| IzmirLB "Library Collection" | | A Special Library Collection for Long Beach Community |  In spring 2009, a special Library Collection consisting of books and multimedia materials focusing on the Long Beach's sister city of Izmir and Turkey was assembled through direct contributions by private parties and organizations. Some books were purchased online. At the present time, the young association is seeking for a permanent home for this special collection.Benefits of the IzmirLB Library Collection:Cultural Exchange and Educational Benefits:Long Beach residents will have an opportunity to learn more about their “sister community” in Turkey, its social life, culture, rich history, cuisine and traditions.Researchers, students and youth will benefit from the educational and informative material on Izmir and Turkey.Travelers will learn about historical and biblical sites of interest in and around Izmir.Public Relations Benefits for IzmirLB:Improved publicity and exposure of IzmirLB and its programsPublic recognition resulting from cultural and educational contributions to Long Beach communityA new platform for cultural and educational programs, such as book reading and signing events, and topic based programs.Benefits for the Host Organization:Improved publicity and exposure of host organization and its programs.International and cultural enrichment of host organization’s programs.International community reach out and involvement.What is included in the IzmirLB Sister Cities Library Collection?The full list of books and video material included in the IzmirLB Sister Cities Library Collection is listed below. All the material in the IzmirLB Sister Cities Library Collection is in English. The list covers the following general topics: - History, geography and natural riches of Izmir region and Turkish Aegean coast
- History, geography and natural riches of Turkey
- Founder of modern Turkey, Ataturk
- Classical Turkish architecture
- Historical cultures and architecture of Asia Minor
- Traditional Turkish folk art
- Cultural diversity and people of Turkey
- Turkish cuisine
- Analytical books on Turkish society and Islam in Turkey
- Books by famous Turkish authors
- Books written by Turkish expatriates
- Turkish language resources
- Greek mythology from Smyrna (Izmir)
- Biblical Treasures of Turkey (videos)
| IzmirLB Library Collection Books and Multimedia List (Nov. 2009) |  | IZMIR: From Pergamon to Ephesus **
Association of Turkish Travel Agencies | Subat Publishing | Istanbul, 2007 | 975-8697-02-1
limited hardcover print |  | THE AEGEAN: BIRTHPLACE OF WESTERN CIVILIZATION **
Ekrem Akurgal | Metropolitan Municipality of Izmir | Izmir, 2000 | 975-018-0045-5
limited hardcover print |  | IZMIR, SMYRNA: THE PORTRAIT OF A CITY **
Muhterem Ilguner | Arkadas Publishing | Izmir, 2005 | 975-98160-1-6
limited print |  | IZMIR: The Pearl of Aegean
Office of the Governor of Izmir
Izmir Provincial Directorate of Culture and Tourism
Aegean Tourism Association | Secil Ofset | Istanbul, 2005 | 975-585-429-0
limited hardcover print |  | ZOOM IN IZMIR WITH PERGAMUM, SARDIS AND EPHESUS
Murat Belge | Boyut Publishing | Turkey, 1990 | 975-521-017-2 |  | EPHESUS
Naci Keskin | Keskin Color | Istanbul, 2004 | 975-7559-98-9 |  | THE OTTOMAN CITY BETWEEN EAST AND WEST
Aleppo, Izmir, and Istanbul
Edhem Eldem
Daniel Goffman
Bruce Masters | University Press | Cambridge, 2001 | 0-521-67354-2 |  | PARADISE PRESERVED **
Ilhan Aksit | Aksit Kultur Turizm Sanat Ajans | Istanbul, 2000 | ISBN n.a.
limited private collection hardcover print |  | A BLUE ROMANCE **
Ilhan Aksit | Aksit Kultur Turizm Sanat Ajans | Istanbul, 2000 | ISBN n.a.
limited private collection hardcover print |  | THE WESTERN SHORES OF TURKEY
Discovering the Aegean and Mediterranean Coasts
John Freely | Tauris Parke Paperbacks | New York, 2006 | 978-1-85043-618-8 |  | ANCIENT CIVILIZATIONS AND TREASURES OF TURKEY **
Ilhan Aksit | Aksit Kultur Turizm Sanat Ajans | Istanbul, 2007 | 975-7039-36-5
hardcover |  | TURKEY: THE LAND OF CRESCENT AND MOON **
Chiara Libero | White Star Publishers | Vercelli, Italy, 2006 | 88-544-0182-X
hardcover |  | TURKEY: FROM SELCUKS TO OTTOMANS **
Henri Stierlein | Taschens World Architecture | Cologne, Germany, 1998 | 3-8228-7767-0
hardcover |  | TURKISH DELIGHTS **
Philippa Scott | Thames and Hudson | Singapore, 2001 | 0-500-51037-7
hardcover |  | TURKEY **
Photographs by Roland & Sabrina Michaud, Daniel Farson | Thames and Hudson | Japan, 1986 | 0-500-24126-0
hardcover |  | THE TURKISH LANDSCAPE ** | The Ministry of Tourism | Istanbul, 1994 | ISBN n.a.
limited hardcover print |  | DISCOVERING TURKEY **
Alan White | The Ministry of Tourism | Istanbul, 2002 | ISBN n.a.
limited hardcover print |  | TURKEYS RELIGIOUS SITES
Anna G. Edmonds | Damko Publications | Istanbul, 1997 | 975-8227-00-9 |  | ALL OF TURKEY: TOURISTIC GUIDE AND HISTORY
Serhat Kunar | Net Books | Turkey, 2003 | 975-479-633-5 |  | CULTURES OF THE WORLD: TURKEY
Sean Sheehan | Benchmark Books | New York, 2004 | 0-7614-1705-2
Hardcover print |  | ATATURK
Andrew Mango | The Overlook Press | New York, 1999 | 1-58567-334-X |  | TO SET THEM FREE: THE EARLY YEARS OF MUSTAFA KEMAL ATATURK
Barbara K. Walker & Sema Kormali | Pro Lingua Associates | Vermont, 1997 | 0-86647-101-4 |  | ATATURK: REBIRTH OF A NATION
Patrick Kinross | Phoenix Giant | London, 1998 | 1-85799-284-9 |  | EBRU: Reflections of Cultural Diversity in Turkey
Atilla Durak | Metis Publishing | Istanbul, 2007 | 978-975-342-572-8
limited hardcover print |  | THE TURKS TODAY
Andrew Mango | The Overlook Press | New York, 2004 | 1-58567-756-6 |  | WHO ARE THE TURKS?
Justin McCarthy & Carolyn McCarthy | The American Forum for Global Education | New York, 2003 | 0-944675-71-9 |  | THE EMERGENCE OF MODERN TURKEY
Bernard Lewis | Oxford Univ. Press | New York, 2002 | 0-19-513460-5 |  | POLITICAL ISLAM IN TURKEY: Running West, Heading East?
Gareth Jenkins | Palgrave MacMillan | New York, 2008 | 1-4039-6883-7
Hardcover print |  | CULTURE SHOCK! TURKEY
A Guide to Customs and Etiquette
Arin Bayraktaroglu | Graphic Arts Center Publishing | Portland, OR, 2003 | 1-55868-612-6 |  | TURKISH MIGRATION TO THE UNITED STATES
From Ottoman Times to the Present
A. Deniz Balgamis
Kemal H. Karpat | University of Wisconsin Press | Madison, WI, 2008 | 978-0-229-22294-9 |  | CRESCENT & STAR
Turkey Between Two Worlds
Stephen Kinzer | Farrar, Straus and Giroux | New York, 2008 | 978-0-374-53140-9 |  | TURKEYS MODERNIZATION
Refugees from Nazism and Ataturks Vision
Arnold Reisman | New Academia Publishing | Washington, DC, 2006 | 0-9777908-8-6 |  | TIMELESS TASTES: TURKISH CULINARY CULTURE **
Semahat Arsel | Vehbi Koc Foundation | Istanbul, 1996 | 975-94957-1-6
limited private collection hardcover print |  | A CHEFS TRAVELS IN TURKEY: TURQUOISE **
Greg and Lucy Malouf | Chronicle Books | San Francisco, 2008 | 978-08118-6603-3
hardcover |  | THE SULTANS KITCHEN, A TURKISH COOKBOOK
Ozcan Ozan | Periplus Editions | Singapore, 2001 | 962-593-944-X |  | THE ART OF TURKISH COOKING
Neset Eren | Hippocrene Books | New York, 2002 | 0-7818-0201-6 |  | FLAVOURS OF THE STREET: TURKEY
Hande Bozdogan | Marshal Cavendish | 2005 | 9812326995 |  | SNOW
Orhan Pamuk | Vintage International | USA, 2004 | 0-375-70686-0 |  | POEMS OF NAZIM HIKMET
Translations by Randy Blasing and Mutlu Konuk | Persea Books | New York, 2002 | 0-89255-274-3 |  | THE DROP THAT BECAME THE SEA: LYRIC POEMS OF YUNUS EMRE
Translation by Kabir Helminski and Refik Algan | Shambhala | Boston & London, 2000 | 0-939660-30-X |  | PORTRAIT OF A TURKISH FAMILY
Irfan Orga | Eland Publishing, Galeri Kayseri | Navarra, Spain, 2004 | 0-907871-82-8 |  | A DICTIONARY OF TURKISH PROVERBS
Metin Yurtbasi | Turkish Daily News | Ankara, Turkey, 1993 | 975-95703-0-0 |  | 101 TURKISH IDIOMATIC EXPRESSIONS
Yildiray Erdener | Dunwoody Press | Springfield, VA, 2004 | 1-931546-02-9 |  | THE ILIAD
Homer | Penguin Classics | London, 2003 | 978-0-14-044794-1 |  | THE ODYSSEY
Homer | Penguin Classics | London, 2006 | 978-0-14-303995-2 |  | TALES FROM THE EXPAT HAREM
Foreign Women in Modern Turkey
Anastasia M. Ashman
Jenifer Eaton Gokmen | Seal Press | Berkley, CA, 2006 | 1-58005-155-3 |  | THE YOGURT MAN COMETH: TALES OF AN AMERICAN TEACHER IN TURKEY
Kevin Revolinksi | Citlembik | Istanbul, 2006 | 9944-424-01-3 |  | MY TURKEY AND AMERICA MEMOIRES
(Turkiye ve Amerika Hatiralarim)
Ertuvan E. Kanatsiz | Kilim | Turkey, 2008 | n.a. |  | IZMIR (A Jack Novak Thriller)
E. Howard Hunt | Penguin Books | New York, 1996 | 1-55611-474-5
Hardcover print |  | IZMIR HATIRASI - SMYRNA RECOLLECTIONS
Muammer Ketencioglu | Kalan | Istanbul, 2006-2007 | n.a. |  | ANATOLIAN KILIMS
Cathryn M. Cootner, Gary Muse | Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco
Hali Publications
Sothebys Publications | London, 1990 | 0856673900 |  | FLATWEAVES OF TURKEY
Arend Brandsma & Robin Brandt | Crawford House Press | Bathurst, Australia, 1995 | 1 86333 079 8 |  | CARPETS FOR THE HOME
Amicia de Moubray, David Black | Laurence King Publishing | London, 1999 | 1 85699 130 6 |  | INSIGHT CITY GUIDE: ISTANBUL
Hans Gofer, Thomas Goltz & Metin Demirsar | Houghton Mifflin Company
APA Publications | Singapore, 1993 | 0-395-66305-9 |  | BIBLICAL TREASURES OF TURKEY; PART I
Robin D. Williams | Robin Wiliams Productions | Laguna Beach, Calif., 2000 | Feature DVD |  | BIBLICAL TREASURES OF TURKEY; PART II
Robin D. Williams | Robin Wiliams Productions | Laguna Beach, Calif., 2000 | Feature DVD |
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