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Essential Books These 4 items are available for $64, including
U.S. shipping, a 15% discount (Item no. EXJRD23)		  
Petra, The Rose-Red City  •  Christian Auge  •  Jean-Marie Dentzer
ART & ARCHITECTURE •  2000 •  PAPER  • 144 PAGES
A pocket guide to the art, history and culture of Petra with hundreds of archival and color illustrations, maps, site plans and a section of original documents. It includes a detailed overview of individual buildings and sectors within the desert city. Occupied by the Nabataeans from the 4th-century BC, conquered by the Romans, and overrun by the Crusaders, the city was long lost to the west; only the local people knew of this desert stronghold until its rediscovery by the Swiss explorer Burckhardt in 1812. (JRD13, $15.95)		   Petra, The Rose-Red City
Married to a Bedouin  •  Marguerite Van Geldermalsen
BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR •  2010 •  PAPER  • 279 PAGES
An Arabic speaker who married and raised three children in a 2,000-year-old cave at Petra, Van Geldermalsen describes her transformation from young New Zealand tourist to Bedouin wife and vital member of the community in this compelling, illuminating memoir. (JRD35, $16.95)		   Married to a Bedouin
Lonely Planet Jordan  •  Jenny Walker
GUIDEBOOK •  2009 •  PAPER  • 360 PAGES
A practical guide in the popular series, featuring plenty of maps, tips and basic sightseeing information. (JRD16, $22.99)		   Lonely Planet Jordan
Jordan Map  •  Cartographia
MAP
A folded, colorful map of Jordan at a scale of 1:700,000, with a detailed city map of Amman on the reverse. Two Sides. 35x26 inches. (JRD18, $12.00)		   Jordan Map



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Jordan & Syria Map  •  International Travel Maps    •  This double-sided regional map (1:700,000) shows not only Jordan & Syria, but also all of Israel. (MDE14, $12.95)
 		  
Rough Guide Jordan  •  Matthew Teller   • GUIDEBOOK  •  Teller's no-nonsense voice rings true, both in the concise background information about Jordan's highlights and in his encouragement to get off the beaten path. (JRD10, $24.99)
 		  
Spectrum Guide to Jordan  •  Camerapix   • GUIDEBOOK  •  This handsome guidebook features in-depth essays and hundreds of color photographs introducing the culture, history and archaeology of Jordan. With travel information, maps, wildlife checklists and information on politics and the economy. (JRD09, $22.95)
 		  
A History of Jordan  •  Philip Robins   • HISTORY  •  An informative, brief history of Jordan and its king from the 1920s to the present by a professor of politics at Oxford. Robins was previously a Jordan-based correspondent for the BBC and The Guardian. (JRD17, $31.99)
 		  
Islam, A Short History  •  Karen Armstrong   • HISTORY  •  Armstrong brings authority and experience to this vivid, clear-headed survey of the history and impact of Islam from the birth of Muhammad to present-day challenges. (ISL15, $15.95)
 		  
Islam, The Straight Path  •  John L. Esposito   • RELIGION  •  A well-written survey of the faith, practice and beliefs of Islam. It's a balanced tone intended for an undergraduate audience, yet it also functions as an excellent overview for the general reader. (MDE22, $47.95)
 		  
Live from Jordan, Letters Home from My Journey through the Middle East  •  Benjamin Orbach   • HISTORY  •  Orbach's down-to-earth, eyewitness report of daily life, attitudes and politics in Jordan. (JRD25, $22.00)
 		  
Roman Arabia  •  G.W. Bowersock   • HISTORY  •  A remarkable history of the Romans in the Arab world. For the traveler with scholarly inclinations, this lucid book provides essential background to the Roman archaeological sites in the Middle East. (MDE12, $29.00)
 		  
Petra, Splendors of the Nabataean Civilization  •  Francesca Arianna Ossorio  •  Barbara A. Porter   • ARCHAEOLOGY  •  With color photographs of the temples, tombs and elaborate buildings, along with archival photographs and accompanying text. (JRD34, $60.00)
 		  
Lawrence of Arabia  •  Liddell Hart   • BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR  •  A lively biography of T. E. Shaw (a.k.a. Lawrence of Arabia), long the standard. With 17 photos and ten maps. (JRD07, $18.95)
 		  
Seven Pillars of Wisdom, A Triumph  •  T.E. Lawrence   • BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR  •  The monumental story of Lawrence of Arabia, as colorful and long as the famous movie which it inspired. Some of the action is set around Wadi Rum in Jordan. (MDE20, $21.00)
 		  
The Language of Baklava  •  Diana Abu-Jaber   • BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR  •  In this evocative culinary memoir, the Jordanian-American novelist recalls growing up with her gregarious, homesick Jordanian father, who cooked to remember the place he came from and to pass that connection to his children. With one recipe per chapter. (JRD22, $14.95)
 		  
Walking the Bible, A Journey by Land through the Five Books of Moses  •  Bruce Feiler   • TRAVEL NARRATIVE  •  An account of a 10,000-mile trek through the Biblical lands of the Middle East in the company of an Israeli archaeologist. It's part travelogue, part pilgrimage, and part quest for religious meaning. (MDE50, $14.99)
 		  
Appointment with Death  •  Agatha Christie   • MYSTERY  •  Hercule Poirot steps into the story when an American tourist on a grand tour of the Holy Land is found murdered in Petra. (JRD02, $12.99)
 		  
Mrs. Pollifax, Innocent Tourist  •  Dorothy Gilman   • MYSTERY  •  Mrs. Pollifax must smuggle a manuscript out of Jordan, a document that encodes the shocking truth of Saddam Hussein's reign. (JRD32, $7.99)
 		  
In a Desert Land, Photographs of Israel, Egypt and Jordan  •  Neil Folberg   • NATURAL HISTORY  •  A stunning collection of photographs of the desert Middle East, including the Sinai, Petra and Jerusalem. (JRD06, $49.95)
 		  
The Snorkeller's Guide to the Coral Reef, From the Red Sea to the Pacific Ocean  •  Paddy Ryan   • NATURAL HISTORY  •  The best-selling, take-along guide to coral reefs, coral-reef fishes, invertebrates and plants of the Indo-Pacific. With 200 color photographs. (DIV18, $21.99)
 		  
Birds of the Middle East  •  Richard Porter  •  Simon Aspinall   • FIELD GUIDE  •  An outstanding guide to 700 species of the birds in the region from the Arabian peninsula to Egypt, Jordan, Lebanon, Israel, Syria, Iraq, Iran, Turkey and Cyprus. Second edition. (MDE17, $39.95)
 		  
Fishwatcher's Field Guide Red Sea  •  Jerry Greenberg   • FIELD GUIDE  •  This double-sided plastic card shows 64 of the most commonly encountered reef fish of the Red Sea in full-color illustrations, convenient for the boat or beach. (DIV13, $7.50)
 		  
 
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