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About meI am a retired antiquarian book dealer,living in Egypt during the Winter and Turkey in the Summer

About my libraryThe books catalogued here are the ones I have purchased in Egypt over the last two years I have another library in Turkey and a further storage unit in the UK with several thousand books. In recent years I have become increasingly interested in ancient history, particularly Greek and Roman and since living in Turkey,the Byzantine and Ottoman Empires.

Groups1001 Books to read before you die, A Pearl of Wisdom and Enlightenment, Alexander the Great, Ancient History, History: On learning from and writing history, Rare, Old or Offbeat, Travel and Exploration literature, Turkey

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Real nameDavid Williams

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Member sinceFeb 26, 2007

Currently readingBirds Without Wings by Louis de Berniers
Miss Maples and the Thirteen Problems by Agatha Christie
Passenger to Frankfurt by Agatha Christie
The Histories by Herodotus
101 Must - See Places in Turkey by Saffet Emre Tongue
Langenscheidt Pocket English Dictionary. English - Turkish, Turkish English by Resuhi Akdikmen
Turkey by Verity Campbell
Mirrors of the Unseen: Journeys in Iran by Jason Elliot
Cassell Military Classics: Military Mavericks: Extraordinary Men of Battle by David Rooney
The Maqalat of Hajji Bektash Veli. Forty Gates-Forty Stations. The Stages of Spiritual Journey. by
Daughter of the Desert by Georgina Howell
Ionia: A Quest by Freya Stark
Turkey Blue Guide by Bernard Mc Donagh
City Guide Istanbul by John Freely
Lonely Planet Istanbul by Verity Campbell & Tom Brosnahan
The Princess' Isles by John Freely
The Little Hotel Book. The Best Small Hotels of Turkey by Sevan Nisanyan
Black Sea. A Traveller's Handbook for Northern Turkey. by Mujde Nisanya
The Best of Istanbul, Venice and Barcelona by Sarah Miller
Turkey - West Coast. AA Essential Turkey by Sean Sheehan
The Undiscovered Places of Turkey. Herkesin Bilmedigi Olaganustu Yerler by Sevan Nisanyan
Turkey - South Coast. AA Essential Turkey. by Melissa Shales
The Life and the Monument of St. John. by Dr. Mustafa Buyukkolanci
Ephesus. The New Guide. by Peter Scherrer
The Story of Ephesus by Sabahattin Turkoglu
Harem by Barbara Nadel
Harput Gezi Rehberi by Ertugrul Danik
Footloose Again in Fethiye by Anita Asar
A Handbook for Living in Turkey by Pat Yale
The Complete Poems of D.H. Lawrence by
The Messenger of God, Muhammad by Fethullah Gulen
Fethullah Gulen. Is There More to Him Than Meets the Eye ? by Lynne Emily Webb
. Fethullah Gulen. Essays, Perspectives, Opinions by
Mevlana's Works. by Dr. Erdogan Erol
The Age of The Warrior by Robert Fisk
The God Delusion. by Richard Dawkins
The Holy Grail by Giles Morgan
The Hollow by Agatha Christie
Murder is Easy by Agatha Christie
Ancient Egypt. 1000 Facts by Jeremy Smith
Thebes in Egypt. A Guide to the Tombs and Temples of Ancient Luxor by Nigel & Helen Strudwick
Blair Unbound by Anthony Seldon
Byzantium Rediscovered by J.B. Bullen
Evita. Saint or Sinner by W.A. Harbinson
A Short History of the World by H.G. Wells
Empire's Edge. Travels in South-Eastern Europe, Turkey and Central Asia by Scott Malcomson
Frommer's 500 Places to See before they Disappear by Holly Hughes
From the Holy Mountain. A Journey in the Shadow of Byzantium by William Dalrymple
Facebook for Dummies by Carolyn Abram
The Greeks and Greek Love. A Radical Reappraisal of Homosexuality in Ancient Greece. by James Davidson
Heaven's Mirror. Quest for the Lost Civilization by Graham Hancok
Spirit Man Jinn by Ahmet Hulusi
The Art of Travel by Alain de Botton
The Noble Qur'an by Dr. Muhammad Taqui-ud-Din Al-hilali Dr. muhammad Muhsin Khan
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