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The Search for Ancient Greece

by Roland Etienne | Francoise Etienne

• ARCHAEOLOGY
• 1992
• PAPER
• 175 PAGES

Lavishly illustrated, this pocket encyclopedia covers the archaeology and meaning of ancient Greece, quite an accomplishment for such a slim book. (GRE01, $15.95)

The World of the Ancient Greeks

by John Camp | Elizabeth Fisher

• HISTORY
• 2010
• PAPER
• 224 PAGES

Featuring hundreds of illustrations and inviting short chapters on topics from The First Greeks to The Heroic Age and Classical Athens. With modern color photographs of great ancient cities from Athens and Delphi to Knossos, Ephesus, Pergamum and Priene. (GRE365, $24.95)

The Station, Travels to the Holy Mountain of Greece

by Robert Byron

• TRAVEL NARRATIVE
• 2011
• PAPER
• 263 PAGES

Written when he was just 22 (nine years before his classic The Road to Oxiana), Byron's spirited account of his time among the monks of ancient and scared Moount Athos already shows both his fascination with Byzantium and engaging way with offhand observation. (GRE463, $18.00)

Turkish Reflections, A Biography of a Place

by Mary Lee Settle

• TRAVEL NARRATIVE
• 1991
• PAPER
• 253 PAGES

Settle's travelogue is a richly detailed portrait of Turkey, its people, myths, treasures and traditions. (TKY08, $16.99)

Greece Map

by Michelin

• 2011
• MAP

A colorful shaded map of Greece, the Greek Islands and the western coast of Turkey at a scale of 1:800,000. (GRE24, $12.95)

 

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Eyewitness Guide Greece, Athens and the Mainland

by Eyewitness Guides

• GUIDEBOOK
• 2011
• PAPER
• 354 PAGES

This superb guide features color photography, dozens of excellent local maps and a region-by-region synopsis of the country's attractions. (GRE38, $25.00)

Eyewitness Guide Greek Islands

by Eyewitness Guides

• GUIDEBOOK
• 2011
• PAPER
• 408 PAGES

Color photography, excellent local maps and an island-by-island synopsis of attractions make this book the one to carry with you. (GRE37, $28.00)

Eyewitness Guide Istanbul

by Eyewitness Guides

• GUIDEBOOK
• 2011
• 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, $25.00)

Eyewitness Guide Turkey

by Eyewitness Guides

• GUIDEBOOK
• 2012
• PAPER
• 432 PAGES

Gorgeously illustrated and filled with excellent maps, this compact book provides a thorough overview of history, traditions and sights. (TKY82, $30.00)

Greek, A Language Map

by Kristine K. Kershul

• LANGUAGE & PHRASEBOOKS
• 2003
• PLASTIC CARD

This durable, foldout card, featuring 1,000 words and phrases, works as a quick and convenient reference for travelers. (GRE241, $7.95)

Strolling Through Istanbul, The Classic Guide to the City

by Hilary Sumner-boyd | John Freely

• GUIDEBOOK
• 2010
• PAPER
• 494 PAGES

A new edition of Freely and Sumner-Boyd's indispensable (and hefty) guide to the history, monuments and culture of Istanbul. (TKY213, $19.00)

The Penguin Historical Atlas of Ancient Greece

by Robert Morkot

• REFERENCE
• 1997
• PAPER
• 144 PAGES

This pictorial survey of Greek antiquity, recording its 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

by Roger Crowley

• HISTORY
• 2006
• PAPER
• 304 PAGES

In this well-paced history, Crowley recounts with drama the events surrounding the fall of Constantinople to the Ottoman Turks. (TKY114, $15.99)

A Brief History of Ancient Greece: Politics, Society, and Culture

by Sarah B. Pomeroy

• HISTORY
• 2009
• PAPER
• 402 PAGES

A lively account of Greek civilization and history, covering the entire period from the Bronze Age through the Hellenistic Era. (GRE229, $44.95)

A Traveller's History of Greece

by Timothy Boatswain | Colin Nicolson

• HISTORY
• 2007
• PAPER
• 344 PAGES

A nicely written survey from prehistory through the 1990s: wide-ranging, accessible and necessarily condensed. (GRE55, $14.95)

A Traveller's History of Turkey

by Richard Stoneman

• HISTORY
• 2009
• PAPER
• 247 PAGES

An accessible, well-written overview of Turkish history from the Paleolithic to the present. (TKY13, $14.95)

Osman's Dream, The History of the Ottoman Empire

by Caroline Finkel

• HISTORY
• 2007
• PAPER
• 688 PAGES

An ambitious, scholarly history of an 600-year empire that, at its height, streteched from Central Asia to the Levant, Danube and North Africa. (EUR200, $21.00)

Sailing the Wine-Dark Sea, Why the Greeks Matter

by Thomas Cahill

• HISTORY
• 2004
• PAPER
• 320 PAGES

Cahill brings to life ancient Greek society and civilization through the lives and words of politicians, playwrights, a poet, philosopher and artist in this eloquent and absorbing tribute. (GRE182, $16.00)

The Acropolis in the Age of Pericles

by Jeffrey M. Hurwit

• HISTORY
• 2004
• PAPER
• 304 PAGES

A splendid, extensively researched and illustrated introduction to the building and meaning of the Acropolis. (GRE487, $35.00)

The Ancient Mediterranean

by Michael Grant

• CULTURAL PORTRAIT
• 1990
• PAPER
• 374 PAGES

Grant explores the realms of archaeology, geography, art and economics to sketch this classic portrait of the ancient world, from prehistory through the Roman Imperium, and the influence on western civilization. (MED10, $20.00)

The Classical World

by Robin Lane Fox

• HISTORY
• 2008
• PAPER
• 656 PAGES

From Homer to Hadrian, Fox conjures tyrants, conquerors and enthralling personalities in this marvelously written history of ancient Greece and Rome. (GRE293, $19.99)

The Hemlock Cup, Socrates, Athens, and the Search for the Good Life

by Bettany Hughes

• HISTORY
• 2011
• HARD COVER
• 484 PAGES

This dual portrait of the classical philosopher and fifth-century B.C. Athens draws on the latest sources to offer insight into the period's daily realities and elements ranging from the gymnasia and the red-light district to the battlefields and the teeming Agora where Socrates frequently spoke and was condemned to death. (GRE479, $35.00)

The Middle Sea

by John Julius Norwich

• HISTORY
• 2007
• PAPER
• 720 PAGES

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, $21.00)

Aegean Art and Architecture

by Donald Preziosi | Louise Hitchcock

• ART & ARCHITECTURE
• 2000
• PAPER
• 275 PAGES

An illustrated survey of Minoan and Mycenean art from the Neolithic to the extraordinary Bronze Age palaces of Knossos, Gournia and Phaistos. Great for any archaeology-minded traveler. (GRE113, $27.95)

Greek Art

by Nigel Spivey

• ART & ARCHITECTURE
• 1997
• PAPER
• 448 PAGES

Geared towards art history students, this concise survey of Greek art is also an excellent overview of the subject for the traveler. Divided thematically, it covers major artists, myths and plays in addition to temple sculpture and architecture. (GRE68, $27.95)

In Search of the Trojan War

by Michael Wood

• ARCHAEOLOGY
• 1998
• PAPER
• 288 PAGES

This handsomely illustrated book examines the archaeology, history and legends of Troy -- a vivid analysis of the ancient world by the peripatetic anthropologist and documentary filmmaker Michael Wood. (GRE52, $29.95)

Sites of Antiquity, From Ancient Egypt to the Fall of Rome

by Charles Freeman

• ARCHAEOLOGY
• 2009
• HARD COVER
• 248 PAGES

Enticing aerial shots, detailed site plans, glorious modern photographs and illustrations illuminate 50 key monuments, cities or sites of the Mediterranean world, from Giza, Luxor and Karnak to the Parthenon, Ephesus, Pergamon, Petra and Constantinople. (MED150, $50.00)

St. Paul's Ephesus, Texts and Archaeology

by Jerome Murphy O'Connor

• ARCHAEOLOGY
• 2008
• PAPER
• 289 PAGES

Jerome Murphy-O'Connor transports us back to the ancient city of Ephesus during its heyday, including contemporary accounts from Roman to biblical times, and featuring a guided walk through the city as a center of Paul's teachings. (TKY226, $29.95)

The Archaeology of Athens

by John M. Camp

• ARCHAEOLOGY
• 2004
• PAPER
• 352 PAGES

This lively survey by the director of excavations at the Agora includes 300 illustrations and quotes from Herodotus, Aristotle, Plutarch, Pausanias and other inscriptions found at various sites around the city. (GRE492, $28.00)

The Athenian Agora, Site Guide

by John M. Camp

• ARCHAEOLOGY
• 2010
• PAPER
• 191 PAGES

With color and black-and-white photographs as well as a handy foldout map, this updated fifth edition of Camp's essential guide reflects the latest scholarship. (GRE482, $19.95)

The Complete World of Greek Mythology

by Richard Buxton

• ART & ARCHITECTURE
• 2004
• HARD COVER
• 240 PAGES
• COMING IN JUNE

With hundreds of color illustrations, site plans, genealogies and maps, this handsome, encyclopedic reference illuminates the world of the Greek gods. (GRE377, $39.95)

Istanbul, Memories and the City

by Orhan Pamuk

• BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR
• 2006
• PAPER
• 320 PAGES

Nobel Prize-winner Pamuk writes with quiet grace of the city of his birth, celebrated in his many novels: a magical place of crumbling mansions and Ottoman riches, mingling Asian, Islamic, secular and European influences. (TKY99, $16.95)

The Colossus of Maroussi

by Henry Miller

• TRAVEL NARRATIVE
• 2010
• PAPER
• 223 PAGES
• 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, $12.95)

A Literary Companion to Travel in Greece

by Richard Stoneman

• ANTHOLOGY
• 1994
• PAPER
• 347 PAGES

Poetry, prose and literature over the ages, arranged geographically with an excellent introduction and commentary. Stoneman artfully weaves together hundreds of short excerpts. (GRE06, $19.95)

Iliad

by Stanley Lombardo | Homer

• LITERATURE
• 1997
• PAPER
• 516 PAGES

University of Kansas professor Stanley Lombardo renders Homer's epic poem into crisply accessible colloquial English. (GRE480, $14.95)

Mythology

by Edith Hamilton

• LITERATURE
• 1998
• PAPER
• 497 PAGES

The classic introduction to Greek and Roman mythology. (GRE82, $14.99)

The Songs of the Kings

by Barry Unsworth

• LITERATURE
• 2004
• PAPER
• 342 PAGES

Unsworth's sly novel, set in 1260 B.C. as scheming Odysseus prepares to plunder Troy. A familiar story enhanced by Unsworth's mix of classic cadence, contemporary language, ripe humor and pulled-from-the-headlines satire. (GRE185, $13.95)

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