Belshazzar's Daughter
• Barbara Nadel
MYSTERY •
2006 •
PAPER
• 448 PAGES
One in a series of much-loved mysteries rescued from oblivion by Maggie Topkins at Felony & mayhem, this murder mystery is deliciously set in the souks and alleys of contemporary Istanbul.
(TKY157, $14.95) |
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Companion Guide Istanbul
• John Freely
GUIDEBOOK •
2000 •
PAPER
• 428 PAGES
A remarkably comprehensive, old-fashioned guide to the culture, art and antiquities of Istanbul and the Marmara by a long-time resident with sites plans, maps and a few black-and-white photographs.
(TKY62, $34.95) |
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Eyewitness Top Ten Istanbul
• Inc. Dorling Kindersley
GUIDEBOOK •
2011 •
PAPER
• 128 PAGES
A handy pocket guide, featuring favorite attractions, events, restaurants, shops and excursions.
(TKY150, $14.00) |
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The Flea Palace
• Elif Shafak
LITERATURE •
2005 •
PAPER
• 440 PAGES
An offbeat novel with a Thousand and One Arabian Nights story-within-a-story structure, set in Istanbul and featuring an eccentric cast of characters. Shafak, a native of Turkey, has lived in France and Spain, and now resides in Massachusetts.
(TKY135, $16.30) |
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The Fourth Crusade and The Sack of Constantinople
• Jonathan Phillips
HISTORY •
2005 •
PAPER
• 374 PAGES
In 1202, zealous western Christians gathered in Venice determined to liberate Jerusalem from the grip of Islam. But the crusaders never made it to the Holy Land. Steered forward by the shrewd Venetian doge, they descended instead on Constantinople, wreaking devastation so terrible and inflicting scars so deep that as recently as 2001 Pope John Paul II offered an apology to the Greek Orthodox Church.
(TKY212, $15.00) |
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The Histories
• 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) |
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Insight Select Istanbul
• Insight Guides
GUIDEBOOK •
2011 •
PAPER
• 192 PAGES
A handy pocket guide that provides over a hundred "secret gems" and "off-beat" itinerary ideas for a memorable stay in Istanbul. Also includes a handpicked list of hotels for all tastes and budgets and a useful travel tips reference guide.
(TKY241, $15.00) |
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Memed, My Hawk
• Yasar Kemal
LITERATURE •
2005 •
PAPER
• 192 PAGES
The deceptively simple tale of a rebellious boy in the Taurus mountains of Southern Turkey in the 1930's by a master storyteller -- and one of Turkey's best known contemporary writers. Kemal dramatizes the struggle of the villagers against the tyranny of local landowners. Fiftieth Anniversary edition with a new introduction by the author.
(TKY57, $15.95) |
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Mosque
• David Macaulay
ART & ARCHITECTURE •
2003 •
HARD COVER
• 96 PAGES
• FAMILY
In the spirit of his classic books on engineering (Cathedral, Castle, Pyramid), Macaulay winningly presents the art, architecture, design and construction of a 16th-century Turkish mosque. With a fictional tale and well-integrated (and superbly accurate) color illustrations. This book is not just for kids. The project was inspired by great Ottoman architect Sinan (and his mosque at Edirne).
(TKY89, $19.00) |
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Murder on the Orient Express
• Agatha Christie
MYSTERY •
2011 •
PAPER
• 256 PAGES
Just after midnight, the famous Orient Express is stopped in its tracks by a snowdrift. By morning, the millionaire Samuel Edward Ratchett lies dead in his compartment, stabbed a dozen times, his door locked from the inside. One of his fellow passengers must be the murderer.
(EUR118, $6.99) |
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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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My Name Is Red
• Orhan Pamuk
• Erdag Goknar
LITERATURE •
2002 •
PAPER
• 384 PAGES
Set in sixteenth-century Istanbul, this charmingly digressive novel combines a murder mystery, artistic debate and a love story. It will also pique your interest in Islamic illuminated manuscripts.
(TKY68, $15.95) |
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National Geographic Istanbul and Western Turkey
• Tristan Rutherford
GUIDEBOOK •
2011 •
PAPER
• 272 PAGES
Abundantly illustrated with a focus on maps and sightseeing, this compact guide includes 50 pages on Cappadocia, the Turquoise Coast and other popular destinations.
(TKY234, $22.95) |
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On the Shores of the Mediterranean
• Eric Newby
TRAVEL NARRATIVE •
2011 •
PAPER
• 448 PAGES
A sparkling observer and famously entertaining writer, Newby tackles the Mediterranean in these merry essays. He finds himself in North Africa, the Adriatic, Venice, Naples, the Greek Islands, Turkey, Cairo and Jerusalem.
(MED25, $18.95) |
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The Ottoman Cage
• Barbara Nadel
MYSTERY •
2007 •
PAPER
• 320 PAGES
The second book in Nadel's evocatively set Inspector Ikmen series, rich in scenes of daily life in the back alleys and souks of contemporary Istanbul. When a brutal murder shocks Istanbul's rundown Jewish quarter, the Turkish police force unleashes its best weapon -- the chain-smoking, brandy-swilling Inspector Cetin Ikmen, husband to a strict Muslim woman and loving father of eight.
(TKY158, $14.95) |
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Rick Steves Istanbul
• Rick Steves
GUIDEBOOK •
2012 •
PAPER
• 424 PAGES
A personable, practical guide in the growing series by travel guru Rick Steves.
(TKY182, $17.99) |
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Rough Guide Istanbul
• Terry Richardson
GUIDEBOOK •
2009 •
PAPER
• 336 PAGES
This comprehensive guide in the British series nicely balances a historical and cultural overview with practical travel information.
(TKY194, $19.99) |
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StyleCity Istanbul
• Damla Kurklu
GUIDEBOOK •
2005 •
PAPER
• 192 PAGES
A handsome and practical guide for the independent traveler who wants to be in the know about the city's most cutting-edge spots and hip hidden treasures.
(TKY110, $24.95) |
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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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Time Out Istanbul
• Andrew Humphreys
GUIDEBOOK •
2010 •
PAPER
• 256 PAGES
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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A Traveller's Companion to Istanbul
• Laurence Kelly
HISTORY •
2004 •
PAPER
• 400 PAGES
Laurence draws on diaries, letters, memoirs, histories and novels in putting together this handy anthology as told through an illuminating selection by writers, foreign and Turkish, over the ages.
(TKY122, $16.95) |
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Turkish Reflections, A Biography of a Place
• Mary Lee Settle
TRAVEL NARRATIVE •
1991 •
PAPER
• 253 PAGES
A cross-country odyssey from the Aegean shores to the Bosporus and interior by an author and poet who lived in Bodrum 20 years before. Settle's captivating travelogue is a richly detailed portrait of contemporary Turkey, its people, monasteries, myths, archaeological treasures and living traditions. Exemplary.
(TKY08, $16.99) |
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Wallpaper City Guide Istanbul
• Wallpaper Magazine
GUIDEBOOK •
2012 •
PAPER
• 103 PAGES
A stylish, thin (it fits in your back pocket) city guide compiled by the design magazine Wallpaper's local reporters. Well-organized, with chapter tabs, many photographs and of-the-moment recommendations.
(TKY133, $9.95) |
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The Walls of Constantinople AD 324-1453
• Stephen Turnbull
HISTORY •
2004 •
PAPER
• 64 PAGES
The walls of Constantinople are the greatest surviving example of European medieval military architecture in the world. They withstood numerous sieges until being finally overcome by the artillery of Mehmet the Conqueror in 1453, and exist today as a time capsule of Byzantine and Medieval history. This book examines the main defensive system protecting the landward side of the city, which consisted of three parallel walls about 5 miles long. The walls defended the city against intruders, including Attila the Hun, before finally being breached by European knights during the Fourth Crusade in 1204 and, ultimately, destroyed by Turkish artillery in 1453.
(TKY147, $18.95) |
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The White Castle, A Novel
• Orhan Pamuk
LITERATURE •
1998 •
PAPER
• 161 PAGES
The American debut by the Novel Prize-winning Turkish author and perhaps his most immediately accessible book. A tale of the tension between East and West set in the 17th century, it's the story of the relationship between an Ottoman astronomer and his look-alike slave, an Venetian scholar captured on the high seas. Palmuk's other novels include Snow (TKY93) and My Name is Red (TKY68).
(TKY129, $14.00) |
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The Winter Thief
• Jenny White
MYSTERY •
2010 •
PAPER
• 400 PAGES
December 1888. Vera Arti carries The Communist Manifesto in Armenian through Istanbul's streets, unaware of the men following her. When the police discover a shipload of guns and the Imperial Ottoman Bank is blown up, suspicion falls on a socialist commune Arti's friends organized in the eastern mountains. Special Prosecutor Kamil Pasha is called in to investigate. He soon encounters his most ruthless adversary to date: Vahid, head of a special branch of the secret police, who has convinced the sultan that the commune is leading a secessionist movement and should be destroyed-along with surrounding villages. Kamil must stop the massacre, but he finds himself on the wrong side of the law, framed for murder and accused of treason, his family and the woman he loves threatened. Exploring the dark obsessions of the most powerful and dangerous men of the dying Ottoman Empire, The Winter Thief also reflects the mad idealism of those turbulent times.
(TKY200, $14.95) |
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