ALTUN, SELCUK

Many and Many A Year Ago

London, Telegram Books. 2009. (ISBN: 1846590671) Soft cover. Ill.: Trans.Clifford and Selhan Endres. Book, Kemal Kuray is lucky to escape with his life after his beloved F-16 hurtles to the ground in a test flight. Convalescence comes in the form of a comfortable monthly allowance and an opulent apartment in a mysterious neighborhood of Istanbul; inexplicably left to him by an acquaintance in the Air Force. But there s a price to pay. His Edgar Allen Poe-obsessed benefactor sets him on a wild goose chase from the back streets of Istanbul to the broad avenues of Buenos Aires, and finally to Poe s grave in Baltimore. But what exactly is Kemal searching for? Missing persons, yes, but there s more he is looking for the embodiment of Poe s most famous poem; Annabel Lee, to love and be loved. 270p. Near Fine.

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Book number: 043663

Catalogue: Turkey - Fiction

Keywords: 1846590671 Trans. Clifford and Selhan Endresturkish Author Mystery Fiction Edgar Allen Poe. Turkish Literature

BRIDGE,ANN (MARY DOLLING SANDERS, LADY O'MALLEY)

Dark Moment

New York, Macmillan. 1952, Book Club Edition. Hardcover. Book, Interesting novel set in Turkey and covering the end of the Ottoman Empire and the rise of the Young Turks and Ataturk.Ann Bridge has written a number of novels set in interesting locations, which she knew as the wife of a diplomat and which she describes well. Although the social ambiance of her early works (1930's) may reflect the attitudes of that time, those set in later periods display characters with an appalling assumption of social superiority and of patronising condescension that seems totally inappropriate in the modern world, and which make the stories seem rather too dated in style. Near Fine/Very Good, Slight Chips & Tears.

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Book number: 041683

Catalogue: Turkey - Fiction

Keywords: Turkey Ataturk Fiction

CROUTIER, ALEV LYTLE

The Palace of Tears

New York, Delacorte. 2000, ARC/Advance Reading Copy. (ISBN: 0385334885) Soft cover. Book, "On a balmy autumn afternoon in Paris, in the year 1868, young winemaker Casimir de Chateauneuf wanders through the hollow arcades of the Palais Royal. Browsing in a small shop filled with curiosities from the Orient, he spies a cache of fine miniature portraits. Above all others, an ivory-skinned beauty captivates him. Her eyes--one blue, the other yellow. That night they pursue Casimir in his dreams, as one burning question consumes him: Who is she? Thus begins Casimir's dizzying quest for the object of his obsession. Forsaking his family, his vocation, his country, Casimir sails from Marseilles to North Africa, plunging into a strange new world with blind faith in destiny. His journey leads him to Istanbul, "city of the world's desire." There, in a deserted palace of the former sultan, is hidden the woman of his reveries, the woman with one blue eye, the other yellow. To touch her is forbidden. But in this city of passion, in a Palace of Tears, Casimir is about to discover what it will mean to make a dream real.and what awaits him when his lover is set free. Filled with breathtaking visions -- from the lavish courts of the Second Empire in France to a boat ride along the Bosphorus, from a sultan's hushed harem to two lovers locked in a long night of passion -- The Palace of Tears is an epic adventure of the heart, as enthralling as a romantic opera, as tantalizing as The Arabian Nights, a lush and hypnotic meditation on the forces of history, fate, and love." SBN: Publisher: Delacorte Press, New York, NY, U.S.A. Publication Date: 2000 Binding: Hard Cover Book Condition: As New Dust Jacket Condition: As New Signed: Signed by Author Edition: First Edition. Fine.

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Book number: 044149

Catalogue: Turkey - Fiction

Keywords: 0385334885 Fiction France Ottoman Turkey Constantinople

LUKAS. MICHAEL DAVID

The Oracle of Stamboul

Toronto, HarperCollins. 2011, 1st Canadian Edition. (ISBN: 9781443405065) French Wraps. Book, Ushered into the world by a mysterious pair of Tartar midwives late in the summer of 1877 in the town of Constanta on the Black Sea, Eleonora Cohen proves herself an extraordinarily gifted child a prodigy at a very young age. When she is eight years old, she stows away aboard a ship, following her carpet merchant father, Yakob, to the teeming and colorful imperial capital of Stamboul where a new life awaits her. In the narrow streets of this city at the crossroads of the world, intrigue and gossip are currency, and people are not always what they seem. But it is only when she charms the eccentric Sultan Abdulhamid II, beleaguered by friend and foe as his unwieldy realm crumbles that Eleonora will change the course of an empire. Publisher's publicity sheet laid in. As New.

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Book number: 32210

Catalogue: Turkey - Fiction

Keywords: 9781443405065 Ottoman Empire Sultan Abdul Hamid Istanbul Ottoman Empire - Fiction

DONNELLY, JANE

Jewels of Helen

Toronto, Harlequin. 1991, 1st Pbk Edition. (ISBN: 0373031289) Pbk. Book, [# 3128] " A spoiled brat who liked her own way-. eight years ago Max Torba thought Anni was self-centered-and that she didn't care if her demands made life impossible for those who loved her. Now, meeting again at Max's home in Turkey, it was clear he still held the same opinion, no matter how hard she tried to make a good impression. "You haven't changed much, have you? " he said. "You still don't give a damn for the trouble you cause. "But did Max's opinion really matter? After all, Anni had no intention o f adding herself to admiring band of female followers. ". As New.

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Book number: 044164

Catalogue: Turkey - Fiction

Keywords: 0373031289 Romance Fiction Turkey Romance Novels Harlequin Romances

GAVIN, CATHERINE

The House of War

New York, William Morrow. 1970, Book Club Edition. Hardcover. Book, This vigorous and moving novel is set in Turkey in 1922,the year of the War of Independence,When Kemal Ataturk,vastly outnumbered won his great victory over King Constantine and the Greek generals. 242p. maps on end papers. As New/As New.

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Book number: 044651

Catalogue: Turkey - Fiction

Keywords: Historical Fiction Turkey Anatolia Ataturk Asia Minor Catastrophe 1922

KAZAN, FRANCES

Halide's Gift

New York, Random House. 2001, 1st US Ed.. (ISBN: 0375505113) Hardcover. Book, "Set in .in Constantinople during the dying days of the Ottoman Empire . the story of a family with a secret. an intimate portrait of a woman of restrained passions and independent mind. A vibrant fusion of history and fiction, it brings to life the sensuous world of turn-of-the-century Constantinople and gives us a beguiling heroine whose struggles and choices - about family, love and faith - are at once poignant and familiar." (Author was married to writer & director Elia Kazan) 345p. glossary. New/New.

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Book number: 044150

Catalogue: Turkey - Fiction

Keywords: 0375505113 Fiction Ottoman Turkey Constantinople

KEMAL, YASHAR [KEMAL SADIK GOGCELI]

The Sea-Crossed Fisherman

New York, George Braziller. 1985, 1st.US Edition. (ISBN: 0807611220) Hardcover. Ill.: Trans.Thilda Kemal. Book, Original title "Deniz Kustsu" published Istanbul, Milliyet Yayinlzari, 1978. "A violent chance encounter in a small Turkish fishing village results in a murder, for which Fisherman Selim is unfairly blamed. The story follows the fisherman and the actual villain, Zeynel, who committed the murder and leads a life of crime" 287p. Glossary. Crisp cop.Owner name on ffep, else as new. Fine/Fine.

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Book number: 044153

Catalogue: Turkey - Fiction

Keywords: 0807611220 Trans. Thilda Kemalturkey in Fiction Turkish Literature

KEMAL, YASHAR [KEMAL SADIK GOGCELI]

The Sea-Crossed Fisherman

London, Methuen. 1986, 1st Pbk Edition. (ISBN: 0413597105) Soft cover. Ill.: Trans.Thilda Kemal. Book, Original title "Deniz Kustsu" published Istanbul, Milliyet Yayinlzari, 1978. "A violent chance encounter in a small Turkish fishing village results in a murder, for which Fisherman Selim is unfairly blamed. The story follows the fisherman and the actual villain, Zeynel, who committed the murder and leads a life of crime" 287p. Glossary. Near Fine.

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Book number: 044154

Catalogue: Turkey - Fiction

Keywords: 0413597105 Trans. Thilda Kemalturkey in Fiction Turkish Literature

KEMAL, YASHAR [KEMAL SADIK GOGCELI]

The Undying Grass

London, Harvill Press. 1996, Re-issue. (ISBN: 1860461069) Trade Paperback. Ill.: Trans.Thilda Kemal. Book, Original title "O?lmez otu" published Istanbul 1968. The final volume of his"The Wind from the Plain" trilogy which describes, the traditions, beliefs and stresses of life in rural Anatolia.32p. Crisp copy looks unread, May have remainder mark. Near Fine.

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Book number: 044155

Catalogue: Turkey - Fiction

Keywords: 1860461069 Trans. Thilda Kemalturkey in Fiction Anatolis Anatolis Turkish Literature

MACAULAY, ROSE

The Towers of Trebizond

London, Collins. 1956, 1st UK Edition. Hardcover. Book, "Tthe gleefully absurd story of Aunt Dot, Father Chantry-Pigg, Aunt Dot's deranged camel, and our narrator, Laurie, who are traveling from Istanbul to legendary Trebizond on a convoluted mission. Along the way they will encounter spies, a Greek sorcerer, a precocious ape, and Billy Graham with a busload of evangelists. Part travelogue, part comedy, it is also a meditation on love, faith, doubt, and the difficulties, moral and intellectual, of being a Christian in the modern world." 288p, Neat tight. unmarked copy Flap of DJ laid in. Very Good +/No Jacket.

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Book number: 044151

Catalogue: Turkey - Fiction

Keywords: Fiction Turkey Pontos Trebizond

OAKLEY, ANN

A Proper Holiday

Toronto, HarperCollins. 1996, Reprint. (ISBN: 0006550142) Trade Paperback. Book, Observant novel of some British families on vacation in Turkey "Witty,refreshing.sometimes unnerving, in this deft comedy of family life, foreign countries don't always provide the escape they promise". Fine.

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Book number: 044152

Catalogue: Turkey - Fiction

Keywords: 0006550142 Fiction Turkey

PAMUK, ORHAN

The Black Book

New York, Vintage Books. 2006, Reprint. (ISBN: 1400078652) Soft cover. Book, "With its cascade of beguiling stories about Istanbul, The Black Book is a brilliantly unconventional mystery. It has long been cherished by Turkish readers as the novel where Orhan Pamuk found his original voice, but it has largely been neglected by English-language raders. Now, in Maureen Freely's beautiful new translation, readers in English may encounter all its riches. [Includes an afterword by translator Maureen Freely.] 466p. Nobel prize sticker on cover. Near Fine.

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Book number: 042148

Catalogue: Turkey - Fiction

Keywords: 1400078652 Turksi Literature Fiction Istanbul Fiction Turkish Literature Nobel Prize Winners

PAMUK, ORHAN

Kafamda bir tuhaflik : boza saticisi Mevlut Karatas 'in hayati, maceralari, hayalleri ve arkadas larinin hika^yesi ve 1969 ile 2012 yillari arasinda I?stanbul hayatinin pek c ok kis inin go zu nden anlatilmis bir resmidir /A Strangeness in My Mind

Istanbul, Yapi Kredi Yayinlari. 2014, 1st Turkish Edition. (ISBN: 9789750830884) Soft cover. Book, "It is the story of boza seller Mevlut, the woman to whom he wrote three years" worth of love letters, and their life in Istanbul. In the four decades between 1969 and 2012, Mevlut works a number of different jobs on the streets of Istanbul, from selling yoghurt and cooked rice, to guarding a car park. He observes many different kinds of people thronging the streets, he watches most of the city get demolished and re-built, and he sees migrants from Anatolia making a fortune; at the same time, he witnesses all of the transformative moments, political clashes, and military coups that shape the country. He always wonders what it is that separates him from everyone else - the source of that strangeness in his mind. But he never stops selling boza during winter evenings and trying to understand who his beloved really is. What matters more in love: what we wish for, or what our fate has in store? Do our choices dictate whether we will be happy or not, or are these things determined by forces beyond our control? A Strangeness In My Mind tries to answer these questions while portraying the tensions between urban life and family life, and the fury and helplessness of women inside their homes.". New.

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Book number: 31830

Catalogue: Turkey - Fiction

Keywords: 9789750830884 Turkish Literature Istanbul Fiction Books in Turkish Nobel Prize Winners

TAYLOR, GORDON

Place of the Dawn

New York, Holt Rinehart & Winston. 1975, 1st.US Ed.. (ISBN: 0030145317) Hardcover. Book, A susenseful and compelling stiry of a group of expatriots encountering cultural differences and terror in a remote region of Turkey. Fine/Near Fine - Price Clipped.

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Book number: 044146

Catalogue: Turkey - Fiction

Keywords: 0030145317 Turkey Fiction Mountaineering