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	Africa • Michael Lewis • John Reader • CULTURAL PORTRAIT • An informative survey of the geography, culture and wildlife of Africa featuring 175 color photographs and accompanying text by John Reader; organized geographically. (AFR111, $50.00)
	African Wildlife • Raymond Leung • James Kavanaugh • FIELD GUIDE • Slip this laminated foldout guide in your pocket. (AFR109, $5.95)
	Aida in Full Score • Giuseppe Verdi • MUSIC • The full orchestral score of the great opera. (ITL153, $24.95)
	Aida Libretto • Antonio Ghislanzoni • Giuseppe Verdi • MUSIC • The libretto to the great grand opera, in Italian and English. (ITL154, $5.95)
	Alexandria Illustrated • Micahel Haag • GUIDEBOOK • A warm, richly illustrated portrait of the city, featuring 125 color photographs of the people, monuments and attractions of Alexandria alongside Michael Haag's insightful commentary. (EGY142, $22.95)
	Alexandria Rediscovered • Stephane Compoint • Jean-Yves Empereur • ARCHAEOLOGY • A photographic record of ancient Alexandria, with text by the archaeologist who excavated the ruins in the 1990s, discussing the findings and what they reveal about this great Hellenistic city. (EGY86, $60.00)
	Alexandria, City of Memory • Michael Haag • HISTORY • This richly atmospheric portrait of the ancient city, port and modern metropolis evokes the Alexandria of history and legend. (EGY143, $37.00)
	The Ancient Economy, Evidence and Models • Joseph G. Manning • Ian Morris • HISTORY • (EGY176, $63.00)
	Ancient Egypt • David P. Silverman • HISTORY • A lavishly illustrated book featuring the latest scholarship on Egyptian archaeology. With essays on topics including language, ritual and economy and 200 color photographs, maps and charts, it's an excellent reference book for the traveler's library. (EGY37, $24.99)
	Ancient Egypt, A Social History • Bruce Trigger • HISTORY • (EGY124, $44.00)
	Ancient Egypt, A Very Short Introduction • Ian Shaw • HISTORY • A strikingly brief, authortitative overview. (EGY223, $11.95)
	The Ancient Mediterranean • Michael Grant • CULTURAL PORTRAIT • Grant explores the realms of archaeology, geography, art and economics to sketch this classic portrait of the ancient world, from prehistory through the Roman Imperium, and the influence on western civilization. (MED10, $18.00)
	Appointment with Death • Agatha Christie • MYSTERY • First published in 1938, this is Christie's story of an American family on a grand tour of the Holy Land. Hercule Poirot steps into the story when the contentious wife is found murdered in Petra. (JRD02, $6.99)
	Arabic, a Language Map • Kristine K. Kershul • LANGUAGE & PHRASEBOOKS • This durable, foldout card, featuring 1,000 words and phrases, works as a quick reference for travelers. (ARB70, $7.95)
	The Arabs, A Short History • Philip K. Hitti • HISTORY • An overview by the influential historian of the Arab world. (ARB63, $14.95)
	The Arabs: Journeys Beyond the Mirage • David Lamb • CULTURAL PORTRAIT • Thoughtful essays that paint a vivid portrait of Arab culture and history. (MDE05, $15.95)
	The Art and Architecture of Ancient Egypt • William Stevenson Smith • William Kelly Simpson • ART & ARCHITECTURE • Over 400 illustrations accompany the text of this book, which covers Egyptian tombs, jewelry, temples, palaces, portraits, and other artforms. (EGY118, $40.00)
	The Art and Architecture of Islam 1250-1800 • Sheila Blair • Jonathan Bloom • ART & ARCHITECTURE • A survey of the monuments and art produced by Muslims from the 13th to 19th centuries. (ISL27, $40.00)
	The Atlas of Ancient Egypt • Delia Pemberton • CULTURAL PORTRAIT • A strikingly clear and concise introduction to Egypt, its cultures, history, geography and archaeology, featuring color photographs, maps and drawings from the the British Museum. (EGY167, $19.95)
	Balthazar • Lawrence Durrell • LITERATURE • The second book in Durrell's Alexandria Quartet, set in the Mediterranean city in the years before WWII. (EGY257, $15.00)
	The Beggar, The Thief and the Dogs, Autumn Quail • Naguib Mahfouz • LITERATURE • A trio of novels by Nobel Prize-winning Mahfouz set in post-independence Egypt. (EGY73, $16.00)
	Beirut Map • Geoprojects • A street map of Beirut at a scale of 1:10,000. (MDE101, $18.95)
	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)
	The Blue Nile • Alan Moorehead • HISTORY • In this grand history of exploration and events on the great river from 1798 to 1869, Moorehead follows the course of the Blue Nile from the Ethiopian highlands through Sudan and Egypt to the Mediterranean. (EGY67, $14.00)
	A Brief History of Egypt • Arthur, Jr. Goldschmidt • HISTORY • This book is a reliable introduction to the rich and fascinating history of Egypt and provides a solid background to this country. (EGY233, $19.95)
	The British Museum Book of Ancient Egypt • Stephen Quirke • Jeffrey Spencer • HISTORY • A handsome survey of ancient Egyptian civilization from the staff of the British Museum. (EGY104, $29.95)
	A Cafe on the Nile • Bartle Bull • LITERATURE • A historical novel set in Cairo and East Africa in 1935, this is a larger-than-life tale of espoinage and derring-do, full of eccentric characters, descriptive prose and plenty of action. It's sure to please fans of historical and adventure novels alike. (EGY48, $14.95)
	Cairo • Andre Raymond • HISTORY • An authoritative, scholarly history, chronicling the political and cultural transformations witnessed in Cairo from 642 AD to the present day. Includes descriptive analysis of foreign influences, particularly those from the West. (EGY101, $23.00)
	Cairo Maps, The Practical Guide Maps • American University in Cairo Press • LITERATURE • With over 44 full-color street maps for Cairo, with clear indexes for streets, cultural centers, embassies, hotels and other points of interest. (EGY239, $12.95)
	The Cairo Trilogy: Palace Walk, Palace of Desire, Sugar Street • Naguib Mahfouz • William Maynard Hutchins • Olive Kenney • Lorne Kenney • Angele Botras Samaan • Edward W. Said • LITERATURE • Of his thirty-some novels, stories, essays and film scripts, this is Mahfouz's most enduring and loved series, famously set in the hurly-burly of the streets, alleyways and overlapping balconies of Cairo's ancient Gamaliya quarter. A handsome Everyman's Library edition. (EGY84, $32.00)
	Cairo, City of Sand • Maria Golia • CULTURAL PORTRAIT • Golia brings insight, perspective and soul to this scholary portrait of Cairo. (EGY214, $27.00)
	Cairo, The Practical Guide • Claire E. Francy • Lesley Lababidi • GUIDEBOOK • The 16th edition of this in-depth traveler's companion, published by the American University in Cairo Press, includes an indispensable overview of the city with chapters on getting around, money, health, sightseeing, manners, morals and customs, leisure, nightlife and living in Cairo. (EGY178, $19.95)
	Cairo: A Cultural History • Andrew Beattie • HISTORY • A refined exploration of Egypt's metropolis, covering the cultural influences of the ancient pharaohs, the Romans, the Coptic church, British colonization and Islamic rule. (EGY151, $19.95)
	Cavafy's Alexandria • Edmund Keeley • LITERATURE • Keeley looks with depth and subtlety at the imagined Alexandria of the great Greek poet Cavafy, who was born and lived much of his life in the cosmopolitan city. (EGY144, $27.95)
	Children of the Alley • Naguib Mahfouz • LITERATURE • Providing great insight into a modern Muslim's view of the world, Mahfouz turns the history of an alley in Cairo into a rich parable, retelling the stories of Adam and Eve, Cain and Abel, Moses, Jesus and Muhammad. (EGY248, $14.95)
	City of Love and Ashes • Yusuf Idris • LITERATURE • A master of the short story, Idris draws rich, complex characters and perfectly captures the soul of Cairo on the verge of Egyptian independence in this tale of two young radicals. (EGY249, $15.95)
	Clea • Lawrence Durrell • LITERATURE • The final book in Durrell's Alexandria Quartet, set in the Mediterranean city in the years before WWII. (EGY259, $15.00)
	Cleopatra, The Life and Death of a Pharaoh • Edith Flamarion • Alexandra Bonfante-Warren • ART & ARCHITECTURE • Part of the "Discoveries" series, this illustrated, pocket-size biography of Cleopatra follows the life, the empire and the noteworthy loves of Egypt's most famous queen. (EGY82, $12.95)
	The Code Book, The Science of Secrecy from Ancient Egypt to Quantum Cryptography • Simon Singh • HISTORY • The constant struggle between codemaker and codebreaker is the subject of this highly-readable history of cryptography. (SPY05, $15.95)
	The Complete Gods and Goddesses of Ancient Egypt • Richard H. Wilkinson • HISTORY • An authoritative, illustrated guide to the deities that lay at the heart of Egyptian religion and society. (EGY219, $39.95)
	The Complete Pyramids • Mark Lehner • ARCHAEOLOGY • A fully illustrated compendium of every major pyramid in Egypt by the director of the Giza mapping project. With 450 maps, photographs, reconstructions and site diagrams. (EGY33, $26.95)
	The Complete Tutankhamun, The King, The Tomb, The Royal Treasure • Nicholas Reeves • C.N. Reeves • HISTORY • An informative and accessible book that reveals Howard Carter's quest for the tomb of King Tutankhamun. (EGY63, $19.95)
	Coptic Egypt • Christian Cannuyer • HISTORY • A portable, profusely illustrated book about the Copts. (EGY95, $12.95)
	Coptic Monasteries, Egypt's Monastic Art and Architecture • Gabra Gowdat • ART & ARCHITECTURE • Former director of the Coptic Museum in Cairo, Gabra introduces the monateries of Wadi al-Natrun, al-Faiyum, Sohag and Aswan, including the remarkable monasteries of St. Antony and St. Paul in the Eastern Desert. With site plans, black-and-white plates and a 16-page section of color photographs. (EGY235, $29.95)
	Cradle & Crucible, History and Faith in the Middle East • David Fromkin • Zahi Hawass • Sandra MacKey • Milton Viorst • HISTORY • An illustrated portrait of the history and religion of the Middle East, with contributions by leading scholars. (MDE67, $30.00)
	The Culture of Ancient Egypt • John Albert Wilson • HISTORY • A classic history of ancient Egypt from the pharaohs to the Greco-Roman period, first published in the 1950s and still noteworthy for its graceful, clear presentation and vivid prose. Wilson includes brief biographies of the famous and not-so-famous rulers. (EGY40, $16.00)
	Death and the Afterlife in Ancient Egypt • John H. Taylor • HISTORY • A visual history of the funerary rites of Ancient Egypt. (EGY106, $27.50)
	Death Comes as the End • Agatha Christie • MYSTERY • The only one of Christie's murder mysteries set in the ancient past, in 2000 BC, and based on an actual ancient Egyptian family archive. (EGY184, $6.99)
	Democracy and Terrorism, Volume I: The Roots of Terrorism • Louise Richardson • HISTORY • This in-depth study takes in psychological and political factors to provide an analysis of terrorism and it origins. (GEN361, $29.95)
	The Discovery of the Tomb of Tutankhamen • Howard Carter • Arthur C. Mace • ARCHAEOLOGY • An eyewitness account of Howard Carter's discovery of the tomb of King Tutankhamen. (EGY68, $12.95)
	Dive the Red Sea, Complete Guide to Diving and Snorkeling • Guy Buckles • GUIDEBOOK • A fully illustrated guide to dive and snorkel sites, highlighting the finest reefs, wrecks, troughs and walls to explore. (ARB94, $20.00)
	Early Christian Lives • Carolinne White • LITERATURE • These pioneering Lives are central sources for Christian monastic figures from St Antony, who died in 356, to St Benedict (c. 480-547). (REL49, $15.00)
	Egypt Eternal • National Geographic • ARCHAEOLOGY • Two National Geographic programs on the archaeology of ancient Egypt on DVD: Egypt Eternal, Quest for the Lost Tombs and Egypt, Secrets of the Pharaohs. (EGY136, $19.98)
	Egypt from Alexander to the Early Christians, An Archaeological and Historical Guide • Roger Bagnall • Dominic Rathbone • HISTORY • Essays by leading experts populate this historical compilation, which attempts to shift focus away from the architecture of the pharaohs and toward the Egyptian cities, tombs and religious buildings created in the later Hellenistic, Roman, and Late Antique periods. With site plans, museum guides, and building information. (EGY185, $59.95)
	Egypt Map • Rough Guide • A double-sided folded map of Egypt using the cartography of the World Mapping Project at a scale of 1:1,250,000. (EGY174, $8.95)
	Egypt of the Pharaohs, An Introduction • Alan Gardiner • HISTORY • An authoritative general history of Egypt from the earliest settlement through the conquest by Alexander the Great in 332 B.C. (EGY170, $33.00)
	Egypt Pocket Guide Coptic Egypt • Alberto Siliotti • GUIDEBOOK • This illustrated pocket guide covers the remarkable monasteries of Wadi Al-Natrun and the Red Sea along with Coptic sites in Cairo. (EGY241, $9.95)
	Egypt Pocket Guide the Oases • Alberto Siliotti • GUIDEBOOK • A pocket guide to the oases of Ancient Egypt, including Bahariya and Dakhla, with more than 170 photographs, maps and drawings. (EGY236, $9.95)
	Egypt, 4000 Years of Art • Jaromir Malek • ART & ARCHITECTURE • This handsome books chronologically presents a wide-ranging selection of Egyptian art, from the period of 4000 BC to AD 200. (EGY119, $39.95)
	Egypt, Beyond The Pyramids • The History Channel • HISTORY • These four programs, originally presented on The History Channel, interweave footage of tombs and monuments, interviews, computer animation and archival footage. Narrated by Peter Woodward. (EGY135, $39.95)
	Egypt, Canaan, and Israel in Ancient Times • Donald B. Redford • HISTORY • A study of interactions between Egypt and Israel in the Biblical age. (MDE33, $37.50)
	Egypt, How a Lost Civilization Was Rediscovered • Joyce A. Tyldesley • ARCHAEOLOGY • A history of archaeological exploration and discovery, featuring tombs, monuments and artifacts. (EGY181, $24.95)
	Egyptian Art in the Days of the Pharaohs, 3100-320 BC • Cyril Aldred • ART & ARCHITECTURE • Three thousand years of Egyptian architecture, painting, and sculpture. (EGY62, $18.95)
	The Egyptian Book of Life • Ramses Seleem • RELIGION • Subtitled: A True Translation of the Egyptian Book of the Dead (Papyrus of Ani ), featuring Original Texts and Hieroglyphs. (EGY168, $16.95)
	Egyptian Treasures from the Egyptian Museum in Cairo • Suzanne Mubarak • Francesco Tiradritti • Araldo De Luca • ART & ARCHITECTURE • Insightful essays and stunning photographs reveal the dazzling splendor of exhibits at The Egyptian Museum in Cairo. (EGY65, $75.00)
	The Egyptians • Sergio Donadoni • CULTURAL PORTRAIT • A vivid collection of essays by renowned Egyptologists on daily life in ancient Egypt. Each essay focuses on one role in Egyptian society (peasants, scribes, slaves, priests, etc.). (EGY20, $20.00)
	The Egyptians • Barbara Watterson • CULTURAL PORTRAIT • A comprehensive overview of the politics, society and culture of the Egyptian people, from 5000 BC through the present day. (EGY121, $37.95)
	Eternal Egypt, Masterworks of Ancient Art from the British Museum • Edna R. Russmann • ART & ARCHITECTURE • A beautiful catalogue designed to accompany the British Museum's traveling Egyptian exhibit. (EGY105, $45.00)
	The Eye of Horus • Carol Thurston • MYSTERY • A mystery novel alternating between two stories set during the reign of Tutankhamen and the present. (EGY76, $6.99)
	Fishwatcher's Field Guide Red Sea • Jerry Greenberg • FIELD GUIDE • This double-sided plastic card shows 64 of the most commonly encountered reef fish of the Red Sea in full-color illustrations, convenient for the boat or beach. (DIV13, $7.50)
	Fodor's Egypt • Fodor's Guides • GUIDEBOOK • COMING IN FEBRUARY • A practical guide in the popular series, filled with valuable information on accommodation, shopping, sights, and dining. (EGY256, $24.95)
	Footprint Diving the World, A Guide to the World's Coral Seas • Beth Tierney • Shaun Tierney • GUIDEBOOK • An inviting, beautifully illustrated guide, covering 220 dive sites in 19 countries with chapters on Australia and the Pacific, Mexico and Honduras, Egypt, East Africa and the Maldives, Thailand, Indonesia, the Philippines and Micronesia. Featuring the diving couple's favorite destinations, the book includes a planning guide, practical tips and listing of dive centers, hotels, restaurants and live-aboards. (OCE102, $29.95)
	Footprint Egypt Handbook • Cherine Badawi • GUIDEBOOK • A practical guide in the Biritsh series. (EGY162, $22.95)
	From Beirut to Jerusalem • Thomas Friedman • HISTORY • An illuminating and heartfelt exploration of the complex Middle East. Pulitzer Prize winner Friedman provides a personal and a scholarly perspective on the roots of con-flict. (MDE03, $16.95)
	From Beirut to Jerusalem • Thomas L. Friedman • CULTURAL PORTRAIT • A illuminating, and heartfelt exploration of the complexity of the Middle East conflict. Pulitzer Prize-winner Friedman provides a personal and a scholarly perspective on the roots of conflict. (MDE98, $22.95)
	From Slave to Pharaoh, The Black Experience of Ancient Egypt • Donald B. Redford • HISTORY • In a lively and engaging style, Redford examines the once powerful Nubian kingdom of southern Egypt and the Sudan and the racial and cultural tensions with the ancent Egyptians. (EGY188, $22.95)
	The Future of the Past • Alexander Stille • HISTORY • Far-flung travels in search what to save and how to do it in the information age. (CON23, $16.00)
	Geography of Religion: Where God Lives, Where Pilgrims Walk • Susan T. Hitchcock • John Esposito • Desmond Tutu • Mpho Tutu • RELIGION • A handsomely photgraphed tour of the five major world religions and the places that each one holds most sacred. (REL05, $24.00)
	Gifts from the Pharaohs, How Ancient Egyptian Civilization Shaped the Modern World • Christiane Desroches-Noblecourt • HISTORY • This lively, scholarly work traces the influence of ancient Egypt on western civilization, including a wide array of medical practices and cultural traditions. (EGY227, $39.95)
	The Girl Who Married a Lion and Other Tales from Africa • Alexander McCall Smith • LITERATURE • McCall Smith brings together folktales, often hilarious or bizarre, which he heard as a child growing up in Zimbabwe. (AFR141, $22.00)
	Globalization and the Politics of Development in the Middle East • Clement M. Henry • Robert Springborg • CULTURAL PORTRAIT • An analysis of the Middle East's responses to the prospect of globalization at the turn of the twenty-first century. (MDE76, $27.99)
	The Gods and Symbols of Ancient Egypt, An Illustrated Dictionary • Manfred Lurker • ARCHAEOLOGY • A compact overview of the sipritual and symbolic world of the Ancient Egyptian. (EGY21, $18.95)
	Gods of Ancient Memphis • Stephen P. Harvey • ARCHAEOLOGY • An illustrated guide to a 2001 exhibition on the ancient Egyptian city of Memphis, focusing on religion from the city's founding around 3100 BC to the advent of Christianity. (EGY253, $15.00)
	Gods, Graves and Scholars, The Story of Archaeology • C.W. Ceram • ARCHAEOLOGY • An entertaining popular history of archaeology. (EGY28, $15.85)
	Guide to the Giza Plateau and Some Mysteries of Original Egyptian Culture • Sun Ship • A beautiful full-color archeological site plan of the famous pyramids at Giza, featuring insets with photographs and line drawings and information on artifacts, methods of construction, and dynasties. (EGY193, $18.95)
	Hatchepsut, The Female Pharaoh • Joyce Tyldesley • BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR • A scholarly biography of the female pharaoh Hatchepsut and the controversy surrounding her life and her place in history. (EGY120, $16.00)
	He Shall Thunder in the Sky • Elizabeth Peters • MYSTERY • This riveting mystery novel by Egyptologist Elizabeth Peters finds Amelia Peabody and her family hard at work at an Egyptian archaeological site on the brink of WWI. (EGY75, $7.99)
	Hidden Treasures of Ancient Egypt, Unearthing the Masterpieces of the Egyptian Museum in Cairo • Zahi Hawass • ARCHAEOLOGY • This a well-photographed history of the Cairo Museum and of archaeology in Egypt, published in conjunction with a new permanent exhibit, features 120 color photographs and incisive text by the head of Egypt's antiquities council. (EGY201, $35.00)
	Historical Dictionary of Ancient and Medieval Nubia • Richard A. Lobban • REFERENCE • An authoritative reference on Nubian history from the Paleolithic through Medieval Christianity. It includes a survey of Egyptology and Nubian archaeology. (EGY252, $130.00)
	A History of Egypt • Afaf Lutfi al-Sayyid Marsot • HISTORY • A brief history, beginning with the Arab conquest of Egypt in 639 and continuing through the present day. (EGY122, $24.99)
	A History of the Arab Peoples • Albert Hourani • HISTORY • A grand history of the Arab world by the distinguished Oxford historian Albert Hourani, this is a readable and much acclaimed survey that ranges over 13 centuries, chronicling the political, spiritual, religious and cultural traditions of the Arab peoples in 26 lucidly written chapters. (MDE11, $16.99)
	A History of the Middle East • Peter Mansfield • Nicolas Pelham • HISTORY • (MDE84, $16.00)
	A History of the Modern Middle East • William L. Cleveland • HISTORY • A remarkably clear and engaging scholarly acount of the hisory of the Middle East. (MDE124, $45.00)
	Holy Image, Hallowed Ground, Icons from Sinai • Rober Nelson • RELIGION • This stunning catalogue features reproductions of the extraordinary Byzantine icons and manuscripts at Monastery of Saint Catherine. (REL54, $50.00)
	How to Read Egyptian Hieroglyphs • Mark Collier • Bill Manley • LANGUAGE & PHRASEBOOKS • Museum-goers and armchair travelers alike can gain a basic knowledge of the language and culture of ancient Egypt with this step-by-step guide to decoding tomb scenes and inscriptions. (EGY34, $25.95)
	I Know Many Songs, but I Cannot Sing • Brian Kiteley • LITERATURE • Set in Cairo during Ramadan, this strange, dreamy novel tells of an American expatriate and an Armenian-born theater critic exploring the cultural and political complexities of modern Egypt. (EGY205, $14.95)
	An Imperfect Lens, a Novel • Anne Roiphe • LITERATURE • This historical novel -- a science thriller, romance and travelogue -- takes off from actual events: a cholera epidemic in Alexandria in 1883. (EGY169, $25.00)
	In an Antique Land • Amitav Ghosh • CULTURAL PORTRAIT • In this heady book, the author-historian recreates the life of a slave who lived along the ancient Nile. Not exactly historical fiction, this book artfully interweaves personal history, travel writing and philosophical meditation. (EGY18, $15.95)
	In Ruins: A Journey Through History, Art, and Literature • Christopher Woodward • ART & ARCHITECTURE • In this infectiously compelling book, art historian Woodward meditates on the allure, majesty and history of our fascination with antiquities, mixing his own observations with those of writers, painters, and architects. (TVL37, $14.00)
	In the Shadow of the Prophet, The Struggle for the Soul of Islam • Milton Viorst • HISTORY • A wideranging analysis based on interviews with key figures in Iran and the Arab world. (ISL18, $17.50)
	The Innocents Abroad • Mark Twain • TRAVEL NARRATIVE • Mark Twain's witty and classic account of his 1867 grand tour of Europe. (MDE08, $14.95)
	Insight Guide Egypt • Hisham Youssef • John Rudenbeck • GUIDEBOOK • An illustrated overview of Egypt with essays on history, culture and archaeology. (EGY05, $22.95)
	Insight Guide Mediterranean Cruises • Insight Guides • GUIDEBOOK • Covering 120 ports of call throughout the Mediterranean from the Canary Islands to Egypt. (MED94, $22.95)
	Islam and the West • Bernard Lewis • RELIGION • In this illuminating collection of essays, one of the great authorities on the Middle East explores the common ground shared by Islam and the West. (ARB12, $18.95)
	Islam Without Fear, Egypt and the New Islamists • Raymond William Baker • RELIGION • Baker intertwines rich narrative observation with his provocative and groundbreaking study of the New Islamists in Egyptian politics and society. (EGY228, $19.00)
	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)
	Islam, The Straight Path • John L. Esposito • RELIGION • A well-written survey of the faith, practice and beliefs of Islam. It's a balanced tome intended for an undergraduate audience, yet it also functions as an excellent overview for the general reader. (MDE22, $39.95)
	Islamic Art and Architecture, 650-1250 • Richard Ettinghausen • Oleg Grabar • ART & ARCHITECTURE • An illustrated survey of the great monuments and art produced by Muslim peoples during medieval times, including the Dome of the Rock, as well as many small aritfacts. (ISL26, $40.00)
	Islamic Homosexualities: Culture, History and Literature • Stephen O. Murray • CULTURAL PORTRAIT • A scholarly overview of homosexuality in medieval Egypt, Ottoman Turkey and beyond. (ARB26, $22.00)
	Islamic Monuments in Cairo, A Practical Guide • Caroline Williams • ART & ARCHITECTURE • A popular guide to 200 Islamic monuments, indispensable for anyone interested in Cairo's medieval treasures and architectural heritage. With walking tours, local maps and building-by-building detail. (EGY45, $24.95)
	Islamic Society in Practice • Carolyn Fluehr-Lobban • RELIGION • An introduction to the influence of Islam on the structuring of Arab societies. (ISL12, $29.95)
	Islamism and Secularism in North Africa • John Ruedy • RELIGION • A discussion of Islamic movements in North Africa. (ISL13, $40.95)
	Justine • Lawrence Durrell • LITERATURE • A richly atmospheric novel set in Alexandria on the brink of World War II. (EGY87, $15.00)
	Karnak Caft • Naguib Mahfouz • LITERATURE • In this gripping and suspenseful novella from the Egyptian Nobel Prize-winner, three young friends survive interrogation by the secret police, only to find their lives poisoned by suspicion, fear, and betrayal. (EGY245, $12.95)
	The Kingdom of Kush: The Napatan and Meroitic Empires • Derek Welsby • HISTORY • A schoalrly survey of the ancient African empire of Kush, which once flourished along the Nile. (AFR101, $19.95)
	Land and Power in Ptolemaic Egypt, The Structure of Land Tenure • Joseph G. Manning • HISTORY • (EGY177, $110.00)
	Land of Enchanters: Egyptian Short Stories from the Earliest Times to the Present Day • Stanley Burstein • Bernard Lewis • ANTHOLOGY • Spanning 4000 years of Egyptian history -- the Middle Kingdom through the Greco-Roman and Christian eras and up to the present day -- this anthology reveals a national history varied in its events, yet unified by a continuity of themes and spirit. (EGY189, $18.95)
	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 Library of Alexandria, Rediscovering the Cradle of Western Civilization • Roy Macleod • HISTORY • A scholarly discussion of the origins and significance of the library at Alexandria. (EGY88, $59.50)
	Life in the Ancient Near East, 3100-332 B.C. • Daniel C. Snell • HISTORY • From the dawn of the written word to conquest by Alexander the Great, the history of the ancient Middle East is traced in this readable, thoroughly researched overview of economic, social and cultural development in the world of the Bible. (MDE56, $22.00)
	Life of the Ancient Egyptians • Eugene Strouhal • HISTORY • An illustrated account of day to day life in Ancient Egypt. Featuring 219 color plates, it covers art, agriculture, diet, recreation, religion, medicine and many other subjects. (EGY152, $24.95)
	The Literature of Ancient Egypt: An Anthology of Stories, Instructions, Stelae, Autobiographies, and Poetry • William Kelly Simpson • ANTHOLOGY • A collection of translated texts from Ancient Egypt, updated in 2003 with 25 new selections. (EGY153, $25.00)
	Lonely Planet Egypt • Andrew Humphreys • Siona Jenkins • GUIDEBOOK • A practical, comprehensive guide to Egypt. (EGY60, $24.99)
	Lonely Planet Egyptian Arabic Phrasebook • Siona Jenkins • LANGUAGE & PHRASEBOOKS • A convenient, palm-sized phrasebook and min-dictionary geared for travelers to Egypt. (EGY138, $8.99)
	Lost Civilizations: Egypt • Time Life Books • HISTORY • A lively overview of the ancient history, people and culture of Egypt in the Time Life "Lost Civilizations" series. (EGY55, $12.00)
	The Map of Love • Ahdaf Soueif • LITERATURE • A family saga and tale of romance and politics, looking back from present day Egypt to the turn of the century. (EGY93, $14.95)
	Midaq Alley • Naguib Mahfouz • LITERATURE • Nobel laureate Mahfouz, author of The Cairo Trilogy, depicts the lives of residents of a bustling, impoverished Cairo neighborhood in this absorbing early novel, first published in the 1940s. (EGY220, $14.95)
	Middle East Map • Freytag & Berndt • A detailed, colorful map of the Middle East. (MDE19, $12.95)
	The Middle East, A Brief History of the Last 2000 Years • Bernard Lewis • HISTORY • A sweeping history of the Middle East of the last 2,000 years. Princeton historian Lewis concentrates on the social, cultural and economic changes that have taken place, and concludes with a note of pessimism about the future. (MDE26, $17.00)
	The Middle Sea, A History of the Mediterranean • John Julius Norwich • HISTORY • NEW • A marvelous writer who has already tackled Byzantium, the Normans in Sicily and Venice, Norwich spins his magic in this story of culture, trade and politics, royalty and rulers, wars and religion in the Mediterranean. (MED98, $20.00)
	Miles from Nowhere, A Round the World Bicycle Adventure • Barbara Savage • TRAVEL NARRATIVE • A beginning cyclist covers 23,000 miles and 25 countries in two years. (BCY02, $16.95)
	The Mind of Egypt: History and Meaning in the Time of Pharoahs • Jan Assmann • Andrew Jenkins • HISTORY • Egyptologist Jan Assmann combs through ancient texts, hieroglyphs and other archaeological remnants for this scholarly study of how the Ancient Egyptians recorded and viewed their own history. (EGY195, $23.00)
	Miramar • Naguib Mahfouz • LITERATURE • A novel set in late 1960s Alexandria from the Nobel prize-winning Egyptian writer Naguib Mahfouz. (EGY123, $15.00)
	Modern Egypt, The Formation of a Nation-State • Arthur, Jr. Goldschmidt • HISTORY • This concise, scholarly overview covers politics, social history, economics, military history and religion. (EGY226, $31.00)
	Monastic Visions, Wall Paintings in the Monastery of St. Antony at the Red Sea • Eliza Bolman • ART & ARCHITECTURE • A wide ranging survey of the art and history of The Church of St. Antony and Coptic Egypt. (EGY254, $85.00)
	Mountains of the Pharaohs, A History of the Pyramids of Egypt • Zahi A. Hawass • HISTORY • An overview of ancient Egypt by a leading archaeologist. Hawass is Secretary General of the Supreme Council of Antiquities and Director of the Giza Pyramids Excavation. (EGY173, $24.95)
	Mountolive • Lawrence Durrell • LITERATURE • The third book in Durrell's Alexandria Quartet, set in the Mediterranean city in the years before WWII. (EGY258, $15.00)
	Muhammad, The Prophet for Our Time • Karen Armstrong • RELIGION • In this extended essay, a volume in the Eminent Lives series, Armstrong looks at the significance of Mohammed's life and teachings. (ISL60, $21.95)
	Mummy Congress: Science, Obsession, and the Everlasting Dead • Heather Pringle • ARCHAEOLOGY • A surprisingly lively informative account of an arcane but fascinating area of research. (SCI77, $13.95)
	The Mummy in Ancient Egypt, Equipping the Dead for Eternity • Salima Ikram • Aidan Dodson • HISTORY • Ikram, an Egyptologist, and Dodson, an archaeologist, examine the preservation of bodies for the afterlife in this detailed account of ancient Egyptian funerary practices. (EGY186, $45.00)
	The Mysteries of Abu Simbel • Zahi Hawass • Farouk Hosni • ART & ARCHITECTURE • A short overview of the temples of Abu Simbel by a noted Egyptologist. With 78 color illustrations. (EGY111, $14.95)
	The Mysterious Death of Tutankhamun • Paul Doherty • ARCHAEOLOGY • In this well-told, illustrated murder mystery, Doherty considers "Why did King Tut die at 18?" Interestingly, he rejects intrigue or foul play and postulates a degenerative disease as the culprit. (EGY150, $14.00)
	Mystery of the Nile • Pasquale Scaturro • Richard Bangs • TRAVEL NARRATIVE • A gripping account of the first complete decent of the Nile from Ethiopia to Alexandria, written in conjunction with Richard Bangs. (EGY126, $16.00)
	The Myth of the Goddess, Evolution of an Image • Anne Baring • Jules Cashford • Laurens van der Post • HISTORY • A study of the role of goddesses in world mythology and their changing meanings in society. (REL10, $27.00)
	The Nag Hammadi Library in English • James M. Robinson • Richard Smith • HISTORY • The complete translated collection of 45 philosophical and religious manuscripts attributed to 4th-century Gnostic Christians and rediscovered in the Egyptian city of Nag Hammadi in 1945. (EGY156, $22.95)
	National Geographic Traveler Egypt • Andrew Humphreys • GUIDEBOOK • This guide to Egypt, published in the National Geographic attractive visual style, features hundreds of photographs, 30 full color maps, and good information history, nature, culture and travel in Egypt. (EGY97, $27.95)
	The Nile • Robert O. Collins • HISTORY • Collins draws on a lifetime of study and travel in this authoritative overview of the geography and history of the 4,000-mile-long river. (AFR129, $52.00)
	No god but God, The Origins, Evolution, and Future of Islam • Reza Aslan • RELIGION • Geared for a popular audience, this provocative book is both a call for reform and a history of early Muslim life and practice. (ISL50, $14.95)
	Odyssey Guide Egypt • Robert Morkot • GUIDEBOOK • An authoritative, illustrated guide to Egypt, and especially its ancient monuments, with color photographs and maps, literary excerpts, and suggested excursions. (EGY78, $24.95)
	The Olive, Tree of Civilization • John Train • Mark E. Smith • HISTORY • A history of the celebrated vegetable and the mythology behind it. (NAT72, $25.00)
	Omm Sety's Abydos • Dorothy Louise Eady • ARCHAEOLOGY • Dorothy Eady's (AKA Omm Sety) brief tribute to her adopted home on the Upper Nile is the Society for the Study of Egyptian Antiquities Publication three. (EGY240, $15.00)
	Out of Place • Edward W. Said • BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR • With acute attention to detail, Said recalls growing up in the privileged, cosmopolitan world of the Middle East in the 1930s and 40s. (MDE32, $14.95)
	The Oxford History of Ancient Egypt • Ian Shaw • HISTORY • A collection of historical essays about the history, art, architecture and culture of ancient Egypt by several Egypt scholars. (EGY117, $27.99)
	Pagan Holiday, On the Trail of Ancient Roman Tourists • Tony Perrottet • TRAVEL NARRATIVE • An inventive account of travels in the Mediterannean in the footsteps of the Romans. (MED72, $13.95)
	Palace and Mosque, Islamic Art from the Middle East • Tim Stanley • ART & ARCHITECTURE • A wide-ranging survey of the architecture and art of the Islamic Middle East. (MDE78, $50.00)
	Palace of Desire • Naguib Mahfouz • LITERATURE • The second novel in the Cairo Trilogy, set during the 20s in Egypt, finds patriarch Al-Sayyid Ahmad more mellow than before. (EGY16, $15.95)
	Parting the Desert, the Creation of the Suez Canal • Zachary Karabell • HISTORY • A compelling account of the politics, intrigue and engineering challenges of the Suez Canal. It's in part a portrait of Franco-Egyptian relations and the making of the modern Middle East. (EGY125, $15.00)
	A Peace to End all Peace • David Fromkin • HISTORY • Fromkin's panoramic tale spans from the collapse of the Ottoman Empire to post-WWI independence. It's an indispensable overview of the creation of the modern nations of the Middle East. (ARB13, $20.00)
	The Peopling of Africa, A Geographic Interpretation • James L. Newman • CULTURAL PORTRAIT • An anthropological study of Africa, which considers, among other factors, genetics, religion, language and technology. (AFR140, $23.00)
	Petra • Maria G. A. Guzzo • E. Equini Schneider • CULTURAL PORTRAIT • An illustrated overview of the history and culture of the Nabateans and guide to the city of Petra, its art and architecture by two Italian archaeologists. With 97 color plates, archival drawings and maps. (MDE68, $45.00)
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