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Essential Books These 5 items are available for $96, including
U.S. shipping, a 15% discount (Item no. EXNAF53)		  
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)		   Time Out Marrakech
Marrakesh & Northern Morocco Map  •  ITMB
2009 •  MAP
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. Two Sides. 27x39 inches. (MRC105, $10.95)		   Marrakesh & Northern Morocco Map
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. Profesor Tom Simons writes "The Ring of Bright Water author delivers our most vivid and readable history of French colonial Morocco, via the great Berber Glaoui clan that ruled Marrakesh and the High Atlas between 1893 and independence." (MRC35, $33.95)		   Lords of the Atlas
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, $27.95)		   A Year in Marrakesh
Morocco Map  •  Michelin Travel Publications
2012 •  MAP
A road map in the Michelin style, featuring city and town plans, as well as a full place name index. Tough cardboard cover. Scale 1:1,000,000. Two Sides. 28x36 inches. (MRC13, $12.95)		   Morocco Map



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Cadogan Guide Marrakesh, Fez and Rabat  •  Barnaby Rogerson   • GUIDEBOOK  •  This personal, comprehensive handbook combines Rogerson's insightful cultural and historical background with his savvy practical information and recommendations on what to see and where to stay and eat. (MRC50, $21.95)
 		  
Culture Smart! Morocco  •  Jillian York   • GUIDEBOOK  •  History, religion, daily life, food, health and safety are all covered in this accessible pocket guide to Moroccan customs, etiquette and culture, by an author who lives and teaches there. (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, $30.00)
 		  
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 University of Tunis. (MRC18, $24.95)
 		  
Insight Select Marrakech  •  Tatiana Wilde   • GUIDEBOOK  •  A thoughtful pocket guide with discerning "secret gems" and "off-beat" itinerary ideas and a handpicked list of hotels for all tastes and budgets. (MRC125, $15.00)
 		  
Lonely Planet Marrakesh Encounter  •  Alison Bing   • GUIDEBOOK  •  This lively shirt pocket guide to the city, jammed with personal recommendations and photographs, also includes a pull-out map. (MRC91, $12.99)
 		  
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, $25.99)
 		  
Shopping in Marrakech  •  Susan Simon   • GUIDEBOOK  •  Divided into seven separate walks through shopping areas, this small, handy guide with excellent maps is extremely helpful for navigating the labyrinthine mazes of Marrakech and its markets. (MRC101, $18.95)
 		  
Trekking in the Moroccan Atlas  •  Richard Knight   • GUIDEBOOK  •  A compact, practical guide to the High Atlas region in central Morocco, including route guides, maps and a section on flora and fauna. (MRC33, $22.95)
 		  
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 to 1999. (NAF01, $15.95)
 		  
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. The best short introduction to the subject. (ISL15, $15.95)
 		  
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A Street in Marrakech, A Personal View of Urban Women in Morocco  •  Elizabeth Warnock Fernea   • TRAVEL NARRATIVE  •  Fernea's account of her unpredictable journey though the private and public world's of a traditional Muslim city includes marvelous descriptions of daily life in and around the medina in Marrakech. (MRC29, $26.95)
 		  
Dreams of Trespass, Tales of a Harem Girlhood  •  Fatima Mernissi   • BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR • FAVORITE  •  This captivating memoir by one of Morocco's most outspoken women 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 Muslim family compound. (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, $10.95)
 		  
The Voices of Marrakesh, A Record of a Visit  •  Elias Canetti   • TRAVEL NARRATIVE  •  Canetti portrays the people and life of the city's bazaars, cafes, and streets in a series of acutely observed essays, including vivid sketches of the storytellers in the Djema el Fna, the everpresent beggars and rituals of Moroccan family life in the 1950s. Canetti is particularly good on the Marrakesh Mellah, the old but then still living Jewish quarter. (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)
 		  
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)
 		  
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)
 		  
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, $22.95)
 		  
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 works set in Morocco. Originally published in 1955. (MRC08, $14.99)
 		  
 
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