Steyn: 42 books

Brought together first as enemies in the Anglo-Boer War, and later as allies in the First World War, the remarkable, and often touching, friendship between Winston Churchill and Jan Smuts is a rich study in contrasts. In youth they occupied very different worlds: Churchill, the rambunctious...

What does it mean to be a disciple of Jesus? How do you become a disciple? Are all believers disciples? Are there still disciples today? These were the question that three of us, all in active ministry, were thinking about. We wanted to take Scripture seriously, but also the context against which...

It is the late 1980s. Serious allegations surface against three prominent National Party cabinet ministers, one of them the second-most powerful man in the country. They are, it is said, regularly abusing young boys on an island just off the coast of Port Elizabeth. From opposite ends of South Africa,...

Majid, a half-dragon, wishes to end a war that has been fought for a thousand years. The vampires have only one desire and that is to enslave the elves and destroy their homes. In the mean time the dragons have joined on the side of elves and are fighting against the vampires. Majid must now...

In this autobiographical account of a lifetime spent observing, researching and photographing birds, Peter Steyn shares experiences that span some 70 years. His story starts and ends in Cape Town, South Africa, but in between we read about the 17 years he spent in Zimbabwe – his most productive...

The world is facing the worst humanitarian crisis since the Second World War. Over 300,000 are dead in Syria, and one and half million are either injured or disabled. Four and a half million people are trying to flee the country. And Syria is just one of a growing number of failed or failing states...

In A Man Apart Richard Steyn once again brings to life a South African icon. Louis Botha was the first Prime Minister of the Union of South Africa, a union he did much to create in the decade after the devastation of the Anglo-Boer War. During the war Botha was a brilliant young Boer general who through...

This seminal work documents the clandestine sea borne operations undertaken by South Africa’s 4 Reconnaissance Commando Regiment. It breathtakingly reveals the versatility and effectiveness of this elite unit which worked with a range of other South African and Rhodesian forces, including the Rhodesian...

For nearly a decade, I was employed by large consultancies and service providers, offering Software Quality Management services to a global customer base. Many of my strategic customers were in the Banking and Financial Services space. Working with these large providers, I was accustomed to a target-driven,...

Below the sand of Egypt is a chamber filled with timeless treasure, the wisdom of Thoth. Ancient knowledge, left for a civilization in desperate need of help to prevent their extinction.Ozymandeus is the journey of spiritual discovery of an Egyptian who went looking for wisdom in the desert, but then...

Tienermeisies verdwyn die een na die ander. Hulle word gevind: eers gemartel en toe gehang. Dit is op hierdie monster wat adjudant-offisier Magson jag maak. Maar agter hom loop 'n donker spoor.

’n Moordmasjien wat met die grootste presisie en kundigheid te werk gaan, bes moontlik met die hulp van die Polisie self. Dié selfaangestelde laksmanne moet dringend gestop word, ja, maar ewe dringend is die opspoor van die lekplek in eie geledere, en dit word aan Pine Pienaar alleen toevertrou.

Jan Smuts: Unafraid of Greatness is a re-examination of the life and thoughts of Jan Smuts. It is intended to remind a contemporary readership of the remarkable achievements of this impressive soldier-statesman. The author, a former editor of The Star, argues that Smut's role in the creation of modern...

First published in 2006. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.