
Riders to the Midnight Sun
Marc Llewellyn
Penned by one of Australia’s leading travel writers, this highly entertaining travel book chronicles Llewellyn’s epic ride from Sevastopol to Murmansk in the Arctic Circle. It provides a glimpse of life in the post-Chernobyl former Soviet Union.
256 pages 208 x 135 mm / 8¼ x 5¼ in 77,000 words ISBN 1 86436 641 9 paperback
Price: £9.99
One Step Behind Mandela
Debora Patta
The riveting tale of how Rory Steyn (a typical white, middle-class South African) came to be appointed as President Mandela’s chief bodyguard. A hugely entertaining tribute to Mandela, the book contains behind-the-scenes information and wonderful anecdotes told by the President’s favourite journalist.
240 pages 230 x 150 mm / 9 x 6 in Full colour photographs ISBN 1 86872 269 4 paperback
Price: £10.99
The World’s Great Railway Journeys
Edited by Tom Savio
A celebration in words and pictures of the most romantic way to travel, from modern luxury trains to the last of the long steam rail journeys. Travel in the company of a railway enthusiast from Bulawayo to Victoria Falls, see Mexico from the Chihuahua Pacific, take the Nilagiri Express to one of India's finest hill stations, and marvel at the vistas from the Ghanin Australia.
160 pages 300 x 265 mm / 11¼ x 10¼ in 300 colour photographs 25 maps 50,000 words
ISBN 1 85974 883 X hardback
Price: £29.99
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Letters from Robben Island
Ahmed Kathrada
Letters from Robben Island is a selection of the over 900 letters that political stalwart Ahmed Kathrada wrote during his years in prison, having been sentenced to life in the Rivonia Trial in 1961. This is a soul-stirring book filled with remarkable stories of suffering, humour, humanity and the triumph of the human spirit. It is a journey of the heart to be read by all South Africans.
ISBN: 1 86872 365 8
Price:£10.99