, origin and conservation status of fynbos ericas, and provides pointers to aid identification.
This innovative guide enables flower enthusiasts for the first time to confidently identify nearly one third of fynbos ericas in nature.

Stories from the Edge


On the fringes of the Karoo-Kalahari crossover zone and deep into the Hard Man's Land, the adventures grow more exotic as the days pass and the journeys continue.

In this fourth edition of the "Karoo Roads" series of heritage stories, we bring you tales from crazy, wonderful places like Putsonderwater, Hondeklip Bay, Verneuk Pan, Brandvlei and Merweville, a neat little settlement in the Koup that still glows from the attention of a TV series.

We drive the Great Western Highway, follow the majestic Orange River as it snakes through the desert, we dig up the legends of the early pioneers, indigenous clans and scoundrels who lived on its banks, we chase ancient elephant sign right across the Karoo and end up in a restored Cederberg village, where the 'veldskoen' crafters are hard at work on your next pair of shoes.

"Karoo Roads IV" will take you to faraway places at the edge of your comfort zone - where the real fun begins!

Frontier Dispatches


Welcome to another heritage collection of journeys into the past and present of South Africa's Karoo region.

From the studios of snowy Nieu-Bethesda to the stony heights of the Richtersveld, "Karoo Roads III" takes you roaming far and wide with seasoned storytellers Chris Marais and Julienne du Toit.

Hear tales of love and cheese, sit with the elders of Lekkersing, find the shaggiest sheep in the country, witness angel-makers at work, read about the legends of a man who once painted the Sistine Chapel on an ostrich egg and a band of farmers' wives who turned a piece of Karoo veld into a world-class country school.

Discover a rock star traffic cop, a four-legged ostrich, a couple who live in a castle, an Old School newspaperman with the highway in his eyes and a desert bar where magic happens on a regular basis.

Relish the true spirit of this rich and rowdy country.

Faces, Places and Incredible Spaces


Come out and visit the world's friendliest arid land, the Karoo. Discover the stories and legends that lie beneath.

The steam train drivers and their stokers who settled down in De Aar; ten cement dancers in a veld-frenzy on a farm outside Loxton; the Rasta golfers of Calvinia; an offbeat night in Aberdeen; the rockers of Barrydale; a freak springtime snow blizzard in Richmond; the deep-sea cowboys of Port Nolloth; the mountain cowgirls of Graaff-Reinet; how the Gariep Dam was built; the midnight ghosts who walk the veld and the windpumps that bring the water - these are some of the hinterland stories of South Africa.

"Karoo Roads" is a collector's treasure box of trips and tales gathered from more than a decade of research and rubber-on-the-road experiences, penned and photographed by two award-winning travel writers, Chris Marais and Julienne du Toit, who will introduce you to some of the loveliest, toughest, most creative and downright crazy characters, critters and cultures thriving in the Dry Country.

Into the Mystic Karoo


In the sequel to the popular "Karoo Roads" collection of stories, Julienne du Toit and Chris Marais take you back to the Faraway Zone of South Africa.

Meet the hardy drought-survivors of Steytlerville. Catch diamond fever with the scruffy prospectors of the Richtersveld. Wander through a misty Cradock cemetery. Mix up a Karoo Margarita with Graaff-Reinet's very own Moonlight Man.

Venture deep into the Hard Man's Karoo for koeksister lessons, catch the rhythm of the Nama Riel and watch the kids as they race their wire cars through the streets of Philipstown. Keep your eyes peeled for alien landings.

'n Eg Suid-Afrikaanse kookboek vir beginners van alle ouderdomme.

"Kook & Geniet" se kleinsus is terug! Propvol staatmaakresepte, spesiaal uitgesoek en getoets deur Eunice van der Berg. Die meer as 55 resepte sluit als in van ou gunstelinge soos hamburgers, tjips en pizza tot 'n verskeidenheid soetgoed.

Elke resep word stap-vir-stap verduidelik met kleurfoto's. En jy leer ook:
• hoe om 'n resep te volg
• hoe om te meet
• wat kookterme beteken
• hoe om kombuisgereedskap te gebruik.

"Klein kook & geniet" sal jou touwys maak in die basiese kuns van kosmaak. En as jy eers weet hóé, sal jy enige resep kan baasraak.

Kies kortpad met blikkies en pakkies, boksies en botteltjies... vir sonder-moeite-treffers enige dag en heeljaar deur.

Staan jy gereeld voor jou oop koskas en kopkrap vir inspirasie? Dalk vir gesinskos of net ietsie ander vir 'n slag? Dan het Marinda Engelbrecht die antwoord. In haar derde boek wys dié gesoute hand hoe jy spoggeregte uit doodgewone blikkies en pakkies kan optower.

Jy hoef nie ure lank te swoeg met vleis-, hoender- of visgeregte nie - blikkies en pakkies is mos daar. Met net 'n paar koskasbestanddele en gekoopte skilferkorsdeeg maak jy 'n geurige pastei, en min mense sal die verskil proe tussen die watertand-boontjiesop uit blikkies en pakkies en die ware jakob.

Pak met jou volgende inkopiestog 'n paar blikkies tamaties, bone, lensies, sampioene, vis, vleis en, natuurlik, ingedampte melk en kondensmelk vir die soet, in jou mandjie, en met "Marinda kook met blikkies en pakkies" byderhand kan jy enige smulgereg berei.

"Dit gebeur dikwels dat 'n skietoorlog deur 'n tweede oorlog gevolg word. Dié oorlog word nie met ammunisie of kartetse gevoer of met tenks en bomwerpers nie, maar met woorde."

In 1987-1988 was die stowwerige Angolese dorpie Cuito Cuanavale die toneel van die laaste gevegte van die Grensoorlog. Sedertdien is dit die fokuspunt van 'n openbare debat oor wie eintlik hierdie oorlog gewen het.

Die leierskorps van die Suid-Afrikaanse Weermag (SAW) hou vol hulle is nooit verslaan nie, terwyl die alliansie van die Angolese MPLA-regering, Kuba en Swapo beweer hulle het die SAW uit Angola en Suidwes-Afrika verdryf. Hulle glo voorts die SAW wou Cuito Cuanavale beset en as afspringplek gebruik om Luanda in te neem.

Maar was Cuito Cuanavale ooit regtig 'n doelwit vir die Suid-Afrikaners? Dit is die vraag wat Leopold Scholtz vra wanneer hy onlangs gedeklassifiseerde dokumente in die weermagargief bestudeer en die taktiese en strategiese besluite ondersoek wat 'n bepalende rol in die ses groot veldslae van dié oorlog gespeel het.

Sy kritiese ontleding wys hoe maklik propaganda en politiek in die pad van feite kan staan.

Die Suid-Afrikaanse Olimpiese bokser Robey Leibbrandt is gedurende die Tweede Wêreldoorlog deur die Nazi's op 'n epiese tog in 'n klein seiljag van Europa na Suid-Afrika gestuur.
Sy missie? Om in opdrag van die Duitse militêre geheimediens as skakel tussen die Nazi's en die Ossewabrandwag te dien. Leibbrandt het ook sy eie planne gehad om 'n sluipmoord op eerste minister Jan Smuts uit te voer en die regering omver te werp.
Leibbrandt het 'n aanhanger van nasionaal-sosialisme geword toe hy in 1936 vir Suid-Afrika aan die Olimpiese Spele in Berlyn deelgeneem het. Hy is daarna deur die Duitse militêre geheimediens gewerf en het intensiewe sabotasieopleiding ontvang.
Wie was hierdie man wat uiteindelik aan hoogverraad skuldig bevind en ter dood veroordeel is? Dié biografie deur die bekroonde skrywer Albert Blake werp nuwe lig op hierdie enigmatiese figuur en die fanatisme wat hom aangevuur het.

Understand and identify the grasses of the savanna and the animals that graze them.

"Grasses and Grazers of Botswana and the surrounding savanna" is a field guide to some 100 grass species and to the grazers - livestock and wild game - that feed on them. The book describes the role of grasses in the food chain, their anatomy and growth, and discusses their value as indicators of the health of the veld. It also outlines the fascinating interrelationships between grasses and grazing animals, and the many ways in which these plants and animals have evolved together. The book concludes with a chapter that outlines sound grassland management practices.

This accessible, richly illustrated reference guide will be invaluable to a diversity of readers: nature lovers, farmers, students and tourists.

IT'S NOT ABOUT THE BATS
IT'S ABOUT US

It's about you and me - and our governments. As Covid-19 has wreaked havoc across the world, the time for this idea has come: we need to re-set our relationship with nature.
The pandemic has put the spotlight on how human expansion on earth has led to an increase in zoonic viruses jumping species, and calls on us to re-examine our rampant commercialisation of nature and animals in farming, wildlife management and in our diets. At the heart of the problem is 'anthropocentrism': our egotistical view that ecosystems, plants, trees and other animals exist for the benefit of humans, and humans alone.
In his trademark accessible and anecdotal style, Cruise explores the ethical and practical issues, the personal and political choices - and solutions - to the greatest problem facing all species on earth.

"Vriendin, dankie dat ons hierdie pad saam kan stap."

In "'n Ewige kroon" getuig die gewese Mej. Suid-Afrika Demi-Leigh Tebow hoe gevaarlik dit is om ons identiteit aan ons prestasies te koppel.
Demi-Leigh neem ons saam met haar op haar reis na selfvertroue. Waar sy aanvanklik haar identiteit op eerbetuigings en haar eie pogings gebaseer het, tot sy die rotsvaste sekerheid van 'n lewe geanker in die Skepper ontdek het. Dié reis verweef haar lewensverhaal met die insigte wat sy langs die pad verwerf het.
"'n Ewige kroon" is propvol vrae om te oordink, wysheid uit die Bybel en praktiese insigte om op jou eie toe te pas. Demi-Leigh sal jou aanmoedig, uitdaag en inspireer om:

• te DELF in die onwaarhede wat jou terughou;
• die waarheid in jou wese te PLANT dat God getrou is en jou sal lei na jou ware self;
• te GROEI deur die lewe se onvermydelike pyn tot aanvaarding van God se wonderlike plan vir jou; en
• te FLOREER deur teenwoordig in plaas van perfek te wees.

Die doel van ons lewe is om God en ander lief te hê en te dien. Demi-Leigh wys hoe jy kan leer om op jou roeping eerder as op jou aspirasies te fokus, sodat jy 'n voetspoor van betekenis, eerder as een van sukses, nalaat.

"When Rustling Became an Art" tells the story of a father, son and grandson who led the Kgatla people to political and military prominence in the western Transvaal and eastern Bechuanaland during the 19th century. This is a story of shrewd risk-takers perpetrating calculated violence, fit for the times. For Boers and Africans alike, good enterprises were measured in cattle, and the Kgatla under Pilane and his two successors, Kgamanyane and Linchwe, were uncommonly good at acquiring cattle.

This is also the first detailed narrative of early-to-late western Transvaal history involving resident Boer and African communities, along with missionary activity, the relations between the South African Republic and its western border, and the complex movement of African groups into and out of the western Transvaal between 1860 and 1900. It provides a revisionist perspective of Paul Kruger, detailing his land speculation, slave raiding, collaborative dealings with Africans, and his political and religious struggles within the Boer community of Rustenburg District.