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Rough Guide Cyprus
Marc Dubin Damien Morris
GUIDEBOOK 2009 PAPER 522 PAGES
A no-nonsense, comprehensive travel guide to Cyprus with region-by-region descriptions and a good overview of history and culture. The outstanding British Rough Guide series provides an insider's sense of local life.
(CYP10, $19.99)
A Traveller's History of Cyprus
Timothy Boatswain
HISTORY 2005 PAPER 231 PAGES
A brief history of Cyprus from ancient times to today -- accessible and necessarily condensed. With a chronology and historical gazetteer.
(CYP08, $14.95)
In the Steps of St. Paul
H.V. Morton
TRAVEL NARRATIVE 2002 PAPER 528 PAGES
Travels throughout the Mediterranean in search of St. Paul, bible in hand. A pilgrim as much as a traveler, Morton journeys through Syria, Cyprus, Turkey, Macedonia, Greece and Rhodes in this classic account. Fittingly, his appreciative journey ends at the Tomb of St. Paul. As in all his many travel books, Morton charmingly mixing history with offhand humor, anecdote and keen observation.
(MED70, $22.00)
Cyprus Map
GeoCenter
MAP
Two-sided, detailed road and tourist map of Cyprus showing major highways and roads, scenic routes, rail and ferry lines, marinas, distances in kilometers, campgrounds/hotels/mountain refuges, natural features, and tourist sites. Placenames on map in both Roman and Greek alphabet. Insets of archaelogical sites of Kunio and Saranda Kolones and city insets of Kyrenia/Girne, Famagusta/Gazimagusa, Pafos, Larnaca, and Lemesos (Limassol). Brief history of the island and tourist sites in multiple languages on reverse side. Legend in German, Greek, English, Italian. Two Sides. 31x44 inches.
(CYP06, $12.95)
Blue Guide Cyprus
Bernard McDonagh
Ian Robertson
Lorna Bernard
GUIDEBOOK
Now in its fourth edition, this Blue Guide covers in detail the art, history, culture and architecture of Cyprus and offers practical travel information.
(CYP01, $19.95)
Eyewitness Guide Cyprus
Eyewitness Guides
GUIDEBOOK
This wonderfully organized and visually rich guide features outstanding maps, essays on culture, history and geography and a guide to attractions.
(CYP11, $20.00)
Lonely Planet Cyprus
Paul Hellander
GUIDEBOOK
Featuring 30 maps and archaeological sites, this Lonely Planet guide offers information on attractions, activities, traditional cuisine and tips for traveling between North and South Cyprus.
(CYP02, $19.99)
The Ancient Mediterranean
Michael Grant
CULTURAL PORTRAIT
Grant explores the realms of archaeology, geography, art and economics to sketch this classic portrait of the ancient world, from prehistory through the Roman Imperium, and the influence on western civilization.
(MED10, $20.00)
The Ottoman Centuries
Lord Kinross
HISTORY
A richly detailed, engrossing history of the Ottoman empire from its dawn in 1300 up to the foundation of the modern republic in 1923, enhanced by maps and photos.
(ITL54, $18.99)
Art of the Byzantine Era
David Talbot Rice
ART & ARCHITECTURE
An indispensable classic and a thoroughly illustrated introduction to Byzantine art, wide-ranging and literate. Though it focuses on early Christian Constantinople, the book also includes chapters on Sicily, Venice and the Slavonic art of the Balkans.
(TKY22, $16.95)
Bitter Lemons
Lawrence Durrell
BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR
Durrell's lyrical memoir evokes village life and the tumult of politics in Cyprus in the 1950s. Living and teaching on the island, he became caught in the movement for self determination.
(MED13, $12.00)
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)
Race of Scorpions
Dorothy Dunnett
LITERATURE
An absorbing tale of political intrigue set in the 15th-century Ottoman Empire and throughout the Mediterranean, including Cyprus.
(MED33, $16.95)
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