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Essential Books These 5 items are available for $78, including
U.S. shipping, a 15% discount (Item no. EXTKY152)		  
The Lycian Shore  •  Freya Stark
ARCHAEOLOGY •  2011 •  PAPER  • 216 PAGES
The Lycian coast and hinterlands are thoroughly explored in this reprint of a classic account of a 1950s journey by the stalwart Freya Stark, one of our heroines -- and features in our Essential Reading for the Turquiose Coast. Visit Turkey! Heading south from Smyrna, Stark explores rock tombs of Xanthus, shores of the Dalyan River, Hellenic cities of Termessos and Pirge and other sites along the Aegean. (TKY249, $16.00)		   The Lycian Shore
Crescent and Star  •  Stephen Kinzer
CULTURAL PORTRAIT •  2008 •  PAPER  • 265 PAGES
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)		   Crescent and Star
Culture Smart! Turkey  •  Charlotte McPherson
GUIDEBOOK •  2006 •  PAPER  • 168 PAGES
Take along this pocket guide to local customs, etiquette and culture. (TKY127, $9.95)		   Culture Smart! Turkey
Insight Guide Turkey  •  Insight Guides
GUIDEBOOK •  2011 •  PAPER  • 448 PAGES
An outstanding overview of the country from the reliable Insight crew, featuring hundreds of photographs and observant essays on history, culture and nature. With separate chapters on Istanbul, Ephesus, the Aegean Coast, Lycia, and Cappadocia. (TKY38, $24.99)		   Insight Guide Turkey
Turkey Map  •  Freytag & Berndt
2011 •  MAP
A shaded relief map of all Turkey, including the Mediterranean and Black Sea coasts at a scale of 1:2,000,000 with a more detailed map of Western Turkey on the reverse (1:800,000). With a detailed, 32-page index. Two Sides. 35x44 inches. (TKY29, $14.95)		   Turkey Map



Also Recommended

Istanbul Map  •  Borch Maps    •  Take it along! (TKY65, $8.95)
 		  
Eyewitness Top Ten Turkey's Southwest Coast  •  Eyewitness Guides   • GUIDEBOOK  •  A compact illustrated guide in the popular series, featuring favorite attractions, events, restaurants, shops and excursions. (TKY264, $14.00)
 		  
Insight Select Istanbul  •  Insight Guides   • GUIDEBOOK  •  Suggested walks, out-of-the-way shops and the latest rooftop restaurants are all included in this discerning pocket guide. (TKY241, $15.00)
 		  
Lonely Planet Turkish Phrasebook  •  Arzu Kurklu   • LANGUAGE & PHRASEBOOKS  •  With essential vocabulary for the traveler. (TKY115, $8.99)
 		  
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)
 		  
A Short History of Byzantium  •  John Julius Norwich   • HISTORY  •  A richly detailed and evocative history of the tumultuous span of the great empire from the fourth century to the 15th, brimming with intrigue, skullduggery, palace revolution and other treachery. (TKY18, $19.00)
 		  
A Traveller's History of Turkey  •  Richard Stoneman   • HISTORY  •  An accessible, well-written overview of Turkish history from the Paleolithic to the present. (TKY13, $14.95)
 		  
Ancient Turkey, A Traveller's History  •  Seton Lloyd   • HISTORY  •  Turkey's archaeology and early history for the traveler by the former head of the British Archaeological Institute in Ankara. (TKY43, $28.95)
 		  
Lords of the Horizons  •  Jason Goodwin   • HISTORY  •  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)
 		  
Osman's Dream, The History of the Ottoman Empire  •  Caroline Finkel   • HISTORY  •  An ambitious, scholarly history of an 600-year empire that, at its height, streteched from Central Asia to the Levant, Danube and North Africa. (EUR200, $21.00)
 		  
St. Paul's Ephesus, Texts and Archaeology  •  Jerome Murphy O'Connor   • ARCHAEOLOGY  •  Jerome Murphy-O'Connor transports us back to the ancient city of Ephesus during its heyday, including contemporary accounts from Roman to biblical times, and featuring a guided walk through the city as a center of Paul's teachings. (TKY226, $29.95)
 		  
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)
 		  
Meander: East to West, Indirectly, Along a Turkish River  •  Jeremy Seal   • TRAVEL NARRATIVE • COMING IN JUNE  •  A river rich in mythology and history, the Meander is a perfect place for Jeremy Seal to explore, mixing the history of Antolia, visits to historic sites and his experiences along the river from Dinar to Didam in this captivating account. (TKY258, $28.00)
 		  
The Magic of Turkey, A Guide to the Turkish Coast  •  Alfredo Giacon   • TRAVEL NARRATIVE  •  This spirited account of an Italian couple's two year voyage covers the bays, anchorages, ancient sites and allure of the coast from Izmir to Bodrum, Fethiye and Antalya. (TKY225, $19.95)
 		  
The Way of Herodotus, Travels with the Man Who Invented History  •  Justin Marozzi   • TRAVEL NARRATIVE  •  A Penguin Classics edition of The Histories in hand, Marozzi journeys from Herodotus' home town of Heliacarnassus, now known as Bodrum, to Baghdad, Babylon, Egypt and Athens, weaving tales of his hero with erudite and entertaining modern travel. (MED138, $16.95)
 		  
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)
 		  
Turquoise, A Chef's Travels in Turkey  •  Greg and Lucy Malouf   • TRAVEL NARRATIVE  •  This sumptuous book combines travel, recipes and stunning color photographs of landscapes, people, food and traditions. (TKY192, $50.00)
 		  
An Evil Eye  •  Jason Goodwin   • MYSTERY  •  Back from Venice, investigator Yashim is drawn into the mysterious and dangerous intrigues of the sultan's seraglio at Topkapi Palace In the fourth novel of Edgar Award-winning author Jason Goodwin's internationally-acclaimed Ottoman Empire Series. Just out in paper, you can read more about the book, and get Goodwin's recommendations for visiting Topkapi and some ideas for where to have lunch while in Istanbul, on the Longitude Blog. (TKY240, $15.00)
 		  
Birds Without Wings  •  Louis De Bernieres   • LITERATURE  •  De Bernieres offers sweeping historical scope, memorable characters, drama and many new vocabulary words in this stupendous novel set in Anatolia during the collapse of the Ottoman Empire. (TKY91, $16.00)
 		  
The Towers of Trebizond  •  Rose MacAulay  •  Jan Morris   • LITERATURE • COMING IN OCTOBER  •  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, $16.00)
 		  
Turkish Coast, Through Writers' Eyes  •  Rupert Scott   • ANTHOLOGY • HARD TO FIND ELSEWHERE  •  Editor Rupert Scott reels in dozens of authors, ancient and modern, for this appealing collection of tales set on the shores of Ancient Caria and Lycia, today's Turquoise Coast, including Homer, Lord Byron, Edith Wharton, Freya Stark and Louis de Bernieres. (TKY193, $32.95)
 		  
 
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