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Following Rick's self-guided tours, you'll experience the wonders of East and West in this fascinating city- the capital of two great empires. Explore one of the world's largest domed churches, haggle with merchants in the exotic Grand Bazaar, and discover the secrets of the sultan's harem in Topkapi Palace. Wander through monumental mosques, shop along sophisticated avenues, and watch whirling dervishes in action. Cruise the Bosphorus for a quick...
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"Acclaimed travel writer Rick Antonson sets his adventurous compass on Mount Ararat, exploring the region's long history, religious mysteries, and complex politics. Mount Ararat is the most fabled mountain in the world. For millennia this massif in eastern Turkey has been rumored as the resting place of Noah's Ark following the Great Flood. But it also plays a significant role in the longstanding conflict between Turkey and Armenia. Author Rick Antonson...
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"Since his boyhood in a poor village in Central Anatolia, Mevlut Karataş has fantasized about what his life would become. Not getting as far in school as he'd hoped, at the age of twelve he comes to Istanbul -- "the center of the world" -- and is immediately enthralled by both the old city that is disappearing and the new one that is fast being built. He follows his father's trade, selling boza (a traditional mildly alcoholic Turkish drink) on the...
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xxix, 800 pages, 24 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color), maps ; 24 cm
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Byzantium, Constantinople, Istanbul-- one city, where stories and histories collide. The gateway between East and West, North and South, it has been the capital city of the Roman, Byzantine, and Ottoman Empires. Hughes takes us on an historical journey from the Neolithic to the present, exploring the ways that Istanbul's influence has spun out to shape the wider world. This is the story not just of emperors, viziers, caliphs, and sultans, but of the...
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311 pages : illustration, map ; 25 cm
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'In the first minute following her death, Tequila Leila's consciousness began to ebb, slowly and steadily, like a tide receding from the shore. Her brain cells, having run out of blood, were now completely deprived of oxygen. But they did not shut down. Not right away ...' Our brains stay active for ten minutes after our heart stops beating. For Tequila Leila, each minute brings with it a new memory - growing up with her father and his two wives...
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488 pages ; 20 cm
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A high-stakes thriller which weaves Turkey's war-torn past with action, adventure and conspiracy. A terrifying attack. Southern Turkey. Business intelligence operative Iain Black, having survived the hotel bombing that killed his friend and partner, vows to find out who was responsible then make them pay. A past that won't stay buried. Historian Karin Visser, who also lost friends in the blast, teams up with Iain to uncover secrets hidden deep within...
10) Turkey
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702 pages : illustrations (chiefly color), maps (some color) ; 20 cm.
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Offers maps, helpful recommendations, authoritative background information, and up-to-date coverage of things to see and do, for travelers of every budget.
11) Turkey
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64 pages : color illustrations, color maps ; 25 cm.
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Draws readers into some of the world's most interesting and important countries with current, detailed information on virtually everything that defines life in a particular place, from economy and the environment to geography and social trends.
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304 pages : colour illustrations, 2 colour maps ; 21 cm
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Rich in culture and history, Turkey is an infinitely rewarding proposition for the discriminating traveller. Francis Russell has been visiting Turkey for more than thirty years, and with 123 recommended destinations he provides a fascinating and wonderfully well informed itinerary. This personal and well informed selection and description of the most interesting towns and individual buildings and archaeological sites in Turkey is the definitive guidebook...
13) Turkey
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638 pages : color illustrations, color maps ; 20 cm + 1 folded map.
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Lonely Planet's Turkey is our most comprehensive guide that extensively covers all the country has to offer, with recommendations for both popular and lesser-known experiences. See the minarets of Istanbul's Old City, hot-air balloon over Cappadocia, gaze at the magnificent Aya Sofya; all with your trusted travel companion.
14) Istanbul
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255 pages : color illustrations, color maps ; 20 cm + 1 pull-out color map
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3D features on the two biggest sights, Aya Sofya and the Topkapi Palace; Features great insider tips; Includes full-colour, pull-out map; Expanded planning section.
15) Turkey
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Discusses the geography, history, economy, government, religion, people, foreign relations, and communities of Turkey.
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When a brutal murder shocks Istanbul's rundown Jewish quarter, the Turkish police force unleashes their best weapon, the chain-smoking, brandy-swilling Inspector Cetin Ikmen, husband to a strict Muslim woman (who disapproves of his drinking) and loving father of eight (with another on the way).
With a colorful, multi-layered setting and a delicious labyrinthine plot, Barbara Nadel's Belshazzar's Daughter is a stunning and evocative crime debut, and...
17) The red room
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399 pages : map ; 24 cm.
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"In the newest international thrill ride from New York Times-bestselling author Ridley Pearson, John Knox and Grace Chu, the incomparable and often incompatible duo, team up again, this time in the exotic 'city between two worlds,' Istanbul. What's it like to see yourself in a picture you never knew was taken? John Knox is an expert at surveillance and delicate, international dealings. So he is understandably thrown when David 'Sarge' Dulwich, his...
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Centers of civilization volume 9
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xiii, 189 pages : illustrations, map ; 20 cm.
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Administration, society and intellectual life of the Turkish Empire during the two centuries that followed the capture of Constantinople in 1453.
20) Turkey
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46 pages : illustrations, map ; 28 cm.
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Focusses on issues which arise from Turkey's economic success and move away from its traditional industries of farming and textiles. Turkey must decide whether it looks east or west in the future, while retaining its own identity and political stability in a region torn by conflict.
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