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MOUNTAIN TRAVEL-SOBEK
Around the Matterhorn
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READING AND TRAVEL GUIDE
Here's a page from Longitude, the specialty bookseller for travelers. To order online, and to see the latest, most comprehensive selection of books and maps, go to http://reading.longitudebooks.com/W810550. You may also call 800-342-2164 to order or request a catalog.
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These 3 items are available
for $49, including
U.S. shipping, a 15% discount (Item no. EXSWZ20) |
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Tour of the Matterhorn
• Hilary Sharp
GUIDEBOOK •
2006 •
PAPER
• 192 PAGES
A compact guide to the 8-10 day hike around the Matterhorn, as well as shorter variants and peak ascents. With color and black-and-white photos, maps and elevations.
(SWZ49, $19.95) |
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Killing Dragons, The Conquest of the Alps
• Fergus Fleming
EXPLORATION •
2001 •
PAPER
• 398 PAGES
Fleming spins lively tales of man against nature in this entertaining history of the eccentrics, adventurers and publicity-hounds who sought to conquer the Alps, including Whymper and his first ascent of the Matterhorn (where four of the seven-man team perished).
(ALP16, $14.00) |
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Matterhorn Map
• Swiss Government
MAP
A detailed topographic map of the Matterhorn, published by the Swiss government at a scale of 1:25,000. Two Sides. 23x31 inches.
(SWZ50, $16.95) |
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Insight Guide Switzerland
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There & Then, Travel Writings of James Salter
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These sketches and essays cover 20 years of novelist Salter's peripatetic life, particularly his extended time hiking and skiing in the Alps of Switzerland, Austria and France.
(ALP28, $15.00)
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White Spider, The Classic Account of the Ascent of the Eiger
• Heinrich Harrer
• EXPLORATION
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Hotel du Lac
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The Magic Mountain
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In this classic novel of ill health in a sanatorium in the Swiss mountains, the author explores disease as a symbol of the sick, capitalistic society of pre-World War I Europe.
(SWZ07, $19.00)
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The Night Manager
• John Le Carre
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This best-selling, post-Cold War thriller about ruthless arms dealers in Geneva is a gripping read. Carrying on the great Le Carre tradition of espionage, a man who essentially gave up living after a tremendous failure is given a costly shot at redemption.
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Birds of Europe
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Featuring 3,500 glorious paintings by Killian Mullarney and Dan Zetterstrom, the second revised edition of this exquisite guide has been brought up to date with revised text and maps.
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