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After the Divorce

After the Divorce


by Grazia Deledda | Susan Ashe

  • LITERATURE
  • 1995
  • PAPER
  • 174 PAGES

This powerful and tragic tale of murder and infidelity is set, like many of the Nobel Prize winning author's novels, on her native Sardinia. First published in 1902. (ITL196, $17.00)

Complete Mediterranean Wildlife

Complete Mediterranean Wildlife


by Paul Sterry

  • FIELD GUIDE
  • 2000
  • PAPER
  • 384 PAGES

An illustrated survey of the plants, animals, birds, insects, marine mammals and other wildlife of the Mediterranean region, useful as a field guide. (MED49, $29.99)

Eyewitness Guide Sardinia

Eyewitness Guide Sardinia


by Eyewitness Guides

  • GUIDEBOOK
  • 2011
  • PAPER
  • 224 PAGES

A comprehensive guide to the island of Sardinia, featuring color photography, dozens of excellent maps and a synopsis of the island's attractions. (ITL183, $20.00)

Foucault's Pendulum

Foucault's Pendulum


by Umberto Eco | William Weaver

  • LITERATURE
  • 2007
  • PAPER
  • 623 PAGES

A wild, complex conspiracy novel set in Milan. It involves Templars, Rosicrucians, Freemasons, Jesuits, and more. The verbose, scholarly text is a study in how fiction can influence reality, and an excellent choice for readers who feel up to a rewarding challenge. (ITL649, $15.95)

The Histories

The Histories


by Herodotus

  • HISTORY
  • 1994
  • PAPER
  • 656 PAGES

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, $11.00)

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)

Insight Guide Malta

Insight Guide Malta


by Geoffrey Aquilina Ross

  • GUIDEBOOK
  • 2012
  • PAPER
  • 312 PAGES

A survey of the history, culture and attractions of Malta for the traveler. (MLT05, $19.99)

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 Jew of Malta


by David Bevington | Christopher Marlowe

  • LITERATURE
  • 1997
  • PAPER
  • 150 PAGES

Marlowe's play, written around 1590, of Barabas, a rich Maltese Jew whose land is confiscated -- and whose plans for revenge prove his undoing. (MLT14, $14.00)

Malta Prehistory and Temples


by David H. Trump

  • ARCHAEOLOGY
  • 2002
  • PAPER
  • 319 PAGES

A clear, well illustrated account of the temple-building period, 3500 and 2500 BC, in Malta and Gozo. (MED167, $39.95)

Malta, Phoenician, Punic and Roman


by A. Bonanno

  • ARCHAEOLOGY
  • 2005
  • PAPER
  • 359 PAGES

A survey of the archaeological heritage of Malta focusing on the classical period and accompanied by color photographs. (MLT26, $33.00)

Master and Commander

Master and Commander


by Patrick O'Brian

  • LITERATURE
  • 1990
  • PAPER
  • 412 PAGES

The very first of O'Brian's wildly successful seafaring novels about Captain Aubrey and sidekick Maturin sets the duo against a well-researched Napoleonic wars backdrop in the Western Mediterranean. (MED27, $13.95)

The Mediterranean and the Mediterranean World in the Age of Phillip II


by Fernand Braudel

  • HISTORY
  • 1996
  • PAPER
  • 642 PAGES

Volume I in the classic history of the Mediterranean, this book by the great Braudel is a richly detailed tour of the Mediterranean in the 1500s, a time of discovery and empire building. Not for the faint of heart, avid readers of history will devour this book. (MED18, $45.00)

Mediterranean by Cruise Ship

Mediterranean by Cruise Ship


by Anne Vipond

  • GUIDEBOOK
  • 2011
  • PAPER
  • 368 PAGES

The best-selling, compact guide, featuring excellent local maps, hundreds of color photographs, concise background information and recommended excursions for ports-of-call throughout the Mediterranean. (MED34, $21.95)

Mediterranean Cruises Map

Mediterranean Cruises Map


by Freytag & Berndt

  • 2010
  • MAP

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, $14.95)

Nelles Guide Cyprus

Nelles Guide Cyprus


by Nelles

  • GUIDEBOOK
  • 2000
  • PAPER
  • 256 PAGES

A travel guide covering the history, culture and attractions of Cyprus. (MED14, $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)

Pillars of Hercules

Pillars of Hercules


by Paul Theroux

  • TRAVEL NARRATIVE
  • 1996
  • PAPER
  • 509 PAGES

Theroux seems to have had an exceptionally good time on his tour of the Mediterranean, circling the celebrated sea on foot, horseback, train and boat from Gibraltar to North Africa. (MED20, $17.00)

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 Rise of Christianity


by Rodney Stark

  • RELIGION
  • 1997
  • PAPER
  • 272 PAGES

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, $14.99)

Rough Guide Corsica


by David Abram

  • GUIDEBOOK
  • 2009
  • PAPER
  • 496 PAGES

This compact guide includes an excellent historical and cultural overview of Corsica, with region-by-region descriptions and an insider's sense of local life. (MED31, $19.99)

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 Spirit of Mediterranean Places

The Spirit of Mediterranean Places


by Michel Butor

  • TRAVEL NARRATIVE
  • 1986
  • PAPER
  • 147 PAGES
  • FAVORITE
  • HARD TO FIND ELSEWHERE

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)

The Story of Malta


by Maturin Murray Ballou

  • HISTORY
  • 2007
  • PAPER
  • 332 PAGES

An ecological, social and cultural history of Malta, first published in 1893 and geared for travelers, in a print on demand edition. (MLT25, $30.95)

Templars: The Dramatic History of the Knights Templar, The Most Powerful Military Order of the Crusades

Templars: The Dramatic History of the Knights Templar, The Most Powerful Military Order of the Crusades


by Piers Paul Read

  • HISTORY
  • 2009
  • PAPER
  • 350 PAGES

A history of the Knights Templar from their formation immediately following the First Crusade to their forced disbandment under the jealous auspices of Pope Clement V and King Philip IV of France. (EUR192, $16.99)

Underwater Archaeology, Exploring the World Beneath the Sea

Underwater Archaeology, Exploring the World Beneath the Sea


by Jean-Yves Blot | Alexandra Campbell

  • EXPLORATION
  • 1996
  • PAPER
  • 175 PAGES

An illustrated pocket encyclopedia of discover, this book presents the science and art of underwater archaeology, including a history of exploration, methods, artifacts, key shipwrecks and other underwater sites. (OCE39, $15.95)

 

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