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Here's a page from Longitude, the specialty bookseller for travelers. To order online, and to see the latest, most comprehensive selection of books and maps, go to http://reading.longitudebooks.com/B522002. You may also call 800-342-2164 to order or request a catalog.
Sites of Antiquity, From Ancient Egypt to the Fall of Rome
• Charles Freeman
ARCHAEOLOGY •
2009 •
HARD COVER
• 248 PAGES
Enticing aerial shots, detailed site plans, glorious modern photographs and illustrations illuminate 50 key monuments, cities or sites of the Mediterranean world in this handsome hardcover by the publisher of the venerable Blue Guides. Charles Freeman provides the succinct accompanying essays -- with each place from Giza, Luxor and Karnak to the Parthenon, Ephesus, Pergamon, Petra and Constantinople getting four to eight pages each.
(MED150, $50.00) |
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The Great Cities in History
• John Julius Norwich
HISTORY •
2009 •
HARD COVER
• 304 PAGES
Timbuktu, Tikal, Damascus, Constantinople, London, Paris, Shanghai. This inspired book depicts the rise and fall of cities from earliest Mesopotamia through the great trading center of the first millennium to Medieval Europe and modern Megalopolis, each magnificently illustrated in color and with an essay by diverse dignitaries including Jan Morris (New York), Colin Thubron (Samarkand), Simon Schama (Amsterdam) and Michael Coe (Angkor).
(WLD171, $45.00) |
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World Heritage Sites
• UNESCO Publishing
ARCHAEOLOGY •
2011 •
PAPER
• 856 PAGES
• NEW
From the Galapagos and Mesa Verde to China's Mount Sanqingshan National Park and Al-Hijar in Saudi Arabia, this beautifully illustrated compendium includes color photographs, a map and succinct description of each archaeological site, monument, city or park. Organized by date of inscription from 1978 to 2011, the book also includes regional locator maps and a country-by-country index.
(CON53, $29.95) |
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Cities of the World
• George Braun
CULTURAL PORTRAIT •
2011 •
HARD COVER
• 501 PAGES
The complete reprint of the 363 stunning color plates from Braun and Hogenberg's survey of town maps, city views, and plans of Europe, Africa, Asia and Central America, first published in Cologne in 1572-1617. With dozens of unusual details, two folding maps, as well as selected extracts from the original text and an in-depth commentary.
(WLD194, $200.00) |
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Venice 697-1797: A City, a Republic, an Empire
• Aluise Zorzi
ART & ARCHITECTURE •
2002 •
HARD COVER
• 303 PAGES
A popular historian in Italy, Alvise Zorzi reveals the growth of Venice from a small fishing village to a bustling metropolis whose cultural, political, and economic dominance extended over the entire Mediterranean world with this sumptuous collection of 340 color paintings, photographs and drawings.
(MED186, $75.00) |
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Rome
• Robert Hughes
HISTORY •
2011 •
HARD COVER
• 528 PAGES
Opening with his own arrival in Rome in 1958 as a wide-eyed young Australian, the prolific art critic covers not just art, architecture, sculpture and painting but the whole cultural and social history of the city, including memorable portraits of important characters from Caesar to Cicero, Mussolini and Fellini.
(ITA267, $35.00) |
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Jerusalem, The Biography
• Simon Sebag Montefiore
HISTORY •
2011 •
HARD COVER
• 650 PAGES
Drawing on the latest scholarship -- and his own family history -- Montefiore sketches the history of the ancient history through tales of key individuals from King David, Jesus and Muhammad, to Cleopatra, King Hussein and Sir Moses Montefiore, who helped found Jewish settlements outside the city walls in Palestine in the 1860s.
(ISR99, $35.00) |
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Blue Guide Florence
• Alta Macadam
• GUIDEBOOK
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A comprehensive guide to Florence, heavily focused on art and architecture. This edition also includes practical information on hotels, restaurants and shops. Tenth Edition
(ITL137, $24.95)
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Kyoto, 29 Walks in Japan's Ancient Capital
• John H. Martin
• GUIDEBOOK
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This is the one book to take along to Kyoto. With 29 easy-to-follow walking tours, organized by neighborhood, 100 color photos and 40 maps and site diagrams, this expanded edition of the classic guide by John and Phyllis Martin includes both well-known temples and shrines and lesser known districts and sites.
(JPN25, $24.95)
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The Encyclopedia of New York City
• Kenneth T. Jackson
• New York Historical Society
• REFERENCE
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The more than 5,000 alphabetical entries and 700 illustrations of the second edition of this fantastic reference has everything you've ever wanted to know about New York City.
(NYC12, $65.00)
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City Between Worlds, My Hong Kong
• Leo Ou-Fan Lee
• CULTURAL PORTRAIT
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Lee draws on his experience of Hong Kong as well as literature, film and popular culture. The result is a multi-layered portrait of a city on the fault line between China and the West.
(HKG35, $18.95)
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The Cities Book, A Journey Through The Best Cities In The World
• Lonely Planet Publications
• CULTURAL PORTRAIT
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An eclectic roundup of 200 cities from London, Paris and New York to Bamako, Chiang Mai, and Nuuk.
(WLD83, $24.99)
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The Taste of Conquest, The Rise and Fall of the Three Great Cities of Spice
• Michael Krondl
• HISTORY
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Weaving travel and history, Michael Krondl a world where pepper, cinnamon and cloves were as valuable as gold -- and Venice, Lison and Amsterdam jockeyed for global control.
(EUR279, $16.00)
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Time Out the World's Greatest Cities
• Time Out
• CULTURAL PORTRAIT
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The travel-savvy editors of TimeOut profile and rank 75 great cities, from New York (number one) to Bogata, Sydney, Tokyo and Venice.
(WLD179, $29.95)
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Ancient Greece, A Very Short Introduction
• Paul Cartledge
• ARCHAEOLOGY
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Athens and Sparta but also Argos, Thebes, Syracuse, Alexandria, Miletus and Massalia (AKA Marseilles), Knossos and Constantinople are all included in this introduction to Ancient Greece though the role of 11 major cities.
(GRE398, $11.95)
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Cities of the World, A History in Maps
• Peter Whitfield
• ART & ARCHITECTURE
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This handsome A-to-Z illuminates the development of great cities from Amsterdam and Cuzco to New York and Venice through stunning maps, plans and paintings from the British Library.
(MAP21, $50.00)
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High Line, The Inside Story of New York City's Park in the Sky
• Robert Hammond
• Joshua David
• ART & ARCHITECTURE
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The creators of the High Line tell the story of the transformation of a grandly decaying ruin into the phenomenally popular a half-mile expanse of plants, paths, staircases and framed vistas through the revitalized far west side.
(NYC241, $29.95)
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Temples of Cambodia, The Heart of Angkor
• Helen Ibbitson Jessup
• Barry Brukoff
• ART & ARCHITECTURE
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Jessup (Art and Architecture of Cambodia) provides the accompanying essays to this oversized portfolio of dazzling color images by Barry Brukoff, who has been photographing the monuments of Cambodia since 1963.
(CBD73, $65.00)
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City of Silver, A Mystery
• Annamaria Alfieri
• LITERATURE
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Mother Maria Santa Hilda, Abess of the convent of Santa Isabella de los Santos Milagros in Potosi is at the center of this satisfying, suspenseful tale, richly set in the 17th-century Spanish Viceroyalty of Peru. The source of Spanish silver, Potosi was once the largest and wealthiest city in the Americas.
(BOL27, $14.95)
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Istanbul, The Collected Traveler
• Barrie Kerper
• ANTHOLOGY
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Barrie Kerper raided her file cabinets and cajoled many friends (interviews included) for this rich anthology on Turkey, its history, culture and allure. Her treasure trove includes thoughtful commentaries on everything from Turkish cuisine and Istanbul's monuments to Whirling Dervishes and famous personalities.
(TKY202, $19.00)
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