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SMITHSONIAN JOURNEYS
Historic Cities of the Sea
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READING AND TRAVEL GUIDE
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Mediterranean by Cruise Ship
• Anne Vipond
GUIDEBOOK •
2011 •
PAPER
• 368 PAGES
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) |
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Pompeii, The Day a City Died
• Robert Etienne
ARCHAEOLOGY •
1992 •
PAPER
• 215 PAGES
An illustrated pocket history of Pompeii and its archaeology. The great value of this comprehensive little book is Etienne's loving reconstruction of daily life in the city as told by its evocative frescoes, mosaics and other treasures. With a useful chronology, hundreds of illustrations and carefully chosen selection of writings over the ages, it's an indispensable guide to the archaeology and life of Pompeii. A volume in the acclaimed "Discoveries" series.
(ITL01, $15.95) |
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The Alhambra
• Robert Irwin
ART & ARCHITECTURE •
2004 •
PAPER
• 213 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, $14.95) |
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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.
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Mediterranean Explorer
• Ocean Explorer Maps
2006 •
MAP
• BEST SELLER
A full color map of the Mediterranean from Gibraltar to the Black Sea, featuring historical information on ancient sites and historic ports. With color photographs, a timeline, short biographies and other information of interest. Designed and published by intrepid expedition leader and editor Nigel Sitwell. Graham Speake, editor of The Penguin Dictionary of Ancient History, provides the historical information.
(MED89, $11.95) |
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• GUIDEBOOK
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A helpful, condensed guide to the city in the popular Bradt series.
(BLK46, $13.99)
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• Eyewitness Guides
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This wonderfully organized and visually rich guide features excellent maps and essays on the culture, history and geography of the region.
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• GUIDEBOOK
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A compact, illustrated guide in the popular series, featuring favorite attractions. With a pull-out map.
(ITA178, $14.00)
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Fodor's Barcelona's 25 Best
• Fodors
• GUIDEBOOK
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This handy pocket guide includes an excellent map and essential information for a making the most of a short visit.
(SPN136, $11.99)
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Fodor's Venice's 25 Best
• Citypack
• GUIDEBOOK
• COMING IN MARCH
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This shirt-pocket guide includes an excellent map of the city center and essential information.
(ITL106, $12.99)
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Visible Cities Dubrovnik
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• GUIDEBOOK
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An informative, personable guide to exploring the city and surroundings, featuring a good overview of the history of Dubrovnik, suggested walking tours, a map of the city center and practical advice on where to go and what to do.
(BLK40, $24.95)
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A Traveller's History of Croatia
• Benjamin Curtis
• HISTORY
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Curtis untangles with alacrity the complex history of this nation at the crossroads of Europe.
(BLK155, $14.95)
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In the Shadow of Vesuvius
• Jordan Lancaster
• CULTURAL PORTRAIT
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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)
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The Ancient Mediterranean
• Michael Grant
• CULTURAL PORTRAIT
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Grant explores the realms of archaeology, geography, art and economics to sketch this classic portrait of the ancient world, from prehistory through the Roman Imperium, and the influence on western civilization.
(MED10, $20.00)
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The Mediterranean in History
• David Abulafia
• CULTURAL PORTRAIT
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A professor at Cambridge, David Abulafia leads a team of eight historians in this engaging, richly illustrated overview of the civilizations, societies and grand themes in the history of this great sea at the heart of Europe. Published in conjunction with the J. Paul Getty Museum, the book features 150 well-integrated color and 150 black-and-white illustrations.
(MED79, $29.95)
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The Middle Sea
• John Julius Norwich
• HISTORY
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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, $21.00)
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A Year in the World, Journeys of a Passionate Traveler
• Frances Mayes
• TRAVEL NARRATIVE
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A warm account of mostly Mediterranean travels -- Spain, Portugal, Greece, Sicily, Capri, Sardinia, the Turkish Coast, Naples, Burgundy, Scotland -- arranged by season.
(TVL109, $15.00)
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Balkan Ghosts, A Journey through History
• Robert D. Kaplan
• TRAVEL NARRATIVE
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Kaplan interweaves the history, art and culture of Yugoslavia, Bulgaria, Romania and Greece with his travels in this portrait of the region.
(BLK02, $17.00)
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Homage to Catalonia
• George Orwell
• BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR
• FAVORITE
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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)
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Pillars of Hercules
• Paul Theroux
• TRAVEL NARRATIVE
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Theroux seems to have had an exceptionally good time on his tour of the Mediterranean, circling the celebrated sea on foot, horseback, train and boat from Gibraltar to North Africa.
(MED20, $17.00)
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The World of Venice
• Jan Morris
• TRAVEL NARRATIVE
• FAVORITE
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Morris displays her talent for research, anecdote and well-wrought prose in this spirited history of a beloved city.
(ITL12, $18.95)
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Death at La Fenice
• Donna Leon
• MYSTERY
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The first of the tremendously good Guido Brunetti mysteries, all set in the author's beloved Venice, in which a famous conductor is found dead at the celebrated theater of the title.
(ITL555, $13.99)
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Mediterranean Passages, Readings from Dido to Derrida
• Grant Parker
• Miriam Cooke
• Erdag Goknar
• ANTHOLOGY
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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, $27.95)
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Pompeii, A Novel
• Robert Harris
• LITERATURE
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In this 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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