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	Lonely Planet Libya  •   Lonely Planet GUIDEBOOK •  2007 •  PAPER  • 272 PAGES A practical guide in the popular series, featuring basic information for getting around as well as plenty of details on sightseeing. Includes several maps. (NAF18, $25.99)
	A History of Modern Libya  •  Dirk Vandewalle HISTORY •  2006 •  PAPER  • 274 PAGES An authoritative modern history. Dirk Vandewalle, a professor at Dartmouth, covers Libya from the 1900s through the Italian colonial period, monarchy and the nation since the 1969 revolution and rule by Mu'ammar al-Qadhafi. This book is essentially an update of Vandewalle's Libya Since Independence: Oil and State-building. (NAF41, $28.99)
	Rome in Africa  •  Susan Raven HISTORY •  1993 •  PAPER  • 254 PAGES A scholarly, comprehensive survey, long the standard history of Roman influence in Northern Africa, now in a third edition. With photographs, site plans, and a chronology, this book is an outstanding introduction to the magnificent Roman archaeological sites in Libya, Tunisia and throughout North Africa. It is illustrated and wonderfully written, covering the geographic setting, rise of Carthage, personalities and individual trading centers. Third edition. (NAF04, $49.95)
	A Traveller's History of North Africa  •  Barnaby Rogerson HISTORY •  2000 •  PAPER  • 408 PAGES A brief history of Tunisia, Morocco, Algeria and Libya through the 1990's -- wide-ranging, accessible and effectively condensed. With a useful chronology and historical gazetteer, this book marches confidently through the centuries. Read it as an overview. (NAF01, $15.95)
	Libya Map  •   ITMB 2006 •  MAP This full-color detailed traveler's map (at a scale of 1:2,650,000) shows not only roads, but also tracks, railways, archaeological sites, and oil and gas pipelines. With an inset street plan of Tripoli, shaded relief showing topography, index, glossary of Arab terms and travel information. Printed on waterproof, tear-resistant paper. (NAF32, $10.95)

	Northern Libya Map  •   Cartographia    •  A traveler's road map of the Mediterranean coast of Libya, including Tripoli, Misratah and Benghazi, at a scale of 1:2,000,000. (NAF20, $12.00)
	Culture Smart! Libya  •  Roger Jones   • GUIDEBOOK  •  A concise and practical guide to local customs, etiquette and culture. (NAF62, $9.95)
	Lonely Planet Middle East  •   Lonely Planet   • GUIDEBOOK  •  A practical guide to the North African and Mediterranean countries of the Middle East from Libya, Egypt, Israel, Jordan, Lebanon, Syria and Turkey to Iraq and Iran. (MDE30, $27.99)
	A History of the Maghrib in the Islamic Period  •  Jamil Abun-Nasr   • HISTORY  •  An authoritative, scholarly history of North Africa from the seventh century until independence, covering the Berber dynasties, Ottoman rule, colonial period and independence. (NAF31, $65.00)
	Islam, A Short History  •  Karen Armstrong   • RELIGION  •  Armstrong brings authority and experience to this vivid, clear-headed survey of the history and impact of Islam from the birth of Muhammad to present-day challenges. A Modern Library Chronicles book. (ISL15, $14.95)
	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)
	Penguin Historical Atlas of Ancient Rome  •  Christopher Scarre   • HISTORY  •  A vivid overview of the rise and fall of the Roman Empire and its expansion throughout North Africa and the Mediterranean. Illustrated with ingenious color maps on many topics (political borders, trade, defense, religion) and 80 color photographs. (ITL29, $16.95)
	The Ancient Mediterranean  •  Michael Grant   • CULTURAL PORTRAIT  •  Grant explores the realms of archaeology, geography, art and economics to sketch this classic portrait of the ancient world, from prehistory through the Roman Imperium, and the influence on western civilization. (MED10, $18.00)
	The Berbers  •  Michael Brett  •  Elizabeth Fentress   • CULTURAL PORTRAIT  •  A comprehensive overview of the indigenous people of North Africa from antiquity through the Roman and Islamic periods to modern times. Surveys the history, literature and culture of the Berbers, exploring the identity they have forged in the region. (NAF02, $43.95)
	The Conquest of the Sahara  •  Douglas Porch   • HISTORY  •  Porch captures the ambition, drama and folly of French 19th-century adventurers in North Africa in this classic history, first published in 1986. (NAF37, $15.00)
	The Lost Oasis, The Desert War and the Hunt for Zerzura  •  Saul Kelly   • HISTORY  •  A well-researched, detailed account of exploration of the Libyan desert in the 1920s and 1930s -- and the subsequent Long Range Desert Group. (NAF21, $16.95)
	Ancient Rome: Art, Architecture, and History  •  Ada Gabucci   • ART & ARCHITECTURE  •  A lively, illustrated survey of ancient Rome, its monuments, history and art. (ITL419, $14.95)
	Septimius Severus, The African Emperor  •  Anthony Birley   • ARCHAEOLOGY  •  An engaging, scholarly biography of the Roman emperor born in North Africa. The early chapters are a good introduction to Leptis Magna and life in Tripolitania. With maps, drawings and illustrations. (NAF28, $40.95)
	The North African Stones Speak  •  Paul Lachlan MacKendrick   • ARCHAEOLOGY  •  MacKendrick explores the life and culture of the North African provinces of Rome as revealed by its archaeology in this lively history, the last in a series of a books on ancient Greek and Roman civilizations. (NAF51, $40.00)
	Desert Divers  •  Sven Lindqvist   • EXPLORATION  •  A lyrical account of Lindqvist's travels through the Sahara, taking as its theme the stereotypes and racial prejudices of Andre Gide, Antoine de St. Exupery and other literary idols who found inspiration in the desert. (NAF12, $12.95)
	Sahara Unveiled, A Journey across the Desert  •  William Langewiesche   • TRAVEL NARRATIVE  •  Traveling across the Sahara from Algiers to Dakar, Langeweische has written an uncommonly good memoir of the desert, with meditations on its history, inhabitants and allure. (NAF05, $14.95)
	The Adventures of Ibn Battuta, A Muslim Traveler of the 14th Century  •  Ross E. Dunn   • TRAVEL NARRATIVE  •  A modern historian's account of Ibn Battuta's travels in the medieval Islamic world. When Battuta left his native Morocco in 1325, he intended a pilgrimage to Mecca; however his travels ultimately took him as far as Mali in the west and Malaysia in the east, stopping in China, the Middle East, and much of Africa along the way. (AFR103, $21.95)
	Travels with a Tangerine, From Morocco to Turkey in the Footsteps of Islam's Greatest Traveler  •  Tim MacKintosh-Smith   • TRAVEL NARRATIVE  •  A captivating, well-informed account of travels in the footsteps of the Medieval pilgrim and world traveler Ibn Battuta from Tangiers to Constantinople via Egypt, Syria, Oman, Anatolia, and the Crimea. (NAF26, $14.95)
	Wind, Sand and Stars  •  Antoine de Saint Exupery   • TRAVEL NARRATIVE • FAVORITE  •  St. Exupery's luminous account of flying early postal routes over South America, Europe and the deserts of West Africa in the 1930s, including the classic tale of his crash in the Libyan desert. (DES11, $13.00)
	In the Country of Men  •  Hisham Matar   • LITERATURE  •  This hauntingly beautiful short novel, set in Tripoli in wake of Khadafy's 1969 revolution, shows the bewilderment and fear of the Libyan people through the eyes of a nine-year-old boy. (NAF53, $12.00)
	Leo Africanus  •  Amin Maalouf   • LITERATURE  •  A fictional memoir of the first 40 years in the life of Leo Africanus, a Muslim whose travels led him throughout the Mediterranean and North Africa in the 15th and 16th centuries. (MED55, $16.95)
	Sahara, The Extraordinary History of the World's Largest Desert  •  Sheila Hirtle  •  Marq de Villiers   • NATURAL HISTORY  •  A chronicle of the geography, history and nature of the Sahara. The author combines travelogue, science and archaeology in this informative report. (NAF13, $14.00)

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