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Essential Books These 3 items are available for $50, including
U.S. shipping, a 15% discount (Item no. EXMLT04)		  
Lonely Planet Malta & Gozo  •  Neil Wilson
GUIDEBOOK •  2010 •  PAPER  • 184 PAGES
In Lonely Planet's hallmark style, this practical guide to Malta features maps, a good overview of culture, history and nature, and much nuts-and-bolts information on excursions, accommodations and sightseeing. With 41 maps, top swimming spots, a language guide and glossary and an insider's guide to the island's cuisine. It also covers the islands of Gozo and Comino. (MLT09, $16.99)		   Lonely Planet Malta & Gozo
The Ancient Mediterranean  •  Michael Grant
CULTURAL PORTRAIT •  1990 •  PAPER  • 374 PAGES
Grant, a well known classical scholar, draws on archaeology, geography, art and economics to paint a vivid picture of ancient cultures, from prehistory through the Roman Imperium, and their influence on western civilization. Illustrated with black-and-white photographs, and 19 maps of the region. (MED10, $20.00)		   The Ancient Mediterranean
Malta & Gozo Map  •  Freytag & Berndt
MAP
This handsome topographic map of the islands of Malta and Gozo (1:30,000) shows contour lines, ferry routes, historic monuments and settlements. With a street plan of Valletta. One Side. 34x44 inches. (MLT06, $14.95)		   Malta & Gozo Map



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Mediterranean Explorer  •  Ocean Explorer Maps   • BEST SELLER  •  This handy color map of the Mediterranean from Spain to the Black Sea and the Levant puts ancient sites and historic ports into context. With notable people, a timeline and descriptions of dozens of places across the classical world, this map serves equally well for Mediterranean and Black Sea cruises. (MED89, $11.95)
 		  
Bradt Guide Malta and Gozo  •  Juliet Rix   • GUIDEBOOK  •  A compact guide to Malta, its history, culture and attractions. (MLT24, $21.99)
 		  
Eyewitness Top 10 Malta & Gozo  •  Eyewitness Guides   • GUIDEBOOK  •  A compact illustrated guide in the popular series, featuring favorite attractions, events, restaurants, shops and excursions in Malta & Gozo. (MLT27, $14.00)
 		  
Frommer's Malta & Gozo Day by Day  •  Lesley Anne Rose   • GUIDEBOOK  •  A compact shirt pocket guide, ideal for a short visit, featuring remarkably good suggestions for everything from food, hotels and neighborhoods to shopping. With a separate foldout map of the city center. (MED147, $12.99)
 		  
Empires of the Sea  •  Roger Crowley   • HISTORY  •  Crowley vividly reconstructs the epic clash between the Ottoman Empire and Christendom for the control of the Mediterranean -- and the soul of 16th-century Europe -- in this thrilling account of dramatic battles and brutality, rival faiths and larger-than-life personalities. (MED146, $16.00)
 		  
Fortress Malta, An Island Under Siege 1940-43  •  James Holland   • HISTORY  •  In this powerful, intimate book British journalist James Holland draws on letters, diaries and interviews to bring to life the military campaigns, heroism and drama of Malta during WWII. (MLT19, $27.95)
 		  
Sea of Faith  •  Stephen O'Shea   • HISTORY  •  O'Shea brings a traveler's eye and a poet's touch to this gripping tale of conquest, co-existence and conflict in the medieval Mediterranean. He focuses on seven key battles between Christians and Muslims from Yamuk (AD 636) to the Siege of Malta (1565). (MED95, $17.00)
 		  
The Mediterranean in History  •  David Abulafia   • CULTURAL PORTRAIT  •  A professor at Cambridge, David Abulafia leads a team of eight historians in this engaging, richly illustrated overview of the civilizations, societies and grand themes in the history of this great sea at the heart of Europe. Published in conjunction with the J. Paul Getty Museum, the book features 150 well-integrated color and 150 black-and-white illustrations. (MED79, $29.95)
 		  
The Middle Sea  •  John Julius Norwich   • HISTORY  •  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, $21.00)
 		  
Splendor of Malta  •  Marquis Anthony Cassar de Sain  •  Shirley Jackewicz Johnston   • ART & ARCHITECTURE • COMING IN  •  A handsomely illustrated celebration of the island, featuring color photographs of the grand palaces of the Knights of St. John. (MLT10, $85.00)
 		  
Paul, The Mind of the Apostle  •  A.N. Wilson   • BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR  •  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)
 		  
Ironfire, A Novel of the Knights of Malta and the Last Battle of the Crusades  •  David Ball   • LITERATURE  •  In this rousing historical novel the fates of a young boy, his sister, one of the Knights of Malta and an inquisitor play out against the backdrop of the 16th-century Ottoman assault on Malta, the formidable citadel of the Knights of St. John. (MLT18, $15.00)
 		  
The Disorderly Knights  •  Dorothy Dunnett   • LITERATURE  •  The third volume in the Lymond Chronicles follows Francis Crawford of Lymond to Malta, where he has been sent to help the Knights of Hospitallers defend their island against the invading Turks. (SCT95, $17.00)
 		  
The Information Officer  •  Mark Mills   • MYSTERY  •  Mills sets this taut novel of suspense on Malta during the punsihing siege in the summer 1942. (MLT22, $25.00)
 		  
Treason's Harbour  •  Patrick O'Brian   • LITERATURE  •  Stephen Maturin, Jack Aubrey and the crew of the H.M.S. Surprise contend with pirates and Napoleon's spies in this splendid novel set on and around Malta. (MLT16, $15.95)
 		  
Plant Life in the World's Mediterranean Climates  •  Paul Dallman   • NATURAL HISTORY  •  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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