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	A Visitor's Guide to the Falkland Islands  •  Debbie Summers GUIDEBOOK •  2005 •  FLEXI-BOUND  • 132 PAGES A convenient, comprehensive and full-color guide to exploring the Falkland Islands, featuring 20 detailed maps of visitor sites. With color photographs throughout. Published in conjunction with Falklands Conservation. Dedicated to Lars-Eric Lindblad. (ANT235, $23.00)
	Time Out Cape Town  •   Time Out GUIDEBOOK •  2007 •  PAPER  • 280 PAGES Compact, informative and lively, this is an outstanding guide for where to go and what to do in Cape Town. With maps and introductory chapters on culture and history. (SAF164, $19.95)
	Antarctic Oasis, Under the Spell of South Georgia  •  Pauline Carr  •  Tim Carr NATURAL HISTORY •  1998 •  HARD COVER  • 256 PAGES An oversized, photographic portrait of South Georgia by yachtsmen Tim and Pauline Carr, who have made this extraordinary island their homeport. Rich in tales of the history and wildlife, the book features 100 stunning color photographs. Anyone who has visited South Georgia in recent years will remember the Carrs from the whaling museum. (ANT44, $40.00)
	Endurance, Shackleton's Incredible Voyage  •  Alfred Lansing EXPLORATION •  1998 •  PAPER  • 280 PAGES • FAVORITE An extraordinary tale of survival that reads like a good novel. It's the gripping day-by-day story of Shackleton's legendary perseverance: losing his ship in the ice, drifting helplessly across the Weddell Sea, and finally reaching Elephant Island, from where he sailed 800 miles to South Georgia to get help for his stranded men. With maps and a 8-page selection of Frank Hurley photographs. (ANT03, $14.95)
	Antarctic Explorer Map  •  Ocean Explorer 2008 •  MAP • HARD TO FIND ELSEWHERE A full color map of the Antarctic Peninsula at a scale of 1:2,750,000, designed for the shipboard traveler by veteran expedition leader Nigel Sitwell. It covers the range of most Antarctic voyages from Tierra del Fuego, the Falkland Islands, South Georgia and the Peninsula south to Marguerite Bay. It also includes detailed insets of South Georgia and the complex channels and islands of the Palmer Archipelago including Paradise Bay, the Lemaire and Neumeyer channels. The reverse shows the entire continent with photographs and mini-biographies of 30 polar explorers. (ANT128, $11.95)

	Cape Town & Peninsula Adventure Map  •   National Geographic    •  This double-sided, full-color map covers hiking trails, attractions and points of interest in Cape Town south to the Cape of Good Hope. (SAF161, $9.95)
	Falkland Islands Explorer Map  •   Ocean Explorer Maps    •  Not just a full color map, this double-sided beauty features a detailed map of the Falkland Islands at scale of 1:250,000 along with color photographs and information on wildlife and exploration. (ANT180, $11.95)
	South Africa Travel Map  •   Globetrotter    •  A clear, colorful map at a scale of 1:2,400,000. (SAF09, $8.95)
	South Georgia Explorer Map  •   Ocean Explorer Maps    •  Not just a full color map, this double-sided beauty features a detailed map of South Georgia at scale of 1:250,000, along with color photographs and information on wildlife and exploration. (ANT179, $11.95)
	A Visitor's Guide to South Georgia  •  Sally Poncet  •  Kim Crosbie   • GUIDEBOOK  •  A convenient, comprehensive and full-color guide with detailed maps of visitor sites. (ANT236, $35.00)
	Bradt Guide St. Helena, Ascension, Tristan da Cunha  •  Sue Steiner   • GUIDEBOOK  •  A traveler's guide to St. Helena and its "near neighbors" in the Atlantic. (ATL12, $24.99)
	Cape Winelands, A Touring Guide  •  Theresa Morrison  •  Lanz von Horsten   • GUIDEBOOK • HARD TO FIND ELSEWHERE  •  An informative, visual tour of 40 favorite wineries, all close to Cape Town. With fold-out maps, color photographs and information on restaurants, picnic spots and lodging. (SAF128, $20.00)
	Eyewitness Guide South Africa  •   Eyewitness Guides   • GUIDEBOOK  •  This superb guide features color photography, dozens of excellent local maps and a region-by-region synopsis of the country's attractions. (SAF138, $25.00)
	Insight Guide South Africa  •   Insight Guides   • GUIDEBOOK  •  This guide brings South Africa to life in hundreds of color photographs and vividly written essays by a team of experts. Panoramic in scope, the book takes us from Johannesburg out into the veldt, providing genuine insight into the history, nature and modern politics of this complex land. (SAF21, $24.95)
	Lonely Planet Buenos Aires  •   Lonely Planet   • GUIDEBOOK  •  An excellent practical guide to Buenos Aires with a pullout map and detailed practical information on neighborhoods, shopping, eating, sleeping and day trips out of the city. (ARG10, $18.99)
	Lonely Planet Cape Town  •  Simon Richmond   • GUIDEBOOK  •  An excellent practical guide to the city, geared for independent travelers, with color photographs and dozens of excellent maps. (SAF27, $19.99)
	Longitude  •  Dava Sobel  •  Neil Armstrong   • HISTORY  •  An elegant extended essay on the historically vexing problem of determining longitude and the solution developed by master clockmaker John Harrison. It's a captivating story of marine chronometers, Byzantine 18th-century British politics, and the age of sail. With photographs. (HSC01, $12.95)
	Tango, The Art History of Love  •  Robert Farris Thompson   • HISTORY  •  A probing cultural history of the tango, its working class origins in 19th-century Buenos Aires and Afro-Argentine roots. (ARG56, $15.95)
	The Battle for the Falklands  •  Max Hastings  •  Simon Jenkins   • HISTORY  •  A gripping eyewitness account of the 1982 Falklands war. It includes a history of the islands, but the primary focus is a detailed account of the conflict. (ANT91, $17.95)
	Ambassador to the Penguins, A Naturalist's Year Aboard a Yankee Whaleship  •  Ellie Mathews   • BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR  •  Robert Cushman Murphy's much-loved Logbook for Grace, nicely re-told, annotated and amplified by his granddaughter. His account of a year (1912-13) among the whalers of South Georgia is a classic. (ANT200, $29.95)
	Around Cape Horn  •  Irving Johnson   • EXPLORATION  •  Captain Irving Johnson memorably narrates this documentary of his voyage as a young man aboard the Peking in 1929, featuring a remarkable sequence about the ship rounding the Horn in a storm. Talk about bad weather! (PAT68, $29.95)
	End of the Earth, Voyaging to Antarctica  •  Peter Matthiessen   • TRAVEL NARRATIVE  •  In this fine book, the result of two voyages, Matthiessen captures the magic of polar landscapes and wildlife, along with the camaraderie of a ship-based polar expedition. (ANT190, $15.00)
	In Patagonia  •  Bruce Chatwin   • TRAVEL NARRATIVE • 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)
	Long Walk to Freedom  •  Nelson Mandela   • BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR  •  An unpretentious tale of an extraordinary life, Mandela's autobiography is essential reading for an understanding of South Africa. His grace and his love for his country shine throughout. (SAF15, $17.99)
	My Traitor's Heart: A South African Exile Returns to Face His Country, His Tribe, and His Conscience  •  Rian Malan   • BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR • FAVORITE  •  The Afrikaner and journalist recounts his return to his homeland just before the collapse of Apartheid. Malan grapples with the black and white heart of South Africa, drawing on the 300-year history of his family in Africa, legends of the Zulu nation and some brutally honest reporting of current events. (SAF19, $15.00)
	Outposts, Journeys to the Surviving Relics of the British Empire  •  Simon Winchester   • TRAVEL NARRATIVE  •  Winchester's fascinating, globe-trotting account of scat-tered, mostly oceanic, outposts of the British Empire shows his usual flair for anecdote in describing Hong Kong, Diego Garcia, Tristan de Cunha, St. Helena, As-cension, Pitcairn, Antarctica and the Falkland Islands. (GBR569, $13.95)
	Rounding the Horn  •  Dallas Murphy   • EXPLORATION  •  A sailor at heart, Dallas Murphy gets himself down to Ushuaia, embarks a sturdy vessel and heads out to experience the wind and weather of Tierra del Fuego. In his informative account, Dallas interweaves plenty of history, a little rather naive politics and the story of his own adventures. (PAT65, $15.00)
	The Discoverers  •  Daniel Boorstin   • EXPLORATION  •  This wide-ranging and readable account of exploration by Daniel Boorstin includes a chapter on some of the great sea voyages, including Magellan's voyage to Tierra del Fuego and Cook's extraordinary journey into the Southern Ocean. (EXP01, $18.95)
	Unknown Lands, The Log Books of the Great Explorers  •  François Bellec   • EXPLORATION  •  An exquisitely illustrated selection of eyewitness accounts, maps, and reports from the logs of Christopher Columbus, Ferdinand Magellan, Vasco de Gama, James Cook and others from the great age of exploration. (EXP32, $55.00)
	Voyage of the Beagle  •  Charles Darwin   • EXPLORATION • BEST SELLER • FAVORITE  •  The wide-eyed tale of a young man on a five-year voyage that changed his life -- and our way of thinking about the world. First published in 1839, it's still a marvelous introduction to the wildlife, nature and allure of South America. (GPS02, $12.95)
	Long After Midnight at the Nino Bien, A Yanqui's Missteps in Argentina  •  Brian Winter   • LITERATURE • NEW  •  A journalist posted to the capital during the economic crisis, Winter captures the rhythms and character of Buenos Aires with fearless, profane wit in this wise and rollicking portrait. (ARG80, $24.95)
	Africa's Big Five  •  Will Taylor  •  Gerald Hinde  •  Richard Du Toit   • NATURAL HISTORY  •  South African photographers and naturalists teamed up for this oversize, illustrated celebration of the lion, elephant, leopard, rhino and buffalo. (AFR178, $39.95)
	Albatross: Their World, Their Ways  •  Tui De Roy  •  Mark Jones  •  Julian Fitter   • NATURAL HISTORY • NEW  •  The culmination of a storied career at sea as roving naturalist-photographers, this remarkable collection of 300 photographs of the ocean wanderers, both at sea and on the nest, is not just beautiful. It's also an authoritative survey of the natural history, status and conservation of the world's Diomedeidae. Anyone who has tried to photograph these magnificent birds in flight will appreciate the art, experience and perseverance of De Roy, Jones and Fitter. (BRD64, $49.95)
	Elephant Destiny, Biography of an Endangered Species in Africa  •  Martin Meredith   • NATURAL HISTORY  •  A succinct and fascinating history of the relationship between humans and the African Elephant. (AFR187, $14.95)
	Penguins of the World  •  Wayne Lynch   • NATURAL HISTORY  •  Photographer, naturalist and expedition leader Wayne Lynch weaves delightful tales of penguins, their habitats and habits, with hundreds of glorious full-color photographs. (ANT62, $24.95)
	The Falkland Islands, Between the Wind & Sea  •  Kevin Schafer   • NATURAL HISTORY • HARD TO FIND ELSEWHERE  •  Schafer's tribute and celebration of these South Atlantic islands combines dozens of superb color photographs and an extended personal essay by the veteran naturalist on the history, wildlife and future of the Falklands. (ANT208, $24.95)
	The Nature of Penguins  •  Jonathan Chester   • NATURAL HISTORY  •  Expedition leader, author and photographer Chester presents a beautiful collection of full-color penguin photographs along with accompanying essays on these much-loved birds. (ANT19, $17.95)
	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)
	Antarctica, A Guide to the Wildlife  •  Tony Soper  •  Dafila Scott   • FIELD GUIDE  •  Designed for the field, this compact handbook features all the species of birds, seals and whales the traveler is likely to encounter on an Antarctic voyage, each with a few paragraphs, range map and masterful color paintings by the granddaughter of Captain Robert Scott. (ANT30, $25.99)
	Birds & Mammals of the Antarctic, Subantarctic & Falkland Islands  •  Frank Todd   • FIELD GUIDE • HARD TO FIND ELSEWHERE  •  Gorgeously illustrated, compact and comprehensive, this photo guide includes all the hard-to-identify seabirds of Antarctic waters. (ANT213, $29.95)
	Birds of Southern South America & Antarctica  •  Martin D. la Pena  •  Maurice Rumboll   • FIELD GUIDE  •  A compact regional guide with color plates, range maps and brief descriptions. (SAM12, $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)
	The Wildlife of Southern Africa, A Field Guide to the Animals and Plants of the Region  •  Vincent Carruthers  •  Kenneth Newman   • FIELD GUIDE • HARD TO FIND ELSEWHERE  •  The fully revised guide to the birds, mammals, reptiles, amphibians, insects, fish and plants of Southern Africa, all in one compact volume. With 1,200 illustrations by a range of experts. (SAF59, $29.95)

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