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Essential Books These 5 items are available for $93, including
U.S. shipping, a 15% discount (Item no. EXGRE196)		  
Eyewitness Guide Greek Islands  •  Eyewitness Guides
GUIDEBOOK •  2011 •  PAPER  • 408 PAGES
This guide features color photography, dozens of excellent local maps and an island-by-island synopsis of attractions. Handsome, convenient and up-to-date, this compact book provides an essential overview of the Greek Islands (with a chapter on Athens and a section on practicalities). (GRE37, $28.00)		   Eyewitness Guide Greek Islands
Ancient Turkey, A Traveller's History  •  Seton Lloyd
HISTORY •  1999 •  PAPER  • 240 PAGES
Written by the former head of the British Archaeological Institute in Ankara, this book is an indispensable guide to Turkey's ancient civilizations and monuments. It's a lively tale of cultures and conquest, from the Hittites to St. Paul, that illuminates the living past of Turkey's archaeological treasures. With maps, drawings, site plans and a section of color photographs. (TKY43, $28.95)		   Ancient Turkey, A Traveller's History
The Search for Ancient Greece  •  Roland Etienne  •  Francoise Etienne
ARCHAEOLOGY •  1992 •  PAPER  • 175 PAGES
This portrait of the history of archaeology features hundreds of color photos and paintings, a chronology and excerpts by the great archaeologists. It's a pocket-size encyclopedia, part of the "New Horizons" series, and a fascinating look at the meaning of ancient Greece to our civilization -- quite an accomplishment for such a slim book. (GRE01, $15.95)		   The Search for Ancient Greece
The Colossus of Maroussi  •  Henry Miller
TRAVEL NARRATIVE •  2010 •  PAPER  • 223 PAGES • FAVORITE
The soul of Greece circa 1939. Miller captures the spirit and warmth of the resilient Greek people in this tale of a wartime journey from Athens to Crete, Corfu and Delphi with his friend Lawrence Durrell. Miller at his most inspired. (GRE05, $12.95)		   The Colossus of Maroussi
Mediterranean Cruises Map  •  Freytag & Berndt
2010 •  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)		   Mediterranean Cruises Map



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Eyewitness Guide Istanbul  •  Eyewitness Guides   • GUIDEBOOK  •  This superb guide to Istanbul features color photography, dozens of excellent local maps and a district-by-district synopsis of the city's attractions. Handsome, convenient and up-to-date, this is the guide to carry. (TKY86, $25.00)
 		  
Lonely Planet Istanbul Encounter  •  Verity Campbell   • GUIDEBOOK  •  With a section of not-to-miss highlights, pull-out map and a calendar of annual events. (TKY151, $12.99)
 		  
1453, The Holy War For Constantinople and the Clash of Islam and the West  •  Roger Crowley   • HISTORY  •  In this well-paced history, Crowley recounts with drama the events surrounding the fall of Constantinople to the Ottoman Turks. (TKY114, $15.99)
 		  
Crescent and Star  •  Stephen Kinzer   • HISTORY  •  This insightful anecdotal report on contemporary life, culture and politics in Turkey comes from a former New York Times Istanbul bureau chief who is especially attuned to the powerful geographic position of Turkey and its multiple identities in Europe, Asia and the Middle East. (TKY64, $17.00)
 		  
Harem, The World Behind the Veil  •  Alev Lytle Croutier   • CULTURAL PORTRAIT • COMING IN  •  A fascinating illustrated look at the culture of the Harem -- particularly the well-known quarters at Topkapi Palace in Istanbul. The author combines interviews, history and a wonderful selection of art in this intriguing book. (ARB23, $25.00)
 		  
Istanbul and the Civilization of the Ottoman Empire  •  Bernard Lewis   • HISTORY • FAVORITE  •  In this slim volume the great Islamic scholar describes the invasion of Constantinople by the Ottoman Turks on May 29, 1453, evoking the city at this pivotal moment in its long history. (TKY17, $24.95)
 		  
Sailing the Wine-Dark Sea, Why the Greeks Matter  •  Thomas Cahill   • HISTORY  •  Cahill sketches ancient Greek society and civilization through the lives and words of politicians, playwrights, a poet, philosopher and artist in this eloquent and absorbing tribute. (GRE182, $16.00)
 		  
Ancient Greece: Art, Architecture, and History  •  Marina Belozerskaya  •  Kenneth Lapatin   • ART & ARCHITECTURE  •  This lively illustrated guide covers the architecture, painting and sculpture of Ancient Greece from the third millennium to the end of the Hellenistic period. With 282 color and 28 black-and-white illustrations. (GRE194, $19.95)
 		  
Art of the Byzantine Era  •  David Talbot Rice   • ART & ARCHITECTURE  •  Wide-ranging and literate, this thoroughly illustrated introduction to Byzantine art is an indispensable classic. (TKY22, $21.95)
 		  
Dinner with Persephone  •  Patricia Storace   • TRAVEL NARRATIVE  •  The pleasures and complexities of contemporary Greece, marvelously described by an American poet spending a year there. Storace intertwines her own perceptions with the history of the country and the influence of pop culture on the classical landscape. (GRE28, $15.95)
 		  
Istanbul, Memories and the City  •  Orhan Pamuk   • BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR  •  Nobel Prize-winner Pamuk writes with quiet grace of the city of his birth, celebrated in his many novels: a magical place of crumbling mansions and Ottoman riches, mingling Asian, Islamic, secular and European influences. (TKY99, $16.95)
 		  
Lords of the Horizons  •  Jason Goodwin   • TRAVEL NARRATIVE  •  Goodwin artfully combines his modern travels with scholarship, history and reflection, capturing the outrageous personalities, events and vagaries of the 600-year-old Ottoman empire. (TKY44, $17.00)
 		  
Turkish Reflections, A Biography of a Place  •  Mary Lee Settle   • TRAVEL NARRATIVE  •  Settle's travelogue is a richly detailed portrait of Turkey, its people, myths, treasures and traditions. (TKY08, $16.99)
 		  
Greece, A Traveler's Literary Companion  •  Artemis Leontis   • ANTHOLOGY  •  In this terrific anthology, 24 modern Greek writers introduce Greek culture, people and landscapes. (GRE190, $14.95)
 		  
The Iliad  •  Homer  •  Robert Fagles   • LITERATURE  •  In the excellent Fagles translation -- here presented in a deluxe paper edition -- Homer's Trojan epic hasn't aged a bit in the last 2,700 years. Take it along to Troy and the Aegean. We also carry Fagles's translation of The Odyssey. (Item no. GRE45, $17.00) (GRE173, $17.00)
 		  
The Odyssey  •  Homer  •  Robert Fagles   • LITERATURE  •  Translator Robert Fagles captures the poetry and power of The Odyssey in this translation, celebrated for its clarity and expressiveness. (GRE45, $17.00)
 		  
The Towers of Trebizond  •  Rose MacAulay  •  Jan Morris   • LITERATURE  •  Mixing high farce, archaeology, history and lively travel writing, MacAulay's impossibly clever short novel follows the adventures of English missionaries traipsing across Turkey. (TKY15, $15.95)
 		  
 
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