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Time Out Marrakech
Time Out
GUIDEBOOK 2007 PAPER 256 PAGES
Compact and up-to-date, this is an outstanding guide on where to go and what to do in Marrakech and the surrounding area. With maps and introductory chapters on culture and history.
(MRC68, $19.95)
Marrakesh & Northern Morocco Map
ITMB
2009 PAPER
This map is double-sided, with a very large-scale and detailed map of the city occupying one side, showing both the older Medina and the newer French quarter. Hotels, markets, squares, souks, palaces, and mosques are well-portrayed. The other side covers the northern half of Morocco and will assist drivers and those exploring Morocco as part of a tour. Insets of Rabat/Sale and Tangier are included.
(MRC105, $10.95)
Lords of the Atlas
Gavin Maxwell
TRAVEL NARRATIVE 2005 PAPER 316 PAGES
HARD TO FIND ELSEWHERE
A classic account of the tribal warlords of the Atlas Mountains -- and of life in French colonial Morocco. In this rousing tale and excellent introduction to Marrakech, Maxwell (who also wrote "Ring of Bright Water") follows the fate of the despotic Glaoui clan from 1893 to independence from France in 1956.
(MRC35, $32.95)
A Year in Marrakesh
Peter Mayne
TRAVEL NARRATIVE 2003 PAPER 190 PAGES
This brilliantly entertaining, insightful classic account of Marrakesh captures the rhythm and spirit of life in the backways of the Medina in the 1950s. First published by John Murray as The Alleys of Marrakesh.
(MRC55, $25.95)
Morocco Map
World Mapping Project
2009 MAP
A detailed road map of Morocco for travelers at a scale of 1:1,00,000. Two Sides. 28x36 inches.
(MRC13, $9.99)
Culture Smart! Morocco
Jillian York
GUIDEBOOK
History, religion, daily life, food, health and safety are all covered in this pocket guide to Moroccan customs, etiquette and culture.
(MRC70, $9.95)
Eyewitness Guide Morocco
Eyewitness Guides
GUIDEBOOK
Gorgeously illustrated and filled with excellent maps, this compact guide introduces Morocco's history, culture and attractions.
(MRC58, $25.00)
Footprint Morocco Handbook
Justin McGuinness
GUIDEBOOK
With an overview of culture and history, color maps, site diagrams and detailed practical information, this comprehensive guide reflects the spirit of its author, an Arabic speaker who taught at the Universit of Tunis.
(MRC18, $24.95)
Lonely Planet Moroccan Arabic Phrasebook
Dan Bacon
LANGUAGE & PHRASEBOOKS
This handy phrasebook includes pronunciation, basic grammar and essential vocabulary.
(MRC15, $8.99)
Lonely Planet Morocco
Lonely Planet
GUIDEBOOK
A practical guide to Morocco in the hallmark Lonely Planet style.
(MRC19, $24.99)
Rough Guide Morocco
Rough Guide
GUIDEBOOK
A practical, comprehensive guide aimed at the independent traveler, with detailed background on Morocco's culture and history and helpful information for getting around the country. Includes 79 sketch maps.
(MRC51, $24.99)
Shopping in Marrakech
Susan Simon
GUIDEBOOK
Divided into seven separate walks through shopping areas, this handy guide with excellent maps is extremely helpful for navigating the labyrinthine mazes of Marrakech and its markets.
(MRC101, $18.95)
TravelTalk Moroccan Arabic
TravelTalk
LANGUAGE & PHRASEBOOKS
A handy phrasebook and audio cassette focusing on basic Moroccan Arabic words and phrases for the traveler.
(MRC20, $16.95)
Arabesque, A Taste of Morocco, Turkey, and Lebanon
Claudia Roden
FOOD
With 100 color photos of food, people and places, this enchanting cookbook by a leading authority is filled with not just subtle, simple recipes but also stories, culture and history.
(MED99, $37.50)
A Traveller's History of North Africa
Barnaby Rogerson
HISTORY
Wide-ranging, accessible and effectively condensed, this brief history marches confidently through the centuries, covering key events and personalities in Morocco, Tunisia and Algeria through the 1990s.
(NAF01, $15.95)
Islam, A Short History
Karen Armstrong
RELIGION
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. A Modern Library Chronicles book.
(ISL15, $14.95)
Living in Morocco
Angelika Taschen
CULTURAL PORTRAIT
From exquisite rugs and textiles to vibrant mosaics, courtyards and homes, this gorgeous photographic collection celebrates the beauty and allure of Morocco's architecture, with a particular focus on interiors.
(MRC71, $29.99)
Morocco, The Islamist Awakening and Other Challenges
Marvine Howe
CULTURAL PORTRAIT
A penetrating look at political, social and cultural life in Morocco under King Mohammed V, by a former New York Times correspondent.
(MRC75, $20.00)
The Berbers
Michael Brett
Elizabeth Fentress
CULTURAL PORTRAIT
A comprehensive overview of the indigenous people of North Africa from antiquity through the Roman and Islamic periods to modern times. Surveys the history, literature and culture of the Berbers, exploring the identity they have forged in the region.
(NAF02, $46.95)
Moroccan Interiors
Lisa Lovatt-Smith
ART & ARCHITECTURE
OUT OF PRINT
A splendid collection of color photographs, organized geographically, with accompanying essays
(MRC52, $19.99)
A Street in Marrakech, A Personal View of Urban Women in Morocco
Elizabeth Warnock Fernea
TRAVEL NARRATIVE
This intimate account of an American woman and ethnographer on a year abroad with her family in 1972 brims with lively descriptions of daily life of women in and around the medina in Marrakech.
(MRC29, $24.95)
Dreams of Trespass, Tales of a Harem Girlhood
Fatima Mernissi
BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR
FAVORITE
This captivating memoir opens, "I was born in a harem in 1940 in Fez, a ninth-century Moroccan city." Mernissi captures not only the spirit of the place, but also the hierarchy and decorum of a family compound in a Muslim household.
(MRC10, $17.00)
In Morocco
Edith Wharton
TRAVEL NARRATIVE
Wharton's enjoyable account of her month-long journey through Morocco after WWI captures the landscapes, architecture and many aspects of Muslim culture and history, and especially the cities of Rabat, Fez and Marrakech.
(MRC02, $18.95)
Morocco That Was
Walter Harris
TRAVEL NARRATIVE
A piercingly funny and sharp eyewitness account of the Sultanate by the eccentric London Times correspondent in Tangiers. Harris lived in the country for 30 years, which gave him unusual access to the Moorish court and civic life.
(MRC59, $34.95)
The Voices of Marrakesh
Elias Canetti
TRAVEL NARRATIVE
The Nobel Prize winner's acutely observed account of travels in Morocco 40 years ago.
(MRC112, $12.95)
Their Heads Are Green and Their Hands Are Blue: Scenes from the Non-Christian World
Paul Bowles
Edmund White
TRAVEL NARRATIVE
Bowles' classic collection of essays about place, originally published in the 1950s, including his travels to Morocco, Istanbul, South America and Sri Lanka.
(MRC60, $13.99)
Marrakesh, Through Writers' Eyes
Barnaby Rogerson
Stephen Lavington
ANTHOLOGY
A choice collection of travel writing on the Red City by 40 luminaries, including George Orwell, Winston Churchill, Gavin Maxwell and Peter Mayne.
(MRC72, $33.95)
Hideous Kinky, A Novel
Esther Freud
LITERATURE
A mother and two daughters meander in Morocco in search of meaning in this autobiographical novel by the daughter of British painter Lucien Freud.
(MRC49, $14.99)
Lulu in Marrakech
Diane Johnson
LITERATURE
A comedy of manners both witty and weighty. When Lulu goes to Marrakech -- ostensibly for an old flame, but really to investigate radical Islamic groups for the CIA -- she finds herself suspended between two cultures and in dangerous circumstances.
(MRC93, $15.00)
Makbara
Juan Goytisolo
LITERATURE
Tthis oddly punctuated strange novel by Spain's modern master, a long-time resident in Marrakech, delves into sex, love, freedom and Arabic traditions.
(MRC74, $14.99)
The Sand Child
Alan Sheridan
Tahar Ben Jelloun
LITERATURE
The politically charged novel of Mohammed Ahmed, a girl raised as a boy to escape the limited life offered women in Islamic society.
(MRC27, $20.95)
The Spider's House
Paul Bowles
LITERATURE
Set in Fez during a 1954 nationalist uprising, this richly descriptive novel may be the most evocative of Bowles' many novels and stories set in Morocco. Originally published in 1955.
(MRC08, $14.99)
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