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Eyewitness Guide Turkey •   Eyewitness Guides
GUIDEBOOK • 2010 • FLEXI-BOUND • 432 PAGES • COMING IN MARCH
Gorgeously illustrated and filled with excellent maps, this compact book provides a thorough overview of Turkey, its history, traditions, cultures and sights. With hundreds of color photographs and maps. (TKY82, $30.00)

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, $26.95)

1453, The Holy War For Constantinople and the Clash of Islam and the West •  Roger Crowley
HISTORY • 2006 • PAPER • 304 PAGES
Crowley recounts the dramatic events leading up and surrounding the fall of Constantinople to the Ottoman Turks in 1453 in this nicely paced history. He (like many before him) writes not only of Europe's loss of the Eastern Roman capital but also of the polyglot, tolerant Ottoman city which took its place. (TKY114, $14.99)

Harem, The World Behind the Veil •  Alev Lytle Croutier
CULTURAL PORTRAIT • 1991 • PAPER • 224 PAGES
A fascinating, illustrated look at the culture of the Harem -- particularly the well known quarters at Topkapi Palace in Istanbul. The author, who was born in the old house of what once was the harem of a pasha, combines interviews, history and a wonderful selection of art in this intriguing book. (ARB23, $25.00)

Turkey Map •   Freytag & Berndt
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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)

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Istanbul Map •   Borch Maps • A laminated folded map of Istanbul at a scale of 1:11,000. (TKY65, $7.95)

Turkish Coast Map •   Reise Know How • This nicely detailed, double-sided map of Western Turkey (1:700,000) shows the whole Mediterranean coast, including Cyprus. (TKY103, $16.95)

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, $23.00)

Fodor's Istanbul's 25 Best •   Fodor's Guides • GUIDEBOOK • CURRENTLY UNAVAILABLE • This slim guide with a pullout map covers with style what to see, where to go and what to do. (TKY185, $11.95)

Lonely Planet Turkish Phrasebook •  Arzu Kurklu • LANGUAGE & PHRASEBOOKS • With essential vocabulary for the traveler. (TKY115, $8.99)

The Western Shores of Turkey, Discovering the Aegean and Mediterranean Coasts •  John Freely • GUIDEBOOK • An excellent overview of the ancient sites of the Turkish coast from Gallipoli to Antioch, Pergamum, Ephesus and Halicarnassus. (TKY07, $24.95)

Turquoise, A Chef's Travels in Turkey •  Greg and Lucy Malouf • FOOD • The result of the globe-trotting couple's adventures in Turkey, this sumptuous book combines travel, recipes and hundreds of stunning color photographs of the landscapes, people, food and traditions of Turkey. (TKY192, $50.00)

A Short History of Byzantium •  John Julius Norwich • HISTORY • A richly detailed and evocative narrative history of the tumultuous span of the great empire from the fourth century to the fifteenth, brimming with intrigue, skullduggery, palace revolution and other treachery. (TKY18, $17.95)

A Traveller's History of Turkey •  Richard Stoneman • HISTORY • An accessible, well-written overview of Turkish history from the Paleolithic to the present. It includes a chronology of major events, a list of native rulers, further recommended reading, and a gazetteer. (TKY13, $14.95)

Crescent and Star, Turkey Between Two Worlds •  Stephen Kinzer • HISTORY • An insightful, anecdotal report on contemporary life, culture and politics in Turkey, 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, $16.00)

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)

Penguin Historical Atlas of Ancient Rome •  Christopher Scarre • HISTORY • A vivid overview of the rise and fall of the Roman Empire and its expansion throughout North Africa and the Mediterranean. Illustrated with ingenious color maps on many topics (political borders, trade, defense, religion) and 80 color photographs. (ITL29, $16.95)

The Ottoman Centuries •  Lord Kinross • HISTORY • A richly detailed, engrossing history of the Ottoman empire from its dawn in 1300 up to the foundation of the modern republic in 1923, enhanced by maps and photos. (ITL54, $18.99)

Art of the Byzantine Era •  David Talbot Rice • ART & ARCHITECTURE • An indispensable classic and a thoroughly illustrated introduction to Byzantine art, wide-ranging and literate. Though it focuses on early Christian Constantinople, the book also includes chapters on Sicily, Venice and the Slavonic art of the Balkans. (TKY22, $16.95)

Early Christian and Byzantine Art •  John Lowden • ART & ARCHITECTURE • An illustrated guide to the architectural heritage of the early Christian period (860-1453), with a survey of the philosophy and intellectual climate of the time. (EUR23, $24.95)

Alexander the Great •  Robin Lane Fox • BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR • A popular biography of Alexander the Great, noteworthy for its scholarship, great descriptions and psychological insight. (GRE17, $16.00)

In the Steps of St. Paul •  H.V. Morton • TRAVEL NARRATIVE • Playing both pilgrim and traveler in this book, Morton charmingly mixes history with offhand humor, anecdote and keen observation. Bible in hand, he journeys through Syria, Cyprus, Turkey, Macedonia, Greece and Rhodes, ending fittingly at the Tomb of St. Paul. (MED70, $22.00)

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 magic place of crumbling mansions and Ottoman riches, mingling Asian, Islamic, secular and European influences. (TKY99, $16.00)

Lords of the Horizons •  Jason Goodwin • TRAVEL NARRATIVE • A wonderful writer and journalist, 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)

Portrait of a Turkish Family •  Irfan Orga • BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR • This splendid memoir of life in Istanbul in the years surrounding World War I captures the spirit and flavor of the city in the last days of the Ottoman empire. Orga's son supplies an illuminating forward, filling in biographical details. (TKY83, $32.95)

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, $14.00)

Travelers' Tales Turkey •  James Villers • ANTHOLOGY • An engaging, insightful and entertaining selection of eyewitness accounts of Turkey, organized thematically. (TKY71, $18.95)

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, $27.95)

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' translation of The Odyssey. (Item no. GRE45, $17.00) (GRE173, $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, $14.95)

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	Eyewitness Guide Turkey • Eyewitness Guides GUIDEBOOK • 2010 • FLEXI-BOUND • 432 PAGES • COMING IN MARCH Gorgeously illustrated and filled with excellent maps, this compact book provides a thorough overview of Turkey, its history, traditions, cultures and sights. With hundreds of color photographs and maps. (TKY82, $30.00)
	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, $26.95)
	1453, The Holy War For Constantinople and the Clash of Islam and the West • Roger Crowley HISTORY • 2006 • PAPER • 304 PAGES Crowley recounts the dramatic events leading up and surrounding the fall of Constantinople to the Ottoman Turks in 1453 in this nicely paced history. He (like many before him) writes not only of Europe's loss of the Eastern Roman capital but also of the polyglot, tolerant Ottoman city which took its place. (TKY114, $14.99)
	Harem, The World Behind the Veil • Alev Lytle Croutier CULTURAL PORTRAIT • 1991 • PAPER • 224 PAGES A fascinating, illustrated look at the culture of the Harem -- particularly the well known quarters at Topkapi Palace in Istanbul. The author, who was born in the old house of what once was the harem of a pasha, combines interviews, history and a wonderful selection of art in this intriguing book. (ARB23, $25.00)
	Turkey Map • Freytag & Berndt 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)

	Istanbul Map • Borch Maps • A laminated folded map of Istanbul at a scale of 1:11,000. (TKY65, $7.95)
	Turkish Coast Map • Reise Know How • This nicely detailed, double-sided map of Western Turkey (1:700,000) shows the whole Mediterranean coast, including Cyprus. (TKY103, $16.95)
	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, $23.00)
	Fodor's Istanbul's 25 Best • Fodor's Guides • GUIDEBOOK • CURRENTLY UNAVAILABLE • This slim guide with a pullout map covers with style what to see, where to go and what to do. (TKY185, $11.95)
	Lonely Planet Turkish Phrasebook • Arzu Kurklu • LANGUAGE & PHRASEBOOKS • With essential vocabulary for the traveler. (TKY115, $8.99)
	The Western Shores of Turkey, Discovering the Aegean and Mediterranean Coasts • John Freely • GUIDEBOOK • An excellent overview of the ancient sites of the Turkish coast from Gallipoli to Antioch, Pergamum, Ephesus and Halicarnassus. (TKY07, $24.95)
	Turquoise, A Chef's Travels in Turkey • Greg and Lucy Malouf • FOOD • The result of the globe-trotting couple's adventures in Turkey, this sumptuous book combines travel, recipes and hundreds of stunning color photographs of the landscapes, people, food and traditions of Turkey. (TKY192, $50.00)
	A Short History of Byzantium • John Julius Norwich • HISTORY • A richly detailed and evocative narrative history of the tumultuous span of the great empire from the fourth century to the fifteenth, brimming with intrigue, skullduggery, palace revolution and other treachery. (TKY18, $17.95)
	A Traveller's History of Turkey • Richard Stoneman • HISTORY • An accessible, well-written overview of Turkish history from the Paleolithic to the present. It includes a chronology of major events, a list of native rulers, further recommended reading, and a gazetteer. (TKY13, $14.95)
	Crescent and Star, Turkey Between Two Worlds • Stephen Kinzer • HISTORY • An insightful, anecdotal report on contemporary life, culture and politics in Turkey, 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, $16.00)
	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)
	Penguin Historical Atlas of Ancient Rome • Christopher Scarre • HISTORY • A vivid overview of the rise and fall of the Roman Empire and its expansion throughout North Africa and the Mediterranean. Illustrated with ingenious color maps on many topics (political borders, trade, defense, religion) and 80 color photographs. (ITL29, $16.95)
	The Ottoman Centuries • Lord Kinross • HISTORY • A richly detailed, engrossing history of the Ottoman empire from its dawn in 1300 up to the foundation of the modern republic in 1923, enhanced by maps and photos. (ITL54, $18.99)
	Art of the Byzantine Era • David Talbot Rice • ART & ARCHITECTURE • An indispensable classic and a thoroughly illustrated introduction to Byzantine art, wide-ranging and literate. Though it focuses on early Christian Constantinople, the book also includes chapters on Sicily, Venice and the Slavonic art of the Balkans. (TKY22, $16.95)
	Early Christian and Byzantine Art • John Lowden • ART & ARCHITECTURE • An illustrated guide to the architectural heritage of the early Christian period (860-1453), with a survey of the philosophy and intellectual climate of the time. (EUR23, $24.95)
	Alexander the Great • Robin Lane Fox • BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR • A popular biography of Alexander the Great, noteworthy for its scholarship, great descriptions and psychological insight. (GRE17, $16.00)
	In the Steps of St. Paul • H.V. Morton • TRAVEL NARRATIVE • Playing both pilgrim and traveler in this book, Morton charmingly mixes history with offhand humor, anecdote and keen observation. Bible in hand, he journeys through Syria, Cyprus, Turkey, Macedonia, Greece and Rhodes, ending fittingly at the Tomb of St. Paul. (MED70, $22.00)
	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 magic place of crumbling mansions and Ottoman riches, mingling Asian, Islamic, secular and European influences. (TKY99, $16.00)
	Lords of the Horizons • Jason Goodwin • TRAVEL NARRATIVE • A wonderful writer and journalist, 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)
	Portrait of a Turkish Family • Irfan Orga • BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR • This splendid memoir of life in Istanbul in the years surrounding World War I captures the spirit and flavor of the city in the last days of the Ottoman empire. Orga's son supplies an illuminating forward, filling in biographical details. (TKY83, $32.95)
	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, $14.00)
	Travelers' Tales Turkey • James Villers • ANTHOLOGY • An engaging, insightful and entertaining selection of eyewitness accounts of Turkey, organized thematically. (TKY71, $18.95)
	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, $27.95)
	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' translation of The Odyssey. (Item no. GRE45, $17.00) (GRE173, $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, $14.95)