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Essential Books These 5 items are available for $76, including
U.S. shipping, a 15% discount (Item no. EXMRC68)		  
Footprint Marrakech, the High Atlas & Essaouira  •  Julius Honnor
GUIDEBOOK •  2010 •  PAPER  • 240 PAGES
Whether you are headed for one of the myriad restored riads (perfect for a family), the marvels of the newly restored La Mamounia (Churchill's favorite hotel) or an experience with the Berbers at Kasbah Toubkal in the High Atlas, this guide will do the trick. Compact and informative, it zeroes in on highly recommended excursions, experiences and itineraries, including a concise overview of the region, its history, nature, architecture and culture. With enticing color photographs, a month-by-month overview of weather and festivities and maps. (AFR254, $21.95)		   Footprint Marrakech, the High Atlas & Essaouira
Culture Smart! Morocco  •  Jillian York
GUIDEBOOK •  2006 •  PAPER  • 168 PAGES
A concise, well-illustrated and practical guide to local customs, etiquette and culture. (MRC70, $9.95)		   Culture Smart! Morocco
Lonely Planet Moroccan Arabic Phrasebook  •  Dan Bacon
LANGUAGE & PHRASEBOOKS •  2008 •  PAPER  • 176 PAGES
This handy phrasebook includes pronunciation, basic grammar and essential vocabulary. (MRC15, $8.99)		   Lonely Planet Moroccan Arabic Phrasebook
A Year in Marrakesh  •  Peter Mayne
TRAVEL NARRATIVE •  2003 •  PAPER  • 190 PAGES
This brilliantly entertaining, insightful classic account of Marrakesh captures the rhythm and spirit of life in the backways of the Medina in the 1950s. First published by John Murray as The Alleys of Marrakesh. (MRC55, $27.95)		   A Year in Marrakesh
Morocco Map  •  Michelin Travel Publications
2009 •  MAP • BEST SELLER
A road map in the Michelin style, featuring city and town plans, as well as a full place name index. Tough cardboard cover. Scale 1:1,000,000. Two Sides. 28x36 inches. (MRC13, $11.95)		   Morocco Map



Also Recommended

Marrakesh & Northern Morocco Map  •  ITMB    •  Featuring a detailed walking map of the Medina and surrounding New Town on one side and a map of Northern Morocco at 1:740,000 on the reverse. With insets of Rabat and Tangier. (MRC105, $10.95)
 		  
Eat Smart in Morocco  •  Joan Peterson   • GUIDEBOOK  •  This handy brief guide is subtitled "How to Decipher the Menu, Know the Market Foods & Embark on a Tasting Adventure." (MRC76, $12.95)
 		  
Eyewitness Guide Morocco  •  Eyewitness Guides   • GUIDEBOOK • BEST SELLER  •  Gorgeously illustrated and filled with excellent maps, this compact guide introduces Morocco's history, culture and attractions. (MRC58, $30.00)
 		  
Shopping in Marrakech  •  Susan Simon   • GUIDEBOOK  •  Divided into seven separate walks through shopping areas, this small, handy guide with excellent maps is extremely helpful for navigating the labyrinthine mazes of Marrakech and its markets. (MRC101, $18.95)
 		  
Arabesque, A Taste of Morocco, Turkey, and Lebanon  •  Claudia Roden   • FOOD  •  With 100 color photos of food, people and places, this enchanting cookbook by a leading authority is filled with not just subtle, simple recipes but also stories, culture and history. (MED99, $37.50)
 		  
Couscous and Other Good Food from Morocco  •  Paula Wolfert   • FOOD  •  In this book, Worlfert turns her attentions to Morocco and its cuisine, with great results. (MRC43, $19.99)
 		  
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 to 1999. (NAF01, $15.95)
 		  
Islam, A Short History  •  Karen Armstrong   • HISTORY  •  Armstrong brings authority and experience to this vivid, clear-headed survey of the history and impact of Islam from the birth of Muhammad to present-day challenges. (ISL15, $15.95)
 		  
Morocco, The Islamist Awakening and Other Challenges  •  Marvine Howe   • CULTURAL PORTRAIT  •  A penetrating look at political, social and cultural life in Morocco under King Mohammed V, by a former New York Times correspondent. (MRC75, $20.00)
 		  
The Berbers  •  Michael Brett  •  Elizabeth Fentress   • CULTURAL PORTRAIT  •  A comprehensive overview of the indigenous people of North Africa from antiquity through the Roman and Islamic periods to modern times. It surveys the history, literature and culture of the Berbers, exploring the identity they have forged in the region. (NAF02, $49.95)
 		  
Morocco Courtyards and Gardens  •  Achva Benzinberg Stein   • ART & ARCHITECTURE  •  The palace, mosque and other signature walled gardens of Marrakech, Fez and Rabat are featured in color photographs and aerial views. (MRC94, $50.00)
 		  
Dreams of Trespass, Tales of a Harem Girlhood  •  Fatima Mernissi   • BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR • FAVORITE  •  This captivating memoir opens, "I was born in a harem in 1940 in Fez, a ninth-century Moroccan city." Mernissi captures not only the spirit of the place, but also the hierarchy and decorum of a family compound in a Muslim household. (MRC10, $17.00)
 		  
Glory in a Camel's Eye, A Perilous Trek Through the Greatest African Desert  •  Jeffrey Tayler   • TRAVEL NARRATIVE  •  The you-are-there narrative of a 535-mile trek across the Draa Valley in the Moroccan Sahara. (NAF35, $14.95)
 		  
In Morocco  •  Edith Wharton   • TRAVEL NARRATIVE  •  Wharton's enjoyable account of her month-long journey through Morocco after WWI captures the landscapes, architecture and many aspects of Muslim culture and history, and especially the cities of Rabat, Fez and Marrakech. (MRC02, $10.95)
 		  
Lords of the Atlas  •  Gavin Maxwell   • TRAVEL NARRATIVE • HARD TO FIND ELSEWHERE  •  Set in the medieval city of Marrakech and the majestic kasbahs of the High Atlas mountains, this is a rousing history and a vivid portrait of life in French colonial Morocco. Maxwell (Ring of Bright Water) follows the fate of the despotic Glaoui clan from 1893 to independence. (MRC35, $32.95)
 		  
Morocco, In the Labyrinth of Dreams and Bazaars  •  Walter M. Weiss   • TRAVEL NARRATIVE  •  Weiss takes in Tangiers and Casablanca, the medieval centers of Fes and Meknes, remote Kasbahs in the Atlas mountains and the bazaars of Marrakech in this account of modern travels through Morocco. (MRC98, $19.95)
 		  
Sahara Unveiled, A Journey across the Desert  •  William Langewiesche   • TRAVEL NARRATIVE  •  Traveling across the Sahara from Algiers to Dakar, Langeweische has written an uncommonly good memoir of the desert, with meditations on its history, inhabitants and allure. (NAF05, $16.00)
 		  
The Caliph's House, A Year in Casablanca  •  Tahir Shah   • TRAVEL NARRATIVE • BEST SELLER  •  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, $16.00)
 		  
Lulu in Marrakech  •  Diane Johnson   • LITERATURE  •  A comedy of manners both witty and weighty. When Lulu goes to Marrakech -- ostensibly for an old flame, but really to investigate radical Islamic groups for the CIA -- she finds herself suspended between two cultures and in dangerous circumstances. (MRC93, $15.00)
 		  
Marrakesh, Through Writers' Eyes  •  Barnaby Rogerson  •  Stephen Lavington   • ANTHOLOGY  •  A choice collection of travel writing on the Red City by 40 luminaries, including George Orwell, Winston Churchill, Gavin Maxwell and Peter Mayne. (MRC72, $33.95)
 		  
Morocco, The Traveller's Companion  •  Margar Bidwell   • ANTHOLOGY  •  Pepys, Defoe, Twain, Orwell and Wharton, as well as famous Muslim travelers such as Leo Africanus and a host of others -- merchants, sailors, consuls and scholars-- are all included in this anthology. (MRC113, $24.95)
 		  
The Sand Child  •  Alan Sheridan  •  Tahar Ben Jelloun   • LITERATURE  •  The politically charged novel of Mohammed Ahmed, a girl raised as a boy to escape the limited life offered women in Islamic society. (MRC27, $22.95)
 		  
The Serpent's Daughter  •  Suzanne Arruda   • MYSTERY  •  With lots of colorful background on Moroccan history and culture, Jade del Cameron (what a name!) is accused by the French colonial authorities of killing a man. (MRC83, $16.00)
 		  
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 works set in Morocco. Originally published in 1955. (MRC08, $14.99)
 		  
Camel  •  Robert Irwin   • NATURAL HISTORY  •  Camel joins Cat, Dog, Parrot and Penguin in this droll series by Reaktion Books in Britain, which pairs inspired authors with iconic animals. In this latest, Robert Irwin traces the camel from its origins to its role in the development of Arabic society to the present -- including the plight of camel herders in Darfur and its endangered status in Mongolia and China -- in this illustrated, informed survey of the camel and its role in society and history. (BST149, $19.95)
 		  
 
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