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Eyewitness Guide Cyprus

Eyewitness Guide Cyprus

by Eyewitness Guides

  • GUIDEBOOK
  • 2010
  • PAPER
  • 216 PAGES

This wonderfully organized and visually rich guide features outstanding maps, essays on culture, history and geography and a guide to attractions. (CYP11, $20.00)

A Traveller's History of Cyprus

A Traveller's History of Cyprus

by 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

In the Steps of St. Paul

by H.V. Morton

  • TRAVEL NARRATIVE
  • 2002
  • PAPER
  • 528 PAGES

Playing both pilgrim and traveler in this book, Morton charmingly mixes history with offhand humor, anecdote and keen observation. Bible in hand, he journeys through Syria, Cyprus, Turkey, Macedonia, Greece and Rhodes, ending fittingly at the Tomb of St. Paul. (MED70, $22.00)

Cyprus Map

Cyprus Map

by GeoCenter

  • MAP

This detailed, double-sided map (1:200,000) includes city and site plans. With a brief history and noteworthy sites on the reverse. (CYP06, $14.95)

 
Mediterranean Explorer

Mediterranean Explorer


by Ocean Explorer Maps

  • 2006
  • MAP
  • 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)

Blue Guide Cyprus

Blue Guide Cyprus


by Bernard McDonagh | Ian Robertson | Lorna Bernard

  • GUIDEBOOK
  • 1998
  • PAPER
  • 255 PAGES

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)

Lonely Planet Cyprus

Lonely Planet Cyprus


by Paul Hellander

  • GUIDEBOOK
  • 2009
  • PAPER
  • 276 PAGES

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)

Rough Guide Cyprus

Rough Guide Cyprus


by 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. (CYP10, $19.99)

Sea of Faith

Sea of Faith


by Stephen O'Shea

  • HISTORY
  • 2009
  • PAPER
  • 352 PAGES

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 Ancient Mediterranean

The Ancient Mediterranean


by Michael Grant

  • CULTURAL PORTRAIT
  • 1990
  • PAPER
  • 374 PAGES

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 Mediterranean in History

The Mediterranean in History


by David Abulafia

  • CULTURAL PORTRAIT
  • 2011
  • PAPER
  • 320 PAGES

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

The Middle Sea


by John Julius Norwich

  • HISTORY
  • 2007
  • PAPER
  • 720 PAGES

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)

The Ottoman Centuries

The Ottoman Centuries


by Lord Kinross

  • HISTORY
  • 1988
  • PAPER
  • 638 PAGES

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

Art of the Byzantine Era


by David Talbot Rice

  • ART & ARCHITECTURE
  • 1985
  • PAPER
  • 286 PAGES

Wide-ranging and literate, this thoroughly illustrated introduction to Byzantine art is an indispensable classic. (TKY22, $21.95)

Bitter Lemons

Bitter Lemons


by Lawrence Durrell

  • BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR
  • 2009
  • PAPER
  • 128 PAGES

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

Paul, The Mind of the Apostle


by A.N. Wilson

  • BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR
  • 1998
  • PAPER
  • 273 PAGES

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)

Death in Cyprus

Death in Cyprus


by M. M. Kaye

  • MYSTERY
  • 2001
  • PAPER
  • 211 PAGES

When a murder disrupts their Mediterranean cruise, Amanda Derrington and her uncle must go ashore in Cyprus. But has the murderer followed them? (MED66, $17.99)

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)

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