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The Abyssinian Proof

The Abyssinian Proof


by Jenny White

  • LITERATURE
  • 2009
  • PAPER
  • 384 PAGES

In this sequel to The Sultan's Seal (TKY137), magistrate Kamil Pasha confronts smugglers and religious conflicts in Ottoman Istanbul. (TKY155, $13.95)

Across the Hellespont, A Literary Guide to Turkey

Across the Hellespont, A Literary Guide to Turkey


by Richard Stoneman

  • TRAVEL NARRATIVE
  • 2011
  • PAPER
  • 248 PAGES

Organized geographically, this pocket guide introduces the monuments and history of Turkey from Istanbul to Lycia and Trebizond through diver writers over the centuries. (TKY232, $18.00)

Alexander the Great

Alexander the Great


by Robin Lane Fox

  • BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR
  • 2004
  • PAPER
  • 568 PAGES

A popular biography of Alexander the Great, noteworthy for its scholarship, great descriptions and psychological insight. (GRE17, $17.00)

Ancient Cities


by Charles Gates

  • ARCHAEOLOGY
  • 2011
  • PAPER
  • 474 PAGES

Now in a second edition, this broad scholarly survey of the "archaeology of urban life" covers the urban centers of the Ancient Near East, Egypt and the Greek and Roman worlds. Gates lives in Ankara so the book, though wide in scope, has a particularly Turkish flavor. Includes hundreds of line drawings, maps and photographs. (MED187, $46.95)

Arabesque, A Taste of Morocco, Turkey, and Lebanon

Arabesque, A Taste of Morocco, Turkey, and Lebanon


by Claudia Roden

  • FOOD
  • 2006
  • HARD COVER
  • 352 PAGES

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)

Ataturk, The Biography of the Founder of Modern Turkey

Ataturk, The Biography of the Founder of Modern Turkey


by Andrew Mango

  • BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR
  • 2003
  • PAPER
  • 666 PAGES

Mango expertly traces Ataturk's rise to power after World War I, when this complex leader created the modern Turkish state and redefined the relationship between Europe and the Middle East. (TKY52, $24.95)

Beneath the Seven Seas, Adventures With The Institute of Nautical Archaeology


by Geo Bass

  • ARCHAEOLOGY
  • 2005
  • HARD COVER
  • 256 PAGES

This collection of first-hand accounts by underwater archaeologists includes 350 color illustrations and is a nice companion for visits to the Bodrum Museum of Underwater Archaeology in Turkey. (TKY238, $39.95)

Bradt Guide Eastern Turkey

Bradt Guide Eastern Turkey


by Diana Darke

  • GUIDEBOOK
  • 2011
  • PAPER
  • 392 PAGES

This convenient guide in the venerated series is a personal, detailed overview of Eastern Turkey, its history, culture and natural history. With photographs, maps and excellent travel information including sections on Mount Ararat and Cappadocia's eerie underground cities. (TKY248, $26.99)

Byzantine Art and Architecture, An Introduction

Byzantine Art and Architecture, An Introduction


by Lyn Rodley

  • ART & ARCHITECTURE
  • 1996
  • PAPER
  • 394 PAGES

A critical anthology for serious students of art. (MDE63, $63.00)

The Byzantines

The Byzantines


by Averil Cameron

  • CULTURAL PORTRAIT
  • 2009
  • PAPER
  • 275 PAGES

A volume in the engaging Peoples of Europe series, this compact, authoritative survey focuses on the Byzantine people, their identity, religion, ethnicity and culture. (TKY197, $26.95)

Byzantium, From Antiquity to the Renaissance


by Thomas F. Mathews

  • ART & ARCHITECTURE
  • 2010
  • PAPER
  • 176 PAGES

This definitive introduction to Byzantine art, which includes over 100 color plates, puts the empire's artistic development into historical context, showing how it provided an essential bridge between classical and renaissance Europe. (TKY235, $20.00)

Cadogan Guides Turkey

Cadogan Guides Turkey


by Dana Facaros

  • GUIDEBOOK
  • 2009
  • PAPER
  • 544 PAGES

With insightful cultural and historical background, as well as up-to-date practical information, illustrations and maps. (TKY195, $22.95)

The Crimean War, A History

The Crimean War, A History


by Orlando Figes

  • HISTORY
  • 2011
  • HARD COVER
  • 592 PAGES

Figes weaves various untapped accounts -- including a young Tolstoy -- to tell a comprehensive and thrilling history of the world's first industrialized war. (RUS459, $35.00)

Culture Shock! Turkey, A Survival Guide to Customs and Etiquette


by Arin Bayraktaroglu

  • GUIDEBOOK
  • 2009
  • PAPER
  • 198 PAGES

A lively introduction to the culture and manners Turkey, with a focus on customs and etiquette. (TKY242, $15.95)

Dervishes

Dervishes


by Beth Helms

  • LITERATURE
  • 2008
  • PAPER
  • 311 PAGES

Largely about a woman's world with absent husbands, this moving novel follows 12-year-old Canada and her mother Grace, American expatriates in Ankara, and their friends. (TKY175, $14.00)

Essential Rumi

Essential Rumi


by Jelalludin Rumi | Coleman Barks

  • RELIGION
  • 1997
  • PAPER
  • 240 PAGES

A collection of poetry by the 13th-century Sufi mystic. Coleman renders a well-chosen selection of Persian estatic poetry into contemporary English. (TKY95, $15.99)

Eyewitness Guide Istanbul

Eyewitness Guide Istanbul


by Eyewitness Guides

  • GUIDEBOOK
  • 2011
  • PAPER
  • 272 PAGES

This superb guide to Istanbul features color photography, dozens of excellent local maps and a district-by-district synopsis of the city's attractions. Handsome, convenient and up-to-date, this is the guide to carry. (TKY86, $25.00)

A Fez of the Heart, Travels Around Turkey in Search of a Hat

A Fez of the Heart, Travels Around Turkey in Search of a Hat


by Jeremy Seal

  • TRAVEL NARRATIVE
  • 1996
  • PAPER
  • 337 PAGES

Deftly combining reporting, history, politics and travel, Seal doesn't really focus his Turkish travels entirely on the felt hat! It's just the pretext to comment on the country and the dramatic changes since the rise of Kemil Ataturk (who banned the Fez in 1925). (TKY16, $20.95)

Frommer's Istanbul


by Lynn A. Levine

  • GUIDEBOOK
  • 2008
  • PAPER

A comprehensive, practical guide to the region with excellent recommendations for hotels, restaurants and excursions. With two-color maps throughout. (TKY205, $19.99)

Frommer's Turkey

Frommer's Turkey


by Lynn Levine

  • GUIDEBOOK
  • 2010
  • PAPER
  • 435 PAGES

This comprehensive, practical guide offers a language and etiquette primer, logistical advice, color photographs and detailed maps. (TKY140, $23.99)

Frommer's Turkey

Frommer's Turkey


by Lynn Levine

  • GUIDEBOOK
  • 2010
  • PAPER
  • 435 PAGES

This comprehensive, practical guide offers a language and etiquette primer, logistical advice, color photographs and detailed maps. (TKY140, $23.99)

Gallipoli

Gallipoli


by Alan Moorehead

  • HISTORY
  • 2002
  • PAPER
  • 380 PAGES

A wonderfully readable and now classic account of the disastrous Gallipoli campaign in Turkey. (WAR85, $14.99)

The Grand Strategy of the Byzantine Empire


by Edward N. Luttwak

  • HISTORY
  • 2009
  • HARD COVER
  • 498 PAGES

Luttwak examines how the Byzantine Empire greatly outlasted the Roman Empire by adapting to changing circumstances, devising new ways of coping with enemies and relying more on persuasion than military strength. This interpretive account of Byzantine strategy, intelligence and diplomacy will appeal to scholars, classicists, military history buffs and soldiers. (TKY218, $35.00)

The Grand Turk, Sultan Mehmet II

The Grand Turk, Sultan Mehmet II


by John Freely

  • BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR
  • 2010
  • PAPER
  • 288 PAGES

Freely's lively biography, subtitled Conqueror of Constantinople, Master of an Empire and Lord of Two Seas, captures the spirit of the times. (TKY198, $16.95)

Helen of Troy


by Margaret George

  • LITERATURE
  • 2006
  • HARD COVER
  • 624 PAGES

An engrossing and lucid historical novel about the legendary beauty and the war she launched from the best-selling author (Mary, Called Magdalene). (GRE295, $27.95)

Hittite Warrior


by Trevor Bryce

  • HISTORY
  • 2007
  • PAPER
  • 64 PAGES

A slim illustrated guide by a leading authority. (WAR145, $18.95)

In Search of the Trojan War

In Search of the Trojan War


by Michael Wood

  • ARCHAEOLOGY
  • 1998
  • PAPER
  • 288 PAGES

This handsomely illustrated book examines the archaeology, history and legends of Troy -- a vivid analysis of the ancient world by the peripatetic anthropologist and documentary filmmaker Michael Wood. (GRE52, $29.95)

In the Footsteps of Alexander the Great

In the Footsteps of Alexander the Great


by Michael Wood

  • HISTORY
  • 2001
  • PAPER
  • 256 PAGES

An illustrated account of Alexander's ten-year conquest of 4th-century cities from Macedonia to Egypt, Persia, Central Asia and India. (MED23, $26.95)

In the Steps of St. Paul

In the Steps of St. Paul


by H.V. Morton

  • TRAVEL NARRATIVE
  • 2002
  • PAPER
  • 528 PAGES

Playing both pilgrim and traveler in this book, Morton charmingly mixes history with offhand humor, anecdote and keen observation. Bible in hand, he journeys through Syria, Cyprus, Turkey, Macedonia, Greece and Rhodes, ending fittingly at the Tomb of St. Paul. (MED70, $22.00)

Insight Guide Turkey

Insight Guide Turkey


by Insight Guides

  • GUIDEBOOK
  • 2011
  • PAPER
  • 448 PAGES

Featuring hundreds of photographs and observant essays on history, culture and nature. (TKY38, $24.99)

Ionia, A Quest

Ionia, A Quest


by Freya Stark

  • TRAVEL NARRATIVE
  • 2010
  • PAPER
  • 304 PAGES

With Herodotus as her travelling companion, Stark travels from Smyrna along the coast of Western Turkey, visiting ancient sites from Troy to the Island of Rhodes in this classic account of her 1952 adventure. (TKY224, $17.00)

Istanbul Map

Istanbul Map


by Borch Maps

  • 2011
  • MAP

Take it along! (TKY65, $8.95)

Istanbul, City of a Hundred Names

Istanbul, City of a Hundred Names


by Alex Webb | Orhan Pamuk

  • CULTURAL PORTRAIT
  • 2007
  • HARD COVER
  • 136 PAGES

Webb illuminates the neighborhoods, diversity and confluence of cultures of contemporary Istanbul. (TKY148, $50.00)

Istanbul, the Imperial City

Istanbul, the Imperial City


by John Freely

  • HISTORY
  • 1998
  • PAPER
  • 432 PAGES

A lively, anecdotal history of the city geared for the traveler. With historic and modern photographs and neighborhood maps. Freely concludes with a helpful, 60-page section on monuments and museums. (TKY23, $17.00)

Istanbul: A Traveller's Guide

Istanbul: A Traveller's Guide


by Jane Streetly | Sue Rollin

  • GUIDEBOOK
  • 2005
  • PAPER
  • 262 PAGES

This compact, on-the-ground guide to exploring Istanbul includes an overview of the city's history and highlights, and a variety of walking tours. With numerous maps and color photos. (TKY183, $16.95)

Lonely Planet Istanbul


by Lonely Planet

  • GUIDEBOOK
  • 2010
  • PAPER
  • 256 PAGES

A comprehensive city guide with good full-color maps, a few photographs and excellent information on what to do and where to go. (TKY208, $19.99)

Lonely Planet Turkey

Lonely Planet Turkey


by Lonely Planet

  • GUIDEBOOK
  • 2011
  • PAPER
  • 732 PAGES

The most oft-sighted guidebook in the hands of travelers to Turkey, this completely re-designed Lonely Planet guide is even better than ever. (TKY50, $25.99)

The Making of Modern Turkey


by Feroz Ahmad

  • HISTORY
  • 1993
  • PAPER
  • 252 PAGES

This textbook covers the politics, economy, military developments and society of Turkey, from 1908 through the 1990s. (TKY123, $59.95)

A Modern History of the Kurds

A Modern History of the Kurds


by David McDowell

  • HISTORY
  • 2004
  • PAPER
  • 515 PAGES

A scholarly, comprehensive history of the Kurdish people, who spill over the borders of modern Turkey, Iraq, and Iran. (TKY59, $33.00)

The Museum of Innocence

The Museum of Innocence


by Orhan Pamuk

  • LITERATURE
  • 2010
  • PAPER
  • 560 PAGES

Pamuk plumbs the depths of romantic attachment while exploring the tension between modernity and tradition in 1970s and 80s Istanbul. (TKY207, $15.95)

The Odyssey

The Odyssey


by Homer | Robert Fagles

  • LITERATURE
  • 1997
  • PAPER
  • 541 PAGES

Translator Robert Fagles captures the poetry and power of The Odyssey in this translation, celebrated for its clarity and expressiveness. (GRE45, $17.00)

On Foot to the Golden Horn

On Foot to the Golden Horn


by Jason Goodwin

  • TRAVEL NARRATIVE
  • 2003
  • PAPER
  • 278 PAGES

Goodwin interweaves history, incident and reflection in this excellent portrait of Central Europe. With chapters on Cracow, Slovakia, Budapest, Transylvania, Brasov and Bulgaria. (EUR81, $17.00)

Ottoman Architecture


by Dogan Kuban

  • ART & ARCHITECTURE
  • 2009
  • HARD COVER
  • 720 PAGES

Kuban traces the arc of the Ottoman empire through its architecture in this comprehensive, magificently illustrated and authoritative survey of buildings, interiors, grill and tile work. With 1000 color photographs, illustrations, maps and drawings. (MED151, $115.00)

The Ottoman Empire, 1300-1650, The Structure of Power


by Colin Imber

  • HISTORY
  • 2009
  • PAPER
  • 428 PAGES

A revised and expanded second edition of Imber's highly-praised scholarly account of the structure of the government of the Ottoman Empire to the mid-seventeenth century. (TKY223, $29.00)

The Palgrave Atlas of Byzantine History

The Palgrave Atlas of Byzantine History


by John Haldon

  • HISTORY
  • 2010
  • PAPER
  • 187 PAGES

Princeton historian Haldon charts the political, social and economic history of the medieval empire in this succint resource with over 100 maps. (TKY237, $30.00)

The Persian Boy

The Persian Boy


by Mary Renault

  • LITERATURE
  • 1988
  • PAPER
  • 419 PAGES
  • YOUNG ADULTS

The second of Renault's trilogy on the life and loves of Alexander the Great, this exhaustively researched historical novel focuses on Bagoas, the Persian slave boy who became the servant and lover of the king. (GRE74, $15.95)

Places in Turkey, A Pocket Grand Tour

Places in Turkey, A Pocket Grand Tour


by Francis Russell

  • GUIDEBOOK
  • 2010
  • PAPER
  • 335 PAGES

With a focus on art, architecture and antiquities, Russell highlights 83 places to visit across Turkey, describing each with insight and admirable brevity. (TKY253, $24.95)

Portrait of a Turkish Family

Portrait of a Turkish Family


by Irfan Orga

  • BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR
  • 2003
  • PAPER
  • 332 PAGES

This splendid memoir of life in Istanbul in the years surrounding World War I captures the spirit and flavor of the city in the last days of the Ottoman empire. Orga's son supplies an illuminating forward, filling in biographical details. (TKY83, $32.95)

Race of Scorpions

Race of Scorpions


by Dorothy Dunnett

  • LITERATURE
  • 1999
  • PAPER
  • 534 PAGES

An absorbing tale of political intrigue set in the 15th-century Ottoman Empire and throughout the Mediterranean, including Cyprus. (MED33, $16.95)

The Rage of the Vulture

The Rage of the Vulture


by Barry Unsworth

  • LITERATURE
  • 1995
  • PAPER
  • 443 PAGES

An atmospheric novel by the Booker Prize-winning author set in Constantinople during the last gasp of the Ottoman Empire. (TKY119, $14.95)

Rough Guide Turkey

Rough Guide Turkey


by Rosie Ayliffe | Mark Dubin | John Gawthrop

  • GUIDEBOOK
  • 2010
  • PAPER
  • 784 PAGES

A comprehensive guide to the history, culture and attractions of Turkey for the visitor. (TKY48, $24.99)

Rumi: The Book of Love


by Jelalludin Rumi | Coleman Barks

  • LITERATURE
  • 2005
  • PAPER
  • 206 PAGES

The 13th Century Sufi mystic Rumi is best known for his poems celebrating the joy and mystery of love in all its forms-- erotic, divine and friendly. Barks has collected and translated the best of these poems. (TKY222, $13.99)

Sailing From Byzantium, How A Lost Empire Shaped The World

Sailing From Byzantium, How A Lost Empire Shaped The World


by Colin Wells

  • HISTORY
  • 2007
  • PAPER
  • 368 PAGES

A history of the Byzantine empire and its cultural, artistic, religious, philosophical and scientifc legacy. (TKY130, $17.00)

The Secret History

The Secret History


by G. A. Williamson | Procopius

  • HISTORY
  • 2007
  • PAPER
  • 208 PAGES

This is historical mudslinging only a Byzantine could devise, a withering expose of the scandals, intrigues and infidelities of the splendid empire and the court of Emperor Justinian by none other than its official historian. (TKY11, $15.00)

The Snake Stone

The Snake Stone


by Jason Goodwin

  • LITERATURE
  • 2008
  • PAPER
  • 304 PAGES

The second of Goodwin's richly detailed Ottoman Empire mysteries puts eunuch detective Yashim on the trail of a murderer and missing Greek artifacts in 19-century Istanbul. (TKY156, $14.00)

The Sultan's Kitchen, A Turkish Cookbook


by Ozcan Ozan

  • FOOD
  • 2001
  • PAPER

A nicely illustrated cookbook, featuring authentic recipes from Ozcan's restaurant of the same name in Boston, an overview of Turkish ingredients and menu suggestions. (TKY107, $26.95)

The Sultan's Seal

The Sultan's Seal


by Jenny White

  • MYSTERY
  • 2007
  • PAPER
  • 368 PAGES

An atmospheric novel of murder, set in the nineteenth-century late Ottoman Istanbul. (TKY137, $14.95)

Tastes of Byzantium, The Cuisine of a Legendary Empire

Tastes of Byzantium, The Cuisine of a Legendary Empire


by Andrew Dalby

  • TRAVEL NARRATIVE
  • 2010
  • PAPER
  • 272 PAGES

Dalby brings the vanished cuisine of an empire to life in vivid and sensual detail, painting a picture of the recipes, customs and customs of ancient Turkey and the Aegean. (TKY236, $25.00)

The Trojan War


by Carol G. Thomas

  • HISTORY
  • 2007
  • PAPER
  • 209 PAGES

Thomas provides readers and researchers with an engaging mixture of descriptive chapters, biographical sketches and annotated primary documents. (TKY180, $19.95)

The Trojan War: A New History

The Trojan War: A New History


by Barry Strauss

  • HISTORY
  • 2007
  • PAPER
  • 288 PAGES

Talented historian Strauss combines information gleaned from Homer's epics with archaeology and ancient texts to weave a masterful and readable account of this legendary conflict. (GRE296, $15.99)

The Trojans and Their Neighbours


by Trevor Bryce

  • HISTORY
  • 2006
  • PAPER
  • 225 PAGES

An in-depth look at the history of Troy, this rich scholarly history brings the culture to life. (TKY214, $36.95)

Turkey Decoded


by Ann Dismorr

  • HISTORY
  • 2008
  • PAPER
  • 237 PAGES

Sweden's ambassador to Turkey from 2001 to 2005, Dismorr focuses on Turkey as a European nation -- and obstacles to membership in the European Union -- in this timely overview of the country. (TKY247, $19.95)

Turkey Unveiled: A History of Modern Turkey

Turkey Unveiled: A History of Modern Turkey


by Hugh Pope

  • HISTORY
  • 2011
  • PAPER
  • 432 PAGES

Written by a husband and wife team based in Istanbul, this engaging popular history focuses on the many paradoxes of Turkey since World War I. It's an opinionated, revealing portrait of the nation by two knowledgeable journalists, revised and updated for this new edition. (TKY33, $22.95)

Turkey, A Modern History

Turkey, A Modern History


by Erik Zurcher

  • HISTORY
  • 2004
  • PAPER
  • 245 PAGES

A lively historical account of the Turkish state from 1780 to the establishment of the modern Turkish Republic in 1923. Special attention is given to the "Young Turk" movement and Kemil Ataturk in this comprehensive volume. (TKY10, $33.00)

The Turkish Letters of Ogier Ghiselin De Busbecq, Imperial Ambassador at Constantinople, 1554-1562


by Edward Forster

  • HISTORY
  • 2005
  • PAPER
  • 265 PAGES

Busbecq's detailed impressions of his visit to the Ottoman Empire at the height of its power under Suleyman the Magnificent. (TKY170, $19.95)

Turkish Riviera Map


by Freytag & Berndt

  • 2008
  • MAP

A colorful road map of the southern coast of Turkey at a scale of 1:150,000 with insets of Antalya, Side, Alanya, Perge and Termessos. (TKY204, $14.95)

Turkish Traditional Art Today


by Henry Glassie

  • ART & ARCHITECTURE
  • 1993
  • HARD COVER
  • 947 PAGES

A well-illustrated sourcebook on the diversity of arts and crafts throughout Turkey. Masterful. (TKY60, $89.95)

Turkish, A Rough Guide Phrasebook

Turkish, A Rough Guide Phrasebook


by Rough Guide

  • LANGUAGE & PHRASEBOOKS
  • 2006
  • PAPER
  • 256 PAGES

A pocket dictionary, phrasebook and mini-guide to the Turkish language. (TKY61, $6.99)

The Turks Today

The Turks Today


by Andrew Mango

  • HISTORY
  • 2004
  • PAPER
  • 292 PAGES

A concise history of Turkey since the death of Ataturk in 1938. In part II, Mango (the author of a biography of Ataturk) considers modern Turkey, its society, economy, politics and prospects. (TKY90, $17.95)

 

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