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DK Eyewitness Top 10 Cape Town & the Winelands is the essential guide to Africa's most vibrant destinations. Whether it's the Top 10 thrilling wildlife experiences, wine estates, museums and galleries, beaches , parks and reserves, best shopping areas and markets, restaurants and cafes, the liveliest bars and clubs and the best hotels for every budget, the DK Eyewitness Top 10 Cape Town & the...

DK Eyewitness Top 10 Travel Guide Cairo & The Nile will lead you straight to the very best of this historic place. Whether you?re looking to visit the iconic Pyramids and Sphinx, ride in a hot air balloon over The Nile or shop in Cairo's many markets; this guide is your perfect pocket-sized companion. Rely on dozens of Top 10 lists ? from the Top 10 spectacular tombs, pyramids and Nile cruises...

The uniquely visual DK Eyewitness Travel Guide Kenya is your indispensible guide to this exciting and diverse country. This fully updated guide includes in depth coverage of Kenya's varying habitats and how best to experience them, plus street-by-street maps of all its cities and towns. The new-look guide is also packed with photographs and illustrations that lead you straight to the best places and...

The uniquely visual DK Eyewitness Travel Guide South Africa is your indispensible guide to this exciting country. This fully updated guide includes unique cutaways, floorplans and reconstructions of South Africa's must-see sites, plus street-by-street maps of all its cities and towns. The new-look guide is also packed with photographs and illustrations leading you straight to the best attractions this...

DK Eyewitness Travel Guide: Egypt  will lead you straight to the best attractions Egypt has on offer. Packed with photographs, illustrations and clear maps of Egypt, the guide explores everything from the coral of the Red Sea to bustling Cairo, the cultural wealth of the Nile Valley temples and the best beaches, mosques and unmissable ancient sites. With 3D cutaways and floorplans and comprehensive...

DK Eyewitness Top 10 Cape Town & the Winelands will lead you straight to the best attractions that this vibrant region has to offer. Whether you are looking for thrilling wildlife experiences, the most outstanding wine estates or the most beautiful beaches, this guide is the perfect pocket-sized companion. Rely on dozens of Top 10 lists - from the Top 10 adventure activities to the Top 10 ways...

'I had a farm in Africa, at the foot of the Ngong Hills . . . Up in this high air you breathed easily . . . you woke up in the morning and thought: Here I am, where I ought to be.'

From the moment Karen Blixen arrived in Kenya in 1914 to manage a coffee plantation, her heart belonged to Africa. Drawn to the intense colours and ravishing landscapes, Blixen spent her happiest years on the farm, and her...

'Everyone call me Pumpkin.  Firstly, because I was a fat, chubby-cheeked baby.  And, secondly, because when Ma was pregnant with me, no matter how much pumpkin she ate, she just couldn't get enough . . . '

I wake up in the morning and throw the shutters open. It's dawn and the first prayers of the day have just hurled over the rooftops of Marrakech. Breakfast is home-made jam, honey, tea, freshly squeezed orange juice and a basket full of freshly baked, still warm breads – m'lawi, flat bread, pancake and croissant.

And with this, the irrepressible Peta Mathias begins her culinary adventures...

Lightly spiced flavours from Morocco

The market place is at the heart of Moroccan cooking – the fragrance of fresh herbs and pungent spices, the visual thrill of intricately painted serving dishes and glowing fresh produce. Moroccan food is characterised by fresh, zesty and spicy flavourings.

'An outrageously disdainful, wonderfully funny account . . . he wrote like an angel - a fallen one'
Irish Times

Between 1929 and 1935 Evelyn Waugh travelled widely and wrote four books about his experiences. In this collection he writes, with his customary wit and perception, about a cruise around the Mediterranean; a train trip from Djibouti to Abyssinia to attend Emperor Haile Selassie's coronation in 1930; his travels in Aden, Zanzibar, Kenya and the Congo, coping with unbearable heat and plagued by mosquitoes;...

The DK Eyewitness Morocco Travel Guide will lead you straight to the best attractions this country has to offer. From the ancient Kasbahs, mosques and colourful Souks of Marrakech to the sprawling Sahara desert and the magnificent Mediterranean coast; this guide provides all the insider tips every visitor needs.