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Essential Books These 5 items are available for $81, including
U.S. shipping, a 15% discount (Item no. EXMDE73)		  
Eyewitness Guide Jerusalem: Israel, Petra & Sinai  •  Eyewitness Guides
GUIDEBOOK •  2010 •  PAPER  • 336 PAGES
This compact, gorgeously illustrated guide provides a thorough overview of Israel and Western Jordan, including Petra, Wadi Rum and Amman. (ISR46, $25.00)		   Eyewitness Guide Jerusalem: Israel, Petra & Sinai
Petra, The Rose-Red City  •  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, $15.95)		   Petra, The Rose-Red City
Jerusalem: One City, Three Faiths  •  Karen Armstrong
RELIGION •  1997 •  PAPER  • 472 PAGES
A popular history of Jerusalem by the author of A History of God. Armstrong tackles big subjects -- and this book is no exception: a comprehensive, concise portrait of the city over the last 5,000 years written with the traveler in mind. She appreciates the unique hold of this sacred city on all three faiths. A member of the Association of Muslim Social Services in Jerusalem, she's a former Roman Catholic nun who teaches Judaism. With site diagrams, maps and some illustrations. (ISR10, $18.00)		   Jerusalem: One City, Three Faiths
Israel, Palestine, Holy Land Map  •  Freytag & Berndt
GUIDEBOOK •  2010 •  MAP  • 1 PAGES
This up-to-date map covers Israel, Palestine and the Holy Land in detail at a scale of 1:150,000. It includes a booklet with an index, descriptions of 10 top sights and a street plan of Jerusalem's Old City. One Side. 43x29 inches. (ISR09, $14.95)		   Israel, Palestine, Holy Land Map
Jordan & Syria Map  •  International Travel Maps
2010 •  MAP
This regional map shows Jordan, Israel and surroundings on one side (1:700,000) with Syria (1:850:000) on the reverse. Two Sides. 27x34 inches. (MDE14, $12.95)		   Jordan & Syria Map



Also Recommended

Jordan Map  •  Cartographia    •  A folded, colorful map of Jordan at a scale of 1:700,000. (JRD18, $12.00)
 		  
Insight Guide Israel  •  Insight Guides   • GUIDEBOOK  •  This lavishly illustrated guide includes maps and short essays on history, culture and attractions. (ISR01, $23.99)
 		  
Rough Guide Jordan  •  Matthew Teller   • GUIDEBOOK  •  Teller's no-nonsense voice rings true both in the concise background information about Jordan's highlights and in his encouragement to get off the beaten path. (JRD10, $24.99)
 		  
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)
 		  
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 The Guardian. (JRD17, $31.99)
 		  
A History of Modern Israel  •  Colin Shindler   • HISTORY  •  Shindler charts the tumultuous foundation and course of the modern state of Israel over the last 60 years in this balanced and lucid account. (ISR65, $25.99)
 		  
A History of the Arab Peoples  •  Albert Hourani   • HISTORY  •  Called a landmark, masterpiece and essential to understanding the Middle East, Hourani's acclaimed chronicle of the political, spiritual, religious and cultural traditions of the Arab peoples is brought up to date with an afterword by noted Islamic scholar Malise Ruthven. (MDE11, $18.95)
 		  
In the Land of Israel  •  Amos Oz   • CULTURAL PORTRAIT  •  In this compelling volume, Israeli novelist Amos Oz interviewed dozens of his fellow countrymen from all walks of life. A passionate, candid and diverse portrait of a people and their hopes, fears and prejudices. (ISR03, $14.95)
 		  
Islam, A Short History  •  Karen Armstrong   • HISTORY  •  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. The best short introduction to the subject. (ISL15, $15.95)
 		  
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)
 		  
Roman Arabia  •  G.W. Bowersock   • HISTORY  •  A remarkable history of the Romans in the Arab world. For the traveler with scholarly inclinations, this lucid book provides essential background to the Roman archaeological sites in the Middle East. (MDE12, $29.00)
 		  
The Israel-Arab Reader  •  Barry Rubin  •  Walter Laqueur   • HISTORY  •  Organized chronologically, this newly revised primer includes speeches, letters, articles, timelines and reports dealing with the continuing conflict in the Middle East. (ISR62, $18.00)
 		  
The Israelis, Ordinary People in an Extraordinary Land  •  Donna Rosenthal   • CULTURAL PORTRAIT  •  Colorful and compelling, this sharp-eyed portrait captures the diversity of modern Israel with humor and authority. 60th anniversary edition. (ISR53, $16.00)
 		  
The Story of Israel  •  Martin Gilbert   • CULTURAL PORTRAIT  •  Starting with the First Zionist Congress in Basel in 1897, Gilbert takes the story of Israel up to the first decade of the 21st Century. With 350 photographs, 14 color maps, and 40 facsimile documents (letter, posters, diaries), many of which pull out and unfold to their original size. (ISR66, $34.95)
 		  
Walking the Bible, A Photographic Journey  •  Bruce Feiler   • RELIGION  •  Color photographs and accompanying vignettes capture the people and places of Feiler's remarkable odyssey through the biblical lands of Egypt, Israel, Palestine and Turkey. (MDE94, $32.50)
 		  
Israel, Past and Present  •  D. Bahat   • ART & ARCHITECTURE  •  Ingenious overlaid illustrations on acetate show Holy Land sites and monuments as they look today and as they did when they were first constructed in antiquity. (ISR44, $25.00)
 		  
A Tale of Love and Darkness  •  Amos Oz   • BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR  •  A family saga and portrait, Oz writes of growing up in Jerusalem in the 1940s, his family's origins and his life as a novelist and commentator. Big in scope, A Tale of Love and Darkness is, in part, the story of Israel and its people. (ISR45, $16.00)
 		  
I Saw Ramallah  •  Mourid Barghouti  •  Edward W. Said  •  Ahdaf Soueif   • BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR  •  An evocative and powerful memoir, focused on the author's return to the West Bank after 30 years, a place utterly changed and still at the center of the devastating conflict between the Israelis and the Palestinians. (MDE73, $14.00)
 		  
Israel Through My Lens, Sixty Years as a Photojournalist  •  David Rubinger   • BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR  •  The compelling autobiography of Israel's preeminent photojournalist, illustrated with his most memorable images. With 129 illustrations, 46 in full color. (ISR64, $35.00)
 		  
Lawrence of Arabia  •  Liddell Hart   • BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR  •  A lively biography of T. E. Shaw (a.k.a. Lawrence of Arabia), long the standard. With 17 photos and ten maps. (JRD07, $18.95)
 		  
Leap of Faith, Memoirs of an Unexpected Life  •  Queen Noor   • BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR • COMING IN  •  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  •  "Where you staying?" the Bedouin asked. "Why you not stay with me tonight -- in my cave?" Thus begins the fascinating odyssey of a young nurse from New Zealand who would marry and raise her family among the community of 100 Bedouin families living in the ancient city of Petra. (JRD35, $16.95)
 		  
The Language of Baklava  •  Diana Abu-Jaber   • BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR  •  In this evocative culinary memoir, the Jordanian-American novelist recalls growing up with her gregarious, homesick Jordanian father, who cooked to remember the place he came from and to pass that connection to his children. With one recipe per chapter. (JRD22, $14.95)
 		  
Appointment with Death  •  Agatha Christie   • MYSTERY  •  Hercule Poirot steps into the story when an American tourist on a grand tour of the Holy Land is found murdered in Petra. (JRD02, $12.99)
 		  
Mrs. Pollifax, Innocent Tourist  •  Dorothy Gilman   • MYSTERY  •  Mrs. Pollifax must smuggle a manuscript out of Jordan, a document that encodes the shocking truth of Saddam Hussein's reign. (JRD32, $7.99)
 		  
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   • 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  •  Richard Porter  •  Simon Aspinall   • 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. Second edition. (MDE17, $39.95)
 		  
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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