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After the Divorce
• Grazia Deledda
• Susan Ashe
• LITERATURE
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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)
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The Ancient Greece of Odysseus
• Peter Connolly
• ARCHAEOLOGY
• YOUNG ADULTS
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An illustrated retracing of the legendary hero's journey through the ancient Mediterranean world, much enhanced by site reconstructions and photographs depicting archaeological discoveries. For ages 12 to 14.
(GRE33, $15.95)
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Eyewitness Guide Sardinia
• Eyewitness Guides
• GUIDEBOOK
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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)
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Foucault's Pendulum
• Umberto Eco
• William Weaver
• LITERATURE
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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, $15.00)
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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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The Hundred Days
• Patrick O'Brian
• LITERATURE
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Napoleon's escape from Elba as filtered through the marvelous novelistic lens of Patrick O'Brian.
(MED38, $14.95)
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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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The Ionian Mission
• Patrick O'Brian
• LITERATURE
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The eighth volume in the rousing Aubrey and Maturin series takes the commander and his naturalist sidekick into the eponymous Ionian Isles.
(MED26, $14.95)
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The Jew of Malta
• David Bevington
• Christopher Marlowe
• LITERATURE
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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, $11.95)
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Malta and Gozo Map
• World Mapping Project
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A map of the islands of Malta and Gozo at a scale of 1:50,000.
(MLT15, $6.95)
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Master and Commander
• Patrick O'Brian
• LITERATURE
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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)
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The Mediterranean and the Mediterranean World in the Age of Phillip II
• Fernand Braudel
• HISTORY
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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)
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Mediterranean by Cruise Ship
• Anne Vipond
• GUIDEBOOK
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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)
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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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Nelles Guide Cyprus
• Nelles
• GUIDEBOOK
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A travel guide covering the history, culture and attractions of Cyprus.
(MED14, $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, $16.00)
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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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Pillars of Hercules
• Paul Theroux
• TRAVEL NARRATIVE
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Known for his wry wit, Theroux seems to have had an exceptionally good time on his tour of the Mediterranean. He sets off from Gibraltar and circles along the coastline on foot, horseback, train and boat, ending at the other pillar on the African side.
(MED20, $17.00)
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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, $15.95)
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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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Rough Guide Corsica
• David Abram
• GUIDEBOOK
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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, $17.99)
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Saving the Oceans
• Joseph MacInnis
• NATURAL HISTORY
• OUT OF PRINT
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A beautifully illustrated and up-to-date summary of threats to oceans around the world.
(OCE04, $40.00)
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Sicily and Sardinia Map
• Touring Club Italiano
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A map of Italian islands at a scale of 1:400,000.
(ITL223, $12.95)
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South Wind Through the Kitchen, The Best of Elizabeth David
• Elizabeth David
• FOOD
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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, $18.95)
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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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Templars: The Dramatic History of the Knights Templar, The Most Powerful Military Order of the Crusades
• Piers Paul Read
• HISTORY
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A history of the Knights Templar from their formation immediately following the First Crusade to their forced disbandment under the jealouss auspices of Pope Clement V and King Philip IV of France.
(EUR192, $18.00)
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Underwater Archaeology, Exploring the World Beneath the Sea
• Jean-Yves Blot
• Alexandra Campbell
• EXPLORATION
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An illustrated introduction to the science and art of underwater archaeology, including a history of exploration, methods, artifacts, key shipwrecks and other underwater sites.
(OCE39, $12.95)
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