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Eyewitness Guide Turkey •   Eyewitness Guides
GUIDEBOOK • 2008 • FLEXI-BOUND • 432 PAGES
Gorgeously illustrated and filled with excellent maps, this compact book is a thorough overview of Turkey, its history, traditions, cultures and sights. With hundreds of color photographs and illustrations. (TKY82, $25.00)

Turkish Reflections, A Biography of a Place •  Mary Lee Settle
TRAVEL NARRATIVE • 1991 • PAPER • 253 PAGES
A cross-country odyssey from the Aegean shores to the Bosporus and interior by an author and poet who lived in Bodrum 20 years before. Settle's captivating travelogue is a richly detailed portrait of contemporary Turkey, its people, monasteries, myths, archaeological treasures and living traditions. Exemplary. (TKY08, $14.00)

Crescent and Star, Turkey Between Two Worlds •  Stephen Kinzer
HISTORY • 2008 • PAPER • 320 PAGES
An insightful, anecdotal report on contemporary life, culture and politics in Turkey. Kinzer, who was the New York Times bureau chief in Istanbul from 1996-2000, is especially attuned to the powerful geographic position of Turkey and its multiple identities in Europe, Asia and the Middle East. (TKY64, $16.00)

Ancient Turkey, A Traveller's History •  Seton Lloyd
HISTORY • 1999 • PAPER • 240 PAGES
Written by the former head of the British Archaeological Institute in Ankara, this book is an indispensable guide to Turkey's ancient civilizations and monuments. It's a lively tale of cultures and conquest, from the Hittites to St. Paul, that illuminates the living past of Turkey's archaeological treasures. With maps, drawings, site plans and a section of color photographs. (TKY43, $25.95)

Turkey Map •   Freytag & Berndt
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A double-sided, shaded relief map of all of Turkey, including the entire Mediterranean and Black Sea coasts, at a scale of 1:800,000. Fully indexed. (TKY29, $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, $27.95)

Culture Smart! Turkey •  Charlotte McPherson • GUIDEBOOK • A concise, well-illustrated and practical guide to local customs, etiquette and culture. (TKY127, $9.95)

Eyewitness Guide Istanbul •   Eyewitness Guides • GUIDEBOOK • 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)

Lonely Planet Turkey •   Lonely Planet • GUIDEBOOK • The most oft-sighted guidebook in the hands of travelers to Turkey, this compact volume is jammed with details on where to go, what to do and where to stay. (TKY50, $25.99)

Lonely Planet Turkish Phrasebook •  Arzu Kurklu • LANGUAGE & PHRASEBOOKS • With essential vocabulary for the traveler. (TKY115, $8.99)

The Sultan's Kitchen, A Turkish Cookbook •  Ozcan Ozan • FOOD • A nicely illustrated cookbook, featuring authentic recipes from Ozcan's restaurant of the same name in Boston, an overview of Turkish ingredients and menu suggestions. (TKY107, $26.95)

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)

Harem, The World Behind the Veil •  Alev Lytle Croutier • CULTURAL PORTRAIT • A fascinating, illustrated look at the culture of the Harem -- particularly the well known quarters at Topkapi Palace in Istanbul. The author combines interviews, history and a wonderful selection of art in this intriguing book. (ARB23, $25.00)

Islam, The Straight Path •  John L. Esposito • RELIGION • A well-written survey of the faith, practice and beliefs of Islam. It's a balanced tome intended for an undergraduate audience, yet it also functions as an excellent overview for the general reader. (MDE22, $39.95)

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, $19.95)

The Ottoman Centuries •  Lord Kinross • HISTORY • A richly detailed, engrossing history of the Ottoman empire from its dawn in 1300 up to the foundation of the modern republic in 1923, enhanced by maps and photos. (ITL54, $18.95)

The Trojan War •  Carol G. Thomas • HISTORY • Provides readers and researchers with an engaging mixture of descriptive chapters, biographical sketches, and annotated primary documents. (TKY180, $16.95)

The Turkish Letters Of Ogier Ghiselin De Busbecq, Imperial Ambassador At Constantinople, 1554-1562 •  Edward Forster • HISTORY • Busbecq's detailed impressions of his visit to The Ottoman Empire at the height of its power. (TKY170, $19.95)

Turkey, A Modern History •  Erik Zurcher • HISTORY • A lively historical account of the Turkish state from 1780 to the establishment of the modern Turkish Republic in 1923. Special attention is given to the "Young Turk" movement and Kemil Ataturk in this comprehensive volume. (TKY10, $28.95)

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)

A Fez of the Heart, Travels around Turkey in Search of a Hat •  Jeremy Seal • TRAVEL NARRATIVE • The engaging travelogue -- modern Turkey and the dramatic changes since the rise of Kemil Ataturk (who banned the Fez in 1925) -- deftly combines reporting, history, politics and travel. (TKY16, $16.00)

Ataturk, The Biography of the Founder of Modern Turkey •  Andrew Mango • BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR • Mango expertly traces Ataturk's rise to power after World War I, when this complex leader created the modern Turkish state and redefined the relationship between Europe and the Middle East. (TKY52, $24.95)

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, $15.95)

Lords of the Horizons, A History of the Ottoman Empire •  Jason Goodwin • TRAVEL NARRATIVE • A wonderful writer and journalist, Goodwin artfully combines his modern travels with scholarship, history and reflection, capturing the outrageous personalities, events and vagaries of the 600-year-old Ottoman empire. (TKY44, $16.95)

Portrait of a Turkish Family •  Irfan Orga • BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR • This splendid memoir of life in Istanbul in the years surrounding World War I captures the spirit and flavor of the city in the last days of the Ottoman empire. Orga's son supplies an illuminating forward, filling in biographical details. (TKY83, $32.95)

Travelers' Tales Turkey •  James Villers • ANTHOLOGY • An engaging, insightful and entertaining selection of eyewitness accounts of Turkey, organized thematically. (TKY71, $18.95)

Birds Without Wings •  Louis De Bernieres • LITERATURE • Louis De Bernieres offers sweeping historical scope, memorable characters, drama, and many new vocabulary words in this stupendous novel set in Anatolia during the collapse of the Ottoman Empire. (TKY91, $15.95)

Memed, My Hawk •  Yasar Kemal • LITERATURE • From Turkey's master storyteller comes this deceptively simple tale of a rebellious boy in the Taurus mountains of rural Turkey. (TKY57, $15.95)

Snow •  Orhan Pamuk •  Maureen Freely • LITERATURE • The prominent contemporary Turkish author examines the clash between East and West in this story of a snowbound village and its inhabitants in modern Turkey. (TKY93, $14.95)

The Towers of Trebizond •  Rose MacAulay •  Jan Morris • LITERATURE • Known for her sparkling humor, Macaulay's minor masterpiece follows an eccentric party of Brits who set off for Turkey to establish a mission. The novel was first published in 1956. (TKY15, $14.95)

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	Eyewitness Guide Turkey • Eyewitness Guides GUIDEBOOK • 2008 • FLEXI-BOUND • 432 PAGES Gorgeously illustrated and filled with excellent maps, this compact book is a thorough overview of Turkey, its history, traditions, cultures and sights. With hundreds of color photographs and illustrations. (TKY82, $25.00)
	Turkish Reflections, A Biography of a Place • Mary Lee Settle TRAVEL NARRATIVE • 1991 • PAPER • 253 PAGES A cross-country odyssey from the Aegean shores to the Bosporus and interior by an author and poet who lived in Bodrum 20 years before. Settle's captivating travelogue is a richly detailed portrait of contemporary Turkey, its people, monasteries, myths, archaeological treasures and living traditions. Exemplary. (TKY08, $14.00)
	Crescent and Star, Turkey Between Two Worlds • Stephen Kinzer HISTORY • 2008 • PAPER • 320 PAGES An insightful, anecdotal report on contemporary life, culture and politics in Turkey. Kinzer, who was the New York Times bureau chief in Istanbul from 1996-2000, is especially attuned to the powerful geographic position of Turkey and its multiple identities in Europe, Asia and the Middle East. (TKY64, $16.00)
	Ancient Turkey, A Traveller's History • Seton Lloyd HISTORY • 1999 • PAPER • 240 PAGES Written by the former head of the British Archaeological Institute in Ankara, this book is an indispensable guide to Turkey's ancient civilizations and monuments. It's a lively tale of cultures and conquest, from the Hittites to St. Paul, that illuminates the living past of Turkey's archaeological treasures. With maps, drawings, site plans and a section of color photographs. (TKY43, $25.95)
	Turkey Map • Freytag & Berndt MAP A double-sided, shaded relief map of all of Turkey, including the entire Mediterranean and Black Sea coasts, at a scale of 1:800,000. Fully indexed. (TKY29, $12.95)

	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, $27.95)
	Culture Smart! Turkey • Charlotte McPherson • GUIDEBOOK • A concise, well-illustrated and practical guide to local customs, etiquette and culture. (TKY127, $9.95)
	Eyewitness Guide Istanbul • Eyewitness Guides • GUIDEBOOK • 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)
	Lonely Planet Turkey • Lonely Planet • GUIDEBOOK • The most oft-sighted guidebook in the hands of travelers to Turkey, this compact volume is jammed with details on where to go, what to do and where to stay. (TKY50, $25.99)
	Lonely Planet Turkish Phrasebook • Arzu Kurklu • LANGUAGE & PHRASEBOOKS • With essential vocabulary for the traveler. (TKY115, $8.99)
	The Sultan's Kitchen, A Turkish Cookbook • Ozcan Ozan • FOOD • A nicely illustrated cookbook, featuring authentic recipes from Ozcan's restaurant of the same name in Boston, an overview of Turkish ingredients and menu suggestions. (TKY107, $26.95)
	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)
	Harem, The World Behind the Veil • Alev Lytle Croutier • CULTURAL PORTRAIT • A fascinating, illustrated look at the culture of the Harem -- particularly the well known quarters at Topkapi Palace in Istanbul. The author combines interviews, history and a wonderful selection of art in this intriguing book. (ARB23, $25.00)
	Islam, The Straight Path • John L. Esposito • RELIGION • A well-written survey of the faith, practice and beliefs of Islam. It's a balanced tome intended for an undergraduate audience, yet it also functions as an excellent overview for the general reader. (MDE22, $39.95)
	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, $19.95)
	The Ottoman Centuries • Lord Kinross • HISTORY • A richly detailed, engrossing history of the Ottoman empire from its dawn in 1300 up to the foundation of the modern republic in 1923, enhanced by maps and photos. (ITL54, $18.95)
	The Trojan War • Carol G. Thomas • HISTORY • Provides readers and researchers with an engaging mixture of descriptive chapters, biographical sketches, and annotated primary documents. (TKY180, $16.95)
	The Turkish Letters Of Ogier Ghiselin De Busbecq, Imperial Ambassador At Constantinople, 1554-1562 • Edward Forster • HISTORY • Busbecq's detailed impressions of his visit to The Ottoman Empire at the height of its power. (TKY170, $19.95)
	Turkey, A Modern History • Erik Zurcher • HISTORY • A lively historical account of the Turkish state from 1780 to the establishment of the modern Turkish Republic in 1923. Special attention is given to the "Young Turk" movement and Kemil Ataturk in this comprehensive volume. (TKY10, $28.95)
	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)
	A Fez of the Heart, Travels around Turkey in Search of a Hat • Jeremy Seal • TRAVEL NARRATIVE • The engaging travelogue -- modern Turkey and the dramatic changes since the rise of Kemil Ataturk (who banned the Fez in 1925) -- deftly combines reporting, history, politics and travel. (TKY16, $16.00)
	Ataturk, The Biography of the Founder of Modern Turkey • Andrew Mango • BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR • Mango expertly traces Ataturk's rise to power after World War I, when this complex leader created the modern Turkish state and redefined the relationship between Europe and the Middle East. (TKY52, $24.95)
	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, $15.95)
	Lords of the Horizons, A History of the Ottoman Empire • Jason Goodwin • TRAVEL NARRATIVE • A wonderful writer and journalist, Goodwin artfully combines his modern travels with scholarship, history and reflection, capturing the outrageous personalities, events and vagaries of the 600-year-old Ottoman empire. (TKY44, $16.95)
	Portrait of a Turkish Family • Irfan Orga • BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR • This splendid memoir of life in Istanbul in the years surrounding World War I captures the spirit and flavor of the city in the last days of the Ottoman empire. Orga's son supplies an illuminating forward, filling in biographical details. (TKY83, $32.95)
	Travelers' Tales Turkey • James Villers • ANTHOLOGY • An engaging, insightful and entertaining selection of eyewitness accounts of Turkey, organized thematically. (TKY71, $18.95)
	Birds Without Wings • Louis De Bernieres • LITERATURE • Louis De Bernieres offers sweeping historical scope, memorable characters, drama, and many new vocabulary words in this stupendous novel set in Anatolia during the collapse of the Ottoman Empire. (TKY91, $15.95)
	Memed, My Hawk • Yasar Kemal • LITERATURE • From Turkey's master storyteller comes this deceptively simple tale of a rebellious boy in the Taurus mountains of rural Turkey. (TKY57, $15.95)
	Snow • Orhan Pamuk • Maureen Freely • LITERATURE • The prominent contemporary Turkish author examines the clash between East and West in this story of a snowbound village and its inhabitants in modern Turkey. (TKY93, $14.95)
	The Towers of Trebizond • Rose MacAulay • Jan Morris • LITERATURE • Known for her sparkling humor, Macaulay's minor masterpiece follows an eccentric party of Brits who set off for Turkey to establish a mission. The novel was first published in 1956. (TKY15, $14.95)