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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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MARCO POLO: ANCIENT TRADE ROUTES OF THE MYSTIC EAST

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Asia Map

Asia Map


by Kummerly and Frey

  • MAP

A map of all Asia, including the Arabian Peninsula. (ASA12, $18.95)

Culture Smart! India

Culture Smart! India


by Becky Stephen

  • GUIDEBOOK
  • 2010
  • PAPER
  • 168 PAGES

A concise, well-illustrated guide to both social and business customs in India. (IDA298, $9.95)

Culture Smart! Oman

Culture Smart! Oman


by Simone Nowell

  • GUIDEBOOK
  • 2009
  • PAPER
  • 168 PAGES

This handy introduction to local attitudes, beliefs and culture includes tips for travelers. (ARB114, $9.95)

Eyewitness Top 10 Dubai and Abu Dhabi

Eyewitness Top 10 Dubai and Abu Dhabi


by Eyewitness Guides

  • GUIDEBOOK
  • 2010
  • PAPER
  • 144 PAGES

A compact, illustrated guide in the popular series, featuring favorite attractions. (ARB95, $14.00)

A History of the Arab Peoples

A History of the Arab Peoples


by Albert Hourani

  • HISTORY
  • 2010
  • PAPER
  • 624 PAGES

Called a landmark, masterpiece and essential to understanding the Middle East, Hourani's acclaimed chronicle of the political, spiritual, religious and cultural traditions of the Arab peoples is brought up to date with an afterword by noted Islamic scholar Malise Ruthven. (MDE11, $18.95)

In Spite of the Gods, The Strange Rise of Modern India

In Spite of the Gods, The Strange Rise of Modern India


by Edward Luce

  • HISTORY
  • 2008
  • PAPER
  • 346 PAGES

Luce tackles the challenges and reality of the world's largest democracy with insight and balance in this portrait of a nation in transition. (IDA349, $16.00)

India Map

India Map


by ITMB

  • 2009
  • MAP

The most detailed shaded relief map (at a scale of 1:2,100,000) of India available. (IDA18, $12.95)

India Unveiled

India Unveiled


by Robert Arnett

  • CULTURAL PORTRAIT
  • 2007
  • HARD COVER
  • 215 PAGES

A celebration of the people, landscapes and traditional culture of India, organized regionally and featuring 268 beautiful color photographs. It's a revealing, insightful portrait of the country combining history, geography and travelogue. (IDA107, $55.00)

Insight Guide India

Insight Guide India


by Insight Guides

  • GUIDEBOOK
  • 2011
  • PAPER
  • 496 PAGES

An illustrated overview of India, with essays on its attractions, history, nature and culture. Includes introductions to the major temples, forts and wildlife sites, and plenty of color photos and maps. (IDA19, $24.99)

Lonely Planet Oman, UAE, & Arabian Peninsula

Lonely Planet Oman, UAE, & Arabian Peninsula


by Lonely Planet Publications

  • GUIDEBOOK
  • 2010
  • PAPER
  • 596 PAGES

A practical guide to the gulf states including Bahrain, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates and Yemen. (ARB87, $31.99)

Mangoes & Curry Leaves, Culinary Travels Through the Great Subcontinent


by Jeffrey Alford | Naomi Duguid

  • FOOD
  • 2005
  • HARD COVER
  • 416 PAGES

In this latest book the roving, food-loving authors (Hot Sour Salty Sweet) travel the seven countries of the Indian Subcontinent: Pakistan, India, Nepal, Bhutan, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka and the Maldives, collecting not only 200 recipes but also engaging tales of the people, history and adventures. With color photographs of food and places throughout. (IDA320, $45.00)

Midnight's Children

Midnight's Children


by Salman Rushdie

  • LITERATURE
  • 2006
  • PAPER
  • 533 PAGES
  • FAVORITE

Crowned Best of the Booker in 2008, Rushdie's greatest novel is a madcap, comic take on the birth of modern India in all its splendid and unexpected manifestations. (IDA12, $16.00)

Motoring with Mohammed, Journeys to Yemen and the Red Sea

Motoring with Mohammed, Journeys to Yemen and the Red Sea


by Eric Hansen

  • TRAVEL NARRATIVE
  • 1992
  • PAPER
  • 240 PAGES
  • FAVORITE

Shipwrecked en route from the Maldives, rescued with his buddies by Eritrean goat smugglers, and an accidental tourist in Sana'a, Hansen's misadventures make a terrific story. Even better, he provides a rich portrait of a little-known region. (ARB11, $16.00)

My Family and Other Saints

My Family and Other Saints


by Kirin Narayan

  • BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR
  • 2008
  • PAPER
  • 224 PAGES

Narayan's engaging and quirky memoir portrays the Western craze for Eastern mysticism and her own struggle to sort through her bicultural Bombay childhood. (IDA526, $15.00)

Oman, United Arab Emirates Map

Oman, United Arab Emirates Map


by Gizi Map

  • MAP

Oman and the UAE at a scale of 1:1,250,000. (ARB48, $15.95)

The Penguin Historical Atlas of Ancient Civilizations

The Penguin Historical Atlas of Ancient Civilizations


by John Haywood | Simon Hall

  • HISTORY
  • 2005
  • PAPER
  • 144 PAGES

A slim, informative history of ancient civilizations tracing the development of cultures in Mesopotamia and the Near East, China and India, Egypt and Africa, Greece and Rome, Peru and Mexico through excellent color maps. With color photographs, illustrations and succinct accompanying text. (WLD71, $20.00)

The Penguin Historical Atlas of Ancient Egypt

The Penguin Historical Atlas of Ancient Egypt


by Bill Manley

  • HISTORY
  • 1996
  • PAPER
  • 144 PAGES

Ingenious color maps, site plans, photographs and accompanying essays trace Egyptian civilization from the founding of Memphis through the sacking of Thebes and invasion by Alexander the Great in 332 BC in this authoritative, remarkably concise history. (EGY54, $20.00)

Seven Pillars of Wisdom, A Triumph

Seven Pillars of Wisdom, A Triumph


by T.E. Lawrence

  • BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR
  • 1991
  • PAPER
  • 672 PAGES

The monumental story of Lawrence of Arabia, as colorful and long as the famous movie which it inspired. Some of the action is set around Wadi Rum in Jordan. (MDE20, $21.00)

Traveling Through Egypt, From 450 B.C. to the Twentieth Century

Traveling Through Egypt, From 450 B.C. to the Twentieth Century


by Sahar Abdel-Hakim | Deborah Manley

  • BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR
  • 2008
  • PAPER
  • 255 PAGES

From Herodotus to Napoleon, Flaubert to Twain, Egypt has long enchanted travelers, as shown by this choice anthology of excerpts from centuries of travelogues, histories and memoirs. (EGY237, $24.95)

 

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