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Andrew St. Pierre White shares his comprehensive knowledge, experiences and opinion in 4x4 vehicles and adventure. Since 1993, when his 4×4 publishing business began, he has written 13 4×4 books, made six 4×4 instruction video programs, written countless articles for magazines, published 17 high-detail maps of Southern Africa, made four 4×4 adventure TV series of 13 episodes each, and has the long standing 4×4 website – 4xforum.com.
Arcadia Books
Arcadia Books celebrates its 15th anniversary this year as independent literary publishers. We publish between 30 and 40 books each year, over five imprints (Arcadia, EuroCrime, Bliss, BlackAmber and Maia Press). Arcadia is the recipient of a number of awards (Sunday Times Small Publisher of the Year, the Independent Publishers Guild Diversity Award and the Independent newspaper's Hero of the Book Trade, for example) and our authors have won or been short-listed or long-listed for top literary literary prizes including the Booker, the Orange, the Costa, the Independent Foreign Fiction Prize, the International Dagger and the Weidenfeld Translation Prize. Top sellers are the books of Corinne Hofmann including The White Masai (150,000 copies sold), The Last Kabbalist of Lisbon by Richard Zimler (85,000 copies) and Tessa de Loo's The Twins (75,000 copies). We publish books from over 35 different countries and are noted for our translations into English.Bradt Travel Guides
Known for their ground breaking guides to unusual destinations, Bradt Travel Guides has been publishing guides for close to 40 years. With over 130 guides to choose from Bradt offers unparalleled background information including the most in-depth wildlife coverage on the market together with comprehensive practical details on getting around, where to stay and where to eat. Earthscan
The world’s leading publisher on climate change, sustainable development and environmental technology. Earthscan has won the title of ‘Independent Publisher of the Year’ at the 2010 Independent Publishing Awards. As well as the prestigious overall award, Earthscan also won the Lightning Source Academic & Professional Publisher of the Year and the International Achievement of the Year awards, and had been shortlisted for digital and innovation awards.
IDASA
Idasa is an African democracy institute which aims to help build sustainable democratic societies throughout the continent of Africa, in collaboration with African and global partners. It is a registered Section 21 company in South Africa and has a functioning Board of Directors. As a recognised public interest organisation in Africa, Idasa maintains international links with many similar organisations through the world movement for democracy.
Myriad Editions
Myriad Editions is an independent publisher of original fiction and graphic non-fiction, and creator of the award-winning State of the World atlas series, mapping vital issues such as climate change, human rights and health for a global readership.
Old Street Publishing
Old Street Publishing is a UK based inderpendent publisher of fiction and non fiction.
Pluto Press
Pluto Press is one of the world’s leading radical publishers, specialising in progressive, critical perspectives in politics and the social sciences. Based in London, we have been active for 40 years and independent since 1979. We have more than 800 titles in print by authors such as Noam Chomsky, Howard Zinn, John Pilger, Susan George, Ziauddin Sardar, Greg Palast, Eduardo Galeano and Vandana Shiva.
Roberts Birds - The John Voelckner Bird Book Fund
The Trustees of the John Voelcker Bird Book Fund are a small group of dedicated ornithological businessmen that give freely of their time (without remuneration), to further the interests of Ornithology in southern Africa.
They are committed to the perpetuation of Roberts Bird Books (and related products), operate with minimum profit margins and use whatever profits are generated to plough back into ornithology in the region.
Two Dogs Books
Two Dogs is an independent book imprint started in 2006 that focuses on producing entertaining and irreverent reading for South Africans. We focus on “male” subject matter and tone for books that engage both men and women. Our books cover current affairs, social commentary, relationships, sex, cars, finance, travel and the like, and our guiding principles are humour, topicality, approachability and political incorrectness.Two Dogs is at the forefront of a new brand of writing in South Africa, breaking from a once-constrained industry to embrace self-deprecation, relevance and laughter as entertainment. Many Two Dogs titles are noteworthy in the South African context in that they employ satirical humour that in past years has been lacking from the local non-fiction market (which is known for more direct slapstick comedy, intense political tomes and beautiful coffee table books, and not much besides).
Noteworthy titles
Though only producing around half a dozen titles per year, Two Dogs has a strong presence in the SA market. Since 2007 it has produced four SA best-sellers. Is It Just Me Or Is Everything Kak? reached a chart high of number 2 on the Adult Non-Fiction list and generated two further books in the series; together the three titles have sold approximately 30,000 copies. The highly acclaimed Some Of My Best Friends Are White was shortlisted for the Neilsen Booksellers’ Choice Award in 2008. It has sold more than 18,000 copies and was translated into Italian in 2010. It's follow-up, Is It Coz I'm Black?, was the leading seller during the Exclusive Books Homebru promotion in May 2009 and has also achieved best-seller status. The emigration title Should I Stay Or Should I Go? was a top-selling title on the Homebru 2010 promotion. Other noteworthy titles include Hijack!, which was described as “the best thriller this country has produced” by The Star and is currently being adapted into a film script, Tim Plewman’s Defending The Caveman and Why I’ll Never Live In Oz Again.
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