Hidden Cape Town

A unique look ‘inside’ 30 of Cape Town’s most notable buildings. If you have ever wondered what lies behind an interesting façade, or wished you could peek behind a closed door, Hidden Cape Town is the book for you. The author and photographer have collaborated to reveal the architectural secrets and artworks that lie behind the doors of some well-known, and lesser known, landmark buildings in and around the ‘Mother City’. These buildings are part of our collective heritage, reflecting the myriad cultural influences that have shaped our country.

The Cape Town Book presents a fresh picture of the Mother City, one that brings together all its stories. From geology and beaches to forced removals and hip-hop, Nechama Brodie, author of the best-selling The Joburg Book, has delved deeply into the hidden past of Cape Town to emerge with a lucid and compelling account of South Africa’s fi rst city, its landscape and its people. The book’s 14 chapters trace the origins and expansion of Cape Town – from the City Bowl to the southern and coastal suburbs, the vast expanse of the Cape Flats and the sprawling northern areas. Offering a nuanced, yet balanced, perspective on Cape Town, the book includes familiar attractions like Table Mountain, Kirstenbosch and the Company’s Garden, while also giving a voice to marginalised communities in areas such as Athlone, Langa, Mitchells Plain and Khayelitsha. Many of the images in the book have never been published before, and are drawn from the archives of museums, universities and public institutions. This beautifully illustrated, information-rich book is the defi nitive portrait of the wind-blown, contradictory city at the southern tip of Africa that more than three million people call home

Shivya Nath quit her corporate job at age twenty-three to travel the world. She gave up her home and the need for a permanent address, sold most of her possessions and embarked on a nomadic journey that has taken her everywhere from remote Himalayan villages to the Amazon rainforests of Ecuador. Along the way, she lived with an indigenous Mayan community in Guatemala, hiked alone in the Ecuadorian Andes, got mugged in Costa Rica, swam across the border from Costa Rica to Panama, slept under a meteor shower in the cracked salt desert of Gujarat and learnt to conquer her deepest fears. With its vivid descriptions, cinematic landscapes, moving encounters and uplifting adventures, The Shooting Star is a travel memoir that maps not just the world but the human spirit.

Hidden Pretoria presents some of the architectural gems to be found in South Africa's capital. Sixteen key sites have been carefully chosen to convey the richness and diversity of the city's built heritage.

The third and last book in this trilogy to be published, is the wineguide. In Cape Town you will find a lot of the best wine produced today. Perhaps not surprising, considering that it is as much as 600 vineyards in the immediate proximity. In this guide you will get a quantity articles, interviews, listings and information on where the various vineyards is located, what they produce and what they can offer that is clearly out of the ordinary. Only in the central wine districts in Cape Town are around 250 vineyards so you can already begin to look forward to something clearly special. In the guide you will also find a list of the 50 best and nicest places to eat. That way you'll get the most out of your holiday without having to spend time searching when you can rather use it to enjoy.

Features 28 of Johannesburg's culturally and historically relevant buildings. The book reveals something of the history of the city and the need to preserve the past if we want to protect the future.