MOROCCAN DISCOVERY

READING GUIDE
MOROCCAN DISCOVERY
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ere is a brief selection of favorite, new and hard-to-find books, prepared for your journey. For your
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ESSENTIAL
Item EXMRC109. Buy these 5 items as a set for $96
including shipping, 15% off the retail price. With free
shipping on anything else you order.
Michelin Travel Publications
Morocco Map
2015, MAP, PAGES, $12.95
A road map featuring city and town plans at a
scale of 1:1,000,000. Two sides. 28 x 36 inches.
(Item MRC13)
Peter Mayne
A Year in Marrakesh
2003, PAPER, 190 PAGES, $35.00
This brilliantly entertaining, insightful classic
account of Marrakesh captures the rhythm and
spirit of life in the alleyways of the Medina in
the 1950s. (Item MRC55)
Fatima Mernissi
Dreams of Trespass, Tales of a Harem
Girlhood
1995, PAPER, 242 PAGES, $17.00
This captivating memoir by one of Morocco’s
most outspoken women opens, “I was born
in a harem in 1940 in Fez, a ninth-century
Moroccan city.” Mernissi captures not only the
spirit of the place, but also the hierarchy and
decorum of a Muslim family compound. (Item
MRC10)
Jillian York
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Lonely Planet
Lonely Planet Moroccan Arabic
Phrasebook
2014, PAPER, 256 PAGES, $8.99
This handy phrasebook includes pronunciation,
basic grammar and essential vocabulary. (Item
MRC15)
Paula Wolfert
The Food of Morocco
2011, HARD COVER, 517 PAGES, $45.00
A Mediterranean cuisine icon brings a lifetime
of experience and taste to this gorgeously
illustrated cookbook and cultural guide. (Item
MRC129)
Claudia Roden (Introduction), Madame Guinaudeau
Culture Smart! Morocco
Traditional Moroccan Cooking
History, religion, daily life, food, health and
safety are all covered in this accessible pocket
guide to Moroccan customs, etiquette and
culture, by an author who lives and teaches
there. (Item MRC70)
First published in 1958, Guinaudeau’s
charming guide to Moroccan cuisine explores
the rich culinary traditions of Fez with
anecdotes, recipes, drawings and informative
chapters. (Item MRC44)
2006, PAPER, 168 PAGES, $9.95
Eyewitness Guides
Eyewitness Guide Morocco
2015, PAPER, 396 PAGES, $30.00
Gorgeously illustrated and filled with excellent
maps, this compact guide introduces Morocco’s
history, culture and attractions. (Item MRC58)
2000, PAPER, 208 PAGES, $17.99
Susan Gilson Miller
A History of Modern Morocco
2013, PAPER, 303 PAGES, $29.99
Miller puts the history of Morocco from
1830-2000 into a global context in this incisive,
readable survey. (Item MRC141)
Barnaby Rogerson
Edith Wharton
2000, PAPER, 408 PAGES, $15.95
2010, PAPER, 223 PAGES, $10.95
A Traveller’s History of North Africa
Wide-ranging, accessible and effectively
condensed, this brief history marches
confidently through the centuries, covering key
events and personalities in Morocco, Tunisia
and Algeria to 1999. (Item NAF01)
Karen Armstrong
In Morocco
Wharton’s enjoyable account of her monthlong journey through Morocco after WWI
captures the landscapes, architecture and
many aspects of Muslim culture and history
with emphasis on the cities of Rabat, Fez and
Marrakech. (Item MRC02)
Islam, A Short History
William Langewiesche
Armstrong brings authority and experience to
this vivid, clear-headed survey of the impact
of Islam, from the birth of Mohammad to
present-day challenges. (Item ISL15)
1997, PAPER, 302 PAGES, $16.00
2002, PAPER, 230 PAGES, $15.95
Sahara Unveiled
Marvine Howe
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. (Item NAF05)
Morocco, The Islamist Awakening and
Other Challenges
2005, HARD COVER, 428 PAGES, $28.95
A penetrating look at political, social
and cultural life in Morocco under King
Mohammed V, by a former New York Times
correspondent. (Item MRC75)
Iain Finlayson
Tangier, City of the Dream
2014, PAPER, 372 PAGES, $18.00
An elegant and scathingly honest history of
Tangier’s golden age (1920s-1950s). In crisp
prose and witty vignettes, Finlayson lays bare
Tangier’s vices, virtues and the exploits of
famous visitors including: the Beat poets, heirs
and heiresses, Tennessee Williams and Truman
Capote. (Item MRC148)
Walter Denny
How to Read Islamic Carpets
Paul Bowles
The Sheltering Sky
2014, PAPER, 352 PAGES, $15.99
Bowles’ most famous work, by turns stark and
transcendent, is a tale of three people whose
lives unravel in the desert of North Africa.
Originally published in 1949. (Item NAF09)
Paul Bowles
The Spider’s House
2006, PAPER, 406 PAGES, $14.99
Set in Fez during a 1954 nationalist uprising,
this richly descriptive novel may be the most
evocative of Bowles’ many works based in
Morocco. Originally published in 1955. (Item
MRC08)
TO ORDER
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
collectors alike. (Item ISL112)
Suzanna Clarke
A House in Fez
2008, PAPER, 263 PAGES, $18.99
Clarke’s poignant, gorgeously illustrated tale
of restoring Riad Zany, a traditional courtyard
house in the heart of the ancient city. (Item
MRC116)
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