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Bradt Guide Azores
David Sayers
GUIDEBOOK 2006 PAPER 248 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, located two hours flying time west of Lisbon. With eight pages of color photographs and 33 maps, including plans of Ponta Delgada (Sao Miguel), Angra do Herofsmo (Terceira), and Horta (Faial). Second edition.
(PGL29, $21.95)
Twice Round the Loggerhead, The Culture of Whaling in the Azores
Bruce Halabisky Lance Lee
HISTORY 2000 HARD COVER 124 PAGES
A loving, richly illustrated account, by two American apprentices, of building an Azorean whaleboat. With essays on the history and folklore of traditional whaling and boat-building. With archival and contemporary photographs, line drawings and 60 watercolor illustrations by Breton marine artist Yvon Le Corre.
(PGL37, $35.00)
Azores Map
Turinta Maps
2002 MAP
A nicely detailed folded map of the islands with travel information at a scale of 1:75,000. Two Sides. 32x45 inches.
(PGL36, $14.95)
Eyewitness Guide Portugal with Madeira & the Azores
Eyewitness Guides
GUIDEBOOK
A compact, visual travel guide 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. With many excellent maps.
(PGL05, $25.00)
Eyewitness Top Ten Madeira
Eyewitness Guides
GUIDEBOOK
A compact, illustrated guide in the popular series, featuring the best natural and cultural attractions of the region with an excellent section on local wines.
(PGL55, $12.00)
Fodor's Lisbon's 25 Best
Fodor's
GUIDEBOOK
This slim guide to Lisbon includes an excellent map of the city center and essential information on its highlights.
(PGL40, $11.95)
Lonely Planet Portuguese Phrasebook
Clara De MacEdo Vitorino
LANGUAGE & PHRASEBOOKS
A handy pocket phrasebook for Portuguese basics, covering pronunciation, basic grammar and essential vocabulary for the traveler.
(PGL34, $8.99)
The Food of Portugal
Jean Anderson
FOOD
An award-winning cookbook featuring the cuisine of Portugal and background on Portuguese culture. Sure to please the palates of tourists interested in Portuguese food, and of emigrants in search of that authentic taste of home.
(PGL10, $19.95)
A Traveller's History of Portugal
Ian Robertson
HISTORY
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)
A Small Death in Lisbon
Robert Wilson
MYSTERY
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)
The Letter of Marque
Patrick O'Brian
LITERATURE
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
Jose Saramago
LITERATURE
A geological fantasy from the Nobel Prize-winning author, in which the Iberian Peninsula becomes unmoored from France.
(PGL46, $14.00)
Island Life
Alfred Russel Wallace
NATURAL HISTORY
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, $18.00)
Volcanoes, Crucibles of Change
Richard Fisher
NATURAL HISTORY
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
Lars Svensson
Dan Zetterstrom
Killian Mullarney
FIELD GUIDE
FAVORITE
Featuring 3,500 glorious paintings by Killian Mullarney and Dan Zetterstrom, this 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
Tony Clarke
Chris Orgill
FIELD GUIDE
OUT OF PRINT
A comprehensive field guide to 450 species of birds, both resident and migrant, of the Canary Islands, Madeira, Azores and Cape Verde.
(ATL23, $29.95)
Smithsonian Handbook: Whales, Dolphins and Porpoises
Mark Carwardine
FIELD GUIDE
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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