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	Footprint Morocco Handbook  •  Justin McGuinness GUIDEBOOK •  2008 •  PAPER  • 560 PAGES • COMING IN AUGUST This comprehensive guide in the British series reflects the spirit of its author, an Arabic speaker who taught at the University of Tunis and has an interest in medinas. With an overview of culture and history, color maps, site diagrams and detailed practical information. (MRC18, $24.95)
	Dreams of Trespass, Tales of a Harem Girlhood  •  Fatima Mernissi BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR •  1995 •  PAPER  • 242 PAGES • FAVORITE This gentle memoir captures the hierarchy and decorum of growing up behind the door of a harem, which, as the author explains, is not necessarily a collection of wives, but rather a house in which all the women of a family are secluded. The work is also an engrossing portrait of Fez in the 1940s. Mernissi, a sociologist, brings to vivid and often hilarious detail the exploits of the various women in the house: her mother, fighting against the veil, her grandmother, clinging to tradition, and especially a divorced aunt, who teaches her much about rebellion. Surely the most charming feminist tract ever written. (Mernissi has also written "Beyond the Veil," a scholarly study of relations between the genders in Muslim society, item MDE35.) (MRC10, $17.00)
	The Conquest of Morocco  •  Douglas Porch HISTORY •  2005 •  PAPER  • 335 PAGES A lively history of the French conquest of Morocco, 1903 to 1914, including an excellent portrait of Hubert Lyautey, who led the French military campaign. Among the many pleasures of this scholarly, entertainingly written and often humorous history is its portrait of turn-of-the-century Morocco and the sultanates that ruled over the region. With 15 photographs and a map. (MRC25, $15.00)
	In Morocco  •  Edith Wharton TRAVEL NARRATIVE •  2004 •  PAPER  • 223 PAGES A very enjoyable account of Edith Wharton's month-long journey through Morocco just after World War I. Though it feels dated in that she was in thrall to the French (the famed resident-general Lyautey was her guide), what's remarkable is just how contemporary her descriptions feel. She captures the landscapes, architecture and many aspects of Muslim culture and history, and especially the cities of Rabat, Fez, and Marrakech. (MRC02, $14.95)
	Lonely Planet Moroccan Arabic Phrasebook  •  Dan Bacon LANGUAGE & PHRASEBOOKS •  2008 •  PAPER  • 176 PAGES A handy phrasebook with pronunciation, basic grammar and essential vocabulary. (MRC15, $8.99)
	Morocco Map  •   World Mapping Project 2003 •  MAP A colorful shaded relief map of Morocco at a scale 1:1,000,000. Using the latest cartography from the World Mapping Project, the full color map, printed on rip-proof and waterproof paper, includes topographic features, latitude and longitude, and key visitor attractions. Water depths are indicated by contour lines in shades of blue and white. (MRC13, $9.99)

	Marrakesh Map  •   World Mapping Project    •  A convenient city map including the coastal resort of Essaouria. (MRC73, $8.99)
	Cadogan Morocco  •  Barnaby Rogerson   • GUIDEBOOK  •  An exemplary guide in the British series, this personal, comprehensive handbook combines Rogerson's insightful cultural and historical background with his savvy practical information, outstanding recommendations on what to see and where to stay and eat. (MRC50, $24.95)
	Eyewitness Guide Morocco  •   Eyewitness Guides   • GUIDEBOOK  •  Gorgeously illustrated and filled with excellent maps, this compact guide introduces Morocco's history, culture and attractions. (MRC58, $25.00)
	Arabesque, A Taste of Morocco, Turkey, And Lebanon  •  Claudia Roden   • FOOD  •  Roden leavens 150 well-chosen, classic recipes of North Africa and the Middle East with scraps of history, culture and tales. With 93 color photographs. (MED99, $35.00)
	A Traveller's History of North Africa  •  Barnaby Rogerson   • HISTORY  •  Wide-ranging, accessible and effectively condensed, this brief history marches confidently through the centuries, covering key events and personalities in Morocco, Tunisia and Algeria through the 1990s. (NAF01, $15.95)
	Islam, A Short History  •  Karen Armstrong   • RELIGION  •  Armstrong brings authority and experience to this clear-headed, vivid survey of the history and impact of Islam from the birth of Muhammad to present day challenges. A Modern Library Chronicles book. (ISL15, $14.95)
	Morocco Since 1830, A History  •  C. R. Pennell   • HISTORY  •  A scholarly, highly recommended history of the politics of modern Morocco, with a focus on the various colonial influences that have shaped its cultural landscape. With black-and-white photographs, maps and tables. (MRC31, $25.00)
	Morocco, The Islamist Awakening and Other Challenges  •  Marvine Howe   • CULTURAL PORTRAIT  •  A lively survey of political, social and cultural life in Morocco under King Mohammed V. (MRC75, $16.95)
	Nine Parts of Desire, The Hidden World of Islamic Women  •  Geraldine Brooks   • CULTURAL PORTRAIT  •  A highly readable overview of the role of women in Islamic society, drawn from the author's many interviews with women throughout the Arab World. (ARB06, $14.95)
	A Year in Marrakesh  •  Peter Mayne   • TRAVEL NARRATIVE  •  This brilliantly entertaining, insightful classic account of Marrakesh captures the rhythm and spirit of life in the alleyways of the Medina in the 1950s. (MRC55, $25.95)
	Lords of the Atlas, The Rise and Fall of the House of Glaoua  •  Gavin Maxwell   • TRAVEL NARRATIVE  •  Set in the medieval city of Marrakesh and the majestic kasbahs of the High Atlas mountains, Lords of the Atlas tells the extraordinary story of the Madani and T'hami el Glaoui, warlord brothers who carved out a feudal fiefdom in southern Morocco in the early twentieth century. (MRC35, $32.95)
	Mogreb-El-Acksa, A Journey in Morocco  •  R B Cunninghame Graham   • TRAVEL NARRATIVE  •  Among the pleasures of this classic account of Cunninghame's trek to the forbidden city of Tarudant, originally published in 1898, is his portrait of Berber life in Morocco's High Atlas. (MRC11, $19.95)
	Morocco That Was  •  Walter Harris   • TRAVEL NARRATIVE  •  A piercingly funny and sharp eyewitness account of the Sultanate by the eccentric London Times correspondent in Tangiers. Harris lived in the country for 30 years, which gave him unusual access to the Moorish court and civic life. (MRC59, $24.95)
	The Caliph's House, A Year in Casablanca  •  Tahir Shah   • TRAVEL NARRATIVE • NEW  •  Shah is a marvelous storyteller, weaving Moroccan customs and history with deft portraits of neighbors, craftsmen and others in this entertaining tale of the transformation of a crumbling palace in Casablanca. (MRC66, $13.00)
	Marrakesh, Through Writers' Eyes  •  Barnaby Rogerson  •  Stephen Lavington   • ANTHOLOGY  •  A choice collection of travel writing on the Red City by 40 luminarries, including George Orwell, Winston Churchill, Gavin Maxwell, and Peter Mayne. (MRC72, $33.95)
	Leo Africanus  •  Amin Maalouf   • LITERATURE  •  A fictional memoir of the first 40 years in the life of Leo Africanus, a Muslim whose travels led him throughout the Mediterranean and North Africa in the 15th and 16th centuries. (MED55, $16.95)
	The Spider's House  •  Paul Bowles   • LITERATURE  •  Set in Fez during a 1954 nationalist uprising, this richly descriptive novel may be the most evocative of Bowles' many novels and stories set in Morocco. Originally published in 1955. (MRC08, $14.95)

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