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IBERIA (SPAIN & PORTUGAL)
Azores
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READING AND TRAVEL GUIDE
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Bradt Guide Azores
• 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, 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, $23.99) |
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A Traveller's History of Portugal
• 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. The author has also written the Blue Guides to both Portugal and Spain.
(PGL32, $14.95) |
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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) |
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Also Recommended
Eyewitness Guide Portugal
• Eyewitness Guides
• GUIDEBOOK
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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)
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Fodor's Lisbon's 25 Best
• Fodor's
• GUIDEBOOK
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This slim guide to Lisbon includes an excellent map of the city center and essential information on its highlights.
(PGL40, $11.99)
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Lonely Planet Portuguese Phrasebook
• Clara De MacEdo Vitorino
• LANGUAGE & PHRASEBOOKS
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A handy pocket phrasebook for Portuguese basics, covering pronunciation, basic grammar and essential vocabulary for the traveler.
(PGL34, $8.99)
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A Small Death in Lisbon
• Robert Wilson
• MYSTERY
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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)
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Natives And Exotics
• Jane Alison
• LITERATURE
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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)
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The Letter of Marque
• Patrick O'Brian
• LITERATURE
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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)
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The Stone Raft
• Jose Saramago
• LITERATURE
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A geological fantasy from the Nobel Prize-winning author, in which the Iberian Peninsula becomes unmoored from France.
(PGL46, $14.00)
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Island Life
• Alfred Russel Wallace
• NATURAL HISTORY
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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)
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The Whale
• Philip Hoare
• NATURAL HISTORY
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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)
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Volcanoes, Crucibles of Change
• Richard Fisher
• NATURAL HISTORY
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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)
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Birds of Europe
• Lars Svensson
• FIELD GUIDE
• FAVORITE
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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.
(FG47, $29.95)
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Field Guide to the Birds of the Atlantic Islands
• Tony Clarke
• Chris Orgill
• FIELD GUIDE
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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)
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Smithsonian Handbook: Whales, Dolphins and Porpoises
• Mark Carwardine
• FIELD GUIDE
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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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