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READING AND TRAVEL GUIDE
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A Traveller's Companion to Venice
• John Julius Norwich
ANTHOLOGY •
2003 •
PAPER
• 432 PAGES
• COMING IN MAY
An illuminating selection, edited and introduced by the great John Julius Norwich. The book includes, among its many pleasures, selections of Mark Twain, Henry James, Byron, Casanova, Robert Browning and (of more recent vintage) Jan Morris.
(ITL484, $16.95) |
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A Short History of Byzantium
• John Julius Norwich
HISTORY •
1998 •
PAPER
• 432 PAGES
A richly detailed and evocative narrative history of the tumultuous span of the great empire from the fourth century to the fifteenth, brimming with intrigue, skullduggery, palace revolution and other treachery. Norwich has also published a definitive three-volume history of Byzantium.
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The Colossus of Maroussi
• Henry Miller
TRAVEL NARRATIVE •
2010 •
PAPER
• 223 PAGES
• FAVORITE
The soul of Greece circa 1939. Miller captures the spirit and warmth of the resilient Greek people in this tale of a wartime journey from Athens to Crete, Corfu and Delphi with his friend Lawrence Durrell. Miller at his most inspired.
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Eyewitness Guide Croatia
• Eyewitness Guides
GUIDEBOOK •
2011 •
PAPER
• 296 PAGES
• BEST SELLER
Gorgeously illustrated and filled with excellent maps, this compact book is a thorough overview of Croatia, its history, traditions, cultures and sights. With 850 color photographs and illustrations.
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Mediterranean Explorer
• Ocean Explorer Maps
2006 •
MAP
• BEST SELLER
A full color map of the Mediterranean from Gibraltar to the Black Sea, featuring historical information on ancient sites and historic ports. With color photographs, a timeline, short biographies and other information of interest. Designed and published by intrepid expedition leader and editor Nigel Sitwell. Graham Speake, editor of The Penguin Dictionary of Ancient History, provides the historical information.
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Eyewitness Guide Istanbul
• Eyewitness Guides
• GUIDEBOOK
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This superb guide to Istanbul features color photography, dozens of excellent local maps and a district-by-district synopsis of the city's attractions. Handsome, convenient and up-to-date, this is the guide to carry.
(TKY86, $25.00)
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Fodor's Venice's 25 Best
• Citypack
• GUIDEBOOK
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This shirt-pocket guide includes an excellent map of the city center and essential information.
(ITL106, $12.99)
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The Architectural History of Venice
• Deborah Howard
• GUIDEBOOK
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This revised edition of Howard's concise, fact-filled guide to Venetian churches, palaces and guildhalls from the Byzantine era to the present includes 70 black-and-white and 100 color illustrations.
(ITL797, $26.00)
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1453, The Holy War For Constantinople and the Clash of Islam and the West
• Roger Crowley
• HISTORY
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In this well-paced history, Crowley recounts with drama the events surrounding the fall of Constantinople to the Ottoman Turks.
(TKY114, $15.99)
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A History of Venice
• John Julius Norwich
• HISTORY
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The great historian Norwich marshals myriad personalities, battles, sieges, and facts into a vivid portrait of the Venetian Republic spanning the 1,000 years up to its 1797 defeat at the hands of Napoleon.
(ITL177, $26.00)
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City of Fortune, How Venice Ruled the Seas
• Roger Crowley
• HISTORY
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In this riveting new history, Crowley turns to the three centuries of Venetian maritime dominance -- years of plunder and plague, conquest and piracy -- during which a tiny city of lagoon dwellers grew into the richest place on earth.
(MED185, $32.00)
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Hittite Warrior
• Trevor Bryce
• HISTORY
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A slim illustrated guide by a leading authority.
(WAR145, $18.95)
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Paradise of Cities, Venice in the 19th Century
• John Julius Norwich
• HISTORY
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A portrait of Venice as seen by the 19th-century literati, mostly British.
(ITL483, $16.00)
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Piazza San Marco
• Iain Fenlon
• HISTORY
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Fenlon reveals the dynamic, colorful, and noisy history of this grand square at the heart of Venetian civic life in this sophisticated pocket guide.
(ITA113, $19.95)
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Sailing the Wine-Dark Sea, Why the Greeks Matter
• Thomas Cahill
• HISTORY
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Cahill brings to life ancient Greek society and civilization through the lives and words of politicians, playwrights, a poet, philosopher and artist in this eloquent and absorbing tribute.
(GRE182, $16.00)
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The Balkans, A Short History
• Mark Mazower
• HISTORY
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A brief, provocative survey of the complex and often contentious history of the Balkans. With eloquence and insight, Mazower addresses the issues of geography, nationalism and modern nation-building in the region.
(BLK28, $13.95)
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The City of Falling Angels
• John Berendt
• HISTORY
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Berendt's masterful mix of damp aspirations, intrigue and eccentric personalities conveys a certain essence of what it's like to live in modern Venice.
(ITL644, $16.00)
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The Middle Sea
• John Julius Norwich
• HISTORY
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A marvelous writer who has already tackled Byzantium, the Normans in Sicily and Venice, Norwich spins his magic in this story of culture, trade and politics, royalty and rulers, wars and religion in the Mediterranean.
(MED98, $21.00)
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Venice, a Maritime Republic
• Frederic C. Lane
• HISTORY
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Lane focuses on the history of trade, taking in not just on La Serenissima but also Dubrovink and the other cities of its once far-flung domain.
(ITL24, $32.00)
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Ancient Greece: Art, Architecture, and History
• Marina Belozerskaya
• Kenneth Lapatin
• ARCHAEOLOGY
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This lively illustrated guide covers the architecture, painting and sculpture of Ancient Greece from the third millennium to the end of the Hellenistic period. With 282 color and 28 black-and-white illustrations.
(GRE194, $19.95)
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Art of the Byzantine Era
• David Talbot Rice
• ART & ARCHITECTURE
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Wide-ranging and literate, this thoroughly illustrated introduction to Byzantine art is an indispensable classic.
(TKY22, $21.95)
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The Venetian Empire, A Sea Voyage
• Jan Morris
• TRAVEL NARRATIVE
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Morris reconstructs the whole of the glittering dominion of the Venetian Republic in this evocative account of a journey by sea along historic trade routes to the Adriatic and beyond.
(ITL70, $24.95)
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The World of Venice
• Jan Morris
• TRAVEL NARRATIVE
• FAVORITE
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Morris displays her talent for research, anecdote and well-wrought prose in this spirited history of a beloved city.
(ITL12, $18.95)
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Venice Is a Fish
• Tiziano Scarpa
• TRAVEL NARRATIVE
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The hugely popular Venetian novelist, poet and playwright makes his English-language debut with these marvelously digressive essays on the many moods and pleasures of La Serenissima.
(ITL964, $12.00)
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Croatia, Through Writers' Eyes
• Barnaby Rogerson
• ANTHOLOGY
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This collection of stories, tales and travel narratives illuminates the history and culture of Croatia. Including contributions by Rebecca West, Lawrence Durrell and Fitzroy MacLean.
(BLK95, $33.95)
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Death at La Fenice
• Donna Leon
• MYSTERY
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The first of the tremendously good Guido Brunetti mysteries, all set in the author's beloved Venice, in which a famous conductor is found dead at the celebrated theater of the title.
(ITL555, $14.99)
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The Bridge on the Drina
• Ivo Andric
• Lovette F. Edwards
• LITERATURE
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These linked stories by the Nobel-prize winning author capture the history and complexity of Christian and Muslim relations during Ottoman occupation. Hewn of stone, the bridge dividing the town of Visegrad was Andric's inspiration.
(BLK59, $15.00)
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