Welcome!

Enrich Your Travels with Longitude

We've got the classic, new and hard-to-find books and maps to help you get the most out of your adventures.

SIGN UP FOR

Longitude News

Get our monthly e-mail update

GET A

Catalog

BEST OF 2011

Wild Coast

John Gimlette

SEE ALL >

FOR THE HOLIDAYS

To the Arctic

Florian Schultz

SEE ALL >

OUR FAVORITES

Arctic Dreams

Barry Lopez

SEE ALL >

GLOBES

The Pioneer

Replogle

SEE ALL >

JORDAN

Worth Looking For

Petra and the Lost Kingdom of the Nabataeans

Petra and the Lost Kingdom of the Nabataeans


by Jane Taylor

  • CULTURAL PORTRAIT
  • 2005
  • PAPER
  • 224 PAGES
  • OUT OF PRINT

Petra's history from the Stone Age to the Nabataeans (who constructed the city) through the Crusades is documented with 150 full-color photographs. (JRD11, $24.95)

Petra, A Traveller's Guide

Petra, A Traveller's Guide


by Rosalyn Maqsood | Ann Jousiffe

  • GUIDEBOOK
  • 2002
  • PAPER
  • 236 PAGES
  • OUT OF PRINT

This excellent compact guide features 10 walking tours and practical details for getting the most out of visiting Petra. Please take the history chapter with a grain of salt; the biblical information is peculiar at best -- and unneeded. (MDE02, $19.95)

Leap of Faith, Memoirs of an Unexpected Life

Leap of Faith, Memoirs of an Unexpected Life


by Queen Noor

  • BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR
  • 2005
  • PAPER
  • 496 PAGES
  • OUT OF PRINT

The absorbing, personal story of Jordan's American-born Queen Noor touches upon her husband's efforts at peacemaking, his death and contemporary Arab-Israeli relations. (JRD21, $15.99)

Petra

Petra


by Maria G. A. Guzzo | E. Equini Schneider

  • CULTURAL PORTRAIT
  • 2002
  • HARD COVER
  • 197 PAGES
  • OUT OF PRINT

An illustrated overview of the history and culture of the Nabateans and guide to the city of Petra, its art and architecture by two Italian archaeologists. With 97 color plates, archival drawings and maps. (MDE68, $48.00)

Longitude provides recommended reading for travelers in partnership with the leading tour operators and travel programs for hundreds of destinations worldwide. We've got the classic, new and hard-to-find books and maps to help you get the most out of your adventures.