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Lonely Planet Moroccan Arabic Phrasebook •  Dan Bacon
LANGUAGE & PHRASEBOOKS • 2008 • PAPER • 176 PAGES
This handy phrasebook includes pronunciation, basic grammar and essential vocabulary. (MRC15, $8.99)

Mogreb-El-Acksa, A Journey in Morocco •  R B Cunninghame Graham
TRAVEL NARRATIVE • 1997 • PAPER • 358 PAGES
Originally published in 1898, this is a classic account of a trek into the Atlas Mountains of Morocco and the forbidden city of Tarudant. It includes, among its many pleasures, an excellent portrait of Berber life at the turn of the century, much enhanced by Graham's offhand bravery and wit. (MRC11, $19.95)

The Conquest of Morocco •  Douglas Porch
HISTORY • 2005 • PAPER • 335 PAGES
A lively history of the French conquest of Morocco, 1903 to 1914, including an excellent portrait of Hubert Lyautey, who led the French military campaign. Among the many pleasures of this scholarly, entertainingly written and often humorous history is its portrait of turn-of-the-century Morocco and the sultanates that ruled over the region. With 15 photographs and a map. (MRC25, $15.00)

Morocco Map •   World Mapping Project
2003 • MAP
A colorful shaded relief map of Morocco at a scale 1:1,000,000. Using the latest cartography from the World Mapping Project, the full color map, printed on rip-proof and waterproof paper, includes topographic features, latitude and longitude, and key visitor attractions. Water depths are indicated by contour lines in shades of blue and white. (MRC13, $9.99)

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Eyewitness Guide Morocco •   Eyewitness Guides • GUIDEBOOK • Gorgeously illustrated and filled with excellent maps, this compact guide introduces Morocco's history, culture and attractions. (MRC58, $25.00)

Arabesque, A Taste of Morocco, Turkey, And Lebanon •  Claudia Roden • FOOD • Roden leavens 150 well-chosen, classic recipes of North Africa and the Middle East with scraps of history, culture and tales. With 93 color photographs. (MED99, $35.00)

A Traveller's History of North Africa •  Barnaby Rogerson • HISTORY • Wide-ranging, accessible and effectively condensed, this brief history marches confidently through the centuries, covering key events and personalities in Morocco, Tunisia and Algeria through the 1990s. (NAF01, $15.95)

Islam, A Short History •  Karen Armstrong • RELIGION • Armstrong brings authority and experience to this clear-headed, vivid survey of the history and impact of Islam from the birth of Muhammad to present day challenges. A Modern Library Chronicles book. (ISL15, $14.95)

Morocco Since 1830, A History •  C. R. Pennell • HISTORY • A strong scholarly history of modern Morocco, with a focus on the colonial influences that have helped shape the cultural landscape. (MRC31, $25.00)

North African Villages, Morocco, Algeria & Tunisia •  Norman Carver • CULTURAL PORTRAIT • Stunning color and black-and-white photographs document the folk architecture, villages and markets of Morocco, Algeria and Tunisia in this book, with extensive accompanying notes and text by the author. (TUN11, $29.95)

The Berbers •  Michael Brett •  Elizabeth Fentress • CULTURAL PORTRAIT • A comprehensive overview of the indigenous people of North Africa from antiquity through the Roman and Islamic periods to modern times. Surveys the history, literature and culture of the Berbers, exploring the identity they have forged in the region. (NAF02, $43.95)

Islamic Arts •  Jonathan Bloom •  Sheila Blair • ART & ARCHITECTURE • A comprehensive survey of 1,000 years of Islamic architecture, design and decoration. Illustrated throughout with color photographs, maps and site plans. (ISL01, $24.95)

A Street in Marrakech, A Personal View of Urban Women in Morocco •  Elizabeth Warnock Fernea • TRAVEL NARRATIVE • This intimate account of an American woman and ethnographer on a year abroad with her family in 1972 brims with lively descriptions of daily life of women in and around the medina In Marrakech. (MRC29, $24.95)

Dreams of Trespass, Tales of a Harem Girlhood •  Fatima Mernissi • BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR • FAVORITE • 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)

In Morocco •  Edith Wharton • TRAVEL NARRATIVE • A very enjoyable account of Wharton's month-long journey through Morocco just after World War I, including evocative portraits of Rabat, Fez and Marrakesh. (MRC02, $19.95)

Lords of the Atlas, The Rise and Fall of the House of Glaoua •  Gavin Maxwell • TRAVEL NARRATIVE • COMING IN NOVEMBER • Set in the medieval city of Marrakesh and the majestic kasbahs of the High Atlas mountains, Lords of the Atlas tells the extraordinary story of the Madani and T'hami el Glaoui, warlord brothers who carved out a feudal fiefdom in southern Morocco in the early twentieth century. (MRC35, $32.95)

Morocco That Was •  Walter Harris • TRAVEL NARRATIVE • A piercingly funny and sharp eyewitness account of the Sultanate by the eccentric London Times correspondent in Tangiers. Harris lived in the country for 30 years, which gave him unusual access to the Moorish court and civic life. (MRC59, $34.95)

Sahara Unveiled, A Journey across the Desert •  William Langewiesche • TRAVEL NARRATIVE • 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, $14.95)

Leo Africanus •  Amin Maalouf • LITERATURE • 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)

The Sand Child •  Alan Sheridan •  Tahar Ben Jelloun • LITERATURE • The politically charged novel of Mohammed Ahmed, a girl raised as a boy to escape the limited life offered women in Islamic society. (MRC27, $19.95)

The Sheltering Sky •  Paul Bowles • LITERATURE • Bowles' most famous work, the tale of three people whose lives unravel in the desert of North Africa. Originally published in 1949. (NAF09, $14.95)

The Spider's House •  Paul Bowles • LITERATURE • Set in Fez during a 1954 nationalist uprising, this richly descriptive novel may be the most evocative of Bowles' many novels and stories set in Morocco. Originally published in 1955. (MRC08, $14.95)

Birds of Europe •  Killian Mullarney •  Lars Svensson •  Dan Zetterstrom •  Peter J. Grant • FIELD GUIDE • FAVORITE • A Princeton field guide to European birds, featuring 3,500 color illustrations that depict 722 species found across the continent. (FG47, $29.95)

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	Lonely Planet Moroccan Arabic Phrasebook • Dan Bacon LANGUAGE & PHRASEBOOKS • 2008 • PAPER • 176 PAGES This handy phrasebook includes pronunciation, basic grammar and essential vocabulary. (MRC15, $8.99)
	Mogreb-El-Acksa, A Journey in Morocco • R B Cunninghame Graham TRAVEL NARRATIVE • 1997 • PAPER • 358 PAGES Originally published in 1898, this is a classic account of a trek into the Atlas Mountains of Morocco and the forbidden city of Tarudant. It includes, among its many pleasures, an excellent portrait of Berber life at the turn of the century, much enhanced by Graham's offhand bravery and wit. (MRC11, $19.95)
	The Conquest of Morocco • Douglas Porch HISTORY • 2005 • PAPER • 335 PAGES A lively history of the French conquest of Morocco, 1903 to 1914, including an excellent portrait of Hubert Lyautey, who led the French military campaign. Among the many pleasures of this scholarly, entertainingly written and often humorous history is its portrait of turn-of-the-century Morocco and the sultanates that ruled over the region. With 15 photographs and a map. (MRC25, $15.00)
	Morocco Map • World Mapping Project 2003 • MAP A colorful shaded relief map of Morocco at a scale 1:1,000,000. Using the latest cartography from the World Mapping Project, the full color map, printed on rip-proof and waterproof paper, includes topographic features, latitude and longitude, and key visitor attractions. Water depths are indicated by contour lines in shades of blue and white. (MRC13, $9.99)

	Eyewitness Guide Morocco • Eyewitness Guides • GUIDEBOOK • Gorgeously illustrated and filled with excellent maps, this compact guide introduces Morocco's history, culture and attractions. (MRC58, $25.00)
	Arabesque, A Taste of Morocco, Turkey, And Lebanon • Claudia Roden • FOOD • Roden leavens 150 well-chosen, classic recipes of North Africa and the Middle East with scraps of history, culture and tales. With 93 color photographs. (MED99, $35.00)
	A Traveller's History of North Africa • Barnaby Rogerson • HISTORY • Wide-ranging, accessible and effectively condensed, this brief history marches confidently through the centuries, covering key events and personalities in Morocco, Tunisia and Algeria through the 1990s. (NAF01, $15.95)
	Islam, A Short History • Karen Armstrong • RELIGION • Armstrong brings authority and experience to this clear-headed, vivid survey of the history and impact of Islam from the birth of Muhammad to present day challenges. A Modern Library Chronicles book. (ISL15, $14.95)
	Morocco Since 1830, A History • C. R. Pennell • HISTORY • A strong scholarly history of modern Morocco, with a focus on the colonial influences that have helped shape the cultural landscape. (MRC31, $25.00)
	North African Villages, Morocco, Algeria & Tunisia • Norman Carver • CULTURAL PORTRAIT • Stunning color and black-and-white photographs document the folk architecture, villages and markets of Morocco, Algeria and Tunisia in this book, with extensive accompanying notes and text by the author. (TUN11, $29.95)
	The Berbers • Michael Brett • Elizabeth Fentress • CULTURAL PORTRAIT • A comprehensive overview of the indigenous people of North Africa from antiquity through the Roman and Islamic periods to modern times. Surveys the history, literature and culture of the Berbers, exploring the identity they have forged in the region. (NAF02, $43.95)
	Islamic Arts • Jonathan Bloom • Sheila Blair • ART & ARCHITECTURE • A comprehensive survey of 1,000 years of Islamic architecture, design and decoration. Illustrated throughout with color photographs, maps and site plans. (ISL01, $24.95)
	A Street in Marrakech, A Personal View of Urban Women in Morocco • Elizabeth Warnock Fernea • TRAVEL NARRATIVE • This intimate account of an American woman and ethnographer on a year abroad with her family in 1972 brims with lively descriptions of daily life of women in and around the medina In Marrakech. (MRC29, $24.95)
	Dreams of Trespass, Tales of a Harem Girlhood • Fatima Mernissi • BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR • FAVORITE • 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)
	In Morocco • Edith Wharton • TRAVEL NARRATIVE • A very enjoyable account of Wharton's month-long journey through Morocco just after World War I, including evocative portraits of Rabat, Fez and Marrakesh. (MRC02, $19.95)
	Lords of the Atlas, The Rise and Fall of the House of Glaoua • Gavin Maxwell • TRAVEL NARRATIVE • COMING IN NOVEMBER • Set in the medieval city of Marrakesh and the majestic kasbahs of the High Atlas mountains, Lords of the Atlas tells the extraordinary story of the Madani and T'hami el Glaoui, warlord brothers who carved out a feudal fiefdom in southern Morocco in the early twentieth century. (MRC35, $32.95)
	Morocco That Was • Walter Harris • TRAVEL NARRATIVE • A piercingly funny and sharp eyewitness account of the Sultanate by the eccentric London Times correspondent in Tangiers. Harris lived in the country for 30 years, which gave him unusual access to the Moorish court and civic life. (MRC59, $34.95)
	Sahara Unveiled, A Journey across the Desert • William Langewiesche • TRAVEL NARRATIVE • 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, $14.95)
	Leo Africanus • Amin Maalouf • LITERATURE • 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)
	The Sand Child • Alan Sheridan • Tahar Ben Jelloun • LITERATURE • The politically charged novel of Mohammed Ahmed, a girl raised as a boy to escape the limited life offered women in Islamic society. (MRC27, $19.95)
	The Sheltering Sky • Paul Bowles • LITERATURE • Bowles' most famous work, the tale of three people whose lives unravel in the desert of North Africa. Originally published in 1949. (NAF09, $14.95)
	The Spider's House • Paul Bowles • LITERATURE • Set in Fez during a 1954 nationalist uprising, this richly descriptive novel may be the most evocative of Bowles' many novels and stories set in Morocco. Originally published in 1955. (MRC08, $14.95)
	Birds of Europe • Killian Mullarney • Lars Svensson • Dan Zetterstrom • Peter J. Grant • FIELD GUIDE • FAVORITE • A Princeton field guide to European birds, featuring 3,500 color illustrations that depict 722 species found across the continent. (FG47, $29.95)