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	Eyewitness Guide Egypt  •   Eyewitness Guides GUIDEBOOK •  2007 •  PAPER  • 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)
	Spectrum Guide to Jordan  •   Camerapix GUIDEBOOK •  1999 •  PAPER  • 347 PAGES 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)
	The Penguin Historical Atlas of Ancient Egypt  •  Bill Manley HISTORY •  1996 •  PAPER  • 144 PAGES • BEST SELLER Organized chronologically, this book is a concise survey of the economic and political development of ancient Egypt as shown through ingenious color maps, site plans, photographs and accompanying essays. If you love maps, this is an indispensable reference. (EGY54, $18.00)
	Petra, Lost City of the Ancient World  •  Christian Auge  •  Jean-Marie Dentzer ART & ARCHITECTURE •  2000 •  PAPER  • 144 PAGES A pocket guide to the art, history and culture of Petra with hundreds of archival and color illustrations, maps, site plans and a section of original documents. It includes a detailed overview of individual buildings and sectors within the desert city. Occupied by the Nabataeans from the 4th-century BC, conquered by the Romans, and overrun by the Crusaders, the city was long lost to the west; only the local people knew of this desert stronghold until its rediscovery by the Swiss explorer Burckhardt in 1812. (JRD13, $12.95)
	Jordan Map  •   Cartographia MAP A folded, colorful map of Jordan at a scale of 1:700,000. (JRD18, $12.00)
	Egypt Map  •   Freytag & Berndt 2008 •  MAP • BEST SELLER At a 1:1,000,000 scale, this map covers all of Egypt as well as much of Israel, including Jerusalem. It shows roads and shaded relief, and includes detailed renderings of archaeological sites. With a map of the Nile on the reverse showing Thebes, Alexandria, and the location of some important archaeological sites. (EGY03, $12.95)

	Say It in Arabic  •  Farouk El-Baz   • LANGUAGE & PHRASEBOOKS  •  A guide to common words and phrases in the widely spoken Cairo dialect. (ARB54, $4.95)
	Think Like an Egyptian, 100 Hieroglyphs  •  Barry Kemp   • LANGUAGE & PHRASEBOOKS  •  Here's a short book that will help you understand the ancient Egyptian language. (EGY25, $15.00)
	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, $27.99)
	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, $14.95)
	Islam, A Short History  •  Karen Armstrong   • RELIGION  •  Armstrong brings authority and experience to this clear-headed, vivid 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, $14.95)
	Petra and the Lost Kingdom of the Nabataeans  •  Jane Taylor   • CULTURAL PORTRAIT  •  An illustrated overview of Petra and its history from the Stone Age to the Nabataeans (who constructed the city) through the Crusades. With 150 full-color photographs. (JRD11, $24.95)
	Jordan, Past and Present  •  E. Borgia   • ARCHAEOLOGY  •  Ingenious overlay illustrations really set this book apart from the rest. It shows the ruins at Petra, Jerash and Amman as they look today and as they looked in their heydays via overlaid acetate illustrations. Recommended for any archaeologically inclined traveler to Jordan. (JRD15, $24.95)
	The Art of Ancient Egypt  •  Gay Robins   • ART & ARCHITECTURE  •  An overview of 3,000 years of Egyptian art. Organized chronologically, the book features 300 illustrations in color and black and white of sculptures, reliefs and other artifacts. (EGY52, $25.50)
	The Search for Ancient Egypt  •  Jean Vercoutter   • ARCHAEOLOGY • BEST SELLER • HARD TO FIND ELSEWHERE  •  A pocketsize encyclopedia of archaeology and history, packed with illustrations, maps and archival photographs. It's a tale of Greek travelers, buried treasure, international intrigue and dedicated scholarship, documenting our rediscovery and changing understanding of ancient Egypt. (EGY02, $12.95)
	Down the Nile, Alone in a Fisherman's Skiff  •  Rosemary Mahoney   • TRAVEL NARRATIVE  •  With Edwardian river travelers as her inspiration, Mahoney hires a rowboat and sets forth on a 120-mile journey in this engaging tale. (EGY207, $23.99)
	Leap of Faith, Memoirs of an Unexpected Life  •  Queen Noor   • BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR  •  The absorbing tale of Jordan's American-born Queen Noor, touching upon her husband's efforts at peacemaking, his death, and contemporary Arab-Israeli relations. (JRD21, $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 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, $14.95)
	Appointment with Death  •  Agatha Christie   • MYSTERY  •  First published in 1938, this is Christie's story of an American family on a grand tour of the Holy Land. Hercule Poirot steps into the story when the contentious wife 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, $15.95)
	The Yacoubian Building, A Novel  •  Alaa Al Aswany   • LITERATURE  •  This short novel, hugely popular in Egypt, reflects contemporary Egypt through the lives and fortunes of the inhabitants of a once elegant Art Deco building in Cairo. (EGY175, $13.95)
	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)

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