The Rough Guide To The Soul Brothers brings us the work of South Africa's irrepressible legends, The Soul Brothers. From their early hits of the 1970s to their most recent releases, this Rough Guide introduces listeners to their sweet honeyed vocals and the swinging dance rhythms straight from the heart and soul of South Africa's townships.

Congolese music – rumba or soukous – has been at the core of African dance music for almost half a century, surpassing just about every other African pop style in existence. The Rough Guide To Congolese Soukous profiles the sweet guitar sound and hip-swinging rhythms of this superb dance rhythm, featuring tracks from some of Africa's greatest stars.

Neighbouring countries, Senegal & Gambia, are undoubtedly home to one of Africa's most dynamic music scenes. Enjoy contributions from all the leading stars from the Wolof rhythm mbalax, at the heart of Senegalese music to the 'Afro-Manding blues' of Gambia.

This Rough Guide dips into the burgeoning global dance scene, which in the last decade or so has become a new universal language, with DJs blending local trademark styles with house, hip-hop, ragga, garage, nu-jazz and other electronic-based dance music. From Italian batacuda meltdown through the UK Asian Underground movement to funk-inflected bossa nova, this cultural cross-fertilisation is transforming popular music today.

This unusual Rough Guide presents the most popular but under represented rhythm of the vast, ethnically diverse land of Mozambique. The album brings together the 'grand old men' of the style with the new marrabenta movement with many prevoiusly unreleased tracks especially recorded for this album. Here is the triumph of Mozambican talent over civil war and natural disaster; with many tracks you won't hear anywhere else.

A menagerie of animals, plants, flowers, sunsets and landscapes, ranging from the African savannah to the Arctic tundra. Brilliantly shot by award-winning nature photographers.

The essential building blocks for annual reports, brochures and advertising. From boardrooms to manufacturing. An astounding variety of business and industrial images.

The photographer traveled the globe to document the subtle and intricate surfaces of the natural world. Sand patterns, kelp, a conch, every vein of a leaf; each detail a discovery.