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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, $23.95)
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Ancient Greece, A Concise History
• Peter Green
• HISTORY
• OUT OF PRINT
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A lively, illustrated history of Greece from the Stone Age to the death of Alexander the Great. With good maps, a bibliography for further reading and hundreds of black-and-white photos of sites and objects.
(GRE04, $18.95)
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The Argonautika, The Story of Jason and the Quest for the Golden Fleece
• Apollonius of Rhodes
• Peter Green
• LITERATURE
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The exciting narrative of Jason and the Argonauts on their Quest for the Golden Fleece is retold in this new translation of the Argonautika.
(GRE92, $24.95)
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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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Birds Without Wings
• Louis De Bernieres
• LITERATURE
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Louis De Bernieres offers sweeping historical scope, memorable characters, drama, and many new vocabulary words in this stupendous novel set in Anatolia during the collapse of the Ottoman Empire.
(TKY91, $15.95)
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Black Sea
• Neal Ascherson
• CULTURAL PORTRAIT
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Ascherson weaves his own travels and impressions with a fascinating account of the history of the region in this skillful portrait.
(RUS46, $18.00)
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The Black Sea, A History
• Charles King
• HISTORY
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A brisk narrative history of the region showing the Black Sea as uniting diverse cultures in the Balkans, Central Asia and Middle East.
(EUR173, $29.95)
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The Byzantines
• Guglielmo Cavallo
• Thomas Dunlap
• HISTORY
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A collection of essays on the people of the Byzantine Empire.
(TKY66, $26.00)
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Byzantium and the Early Islamic Conquests
• Walter Kaegi
• HISTORY
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A classic history, painstakingly researched and utterly absorbing. It explores the evolution of the 1100-year-old Constantinople into the powerful capital of the Ottoman sultans; an essential reference to the Medieval east.
(TKY19, $43.00)
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Byzantium, A History
• John Haldon
• HISTORY
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A short, academic history of the Byzantine empire.
(TKY78, $32.50)
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Byzantium, The Apogee
• John Julius Norwich
• HISTORY
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Part Two in Norwich's three part history of the Byzantine Empire.
(TKY70, $49.95)
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Celebrating Homer's Landscapes, Troy and Ithaca Revisited
• John Victor Luce
• ARCHAEOLOGY
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This study examines the Greek landscape with reference to Homer's poetic descriptions. The author recreated the voyage of Odysseus, illustrating Troy, Ithaca and other sites with gorgeous color photographs.
(GRE80, $45.00)
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The Colossus of Maroussi
• Henry Miller
• TRAVEL NARRATIVE
• FAVORITE
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Miller captures the spirit and warmth of the resilient Greek people in this inspired tale of a wartime journey from Athens to Crete, Corfu and Delphi with his friend Lawrence Durrell.
(GRE05, $14.95)
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Companion Guide Istanbul
• John Freely
• GUIDEBOOK
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A remarkably comprehensive, old-fashioned guide to the culture, art and antiquities of Istanbul and the Marmara.
(TKY62, $34.95)
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A Concise History of Byzanitum
• Warren T. Treadgold
• HISTORY
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A brief survey of the Byzantine Empire.
(TKY69, $29.95)
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Culture Smart! Turkey
• Charlotte McPherson
• GUIDEBOOK
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A concise, well-illustrated and practical guide to local customs, etiquette and culture.
(TKY127, $9.95)
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Eyewitness Guide Greek Islands
• Eyewitness Guides
• GUIDEBOOK
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This guide features color photography, dozens of excellent local maps and an island-by-island synopsis of attractions.
(GRE37, $25.00)
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A Fez of the Heart, Travels around Turkey in Search of a Hat
• Jeremy Seal
• TRAVEL NARRATIVE
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The engaging travelogue -- modern Turkey and the dramatic changes since the rise of Kemil Ataturk (who banned the Fez in 1925) -- deftly combines reporting, history, politics and travel.
(TKY16, $16.00)
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Fragments of Culture, The Everyday of Modern Turkey
• Deniz Kandiyoti
• HISTORY
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A loosely organized collection of scholarly articles addressing everyday life.
(TKY97, $25.00)
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God Lives in St. Petersburg, and Other Stories
• Tom Bissell
• LITERATURE
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Six fast-paced tales set in Kazakhstan, Afghanistan and the Aral Sea by the author of Chasing the Sea.
(CAS117, $13.95)
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The Gothic Enterprise, A Guide to Understanding the Medieval Cathedral
• Robert A. Scott
• ART & ARCHITECTURE
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An accessible overview of the medieval cathedral, its history, design and architecture with black-and-white photographs.
(EUR190, $17.95)
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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, $12.95)
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Greece Map
• World Mapping Project
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A colorful shaded map of Greece, the Greek Islands and the west coast of Turkey, at a scale of 1:650,000.
(GRE24, $9.99)
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Greek Art
• Nigel Spivey
• ART & ARCHITECTURE
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Geared towards art history students, this concise survey of Greek art is also an excellent overview of the subject for the traveler. Divided thematically, it covers major artists, myths and plays in addition to temple sculpture and architecture.
(GRE68, $24.95)
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Greek Art
• John Boardman
• ART & ARCHITECTURE
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A brief survey of classical Greek art and architecture, revised to reflect recent archaeology, this book presents hundreds of paintings, frescoes and other objects from antiquity, each in its cultural context.
(GRE12, $21.95)
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Here Is Where We Meet
• John Berger
• LITERATURE
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This novel weaves a portrait of several European countries through encounters with the dead, from the narrator's mother, whom he discovers on a park bench in Lisbon, to a childhood friend wandering a market in Krakow.
(EUR189, $14.00)
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The Histories
• Herodotus
• HISTORY
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In what may be the first travel book, Herodotus records the heroic struggle between Europe and Asia that culminated in the invasion of Greece by Xerxes.
(MED15, $10.00)
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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, $22.95)
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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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Insight Guide Mediterranean Cruises
• Insight Guides
• GUIDEBOOK
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Covering 120 ports of call throughout the Mediterranean from the Canary Islands to Egypt.
(MED94, $22.95)
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Insight Guide Turkey
• Insight Guides
• GUIDEBOOK
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Featuring hundreds of photographs and observant essays on history, culture and nature.
(TKY38, $22.95)
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Islam, The Straight Path
• John L. Esposito
• RELIGION
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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)
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Islamic Art and Architecture
• Robert Hillenbrand
• ART & ARCHITECTURE
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Covering one thousand years and the geographic scope of Islam, this book is a wide-ranging guide to the arts of Islam, including architecture, calligraphy, ceramics, and textiles.
(CAS17, $18.95)
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Islamic Arts
• Jonathan Bloom
• Sheila Blair
• ART & ARCHITECTURE
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A comprehensive survey of 1,000 years of Islamic architecture, design and decoration. Illustrated throughout with color photographs, maps and site plans.
(ISL01, $24.95)
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Islamist Mobilization in Turkey, A Study in Vernacular Politics
• Jenny White
• RELIGION
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A social history and ethnography of contemporary Istanbul based on interviews and field work in the Umraniye neighborhood.
(TKY98, $22.50)
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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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Julian, A Novel
• Gore Vidal
• LITERATURE
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A historical novel on the last pagan Roman emperor Julian the Apostate, the fascinating 4th century scholar who became a great soldier and determined the future of the entire Roman Empire.
(TKY128, $16.00)
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The King Must Die
• Mary Renault
• LITERATURE
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A novel of Theseus, slayer of the Minotaur and king of Athens, including his Cretan adventures. The first in Renault's trilogy of well-researched page-turners.
(GRE23, $14.95)
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Leo Africanus
• Amin Maalouf
• LITERATURE
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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)
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Living in Istanbul
• Jerome Darblay
• ART & ARCHITECTURE
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A coffee-table book of color photographs.
(TKY79, $50.00)
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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, $48.95)
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Mediterranean Sea Cruises Map
• Freytag & Berndt
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A double-sided, full-color map of the Mediterranean, including the Iberian Peninsula and Black Sea, North Africa and the Levant, at a scale of 1:2,000,000.
(MED36, $12.95)
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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 Middle Sea, A History of the Mediterranean
• John Julius Norwich
• HISTORY
• NEW
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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)
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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, $16.00)
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Odyssey of Homer
• Robert Fagles
• LITERATURE
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Translator Robert Fagles captures the poetry and power of The Odyssey in this new translation, celebrated for its clarity and expressiveness.
(GRE30, $35.00)
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The Olive, Tree of Civilization
• John Train
• Mark E. Smith
• HISTORY
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A history of the celebrated vegetable and the mythology behind it.
(NAT72, $25.00)
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On the Shores of the Mediterranean
• Eric Newby
• TRAVEL NARRATIVE
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A sparkling observer and famously entertaining, Newby tackles the Mediterranean in this merry travelogue, finding himself in North Africa, Italy, Greece, Turkey, Cairo and Jerusalem.
(MED25, $14.95)
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Osman's Dream, The History of the Ottoman Empire
• Caroline Finkel
• HISTORY
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An ambitious, scholarly history of an 600-year empire that, at its height, streteched from Central Asia to the Levant, Danube and North Africa.
(EUR200, $18.95)
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Ottoman Turkey, Islamic Architecture
• Godfrey Goodwin
• ART & ARCHITECTURE
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An extended photo-essay on Islamic architecture focusing on the magnificent buildings constructed during the Ottoman period in Turkey.
(TKY31, $20.00)
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The Ottoman Turks: An Introductory History to 1923
• Justin McCarthy
• HISTORY
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A vivid overview of the history, customs and traditions of Ottoman Turkey, complete with maps and illustrations.
(TKY36, $62.40)
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Plant Life in the World's Mediterranean Climates
• Paul Dallman
• NATURAL HISTORY
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Richly illustrated, clearly written and engaging, this book is an ecological overview of the landscapes, plants and vegetation types found in Mediterranean climates.
(MED21, $35.95)
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The Private World of Ottoman Women
• Godfrey Goodwin
• CULTURAL PORTRAIT
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An exploration of Ottoman women from all levels of society during six centuries of rule.
(TKY34, $24.95)
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The Rise of Christianity
• Rodney Stark
• RELIGION
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The subtitle to this book says it all: "How the Obscure, Marginal Jesus Movement Became the Dominant Religious Force in the Western World in a Few Centuries."
(MED64, $14.95)
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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, $14.00)
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Secret History
• G. A. Williamson
• Procopius
• HISTORY
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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, $14.00)
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The Spirit of Mediterranean Places
• Michel Butor
• TRAVEL NARRATIVE
• FAVORITE
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In this remarkable short book, the celebrated French novelist chronicles his travels to Cairo, Luxor, Crete, Istanbul and other Mediterranean sites in absorbing, appreciative painterly detail.
(MED03, $13.95)
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Time Out Istanbul
• Andrew Humphreys
• GUIDEBOOK
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Compact and up-to-date, this guide for where to go and what to do in Istanbul includes maps and introductory chapters on culture and history.
(TKY109, $19.95)
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Travelers' Tales, A Woman's Europe
• Marybeth Bond
• Mary Morris
• ANTHOLOGY
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Visit Europe through the eyes of women writers, including Frances Mayes and Jan Morris.
(EUR160, $17.95)
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The Treasures and Pleasures of Turkey
• Ron Krannich
• GUIDEBOOK
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A guide to traveling and shopping in Turkey with a focus on artisans and craftspeople.
(TKY96, $16.95)
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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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Turkey, A Modern History
• Erik Zurcher
• HISTORY
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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, $28.95)
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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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The Voyage of Argo
• Apollonius of Rhodes
• Emil V. Rieu
• LITERATURE
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The story of the voyage of Jason and the Argonauts on their quest for the Golden Fleece.
(GRE91, $14.00)
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The White Castle, A Novel
• Orhan Pamuk
• LITERATURE
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The American debut by the Novel Prize-winning Turkish author, a tale of the tension between East and West set in 17th Century.
(TKY129, $12.95)
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A Woman's Asia
• Marybeth Bond
• ANTHOLOGY
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These thirty-five personal, often hilarious accounts of women's adventures from China to Sri Lanka to Turkey to Bhutan, not only illuminating the everyday, oft-overlooked cultural practices of Asia, but also giving a glimpse into the thoughts and feelings of the female traveller.
(ASA49, $17.95)
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Zorba the Greek
• Nikos Kazantzakis
• LITERATURE
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A modern classic. Set in rural Crete in the early 20th-century, this is the most accessible of Kazantzakis' novels. It's a tale of adventure and philosophy that captures the exuberance of the Greek people.
(GRE22, $14.00)
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