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	Ancient Angkor  •  Claude Jacques  •  Michael Freeman GUIDEBOOK •  2008 •  PAPER  • 239 PAGES An expert overview of the monuments, architecture, culture, religion and history of Angkor, written by the leading authority on the temple complex and featuring 350 color photographs by Michael Freeman. Organized geographically, each temple description includes photographs, site plan, highlights, and visitor suggestions. Temples are ranked according to interest. With maps and suggested itineraries. (CBD15, $25.00)
	India  •  Stanley Wolpert HISTORY •  2009 •  PAPER  • 281 PAGES A wonderfully literate introduction to India by the acknowledged master. Author of 14 books and a professor of history since 1958, Wolpert distills a tremendous amount of information in this detailed overview, tackling the environment, religion and philosophy, the arts and sciences, domestic and foreign policy, and culture. (IDA04, $21.95)
	Serengeti, Natural Order on the African Plain  •  Mitsuaki Iwago NATURAL HISTORY •  1987 •  HARD COVER  • 280 PAGES • BEST SELLER • FAVORITE • HARD TO FIND ELSEWHERE This handsomely produced volume by celebrated Tokyo photographer Iwago features 300 full-color images of the Serengeti plains. Beautiful and timeless, it's one of our favorite photo collections. (EAF04, $35.00)
	The Pocket World Atlas  •   Oxford Univ. Press REFERENCE •  2008 •  PAPER  • 160 PAGES You can't go wrong with this inexpensive pocket atlas, with city plans, country maps, gazetteer, index, time zones and basic statistical information on countries worldwide. (GEN104, $16.95)
	Angkor Map  •  Dawn Rooney GUIDEBOOK •  2007 •  PAPER A site plan and pocket guide to Angkor, this folded map, at a scale of 1:40,000, includes inset photographs of major buildings, monuments and carvings. Banteay Sriei, and the temple of Angkor Wat, the Banyon and surroundings are shown at a scale of 1:15,000 on the reverse. With photographs and temple descriptions, it covers 22 key sites in all. With a map of Siem Reap. (CBD16, $12.95)

	Easter Island Map  •   ITMB    •  A colorful topographic map (1:30,000). (EIL06, $10.95)
	India West Map  •   Nelles    •  A detailed regional map including Delhi, Agra, Jaipur and Rajasthan. Scaled at 1:1,500,000, with insets of Delhi and Mumbai. (IDA73, $11.95)
	Kenya, Tanzania and Uganda Map  •   Freytag & Berndt    •  A colorful shaded relief map at a scale of 1:2,000,000. (EAF35, $14.95)
	Papua New Guinea Map  •   HEMA Maps   • CURRENTLY UNAVAILABLE  •  A color map at a scale of 1:2,000,000, with city plans on reverse side. (NGA05, $9.95)
	Samoa Map  •   HEMA Maps    •  An attractive traveler's map of Tutuila, Manu'a, 'Upolu and Savai'i at a scale of 1:200,000. (PAC108, $10.95)
	Bradt Safari Guide Northern Tanzania with Kilimanjaro and Zanzibar  •  Philip Briggs   • GUIDEBOOK  •  A compact, practical overview of the history, wildlife and attractions of northern Tanzania, including the Serengeti, Tarangire, Ngorongoro, Olduvai, Kilimanjaro and Zanzibar. With maps, town plans and useful travel information. (EAF143, $24.99)
	Eyewitness Guide Delhi, Agra and Jaipur  •  Anuradha Chaturvedi   • GUIDEBOOK  •  This compact, gorgeously illustrated guide to Delhi and its environs features 900 color photographs, maps and site plans. (IDA151, $25.00)
	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)
	Lonely Planet Papua New Guinea & Solomon Islands  •   Lonely Planet   • GUIDEBOOK  •  Featuring a good overview of culture, history and nature, with excellent travel information and maps. (NGA06, $29.99)
	Lonely Planet Queensland & The Great Barrier Reef  •   Lonely Planet   • GUIDEBOOK  •  A practical, comprehensive guide to the rain forests, reefs, off-shore islands and other attractions of Queensland with a focus on adventure and outdoor activities. (AUS107, $21.99)
	Odyssey Guide Angkor  •  Dawn Rooney   • GUIDEBOOK  •  An indispensable guidebook encompassing Khmer culture and history, detailed descriptions of monuments, temple plan, color photographs and practical information about Siem Reap. (CBD05, $27.95)
	The Complete Guide to Easter Island  •  Shawn McLaughlin   • GUIDEBOOK  •  Published by the Easter Island Foundation, this is the best guide to the island, covering history, culture and practicalities in detail. (EIL17, $25.00)
	Africa, A Biography of the Continent  •  John Reader   • HISTORY  •  With the ease of a practiced journalist, Reader weaves a lively and masterful tale of the continent from ancient cultures to modern times. Both authoritative and informal, this is a splendid introduction to all of Africa. (AFR49, $18.95)
	Coming of Age in Samoa  •  Margaret Mead   • CULTURAL PORTRAIT  •  A much-debated ethnographic classic, well worth reading for its evocation of life in the American Samoa in the 1920s. (PAC12, $14.99)
	In Spite of the Gods, The Strange Rise of Modern India  •  Edward Luce   • HISTORY  •  Luce tackles the challenges and reality of the world's largest democracy with insight and balance in this portrait of a nation in transition. (IDA349, $16.00)
	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)
	Mughal India, Splendours of the Peacock Throne  •  Valerie Berinstain  •  Paul Bahn   • HISTORY  •  Lavishly illustrated, this pocket guide presents the history, culture and splendor of the Mughal court and its celebrated architecture in hundreds of archival photographs and drawings. (IDA50, $15.95)
	Nine Parts of Desire, The Hidden World of Islamic Women  •  Geraldine Brooks   • CULTURAL PORTRAIT  •  A highly readable overview of the role of women in Islamic society, drawn from the author's many interviews with women throughout the Arab World. (ARB06, $15.00)
	Pilgrimage, Past and Present in the World Religions  •  Simon Coleman  •  John Elsner   • RELIGION  •  An illustrated survey, organized thematically, of Jewish, Muslim, Christian, Indian and Buddhist pilgrimages and sacred travel. (REL07, $29.50)
	Taj Mahal, Passion and Genius at the Heart of the Moghul Empire  •  Diana Preston  •  Michael Preston   • HISTORY  •  A vivid narrative history of the creation of the Taj Mahal, a memorial created by Moghul emperor Shah Jahan for his beloved wife. (IDA340, $16.95)
	Wanderlust, One Hundred Countries: A Personal Journey  •  Michael Clinton   • CULTURAL PORTRAIT  •  A portfolio of 200 color images drawn from Clinton's many and varied travels around the globe. (TVL105, $50.00)
	Angkor Cities and Temples  •  Claude Jacques  •  Michael Freeman   • ART & ARCHITECTURE  •  One of the nicest books of its kind, this is a gorgeous, oversized portrait of the monuments, temples and exquisite sculptures of Angkor. Claude Jacques, who directed much of the site excavation, writes with authority about individual temples, inscriptions and Khmer culture. (CBD18, $80.00)
	Angkor, Celestial Temples of the Khmer Empire  •  John Sanday   • ART & ARCHITECTURE  •  Handsomely produced and packaged in a slipcover, this portfolio of 240 striking color photographs by the accomplished Joe Ortner includes accompanying essays on the architecture, history and meaning of Angkor. (CBD31, $95.00)
	Art & Architecture of Cambodia  •  Helen Ibbitson Jessup   • ART & ARCHITECTURE  •  Jessup includes not just Angkor Wat and Banteay Srei but also lesser-known recent discoveries in the surrounding jungle in this illustrated overview in the World of Art series. (CBD41, $16.95)
	In Ruins: A Journey Through History, Art, and Literature  •  Christopher Woodward   • ART & ARCHITECTURE  •  In this infectiously compelling book, art historian Woodward meditates on the allure, majesty and history of our fascination with antiquities, mixing his own observations with those of writers, painters, and architects. (TVL37, $14.00)
	Oceanic Art  •  Nicholas Thomas   • ART & ARCHITECTURE  •  A concise, cogent and colorful overview of the gorgeous art of the Pacific Islands. Organized thematically with 182 illustrations, 26 in color. (PAC06, $18.95)
	Taj Mahal  •  M.C. Joshi  •  Jean-Louis Nou  •  Amina Okada   • ART & ARCHITECTURE  •  This lavish portrait features 158 full-color photographs (including four magnificent foldout panels) by the extraordinary Jean-Louis Nou. With grand exterior views, filigreed inscriptions and bejeweled floral mosaics. (IDA108, $75.00)
	The Complete Taj Mahal  •  Ebba Koch   • ART & ARCHITECTURE  •  Ebba Koch, an expert on Mughal architecture, is the only scholar who has been allowed to take measurements of the Taj Mahal. This is her impressive academic and photographic tribute to the magnificent structure. (IDA332, $75.00)
	The Past from Above  •  Georg Gerster   • ARCHAEOLOGY  •  A celebration of World Heritage, Gerster's dazzling low aerial photographs depict exceptional archaeological sites, castles and sanctuaries from the Great Wall of China to Stonehenge, the Acropolis, Borobudur, Aleppo and the fortified town of Carcassonne. (WLD88, $39.95)
	A Year in Marrakesh  •  Peter Mayne   • TRAVEL NARRATIVE  •  This brilliantly entertaining, insightful classic account of Marrakesh captures the rhythm and spirit of life in the alleyways of the Medina in the 1950s. (MRC55, $25.95)
	Blue Latitudes, Boldly Going Where Captain Cook Has Gone Before  •  Tony Horwitz   • TRAVEL NARRATIVE  •  A vivid tale of modern adventure, history and fun in the wake of Captain Cook. Horwitz paints a broad picture of the explorer and his time, capturing the places and personalities Cook encountered in his daring voyages around the world. (EXP31, $16.00)
	Burton Holmes Travelogues  •  Genoa Caldwell   • TRAVEL NARRATIVE  •  A glorious selection of hand-colored photographs of monuments, peoples and cultures, all taken from the collections of Holmes, the dynamic performer who invented the word "travelogues" to describe his wildly popular early 20th-century slide shows. (TVL116, $59.99)
	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)
	Four Corners, Into the Heart of New Guinea  •  Kira Salak   • TRAVEL NARRATIVE  •  An adventurous, ambitious solo journey in the footsteps of British explorer Ivan Champion, who traversed New Guinea in 1927. (PNG14, $16.00)
	In a Sunburned Country  •  Bill Bryson   • TRAVEL NARRATIVE • FAVORITE  •  The intrepid, ever-resourceful Bryson revels in Australia's eccentric characters, dangerous flora and fauna, and other oddities in this wildly funny, effortlessly informative travelogue. (AUS83, $14.95)
	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)
	Lost City of the Incas  •  Hiram Bingham   • EXPLORATION • BEST SELLER • FAVORITE  •  A first-rate tale of adventure by the man who rediscovered Machu Picchu in 1911. This classic account is a gripping story of exploration, archaeology and natural history -- and still an outstanding overview of the site itself. (AND05, $12.95)
	The Happy Isles of Oceania, Paddling the Pacific  •  Paul Theroux   • EXPLORATION • FAVORITE  •  Here's Theroux at his wickedly funny and open-minded best. The peripatetic author flies off to Australia and New Zealand with a kayak and ends up exploring much of Melanesia and Polynesia, including Tonga, Fiji and the Marquesas. (PAC03, $15.95)
	The Incas, People of the Sun  •  Carmen Bernard  •  Paul Bahn   • EXPLORATION • BEST SELLER  •  Featuring hundreds of drawings and photographs, a chronology and long excerpts from the journals of early explorers, this is a colorful pocket encyclopedia of Inca history and archaeology. (AND03, $12.95)
	The Naked Tourist, In Search of Adventure and Beauty in the Age of the Airport Mall  •  Lawrence Osborne   • TRAVEL NARRATIVE  •  Osborne is not just interested in travel, but also in the reasons why we travel, layering his own entertaining adventures on the road from Dubai to India, Bangkok, Bali and beyond with ruminations on Shangri-La, The Grand Tour and our conceptions of the exotic and primitive. (SEA50, $14.00)
	Three Weeks With My Brother  •  Micah Sparks  •  Nicholas Sparks   • TRAVEL NARRATIVE  •  This remarkable account of family, friendship and travel takes as its point of departure a three-week around the world odyssey by private jet. (TVL34, $13.99)
	Throwim Way Leg  •  Tim F. Flannery   • EXPLORATION  •  Subtitled "Tree-Kangaroos, Possums and Penis Gourds, On the Track of Unknown Mammals in Wildest New Guinea," this witty account of a scientific expedition to New Guinea combines natural history, adventure and insightful commentary. Flannery returned from the expedition with 20 new species of mammals -- including a tree kangaroo and bat thought extinct since the Pleistocene. (NGA18, $14.00)
	Under the Mountain Wall, A Chronicle of Two Seasons in Stone Age New Guinea  •  Peter Matthiessen   • TRAVEL NARRATIVE  •  Among our finest writers on natural history and culture, Matthiessen describes his wanderings in central New Guinea with sensitivity and insight. Enormously enjoyable. (NGA04, $19.00)
	West with the Night  •  Beryl Markham   • BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR • FAVORITE  •  Markham evokes the landscapes, people and wildlife of East Africa in engrossing detail in this memoir of adventures as a bush pilot in 1930s Kenya, a Longitude favorite. (EAF10, $16.00)
	Where the Spirits Dwell  •  Tobias Schneebaum   • TRAVEL NARRATIVE  •  A lyrical account of four years among the headhunters of Asmat, a classic, highly personal portrait of a people. Schneebaum threw himself into the culture -- and this beautiful, haunting book was the result. (INS23, $12.95)
	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)
	Easter Island  •  Jennifer Vanderbes   • LITERATURE  •  In this mesmerizing novel, Vanderbes spins parallel stories of two young women on Easter Island, one an archaeologist with a 1913 expedition and the other an American botanist who visits 60 years later. (EIL13, $13.00)
	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)
	African Wildlife  •   National Geographic   • NATURAL HISTORY  •  An overview of wildlife throughout the continent featuring stunning photography. (SAF52, $19.99)
	The Snorkeller's Guide to the Coral Reef, From the Red Sea to the Pacific Ocean  •  Paddy Ryan  •  Peter Atkinson   • 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)
	A Photographic Guide to the Birds of Southeast Asia  •  Morten Strange   • FIELD GUIDE  •  A compact photographic guide to almost 700 species of birds in the region, featuring concise descriptions and distribution maps. (SEA39, $37.00)
	Fishwatcher's Field Guide, Great Barrier Reef  •  Idaz Greenberg   • FIELD GUIDE  •  A double-sided, laminated card. (DIV41, $7.50)
	The Safari Companion, A Guide to Watching African Mammals  •  Richard Estes   • FIELD GUIDE • BEST SELLER  •  An invaluable encyclopedic guide to Africa's mammals by a noted scientist. Written with the typical safari-goer in mind, it includes black-and-white drawings, an overview of each group and in-depth information on the behavior, habits and diet of 100 large African mammals. (AFR06, $30.00)
	Wildlife of East Africa  •  Martin B. Withers  •  David Hosking   • FIELD GUIDE • BEST SELLER  •  This compact guide to 475 common species of birds, mammals, reptiles, insects, trees and flowers of East Africa features full-color photographs with detailed descriptions on facing pages. (EAF108, $19.95)
	Marrakesh & Northern Morocco Map  •   ITMB    •  Featuring a detailed walking map of the Medina and surrounding New Town on one side and a map of Northern Morocco at 1:740,000 on the reverse. With insets of Rabat and Tangier. (MRC105, $10.95)

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