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Bradt Guide Azores

Bradt Guide Azores

by David Sayers

  • GUIDEBOOK
  • 2010
  • PAPER
  • 272 PAGES

A comprehensive, practical guide to the Azores. The author David Sayers pays particular attention to the natural history and especially the botany of these lush Atlantic islands. (PGL29, $23.99)

A Traveller's History of Portugal

A Traveller's History of Portugal

by Ian Robertson

  • HISTORY
  • 2002
  • PAPER
  • 352 PAGES

A lively, admirably concise survey from prehistory to the present, great for travelers to Portugal who would like an overview of the country's history and culture. (PGL32, $14.95)

Azores Map

by Turinta Maps

  • 2002
  • MAP

A nicely detailed folded map of the islands with travel information at a scale of 1:75,000. (PGL36, $14.95)

 
Eyewitness Guide Portugal

Eyewitness Guide Portugal


by Eyewitness Guides

  • GUIDEBOOK
  • 2010
  • PAPER
  • 496 PAGES

Featuring hundreds of photographs and drawings, an excellent overview of the culture and history, and good information about where to go and what to do. (PGL05, $25.00)

Fodor's Lisbon's 25 Best

Fodor's Lisbon's 25 Best


by Fodor's

  • GUIDEBOOK
  • 2010
  • PAPER
  • 128 PAGES

This slim guide to Lisbon includes an excellent map of the city center and essential information on its highlights. (PGL40, $11.99)

Lonely Planet Portuguese Phrasebook

Lonely Planet Portuguese Phrasebook


by Clara De MacEdo Vitorino

  • LANGUAGE & PHRASEBOOKS
  • 2006
  • PAPER
  • 320 PAGES

A handy pocket phrasebook for Portuguese basics, covering pronunciation, basic grammar and essential vocabulary for the traveler. (PGL34, $8.99)

A Small Death in Lisbon

A Small Death in Lisbon


by Robert Wilson

  • MYSTERY
  • 2002
  • PAPER
  • 440 PAGES

Set in Lisbon in 1941 and 1999, this award-winning mystery intertwines a present day murder, some unsavory arms production, and smuggling in Nazi Germany. Be warned, there are some graphic passages dealing with the horrors of war and concentration camps. (PGL22, $7.99)

Natives And Exotics

Natives And Exotics


by Jane Alison

  • LITERATURE
  • 2006
  • PAPER
  • 256 PAGES

Family and the beauty of highland Ecuador, the Australian bush, Scotland and the windswept Azores all feature in Alison's interlinked stories. (PGL52, $16.95)

The Letter of Marque

The Letter of Marque


by Patrick O'Brian

  • LITERATURE
  • 1992
  • PAPER
  • 284 PAGES

The 12th (and perhaps the most satisfying) of O'Brian's series combines the personal and geopolitical as Aubrey comes to Maturin's rescue in the Baltics. (ATL20, $14.95)

The Stone Raft


by Jose Saramago

  • LITERATURE
  • 1996
  • PAPER
  • 300 PAGES

A geological fantasy from the Nobel Prize-winning author, in which the Iberian Peninsula becomes unmoored from France. (PGL46, $14.00)

Island Life

Island Life


by Alfred Russel Wallace

  • NATURAL HISTORY
  • 1997
  • PAPER
  • 544 PAGES

A popular account of the natural history of island groups by Darwin's contemporary and co-presented of the theory of evolution by natural selection. (NAT27, $18.98)

The Whale

The Whale


by Philip Hoare

  • NATURAL HISTORY
  • 2011
  • PAPER
  • 256 PAGES

A deeply engaging meditation on all things whale. Philip Hoare saves his special love and attention for the sperm whale -- not only via a beautiful literary analysis of Moby Dick -- but also by indulging in a childhood fantasy and actually swimming with the whales in the Azores. (BST144, $15.99)

Volcanoes, Crucibles of Change

Volcanoes, Crucibles of Change


by Richard Fisher

  • NATURAL HISTORY
  • 1998
  • PAPER
  • 344 PAGES

A complete primer for the volcano lover, this heavily illustrated book covers types of volcanoes and eruptions, worldwide distribution and the physics of their formation. (GEO02, $29.95)

Birds of Europe

Birds of Europe


by Lars Svensson

  • FIELD GUIDE
  • 2010
  • PAPER
  • 416 PAGES
  • FAVORITE

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. (FG47, $29.95)

Field Guide to the Birds of the Atlantic Islands

Field Guide to the Birds of the Atlantic Islands


by Tony Clarke | Chris Orgill

  • FIELD GUIDE
  • 2006
  • PAPER
  • 320 PAGES

A comprehensive field guide to 450 species of birds, both resident and migrant, of the Canary Islands, Madeira, Azores and Cape Verde. (ATL23, $60.00)

Smithsonian Handbook: Whales, Dolphins and Porpoises

Smithsonian Handbook: Whales, Dolphins and Porpoises


by Mark Carwardine

  • FIELD GUIDE
  • 2002
  • PAPER
  • 256 PAGES

In the trademark, graphic Eyewitness style, this sturdy guidebook colorfully describes the world's cetaceans with numerous illustrations, range maps, fluke drawings and a few paragraphs on each species. (FG02, $20.00)

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