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The Abyssinian Proof
• Jenny White
• LITERATURE
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In this sequel to The Sultan's Seal (TKY137), magistrate Kamil Pasha confronts smugglers and religious conflicts in Ottoman Istanbul.
(TKY155, $13.95)
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Alexander the Great
• Robin Lane Fox
• BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR
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A popular biography of Alexander the Great, noteworthy for its scholarship, great descriptions and psychological insight.
(GRE17, $16.00)
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Arabesque, A Taste of Morocco, Turkey, and Lebanon
• Claudia Roden
• FOOD
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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)
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Ataturk, The Biography of the Founder of Modern Turkey
• Andrew Mango
• BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR
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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)
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The Bellini Card
• Jason Goodwin
• MYSTERY
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Jason Goodwin (Lords of the Horizon) artfully weaves murder and mystery with historical figures and marvelous setting in this third installment in the Edgar Award-winning series, in which Istanbul's new sultan dispatches Yashim to Venice solve a trail of murders associated with a highly-sought after painting, a portrait of none other than Mehmet the Conqueror by Gentile Bellini. The most prestigious Venetian artist of his day, Bellini (1429-1507) was indeed asked to paint the great Sultan Mehmet II (and the portrait attributed to him is in London's National Gallery). It follows The Jannisary Tree and The Snake Stone, and, both deliciously set amongst the muezzins and minarets of 1830s Istanbul.
(TKY191, $15.00)
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Byzantine Art and Architecture, An Introduction
• Lyn Rodley
• ART & ARCHITECTURE
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A critical anthology for serious students of art.
(MDE63, $58.00)
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The Byzantines
• Averil Cameron
• CULTURAL PORTRAIT
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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, $24.95)
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Cadogan Guides Turkey
• Dana Facaros
• GUIDEBOOK
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With insightful cultural and historical background, as well as up-to-date practical information, illustrations and maps.
(TKY195, $22.95)
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Dervishes
• Beth Helms
• LITERATURE
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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)
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Essential Rumi
• Jelalludin Rumi
• Coleman Barks
• RELIGION
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A collection of poetry by the 13th-century Sufi mystic. Coleman renders a well-chosen selection of Persian estatic poetry into contemporary English.
(TKY95, $14.99)
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Fodor's Turkey
• Caroli Trefler
• GUIDEBOOK
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This practical guide, from the popular series, is saturated with valuable information on accommodation, shopping, sights, and restaurants.
(TKY160, $23.99)
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The Fourth Crusade and The Sack of Constantinople
• Jonathan Phillips
• HISTORY
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An absorbing, vivid account of terrible crusade against the Eastern Orthodox Church that resulted in the sack of Constantinople in 1202.
(TKY212, $15.00)
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Frommer's Istanbul
• Lynn A. Levine
• GUIDEBOOK
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A comprehensive, practical guide to the region with excellent recommendations for hotels, restaurants and excursions. With two-color maps throughout.
(TKY205, $19.99)
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Frommer's Turkey
• Lynn Levine
• GUIDEBOOK
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This comprehensive, practical guide offers a language and etiquette primer, logistical advice, color photographs and detailed maps.
(TKY140, $23.99)
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Frommer's Turkey
• Lynn Levine
• GUIDEBOOK
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This comprehensive, practical guide offers a language and etiquette primer, logistical advice, color photographs and detailed maps.
(TKY140, $23.99)
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Gallipoli
• Alan Moorehead
• HISTORY
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A wonderfully readable and now classic account of the disastrous Gallipoli campaign in Turkey.
(WAR85, $14.95)
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The Grand Strategy of the Byzantine Empire
• Edward N. Luttwak
• HISTORY
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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)
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The Grand Turk, Sultan Mehmet II
• John Freely
• BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR
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Freely's lively biography, subtitled Conqueror of Constantinople, Master of an Empire and Lord of Two Seas, captures the spirit of the times.
(TKY198, $26.95)
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Greece and Western Turkey Map
• Hallwag
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A detailed map of Greece, includes Western Turkey, imported from Switzerland.
(GRE39, $15.95)
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Helen of Troy
• Margaret George
• LITERATURE
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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)
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Hittite Warrior
• Trevor Bryce
• HISTORY
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A slim illustrated guide by a leading authority.
(WAR145, $18.95)
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In Search of the Trojan War
• Michael Wood
• ARCHAEOLOGY
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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, $24.95)
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In the Footsteps of Alexander the Great
• Michael Wood
• HISTORY
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An illustrated account of Alexander's ten-year conquest of 4th-century cities from Macedonia to Egypt, Persia, Central Asia and India.
(MED23, $21.95)
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In the Steps of St. Paul
• H.V. Morton
• TRAVEL NARRATIVE
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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)
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Istanbul Map
• Borch Maps
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A laminated folded map of Istanbul at a scale of 1:11,000.
(TKY65, $7.95)
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Istanbul, City of a Hundred Names
• Alex Webb
• Orhan Pamuk
• CULTURAL PORTRAIT
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Webb illuminates the neighborhoods, diversity and confluence of cultures of contemporary Istanbul.
(TKY148, $50.00)
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Istanbul, the Imperial City
• John Freely
• HISTORY
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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)
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Istanbul: A Traveller's Guide
• Jane Streetly
• Sue Rollin
• GUIDEBOOK
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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)
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The Janissary Tree
• Jason Goodwin
• MYSTERY
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With beautiful descriptions of Istanbul and its palaces, this engaging and bizarre historical mystery will keep you reading. The Ottoman Empire mysteries continue with The Snake Stone (TKY156, $14.00) and The Bellini Card (TKY191, $25.00), set in 1840s Venice.
(TKY125, $14.00)
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Lonely Planet Istanbul
• Lonely Planet
• GUIDEBOOK
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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)
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Lonely Planet Turkey
• Lonely Planet
• GUIDEBOOK
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The most oft-sighted guidebook in the hands of travelers to Turkey, this compact volume is jammed with details on where to go, what to do and where to stay.
(TKY50, $25.99)
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The Making of Modern Turkey
• Feroz Ahmad
• HISTORY
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This textbook covers the politics, economy, military developments and society of Turkey, from 1908 through the 1990s.
(TKY123, $55.95)
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Memed, My Hawk
• Yasar Kemal
• LITERATURE
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From Turkey's master storyteller comes this deceptively simple tale of a rebellious boy in the Taurus mountains of rural Turkey.
(TKY57, $15.95)
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The Museum of Innocence
• Orhan Pamuk
• LITERATURE
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In his first novel since winning the Nobel Prize, Pamuk plumbs the depths of romantic attachment while exploring the tension between modernity and tradition in 1970s and 80s Istanbul.
(TKY207, $28.95)
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My Name Is Red
• Orhan Pamuk
• Erdag Goknar
• LITERATURE
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Set in sixteenth-century Istanbul, this charmingly digressive novel combines a murder mystery, artistic debate and a love story. It will also pique your interest in Islamic illuminated manuscripts.
(TKY68, $15.95)
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The Odyssey
• Homer
• Robert Fagles
• LITERATURE
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Translator Robert Fagles captures the poetry and power of The Odyssey in this translation, celebrated for its clarity and expressiveness.
(GRE45, $17.00)
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On Foot to the Golden Horn
• Jason Goodwin
• TRAVEL NARRATIVE
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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)
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Ottoman Architecture
• Dogan Kuban
• ART & ARCHITECTURE
• COMING IN APRIL
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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)
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Race of Scorpions
• Dorothy Dunnett
• LITERATURE
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An absorbing tale of political intrigue set in the 15th-century Ottoman Empire and throughout the Mediterranean, including Cyprus.
(MED33, $16.95)
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The Rage of the Vulture
• Barry Unsworth
• LITERATURE
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An atmospheric novel by the Booker Prize-winning author set in Constantinople during the last gasp of the Ottoman Empire.
(TKY119, $14.95)
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Rough Guide Turkey
• Rosie Ayliffe
• Mark Dubin
• John Gawthrop
• GUIDEBOOK
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A comprehensive guide to the history, culture and attractions of Turkey for the visitor.
(TKY48, $24.99)
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Rumi: The Book of Love
• Jelalludin Rumi
• Coleman Barks
• LITERATURE
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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)
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Sailing From Byzantium, How A Lost Empire Shaped The World
• Colin Wells
• HISTORY
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A history of the Byzantine empire and its cultural, artistic, religious, philosophical and scientifc legacy.
(TKY130, $16.00)
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The Snake Stone
• Jason Goodwin
• LITERATURE
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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)
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The Sultan's Kitchen, A Turkish Cookbook
• Ozcan Ozan
• FOOD
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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)
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The Sultan's Seal
• Jenny White
• MYSTERY
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An atmospheric novel of murder, set in the nineteenth-century late Ottoman Istanbul.
(TKY137, $14.95)
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The Trojan War
• Carol G. Thomas
• HISTORY
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Thomas provides readers and researchers with an engaging mixture of descriptive chapters, biographical sketches and annotated primary documents.
(TKY180, $19.95)
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The Trojan War: A New History
• Barry Strauss
• HISTORY
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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, $15.00)
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The Trojans and Their Neighbours
• Trevor Bryce
• HISTORY
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An in-depth look at the history of Troy, this rich scholarly history brings the culture to life.
(TKY214, $36.95)
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Turkey Unveiled: A History of Modern Turkey
• Hugh Pope
• HISTORY
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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.
(TKY33, $22.95)
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The Turkish Letters Of Ogier Ghiselin De Busbecq, Imperial Ambassador At Constantinople, 1554-1562
• Edward Forster
• HISTORY
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Busbecq's detailed impressions of his visit to The Ottoman Empire at the height of its power.
(TKY170, $19.95)
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Turkish Riviera Map
• Freytag & Berndt
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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)
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Turkish Traditional Art Today
• Henry Glassie
• ART & ARCHITECTURE
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A well-illustrated sourcebook on the diversity of arts and crafts throughout Turkey. Masterful.
(TKY60, $89.95)
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Turkish, A Rough Guide Phrasebook
• Rough Guide
• LANGUAGE & PHRASEBOOKS
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A pocket dictionary, phrasebook and mini-guide to the Turkish language.
(TKY61, $6.99)
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The Turks Today
• Andrew Mango
• HISTORY
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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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