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READING GUIDE MOROCCAN DISCOVERY ere is a brief selection of favorite, new and hard-to-find books, prepared for your journey. For your convenience, you may call (800) 342-2164 to order these books directly from Longitude, a specialty mail- Horder book service. To order online, and to get the latest, most comprehensive selection of books for your voyage, go directly to reading.longitudebooks.com/D922953.

Michelin Travel Publications ESSENTIAL Map 2015, MAP, PAGES, $12.95 Item EXMRC109. Buy these 5 items as a set for $96 A road map featuring city and town plans at a including shipping, 15% off the retail price. With free scale of 1:1,000,000. Two sides. 28 x 36 inches. shipping on anything else you order. (Item MRC13) Peter Mayne A Year in 2003, PAPER, 190 PAGES, $35.00 ALSO RECOMMENDED This brilliantly entertaining, insightful classic account of Marrakesh captures the rhythm and Lonely Planet spirit of life in the alleyways of the Medina in Lonely Planet Moroccan the 1950s. (Item MRC55) Phrasebook 2014 PAPER 256 PAGES, $8.99 Fatima Mernissi , , This handy phrasebook includes pronunciation, Dreams of Trespass, Tales of a Harem basic grammar and essential vocabulary. (Item Girlhood MRC15) 1995, PAPER, 242 PAGES, $17.00 This captivating memoir by one of Morocco’s Paula Wolfert most outspoken women opens, “I was born The Food of Morocco in a harem in 1940 in Fez, a ninth-century 2011, HARD COVER, 517 PAGES, $45.00 Moroccan city.” Mernissi captures not only the A Mediterranean cuisine icon brings a lifetime spirit of the place, but also the hierarchy and of experience and taste to this gorgeously decorum of a Muslim family compound. (Item illustrated cookbook and cultural guide. (Item MRC10) MRC129)

Jillian York Claudia Roden (Introduction), Madame Guinaudeau Culture Smart! Morocco Traditional Moroccan Cooking 2006, PAPER, 168 PAGES, $9.95 2000, PAPER, 208 PAGES, $17.99 History, religion, daily life, food, health and First published in 1958, Guinaudeau’s safety are all covered in this accessible pocket charming guide to explores guide to Moroccan customs, etiquette and the rich culinary traditions of Fez with culture, by an author who lives and teaches anecdotes, recipes, drawings and informative there. (Item MRC70) chapters. (Item MRC44)

Eyewitness Guides Susan Gilson Miller Eyewitness Guide Morocco A History of Modern Morocco 2015, PAPER, 396 PAGES, $30.00 2013, PAPER, 303 PAGES, $29.99 Gorgeously illustrated and filled with excellent Miller puts the history of Morocco from maps, this compact guide introduces Morocco’s 1830-2000 into a global context in this incisive, history, culture and attractions. (Item MRC58) readable survey. (Item MRC141) Barnaby Rogerson Edith Wharton A Traveller’s In Morocco 2000, PAPER, 408 PAGES, $15.95 2010, PAPER, 223 PAGES, $10.95 Wide-ranging, accessible and effectively Wharton’s enjoyable account of her month- condensed, this brief history marches long journey through Morocco after WWI confidently through the centuries, covering key captures the landscapes, architecture and events and personalities in Morocco, many aspects of Muslim culture and history and to 1999. (Item NAF01) with emphasis on the cities of , Fez and Marrakech. (Item MRC02) Karen Armstrong , A Short History William Langewiesche 2002, PAPER, 230 PAGES, $15.95 Unveiled Armstrong brings authority and experience to 1997, PAPER, 302 PAGES, $16.00 this vivid, clear-headed survey of the impact Traveling across the Sahara from of Islam, from the birth of Mohammad to to Dakar, Langeweische has written an present-day challenges. (Item ISL15) uncommonly good memoir of the desert, with meditations on its history, inhabitants and Marvine Howe allure. (Item NAF05) Morocco, The Islamist Awakening and Paul Bowles Other Challenges 2005, HARD COVER, 428 PAGES, $28.95 The Sheltering Sky A penetrating look at political, social 2014, PAPER, 352 PAGES, $15.99 and cultural life in Morocco under King Bowles’ most famous work, by turns stark and Mohammed V, by a former New York Times transcendent, is a tale of three people whose correspondent. (Item MRC75) lives unravel in the desert of North Africa. Originally published in 1949. (Item NAF09) Iain Finlayson Paul Bowles , City of the Dream 2014, PAPER, 372 PAGES, $18.00 The Spider’s House An elegant and scathingly honest history of 2006, PAPER, 406 PAGES, $14.99 Tangier’s golden age (1920s-1950s). In crisp Set in Fez during a 1954 nationalist uprising, prose and witty vignettes, Finlayson lays bare this richly descriptive novel may be the most Tangier’s vices, virtues and the exploits of evocative of Bowles’ many works based in famous visitors including: the Beat poets, heirs Morocco. Originally published in 1955. (Item and heiresses, Tennessee Williams and Truman MRC08) Capote. (Item MRC148)

Walter Denny TO ORDER How to Read Islamic Carpets 2015, PAPER, 176 PAGES, $25.00 A handy, instructive guide to judging the quality, origin and level of craftsmanship of Persian rugs, useful for travelers, students and 2838 Vicksburg Lane collectors alike. (Item ISL112) Plymouth, MN 55447 [email protected] Suzanna Clarke www.longitudebooks.com A House in Fez 2008, PAPER, 263 PAGES, $18.99 Shipping charges via UPS or Priority Mail: $4.95 for first book, $1 per Clarke’s poignant, gorgeously illustrated tale additional book up to a maximum of $9.95. of restoring Riad Zany, a traditional courtyard house in the heart of the ancient city. (Item Book prices and availability subject to change. MRC116) Checks, Visa, MasterCard, AmEx and Discover accepted.

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