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Slow Trains to Istanbul: ...And Back: A 4,570-Mile Adventure on 55 Rides
" Tom Chesshyre is the consummate traveller, who makes you want to experience all his adventures and mishaps for yourself. " - Christian Wolmar, author of British Rail: The Making...
The Lion House: The Rise of Suleyman the Magnificent
'Wolf Hall for the Ottoman Empire ... History at its most gripping' Telegraph Venice, 1522. Intelligence arrives from the east confirming Europe's greatest fear- the vastly rich Ottoman Sultan has...
Wounded Tigris: A River Journey through the Cradle of Civilisation
SHORTLISTED FOR THE EDWARD STANFORD TRAVEL WRITING AWARDS 2024 'As epic as it is engaging' Tom Holland 'Jaunty, highly informative and ultimately sobering' New York Review of Books 'A fine...
Turkuaz Kitchen: Comforting Recipes for Delicious Sweet & Savoury
85 recipes for transforming sweet and savoury doughs into delicious main meals and desserts. In her first cookbook, social media star and baker Bet l Tun of Turkuaz Kitchen shows...
Gallipoli: from the author of The Opera House, Batavia and Mutiny on
THE NATIONAL BESTSELLER 'Fascinatingly imaginative popular history.' Sydney Morning Herald On 25 April 1915, Allied forces landed on the Gallipoli Peninsula in present-day Turkey to secure the sea route between...
10 Minutes 38 Seconds in this Strange World
'A rich, sensual novel that gives voice to the invisible' Financial Times - shortlisted for the Booker Prize 2019 'In the first minute following her death, Tequila Leila's consciousness began...
Istanbul Cult Recipes (mini)
Istanbul Cult Recipes invites you to explore an ancient and captivating city through its cuisine - a vast gastronomic culture spanning centuries and influences, from Europe, the Middle East, Central...
The Turks Today
Eighty years have passed since Mustafa Kemal Atat rk founded the Turkish Republic out of the ruins of the Ottoman Empire and set it on the path of modernisation. He...
Johnny: The Legend and Tragedy of General Sir Ian Hamilton
The Gallipoli campaign was launched in April 1915 in an effort to knock Turkey out of the war but the force that was deployed was too small to achieve its...
God's City: Byzantine Constantinople
Byzantium. Was it Greek or Roman, familiar or hybrid, barbaric or civilised, Oriental or Western? In the late eleventh century Constantinople was the largest and wealthiest city in Christendom, the...
Sons of the Conquerors: The Rise of the Turkic World
A detailed portrait of the Turkic people explores events since World War I that have rendered the nation a vital NATO ally and the site of a secular Islamic democracy,...
The Applicant
'An important and radical new literary voice' Elif BatumanIt's 2017 and Leyla, a leftwing Turkish twenty-something living in Berlin, is scrubbing toilets at an Alice in Wonderland-themed hostel in order...
Wounded Tigris: A River Journey through the Cradle of Civilisation
SHORTLISTED FOR THE EDWARD STANFORD TRAVEL WRITING AWARDS 2024'As epic as it is engaging' Tom Holland'Jaunty, highly informative and ultimately sobering' New York Review of Books'A fine book... Leon McCarron's...
Turkiye: Cycling Through a Country's First Century
"A deeply thoughtful, gripping and scrupulous book told in Sayarer's trademark style from the saddle and the roadside" CAROLINE EDENBy a winner of the Stanford Dolman Award for Travel Writing"The...
Turkey Marco Polo Pocket Guide
MARCO POLO Turkey: the Travel Guide with Insider Tips. Fully revised and updated. Now with new Discovery Tours chapter. With this up-to-date, authoritative guide you can experience all the sights...
Turkey Rediscovered: A Land between Tradition and Modernity
This book, available for the first time in English, is an exhilarating journey through Turkey's history and a perceptive look at the interactions between secularism, religion, and multiethnic identity. Without...
Ottoman Dress and Design in the West: A Visual History of [...]
Ottoman Dress and Design in the West is a richly illustrated exploration of the relationship between West and Near East through the visual culture of dress. Charlotte Jirousek examines the...
Greek Orthodox Music in Ottoman Istanbul: Nation and Community [...]
During the late Ottoman period (1856-1922), a time of contestation about imperial policy toward minority groups, music helped the Ottoman Greeks in Istanbul define themselves as a distinct cultural group....
To The City: Life and Death Along the Ancient Walls of Istanbul
'An enthralling guide to one of the world's great cities - that blends history and insights into the present day from one of the most astute commentators on the politics...
To The City: Life and Death Along the Ancient Walls of Istanbul
'An enthralling guide to one of the world's great cities - that blends history and insights into the present day from one of the most astute commentators on the politics...
Architecture and the Turkish City: An Urban History of Istanbul since the Ottomans
Author: Murat GulFormat: Hardback, 156mm x 234mm, 671g, 336 pagesPublished: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC, United Kingdom, 2017Architecture and urban planning have always been used by political regimes to stamp their ideologies...
Queering Sexualities in Turkey: Gay Men, Male Prostitutes and the City
Author: Cenk OEzbayFormat: Hardback, 138mm x 216mm, 384g, 208 pagesPublished: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC, United Kingdom, 2017Despite its some of its more liberal and democratic characteristics - when compared to many...
Modernisms: Iranian, Turkish, and Indian Highlights from NYU's Abby Weed Grey Collection
Author: Lynn GumpertFormat: Hardback, 216mm x 279mm, 1540g, 288 pagesPublished: Hirmer Verlag, Germany, 2019Modernisms explores art from the 1960s and early '70s from Iran, Turkey, and India via selections from...