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READING AND TRAVEL GUIDE
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Sahara Unveiled, A Journey across the Desert
• William Langewiesche
TRAVEL NARRATIVE •
1997 •
PAPER
• 302 PAGES
Traveling across the Sahara from Algiers to Dakar, Langeweische has written an uncommonly good memoir of the desert, with meditations on its history, inhabitants and allure.
(NAF05, $16.00) |
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Lords of the Atlas
• Gavin Maxwell
TRAVEL NARRATIVE •
2005 •
PAPER
• 316 PAGES
• HARD TO FIND ELSEWHERE
A classic account of the tribal warlords of the Atlas Mountains -- and of life in French colonial Morocco. In this rousing tale and excellent introduction to Marrakech, Maxwell (who also wrote "Ring of Bright Water") follows the fate of the despotic Glaoui clan from 1893 to independence from France in 1956.
(MRC35, $32.95) |
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Culture Shock! Morocco, A Survival Guide to Customs and Etiquette
• Orin Hargraves
CULTURAL PORTRAIT •
2009 •
PAPER
• 296 PAGES
A lively introduction to modern Moroccan culture and manners with a focus on customs and etiquette.
(MRC107, $15.95) |
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Also Recommended
Lonely Planet Moroccan Arabic Phrasebook
• Dan Bacon
• LANGUAGE & PHRASEBOOKS
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This handy phrasebook includes pronunciation, basic grammar and essential vocabulary.
(MRC15, $8.99)
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Couscous and Other Good Food from Morocco
• Paula Wolfert
• FOOD
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In this book, Worlfert turns her attentions to Morocco and its cuisine, with great results.
(MRC43, $19.99)
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A Traveller's History of North Africa
• Barnaby Rogerson
• HISTORY
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Wide-ranging, accessible and effectively condensed, this brief history marches confidently through the centuries, covering key events and personalities in Morocco, Tunisia and Algeria to 1999.
(NAF01, $15.95)
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Islam, A Short History
• Karen Armstrong
• HISTORY
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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.
(ISL15, $15.95)
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Living in Morocco
• Stoeltie, Barbara and Rene
• CULTURAL PORTRAIT
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From exquisite rugs and textiles to vibrant mosaics, courtyards and homes, this gorgeous photographic collection celebrates the beauty and allure of Morocco's architecture, with a particular focus on interiors.
(MRC71, $29.99)
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The Berbers
• Michael Brett
• Elizabeth Fentress
• CULTURAL PORTRAIT
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A comprehensive overview of the indigenous people of North Africa from antiquity through the Roman and Islamic periods to modern times. It surveys the history, literature and culture of the Berbers, exploring the identity they have forged in the region.
(NAF02, $49.95)
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Dreams of Trespass, Tales of a Harem Girlhood
• Fatima Mernissi
• BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR
• FAVORITE
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This captivating memoir opens, "I was born in a harem in 1940 in Fez, a ninth-century Moroccan city." Mernissi captures not only the spirit of the place, but also the hierarchy and decorum of a family compound in a Muslim household.
(MRC10, $17.00)
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Glory in a Camel's Eye, A Perilous Trek Through the Greatest African Desert
• Jeffrey Tayler
• TRAVEL NARRATIVE
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The you-are-there narrative of a 535-mile trek across the Draa Valley in the Moroccan Sahara.
(NAF35, $14.95)
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In Arabian Nights, A Caravan of Moroccan Dreams
• Tahir Shah
• BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR
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Shah (The Caliph's House) weaves his own family tradition of storytelling with commentary on Moroccan spiritual traditions, culture and history in this account of his adopted home on the sea in Casablanca.
(MRC80, $16.00)
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In Morocco
• Edith Wharton
• TRAVEL NARRATIVE
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Wharton's enjoyable account of her month-long journey through Morocco after WWI captures the landscapes, architecture and many aspects of Muslim culture and history, and especially the cities of Rabat, Fez and Marrakech.
(MRC02, $10.95)
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Morocco, In the Labyrinth of Dreams and Bazaars
• Walter M. Weiss
• TRAVEL NARRATIVE
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Weiss takes in Tangiers and Casablanca, the medieval centers of Fes and Meknes, remote Kasbahs in the Atlas mountains and the bazaars of Marrakech in this account of modern travels through Morocco.
(MRC98, $19.95)
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Their Heads Are Green and Their Hands Are Blue: Scenes from the Non-Christian World
• Paul Bowles
• Edmund White
• TRAVEL NARRATIVE
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Bowles' classic collection of essays about place, originally published in the 1950s, including his travels to Morocco, Istanbul, South America and Sri Lanka.
(MRC60, $13.99)
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Berber Odes, Poetry from the Mountains of Morocco
• Michael Peyron
• LITERATURE
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Peyron draws on his rich oral recordings from the last of the traditional bards, collected over the last 50 years, for this illuminating collection.
(MRC123, $16.95)
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Leo Africanus
• Amin Maalouf
• LITERATURE
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A fictional memoir of the first 40 years in the life of Leo Africanus, a Muslim whose travels led him throughout the Mediterranean and North Africa in the 15th and 16th centuries.
(MED55, $16.95)
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Morocco, The Traveller's Companion
• Margar Bidwell
• ANTHOLOGY
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Pepys, Defoe, Twain, Orwell and Wharton, as well as famous Muslim travelers such as Leo Africanus and a host of others -- merchants, sailors, consuls and scholars-- are all included in this anthology.
(MRC113, $24.95)
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The Spider's House
• Paul Bowles
• LITERATURE
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Set in Fez during a 1954 nationalist uprising, this richly descriptive novel may be the most evocative of Bowles' many works set in Morocco. Originally published in 1955.
(MRC08, $14.99)
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Birds of Europe
• Lars Svensson
• FIELD GUIDE
• FAVORITE
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Featuring 3,500 glorious paintings by Killian Mullarney and Dan Zetterstrom, the second revised edition of this exquisite guide has been brought up to date with revised text and maps.
(FG47, $29.95)
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