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	Mediterranean by Cruise Ship  •  Anne Vipond GUIDEBOOK •  2007 •  PAPER  • 368 PAGES The best-selling, compact guide, featuring excellent local maps, hundreds of color photographs, concise background information and recommended excursions for ports-of-call throughout Greece, Italy and the Mediterranean. Useful introductory chapters cover cruising, history, art & architecture and nature of the Mediterranean. With a pull-out map and hundreds of color photographs. (MED34, $21.95)
	The Ancient Mediterranean  •  Michael Grant CULTURAL PORTRAIT •  1990 •  PAPER  • 374 PAGES Grant, a well known classical scholar, draws on archaeology, geography, art and economics to paint a vivid picture of ancient cultures, from prehistory through the Roman Imperium, and their influence on western civilization. Illustrated with black-and-white photographs, and 19 maps of the region. (MED10, $18.00)
	Pillars of Hercules  •  Paul Theroux TRAVEL NARRATIVE •  1996 •  PAPER  • 509 PAGES Known for his wry wit, Theroux seems to have had an exceptionally good time on his tour of the Mediterranean. He sets off from Gibraltar by foot, horseback, train and boat along the coast of Spain to the French Riviera, Sardinia, Sicily and beyond. This masterful book combines anecdote, history and observation into a revealing portrait of place. He ends his journey at the other pillar, Jebel Musa, just across the Straits outside Ceuta in North Africa. (MED20, $17.00)
	Mediterranean Cruises Map  •   Freytag & Berndt 2008 •  MAP A double-sided, full-color map of the Mediterranean, including the Iberian Peninsula and Black Sea, North Africa and the Levant, at a scale of 1:2,000,000. Two Sides. 35.5X49 inches. (MED36, $12.95)

	Bradt Guide North Africa, The Roman Coast  •  Ethel Davis   • GUIDEBOOK • COMING IN SEPTEMBER  •  With site plans and a good overview of history and culture, this practical guide in the informative British series brings to life the ancient Roman heritage of modern-day Morocco, Algeria, Tunisia and Libya. (NAF68, $25.99)
	Insight Guide Mediterranean Cruises  •   Insight Guides   • GUIDEBOOK  •  Covering 120 ports of call throughout the Mediterranean from the Canary Islands to Egypt. (MED94, $22.95)
	A Book of Mediterranean Food  •  Elizabeth David   • FOOD  •  A classic mix of lore, literary asides, recipes and enthusiasm for the food and culture of France, Italy, Spain, Portugal, Greece and the Middle East. Published in the gloom of post-WWII Britain, David's tribute brims with affection for the strongly flavored food of the Mediterranean. (MED71, $14.95)
	A Mediterranean Feast, The Story of the Birth of the Celebrated Cuisines of the Mediterranean, from the Merchants of Venice t  •  Clifford A. Wright   • FOOD • COMING IN AUGUST  •  A culinary classic, this erudite, appetizing book takes in the scope of the food, people and history of the Mediterranean, mixing recipes with scholarship and an appreciation of place. (MED126, $39.95)
	Beyond the Edge of the Sea  •  Maurice Obregon   • HISTORY  •  The adventures of Jason and the Argonauts, Ulysses and other explorers of the ancient world are recreated in this personal account of ships, navigation and geographical discovery. (MED50, $15.00)
	Corrupting Sea, A Study of Mediterranean History  •  Peregrin Horden  •  Nicholas Purcell   • HISTORY  •  A provocative history of the relationship between people and their environments in the Mediterranean region. (MED115, $46.95)
	Empires of the Sea, The Siege of Malta, the Battle of Lepanto, and the Contest for the Center of the World  •  Roger Crowley   • HISTORY  •  Crowley vividly reconstructs the battle between Christianity and Islam for the control of the Mediterranean -- and the soul of 16th-century Europe -- in this thrilling account dramatic battles, brutality and larger-than-life personalities. (MED146, $16.00)
	Memory and the Mediterranean  •  Fernand Braudel  •  Sian Reynolds  •  Roselyne de Ayala   • HISTORY  •  A fascinating scholarly history of the Mediterranean by Fernand Braudel, covering the cultures of the Mediterranean from prehistory to the flowering of the Roman Empire. (MED51, $16.00)
	Sea of Faith  •  Stephen O'Shea   • HISTORY  •  O'Shea weaves a tale of conquest, co-existence and conflict in the medieval Mediterranean in this gripping account of seven key battles between Christians and Muslims. (MED95, $17.00)
	The Histories  •   Herodotus   • HISTORY  •  In what may be the first travel book, Herodotus records the heroic struggle between Europe and Asia that culminated in the invasion of Greece by Xerxes. (MED15, $10.00)
	The Mediterranean in History  •  David Abulafia   • CULTURAL PORTRAIT • COMING IN SEPTEMBER  •  An engaging, richly illustrated overview of the civilizations, societies and grand themes of the Mediterranean by a team of eight historians. (MED79, $50.00)
	The Middle Sea, A History of the Mediterranean  •  John Julius Norwich   • HISTORY  •  A marvelous writer who has already tackled Byzantium, the Normans in Sicily and Venice, Norwich spins his magic in this story of culture, trade and politics, royalty and rulers, wars and religion in the Mediterranean. (MED98, $20.00)
	Rough Guide Mediterranean Cafe Music  •   Various Artists   • MUSIC  •  A carefully chosen sampling of the diverse sounds of the cafe culture along the Mediterranean coasts, including music of Greece, Italy, France, Spain, Morocco, Algeria and Egypt. (MED100, $14.98)
	Sun-Drenched Gardens, The Mediterranean Style  •  Jan Smithen   • ART & ARCHITECTURE  •  This well photographed sourcebook documents Mediterranean horticultural style from Italian Renaissance villas to formal French parterres. (MED144, $40.00)
	Mediterranean Winter, The Pleasures of History and Landscape in Tunisia, Sicily, Dalmatia, and Greece  •  Robert D. Kaplan   • TRAVEL NARRATIVE  •  The prolific journalist and traveler revisits the Mediterranean of his youth in this extended meditation on the pleasures and freedom of life on the road. (MED78, $14.00)
	The Lawrence Durrell Travel Reader  •  Lawrence Durrell  •  Clint Willis   • TRAVEL NARRATIVE  •  Durrell's intoxicating reflections on Greece and the Mediterranean. With chapters on Corfu, Rhodes, Cyprus, Sicily, Delphi and Provence. (GRE186, $15.00)
	The Spirit of Mediterranean Places  •  Michel Butor   • TRAVEL NARRATIVE • FAVORITE  •  In this remarkable short book, the celebrated French novelist chronicles his travels to Cairo, Luxor, Crete, Istanbul and other Mediterranean sites in absorbing, appreciative painterly detail. (MED03, $13.95)
	Mediterranean Passages, Readings from Dido to Derrida  •  Miriam Cooke   • ANTHOLOGY  •  This compendium highlights 3,000 years of cultural exchange around the Mediterranean. With an assortment of maps, architectural drawings, photographs, paintings and historical and literary texts, it brings antiquity into conversation with the present. (MED139, $24.95)
	The Iliad/The Odyssey  •   Homer  •  Robert Fagles  •  Bernard Knox   • LITERATURE  •  A deluxe edition of the Fagles translation of Homer, celebrated for its clarity and expressiveness. In two hardcover volumes, with a handsome slipcase. (GRE282, $75.00)
	Plant Life in the World's Mediterranean Climates  •  Paul Dallman   • NATURAL HISTORY  •  Richly illustrated, clearly written and engaging, this book is an ecological overview of the landscapes, plants and vegetation types found in Mediterranean climates. (MED21, $35.95)
	The Nature of Mediterranean Europe, An Ecological History  •  A.T. Grove  •  Oliver Rackham   • NATURAL HISTORY  •  The authors -- a geographer and botanist -- trace ecological change in the Medterranean from prehistory to present in 20 beautifully illustrated chapters. With 345 color photographs, along with charts, graphs and black-and-white illustrations. (MED81, $50.00)
	Birds of the Mediterranean, A Photographic Guide  •  Paul Sterry   • FIELD GUIDE  •  A slim, concise and clearly organized guide to 440 species of birds from the Mediterranean. Range maps and descriptions are opposite good, clear color photographs, digitally enhanced to aid in identification. (MED82, $29.00)

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