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FATHER'S DAY

City of Fortune, How Venice Ruled the Seas

Roger Crowley

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PROVENCE & THE COTE D'AZUR

A Pig in Provence: Good Food and Simple Pleasures in the South of France

Georgeanne Brennan

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OUR FAVORITES

Arctic Dreams

Barry Lopez

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PENGUIN CLASSICS

The Log from the Sea of Cortez

John Steinbeck

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Aquavit and the New Scandinavian Cuisine


by Marcus Samuelsson

  • FOOD
  • 2003
  • HARD COVER
  • 302 PAGES

A wonderfully illustrated cookbook from the renowned chef at Aquavit, New York's premier restaurant for haute Scandinavian cuisine. (SCN40, $45.00)

Birds of Britain & Europe

Birds of Britain & Europe


by Hermann Heinzel | Richard Fitter | John Parslow

  • FIELD GUIDE
  • 1998
  • PAPER
  • 384 PAGES
  • OUT OF PRINT

This masterfully organized Collins Pocket Guide, featuring 3,000 color illustrations covers the birds of Europe, North Africa and the Middle East. (EUR49, $27.50)

Clara's Grand Tour, Travels With a Rhinoceros in Eighteenth-century Europe

Clara's Grand Tour, Travels With a Rhinoceros in Eighteenth-century Europe


by Glynis Ridley

  • HISTORY
  • 2006
  • PAPER
  • 240 PAGES

The entertaining history of an Indian rhinoceros named Clara, who was brought to Europe in 1741 by a Dutch sea captain and toured for seventeen years, to the delight of several heads of state. (FRN536, $12.00)

Efronia, An Armenian Love Story


by Stina Katchadourian

  • BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR
  • 2001
  • PAPER
  • 205 PAGES

The bittersweet memoir of an Armenian woman, from her youth and persecution in Turkey to her star-crossed love for an Iranian muslim and her emigration to the United States, warmly written by her daughter-in-law, who draws freely on Efronia's diaries. (TKY164, $20.00)

Fair Play


by Tove Jansson | Ali Smith | Thomas Teal

  • LITERATURE
  • 2011
  • PAPER
  • 136 PAGES

In a series of parable-like vignettes, Jansson frames the love story of two women artists, whose love carries them from their apartment building in Helsinki to a solitary island in the Gulf of Finland and later upon a trip to discover the American Southwest. Jansson's novel is winner of the 2009 Bernard Shaw Prize for translation. (SWE65, $14.00)

The Gothic Enterprise, A Guide to Understanding the Medieval Cathedral

The Gothic Enterprise, A Guide to Understanding the Medieval Cathedral


by Robert A. Scott

  • ART & ARCHITECTURE
  • 2005
  • PAPER
  • 294 PAGES

An enthusiast, Scott delves into the history, design, architecture and wonder of Europe's medieval cathedrals and great Abbey churches. (EUR190, $21.95)

Great Need over the Water, The Letters of Theresa Huntington Ziegler, Missionary to Turkey, 1898-1905


by Stina Katchadourian

  • BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR
  • 2000
  • PAPER

The collected letters of a Christian missionary in turn-of-the-century Turkey gives readers insights into the daily lives of Ottoman Armenians as well as an insider's view of the missionary community. (TKY163, $25.00)

Here Is Where We Meet

Here Is Where We Meet


by John Berger

  • LITERATURE
  • 2006
  • PAPER
  • 256 PAGES

This novel weaves a portrait of several European countries through encounters with the dead, from the narrator's mother, whom he discovers on a park bench in Lisbon, to a childhood friend wandering a market in Krakow. (EUR189, $15.00)

In Europe, Travels Through the Twentieth Century

In Europe, Travels Through the Twentieth Century


by Geert Mak

  • HISTORY
  • 2008
  • PAPER
  • 896 PAGES

Don't be put off by the heft of Mak's eye-opening account of Europe on the brink of the millennium. The chapters originally appeared on the front page of a Dutch newspaper, and his deft reports from disparate locales are light in touch, bridging history, travel and opinion. (EUR254, $21.00)

In Praise of Shadows

In Praise of Shadows


by Junichiro Tanizaki

  • ART & ARCHITECTURE
  • 2010
  • PAPER
  • 73 PAGES

An earthy meditation on traditional Japanese art, architecture and design, this essay by the great Japanese novelist, first published in 1933, offers tremendous insight into Japanese aesthetics. Most illuminating. (JPN19, $16.00)

Jean Sibelius


by Karl Ekman

  • BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR
  • 2006
  • PAPER
  • 332 PAGES

An up-to-date, well-researched biography of Sibelius, focused on the composer's life and personal history, rather than his music and its impact. (SCN53, $29.95)

Mammals of Europe

Mammals of Europe


by Priscilla Barrett | David W. MacDonald

  • FIELD GUIDE
  • 2002
  • PAPER
  • 320 PAGES

Published by Princeton, this is a field guide to land and marine mammals throughout Europe, both endemic and introduced. With more than 600 color illustrations of over 200 mammals. (FG61, $38.50)

The Real Vikings: Craftsmen, Traders and Fearsome Raiders


by Melvin Berger | Gilda Berger

  • HISTORY
  • 2003
  • HARD COVER
  • 54 PAGES
  • MIDDLE READERS (Age 9-12)

An engaging history for young readers which gives plenty of information about Viking culture and debunks several myths and exaggerations. (SCN31, $18.95)

The Royal Physician's Visit


by Per Olov Enquist

  • LITERATURE
  • 2002
  • PAPER
  • 320 PAGES
  • OUT OF PRINT

Swedish novelist Enquist fleshes out a footnote in Danish history in this story of the Enlightenment-era Danish court, the mad king Christian VII, the ambitious royal doctor and the passionate young queen. (DMK21, $19.99)

Say it in Finnish

Say it in Finnish


by Aili Flint

  • LANGUAGE & PHRASEBOOKS
  • 1984
  • PAPER
  • 206 PAGES

A palm-size pocket guide to common Finnish phrases and expressions for travelers, divided by topic and featuring a useful index. (SCN43, $5.95)

The Vikings, Lords of the Seas

The Vikings, Lords of the Seas


by Yves Cohat

  • HISTORY
  • 2010
  • PAPER
  • 175 PAGES

An indispensable reference that fits in your pocket, this slim volume is packed with maps, archival photographs and illustrations. It tells of the Norse homeland, discoveries and settlements, and features a useful chronology and excerpts from the Viking Sagas. Part of the "Discoveries" series. (VIK01, $15.95)

A Year in Lapland, Guest of the Reindeer Herders

A Year in Lapland, Guest of the Reindeer Herders


by Hugo Beach

  • TRAVEL NARRATIVE
  • 2001
  • PAPER
  • 242 PAGES
  • OUT OF PRINT

An account of a year among the Saami in Swedish Lapland. An anthropologist by training, the author combines travelogue, history and meditation on the cycle of life in the north. (SCN12, $26.95)

 

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