Barack Obama A riveting, deeply personal account of history in the making—from the president who inspired us to believe in the power of democracy In the stirring, highly anticipated first...

Christian Lander with Hagen Engler You’ll find them sipping an espresso with the Sunday Times open at the Zapiro cartoon, enjoying a Tashas Panini, with a MacBook Pro streaming a...

Peter Biddlecombe Having travelled across West Africa for over 10 years, Peter Biddlecombe's often hilarious account is a highly readable, hugely entertaining introduction to French Africa. In countries such as Togo,...

Jeff Gordon GRIPPING FIRST-HAND ACCOUNTS OF EXTRAORDINARY SIGHTINGS, SCRAPES AND INCIDENTS IN ONE OF AFRICA'S GREATEST NATIONAL PARKSAn enraged elephant flips a car onto its roof. A lioness prises open...

Rabbi Marc Schneier Many people are familiar with the story of Jewish support for the American civil rights movement, but this history has another side--one that has not been fully...

Mark Behr Set in the bitter twilight of apartheid in South Africa in the 1970s, The Smell of Apples is a haunting story narrated by eleven-year-old Marnus Erasmus, who records...

Andre Brink From his conflicting childhood experiences in South Africa, to his discovery in 1960s Paris of a wider artistic life, followed by his decision to return home and oppose...

Author: Mario Vargas Llosa A subtle and enlightening novel about a neglected human rights pioneer by the Nobel Laureate Mario Vargas Llosa.In 1916, the Irish nationalist Roger Casement was hanged...

Sidney Littlefield Kasfir The twentieth century has been a period of major disruption for traditional institutions in Africa. But even as old forms of art patronage were being suppressed, new...

Janny Scott A major publishing an unprecedented look into the life of the woman who most singularly shaped Barack Obama--his mother.Barack Obama has written extensively about his father, but little...

Tahar Ben Jelloun Young Moroccans gather regularly in a seafront cafe to gaze at the lights on the Spanish coast glimmering in the distance. A young man called Azel is...

Barack Obama #1  NEW YORK TIMES  BESTSELLER • Barack Obama’s lucid vision of America’s place in the world and call for a new kind of politics that builds upon our shared...