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	Eyewitness Guide Egypt  •   Eyewitness Guides GUIDEBOOK •  2010 •  FLEXI-BOUND  • 352 PAGES • BEST SELLER A visually rich guide to the history, culture and monuments of Egypt. With 1,000 color photographs, maps and innovative site diagrams. (EGY90, $25.00)
	The Search for Ancient Egypt  •  Jean Vercoutter ARCHAEOLOGY •  1992 •  PAPER  • 207 PAGES • BEST SELLER A pocketsize encyclopedia of archaeology and history, packed with illustrations, maps and archival photographs. An entry in the acclaimed "New Horizons" series, this slim paperback is a tale of Greek travelers, buried treasure, international intrigue and dedicated scholarship. It documents our rediscovery and changing understanding of ancient Egypt. (EGY02, $15.95)
	Petra, A Traveller's Guide  •  Rosalyn Maqsood  •  Ann Jousiffe GUIDEBOOK •  2002 •  PAPER  • 236 PAGES • COMING IN APRIL This third edition of Maqsood's excellent compact guide to exploring the capitol of the Nabateans includes an overview of the city's history and highlights, and a variety of terrific walking tours along with suggestions of the best use of your time. With numerous maps and color photos. Please take the history chapter with a grain of salt; the biblical information is peculiar at best -- and unneeded. (MDE02, $19.95)
	Down the Nile, Alone in a Fisherman's Skiff  •  Rosemary Mahoney TRAVEL NARRATIVE •  2008 •  PAPER  • 273 PAGES Mahoney weaves the tale of her quest to row the Nile with deft portraits of the people she meets, particularly Amr, the sailor who takes her underwing, and astute comments on contemporary Egypt. She conjures too Herodotus, Gustave Flaubert, Florence Nightingale, Amelia Edwards and other famous travelers who have preceded her on the Nile. (EGY207, $14.99)
	Jordan Map  •   Cartographia MAP A folded, colorful map of Jordan at a scale of 1:700,000. Two Sides. 35x26 inches. (JRD18, $12.00)
	Egypt Map  •   Nelles 2010 •  MAP • BEST SELLER At a 1:1,750,000 scale, this handy map includes insets of Luxor, Valley of the Kings, Giza, Nile River Valley, Cairo and other sites. Two Sides. 20x40 inches. (EGY03, $11.95)

	Cairo Map  •   Cartographia    •  A colorful, folded map of Cairo on thick paper. Insets of Luxor, Alexandria, and Heliopolis. Scale 1:13,000. (EGY163, $9.00)
	Culture Smart! Egypt  •  Jailan Zayan   • GUIDEBOOK • OUT OF PRINT  •  A handy pocket guide to understanding local customs and etiquette. (EGY196, $9.95)
	Say It in Arabic (Egyptian)  •  Farouk El-Baz   • LANGUAGE & PHRASEBOOKS  •  A guide to common words and phrases in the widely spoken Cairo dialect. (ARB54, $4.95)
	Spectrum Guide to Jordan  •   Camerapix   • GUIDEBOOK  •  This handsome guidebook features in-depth essays and hundreds of color photographs introducing the culture, history and archaeology of Jordan. With travel information, maps, wildlife checklists and information on politics and the economy. (JRD09, $22.95)
	Write Your Own Egyptian Hieroglyphs  •  Angela McDonald   • LANGUAGE & PHRASEBOOKS  •  Understand the language of the Pharaohs! McDonald's handy illustrated guide to reading, writing and understanding ancient Egyptian names, epithets, titles and phrases includes 50 color illustrations and 200 line drawings. (EGY25, $15.95)
	A History of Jordan  •  Philip Robins   • HISTORY  •  An informative, brief history of Jordan and its king from the 1920s to the present by a professor of politics at Oxford. Robins was previously a Jordan-based correspondent for the BBC and Guardian. (JRD17, $29.99)
	A History of the Arab Peoples  •  Albert Hourani   • HISTORY  •  A grand history of the Arab world by the distinguished Oxford historian Albert Hourani, this is a readable and much acclaimed survey that ranges over 13 centuries, chronicling the political, spiritual, religious and cultural traditions of the Arab peoples in 26 lucidly written chapters. (MDE11, $16.99)
	A Traveller's History of Egypt  •  Harry Ades   • HISTORY  •  This effectively condensed, brief chronological history takes in the full sweep from the earliest inhabitants to 21st century politics. (EGY180, $14.95)
	Cairo, The City Victorious  •  Max Rodenbeck   • CULTURAL PORTRAIT  •  Rodenbeck presents his hometown in all its chaotic, marvelous glory, combining a lively history of the 5,000-year-old metropolis with description, anecdote and political commentary. (EGY38, $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)
	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)
	The Egyptians  •  Cyril Aldred   • HISTORY  •  A volume in the "Ancient Peoples and Places" series, this classic book is an outstanding account of the history and culture of ancient Egypt. With hundreds of illustrations and maps. (EGY26, $18.95)
	The Nile: History, Adventure, and Discovery  •  Gianni Guadalupi   • HISTORY  •  Jammed with hundreds of archival documents and maps, this richly illustrated oversized history of discovery covers not just Stanley, Livingstone, Burton and Speke but also the river of the Pharaohs, Marmaluke, other early Arab and African explorers and Napoleon's campaigns. (EGY77, $45.00)
	The Penguin Historical Atlas of Ancient Egypt  •  Bill Manley   • HISTORY • BEST SELLER  •  Ingenious color maps, site plans, photographs and accompanying essays trace Egyptian civilization from the founding of Memphis through the sacking of Thebes and invasion by Alexander the Great in 332 BC. (EGY54, $18.00)
	Petra, Splendors of the Nabataean Civilization  •  Francesca Arianna Ossorio  •  Barbara A. Porter   • ARCHAEOLOGY  •  With color photographs of the temples, tombs and elaborate buildings, along with archival photographs and accompanying text. (JRD34, $60.00)
	Petra, The Rose-Red City  •  Christian Auge  •  Jean-Marie Dentzer   • ART & ARCHITECTURE • BEST SELLER  •  A pocket guide to the art, history and culture of Petra, the ancient city that was occupied by the Nabataeans, conquered by the Romans, and overrun by the Crusaders, only to be lost to the West until 1812. Includes hundreds of archival and color illustrations, maps, site plans and a section of original documents. (JRD13, $15.95)
	The Art of Ancient Egypt  •  Gay Robins   • ART & ARCHITECTURE  •  Organized chronologically, this authoritative survey of the tombs, temples and sanctuaries of ancient Egypt features 300 illustrations. (EGY52, $27.95)
	The Complete Valley of the Kings  •  Nicholas Reeves  •  Richard Wilkinson   • ARCHAEOLOGY  •  A thorough and intriguing look at the burial place of the New Kingdom pharaohs, this book brings together the art, architecture and history of the valley; contains profiles of archaeologists, diagrams and detailed site descriptions. (EGY14, $26.95)
	The Great Pyramids  •  Jean-Pierre Corteggiani   • ARCHAEOLOGY  •  The newest addition to the acclaimed Discoveries series, this lavishly illustrated pocket encyclopedia illuminates the archaeology, history and splendor of Giza, last of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World. (EGY221, $12.95)
	Leap of Faith, Memoirs of an Unexpected Life  •  Queen Noor   • BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR  •  The absorbing, personal story of Jordan's American-born Queen Noor touches upon her husband's efforts at peacemaking, his death and contemporary Arab-Israeli relations. (JRD21, $15.99)
	Married to a Bedouin  •  Marguerite Van Geldermalsen   • BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR • BEST SELLER  •  "Where you staying? the Bedouin asked. 'Why you not stay with me tonight -- in my cave.' He seemed enthusiastic. And we were looking for adventure." Thus begins the story of how Marguerite van Geldermalsen -- a nurse from New Zealand -- became the wife of Mohammad Abdallah Othman, a Bedouin souvenir-seller of the Manaja tribe, and lived with him and their children in a community of 100 families in the ancient city of Petra. (JRD35, $14.95)
	Seven Pillars of Wisdom, A Triumph  •  T.E. Lawrence   • BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR  •  The monumental story of Lawrence of Arabia, as colorful and long as the famous movie which it inspired. Some of the action is set around Wadi Rum in Jordan. (MDE20, $21.00)
	The Man in the White Sharkskin Suit, A Jewish Family's Exodus from Old Cairo to the New World  •  Lucette Lagnado   • BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR  •  Lagnado poignantly evokes the life of her marvelously social father (the "boulevardier of Cairo") and his milieu in this textured memoir. (EGY215, $14.99)
	The White Nile  •  Alan Moorehead   • EXPLORATION  •  A lively history of the Victorian search for the source of the Nile including the extraordinary tales of Burton and Speke, not to mention the famous meeting of Livingstone and Stanley. (EGY79, $14.99)
	Appointment with Death  •  Agatha Christie   • MYSTERY  •  Hercule Poirot steps into the story when an American tourist is found murdered in Petra. (JRD02, $6.99)
	Death on the Nile  •  Agatha Christie   • MYSTERY  •  How could we resist? Christie wrote Egypt's most famous murder mystery on the terrace of the Old Cataract Hotel in Aswan. (EGY09, $6.99)
	Palace Walk  •  Naguib Mahfouz   • LITERATURE  •  The first volume in the monumental "Cairo Trilogy," a family saga set in post-WWI Egypt. Nobel Prize-winning Mahfouz provides insight into life in Egypt and the revolution against the British. (EGY04, $16.00)
	The Yacoubian Building  •  Alaa Al Aswany   • LITERATURE  •  Hugely popular in Egypt, this short novel reflects contemporary society through the lives and fortunes of the inhabitants of a once elegant Art Deco building in Cairo. (EGY175, $13.99)
	In a Desert Land, Photographs of Israel, Egypt and Jordan  •  Neil Folberg   • NATURAL HISTORY  •  A stunning collection of photographs of the desert Middle East, including the Sinai, Petra and Jerusalem. (JRD06, $49.95)
	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)
	Birds of the Middle East  •  R.F. Porter  •  P. Schiermacker-Hansen  •  S. Christensen   • FIELD GUIDE  •  An outstanding guide to 700 species of the birds in the region from the Arabian peninsula to Egypt, Jordan, Lebanon, Israel, Syria, Iraq, Iran, Turkey, and Cyprus. (MDE17, $40.00)
	Fishwatcher's Field Guide Red Sea  •  Jerry Greenberg   • FIELD GUIDE  •  This double-sided plastic card shows 64 of the most commonly encountered reef fish of the Red Sea in full-color illustrations, convenient for the boat or beach. (DIV13, $7.50)

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