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MEDITERRANEAN CRUISES & ISLANDS
Cyprus
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READING AND TRAVEL GUIDE
Here's a page from Longitude, the specialty bookseller for travelers. To order online, and to see the latest, most comprehensive selection of books and maps, go to http://reading.longitudebooks.com/MT3116. You may also call 800-342-2164 to order or request a catalog.
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These 4 items are available
for $67, including
U.S. shipping, a 15% discount (Item no. EXCYP6) |
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Eyewitness Guide Cyprus
• 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) |
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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) |
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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) |
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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, $14.95) |
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Blue Guide Cyprus
• Bernard McDonagh
• Ian Robertson
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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)
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Lonely Planet Cyprus
• Paul Hellander
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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)
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Rough Guide Cyprus
• Marc Dubin
• Damien Morris
• GUIDEBOOK
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A no-nonsense, comprehensive travel guide to Cyprus with region-by-region descriptions and a good overview of history and culture.
(CYP10, $19.99)
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Sea of Faith
• Stephen O'Shea
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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)
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The Ancient Mediterranean
• Michael Grant
• CULTURAL PORTRAIT
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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)
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The Mediterranean in History
• David Abulafia
• CULTURAL PORTRAIT
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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)
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The Middle Sea
• John Julius Norwich
• HISTORY
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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)
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The Ottoman Centuries
• Lord Kinross
• HISTORY
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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)
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Art of the Byzantine Era
• David Talbot Rice
• ART & ARCHITECTURE
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Wide-ranging and literate, this thoroughly illustrated introduction to Byzantine art is an indispensable classic.
(TKY22, $21.95)
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Bitter Lemons
• Lawrence Durrell
• BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR
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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)
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Paul, The Mind of the Apostle
• A.N. Wilson
• BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR
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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)
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Death in Cyprus
• M. M. Kaye
• MYSTERY
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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)
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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, $16.95)
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