Sunday, May 31, 2009

Nonfiction



ATATURK: THE BIOGRAPHY OF THE FOUNDER OF MODERN TURKEY (1999) Andrew Mango

THE OTTOMAN CENTURIES: THE RISE AND FALL OF THE TURKISH EMPIRE (1977) Lord Kinross

CULTURE SMART: TURKEY (2007) Charlotte McPherson

TEA & BEE'S MILK: OUR YEAR IN A TURKISH VILLAGE (2008) Karen and Ray Gilden

TALES FROM THE EXPAT HAREM : FOREIGN WOMEN IN MODERN TURKEY (2006) Anastasia M. Ashman and Jennifer Eaton Gokimen, editors

More Novels



THE BASTARD OF ISTANBUL (2007) Elif Shafak

BLISS (2002) O. Z. Livaneli

Novels



THE JANISSARY TREE (2006) Jason Goodwin

THE SNAKE STONE (2007) Jason Goodwin

Turkish Food


TURKEY: MEDITERRANEAN CUISINE (2006)
ARABESQUE: A TASTE OF MOROCCO, TURKEY, & LEBANON (2007) Claudia Roden
EAT SMART IN TURKEY: HOW TO DECIPHER THE MENU, KNOW THE MARKET FOODS & EMBARK ON A TASTING ADVENTURE (2004) Joan Peterson

Orhan Pamuk, Nobel Laureate in Literature, 2006


ISTANBUL: CITY OF A HUNDRED NAMES (2001) Essay by Orhan Pamuk, Photographs by Alex Webb
ISTANBUL: MEMORIES AND THE CITY (2004) Orhan Pamuk
MY NAME IS RED (2001) Orhan Pamuk
SNOW (2004) Orhan Pamuk
THE BLACK BOOK (2006) Orhan Pamuk

Guides



TURKEY, Lonely Planet guide (April 2009)

TURKISH, Lonely Planet phrasebook (July 2008)

Turkish Politics




CRESCENT & STAR: TURKEY BETWEEN TWO WORLDS (2008) Stephen Kinzer


THE NEW TURKISH REPUBLIC (2008) Graham E. Fuller


WINNING TURKEY: HOW AMERICA, EUROPE, AND TURKEY CAN REVIVE A FADING PARTNERSHIP (2008) Philip H. Gordon & Omer Taspinar