The Abyssinian Proof
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.
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Across the Hellespont, A Literary Guide to Turkey
Richard Stoneman
TRAVEL NARRATIVE
2011
PAPER
248 PAGES
A classicist by trade Stoneman (A Traveller's History of Turkey, A Literary Companion to Travel in Greece) introduces the history and monuments of Turkey through diverse writers.
(TKY232, $18.00) |
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Alexander the Great
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. This enormously readable book succeeds in bringing the man and his era to life.
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Ancient Cities
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.
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Arabesque, A Taste of Morocco, Turkey, and Lebanon
Claudia Roden
FOOD
2006
HARD COVER
352 PAGES
Roden leavens 150 well-chosen, classic recipes of North Africa and the Middle East with scraps of history, culture and tales. With 93 color photographs.
(MED99, $37.50) |
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Ataturk, The Biography of the Founder of Modern Turkey
Andrew Mango
BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR
2003
PAPER
666 PAGES
Mango (who was born in Istanbul and has written extensively on modern Turkey) 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. He shows Ataturk's influence on the role of Islam in the modern nation.
(TKY52, $24.95) |
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Beneath the Seven Seas, Adventures With The Institute of Nautical Archaeology
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) |
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Bradt Guide Eastern Turkey
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) |
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Byzantine Art and Architecture, An Introduction
Lyn Rodley
ART & ARCHITECTURE
1996
PAPER
394 PAGES
A compendium of articles and essays about Byzantine art, many first published in scholarly international journals.
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The Byzantines
Averil Cameron
CULTURAL PORTRAIT
2009
PAPER
275 PAGES
Number 13 in the scholarly, engaging Peoples of Europe series, this compact survey by the British professor of Late Antiquities focuses on the Byzantine people, their identity, religion, ethnicity and culture in the context of European traditions.
(TKY197, $26.95) |
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Byzantium, From Antiquity to the Renaissance
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) |
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Cadogan Guides Turkey
Dana Facaros
GUIDEBOOK
2009
PAPER
544 PAGES
A guide in the respected series with insightful cultural and historical background, and up-to-date practical information, illustrations and maps.
(TKY195, $22.95) |
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The Crimean War, A History
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. Fought with unusual ferocity and incompetence between the British, the Ottoman and the Russian empires, the war resulted in the deaths of almost a million soldiers and seeded familiar fault lines between Russia and the West that have persisted and shaped international politics nearly one hundred and sixty years later.
(RUS459, $35.00) |
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Culture Shock! Turkey, A Survival Guide to Customs and Etiquette
Arin Bayraktaroglu
GUIDEBOOK
2009
PAPER
198 PAGES
A lively introduction to the culture and manners of Turkey, with a focus on customs and etiquette.
(TKY242, $15.95) |
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Dervishes
Beth Helms
LITERATURE
2008
PAPER
311 PAGES
Largely about a woman's world with absent husbands, this novel follows 12-year-old Canada and her mother Grace, American expatriates in Ankara, and their friends. The characters are intricate and captivating, and the ultimate tragedy deeply felt.
(TKY175, $14.00) |
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Essential Rumi
Jelalludin Rumi
Coleman Barks
RELIGION
1997
PAPER
240 PAGES
A collection of poetry by the 13th-century Sufi mystic and founder of the Whirling Dervishes Mevlana Jelalludin Rumi. Coleman renders a well-chosen selection of Persian estatic poetry into contemporary English. A student of Sufism since 1977, Barks is a poet and the author of numerous Rumi translations.
(TKY95, $15.99) |
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Eyewitness Guide Istanbul
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) |
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A Fez of the Heart, Travels Around Turkey in Search of a Hat
Jeremy Seal
TRAVEL NARRATIVE
1996
PAPER
337 PAGES
This engaging author didn't really focus his Turkish travels entirely on a felt hat! It's an excuse to comment on modern Turkey and the dramatic changes since the rise of Kemil Ataturk (who banned the Fez in 1925). The book deftly combines reporting, history, politics and the old-fashioned travelogue.
(TKY16, $20.95) |
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Frommer's Istanbul
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) |
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Frommer's Turkey
Lynn Levine
GUIDEBOOK
2010
PAPER
435 PAGES
A comprehensive, practical guide to Turkey from the popular series. 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
2010
PAPER
435 PAGES
A comprehensive, practical guide to Turkey from the popular series. Offers a language and etiquette primer, logistical advice, color photographs and detailed maps.
(TKY140, $23.99) |
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Gallipoli
Alan Moorehead
HISTORY
2002
PAPER
380 PAGES
A wonderfully readable and classic account of the disastrous Gallipoli campaign in Turkey, orginally published in 1956.
(WAR85, $14.99) |
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The Grand Strategy of the Byzantine Empire
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) |
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The Grand Turk, Sultan Mehmet II
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) |
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Helen of Troy
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). Superb historical research and a thrilling ploy combine in this impelling novel.
(GRE295, $27.95) |
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Hittite Warrior
Trevor Bryce
HISTORY
2007
PAPER
64 PAGES
A slim illustrated guide by a leading authority.
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In Search of the Trojan War
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. With the remarkable Heinrich Schliemann (who discovered Troy in 1873) as his point of departure, Wood takes the reader along on a remarkable story of archaeological adventure.
(GRE52, $29.95) |
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In the Footsteps of Alexander the Great
Michael Wood
HISTORY
2001
PAPER
256 PAGES
Historian Michael Wood recreates the epic journey of Alexander the Great across Asia in this companion volume to the documentary television series. With a good selection of maps, photographs and illustrations of Hellenic art and artifacts from the region.
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In the Steps of St. Paul
H.V. Morton
TRAVEL NARRATIVE
2002
PAPER
528 PAGES
Travels throughout the Mediterranean in search of St. Paul, bible in hand. A pilgrim as much as a traveler, Morton journeys through Syria, Cyprus, Turkey, Macedonia, Greece and Rhodes in this classic account. Fittingly, his appreciative journey ends at the Tomb of St. Paul. As in all his many travel books, Morton charmingly mixing history with offhand humor, anecdote and keen observation.
(MED70, $22.00) |
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Insight Guide Turkey
Insight Guides
GUIDEBOOK
2011
PAPER
448 PAGES
An outstanding overview of the country from the reliable Insight crew, featuring hundreds of photographs and observant essays on history, culture and nature. With separate chapters on Istanbul, Ephesus, the Aegean Coast, Lycia, and Cappadocia.
(TKY38, $24.99) |
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Ionia, A Quest
Freya Stark
TRAVEL NARRATIVE
2010
PAPER
304 PAGES
With Herodotus as her travelling companion, Stark travels from Smyrna through the ancient cities of Asia Minor in the footspes of Odysseus and Alexander the Great in this classic account. She writes: "In the autumn of 1952 I travelled about the western coasts of Asia Minor, and counted, at the end, fifty five ruined sites that I had visited: in only one of them - and that was Pergamum - had I met another tourist, sightseeing like myself...."
(TKY224, $17.00) |
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Istanbul Map
Borch Maps
2011
MAP
A laminated folded map at a scale of 1:11,000. Two Sides. 19.5x26 inches.
(TKY65, $8.95) |
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Istanbul, City of a Hundred Names
Alex Webb
Orhan Pamuk
CULTURAL PORTRAIT
2007
HARD COVER
136 PAGES
Webb illuminates the neighborhoods, diversity and confluence of cultures in contemporary Istanbul in this collection of 77 full-color photographs.
(TKY148, $50.00) |
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Istanbul, the Imperial City
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) |
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Istanbul: A Traveller's Guide
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 thoughtful, well-planned and enticing walking tours. With numerous maps and color photos.
(TKY183, $16.95) |
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Lonely Planet Istanbul
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) |
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Lonely Planet Turkey
Lonely Planet
GUIDEBOOK
2011
PAPER
732 PAGES
A comprehensive, practical travel guide to Turkey in the hallmark Lonely Planet Style. It's the most oft-sighted guidebook in the hands of independent travelers to Turkey, jammed with detail on where to go, what to do and where to stay, eat and explore. With a section of color photographs, maps and a good overview of culture and history.
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The Making of Modern Turkey
Feroz Ahmad
HISTORY
1993
PAPER
252 PAGES
A study of the politics, economy, military developments and society of Turkey, from 1908 through the 1990s. A volume in the textbook series "The Making of the Modern Middle East." Ahmad was a student of the Islamic scholar Bernard Lewis (The Emergence of Modern Turkey).
(TKY123, $59.95) |
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A Modern History of the Kurds
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. In this third edition, McDowell considers the economic, political, religious and tribal struggles among this ancient people -- excellent background to understanding the "Kurdish Question."
(TKY59, $33.00) |
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The Museum of Innocence
Orhan Pamuk
LITERATURE
2010
PAPER
560 PAGES
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, $15.95) |
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The Odyssey
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.
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On Foot to the Golden Horn
Jason Goodwin
TRAVEL NARRATIVE
2003
PAPER
278 PAGES
An outstanding travel writer and journalist, 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
2009
HARD COVER
720 PAGES
An architect and history, Kuban traces the arc of the Ottoman empire through its architecture in this comprehensive, beautifully illustrated survey. The opus-magnum of a long career.
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The Ottoman Empire, 1300-1650, The Structure of Power
Colin Imber
HISTORY
2009
PAPER
428 PAGES
A revised and expanded second edition of a highly-praised account of the structure of the government of the Ottoman Empire to the mid-seventeenth century. Colin Imber, a professor in Turkish at the University of Manchester, incorporates the latest research and a wealth of multi-lingual sources, many of which have never been previously translated into English.
(TKY223, $29.00) |
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The Palgrave Atlas of Byzantine History
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.
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The Persian Boy
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. Not just a love story, it includes the great battles and personalities of Classical Greece.
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Places in Turkey, A Pocket Grand Tour
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.
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Portrait of a Turkish Family
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. It is also a poignant account of struggling to get along under very difficult circumstances. Born into a privileged family, Orga's fate changed radically with the defeat of the Ottomans and the changes brought about by Atatürk and the founding of the Turkish republic in 1923. With chapters entitled Introducing the Family, Disillusionment of an Autocrat, and The End of The Story. Orga's son supplies an illuminating forward for this edition, filling in biographical details.
(TKY83, $32.95) |
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Race of Scorpions
Dorothy Dunnett
LITERATURE
1999
PAPER
534 PAGES
An absorbing tale of political intrigue set in the 15th-century Ottoman empire and throughout the Mediterranean. It's volume three of Dunnett's masterful "House of Niccolo" series, the story of Nicholas vander Poele of Bruges, a young dyer's apprentice who gets caught up in the rivalry for the throne of Cyprus. The characters may be fictitious but the historical footing is solid and the setting credible.
(MED33, $16.95) |
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The Rage of the Vulture
Barry Unsworth
LITERATURE
1995
PAPER
443 PAGES
An atmospheric novel set in Constantinople during the last gasp of the Ottoman Empire by the Booker-Prize winner author (who once taught English in Istanbul). The protagonist is a British foreign service officer with a secret.
(TKY119, $14.95) |
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Rough Guide Turkey
Rosie Ayliffe
Mark Dubin
John Gawthrop
GUIDEBOOK
2010
PAPER
784 PAGES
A comprehensive guide to the history culture and attractions of Trurkey for the visitor.
(TKY48, $24.99) |
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Rumi: The Book of Love
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) |
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Sailing From Byzantium, How A Lost Empire Shaped The World
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) |
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The Secret History
G. A. Williamson
Procopius
HISTORY
2007
PAPER
208 PAGES
A classic and compulsively readable account of the mores and manners of elite society at the court of Emperor Justinian. This is historical mudslinging only a Byzantine could devise, a withering expose of the scandals, intrigues and infidelities of the splendid empire and its rulers by none other than its official historian. Here, Justinian is a demon king capable of any evil deeds, while his wife, Empress Theodora, is a bloodthirsty monster of depravity and cruelty, and the celebrated general Belisarius is the foolish dupe of his scheming wife, Antonina. Magnificently vitriolic and startlingly original, The Secret History is a work of explosive energy, depicting holy Byzantium as a hell of murder and misrule.
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The Snake Stone
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) |
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The Sultan's Kitchen, A Turkish Cookbook
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) |
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The Sultan's Seal
Jenny White
MYSTERY
2007
PAPER
368 PAGES
An atmospheric novel of murder, set in the nineteenth-century late Ottoman Istanbul.
(TKY137, $14.95) |
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Tastes of Byzantium, The Cuisine of a Legendary Empire
Andrew Dalby
TRAVEL NARRATIVE
2010
PAPER
272 PAGES
Fusing the spices of the Romans with the seafood and simple food of the Aegean and Greek world, Byzantine cuisine was a precursor to much of the food of modern Turkey and Greece. Dalby brings this vanished cuisine to life in vivid and sensual detail, painting a picture of the recipes, customs and customs of an empire.
(TKY236, $25.00) |
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The Trojan War
Carol G. Thomas
HISTORY
2007
PAPER
209 PAGES
Provides readers and researchers with an engaging mixture of descriptive chapters, biographical sketches, and annotated primary documents.
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The Trojan War: A New History
Barry Strauss
HISTORY
2007
PAPER
288 PAGES
If the question about the Trojan War is, "What's love got to do with it?" the answer is probably, "Nothing." So argues talented historian and classic professor Straus, who combines information gleaned from Homer's epics with archaeology and ancient texts to weave a lively, readable account of the true motivatations and politics behind this legendary conflict.
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The Trojans and Their Neighbours
Trevor Bryce
HISTORY
2006
PAPER
225 PAGES
Bryce, an expert in classical and near-Eastern history, surveys the entire history of Troy, from its beginnings c. 3000 BCE until its decline in the Byzantine era. Intense and encompassing, those wanting a profound understanding of this ancient city and its relationships with its neighbors will appreciate Bryce's breadth and depth..
(TKY214, $36.95) |
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Turkey Decoded
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) |
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Turkey Unveiled: A History of Modern Turkey
Hugh Pope
HISTORY
2011
PAPER
432 PAGES
The authors, who speak fluent Turkish and have reported from Turkey for 20 years, provide a rich mosaic of contemporary Turkey and its formative past. The strengths and weaknesses of the Ottoman Empire, the Armenian tragedy, the Kurdish struggle, the controversial legacy of the brilliant but autocratic founder of modern Turkey, Mustafa Kemal Atatürk, are all here. They also provide portraits of new leaders who have broken taboos and ushered in new freedoms at a time when other forces attempt to pull Turkey back into the Middle Eastern vortex.
(TKY33, $22.95) |
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Turkey, A Modern History
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. It's the best single guide to the complex history of modern Turkey, well written and opinionated. Revised.
(TKY10, $33.00) |
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The Turkish Letters of Ogier Ghiselin De Busbecq, Imperial Ambassador at Constantinople, 1554-1562
Edward Forster
HISTORY
2005
PAPER
265 PAGES
Botanist, linguist, antiquarian, scholar and zoologist under under Sultan Suleyman the Magnificent (he brought back lilac and the tulip), Busbecq's detailed impressions show the Ottoman Empire at the height of its power.
(TKY170, $19.95) |
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Turkish Riviera Map
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. One Side. 34x45 inches.
(TKY204, $14.95) |
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Turkish Traditional Art Today
Henry Glassie
ART & ARCHITECTURE
1993
HARD COVER
947 PAGES
A scholarly, well illustrated survey of the artisans, rugmakers, potters and craftsmen, and the diversity of arts and crafts. With photographs by the author, this huge book documents the diversity of wares throughout Turkey.
(TKY60, $89.95) |
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Turkish, A Rough Guide Phrasebook
Rough Guide
LANGUAGE & PHRASEBOOKS
2006
PAPER
256 PAGES
An A-Z pocket dictionary, phrasebook and mini-guide to the Turkish language.
(TKY61, $6.99) |
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The Turks Today
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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