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Eyewitness Guide Istanbul
Eyewitness Guides
GUIDEBOOK 2007 PAPER 272 PAGES
This superb guide to Istanbul features color photography, dozens of excellent local maps and a district-by-district synopsis of the city's attractions. Handsome, convenient and up-to-date, this is the guide to carry.
(TKY86, $23.00)
Black Sea
Neal Ascherson
CULTURAL PORTRAIT 1996 PAPER 306 PAGES
A vivid and entertaining exploration of the Black Sea, with its unique mingling of cultures. Ascherson skillfully interweaves nature, politics, and culture as he describes both the history of the region and the current state of affairs.
(RUS46, $18.00)
Borderland, A Journey Through the History of Ukraine
Anna Reid
HISTORY 2000 PAPER 272 PAGES
A lively survey of the traditions and history of Ukraine, organized geographically. Reid, who was for three years the Kiev correspondent for the Economist, combines first-person reports, interviews and history in this insightful portrait of the region.
(RUS84, $17.00)
Turkish Reflections, A Biography of a Place
Mary Lee Settle
TRAVEL NARRATIVE 1991 PAPER 253 PAGES
A cross-country odyssey from the Aegean shores to the Bosporus and interior by an author and poet who lived in Bodrum 20 years before. Settle's captivating travelogue is a richly detailed portrait of contemporary Turkey, its people, monasteries, myths, archaeological treasures and living traditions. Exemplary.
(TKY08, $14.00)
Western Russia, Belarus, Ukraine Map
Falk Maps
2006 MAP
A regional map of Russia, this double-sided map shows western Russia from the Moscow and St. Petersburg to Belarus, the Ukraine and the southern shores of the Black Sea at a scale of 1:2 million. The reverse shows Russia from Armenia and Georgia across Central Asia to Lake Baikal at a scale of 1:10 million. With inset plans of Moscow, St. Petersburg, Kiev, Irkutsk and Baikal.
(RUS313, $14.95)
Turkey Map
Freytag & Berndt
A shaded relief map of all of Turkey, including the Mediterranean and Black Sea coasts.
(TKY29, $12.95)
Hippocrene Language and Travel Guide to Ukraine
Linda Hodges
George Chumak
GUIDEBOOK
COMING IN SEPTEMBER
An insightful, personal travel guide to the region with chapters on Kiev, Crimea and Odessa, as well as an overview of the history of Ukraine.
(RUS52, $18.95)
The Penguin Historical Atlas of Ancient Greece
Robert Morkot
REFERENCE
This pictorial survey of Greek history, culture and expansion features dozens of full color maps.
(GRE125, $18.00)
1453, The Holy War For Constantinople and the Clash of Islam and the West
Roger Crowley
HISTORY
Crowley recounts with drama the events surrounding the fall of Constantinople to the Ottoman Turks in this nicely paced history.
(TKY114, $14.95)
A Concise History of Bulgaria
R.J. Crampton
HISTORY
A highly readable, illustrated introduction to Bulgaria's history from medieval empire to Ottoman rule, revival and modernization, to the fall of Communism.
(BGR01, $25.99)
A Short History of Byzantium
John Julius Norwich
HISTORY
A richly detailed and evocative narrative history of the tumultuous span of the great empire from the fourth century to the fifteenth, brimming with intrigue, skullduggery, palace revolution and other treachery.
(TKY18, $17.95)
A Traveller's History of Turkey
Richard Stoneman
HISTORY
A well-written, accessible overview of Turkish history from the Paleolithic to the present. It includes a chronology of major events, a list of native rulers, further recommended reading, and a gazetteer.
(TKY13, $14.95)
Ancient Turkey, A Traveller's History
Seton Lloyd
HISTORY
COMING IN JULY
Turkey's archaeology and early history for the traveler by the former head of the British Archaeological Institute in Ankara.
(TKY43, $25.95)
Balkan Ghosts, A Journey Through History
Robert D. Kaplan
HISTORY
In this eloquent, opinionated report, Robert Kaplan interweaves the history, art and culture of Yugoslavia, Bulgaria, Romania and Greece with recent events to paint a portrait of the region.
(BLK02, $15.00)
Bury Me Standing
Isabel Fonseca
CULTURAL PORTRAIT
This marvelous portrait of the Roma, also known as the Gypsies, offers insight into their music, foods, religions, folk traditions, and examines their influential but complex relationship with Eastern Europe.
(EUR09, $14.95)
Crescent and Star, Turkey Between Two Worlds
Stephen Kinzer
HISTORY
An insightful, anecdotal report on contemporary life, culture and politics in Turkey, from a former New York Times Istanbul bureau chief who is especially attuned to the powerful geographic position of Turkey and its multiple identities in Europe, Asia and the Middle East.
(TKY64, $16.00)
Crimea: The Great Crimean War, 1854-1856
Trevor Royle
HISTORY
A well-researched military and diplomatic history of the Crimean War. Thorough and detailed yet readable, Royle's battlefield descriptions are especially well-done.
(CCS33, $24.95)
Harem, The World Behind the Veil
Alev Lytle Croutier
CULTURAL PORTRAIT
A fascinating, illustrated look at the culture of the Harem -- particularly the well known quarters at Topkapi Palace in Istanbul. The author combines interviews, history and a wonderful selection of art in this intriguing book.
(ARB23, $25.00)
Istanbul and the Civilization of the Ottoman Empire
Bernard Lewis
HISTORY
FAVORITE
In this slim volume the great Islamic scholar describes the invasion of Constantinople by the Ottoman Turks on May 29, 1453, evoking the city at this pivotal moment in its long history.
(TKY17, $19.95)
Istanbul, the Imperial City
John Freely
HISTORY
A lively, anecdotal history of the city geared for the traveler. With historic and modern photographs and neighborhood maps. Freely concludes with a helpful, 60-page section on monuments and museums.
(TKY23, $17.00)
Kiev: A Portrait, 1800-1917
Michael F. Hamm
HISTORY
From medieval center to important city in Imperial Russia, this scholarly book is a wonderfully informative cultural history of the city and especially its 19th-century legacy.
(RUS56, $34.95)
Russia, A Concise History
Ronald Hingley
HISTORY
Well-known scholar Hingley sketches Russia's multiple transformations from her illiterate, pagan, Slavic roots to a multi-ethnic empire in this highly readable, well-illustrated brief history.
(RUS04, $19.95)
The Black Sea, A History
Charles King
HISTORY
A brisk narrative history of the region showing the Black Sea as uniting diverse cultures in the Balkans, Central Asia and Middle East.
(EUR173, $29.95)
The Classical World, An Epic History from Homer to Hadrian
Robin Lane Fox
HISTORY
NEW
Fox conjures tyrants, conquerors and enthralling personalities in this marvelously well written history of ancient Greece and Rome.
(GRE293, $18.95)
The Ottoman Centuries
Lord Kinross
HISTORY
A richly detailed, engrossing history of the Ottoman empire from its dawn in 1300 up to the foundation of the modern republic in 1923, enhanced by maps and photos.
(ITL54, $18.95)
The Ukrainians, Unexpected Nation
Andrew Wilson
HISTORY
An outstanding guide to modern identity, politics and history in Ukraine, highly recommended for an understanding of the geopolitics of the region and, especially, uneasy relations with mother Russia.
(RUS125, $19.00)
Art of the Byzantine Era
David Talbot Rice
ART & ARCHITECTURE
An indispensable classic and a thoroughly illustrated introduction to Byzantine art, wide-ranging and literate. Though it focuses on early Christian Constantinople, the book also includes chapters on Sicily, Venice and the Slavonic art of the Balkans.
(TKY22, $16.95)
Between the Woods and the Water
Patrick Leigh Fermor
TRAVEL NARRATIVE
This sequel to A Time of Gifts (CEU30), Fermor's classic account of walking across Europe in 1933, continues with his youthful adventures in Hungary and Romania. The book ends at the Iron Gates, which divide the Carpathian mountains from the Balkans.
(CEU31, $15.95)
Istanbul, Memories and the City
Orhan Pamuk
BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR
Nobel Prize-winner Pamuk writes with quiet grace of the city of his birth, celebrated in his many novels, a magic place of crumbling wooden mansions and Ottoman riches, mingling Asian, Islamic, secular and European influences.
(TKY99, $14.95)
Lords of the Horizons, A History of the Ottoman Empire
Jason Goodwin
TRAVEL NARRATIVE
A wonderful writer and journalist, Goodwin artfully combines his modern travels with scholarship, history and reflection, capturing the outrageous personalities, events and vagaries of the 600-year-old Ottoman empire.
(TKY44, $16.95)
On Foot to the Golden Horn: A Walk to Istanbul
Jason Goodwin
TRAVEL NARRATIVE
A marvelous account of Goodwin's pilgrimage on foot from Gdansk to Constantinople in the early 1990s in the footsteps of Patrick Leigh Fermor, interweaving history, incident and reflection.
(EUR81, $15.00)
Return to Ukraine
Ania Savage
BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR
An engaging account of a return journey to Ukraine by a journalist who fled the country with her family in 1944. Savage interweaves history, modern travelogue and personal anecdote.
(RUS126, $29.95)
From Three Worlds, New Ukrainian Writing
Ed Hogan
Askold Melnyczuk
Michael Naydan
ANTHOLOGY
Contemporary short stories, poems, and excerpts from novels make up this anthology of writing from 15 native Ukrainians.
(RUS118, $12.95)
The Argonautika, The Story of Jason and the Quest for the Golden Fleece
Apollonius of Rhodes
Peter Green
LITERATURE
The exciting narrative of Jason and the Argonauts on their Quest for the Golden Fleece is retold in this new translation of the Argonautika.
(GRE92, $24.95)
The Collected Stories of Isaac Babel
Isaac Babel
LITERATURE
An authoritative edition of Isaac Babel's powerful short fiction, including his early Red Cavalry Stories and The Odessa Tales.
(RUS171, $16.95)
The Cossacks
Leo Tolstoy
Peter Constantine
Cynthia Ozick
LITERATURE
A fresh translation of Tolstoy's 1863 semi-autobiographical novel about a young Muscovite and his military adventures in the rough and ready Caucasus. The book is, in part, a portrait of the Cossacks -- and an account of falling in love.
(RUS241, $11.95)
The Towers of Trebizond
Rose MacAulay
Jan Morris
LITERATURE
This impossibly witty account of an eccentric party of Brits who set off for Turkey to establish a mission was first published in 1956. Known for her sparkling humor, Macaulay has written a minor masterpiece
(TKY15, $14.95)
Noah's Flood, The New Scientific Discoveries about the Event That Changed History
William Ryan
Walter Pitman
SCIENCE
Yes, there was a flood! So reports the scientist-authors in this vivid account of the geology of the Black Sea. They draw on biblical history, marine geology, archaeology and mythology to demonstrate that the Black Sea was breached by the Mediterranean 7,600 years ago.
(BLK42, $15.00)
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