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MEDITERRANEAN
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/LO3116. You may also call 800-342-2164 to order or request a catalog.
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Rough Guide Cyprus
Marc Dubin
Damien Morris
GUIDEBOOK
2005
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, $18.99) |
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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
A colorful map of the island of Cyprus, at a scale of 1:250,000.
(CYP06, $11.95) |
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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) |
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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) |
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Eyewitness Top Ten Cyprus
Eyewitness Guides
GUIDEBOOK
A compact, illustrated guide in the popular series, featuring favorite attractions in Cyprus.
(CYP09, $10.00) |
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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) |
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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, $18.00) |
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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, $18.95) |
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Ancient Art from Cyprus, The Cesnola Collection in the Metropolitan Museum of Art
Metropolitan Museum of Art
Vassos Karageorghis
Marice Rose
ART & ARCHITECTURE
Published in conjunction with the Metropolitan Museum of Art, this book features 500 objects from the museum's Cesnola Collection, the best outside of Cyprus.
(CYP04, $60.00) |
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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) |
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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) |
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The Lawrence Durrell Travel Reader
Lawrence Durrell
Clint Willis
TRAVEL NARRATIVE
Durrell's intoxicating reflections on Greece and the Mediterranean. With chapters on Corfu, Rhodes, Cyprus, Sicily, Delphi and Provence.
(GRE186, $15.00) |
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Death in Cyprus
M. M. Kaye
MYSTERY
When a murder disrupts their Mediterranean cruise, Amanda Derrington and her uncle must go ashore in Cyprus. But has the murderer followed them?
(MED66, $14.95) |
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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, $15.95) |
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