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Mediterranean by Cruise Ship
Anne Vipond
GUIDEBOOK 2007 PAPER 368 PAGES
BEST SELLER
The best-selling, compact guide, featuring excellent local maps, hundreds of color photographs, concise background information and recommended excursions for ports-of-call throughout Greece, Italy and the Mediterranean. Useful introductory chapters cover cruising, history, art & architecture and nature of the Mediterranean. With a pull-out map and hundreds of color photographs.
(MED34, $21.95)
The Ancient Mediterranean
Michael Grant
CULTURAL PORTRAIT 1990 PAPER 374 PAGES
Grant, a well known classical scholar, draws on archaeology, geography, art and economics to paint a vivid picture of ancient cultures, from prehistory through the Roman Imperium, and their influence on western civilization. Illustrated with black-and-white photographs, and 19 maps of the region.
(MED10, $20.00)
The Balkans, A Short History
Mark Mazower
HISTORY 2002 PAPER 188 PAGES
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)
The Alhambra
Robert Irwin Mary Beard
ART & ARCHITECTURE 2004 HARD COVER 224 PAGES
In this brief, indispensable guide, Irwin introduces the stunning Moorish palace and fortress complex, revealing its mysteries, myths and significance with wit and insight. He opens with a romantic description of the fairytale structure, which he then deliciously demolishes. Includes a detailed floor plan, sketches and aerial photographs. A volume in the Harvard University Press series, Wonders of the World. Irwin is a British novelist and Islamic scholar.
(SPN226, $19.95)
Two Towns in Provence
M. F. K. Fisher
BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR 1983 PAPER 208 PAGES
FAVORITE
Few can paint the earthy details of a place and time like celebrated food writer M.F.K. Fisher. In this light volume, she contrasts village life in Aix-en-Provence with bustling Marseilles. Keenly observant, she evokes these two favorite places with anecdote and loving description.
(FRN27, $16.95)
Mediterranean Cruises Map
Freytag & Berndt
2008 MAP
A double-sided, full-color map of the Mediterranean, including the Iberian Peninsula and Black Sea, North Africa and the Levant, at a scale of 1:2,000,000. Two Sides. 35.5X49 inches.
(MED36, $14.95)
Bradt Guide Montenegro
Annalisa Rellie
GUIDEBOOK
A compact, detailed overview of Montenegro, its history, wildlife and major attractions in the series by Bradt. Geared for the independent traveler, it also includes maps and lots of practical travel information.
(BLK47, $24.99)
Bradt Mini Guide Dubrovnik
Piers Letcher
GUIDEBOOK
A helpful, condensed guide to the city in the popular Bradt series.
(BLK46, $13.99)
Eyewitness Guide Seville and Andalusia
Eyewitness Guides
GUIDEBOOK
CURRENTLY UNAVAILABLE
This wonderfully organized and visually rich guide fea-tures excellent maps, essays on the culture, history and geography of the region, and a practical block-by-block guide to Seville
(SPN15, $23.00)
Fodor's Barcelona's 25 Best
Fodors
GUIDEBOOK
This slim guide includes an excellent map and essential information.
(SPN136, $11.95)
Fodor's Naples' 25 Best
Michael Buttler
GUIDEBOOK
OUT OF PRINT
This shirt-pocket guide includes a map of the city and essential information on its highlights
(ITL594, $11.95)
Fodor's Venice's 25 Best
Citypack
GUIDEBOOK
This shirt-pocket guide includes an excellent map of the city center and essential information.
(ITL106, $11.99)
Balkan Ghosts, A Journey through History
Robert D. Kaplan
HISTORY
Kaplan interweaves the history, art and culture of Yugoslavia, Bulgaria, Romania and Greece with his travels in this portrait of the region.
(BLK02, $16.00)
Barcelona
Robert Hughes
HISTORY
FAVORITE
This masterful cultural history examines the city's architecture, art, religion and literature from its days as a Roman outpost to the present. Thoroughly enjoyable and illustrated with 180 mostly black-and-white photographs, it's a Longitude favorite.
(SPN01, $19.95)
Ghosts of Spain
Giles Tremlett
CULTURAL PORTRAIT
A British journalist living in Spain for 20 years, Tremlett captures the Spanish character, history and modern politics, with no small amount of his own life interwoven.
(SPN323, $16.95)
In the Shadow of Vesuvius
Jordan Lancaster
CULTURAL PORTRAIT
A sparkling portrait of Naples from its volcanic origins to its lively present. Lancaster's cultural history explores the city's tumultuous past, its spirited inhabitants and the mythical allure that's drawn so many travelers to its siren song.
(ITL969, $16.95)
Sites of Memory, Sites of Mourning: The Great War in European Cultural Histor
Jay Winter
HISTORY
Winter's powerful study of the "collective remembrance" of the Great War offers a major reassessment of one of the critical episodes in the cultural history of the 20th century.
(EUR351, $21.99)
The Mediterranean in History
David Abulafia
CULTURAL PORTRAIT
An engaging, richly illustrated overview of the civilizations, societies and grand themes of the Mediterranean by a team of eight historians.
(MED79, $50.00)
The Middle Sea
John Julius Norwich
HISTORY
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, $20.00)
The World of Venice
Jan Morris
HISTORY
FAVORITE
Morris displays her talent for research, anecdote and well-wrought prose in this spirited history of a beloved city.
(ITL12, $16.00)
Antonio Gaudi, Master Architect
Juan Bassegoda Nonell
ART & ARCHITECTURE
This lavishly illustrated collection of Gaudi's work captures the evolution, imagination and exuberance of one of the most influential architects of the 20th century.
(SPN374, $35.00)
Pompeii, The Living City
Alex Butterworth
Ray Laurence
ARCHAEOLOGY
A meticulous historical and archaeological reconstruction of the city of Pompeii, its people, culture and daily rituals both before and after 79 AD, the year of the eruption of Mt. Vesuvius.
(ITL773, $29.95)
Homage to Catalonia
George Orwell
BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR
FAVORITE
Orwell's portrait of the Barcelona uprising and the spirit of a city at war is a classic, an observant and heartfelt report from the streets.
(SPN03, $14.00)
Pillars of Hercules
Paul Theroux
TRAVEL NARRATIVE
Known for his wry wit, Theroux seems to have had an exceptionally good time on his tour of the Mediterranean. He sets off from Gibraltar and circles along the coastline on foot, horseback, train and boat, ending at the other pillar on the African side.
(MED20, $17.00)
Croatia, Through Writers' Eyes
Barnaby Rogerson
ANTHOLOGY
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)
Mediterranean Passages, Readings from Dido to Derrida
Miriam Cooke
ANTHOLOGY
This compendium highlights 3,000 years of cultural exchange around the Mediterranean. With an assortment of maps, architectural drawings, photographs, paintings and historical and literary texts, it brings antiquity into conversation with the present.
(MED139, $24.95)
Master and Commander
Patrick O'Brian
LITERATURE
The very first of O'Brian's wildly successful seafaring novels about Captain Aubrey and sidekick Maturin sets the duo against a well-researched Napoleonic wars backdrop in the Western Mediterranean.
(MED27, $13.95)
Montenegro, A Novel
Starling Lawrence
LITERATURE
Steeped in atmosphere, this compelling tale of intrigue set in turn-of-the-century Montenegro evokes the tangled politics of the region -- Muslim, Turk and British.
(BLK08, $13.95)
Pompeii, A Novel
Robert Harris
LITERATURE
A fast-paced historical novel set in Pompeii. A young engineer sets out to repair the Roman aqueducts and discovers the imminent eruption of Mount Vesuvius. Full of suspense and period detail.
(ITL560, $7.99)
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