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COUNTRY WALKERS
Turkey
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READING AND TRAVEL GUIDE
Here's a page from Longitude, the specialty bookseller for travelers. To order online, and to see the latest, most comprehensive selection of books and maps, go to http://reading.longitudebooks.com/AF10607. You may also call 800-342-2164 to order or request a catalog.
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These 4 items are available
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U.S. shipping, a 15% discount (Item no. EXTKY90) |
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Eyewitness Guide Turkey
• Eyewitness Guides
GUIDEBOOK •
2010 •
FLEXI-BOUND
• 432 PAGES
Gorgeously illustrated and filled with excellent maps, this compact book provides a thorough overview of history, traditions and sights. With color photographs and maps.
(TKY82, $30.00) |
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Ancient Turkey, A Traveller's History
• Seton Lloyd
HISTORY •
1999 •
PAPER
• 240 PAGES
Written by the former head of the British Archaeological Institute in Ankara, this book is an indispensable guide to Turkey's ancient civilizations and monuments. It's a lively tale of cultures and conquest, from the Hittites to St. Paul, that illuminates the living past of Turkey's archaeological treasures. With maps, drawings, site plans and a section of color photographs.
(TKY43, $28.95) |
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Turkish Reflections, A Biography of a Place
• Mary Lee Settle
TRAVEL NARRATIVE •
1991 •
PAPER
• 253 PAGES
A cross-country odyssey from the Aegean shores to the Bosporus and interior by an author and poet who lived in Bodrum 20 years before. Settle's captivating travelogue is a richly detailed portrait of contemporary Turkey, its people, monasteries, myths, archaeological treasures and living traditions. Exemplary.
(TKY08, $16.99) |
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Turkey Map
• Freytag & Berndt
2011 •
MAP
A shaded relief map of all Turkey, including the Mediterranean and Black Sea coasts at a scale of 1:2,000,000 with a more detailed map of Western Turkey on the reverse (1:800,000). With a detailed, 32-page index. Two Sides. 35x44 inches.
(TKY29, $14.95) |
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Also Recommended
Culture Smart! Turkey
• Charlotte McPherson
• GUIDEBOOK
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Take along this pocket guide to local customs, etiquette and culture.
(TKY127, $9.95)
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Lonely Planet Istanbul Encounter
• Verity Campbell
• GUIDEBOOK
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With a section of not-to-miss highlights, pull-out map and a calendar of annual events.
(TKY151, $12.99)
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Lonely Planet Turkish Phrasebook
• Arzu Kurklu
• LANGUAGE & PHRASEBOOKS
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With essential vocabulary for the traveler.
(TKY115, $8.99)
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Rough Guide Turkey
• Rosie Ayliffe
• Mark Dubin
• John Gawthrop
• GUIDEBOOK
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A comprehensive guide to the history, culture and attractions of Turkey for the visitor.
(TKY48, $24.99)
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The Western Shores of Turkey, Discovering the Aegean and Mediterranean Coasts
• John Freely
• GUIDEBOOK
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An excellent overview of the ancient sites of the Turkish coast from Gallipoli to Antioch, Pergamum, Ephesus and Halicarnassus.
(TKY07, $24.95)
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Walking
• Henry David Thoreau
• REFERENCE
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Slip this pocket edition of Thoreau's meditations on the spiritual benefits of this most civilized form of travel in your daypack for inspiration.
(WLK04, $9.99)
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Turquoise, A Chef's Travels in Turkey
• Greg and Lucy Malouf
• FOOD
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This sumptuous book combines travel, recipes and stunning color photographs of landscapes, people, food and traditions.
(TKY192, $50.00)
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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 Short History of Byzantium
• John Julius Norwich
• HISTORY
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A richly detailed and evocative history of the tumultuous span of the great empire from the fourth century to the 15th, brimming with intrigue, skullduggery, palace revolution and other treachery.
(TKY18, $19.00)
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A Traveller's History of Turkey
• Richard Stoneman
• HISTORY
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An accessible, well-written overview of Turkish history from the Paleolithic to the present.
(TKY13, $14.95)
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Crescent and Star
• Stephen Kinzer
• HISTORY
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This insightful anecdotal report on contemporary life, culture and politics in Turkey comes from a former New York Times Istanbul bureau chief who is especially attuned to the powerful geographic position of Turkey and its multiple identities in Europe, Asia and the Middle East.
(TKY64, $17.00)
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Harem, The World Behind the Veil
• Alev Lytle Croutier
• CULTURAL PORTRAIT
• COMING IN
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A fascinating illustrated look at the culture of the Harem -- particularly the well-known quarters at Topkapi Palace in Istanbul. The author combines interviews, history and a wonderful selection of art in this intriguing book.
(ARB23, $25.00)
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Istanbul and the Civilization of the Ottoman Empire
• Bernard Lewis
• HISTORY
• FAVORITE
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In this slim volume the great Islamic scholar describes the invasion of Constantinople by the Ottoman Turks on May 29, 1453, evoking the city at this pivotal moment in its long history.
(TKY17, $24.95)
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Turkey Unveiled: A History of Modern Turkey
• Hugh Pope
• HISTORY
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Written by a husband and wife team based in Istanbul, this engaging popular history focuses on the many paradoxes of Turkey since World War I. It's an opinionated, revealing portrait of the nation by two knowledgeable journalists, revised and updated for this new edition.
(TKY33, $22.95)
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Turkey, A Modern History
• Erik Zurcher
• HISTORY
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A lively historical account of the Turkish state from 1780 to the establishment of the modern Turkish Republic in 1923. Special attention is given to the "Young Turk" movement and Kemil Ataturk in this comprehensive volume.
(TKY10, $33.00)
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Turkey, What Everyone Needs to Know
• Andrew Finkel
• HISTORY
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From the Kurdish question to economic policy, from Turkey's role in Iraq to its quest for EU membership, Finkel illuminates the past and present of this strategically important nation.
(TKY230, $16.95)
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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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St. Paul's Ephesus, Texts and Archaeology
• Jerome Murphy O'Connor
• ARCHAEOLOGY
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Jerome Murphy-O'Connor transports us back to the ancient city of Ephesus during its heyday, including contemporary accounts from Roman to biblical times, and featuring a guided walk through the city as a center of Paul's teachings.
(TKY226, $29.95)
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Istanbul, Memories and the City
• Orhan Pamuk
• BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR
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Nobel Prize-winner Pamuk writes with quiet grace of the city of his birth, celebrated in his many novels: a magical place of crumbling mansions and Ottoman riches, mingling Asian, Islamic, secular and European influences.
(TKY99, $16.95)
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Lords of the Horizons
• Jason Goodwin
• TRAVEL NARRATIVE
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Goodwin artfully combines his modern travels with scholarship, history and reflection, capturing the outrageous personalities, events and vagaries of the 600-year-old Ottoman empire.
(TKY44, $17.00)
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Birds Without Wings
• Louis De Bernieres
• LITERATURE
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De Bernieres offers sweeping historical scope, memorable characters, drama and many new vocabulary words in this stupendous novel set in Anatolia during the collapse of the Ottoman Empire.
(TKY91, $16.00)
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The Janissary Tree
• Jason Goodwin
• MYSTERY
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With beautiful descriptions of Istanbul and its palaces, this engaging and bizarre historical mystery will keep you reading. The Ottoman Empire mysteries continue with The Snake Stone (TKY156, $14.00) and The Bellini Card (TKY191, $25.00), set in 1840s Venice.
(TKY125, $15.00)
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The Towers of Trebizond
• Rose MacAulay
• Jan Morris
• LITERATURE
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Mixing high farce, archaeology, history and lively travel writing, MacAulay's impossibly clever short novel follows the adventures of English missionaries traipsing across Turkey.
(TKY15, $15.95)
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