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Hagia Sophia, Architecture, Structure and Liturgy of Justinian's Great Church


by Rowland Mainstone

  • ART & ARCHITECTURE
  • 1997
  • PAPER
  • 288 PAGES
  • OUT OF PRINT

This book should delight any traveler to Istanbul interested in history and architecture. (TKY24, $39.95)

Reflections on a Marine Venus

Reflections on a Marine Venus


by Lawrence Durrell

  • TRAVEL NARRATIVE
  • 2009
  • PAPER
  • 198 PAGES

The great novelist writes of the warmth of the people and the intoxicating beauty of Rhodes in this classic ode, originally published in 1953. Also out in new editions are Durrell's books on Corfu (GRE48), Cyprus (MED13) and Sicily (ITL08). (GRE29, $12.00)

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