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Rough Guide Tunisia

Rough Guide Tunisia

by Peter Morris | Daniel Jacobs

  • GUIDEBOOK
  • 2008
  • PAPER
  • 528 PAGES

A compact, authoritative guide to Tunisia, its history, culture and attractions with good local maps. Includes detailed recommendations for excursions throughout the country. (TUN18, $21.99)

A Traveller's History of North Africa

A Traveller's History of North Africa

by Barnaby Rogerson

  • HISTORY
  • 2000
  • PAPER
  • 408 PAGES

Wide-ranging, accessible and effectively condensed, this brief history marches confidently through the centuries, covering key events and personalities in Morocco, Tunisia and Algeria to 1999. (NAF01, $15.95)

Islamic Art and Architecture

Islamic Art and Architecture

by Robert Hillenbrand

  • ART & ARCHITECTURE
  • 1999
  • PAPER
  • 288 PAGES

Covering one thousand years and the geographic scope of Islam, this book is a wide-ranging guide to the arts of Islam, including architecture, calligraphy, ceramics and textiles. (CAS17, $21.95)

Tunisia Map

Tunisia Map

by Freytag & Berndt

  • MAP

A colorful shaded relief map of Tunisia at a scale of 1:750,000. (TUN10, $7.95)

 
Culture Smart! Tunisia

Culture Smart! Tunisia


by Gerald Zarr

  • GUIDEBOOK
  • 2009
  • PAPER

A concise guide to local customs, etiquette and culture with a short overview of the land and people along with practical travel advice. (TUN30, $9.95)

Lonely Planet Tunisia

Lonely Planet Tunisia


by Lonely Planet

  • GUIDEBOOK
  • 2010
  • PAPER
  • 344 PAGES

A compact guide to the country with excellent maps and a brief overview of history and culture. In the Lonely Planet style it features good information on where to go, stay and eat. (TUN12, $22.99)

A History of Modern Tunisia

A History of Modern Tunisia


by Kenneth Perkins

  • HISTORY
  • 2004
  • PAPER
  • 270 PAGES

Perkins explores the history of Tunisia from the mid-19th century to the present, with an examination of French colonial rule from 1881 to 1956, when the Tunisians achieved independence, and the subsequent process of state-building. (TUN25, $32.99)

Rome in Africa

Rome in Africa


by Susan Raven

  • HISTORY
  • 1993
  • PAPER
  • 254 PAGES

Long the standard history of Roman influence in Northern Africa, this book is scholarly and comprehensive. It is a wonderfully written, illustrated introduction to the geographic setting, the rise of Carthage, historical personalities, individual trading centers and archaeological sites. (NAF04, $49.95)

The Ancient Mediterranean

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 Berbers

The Berbers


by Michael Brett | Elizabeth Fentress

  • CULTURAL PORTRAIT
  • 1997
  • PAPER
  • 320 PAGES

A comprehensive overview of the indigenous people of North Africa from antiquity through the Roman and Islamic periods to modern times. It surveys the history, literature and culture of the Berbers, exploring the identity they have forged in the region. (NAF02, $54.95)

The War with Hannibal

The War with Hannibal


by Titus Livy

  • HISTORY
  • 1965
  • PAPER
  • 711 PAGES

From a decidedly Roman perspective, the original Roman history of the war with Carthage, translated from Latin. (TUN05, $18.00)

Tunis, The Land and the People

Tunis, The Land and the People


by Ernst Von Hesse-wartegg

  • CULTURAL PORTRAIT
  • 2010
  • PAPER
  • 304 PAGES

Originally published in 1882, Chevalier de Hesse-Wartegg, an Austrian diplomat and great traveler, describes his encounters with the military, Jewish women, Berbers and other people of Tunis in surprisingly modern, unprejudiced terms. (NAF83, $39.95)

Islamic Arts

Islamic Arts


by Jonathan Bloom | Sheila Blair

  • ART & ARCHITECTURE
  • 1997
  • PAPER
  • 445 PAGES

With color photographs, maps and site plans, throughout this survey of 1,000 years of Islamic architecture, design and decoration is a wonderfully illuminating, stimulating introduction tot he subject for anyone with an interest in art. (ISL01, $29.95)

Southern Frontiers, A Journey Across the Roman Empire

Southern Frontiers, A Journey Across the Roman Empire


by Don McCullin

  • ARCHAEOLOGY
  • 2010
  • HARD COVER
  • 272 PAGES

Roman sites, both world famous and obscure, from Syria and Lebanon across North Africa to Morocco, Algeria and Libya are presented in gorgeous black-and-white splendor in this collection of oversized photographs by the celebrated Don McCullin. Historian Barnaby Rogerson supplies the accompanying text. (MED172, $69.95)

Tunisian Mosaics, Treasures from Roman Africa

Tunisian Mosaics, Treasures from Roman Africa


by Aicha Ben Abed Ben Khader

  • ART & ARCHITECTURE
  • 2006
  • PAPER
  • 140 PAGES

Accompanied by 134 glorious color illustrations, this book includes a history of Roman Africa and the rise of Mediterranean mosaics, an overview of mosaic sites and museums and a chapter on methods of preservation. (TUN27, $29.95)

Barbary Pirate, The Life and Crimes of John Ward, the Most Infamous Privateer of His Time

Barbary Pirate, The Life and Crimes of John Ward, the Most Infamous Privateer of His Time


by Greg Bak

  • BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR
  • 2010
  • PAPER
  • 256 PAGES

Bak provides a portrait of John Ward, a British sailor who led a mass desertion from James I's navy, defected to the Ottoman Empire's outpost at Tunis and converted to Islam. This story of betrayal and scandal reveals a man whose rejection of conventional morality led to power, wealth and a happy, if unusual, retirement. (NAF76, $22.95)

Sahara Unveiled, A Journey across the Desert

Sahara Unveiled, A Journey across the Desert


by William Langewiesche

  • TRAVEL NARRATIVE
  • 1997
  • PAPER
  • 302 PAGES

Traveling across the Sahara from Algiers to Dakar, Langeweische has written an uncommonly good memoir of the desert, with meditations on its history, inhabitants and allure. (NAF05, $16.00)

Wind, Sand and Stars

Wind, Sand and Stars


by Antoine de Saint Exupery

  • TRAVEL NARRATIVE
  • 1967
  • PAPER
  • 229 PAGES
  • FAVORITE

St. Exupery's luminous account of flying early postal routes over South America, Europe and the deserts of North Africa in the 1930s includes the classic tale of his crash in the Libyan desert. (DES11, $13.95)

Carthage


by Ross Leckie

  • LITERATURE
  • 2010
  • PAPER
  • 240 PAGES

The final chapter in Leckie's Punic War Trilogy, a riveting tale of the rivalry between Hannibal and Scipio's sons, the great war between Carthage and Rome and the fall of the Carthagenian empire. (TUN21, $12.95)

Hannibal

Hannibal


by Ross Leckie

  • LITERATURE
  • 2008
  • PAPER
  • 245 PAGES

Leckie's first novel vividly recreates the testosterone-fueled life and times of Hannibal, including the great general's conquest of the Alps with men, horses and elephants. The Punic wars trilogy continues with Scipio (TUN32) and Carthage (TUN21), $12.95 each. (TUN02, $13.00)

Pride of Carthage, A Novel of Hannibal

Pride of Carthage, A Novel of Hannibal


by David Anthony Durham

  • LITERATURE
  • 2006
  • PAPER
  • 576 PAGES

A richly imagined epic saga based on the events of the Second Punic War. Although a work of fiction, the book does a good job of evoking the history of the era and its personalities. (TUN24, $16.95)

Salammbo


by Gustave Flaubert | A.J. Krailsheimer

  • LITERATURE
  • 1977
  • PAPER
  • 282 PAGES

A highly fanciful romance set in the ancient city of Carthage at the height of the Punic Wars. (TUN23, $15.00)

Scipio


by Ross Leckie

  • LITERATURE
  • 2008
  • PAPER
  • 245 PAGES

In this stunning sequel to Hannibal, Scipio Africanus systematically destroys the hard-won empires of Hannibal and Alexander the Great. (TUN32, $12.95)

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