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Essential Books These 5 items are available for $101, including
U.S. shipping, a 15% discount (Item no. EXMRC58)		  
The Caliph's House, A Year in Casablanca  •  Tahir Shah
TRAVEL NARRATIVE •  2006 •  PAPER  • 343 PAGES • BEST SELLER
Shah's entertaining account of the transformation of a spectacularly crumbled palace in Casablanca, abandoned for a decade. Shah is a marvelous writer and storyteller, interweaving Moroccan customs and history and deft portraits of neighbors, craftsmen and others. He captures the mix of old and new, absurd and moving, frustration and joy of Morocco. The house was not just crumbling but occupied by spirits. (MRC66, $16.00)		   The Caliph's House, A Year in Casablanca
Dreams of Trespass, Tales of a Harem Girlhood  •  Fatima Mernissi
BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR •  1995 •  PAPER  • 242 PAGES • FAVORITE
This gentle memoir captures the hierarchy and decorum of growing up behind the door of a harem, which, as the author explains, is not necessarily a collection of wives, but rather a house in which all the women of a family are secluded. The work is also an engrossing portrait of Fez in the 1940s. Mernissi, a sociologist, brings to vivid and often hilarious detail the exploits of the various women in the house: her mother, fighting against the veil, her grandmother, clinging to tradition, and especially a divorced aunt, who teaches her much about rebellion. Surely the most charming feminist tract ever written. (Mernissi has also written "Beyond the Veil," a scholarly study of relations between the genders in Muslim society, item MDE35.) (MRC10, $17.00)		   Dreams of Trespass, Tales of a Harem Girlhood
Living in Morocco  •  Lisl Dennis  •  Landt Dennis
CULTURAL PORTRAIT •  2001 •  PAPER  • 252 PAGES
A celebration of the lavish decoration that colors Moroccan life. Glorious photos bring colorful interiors, distinct architecture and traditional folk art into the context of quotidian life. With 364 color illustrations. (MRC53, $34.95)		   Living in Morocco
Eyewitness Guide Morocco  •  Eyewitness Guides
GUIDEBOOK •  2010 •  PAPER  • 408 PAGES • BEST SELLER
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, $30.00)		   Eyewitness Guide Morocco
Morocco Map  •  Michelin Travel Publications
2009 •  MAP • BEST SELLER
A road map in the Michelin style, featuring city and town plans, as well as a full place name index. Tough cardboard cover. Scale 1:1,000,000. Two Sides. 28x36 inches. (MRC13, $11.95)		   Morocco Map



Also Recommended

Marrakesh & Northern Morocco Map  •  ITMB    •  Featuring a detailed walking map of the Medina and surrounding New Town on one side and a map of Northern Morocco at 1:740,000 on the reverse. With insets of Rabat and Tangier. (MRC105, $10.95)
 		  
Cadogan Guide Marrakesh, Fez and Rabat  •  Barnaby Rogerson   • GUIDEBOOK  •  This personal, comprehensive handbook combines Rogerson's insightful cultural and historical background with his savvy practical information and recommendations on what to see and where to stay and eat. (MRC50, $21.95)
 		  
Culture Smart! Morocco  •  Jillian York   • GUIDEBOOK  •  History, religion, daily life, food, health and safety are all covered in this pocket guide to Moroccan customs, etiquette and culture. (MRC70, $9.95)
 		  
Eat Smart in Morocco  •  Joan Peterson   • GUIDEBOOK  •  This handy brief guide is subtitled "How to Decipher the Menu, Know the Market Foods & Embark on a Tasting Adventure." (MRC76, $12.95)
 		  
Footprint Morocco Handbook  •  Justin McGuinness   • GUIDEBOOK  •  With an overview of culture and history, color maps, site diagrams and detailed practical information, this comprehensive guide reflects the spirit of its author, an Arabic speaker who taught at the University of Tunis. (MRC18, $24.95)
 		  
Lonely Planet Fez Encounter  •  Virginia Maxwell   • GUIDEBOOK  •  A lively shirt pocket guide to the imperial city. (MRC90, $11.99)
 		  
Lonely Planet Moroccan Arabic Phrasebook  •  Dan Bacon   • LANGUAGE & PHRASEBOOKS  •  This handy phrasebook includes pronunciation, basic grammar and essential vocabulary. (MRC15, $8.99)
 		  
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)
 		  
Couscous and Other Good Food from Morocco  •  Paula Wolfert   • FOOD  •  In this book, Worlfert turns her attentions to Morocco and its cuisine, with great results. (MRC43, $19.99)
 		  
Made in Morocco, A Journey of Exotic Tastes & Places  •  Julie Le Clerc   • FOOD  •  A Middle Eastern cookbook focusing on slow cooked meats and interesting grains and vegetables. Accompanied by color photographs and reflections on the culture. (MRC128, $25.00)
 		  
Traditional Moroccan Cooking, Recipes from Fez  •  Claudia Roden  •  Madame Guinaudeau   • FOOD  •  First published in 1958, Madame Guinaudeau's charming guide to Moroccan cuisine explores the rich culinary traditions of Fez with anecdotes, recipes, drawings and chapters on everything from choosing spices and preserving lemons to The Art of Making and Drinking Tea. (MRC44, $14.95)
 		  
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 to 1999. (NAF01, $15.95)
 		  
Islam, A Short History  •  Karen Armstrong   • HISTORY  •  Armstrong brings authority and experience to this vivid, clear-headed survey of the history and impact of Islam from the birth of Muhammad to present-day challenges. (ISL15, $15.95)
 		  
Morocco, The Islamist Awakening and Other Challenges  •  Marvine Howe   • CULTURAL PORTRAIT  •  A penetrating look at political, social and cultural life in Morocco under King Mohammed V, by a former New York Times correspondent. (MRC75, $20.00)
 		  
Morocco Courtyards and Gardens  •  Achva Benzinberg Stein   • ART & ARCHITECTURE  •  The palace, mosque and other signature walled gardens of Marrakech, Fez and Rabat are featured in color photographs and aerial views. (MRC94, $50.00)
 		  
A House in Fez  •  Suzanna Clarke   • BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR  •  Clarke's poignant, gorgeously illustrated, tale of restoring Riad Zany, a traditional courtyard house in the heart of the ancient city. (MRC116, $15.99)
 		  
A Year in Marrakesh  •  Peter Mayne   • TRAVEL NARRATIVE  •  This brilliantly entertaining, insightful classic account of Marrakesh captures the rhythm and spirit of life in the alleyways of the Medina in the 1950s. (MRC55, $27.95)
 		  
In Arabian Nights, A Caravan of Moroccan Dreams  •  Tahir Shah   • BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR  •  Shah (The Caliph's House) weaves his own family tradition of storytelling with commentary on Moroccan spiritual traditions, culture and history in this account of his adopted home on the sea in Casablanca. (MRC80, $16.00)
 		  
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, $10.95)
 		  
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 a 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)
 		  
Morocco, In the Labyrinth of Dreams and Bazaars  •  Walter M. Weiss   • TRAVEL NARRATIVE  •  Weiss takes in Tangiers and Casablanca, the medieval centers of Fes and Meknes, remote Kasbahs in the Atlas mountains and the bazaars of Marrakech in this account of modern travels through Morocco. (MRC98, $19.95)
 		  
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, $16.00)
 		  
Scheherazade Goes West: Different Cultures, Different Harems  •  Fatima Mernissi   • BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR  •  With humor and depth, Mernissi (Dreams of Trespass) weaves biography, culture and a witty meditation on the myth and meanings of harems, sex and beauty in the Western and Muslim worlds. An independent-thinking modern Moroccan, Mernissi is a sociology professor in Rabat. (MRC87, $16.95)
 		  
The Land of an African Sultan, Travels in Morocco  •  Walter Harris   • TRAVEL NARRATIVE  •  This classic by the intrepid Walter Harris, the Times correspondent in Tangiers from the 1890s to 1933, takes in the artists and eccentrics of Tangier, the darkness and decadence of the sultan's court In Marrakech, celebrated Fez, marvels of the High Atlas -- and his remarkable ride, in disguise, to Sheshouan -- the second of only three Christians ever to enter the Berber town. (MRC121, $28.00)
 		  
Leaving Tangier  •  Tahar Ben Jalloun   • LITERATURE  •  Capturing the ambitions of young people everywhere, Ben Jalloun traces the fate of Azel, his sister and other emigrants, who leave Morocco for the promise of a better life in Spain. (MRC127, $15.00)
 		  
Marrakesh, Through Writers' Eyes  •  Barnaby Rogerson  •  Stephen Lavington   • ANTHOLOGY  •  A choice collection of travel writing on the Red City by 40 luminaries, including George Orwell, Winston Churchill, Gavin Maxwell and Peter Mayne. (MRC72, $33.95)
 		  
Morocco, The Traveller's Companion  •  Margar Bidwell   • ANTHOLOGY  •  Pepys, Defoe, Twain, Orwell and Wharton, as well as famous Muslim travelers such as Leo Africanus and a host of others -- merchants, sailors, consuls and scholars-- are all included in this anthology. (MRC113, $24.95)
 		  
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 works set in Morocco. Originally published in 1955. (MRC08, $14.99)
 		  
 
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