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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)
	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)
	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)

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