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Fodor's Turkey, 5th Edition: Where to Stay, Eat, and Explore, Smart Travel Tips from A to Z, Plus Maps and Co ...
Fodor's
Fodor's, 2001
Watch out for inaccuracies!
On a recent trip to Istanbul, we found many inaccuracies in the maps and other information. Many destination names were misspelled. Our impression was that the guide was written by someone who knew even less about Turkey and the Turkish people than we did.
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Turkey's Transformation and American Policy
Morton I. Abramowitz
Century Foundation Press, 2001
Turkey has emerged during the past decade as an important player on the world scene. It is involved in many issues and areas of great interest to the United StatesNATO, the Caucasus and Central Asia, the Middle East, the Balkans, and Greeceand U.S.-Turkish relations grew very close in the past decade. This book analyzes the nature of Turkeys major internal problems, such as the Kurds and the rise ...
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Let's Go 2003: Turkey
Let's Go Inc.
Let's Go Publications, 2002
Turkey Travel book
This is a good travel guide for Turkey - very informative. The book arrived promptly and in good condition.
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Byzantium: The Decline and Fall
John Julius Norwich
Knopf, 1995
A brilliant conclusion to a masterpiece
+ Rambling through the Middle East
+ Superb book on a sadly neglected subject.
+ BYZANTIUM: THE DECLINE AND FALL - JOHN JULIUS NORWICH
+ A well written flowing account
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A Short History of Byzantium
John Julius Norwich
Vintage, 1998
Pure Genius
+ Byzantium the empire that saved Western Culture
+ Excellent primer in Byzantine history
It's not often that I'll re-read a book, but this is one of 'em. I first read this condensed version of Norwich's three-volume history a couple of years ago. I've since read the complete 'trilogy', but I keep coming back to the single volume. For a lay person, like myself, this book is ...
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Turkey (Eyewitness Travel Guides)
DK Publishing
DK Travel, 2003
Bash Kuzel. Well done
+ Understanding through pictures
+ Travel lot
If you like the ancient and modern Turkey, this book is for you. Beautiful descriptions and useful maps. It makes your trip to my country very pleasant.
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Peace to End All Peace: The Fall of the Ottoman Empire and the Creation of the Modern Middle East
David Fromkin
Quill, 1990
Still Sorting Out the Ottoman Empire
+ The law of unintended consequences
+ Lessons Learned on Events from Past that Apply to Current Ops of US Foreign Policy
+ This brilliant book - an historical thriller through and through!
+ Fromkin's A Peace to End All Piece
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Regards from the Dead Princess: Novel of a Life
Kenize Mourad, Sabine Destree, ...
Little Brown & Co (T), 1989
Realities of life
+ A Beautiful, Tragic Tale
This book is highly recommended for those individuals who are seeking their true identity.
The Author who herself has had an aristocratic bearing also explores and sheds light onto one of the pasts most important and intriguing European dynasties: The Ottomans
Albeit, currently she is ...
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The Fall of Constantinople 1453 (Canto)
Steven Runciman
Cambridge University Press, 1990
A sublime account of the demise of the "Greek emperor" and the fall of his city
+ LAST DAYS OF A GREAT CHRISTIAN CITY
+ Historical drama at its best
+ Solid history with storytelling flair
+ Amazing for any history buff and more
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Living in Istanbul (Living In . . .)
Flammarion, 1994
Not perfect but probably the best there is nowadays
+ amazed
+ Turkish Delight
+ Even if just for the photos
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The Ottomans: Dissolving Images
Andrew Wheatcroft
Penguin (Non-Classics), 1996
Engaging
+ Good intro to Ottomans and Orientalism
I liked this book a lot. This vivid narrative really brings the Ottomans to life and paints a colorful pictures of their interesting and (to westerners) exotic culture. Wheatcroft not only shows the good and bad spects of their society, and tells fabulous stories from Ottoman history, but he also ...
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Turkish Reflections: A Biography of a Place
Mary lee Settle
Touchstone, 1992
The Mellowest of Reflections
+ Too nice
A most pleasant evening's read. Not really a book I would recommend to guide anyone planning a first trip to Turkey, as it is a bit too intellectual--i.e., reflective, and its greatest appeal will probably be to anyone already familiar with Turkey. However, maybe it is the kind of book that a ...
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Eyewitness Travel Guide to Istanbul
Dorling Kindersley Publishing, Deni Bown
Dorling Kindersley Publishing, 1998
The BEST Book out there. Plain and Simple.
+ Best Guide to the City
+ Excellent guide to Istanbul
+ invaluable!!!
+ Even Turks like it!
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Ataturk: The Biography of the founder of Modern Turkey
Andrew Mango
Overlook TP, 2002
Great Subject; Pedestrian Writing
+ This has GOT to be complete
Andrew Mango has obviously done a great deal of research into his fascinating subject. The book is a thorough history of the life and career of Mustapha Kemal Ataturk, the founder of modern Turkey. Even though he was autocratic in many respects, there can be no denying that he was a visionary who ...
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Ottoman Centuries
Lord Kinross
Harper Perennial, 1979
An extraordinary and extraordinarily well-written history of the Ottoman Empire!
+ Everything any normal person could ever want to know about the Ottoman Empire...
+ A good intro to the Ottoman Empire and its impact on modern Europe
I recently purchased two books about the Ottoman Empire but I have read them out of order. That which deals with the demise of the empire, 'A Peace to End All Peace,' is reviewed elsewhere and I have given it five stars, describing it as a 'brilliant book.' The other, which I should have got into ...
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