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SMITHSONIAN JOURNEYS
The World and Times of St. Paul
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READING AND TRAVEL GUIDE
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National Geographic Greece
Mike Gerrard
GUIDEBOOK
2009
PAPER
400 PAGES
This abundantly illustrated guide to Greece and the Greek Islands includes insightful essays on history, art and culture, and limited practical travel details.
(GRE178, $27.95) |
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Paul, The Mind of the Apostle
A.N. Wilson
BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR
1998
PAPER
273 PAGES
From the author of the best-selling biographies of Jesus and Tolstoy comes this richly detailed portrait of the apostle Paul, firmly grounded in the everyday details of life in the Roman Empire. It's a mind-opening, partly historical study of the culture, politics and religion of the early years of Christianity.
(MED19, $16.95) |
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In the Steps of St. Paul
H.V. Morton
TRAVEL NARRATIVE
2002
PAPER
528 PAGES
Travels throughout the Mediterranean in search of St. Paul, bible in hand. A pilgrim as much as a traveler, Morton journeys through Syria, Cyprus, Turkey, Macedonia, Greece and Rhodes in this classic account. Fittingly, his appreciative journey ends at the Tomb of St. Paul. As in all his many travel books, Morton charmingly mixing history with offhand humor, anecdote and keen observation.
(MED70, $22.00) |
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The Search for Ancient Greece
Roland Etienne
Francoise Etienne
ARCHAEOLOGY
1992
PAPER
175 PAGES
This portrait of the history of archaeology features hundreds of color photos and paintings, a chronology and excerpts by the great archaeologists. It's a pocket-size encyclopedia, part of the "New Horizons" series, and a fascinating look at the meaning of ancient Greece to our civilization -- quite an accomplishment for such a slim book.
(GRE01, $15.95) |
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Salonica, City of Ghosts: Christians, Muslims and Jews, 1430-1950
Mark Mazower
HISTORY
2006
PAPER
528 PAGES
In this inviting book, part history and part travelogue, Mazower chronicles the fate of Christians, Jews and Muslims in Salonica through Ottoman rule, Europeanization, and devastations of WWII. At the crossroads of the Aegean in Northern Greece, Thessaloniki (as the city was originally founded and is known today) has been a place of commerce and coexistence since its days as a Byzantine port. Mazower, professor of history at Columbia University, is the author of The Balkans: A Short History. He writes with authority and verve.
(GRE232, $16.95) |
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Greece Map
HEMA Maps
MAP
BEST SELLER
A colorful shaded map of Greece, the Greek Islands, and the west coast of Turkey all the way to Istanbul, at a scale of 1:800,000. Includes insets of Athens and Rhodes. Two Sides. 49x41 inches.
(GRE24, $12.95) |
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A Guide to Biblical Sites in Greece and Turkey
Mitchell Reddish
Clyde Fant
GUIDEBOOK
A guide to the places, history and archaeology of the journeys of the Apostle Paul across Turkey, Greece, and Cyprus, geared for the traveler.
(MED90, $29.99) |
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Eyewitness Guide Greek Islands
Eyewitness Guides
GUIDEBOOK
BEST SELLER
Color photography, dozens of excellent local maps and an island-by-island synopsis of attractions make this book the one to carry with you.
(GRE37, $28.00) |
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Eyewitness Top Ten Athens
Eyewitness Guides
GUIDEBOOK
A compact, illustrated guide in the popular series, featuring favorite attractions, events, restaurants, shops and excursions in Athens.
(GRE219, $14.00) |
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Fodor's Istanbul's 25 Best
Fodor's Guides
GUIDEBOOK
This slim guide with a pullout map covers with style what to see, where to go and what to do.
(TKY185, $11.95) |
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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) |
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Ancient Turkey, A Traveller's History
Seton Lloyd
HISTORY
Turkey's archaeology and early history for the traveler by the former head of the British Archaeological Institute in Ankara.
(TKY43, $26.95) |
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In Search of Paul, How Jesus's Apostle Opposed Rome's Empire with God's Kingdom
Jonathan L. Reed
John Dominic Crossan
RELIGION
A rigorous account of the political life of the Apostle Paul and his role in the development of Christianity.
(MED85, $19.99) |
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Paul, His Story
Jerome Murphy-O'Connor
RELIGION
This chronological narrative offers new insights into Paul's intellectual, emotional and religious development and puts his travels, mission and theological ideas into a plausible biographical context.
(REL47, $24.99) |
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Penguin Historical Atlas of Ancient Rome
Christopher Scarre
HISTORY
A vivid overview of the rise and fall of the Roman Empire and its expansion throughout North Africa and the Mediterranean. Illustrated with ingenious color maps on many topics (political borders, trade, defense, religion) and 80 color photographs.
(ITL29, $16.95) |
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Sailing the Wine-Dark Sea, Why the Greeks Matter
Thomas Cahill
HISTORY
Cahill sketches ancient Greek society and civilization through the lives and words of politicians, playwrights, a poet, philosopher and artist in this eloquent, absorbing tribute.
(GRE182, $16.00) |
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The Oxford Study Bible, Revised English Bible With the Apocrypha
M. J Suggs
RELIGION
An excellent annotated Bible, including the Old and New Testaments, with an overview of biblical scholarship and history.
(REL44, $34.99) |
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Ancient Greece: Art, Architecture, and History
Marina Belozerskaya
Kenneth Lapatin
ART & ARCHITECTURE
This lively, illustrated guide covers architecture, painting and sculpture of ancient Greece from the third millennium to the end of the Hellenistic period. With 282 color and 28 black-and-white illustrations.
(GRE194, $19.95) |
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Minoan and Mycenaean Art
Reynold Higgins
ART & ARCHITECTURE
A survey of the ancient art of Crete, Mycenae and the Cyclades in its cultural context, revised to include recent archaeology. With maps and 241 illustrations.
(GRE61, $18.95) |
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The Parthenon
Mary Beard
ART & ARCHITECTURE
A lively tale of the construction, significance and many uses of the 2,500-year-old marvel.
(GRE195, $19.95) |
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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 mansions and Ottoman riches, mingling Asian, Islamic, secular and European influences.
(TKY99, $16.00) |
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Paul, A Very Short Introduction
E.P. Sanders
BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR
A brief biography of St. Paul and his role in the formation of the Christian religion. E.P. Sanders is professor of religion at Duke and a well-known biblical scholar.
(MED93, $11.95) |
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The Colossus of Maroussi
Henry Miller
TRAVEL NARRATIVE
BEST SELLER
FAVORITE
Miller captures the spirit and warmth of the resilient Greek people in this inspired tale of a wartime journey from Athens to Crete, Corfu and Delphi with his friend Lawrence Durrell.
(GRE05, $14.95) |
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The Iliad
Homer
Robert Fagles
LITERATURE
In the excellent Fagles translation -- here presented in a deluxe paper edition -- Homer's Trojan epic hasn't aged a bit in the last 2,700 years. Take it along to Troy and the Aegean. We also carry Fagles' translation of The Odyssey. (Item no. GRE45, $17.00)
(GRE173, $17.00) |
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The King Must Die
Mary Renault
LITERATURE
A novel of Theseus, slayer of the Minotaur and king of Athens, including his Cretan adventures. The first in Renault's trilogy of well-researched page-turners.
(GRE23, $15.00) |
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The Odyssey
Homer
Robert Fagles
LITERATURE
Translator Robert Fagles captures the poetry and power of The Odyssey in this translation, celebrated for its clarity and expressiveness.
(GRE45, $17.00) |
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The Songs of the Kings
Barry Unsworth
LITERATURE
Unsworth's sly novel, set in 1260 B.C. as scheming Odysseus prepares to plunder Troy. A familiar story enhanced by Ulsworth's mix of classic cadence, contemporary language, ripe humor and pulled-from-the-headlines satire.
(GRE185, $13.95) |
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