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Title: A House In Fez: Building A Life In The Ancient Heart Of
Morocco
Author(s): Suzanna Clarke
Paperback: 348 pages
Publication date:
(first published January 1st 2008)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0091925223
ISBN-13:
9780091925222
Book Description
The Medina -- the Old City --
of Fez is the best-preserved, medieval walled city in the world. Inside
this vibrant Moroccan community, internet cafes and mobile phones
coexist with a maze of donkey-trod alleyways, thousand-year-old sewer
systems, and Arab-style houses, gorgeous with intricate, if often
shabby, mosaic work.While vacationing in Morocco, Suzanna Clarke and her
husband, Sandy, are inspired to buy a dilapidated, centuries-old riad in
Fez with the aim of restoring it to its original splendor, using only
traditional craftsmen and handmade materials. So begins a remarkable
adventure that is bewildering, at times hilarious, and ultimately
immensely rewarding.
"A House in Fez" chronicles their meticulous restoration, but it is also
a journey into Moroccan customs and lore and a window into the lives of
its people as friendships blossom. When the riad is finally returned to
its former glory, Suzanna finds she has not just restored an old house,
but also her soul.
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Title: Morocco
Author(s): Ettagale Blauer, Jason Laure
Paperback:
144 pages
Publisher: Children's Press
Publication date: March 1st 1999
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0516209612
ISBN-13:
9780516209616
Book Description
This series meets
National Curriculum Standard for: Social Studies: Culture Global
Connections People, Places, & Environments Production, Distribution, &
Consumption Time, Continuity, & Change
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Title: Couscous and Other Good Food from Morocco
Author(s): Paula Wolfert, Gael Greene
(Introduction)
Paperback:
368 pages
Publisher: Ecco
Publication date: February 18th 1987
(first published 1973)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0060913967
ISBN-13:
9780060913960
Book Description
Since it was first published
in 1973, Couscous and Other Good Food from Morocco has established
itself as the classic work on one of the world's great cuisines, and in
2008 it was inducted into the James Beard Cookbook Hall of Fame. From
the magnificent bisteeyas (enormous, delicate pies composed of
tissue-thin, buttery layers of pastry and various fillings) to endless
varieties of couscous, Paula Wolfert reveals not only the riches of the
Moroccan kitchen but also the variety and flavor of the country itself.
With its outstanding recipes, meticulous and loving research, and keen
commitment to the traditions of its subject, this is one of those rare
cookbooks that are as valuable for their good reading as for their
inspired food.
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Title: Morocco
Author(s): Barnaby Rogerson
Paperback:
576 pages
Publisher: Everyman Publishers
Publication date: December 1st 1997
(first published August 1st 1994)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 1860110436
ISBN-13:
9781860110436
Book Description
"Amazingly well up-dated and
researched. -- The Times (London)"Cadogan's specialty is uncovering
delightful secrets in some of the earth's most traveled spots". -- The
Independent
"Entertaining companions with sharp insights ... The series has received
plaudits worldwide for intelligence, orginality and a slightly
irreverent sense of fun. -- Daily Telegraph (London)
"Cadogan Guides have a reputation as the outstanding series for the
independent traveler who doesn't want to follow the crowd". -- Daily
Telegraph (London)
"... evocatively charming and chatty as they are informed". -- New York
Daily News
"Understated humorous writing". -- New York Daily
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Title: A Street in Marrakech: A Personal View of Urban Women in
Morocco
Author(s): Elizabeth Warnock Fernea
Paperback:
382 pages
Publisher: Waveland Press
Publication date: November 1st 1988
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0881334049
ISBN-13:
9780881334043
Book Description
This is a reflexive account
of an American woman and her family's unpredictable journey through the
private and public worlds of a traditional Muslim city in the process of
change. As a Western stranger in Marrakech, Fernea was met with
suspicion and hostility. The story of the slow growth of trust and
acceptance between the author and her Moroccan neighbors involves the
reader in everyday activities, weddings, funerals, and women's rituals.
Both the author and her friends are changed by the encounters that she
describes. A Street in Marrakech is a crosscultural adventure,
ethnographically sound, and written in an accessible style.
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Title: Travels with a Tangerine: From Morocco to Turkey in the
Footsteps of Islam's Greatest Traveler
Author(s): Tim Mackintosh-Smith, Martin
Yeoman (Illustrator)
Paperback:
351 pages
Publisher: Random House Trade Paperbacks
Publication date: June 8th 2004
(first published 2001)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0812971647
ISBN-13:
9780812971644
Book Description
In 1325, the great Arab
traveler Ibn Battutah set out from his native Tangier in North Africa on
pilgrimage to Mecca. By the time he returned nearly thirty years later,
he had seen most of the known world, covering three times the distance
allegedly traveled by the great Venetian explorer Marco Polo—some 75,000
miles in all.
Captivated by Ibn Battutah’s account of his journey, the Arabic scholar
and award-winning travel writer Tim Mackintosh-Smith set out to follow
in the peripatetic Moroccan’s footsteps. Traversing Egyptian deserts and
remote islands in the Arabian Sea, visiting castles in Syria and
innumerable souks in medieval Islam’s great cities, Mackintosh-Smith
sought clues to Ibn Battutah’s life and times, encountering the ghost of
“IB” in everything from place names (in Tangier alone, a hotel, street,
airport, and ferry bear IB’s name), to dietary staples to an Arabic
online dating service— and introducing us to a world of unimaginable
wonders.
By necessity, Mackintosh-Smith’s journey may have cut some corners (“I
only wish I had the odd thirty years to spare, and Ibn Battutah’s
enviable knack of extracting large amounts of cash, robes and slaves
from compliant rulers.”) But in this wry, evocative, and uniquely
engaging travelogue, he spares no effort in giving readers an
unforgettable glimpse into both the present-day and fourteenth-century
Islamic worlds.
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Title: Morocco [NOOK Book]
Author(s): Euprintpress Publishing
Paperback: 348 pages
Publisher:
Lulu.com
Publication date: 8/9/2012
Language: English
ISBN-13: 9781300067894
Book Description
The constitutive, most complete guide for tourists in Morocco
combining enlightened attention of the greatest spots to look at,
restaurants, shops and advises what to do when you are in Morocco as
well as some useful information about its night life. All the
necessities to get to the core of Morocco, the guide is the outcome of
months of research by our experienced and determined authors and travel
authorities who obsessed themselves in Morocco and its secrets, bringing
to light exclusive risky and unexpected undertakings and use in common
with others ...
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Title: Encountering Morocco: Fieldwork and Cultural Understanding
Author(s): David Crawford, Rachel
Newcomb (Editor)
Paperback: 232 pages
Publisher: Indiana University Press
Publication date: 6/18/2013
Language: English
ISBN-13: 9780253009111
Book Description
Encountering Morocco introduces readers to life in this North
African country through vivid accounts of fieldwork as personal
experience and intellectual journey. We meet the contributors at diverse
stages of their careers—from the unmarried researcher arriving for her
first stint in the field to the seasoned fieldworker returning with
spouse and children. They offer frank descriptions of what it means to
take up residence in a place where one is regarded as an outsider, learn
the language and local customs, and ...
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Title: Morocco: Traditional Songs And Music
Author(s): Nour Eddine
Paperback: 2289 pages
Publisher: Harper Perennial
Publication date: 9/28/2010
Language: English
ISBN-10: 000725587X
ISBN-13:
9780007255870
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Title: Living in Morocco
Author(s): Barbara Stoeltie, Rene Stoeltie,
Angelika Taschen
Paperback: 280 pages
Publisher: Taschen America, LLC
Publication date: 9/15/2011
Language: English
ISBN-13: 9783836531740
Book Description
Once upon a time in a land not so far away…
Though it lies just across the Mediterranean from Europe, barely a
stones throw from Spains southernmost tip, Morocco couldnt possibly be
farther away. With its mountainous and desert landscapes, labyrinthine
souks, delectable cuisine, exquisite rugs and textiles, vibrant mosaics,
fragrant odors, mesmerizing music, and welcoming people, Morocco is a
most alluring and tantalizingly exotic destination. Digging a little
deeper into the myth of...
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Title: Morocco
Author(s): James Keeble
Paperback: 192 pages
Publisher: Cook, Thomas Publishing
Publication date: 8/18/2009
Language: English
ISBN-13: 9781848481510
Book Description
Morocco is the oldest kingdom in the Muslim world. History is
always present here, in the breathtaking architecture of Imperial Cities
and of desert Kasbahs, and in ancient tombs scattering the hillsides.
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Title: The Food of Morocco
Author(s): Paula Wolfert
Paperback: 528 pages
Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers
Publication date: 10/4/2011
Language: English
ISBN-13: 9780061957550
Book Description
Paula Wolfert’s name is synonymous with revealing the riches of
authentic Mediterranean cooking, especially the cuisine of Morocco. In
The Food of Morocco, she brings to bear more than forty years of
experience of, love of, and original research on the traditional
foodways of that country. The result is the definitive book on Moroccan
cuisine, from tender Berber skillet bread to spiced harira (the classic
soup made with lentils and chickpeas), from chicken with tangy preserved
lemon and olives to steamed sweet and ...
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