Turkey: Modern Marvels & Ancient Wonders   |   READING AND TRAVEL GUIDE

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Essential Books These 4 items are available for $73, including
U.S. shipping, a 15% discount (Item no. EXTKY129)		  
Eyewitness Guide Turkey  •  Eyewitness Guides
GUIDEBOOK •  2012 •  PAPER  • 432 PAGES
Gorgeously illustrated and filled with excellent maps, this compact book provides a thorough overview of history, traditions and sights. With color photographs and maps. (TKY82, $30.00)		   Eyewitness Guide Turkey
Crescent and Star  •  Stephen Kinzer
CULTURAL PORTRAIT •  2008 •  PAPER  • 265 PAGES
This insightful anecdotal report on contemporary life, culture and politics in Turkey comes from a former New York Times Istanbul bureau chief who is especially attuned to the powerful geographic position of Turkey and its multiple identities in Europe, Asia and the Middle East. (TKY64, $17.00)		   Crescent and Star
Turkish Reflections, A Biography of a Place  •  Mary Lee Settle
TRAVEL NARRATIVE •  1991 •  PAPER  • 253 PAGES
A cross-country odyssey from the Aegean shores to the Bosporus and interior by an author and poet who lived in Bodrum 20 years before. Settle's captivating travelogue is a richly detailed portrait of contemporary Turkey, its people, monasteries, myths, archaeological treasures and living traditions. Exemplary. (TKY08, $16.99)		   Turkish Reflections, A Biography of a Place
Turkey Map  •  Freytag & Berndt
2011 •  MAP
A shaded relief map of all Turkey, including the Mediterranean and Black Sea coasts at a scale of 1:2,000,000 with a more detailed map of Western Turkey on the reverse (1:800,000). With a detailed, 32-page index. Two Sides. 35x44 inches. (TKY29, $14.95)		   Turkey Map



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A Guide to Biblical Sites in Greece and Turkey  •  Mitchell Reddish  •  Clyde Fant   • GUIDEBOOK  •  A guide to the places, history and archaeology of the journeys of the Apostle Paul across Turkey, Greece, and Cyprus, geared for the traveler. (MED90, $29.99)
 		  
Culture Smart! Turkey  •  Charlotte McPherson   • GUIDEBOOK  •  Take along this pocket guide to local customs, etiquette and culture. (TKY127, $9.95)
 		  
Lonely Planet Istanbul Encounter  •  Verity Campbell   • GUIDEBOOK  •  With a section of not-to-miss highlights, pull-out map and a calendar of annual events. (TKY151, $12.99)
 		  
Lonely Planet Turkish Phrasebook  •  Arzu Kurklu   • LANGUAGE & PHRASEBOOKS  •  With essential vocabulary for the traveler. (TKY115, $8.99)
 		  
The Western Shores of Turkey, Discovering the Aegean and Mediterranean Coasts  •  John Freely   • GUIDEBOOK • COMING IN  •  An excellent overview of the ancient sites of the Turkish coast from Gallipoli to Antioch, Pergamum, Ephesus and Halicarnassus. (TKY07, $24.95)
 		  
1453, The Holy War For Constantinople and the Clash of Islam and the West  •  Roger Crowley   • HISTORY  •  In this well-paced history, Crowley recounts with drama the events surrounding the fall of Constantinople to the Ottoman Turks. (TKY114, $15.99)
 		  
A Traveller's History of Turkey  •  Richard Stoneman   • HISTORY  •  An accessible, well-written overview of Turkish history from the Paleolithic to the present. (TKY13, $14.95)
 		  
Ancient Turkey, A Traveller's History  •  Seton Lloyd   • HISTORY  •  Turkey's archaeology and early history for the traveler by the former head of the British Archaeological Institute in Ankara. (TKY43, $28.95)
 		  
Islam, The Straight Path  •  John L. Esposito   • RELIGION  •  A well-written survey of the faith, practice and beliefs of Islam. It's a balanced tone intended for an undergraduate audience, yet it also functions as an excellent overview for the general reader. (MDE22, $49.95)
 		  
Istanbul and the Civilization of the Ottoman Empire  •  Bernard Lewis   • HISTORY • FAVORITE  •  In this slim volume the great Islamic scholar describes the invasion of Constantinople by the Ottoman Turks on May 29, 1453, evoking the city at this pivotal moment in its long history. (TKY17, $24.95)
 		  
Lords of the Horizons  •  Jason Goodwin   • HISTORY  •  Goodwin artfully combines his modern travels with scholarship, history and reflection, capturing the outrageous personalities, events and vagaries of the 600-year-old Ottoman empire. (TKY44, $17.00)
 		  
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, $18.99)
 		  
Art of the Byzantine Era  •  David Talbot Rice   • ART & ARCHITECTURE  •  Wide-ranging and literate, this thoroughly illustrated introduction to Byzantine art is an indispensable classic. (TKY22, $21.95)
 		  
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Istanbul, Memories and the City  •  Orhan Pamuk   • BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR  •  Nobel Prize-winner Pamuk writes with quiet grace of the city of his birth, celebrated in his many novels: a magical place of crumbling mansions and Ottoman riches, mingling Asian, Islamic, secular and European influences. (TKY99, $16.95)
 		  
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