MEDITERRANEAN
Lebanon   |   READING AND TRAVEL GUIDE

Here's a page from Longitude, the specialty bookseller for travelers. To order online, and to see the latest, most comprehensive selection of books and maps, go to http://reading.longitudebooks.com/JI8700. You may also call 800-342-2164 to order or request a catalog.


Essential Books These 5 items are available for $103, including
U.S. shipping, a 15% discount (Item no. EXLBN3)		  
Lonely Planet Syria & Lebanon  •  Siona Jenkins  •  Ann Jousiffe
GUIDEBOOK •  2008 •  PAPER  • 436 PAGES
This practical guide in the popular series includes a terrific overview of history, culture and attractions, as well as helpful travel information. (LBN03, $22.99)		   Lonely Planet Syria & Lebanon
Ancient Lebanon, Monuments Past and Present  •  M. J. Strazzulla
ARCHAEOLOGY •  2006 •  PAPER  • 72 PAGES
Ingenious overlay illustrations reveal 16 ancient monuments from the days of the Phoenicians, the Romans and the Christian crusaders. The sites are shown first as they look today and then, via an overlaid acetate illustration, as they looked in their heydays. (LBN05, $29.95)		   Ancient Lebanon, Monuments Past and Present
A House of Many Mansions, The History of Lebanon Reconsidered  •  Kamal Salibi
HISTORY •  1990 •  PAPER  • 247 PAGES
A lucid history of Lebanon, balancing competing versions of the history of Lebanon's Christian and Muslim traditions. In the process, the Lebanese professor of history debunks some common myths (such as that the Christians fled from Muslim persecution in the seventh century), and demonstrates how the persistent views of each of Lebanon's groups contribute to the current conflict. (LBN01, $26.95)		   A House of Many Mansions, The History of Lebanon Reconsidered
From the Holy Mountain, A Journey Among the Christians of the Middle East  •  William Dalrymple
RELIGION •  1999 •  PAPER  • 496 PAGES
In this beautifully-written hymn to Eastern Christianity, Dalrymple follows the journeys of ancient monks and scholars through the Eastern Roman Empire. Setting out from Mt. Athos, Dalrymple travels to Istanbul, eastern Turkey, Syria, Lebanon, Israel and Egypt. It's a fascinating portrait of the Middle East. He takes as his point of departure the tales of a wandering 7th-century Byzantine monk John Moschos (The Spiritual Meadow, still in print). (MDE49, $20.00)		   From the Holy Mountain, A Journey Among the Christians of the Middle East
Lebanon Map  •  ITMB
2011 •  MAP
A map of Lebanon at a scale of 1:220,000 with an inset map of Beirut. One Side. 34x27 inches. (MDE66, $12.95)		   Lebanon Map



Also Recommended

Arabesque, A Taste of Morocco, Turkey, and Lebanon  •  Claudia Roden   • FOOD  •  With 100 color photos of food, people and places, this enchanting cookbook by a leading authority is filled with not just subtle, simple recipes but also stories, culture and history. (MED99, $37.50)
 		  
34 Days, Israel, Hezbollah, and the War in Lebanon  •  Amos Harel   • HISTORY  •  A detailed, clear-eyed narrative of the 2006 war in Lebanon, from the border abduction of two Israeli soldiers to the hasty Israeli decision for an aggressive response and the diplomatic battles in Paris, Washington and New York that ended the conflict. (LBN10, $16.95)
 		  
A History of Modern Lebanon  •  Fawwaz Traboulsi   • HISTORY  •  A professor of history in Beirut, Traboulsi covers political, social and economic developments from Lebanon's addition to Ottoman emire in 1516 through the 1989 Ta'if Accords. (LBN14, $35.00)
 		  
A History of the Arab Peoples  •  Albert Hourani   • HISTORY  •  Called a landmark, masterpiece and essential to understanding the Middle East, Hourani's acclaimed chronicle of the political, spiritual, religious and cultural traditions of the Arab peoples is brought up to date with an afterword by noted Islamic scholar Malise Ruthven. (MDE11, $18.95)
 		  
Beirut  •  Samir Kassir   • HISTORY  •  Widely regarded as the definitive history of Beirut, this eloquent panorama of a city at the crossroads of civilizations was the last work completed by Kassir before his assassination in 2005. (LBN11, $28.95)
 		  
Beyond the Facade, Political Reform in the Arab World  •  Marina Ottaway   • HISTORY  •  These essays provide careful, detailed considerations of reform in ten countries (Algeria, Egypt, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Morocco, Palestine, Saudi Arabia, Syria, and Yemen), highlighting the diversity of processes and problems. (ARB112, $22.95)
 		  
Dreams and Shadows, The Future of the Middle East  •  Robin B. Wright   • CULTURAL PORTRAIT  •  Wright reports on the ideas, movements and obstacles to change in this incisive portrait. With chapters on the Palestinians, Egypt, Lebanon, Syria, Iran, Iraq and Morocco. (MDE150, $18.00)
 		  
From Beirut to Jerusalem  •  Thomas Friedman   • HISTORY  •  An illuminating and heartfelt exploration of the complex Middle East. Pulitzer Prize winner Friedman provides a personal and a scholarly perspective on the roots of the conflict. (MDE03, $17.00)
 		  
Islam, The Straight Path  •  John L. Esposito   • RELIGION  •  A well-written survey of the faith, practice and beliefs of Islam. It's a balanced tone intended for an undergraduate audience, yet it also functions as an excellent overview for the general reader. (MDE22, $49.95)
 		  
Killing Mr. Lebanon, The Assassination of Rafik Hariri and Its Impact on the Middle East  •  Nicholas Blanford   • HISTORY  •  Blanford's biography of Hariri, an entrepreneur who rose from nothing to become one of the most powerful men in Lebanese politics, is at once a real-life thriller and a portrait of Lebanon's modern political landscape. (LBN07, $16.95)
 		  
Lebanon, A House Divided  •  Sandra MacKey   • HISTORY  •  First published in 1989, this portrait of a nation (with a new introduction by the author) illuminates the complex history of this tiny nation and the many factions that still tear it apart. (LBN04, $15.95)
 		  
Levant, Splendor and Catastrophe on the Mediterranean  •  Philip Mansel   • HISTORY  •  The talented Philip Mansel plumbs the histories of three remarkable cities of great wealth, pleasure and freedom -- Smyrna, Alexandria and Beirut -- from their cosmopolitan glory days to their fate in the 20th-centuiry, revealing cultural precedents for the reality of the contemporary Middle East in this absorbing history -- an excellent choice for Father's Day! (MED178, $20.00)
 		  
Mirror of the Arab World, Lebanon in Conflict  •  Sandra MacKey   • HISTORY  •  The tumultuous history of Lebanon illuminates not only the challenges that Arabs pose to themselves but also the fear and hostility that arise in response to perceived threats from the West. (LBN09, $17.95)
 		  
Nine Parts of Desire, The Hidden World of Islamic Women  •  Geraldine Brooks   • CULTURAL PORTRAIT  •  A highly readable overview of the role of women in Islamic society, drawn from the author's many interviews with women throughout the Arab World. (ARB06, $15.00)
 		  
Pity the Nation, The Abduction of Lebanon  •  Robert Fisk   • HISTORY  •  A journalist who has covered the region for 25 years, in this exploosive book Fisk recounts conflicts in the region from Sharon and Arafat's first deadly encounter in the early 1980s. (LBN16, $24.00)
 		  
The Arab World, Forty Years of Change  •  Elizabeth Warnock and Rob Fernea  •  Thomas Hartwell   • HISTORY  •  An award-winning look at life in the Middle East, updated in the 1990s. The authors revisit towns and cities, paying close attention to how changes such as the Gulf War and Arab-Israeli peace negotiations have impacted daily life. (ARB33, $17.95)
 		  
The Israel-Arab Reader  •  Barry Rubin  •  Walter Laqueur   • HISTORY  •  Organized chronologically, this newly revised primer includes speeches, letters, articles, timelines and reports dealing with the continuing conflict in the Middle East. (ISR62, $18.00)
 		  
The Desert and the Sown  •  Gertrude Bell  •  Rosemary O'Brien   • EXPLORATION  •  A fierce explorer and archaeologist, lyrical writer and cunning politician, Gertrude Bell (1868-1926) spent much of her life traveling throughout present-day Syria, Lebanon, Iraq, Jordan & Israel. (MDE59, $12.95)
 		  
The Hills of Adonis  •  Colin Thubron   • TRAVEL NARRATIVE  •  Thubron walked through the mountains of Lebanon, living with villagers along the way and visiting ruins Phoenician, Greek and Roman, crusader castles and Arab palaces. (MDE190, $28.95)
 		  
Waltz with Bashir, A Lebanon War Story  •  David Polonsky  •  Ari Folman   • BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR  •  In this graphic novel adaptation of their 2008 animated documentary, Folman and Polonsky dramatize an Israeli soldier's attempts to dig up repressed memories of the massacre of Palestinians during the 1982 invasion of Lebanon. (LBN06, $18.00)
 		  
Lebanon, Through Writers' Eyes  •  J.T. Gorton   • ANTHOLOGY  •  Colin Thubron, William Dalyrmple and T.E. Lawrence all contribute to this judicious anthology. (LBN15, $33.95)
 		  
Season of Betrayal  •  Margaret Lowrie Robertson   • LITERATURE  •  In this gripping novel set in war-torn 1983 Beirut, the wife of a bullying American journalist is caught up in events beyond her control. As her marriage disintegrates, a desperate affair creates a chain of events with fatal consequences. (LBN08, $14.00)
 		  
The Hakawati  •  Rabih Alameddine   • LITERATURE  •  A modern Arabian Nights, Alameddine's astonishingly inventive, wonderfully exuberant novel takes readers from the shimmering dunes of ancient Egypt to the war-torn streets of 21-century Lebanon. (MDE133, $16.00)
 		  
White Masks  •  Maia Tabet  •  Elias Khoury   • LITERATURE  •  Khoury (Gate of the Sun) infuses the spirit of Beirut into this beautifully written story of a journalist seeking the truth about the murder of a civil servant during the Lebanese Civil War. (LBN12, $22.00)
 		  
Women of Sand and Myrrh  •  Hanan Al-Shaykh   • LITERATURE  •  Four women in an unnamed Arab country struggle for personal autonomy in this novel by a Lebanese author known for her beautiful and explicit prose. (MDE196, $15.00)
 		  
A Photographic Guide to Birds of Israel and the Middle East  •  Richard Porter  •  David M. Cottridge   • FIELD GUIDE  •  A convenient, pocket-sized guide to 252 species, covering the region from Turkey to Oman. (MDE54, $15.95)
 		  
Birds of the Middle East  •  Richard Porter  •  Simon Aspinall   • FIELD GUIDE  •  An outstanding guide to 700 species of the birds in the region from the Arabian peninsula to Egypt, Jordan, Lebanon, Israel, Syria, Iraq, Iran, Turkey and Cyprus. Second edition. (MDE17, $39.95)
 		  
 
www.longitudebooks.com     (800) 342-2164      115 West 30th St., Suite 1206    New York, NY 10001