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Eyewitness Guide Egypt •   Eyewitness Guides
GUIDEBOOK • 2007 • PAPER • 352 PAGES • BEST SELLER
A visually rich guide to the history, culture and monuments of Egypt. With 1,000 color photographs, maps and innovative site diagrams. (EGY90, $25.00)

The Search for Ancient Egypt •  Jean Vercoutter
ARCHAEOLOGY • 1992 • PAPER • 207 PAGES • BEST SELLER • HARD TO FIND ELSEWHERE
A pocketsize encyclopedia of archaeology and history, packed with illustrations, maps and archival photographs. An entry in the acclaimed "Discoveries" series, this slim paperback is a tale of Greek travelers, buried treasure, international intrigue and dedicated scholarship. It documents our rediscovery and changing understanding of ancient Egypt. (EGY02, $12.95)

The Penguin Historical Atlas of Ancient Egypt •  Bill Manley
HISTORY • 1996 • PAPER • 144 PAGES • BEST SELLER
Organized chronologically, this book is a concise survey of the economic and political development of ancient Egypt as shown through ingenious color maps, site plans, photographs and accompanying essays. If you love maps, this is an indispensable reference. (EGY54, $18.00)

Egypt Map •   Freytag & Berndt
2008 • MAP • BEST SELLER
At a 1:1,000,000 scale, this map covers all of Egypt as well as much of Israel, including Jerusalem. It shows roads and shaded relief, and includes detailed renderings of archaeological sites. With a map of the Nile on the reverse showing Thebes, Alexandria, and the location of some important archaeological sites. (EGY03, $12.95)

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Cairo Map •   National Geographic • A handy laminated traveler's map of Cairo. (EGY163, $8.99)

Cairo, The Family Guide •  Lesley Lababidi • GUIDEBOOK • An indispensable, A locally produced guide to kid-friendly itineraries, sites and attractions. (EGY242, $17.95)

Culture Smart! Egypt •  Jailan Zayan • GUIDEBOOK • A handy pocket guide to understanding local customs and etiquette. (EGY196, $9.95)

Knopf Guide Egypt •   Knopf Guides • GUIDEBOOK • A slender, attractive guide to Egypt, ancient and modern, with much on Cairo. (EGY23, $29.95)

Say It in Arabic •  Farouk El-Baz • LANGUAGE & PHRASEBOOKS • A guide to common words and phrases in the widely spoken Cairo dialect. (ARB54, $4.95)

Think Like an Egyptian, 100 Hieroglyphs •  Barry Kemp • LANGUAGE & PHRASEBOOKS • This short book will help you understand the ancient Egyptian language. (EGY25, $15.00)

Apricots on the Nile, A Memoir with Recipes •  Collette Rossant • FOOD • Rossant's piquant tale of waiting out WWII on the Nile in Cairo's Garden City with her father's extended Egyptian-Jewish family. With recipes. (EGY213, $12.00)

A Traveller's History of Egypt •  Harry Ades • HISTORY • This effectively condensed, brief chronological history takes in the full sweep from the earliest inhabitants to 21st century politics. (EGY180, $14.95)

Cairo Illustrated •  Michael Haag • CULTURAL PORTRAIT • A warm, richly illustrated portrait of the city, featuring 125 color photographs of the people, monuments and attractions of Cairo alongside Michael Haag's insightful commentary. (EGY203, $22.95)

Cairo, The City Victorious •  Max Rodenbeck • CULTURAL PORTRAIT • Rodenbeck presents his hometown in all its chaotic, marvelous glory, combining a lively history of the 5,000-year-old metropolis with description, anecdote and political commentary. (EGY38, $14.95)

Chronicle of the Pharaohs, The Reign-by-Reign Record of the Rulers and Dynasties of Ancient Egypt •  Peter A. Clayton • HISTORY • This book will help you to sort out who's who in ancient Egypt, what they built, what they did and what they looked like. It contains 350 illustrations, many in color. (EGY32, $24.95)

Imagining Egypt, A Living Portrait of the Time of the Pharaohs •  Mark Millmore • CULTURAL PORTRAIT • Millmore animates the history, culture and daily life of the people of ancient Egypt in this lively illustrated overview. The book is jammed with original drawings and diagrams, color photographs, essays and stunning 3-D computer renderings. (EGY202, $24.95)

Nine Parts of Desire, The Hidden World of Islamic Women •  Geraldine Brooks • CULTURAL PORTRAIT • A highly readable overview of the role of women in Islamic society, drawn from the author's many interviews with women throughout the Arab World. (ARB06, $14.95)

Temples, Tombs and Hieroglyphs, A Popular History of Ancient Egypt •  Barbara Mertz • HISTORY • Mertz's great enthusiasm and formidable scholarship brings ancient Egypt to life for the general reader in this updated classic. (EGY27, $26.95)

The Complete Temples of Ancient Egypt •  Richard Wilkinson • HISTORY • This superbly illustrated and authoritative survey covers Egyptian temple life from construction of the monuments to society, religious rites, festivals and discovery. (EGY238, $39.95)

The Egyptians •  Cyril Aldred • HISTORY • A volume in the "Ancient Peoples and Places" series, this classic book is an outstanding account of the history and culture of ancient Egypt. With hundreds of illustrations and maps. (EGY26, $18.95)

Traveling Through Egypt, From 450 B.C. to the Twentieth Century •  Sahar Abdel-Hakim •  Deborah Manley • HISTORY • From Herodotus to Napoleon, Flaubert to Twain, Egypt has long enchanted travelers, as shown by this choice anthology of excerpts from centuries of travelogues, histories and memoirs of every part of Egypt. (EGY237, $24.95)

The Art of Ancient Egypt •  Gay Robins • ART & ARCHITECTURE • Organized chronologically, this authoritative survey of the tombs, temples and sanctuaries of ancient Egypt features 300 illustrations. (EGY52, $27.95)

The Complete Valley of the Kings •  Nicholas Reeves •  Richard Wilkinson • ARCHAEOLOGY • A thorough and intriguing look at the burial place of the New Kingdom pharaohs, this book brings together the art, architecture and history of the valley; contains profiles of archaeologists, diagrams and detailed site descriptions. (EGY14, $26.95)

The Great Pyramids •  Jean-Pierre Corteggiani • ARCHAEOLOGY • The newest addition to the acclaimed Discoveries series, this lavishly illustrated pocket encyclopedia illuminates the archaeology, history and splendor of Giza, last of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World. (EGY221, $12.95)

Down the Nile, Alone in a Fisherman's Skiff •  Rosemary Mahoney • TRAVEL NARRATIVE • Mahoney weaves the tale of her quest to row the Nile with deft portraits of the people she meets in this marvelously engaging chronicle. (EGY207, $14.99)

Flaubert in Egypt •  Francis Steegmuller •  Gustave Flaubert • TRAVEL NARRATIVE • Among the romantic European travelers in Egypt, Flaubert, via his letters and journal entries, stands out. The place inspired him, and his observations are still delightful reading. (EGY12, $15.00)

Out of Egypt, A Memoir •  Andre Aciman • BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR • The flamboyant history of the author's Jewish family in Alexandria over three generations. (EGY19, $15.00)

The Man in the White Sharkskin Suit, A Jewish Family's Exodus from Old Cairo to the New World •  Lucette Lagnado • BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR • Lagnado poignantly evokes the life of her marvelously social father (the "boulevardier of Cairo") and his milieu in this textured memoir. (EGY215, $14.95)

The Nile: History, Adventure, and Discovery •  Gianni Guadalupi • EXPLORATION • This richly illustrated oversized history of discovery, jammed with hundreds of archival photographs, drawings, paintings and maps, covers not just Stanley, Livingstone, Burton and Speke but also the river of the Pharaohs, Marmaluke, other early Arab and African explorers and Napoleon's campaigns. (EGY77, $45.00)

The White Nile •  Alan Moorehead • EXPLORATION • A lively history of the Victorian search for the source of the Nile including the extraordinary tales of Burton and Speke, not to mention the famous meeting of Livingstone and Stanley. (EGY79, $14.95)

Cairo Modern •  Naguib Mahfouz • LITERATURE • Mahfouz's barbed tale of Cairo and Egyptian society in the 1930s, translated into English for the first time by William Hutchins (Cairo Trilogy). (EGY243, $19.95)

Death on the Nile •  Agatha Christie • MYSTERY • How could we resist? Christie wrote Egypt's most famous murder mystery on the terrace of the Old Cataract Hotel in Aswan. (EGY09, $6.99)

Palace Walk •  Naguib Mahfouz • LITERATURE • The first volume in the monumental "Cairo Trilogy," a family saga set in post-WWI Egypt. Nobel Prize-winning Mahfouz provides insight into life in Egypt and the revolution against the British. (EGY04, $15.95)

The Egyptologist, A Novel •  Arthur Phillips • LITERATURE • A playful and clever novel convincingly set in the milieu of 1920's Egyptian archaeology. Phillips deftly combines historical personages and events with wild invention. (EGY128, $13.95)

The Yacoubian Building •  Alaa Al Aswany • LITERATURE • Hugely popular in Egypt, this short novel reflects contemporary society through the lives and fortunes of the inhabitants of a once elegant Art Deco building in Cairo. (EGY175, $13.95)

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	Eyewitness Guide Egypt • Eyewitness Guides GUIDEBOOK • 2007 • PAPER • 352 PAGES • BEST SELLER A visually rich guide to the history, culture and monuments of Egypt. With 1,000 color photographs, maps and innovative site diagrams. (EGY90, $25.00)
	The Search for Ancient Egypt • Jean Vercoutter ARCHAEOLOGY • 1992 • PAPER • 207 PAGES • BEST SELLER • HARD TO FIND ELSEWHERE A pocketsize encyclopedia of archaeology and history, packed with illustrations, maps and archival photographs. An entry in the acclaimed "Discoveries" series, this slim paperback is a tale of Greek travelers, buried treasure, international intrigue and dedicated scholarship. It documents our rediscovery and changing understanding of ancient Egypt. (EGY02, $12.95)
	The Penguin Historical Atlas of Ancient Egypt • Bill Manley HISTORY • 1996 • PAPER • 144 PAGES • BEST SELLER Organized chronologically, this book is a concise survey of the economic and political development of ancient Egypt as shown through ingenious color maps, site plans, photographs and accompanying essays. If you love maps, this is an indispensable reference. (EGY54, $18.00)
	Egypt Map • Freytag & Berndt 2008 • MAP • BEST SELLER At a 1:1,000,000 scale, this map covers all of Egypt as well as much of Israel, including Jerusalem. It shows roads and shaded relief, and includes detailed renderings of archaeological sites. With a map of the Nile on the reverse showing Thebes, Alexandria, and the location of some important archaeological sites. (EGY03, $12.95)

	Cairo Map • National Geographic • A handy laminated traveler's map of Cairo. (EGY163, $8.99)
	Cairo, The Family Guide • Lesley Lababidi • GUIDEBOOK • An indispensable, A locally produced guide to kid-friendly itineraries, sites and attractions. (EGY242, $17.95)
	Culture Smart! Egypt • Jailan Zayan • GUIDEBOOK • A handy pocket guide to understanding local customs and etiquette. (EGY196, $9.95)
	Knopf Guide Egypt • Knopf Guides • GUIDEBOOK • A slender, attractive guide to Egypt, ancient and modern, with much on Cairo. (EGY23, $29.95)
	Say It in Arabic • Farouk El-Baz • LANGUAGE & PHRASEBOOKS • A guide to common words and phrases in the widely spoken Cairo dialect. (ARB54, $4.95)
	Think Like an Egyptian, 100 Hieroglyphs • Barry Kemp • LANGUAGE & PHRASEBOOKS • This short book will help you understand the ancient Egyptian language. (EGY25, $15.00)
	Apricots on the Nile, A Memoir with Recipes • Collette Rossant • FOOD • Rossant's piquant tale of waiting out WWII on the Nile in Cairo's Garden City with her father's extended Egyptian-Jewish family. With recipes. (EGY213, $12.00)
	A Traveller's History of Egypt • Harry Ades • HISTORY • This effectively condensed, brief chronological history takes in the full sweep from the earliest inhabitants to 21st century politics. (EGY180, $14.95)
	Cairo Illustrated • Michael Haag • CULTURAL PORTRAIT • A warm, richly illustrated portrait of the city, featuring 125 color photographs of the people, monuments and attractions of Cairo alongside Michael Haag's insightful commentary. (EGY203, $22.95)
	Cairo, The City Victorious • Max Rodenbeck • CULTURAL PORTRAIT • Rodenbeck presents his hometown in all its chaotic, marvelous glory, combining a lively history of the 5,000-year-old metropolis with description, anecdote and political commentary. (EGY38, $14.95)
	Chronicle of the Pharaohs, The Reign-by-Reign Record of the Rulers and Dynasties of Ancient Egypt • Peter A. Clayton • HISTORY • This book will help you to sort out who's who in ancient Egypt, what they built, what they did and what they looked like. It contains 350 illustrations, many in color. (EGY32, $24.95)
	Imagining Egypt, A Living Portrait of the Time of the Pharaohs • Mark Millmore • CULTURAL PORTRAIT • Millmore animates the history, culture and daily life of the people of ancient Egypt in this lively illustrated overview. The book is jammed with original drawings and diagrams, color photographs, essays and stunning 3-D computer renderings. (EGY202, $24.95)
	Nine Parts of Desire, The Hidden World of Islamic Women • Geraldine Brooks • CULTURAL PORTRAIT • A highly readable overview of the role of women in Islamic society, drawn from the author's many interviews with women throughout the Arab World. (ARB06, $14.95)
	Temples, Tombs and Hieroglyphs, A Popular History of Ancient Egypt • Barbara Mertz • HISTORY • Mertz's great enthusiasm and formidable scholarship brings ancient Egypt to life for the general reader in this updated classic. (EGY27, $26.95)
	The Complete Temples of Ancient Egypt • Richard Wilkinson • HISTORY • This superbly illustrated and authoritative survey covers Egyptian temple life from construction of the monuments to society, religious rites, festivals and discovery. (EGY238, $39.95)
	The Egyptians • Cyril Aldred • HISTORY • A volume in the "Ancient Peoples and Places" series, this classic book is an outstanding account of the history and culture of ancient Egypt. With hundreds of illustrations and maps. (EGY26, $18.95)
	Traveling Through Egypt, From 450 B.C. to the Twentieth Century • Sahar Abdel-Hakim • Deborah Manley • HISTORY • From Herodotus to Napoleon, Flaubert to Twain, Egypt has long enchanted travelers, as shown by this choice anthology of excerpts from centuries of travelogues, histories and memoirs of every part of Egypt. (EGY237, $24.95)
	The Art of Ancient Egypt • Gay Robins • ART & ARCHITECTURE • Organized chronologically, this authoritative survey of the tombs, temples and sanctuaries of ancient Egypt features 300 illustrations. (EGY52, $27.95)
	The Complete Valley of the Kings • Nicholas Reeves • Richard Wilkinson • ARCHAEOLOGY • A thorough and intriguing look at the burial place of the New Kingdom pharaohs, this book brings together the art, architecture and history of the valley; contains profiles of archaeologists, diagrams and detailed site descriptions. (EGY14, $26.95)
	The Great Pyramids • Jean-Pierre Corteggiani • ARCHAEOLOGY • The newest addition to the acclaimed Discoveries series, this lavishly illustrated pocket encyclopedia illuminates the archaeology, history and splendor of Giza, last of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World. (EGY221, $12.95)
	Down the Nile, Alone in a Fisherman's Skiff • Rosemary Mahoney • TRAVEL NARRATIVE • Mahoney weaves the tale of her quest to row the Nile with deft portraits of the people she meets in this marvelously engaging chronicle. (EGY207, $14.99)
	Flaubert in Egypt • Francis Steegmuller • Gustave Flaubert • TRAVEL NARRATIVE • Among the romantic European travelers in Egypt, Flaubert, via his letters and journal entries, stands out. The place inspired him, and his observations are still delightful reading. (EGY12, $15.00)
	Out of Egypt, A Memoir • Andre Aciman • BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR • The flamboyant history of the author's Jewish family in Alexandria over three generations. (EGY19, $15.00)
	The Man in the White Sharkskin Suit, A Jewish Family's Exodus from Old Cairo to the New World • Lucette Lagnado • BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR • Lagnado poignantly evokes the life of her marvelously social father (the "boulevardier of Cairo") and his milieu in this textured memoir. (EGY215, $14.95)
	The Nile: History, Adventure, and Discovery • Gianni Guadalupi • EXPLORATION • This richly illustrated oversized history of discovery, jammed with hundreds of archival photographs, drawings, paintings and maps, covers not just Stanley, Livingstone, Burton and Speke but also the river of the Pharaohs, Marmaluke, other early Arab and African explorers and Napoleon's campaigns. (EGY77, $45.00)
	The White Nile • Alan Moorehead • EXPLORATION • A lively history of the Victorian search for the source of the Nile including the extraordinary tales of Burton and Speke, not to mention the famous meeting of Livingstone and Stanley. (EGY79, $14.95)
	Cairo Modern • Naguib Mahfouz • LITERATURE • Mahfouz's barbed tale of Cairo and Egyptian society in the 1930s, translated into English for the first time by William Hutchins (Cairo Trilogy). (EGY243, $19.95)
	Death on the Nile • Agatha Christie • MYSTERY • How could we resist? Christie wrote Egypt's most famous murder mystery on the terrace of the Old Cataract Hotel in Aswan. (EGY09, $6.99)
	Palace Walk • Naguib Mahfouz • LITERATURE • The first volume in the monumental "Cairo Trilogy," a family saga set in post-WWI Egypt. Nobel Prize-winning Mahfouz provides insight into life in Egypt and the revolution against the British. (EGY04, $15.95)
	The Egyptologist, A Novel • Arthur Phillips • LITERATURE • A playful and clever novel convincingly set in the milieu of 1920's Egyptian archaeology. Phillips deftly combines historical personages and events with wild invention. (EGY128, $13.95)
	The Yacoubian Building • Alaa Al Aswany • LITERATURE • Hugely popular in Egypt, this short novel reflects contemporary society through the lives and fortunes of the inhabitants of a once elegant Art Deco building in Cairo. (EGY175, $13.95)