Paola Pugsley: 6 books

An explorer's guide to Hakkari, Van, Bitlis, Igdir, Ararat and Kars provinces, an area now opening up to visitors and a crossroads of history and civilisations: Hittite, Assyrian, Roman, Turkish, Kurdish, Arab, Armenian and Russian.

The Black Sea, hostile and hospitable by turns, a land of towering mountain peaks, green tea plantations and thick forests, has attracted civilization to its shores since the dawn of time. Hittites, Greeks, Romans, Seljuk and Ottoman Turks, Georgians and Armenians, Genoese and Venetians, have all...

A crossroads of civilisations on the modern border with Syria and the banks of the mighty Tigris. Includes the ruins of Nemrut and Carchemish and the important site of Göbekli Tepe. An explorer's guide to Kahramanmaras, Gaziantep, Adiyaman, Elazig, Malatya, Sanliurfa, Diyarbakir, Batman and Mardin provinces.   

E-edition of the Blue Guide to Crete. More than just a guide to sea and sun, Blue Guide Crete has in-depth coverage of the whole island, exploring archaeology, landscape, history, architecture, wine and food.

A land on the great trade routes between east and west, sprinkled with the remains of old caravanserais, and including Cappadocia with its churches and underground 'cities'; the capital Ankara and its Museum of Anatolian Civilizations; Gordion, where Alexander unloosed the famous knot; Konya, with...

The Aegean coast of Turkey has long been a magnet for travellers, from early pilgrims to the Holy Land to antiquaries in search of Classical remains to the sunseeking tourists of today. Some of Turkey’s most famous sites are in this region: the ruins of Troy; Pergamon with its famous library; Ephesus...