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Moon Handbook Patagonia, including the Falkland Islands  •  Wayne Bernhardson
GUIDEBOOK •  2008 •  PAPER  • 598 PAGES • COMING IN SEPTEMBER
This practical guide in the popular series covers where to go and what to do throughout the southern end of South America from Perito Moreno and Lago Argentino, across to Peninsula Valdes, Puerto Montt, Puerto Natales, Tierra del Fuego and Ushuaia. Includes maps and transportation information, and gives an overview of the region's culture and history. With chapters on Buenos Aires, Santiago and the Falklands. (PAT73, $21.95)
  Moon Handbook Patagonia, including the Falkland Islands
In Patagonia  •  Bruce Chatwin
TRAVEL NARRATIVE •  1989 •  PAPER  • 204 PAGES • FAVORITE
A masterpiece of travel, history and adventure. This award-winning book captures the spirit of the land, history, wildlife and people of Patagonia. There's no travel writer as engaging, insightful and just plain wonderful as Bruce Chatwin. (PAT01, $15.00)
  In Patagonia
Night Flight  •  Antoine de Saint Exupery
LITERATURE •  1986 •  PAPER  • 87 PAGES
A pilot alone in a storm over the Andes en route from Punta Arenas to Buenos Aires. In this wonderfully evocative novella, based on true-life experience, de Saint Exupery captures the thrill of early flight and the courage of the pilots. De Saint Exupery pioneered the first regular postal routes in South America and the Sahara in the 1920s. (PAT09, $12.00)
  Night Flight
Natural Patagonia, Argentina and Chile  •  Marcelo D. Beccaceci
NATURAL HISTORY •  1998 •  PAPER  • 124 PAGES • HARD TO FIND ELSEWHERE
An informative, photographic journey through the breathtaking landscapes and wildlife of Patagonia, featuring 120 color photographs. With text in Spanish and English. (PAT22, $24.95)
  Natural Patagonia, Argentina and Chile
 

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Chile Map  •   Auto Mapa    •  A road and travel map of Chile, including bordering regions of Argentina, Bolivia and Peru at a scale 1:2,250,000. (CHI05, $14.95)
 
 
Chile in Focus  •  Nick Caistor   • GUIDEBOOK  •  Authoritative and up-to-date, this slim guide focuses on the history of Chile, its cultural heritage and the political, environmental and economic challenges of the post-Pinochet era. With maps, photographs and some travel information. (CHI35, $12.95)
 
 
Insight Guide Chile  •   Insight Guides   • GUIDEBOOK  •  This glossy guide is a full-color introduction by a team of experts to the land, people, history and attractions of Chile. Brief background essays highlight important topics and the many local and regional maps are outstanding. (CHI03, $23.95)
 
 
The Complete Whitewater Rafter  •  Jeff Bennett   • REFERENCE  •  A popular, practical guide to whitewater rafting, with information on preparing for your trip, choosing equipment, safety and rescue, the history of rafting, as well as introductions to water currents and rapid classifications. (OCE59, $16.95)
 
 
Trekking in the Patagonian Andes  •  Clem Lindenmayer   • GUIDEBOOK  •  This convenient guide features trail maps and route descriptions of walks throughout Patagonia, including a long sections on Torres del Paine in Chile and Glacier National Park in Argentina. With detailed practical information, color photography, 31 maps and good background on preparing for your trek. (PAT12, $19.99)
 
 
Soldiers in a Narrow Land, The Pinochet Regime in Chile  •  Mary Helen Spooner   • HISTORY  •  A history of Chile under Pinochet (1973-1988) based on wide-ranging interviews with ordinary people, military men and opposition leaders. It's a balanced account, documenting the censorship and violence but also the appeal of the dictatorship. (CHI25, $25.95)
 
 
H.W. Tilman, The Eight Sailing/Mountain-Exploration Books  •  H. W. Tilman   • EXPLORATION  •  An omnibus featuring Tilman's adventures aboard the Mischief, his base for exploring the mountains of the Southern Ocean archipelagos, Patagonia and the Arctic; a wry, cantankerous and entertaining writer. (EXP13, $38.00)
 
 
Idle Days in Patagonia  •  W.H. Hudson   • BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR  •  A handsome reprint of Hudson's classic 1893 account of life, nature and adventure in southern South America with paintings and drawings by Alfred Hartley and J. Smit. (PAT27, $22.00)
 
 
My Invented Country, A Nostalgic Journey Through Chile  •  Isabel Allende   • BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR  •  Novelist Allende ruminates on her upbringing in Chile, interweaving memories of South America with her feelings for the United States, where she has lived since the assassination of her uncle, Chilean president Salvador Allende, on September 11, 1973. (CHI52, $13.95)
 
 
The Whispering Land  •  Gerald Durrell   • TRAVEL NARRATIVE  •  Durrell's sparkling account of an eight-month jaunt on the trail of fur seals, guanaco, parrots and other Patagonian marvels. (PAT13, $14.00)
 
 
Travels in a Thin Country, a Journey through Chile  •  Sara Wheeler   • TRAVEL NARRATIVE  •  British author Sarah Wheeler deploys her wit, intelligence and powerful investigative skills on the Republic of Chile in this insightful travelogue. (CHI06, $13.95)
 
 
Chile, A Traveler's Literary Companion  •  Katherine Silver   • ANTHOLOGY  •  These choice stories introduce both the country and a host of contemporary writers. (CHI38, $14.95)
 
 
Patagonia, The Last Wilderness  •  Daniel Rivademar   • NATURAL HISTORY  •  An illustrated portrait of Patagonia, featuring gorgeous color photographs and brief accompanying text on the natural history of the region. (PAT20, $39.95)
 
 
Birds of Chile  •  Alvaro Jaramillo   • FIELD GUIDE  •  A compact, comprehensive guide to 473 species in the Princeton Field Guide series, featuring range maps and designed for easy field reference. (CHI50, $29.95)
 
 


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