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SMITHSONIAN JOURNEYS
From the Walls of Troy to the Canals of Venice
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Eyewitness Guide Greek Islands
Eyewitness Guides
GUIDEBOOK 2007 PAPER 400 PAGES
BEST SELLER
This guide features color photography, dozens of excellent local maps and an island-by-island synopsis of attractions. Handsome, convenient and up-to-date, this compact book provides an essential overview of the Greek Islands (with a chapter on Athens and a section on practicalities).
(GRE37, $25.00)
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)
The World of Venice
Jan Morris
HISTORY 1995 PAPER 315 PAGES
FAVORITE
Morris displays her talent for research, telling anecdote and well-wrought prose in this spirited portrait of a beloved city, its history and inhabitants. If you are going to read one book on Venice, we recommend this favorite. Originally published in 1974 and revised for this edition, it's a tour de force.
(ITL12, $16.00)
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)
The Penguin Historical Atlas of Ancient Greece
Robert Morkot
REFERENCE 1997 PAPER 144 PAGES
This pictorial survey of Greek history, culture and expansion features dozens of full color maps.
(GRE125, $18.00)
Mediterranean Cruises Map
Freytag & Berndt
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.
(MED36, $12.95)
Bradt Mini Guide Dubrovnik
Piers Letcher
GUIDEBOOK
A helpful, condensed guide to the city in the popular Bradt series.
(BLK46, $13.99)
Fodor's Venice's 25 Best
Citypack
GUIDEBOOK
This shirt-pocket guide includes an excellent map of the city center and essential information on Venice's highlights, including restaurant recommendations and sightseeing.
(ITL106, $11.95)
Mediterranean by Cruise Ship
Anne Vipond
GUIDEBOOK
The best-selling, compact guide, featuring excellent local maps, hundreds of color photographs, concise background information and recommended excursions for ports-of-call throughout the Mediterranean.
(MED34, $21.95)
The Foods of the Greek Islands, Cooking and Culture at the Crossroads of the Mediterranean
Aglaia Kremezi
FOOD
Kremezi spent eight years collecting the recipes appearing in this cookbook. The book is also filled with lively histories of the islands, cultural asides and stunning photographs. Perfect for anyone interested in Greek island life.
(GRE120, $40.00)
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 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
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
Kaplan interweaves the history, art and culture of Yugoslavia, Bulgaria, Romania and Greece with his travels in this portrait of the region.
(BLK02, $16.00)
Byzantium, The Apogee
John Julius Norwich
HISTORY
Part Two in Norwich's three part history of the Byzantine Empire.
(TKY70, $49.95)
Dubrovnik, A History
Robin Harris
HISTORY
Harris, a journalist who writes frequently on the Balkans, presents a comprehensive portrait of the historically important maritime city-state in this nicely illustrated, scholarly and readable history of Dubrovnik.
(BLK56, $24.95)
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, $24.95)
The Balkans, A Short History
Mark Mazower
HISTORY
A brief, provocative survey of the complex and often contentious history of the Balkans. With eloquence and insight, Mazower addresses the issues of geography, nationalism and modern nation-building in the region.
(BLK28, $13.95)
The City of Falling Angels
John Berendt
HISTORY
Berendt's masterful mix of damp aspirations, intrigue and eccentric personalities conveys a certain essence of what it's like to live in modern Venice.
(ITL644, $15.00)
The Trojan War: A New History
Barry Strauss
HISTORY
Talented historian Strauss combines information gleaned from Homer's epics with archaeology and ancient texts to weave a masterful account of this legendary conflict.
(GRE296, $15.00)
Venice, a Maritime Republic
Frederic C. Lane
HISTORY
Lane focuses on the history of trade, taking in not just on La Serenissima but also Dubrovink and the other cities of its once far-flung domain.
(ITL24, $26.95)
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 fifth century BCE. With 282 color and 28 black-and-white illustrations.
(GRE194, $16.95)
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)
Greek Art
Nigel Spivey
ART & ARCHITECTURE
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, $24.95)
How We Survived Communism and Even Laughed
Slavenka Drakulic
BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR
These short essays capture the absurdity, struggle and day-to-day reality of being a woman in Yugoslavia under Communism. Drakulic is a Croatian journalist, novelist and contributing editor at The Nation.
(BLK38, $13.00)
On the Shores of the Mediterranean
Eric Newby
TRAVEL NARRATIVE
OUT OF PRINT
A sparkling observer and famously entertaining, Newby tackles the Mediterranean in this merry travelogue, finding himself in North Africa, Italy, Greece, Turkey, Cairo and Jerusalem.
(MED25, $14.95)
Pillars of Hercules
Paul Theroux
TRAVEL NARRATIVE
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 and circles along the coastline on foot, horseback, train and boat, ending at the other pillar on the African side.
(MED20, $17.00)
A Literary Companion to Travel in Greece
Richard Stoneman
ANTHOLOGY
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)
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, $14.95)
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)
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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