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Travels
by Baber, E. C. Baber, Michael Crichton

"I had once spent a memorable hour watching a pair of Turkish street vendors in the Istanbul bazaar accost passing customers in a dozen different languages."

"…though he seemed stoutly convinced that in every respect Islembul exceeded it ten times over."

The Travels of Marco Polo
by Marco Polo, da Pisa Rusticiano

"Constantinople, i. 2, 19n, 36, ii. 165n, 487; Straits of, 488, 490"

The Sellout
by Paul Beatty

"Every now and then, two cities meet and fall in love out of mutual respect and a love for hiking, thunderstorms, and classic rock ’n’ roll. Think Amsterdam and Istanbul. Buenos Aires and Seoul."