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•  Teach Yourself Turkish -- A Complete Course for Beginners 
  by Asuman Çelen Pollard and David Pollard; Hodder and Stoughton; Kent and London (England) (1996) -- Paperback...
  This Turkish language course assumes no previous knowledge of other languages: the emphasis is firmly on communication skills. It is based on the Council of Europe's guidelines on language learning and contains plenty of exercise material.
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•  Elementary Turkish 
  by Lewis V. Thomas (revised and edited by Norman Itzkowitz); Dover Publications (1986);
  ISBN 0-486-25064-4; Approx USD $7.95 --
  From the publisher, "This superb grammar and exercise text, used successfully for years at Princeton University, enable English speaking students--in and out of the classroom to gain a quick and thorough understanding of Modern Turkish. In a carefully arranged sequence of 23 lessons, Lewis V. Thomas, late Professor of Oriental Studies at Princeton, presents thorough coverage that allows the student to begin to use the basic patterns of modern Turkish without time-consuming and expensive private instruction."
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•  Just Enough Turkish  
  by D. L. Ellis, Roderick Conway Morris, 144 pages (September 30, 1990).
  A reviewer said, "My husband (who is Turkish) and I agree that this is the perfect little phrase book to use when I get stuck trying to remember just the right question. Not only does it have a very easy to use layout and many vocabulary words, but it also has many questions and (most importantly!) several common answers. A really great book for anyone traveling to Turkey!"
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•   Two Hundred and One Turkish Verbs Fully Conjugated in All* the Tenses  Ed. 5.2
  by Talat Sait Halman -- paperback, 256 pages (April 1981) Barrons Educational Series.
  A reviewer commented, "I'll buy anything if it'll help me crack this language! When I first opened the book I thought it was rubbish - very cheap print etc. But, but, it is indispensible! It has most of the verbs a beginner could ever need and you will find this book of immense value.." *Compare with our verb-tense charts...
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•   Our Turkish Phrasebook  
  (in collaboration with Tom Brosnahan, for Lonely Planet Publications).
  Second Revised Printing -- December 2000 (cleaned of all those embarazZing priinting erorsz)
  A modern phrasebook for the new-age 00's -- even includes romantic terms and phrases !!
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•  Culture Shock! Turkey 
  by ArIn Bayraktaroglu; Published by Times Books International in paperback, Singapore
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•  A Fez of the Heart -- Travels around Turkey in search of a hat Ed. 5.0
  by Jeremy Seal; Picador, Macmillan Publishers Ltd. (1995)...
  Through interviews with villagers and historical essays, Seals chronicles his journey through Turkey, to areas both metropolitan and remote, to find the heart of the country as embodied by its former national head gear -- that was outlawed completely by Ataturk in 1925. "A truly beguiling mixture of history, politics, and travel -- and very funny too."
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•   Our World Food -- Turkey 
  (in collaboration with Dani Valent, for Lonely Planet Publications) --
  was runner-up winner for the UK's prestigious Andre Simon Award in the 2001!
  Includes comprehensive bi-lingual dictionary and Menu Decoder...
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  Turkish Language Palmtop Dictionary, Business Organizer, and Language Teacher The Ectaco, Model ET200D -- $119. The English-Turkish-English Dictionary has vocabulary of over 450,000 words (including general words and medical, technical, legal, business terms and slang). New words recording function for dictionary expansion. 200 American idioms and over 1,000 topically arranged phrases. The 128 KB bilingual business organizer supports a telephone directory, a memo, a calendar, a schedule, an anniversary list, an account manager and a secret function. Model ET780T -- $249. Talking Touch-Screen version of the Model ET200D...

•  First Edition -- Now on sale!
  Our World Food -- Turkey (in collaboration with Dani Valent, for Lonely Planet Publications) --
  was runner-up winner for the UK's prestigious Andre Simon Award in the 2001!
  For people who live to eat, drink, and travel...
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•  Second Revised Printing -- December 2000
  (cleaned of all those embarazing priinting erorss) Our Turkish Phrasebook (in collaboration with Tom Brosnahan, for Lonely Planet Publications). Just click one of the logos...
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•  Third Revised Printing -- February 2001
  Another of our collaborations for Lonely Planet Publications, the Europe Phrasebook (in collaboration with 13 other authors -- covering the many languages of Europe... Basque, Catalan, Dutch, French, German, Greek, Irish, Italian, Maltese, Portuguese, Scottish Gaelic, Spanish, Turkish, and Welsh.). Just click one of the logos... if you'd like to check it out.

•  Hugo Language Course: Turkish In Three Months by Bengisu Rona, 256 pages 1st edition (June 1999).
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•  Just Enough Turkish by D. L. Ellis, Roderick Conway Morris, 144 pages (September 30, 1990).
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•  Colloquial Turkish: The Complete Course for Beginners by Albert Backus, Jeroen Aarssen, Ad Backus,
  352 pages (December 2000).
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• Dictionary of Turkish Proverbs by Metin YurtbasI; A Turkish Daily News Publication; Ankara (1993) -- Paperback...Note: This extraordinary book is extensively cross-referenced in both English and Turkish.
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• Teach Yourself Turkish, A Complete Course for Beginners, by G.L. Lewis; Hodder and Stoughton; Kent (England) (1953, 1973, 1978, 1989, 1992) -- Paperback
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•  Teach Yourself Turkish -- A Complete Course for Beginners, by Asuman Çelen Pollard and David Pollard; Hodder and Stoughton; Kent and London (England) (1996) -- Paperback...Note: This is an entirely new and different book from the G.L. Lewis Edition shown above.
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•  Berlitz Turkish -- Cassette pack with phrasebook, by staff; Berlitz Multimedia;
  192 pages book and cassette edition (August 1999)
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• Turkish Grammar by G.L. Lewis; Oxford University Press; Oxford and New York
  (1967 and reprinted after 1988) -- Paperback
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•  Turkish Grammar by Robert Underhill; The MIT Press; Cambridge, Mass., and London, England
  (1976, Seventh reprinting, 1993) -- Hardback
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• Turkish/Language 30 -- Book and Cassette Edition, by staff; published by Educational Services Corp (1994)
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• Turkish Headstart -- Modules 1 thru 12 (with 14 cassettes) by Defense Language Institute, Foreign Language Center, Non-Resident Training Division, Presidio of Monterey, CA 93944-5006 (April 1982); ISBN None on my copy (Paperback); approx USD $114, Available through the US Govt Printing Office.

• Turkish -- Basic Course Units 1-30 (with 14 cassettes) by Lloyd B. Swift (in collaboration with Selman AgralI) for the Foreign Service Institute (Office of Education, Department of Health, Education and Welfare, USA (1966); ISBN: None on my copy (Paperback); alsoavailablee through the US Govt Printing Office.
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• Turkish -- Basic Course Units 31-50 (with 13 cassettes) by Selman AgralI (organization and notes by Lloyd B. Swift) for the Foreign Service Institute (Office of Education, Department of Health, Education and Welfare, USA (1966); ISBN: None on my copy (Paperback); approx USD $134, Available through the US Govt Printing Office.
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• A Practical Course in Turkish by Dr. Müfit YIldIrImalp; Haset Kitabevi, A.S., Istanbul (1988); ISBN -- None (Paperback); USD $4 (?)

• Colloquial Turkish by Y. MardIn; Rutledge and Kegan Paul; London (1961, 1966, 1968, 1972, 1976); ISBN 0-7100-4336-8 (Hardback) and 0-7100-8415-3 (Paperback); Pound Sterling £5.95 (Paperback)

• Türkçe Ögreniyoruz (We're Learning Turkish), I through VI (with separate language keys for each book) by several authors including Hengirmen, Koç, Yamaç, AkIncI; Published by Engin YayInevi; Ankara, Turkey (beginning in 1990); ISBN None (Paperback); Approx USD $3 Each (also -- at extra cost -- these books are available with accompanying tape cassettes...)

• Elementary Turkish by Lewis V. Thomas (revised and edited by Norman Itzkowitz); Dover Publications (1986);
  ISBN 0-486-25064-4; Approx USD $7.95 -- Note this is a revised edition of the book originally published by the Harvard University Press in 1967.
  
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Bilingual Dictionaries

•  Langenscheidt's Pocket Dictionary, Turkish; By staff, Lagenscheidt (March 1993)
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• Redhouse Büyük Elsözlügü [The Larger Portable Dictionary], Turkish-English, English-Turkish with 100,000 headwords. By staff, Redhouse YayInevi (Publisher), Istanbul (1994)
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• Redhouse, Turkish-English, English-Turkish, 2-Volume set -- the largest Redhouse Dictionary Edited by AkIm, Antel, Avery, et al, Redhouse YayInevi (Publisher), Istanbul (1991 -- originally published 1968), ISBN 975-8176-2, 975-8176-11-0. Link to the Redhouse site...
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• Redhouse, Turkish-English, English-Turkish Talking Dictionary on CD ROM with 75,000 headwords, Edited by AkIm, Antel, Avery, et al, SAYISAL A.S. and Redhouse YayInevi (Publisher), Istanbul (1993), Product Code: 96.35.Ü.113.2

• Langenscheidt's Standard English Dictionary (English - Turkish, Turkish- English) with 80,000 headwords By Resuhi Akdikmen, Langenscheidt Publisher/InkIlâp Kitabevi YayIn San., Istanbul (1985-1996)
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• ingilizce Modern Sözlük (Modern English-Turkish-English Dictionary) with 80,000 headwords By staff, FONO AçIk Ögretim Kurumu (Publisher), Istanbul (1996), ISBN 975-471-001-5, USD $8 at Ilerli Kitabevi in Izmir.

• The Concise Oxford Turkish Dictionary -- with 24,000 headwords Edited by A.D. Alderson and Fahir Iz, Oxford University Press (1959, Reprinted through 1985), ISBN 975-09-0050-2
  Note: This edition is not recommended by us here at LPT --
  it has not been updated in almost 40 years, and shows it!
  It's only listed here for the sake of completeness...
  Please inform us whenever it's updated, so we can remove this unfavorable review!

• Hippocrene Handy Dictionary -- Turkish Compiled by LEXUS with TürkistanlI and Ünlü; Published by Hippocrene Books, New York by arrangement with Routledge, London (1991)

•  Hippocrene Full-sized Dictionary -- Turkish Compiled by LEXUS with TürkistanlI and Ünlü; Published by Hippocrene Books, New York
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• FONO ENGLISH mini dictionary (Ingilizce - Türkçe, Türkçe - Ingilizce) Edited by A. Bayram, S. Meriç, Gordon Jones, FONO YAYINLARI SÖZLÜK DIZISI, Istanbul, USD $1

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Touristic Books about Turkey
•  A Fez of the Heart -- Travels around Turkey in search of a hat by Jeremy Seal; Picador,
  Macmillan Publishers Ltd. (1995)...
  "A truly beguiling mixture of history, politics, and travel -- and very funny too."
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•  Biblical Sites of Turkey by Everett C. Blake, Anna G Edmonds Paperback; Redhouse (December 1994, Turkey)
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•  Blue Guide Turkey by Mc Donaugh and Flower; A & C Black (London) and WW Norton (New York)
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•   Turkey: a Lonely Planet travel survival kit (5th edition) by Tom Brosnahan and Pat Yale; Lonely Planet Publications (Australia -- 1996) -- Paperback
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•  Insight Guides -- Turkey, 4th Edition original edition by Hans Hofer, Thomas Goltz, Metin Demirsar;
  Published by Apa Productions in paperback, Singapore (January 1998)
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•  Insight Guide -- Turkish Coast, 2nd Edition Published by Apa Productions in Paperback (January 1, 1998)
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•  Istanbul -- 'Eye Witness' Everyman Guides organized Demir Onger and numerous contributors;
  David Campbell Publishers LTD, London; ISBN 1-87-715-815-6, Pound Sterling £17.
  Special Note: this book also appears in some countries as Istanbul and Northwest Turkey, Published by Knopf (1993)
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• Aegean Turkey by George Bean; John Murray (Publishers); ISBN 0-7195-4649-6, USD $30

• Ancient Civilizations and Ruins of Turkey by Ord. Prof. Dr. Ekrem Akurgal,
  NET Turistik Yayinlar A.S. (and University of Pennsylvania) 8th edition (1993);
  ISBN 9-7547-9110-4; USD $29.95
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• Turkey -- a country study Edited by Richard F Nyrop for Foreign Area Studies, The American University;
  Published by the U.S. Department of the Army, John Murray (Publishers); Army Document -- DA Pam 550-80,
  Published in 1980; USD $30

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Turkish History and Historical Fiction
•  The Hapsburgs -- Embodying Empire; by Andrew Wheatcroft,
  Hardback or Paperback; 432 pages Reprint edition; Penguin USA (May 1997)
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•  Catherine the Great -- A Short History; by Isabel De Madariaga,
  Hardcover or Paperback; Yale University Press (May 1993) ...
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•  Six Wives of Henry VIII by Alison Weir,
  Paperback, 656 pages; Grove Press edition (April 2000)...
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•  The Reign of the Favored Women by Ann Chamberlin,
  Hardcover - 384 pages; Forge Press (September 1998) ...
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•   Sofia by Ann Chamberlin,
  Paperback - 378 pages; Tom Doherty Associates (New York, 1996)
  From high society Venice to the sultan's harem...
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•  The Sultan's Daughter by Ann Chamberlin,
  Hardcover - 352 pages; Forge Press (April 1997) ...The Sequel to Sofia
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• Valide -- A Novel of the Harem by Barbara Chase-Riboud; Avon Books (New York, 1988)
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•  Lords of the Horizons : A History of the Ottoman Empire by Jason Goodwin;
  Paperback (1999), Vintage Books (London).
  A popular and highly-readable anecdotal version of this fascinating story...
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• Suleyman the Magnificent and His Age : The Ottoman Empire in the Early Modern World Metin Kunt (Editor), Christine Woodhead (Editor); Paperback (1995), Longman House Books (Essex). No longer available?
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• The Janissaries David Nicolle, Christa Hook (Illustrator) ; Paperback (1995), Osprey Books (London). The history of the Janissary Corps, illustrated beautifully in full color...
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• Armies of the Ottoman Turks 1300 -1774 David Nicolle, Angus McBride (Illustrator) ; Paperback (1995), Osprey Books (London). The history of the Ottoman armies from their rise through the beginning of their demise, illustrated beautifully in full color...
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• Medieval Warfare Source Book by David Nicolle Ed. 5.0
  Hardback, 320 pages, 200+ illustrations, maps and charts; Arms and Armour Press (1996).
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•  Encyclopedia of Military History -- From 3500 BC to the Present; by R. Earnest Dupay and Trevor N. Dupay
  Hardback, 1464 pages, with more than 250 maps plus illustrations of weapons and fortifications;
  Harper and Row, Publishers (New York, et al -- 1977, Updated 1993).Ed. 5.0
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• The Harper Encyclopedia of Military Biography by Trevor N. Dupuy
  Hardback, from Alexander the Great and Julius Caesar to Rommel, Patton, and Schwarzkopf;
  Harper and Row, Publishers (New York, et al -- 1993).Ed. 5.0
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• The Ottoman Empire -- The Classical Age 1300-1600 Halil INALCIK; Originally published 1973.
  This paperback edition reprint 1994, Phoenix Paperbacks (London).
  Impeccable scholarship makes up for the rather dry prose...
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• An Economical and Social History of the Ottoman Empire -- Volume One 1300-1600
  Halil INALCIK; 1994, Cambridge University Press. Impeccable scholarship makes up for the rather dry prose...
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•  Istanbul and the Civilization of the Ottoman Empire (Centers of Civilization Series)
  Bernard Lewis ; Paperback (December 1972) University of Oklahoma Press. Highly informative in a small package...
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•  Slavery and Abolition in the Ottoman Middle East Ehud R. Toledano; Paperback (December 1972)
  University of Oklahoma Press. Highly informative in a small package...
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•  Mehmed the Conqueror and His Time by Franz Babinger; Paperback (1953), Reprinted with new preface
  by William C. Hickman (1992), Princeton Universtiy Press (New Jersey, USA).
  Modern academics cast doubt on the scholarship of this 'rattling good yarn'.
  The seventh book (chapter), in particular, is filled with horrific 'ax-grinding' material
  to warm the hearts of all but the most jaded anti-Turkish readers...
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•  The Ottoman Centuries by Lord Kinross; Morrow Quill Paperbacks (New York, 1977)
  This is the whole story in 600 plus pages -- of the Origin, the Rise, and the Fall
  of the Ottoman Empire. Told with the the 'rush' of an exciting adventure novel.
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•  History of the Ottoman Empire and Modern Turkey -- Volume 1, Empire of the Gazis,
  The Rise and Decline of the Ottoman Empire 1280-1810
  by Stanford J. Shaw; Cambridge University Press Paperbacks (Cambridge, New York, Melbourne 1976)
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•  History of the Ottoman Empire and Modern Turkey Vol II:
  Reform, Revolution and Republic
  by Stanford J. Shaw; Cambridge University Press Paperbacks (Cambridge, New York, Melbourne 1977)
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•  Turkey and the Holocaust
  Turkey's role in rescuing Turkish and European Jewry from Nazi persecution, 1933-1945
  by Stanford J. Shaw; Palgrave, formerly Macmillan Press (1993)
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• Atatürk, Rebirth of a Nation Fourth Edition by Lord Kinross, Widenfield and Nicolson, London (1966);
  ISBN - none in the edition I have, but there must be one.
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•  Constantinople -- City of the World's Desire, 1453-1924 by Philip Mansel;
  St. Martin's Griffin (New York, 1996)
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•  Origins of the Ottoman Empire by Mehmed Fuad Koprulu, Gary Leiser (Editor);
  State Univ. New York (New York, 1992)
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•  The Ottomans by Andrew Wheatcroft; Penguin Books (October 1995)
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• Turkey : A Country Study (Area Handbook Series) by Helen Chapin Metz (Editor);
  American University Press (Washington)
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•  The Imperial Harem by Leslie P. Pierce; Oxford University Press (New York, Oxford, 1993)
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•  Harem : The World Behind the Veil by Alev Lytle Croutier; Published by
  Bloomsbury Pub Ltd (1989); Hardcover
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•  The Turkish Language Reform
  by Geoffery Lewis -- Hardcover; 200 pages (18 November, 1999);
  Oxford University Press.
  The transformation of the Turkish language is probably the most thorough-going
  piece of linguistics engineering in history. Its prelude came in 1928, when the
  Arabo-Persian alphabet was outlawed...
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•  The Book of Dede Korkut
  by Geoffery Lewis -- Paperback, 213 pages (November 1988) Penguin Books.
  One reviewer said, "The Book Dede Korkut is a compilation of tales about the
  Turkic peoples of Central Asia -- who later went on to conquer Asia Minor, and
  a goodly portion of Europe. Although the tales are about a group of Muslim raiders,
  and defenders of the faith, it's clear that the references are grafted onto an earlier
  tradition. The stories themselves are juicy, and often funny, and give a good sense
  of life on the steppe. The translation is excellent, with good endnotes."
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  Books with large and enlightening sections devoted to Turkish History, etc.

• Atlas of World History -- Volumes 1 and 2 by Kinder and Hilgemann; Penquin Paperback,
  Reprinted with Revisions 1978...
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•  The Story of Civilization Part V -- The Renaissance by Will Durant; Simon and Schuster (New York, 1953)
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•  The Story of Civilization Part VI -- The Reformation by Will Durant; Simon and Schuster (New York, 1957)
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• The Muslim Discovery of Europe by Bernard Lewis; Phoenix Paperbacks (London, 1982)
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•  Great Literature of the Eastern World Ian McGreal, Editor; Harper Collins (New York, 1996)
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• Great Thinkers of the Eastern World Ian McGreal, Editor; Harper Collins (New York, 1994)
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  In case you want to understand something of Islam, Christianity, or Judaism...

•   The Age of Faith : A History of Medieval Civilization -- Christian, Islamic,
  and Judaic (A.D. 325-1300) by Will Durant; Hardcover; Fine Creative Media (July 1997);
  originally Simon and Schuster (1950)
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•  The Oxford Dictionary of the Christian Church F.L. Cross (Editor), E.A. Livingstone (Editor)
  An extremely useful reference for studying the differences between Christianity, Islam, Judaism, etc.
  We especially like the coverage of the naughty medieval and renaissance popes! 1824 pages (March 1997).
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•  The Arabs in History Bernard Lewis ; Reprinted Paperback (1993), Oxford University Press.
  Highly informative in a small package...
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• History of the Arab Peoples by Albert Hourani; Paperback (1992), Warner Books
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•  The Crusades Through Arab Eyes by Amin Maalouf,
  Paperback (1984), Schocken Books (New York) and Al Saqi Books
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•  Understanding Islam : An Introduction to the Muslim World by Thomas W. Lippman
  (former Washington Post Bureau Chief in Cairo and Correspondent in Indochina);
  Paperback 2nd Rev edition (December 1995) Meridian Books; ISBN: 0452011604
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•  The Holy Quran Text Translation and Commentary : Text, Translation and Commentary
  Abdullah Yusuf Ali (Editor); Paperback - 1815 pages (September 1998) Tahrike Tarsile Qur'an; ISBN: 0940368315
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Miscellaneous Books  The Art of the Turkish Tale -- Volume One by Barbara K. Walker, Helen Siegl (Illustrator) -- 288 pages Volume 1 (December 1990) Texas Tech Univ Printing Press. Translations of 80 narratives collected by Walker from oral sources in Turkey, 1961-89, and now part of the Archive of Turkish Oral Narrative at Texas Tech University. Nicely illustrated with block prints by Helen Siegl. Of interest to teachers and storytellers as well as to folklorists and area specialists. Just click the logo... to learn more about this book.  The Art of the Turkish Tale -- Volume Two by Barbara K. Walker, Helen Siegl (Illustrator) -- Volume 2 (May 1993) Texas Tech Univ Printing Press. Among the stories are versions of familiar European folktales, and of tales recounted in the Arabian Nights and other Arabic collections. Includes a guide to the pronunciation of Turkish names and a glossary of ideas. Just click one of the logos... to learn more about this book.  Treasury of Turkish Tales -- For Children by Barbara K. Walker -- Illustrated Hardcover, 155 pages (1998), Shoe String Press, Linnet Books. The thirty-four folk tales about jinns and giants, padishahs and peasants, in this collection, "are organized into sections on animals, fables, witch/dragon tales, trickster tales, tales of fate, stories of wish fulfillment, and beloved heroes -- like Keloglan (the bald boy) and Nasreddin Hoca . . . . Grade four and up." Just click the logo... to learn more about this book.  Watermelons, Walnuts and the Wisdom of Allah : And Other Tales of the Hoca by Barbara K. Walker, Harold Berson (Illustrator) -- 72 pages, Hardback Reprint Edition (May 1991) Texas Tech Univ Printing Press. One reviewer said, "This is an highly memorable, enjoyable book for all ages. Great for anything from laughter, to learning about another culture, to simple and timeless morals, to an understanding of the common ground we share with Islam. One of my favorite books of all time..." Just click one of the logos... to learn more about this book.  The Black Book A Novel by Orhan Pamuk -- Hardcover, 400 pages (3 July, 1995) Faber and Faber A tapestry of Middle East and Islamic culture, by the author of "The White Castle". Galip, an Istanbul lawyer, suspects that his vanished wife is hiding out with her half-brother, a newspaper columnist whose fame Galip envies. Galip plays the part of private investigator, with dire consequences. Just click one of the logos... to learn more about this book.  The White Castle A Novel by Orhan Pamuk -- 176 pages Reprint edition (April 1998) Vintage Books The New York Times Book Review, Jay Parini, "[Orhan Pamuk] has earned the right to comparisons with Jorge Luis Borges and Italo Calvino, both of whom preside over this novel like beneficent angels.... a storyteller with as much gumption and narrative zip as Scheherazade." The story -- In the 17th century, a young Italian scholar sailing from Venice to Naples is taken prisoner and delivered to Constantinople. There he falls into the custody of a scholar known as Hoja (teacher) a man who is his exact double. In the years that follow... Just click the logo... to learn more about this book.   Classical Turkish Cooking : Traditional Turkish Food for the American Kitchen by Ayla Esen Algar -- 306 pages (May 1999); HarperCollins (paper) Just click either logo -- to learn more about this book.  How to Be a More Successful Language Learner by Joan Rubin and Irene Thompson, Published by Heinle & Heinle Pub. in paperback (1994) Just click either logo -- to learn more about this book.  Culture Shock! Turkey by ArIn Bayraktaroglu; Published by Times Books International in paperback, Singapore Just click either logo -- to learn more about this book.  Turkish Reflections by Mary Lee Settle, Published by Simon & Schuster (New York) in paperback Just click either logo -- to learn more about this book.. Scotch and Holy Water by John Tumpane; Published by the St.Giles Press, POB 1416, Lafayette, CA 94549; ISBN - 0-9607382-0-7, Approx USD $10 -- GO HERE -- to see one of John's Personal Turkish Experiences! Just click the logo -- to learn more about this book...  Nasreddin Hodja -- by Meriam Sinclair, Paperback, 26 pages; Self Publishing (January 1, 1997) Just click the logo -- to learn more about this book..Ed. 5.0 One Day the Hodja by Murat Hikmet with illustrations by Muammer BakIr; Published by the author in paperback, Ankara (Turkey); ISBN - none, Approx USD $3 GO HERE -- to see some sample Hoca stories in English and Turkish... Temel's 501 (and 801 and 1501) (The Temel stories in Turkish) compiled and edited by Durusoy and AltIner, Published AltIner LTD in paperback, Istanbul (1994), ISBN -- 975-7934-01-1, 975-7934-06-2 Approx USD $3 GO HERE -- to see some sample Temel stories in English and Turkish...  World Food -- Turkey; First Edition !! Our World Food -- Turkey (in collaboration with Dani Valent, for Lonely Planet Publications). For people who live to eat, drink, and travel...Just click one of the logos... to learn more about this book.  Eat Smart in Turkey: How to Decipher the Menu, Know the Market Foods & Embark on a Tasting Adventure; Publisher: Ginkgo Press Inc, Madison, WI 53705.  -- exclusively written for LPT by the book's own authors -- and our competitors! Just click either logo -- to learn more about this book.

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