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The Ancient Mediterranean World, from the Stone Age to A.D. 600


by Robin Winks | Susan Mattern-Parkes

  • HISTORY
  • 2004
  • PAPER
  • 272 PAGES

A concise history of Mesopotamia, Egypt, Israel, Greece and Rome from the Paleolithic through the seventh century A.D., geared fro university students. With 50 illustrations and 10 maps. (MED92, $39.95)

Casa Mediterranea


by Massimo Listri

  • CULTURAL PORTRAIT
  • 2009
  • HARD COVER
  • 360 PAGES

Traditional tile-roofed villas, historic gardens, contemporary masterpieces and beautiful houses of all sorts are included in this visual tour of style around the Mediterranean from France, Italy and Spain to Greece and Turkey, Morocco and Egypt. (MED159, $45.00)

The Hundred Days

The Hundred Days


by Patrick O'Brian

  • LITERATURE
  • 1999
  • PAPER
  • 288 PAGES

Napoleon's escape from Elba as filtered through the marvelous novelistic lens of Patrick O'Brian. (MED38, $14.95)

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)

The Ionian Mission

The Ionian Mission


by Patrick O'Brian

  • LITERATURE
  • 1991
  • PAPER
  • 368 PAGES

The eighth volume in the rousing Aubrey and Maturin series takes the commander and his naturalist sidekick into the eponymous Ionian Isles, getting them mixed up not only with the French navy but also in Ottoman af-fairs. (MED26, $14.95)

The Ionian Mission


by Patrick O'Brian

  • LITERATURE
  • 1994
  • HARD COVER

One of O'Brian's popular ocean-going novels set in the Ottoman Mediterranean. (MED60, $24.00)

Leo Africanus

Leo Africanus


by Amin Maalouf

  • LITERATURE
  • 1992
  • PAPER
  • 360 PAGES

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)

Lonely Planet Mediterranean Europe

Lonely Planet Mediterranean Europe


by Steve Fallon

  • GUIDEBOOK
  • 2009
  • PAPER
  • 992 PAGES

The Lonely Planet treatment of Mediterranean Europe, full of travel and background information for the independent traveler. (MED37, $29.99)

Mediterranean Christmas: Songs from the 12th to 19th Centuries


by Joel Cohen

  • MUSIC
  • 2005
  • AUDIO CD

In this eighteen-track collection, Cohen's Camerata beautifully performs holiday tunes from Mediterranean history. The Boston Camerata has been a driving force in early music, setting the standard for accurate and stirring interpretations of ancient music. (MED141, $16.99)

A Mediterranean Feast

A Mediterranean Feast


by Clifford A. Wright

  • FOOD
  • 1999
  • HARD COVER
  • 815 PAGES

A culinary classic, this erudite, appetizing book takes in the scope of the food, people and history of the Mediterranean, mixing recipes with scholarship and an appreciation of place. (MED126, $39.99)

The Mediterranean, Cradle of European Culture


by Michael Streeter

  • CULTURAL PORTRAIT
  • 2007
  • HARD COVER
  • 240 PAGES

A lavishly illustrated book that features the history of the Mediterranean's powerful empires, competing cultures and former glory. (MED113, $39.95)

The New Mediterranean Diet Cookbook

The New Mediterranean Diet Cookbook


by Nancy Harmon Jenkins

  • FOOD
  • 2008
  • HARD COVER
  • 496 PAGES

Bursting with good health and great flavors, this revised classic features 250 recipes highlighting the food and culture spanning the Mediterranean from Spain, France and Italy to Greece, Turkey, Morocco and the Middle East. (MED160, $35.00)

Paul, The Mind of the Apostle

Paul, The Mind of the Apostle


by A.N. Wilson

  • BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR
  • 1998
  • PAPER
  • 273 PAGES

A richly detailed portrait of the apostle Paul, firmly grounded in the everyday details of life in the Roman Empire. It's a mind-opening, partly historical study of the culture, politics and religion of the early years of Christianity. (MED19, $16.95)

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 Rest Is Noise, Listening to the Twentieth Century

The Rest Is Noise, Listening to the Twentieth Century


by Alex Ross

  • HISTORY
  • 2008
  • PAPER
  • 684 PAGES

With an emphasis on influential classical composers, this dazzling history of modern music travels from Vienna before the First World War to Paris in the twenties, and from Hitler's Germany and Stalin's Russia to downtown New York in the sixties and seventies, all the way up to the present. Ross, chief music critic at the New Yorker, is especially adept at describing the role of music in Europe during the first half of the century. (MUS88, $19.00)

Rethinking the Mediterranean


by W. V. Harris

  • HISTORY
  • 2006
  • PAPER
  • 440 PAGES

Originally presented at a 2001 conference, these scholarly articles focus on the ancient and medieval Mediterranean, its history, myth and meaning. (MED116, $65.00)

South Wind Through the Kitchen, The Best of Elizabeth David

South Wind Through the Kitchen, The Best of Elizabeth David


by Elizabeth David

  • FOOD
  • 2011
  • HARD COVER
  • 400 PAGES

A selection of 200 recipes and travel essays from Elizabeth David's nine influential books, including Book of Mediterranean Food and French Country Cooking. (MED30, $29.95)

The Lawrence Durrell Travel Reader

The Lawrence Durrell Travel Reader


by Lawrence Durrell | Clint Willis

  • TRAVEL NARRATIVE
  • 2004
  • PAPER
  • 405 PAGES
  • OUT OF PRINT

Durrell's intoxicating reflections on Greece and the Mediterranean. With chapters on Corfu, Rhodes, Cyprus, Sicily, Delphi and Provence. (GRE186, $15.00)

 

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