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Trekking in the Patagonian Andes •  Clem Lindenmayer
GUIDEBOOK • 2003 • PAPER • 296 PAGES
This convenient guide features trail maps and route descriptions of walks throughout Patagonia, including a long sections on Torres del Paine in Chile and Glacier National Park in Argentina. With detailed practical information, color photography, 31 maps and good background on preparing for your trek. Third edition. (PAT12, $19.99)

Mountaineering in Patagonia •  Alan Kearney
GUIDEBOOK • 1998 • HARD COVER • 144 PAGES
A history and personal account of climbing in the Patagonian Andes. With 24 color photographs and maps, it's a comprehensive introduction to the region. Kearney's focus is on Fitz Roy and Cerro Torre and Torres del Paine. (PAT18, $22.95)

In Patagonia •  Bruce Chatwin
TRAVEL NARRATIVE • 1989 • PAPER • 204 PAGES • BEST SELLER • 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)

Natural Patagonia, Argentina and Chile •  Marcelo D. Beccaceci
NATURAL HISTORY • 1998 • PAPER • 124 PAGES • HARD TO FIND ELSEWHERE
An informative, photographic journey through the breathtaking landscapes and wildlife of Patagonia, featuring 120 color photographs. With text in Spanish and English. (PAT22, $24.95)

Patagonian South Icefield Trekking Map •   Zagier & Urruty Maps
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A two-sided topographic map of the Fitzroy and Cerro Torre treks, in glorious color with contour lines every 50 meters and landscape features. It also includes a satellite view map with routes of well-known icefield expeditions. Scale 1:50,000. It covers Los Glaciares National Park, Mount Fitzroy, Cerros Torre & Huemul, Lagos Viedma and O'Higgens and surroundings. (PAT72, $16.95)

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	Trekking in the Patagonian Andes • Clem Lindenmayer GUIDEBOOK • 2003 • PAPER • 296 PAGES This convenient guide features trail maps and route descriptions of walks throughout Patagonia, including a long sections on Torres del Paine in Chile and Glacier National Park in Argentina. With detailed practical information, color photography, 31 maps and good background on preparing for your trek. Third edition. (PAT12, $19.99)
	Mountaineering in Patagonia • Alan Kearney GUIDEBOOK • 1998 • HARD COVER • 144 PAGES A history and personal account of climbing in the Patagonian Andes. With 24 color photographs and maps, it's a comprehensive introduction to the region. Kearney's focus is on Fitz Roy and Cerro Torre and Torres del Paine. (PAT18, $22.95)
	In Patagonia • Bruce Chatwin TRAVEL NARRATIVE • 1989 • PAPER • 204 PAGES • BEST SELLER • 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)
	Natural Patagonia, Argentina and Chile • Marcelo D. Beccaceci NATURAL HISTORY • 1998 • PAPER • 124 PAGES • HARD TO FIND ELSEWHERE An informative, photographic journey through the breathtaking landscapes and wildlife of Patagonia, featuring 120 color photographs. With text in Spanish and English. (PAT22, $24.95)
	Patagonian South Icefield Trekking Map • Zagier & Urruty Maps MAP A two-sided topographic map of the Fitzroy and Cerro Torre treks, in glorious color with contour lines every 50 meters and landscape features. It also includes a satellite view map with routes of well-known icefield expeditions. Scale 1:50,000. It covers Los Glaciares National Park, Mount Fitzroy, Cerros Torre & Huemul, Lagos Viedma and O'Higgens and surroundings. (PAT72, $16.95)

	Buenos Aires Map • Borch Maps • A laminated street map of Buenos Aires and surroundings at a scale of 1:15,000. (ARG38, $8.95)
	Los Glaciares National Park • Zagier & Urruty Maps • A colorful map of the popular areas of Parque Nacional Los Glaciares at a scale of 1:230,000, providing an overview of the area and highlighting points of interest. (PAT58, $14.95)
	Insight Guide Argentina • Insight Guides • GUIDEBOOK • A lavishly illustrated overview of Argentine history, nature and attractions with great maps. (ARG02, $23.95)
	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)
	Gauchos and the Vanishing Frontier • Richard Slatta • CULTURAL PORTRAIT • A thorough, lively study of the gaucho, including the history and culture of Argentina and Brazil's famous cowboys. (ARG06, $27.00)
	Eric Shipton, The Six Mountain Travel Books • Eric Shipton • EXPLORATION • Shipton's extraordinary adventures in the mountains of the Himalayas, East Africa, Central Asia and Patagonia. (EXP12, $38.00)
	Far Away and Long Ago • W.H. Hudson • BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR • Hudson's enthralling childhood remembrances are rich with descriptions of landscapes, birds and nature. (SAM11, $34.95)
	H.W. Tilman, The Eight Sailing/Mountain-Exploration Books • H. W. Tilman • EXPLORATION • An omnibus featuring Tilman's adventures aboard the Mischief, his base for exploring the mountains of the Southern Ocean archipelagos, Patagonia and the Arctic; a wry, cantankerous and entertaining writer. (EXP13, $38.00)
	Cape Horn and Other Stories from the End of the World • Francisco Coloane • David A. Petreman • LITERATURE • A collection of sixteen short stories, by the noted Chilean author, capturing the characteristically rugged landscape of Patagonia and Tierra del Fuego. (CHI27, $16.00)
	Night Flight • Antoine de Saint Exupery • LITERATURE • Saint Exupery captures the thrill and mystery of early flight in this tale of a pilot alone in a storm over the Andes en route to Buenos Aires. (PAT09, $12.00)
	Glacier Ice • Austin Post • Edward R. LaChapelle • NATURAL HISTORY • A classic book of extraordinary black-and-white aerial photographs of mountains and glaciers, accompanied by explanatory text by the two devoted men of ice who assembled this artful overview of he subject. Text is by Ed LaChapelle, an avalanche researcher, glaciologist, mountaineer, skier, author and professor, who died in 2007 at 80 of a heart attack while on the slopes in Colorado. Austin Post's series of aerial photographs of glaciers along the North Pacific Coast of North America and into the interior ranges of Alaska is supplemented with groundbased photographs from the Himalayas, Switzerland, Chile, and other parts of the world. (SCI07, $27.95)
	Patagonia, The Last Wilderness • Daniel Rivademar • NATURAL HISTORY • An illustrated portrait of Patagonia, featuring gorgeous color photographs and brief accompanying text on the natural history of the region. (PAT20, $39.95)
	Volcanoes, Fire From the Earth • Maurice Krafft • NATURAL HISTORY • OUT OF PRINT • This illustrated pocket encyclopedia in the Discoveries series, featuring hundreds of full color paintings, traces the study of volcanoes from early myth and legend to modern science. By the great French volcanologist (who died on the job on Mount Unzen in Japan in 1992). (GEO06, $12.95)
	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)