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Eyewitness Guide Morocco  •   Eyewitness Guides
GUIDEBOOK •  2008 •  FLEXI-BOUND  • 408 PAGES
Gorgeously illustrated and filled with excellent maps, this compact book is a thorough overview of Morocco, its history, traditions, cultures and sights. With hundreds of color photographs and illustrations. (MRC58, $25.00)
  Eyewitness Guide Morocco
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)
  Lonely Planet Moroccan Arabic Phrasebook
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)
  Mogreb-El-Acksa, A Journey in Morocco
Morocco Map  •   World Mapping Project
2009 •  MAP
A detailed road map of Morocco for travelers at a scale of 1:1,00,000. Two Sides. 28x36 inches. (MRC13, $9.99)
  Morocco Map
 

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Walking  •  Henry David Thoreau   • REFERENCE  •  Slip this pocket edition of Thoreau's meditations on the spiritual benefits of this most civilized form of travel in your daypack for inspiration. (WLK04, $9.99)
 
 
Arabesque, A Taste of Morocco, Turkey, and Lebanon  •  Claudia Roden   • FOOD  •  With 100 color photos of food, people and places, this enchanting cookbook by a leading authority is filled with not just subtle, simple recipes but also stories, culture and history. (MED99, $37.50)
 
 
Tagine, Spicy Stews from Morocco  •  Ghillie Basan   • FOOD  •  An excellent, illustrated collection of recipes for dozens of variations on this seminal Moroccan dish. (MRC109, $15.95)
 
 
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)
 
 
Culture Shock! Morocco, A Survival Guide to Customs and Etiquette  •  Orin Hargraves   • CULTURAL PORTRAIT  •  A lively introduction to modern Moroccan culture and manners with a focus on customs and etiquette. (MRC107, $15.95)
 
 
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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, $46.95)
 
 
Islamic Arts  •  Jonathan Bloom  •  Sheila Blair   • ART & ARCHITECTURE • OUT OF PRINT  •  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)
 
 
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In Morocco  •  Edith Wharton   • TRAVEL NARRATIVE  •  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, $18.95)
 
 
Lords of the Atlas  •  Gavin Maxwell   • TRAVEL NARRATIVE • HARD TO FIND ELSEWHERE  •  Set in the medieval city of Marrakech and the majestic kasbahs of the High Atlas mountains, this is rousing history and a vivid portrait of life in French colonial Morocco. Maxwell (Ring of Bright Water) follows the fate of the despotic Glaoui clan from 1893 to independence. (MRC35, $32.95)
 
 
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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, $16.00)
 
 
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, $20.95)
 
 
The Serpent's Daughter  •  Suzanne Arruda   • MYSTERY  •  With lots of colorful background on Moroccan history and culture, Jade del Cameron (what a name!) is accused by the French colonial authorities of killing a man. (MRC83, $14.00)
 
 
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, $14.99)
 
 
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, $14.99)
 
 
Birds of Europe  •  Lars Svensson  •  Dan Zetterstrom  •  Killian Mullarney   • FIELD GUIDE • FAVORITE  •  Featuring 3,500 glorious paintings by Killian Mullarney and Dan Zetterstrom, this 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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