In his first new travel book in eight years, the endearingly irascible Theroux takes readers the length of Africa by rattletrap bus, dugout canoe, cattle truck, armed convoy, ferry and train.[...]

From its earliest days as a royal settlement fronting the pyramids of Giza to its current manifestation as the largest metropolis in Africa, Cairo has forever captured the urban pulse of the Middle East. In Cairo: Histories of a City, Nezar AlSayyad narrates the many Cairos that have existed through[...]

From a noted journalist who has spent much of his life in Cairo, here is a dazzling cultural excavation of that most ancient, colorful, and multifaceted of cities. The seat of pharaohs and sultans, the prize of conquerors from Alexander to Saladin to Napoleon, Cairo--nicknamed "the Victorious"--has [...]

They are voices that have been silent for centuries: those of captives and refugees, widows and orphans, the blind and infirm, and the underclass of the "working poor." Now, for the first time, the voices of the poor in the Middle Ages come to life in this moving book by historian Mark Cohen.A compa[...]

On December 12, 1862, while patrolling Mississippi's Yazoo River, the ironclad U.S.S. Cairo struck a Confederate torpedo. Twelve minutes later, the gunboat slipped beneath the surface approximately eight miles north of Vicksburg, where it remained for exactly 102 years. When researchers raised it in[...]

Samia Serageldin's heroine, the daughter of a politically prominent, land-owning Egyptian family, witnesses the changes sweeping her homeland. Looking back to the glamorous Egypt of the pashas and King Faruk, Serageldin moves forward to the police state of the colonels who seized power in 1952 and t[...]

"Cairo Pop" is the first book to examine the dominant popular music of Egypt, "shababiyya." Scorned or ignored by scholars and older Egyptians alike, "shababiyya" plays incessantly in Cairo, even while Egyptian youth joined in mass protests against their government, which eventually helped oust [...]

"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 compan[...]

DK Eyewitness Top 10 Travel Guide: Cairo & the Nile will lead you straight to the very best on offer. Whether you're looking for the things not to miss at the Top 10 sights, or want to find the best nightspots; this guide is the perfect pocket-sized companion. Rely on dozens of Top 10 lists - from t[...]