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Essential Books These 4 items are available for $78, including
U.S. shipping, a 15% discount (Item no. EXARG28)		  
Eyewitness Guide Argentina  •  Eyewitness Guides
GUIDEBOOK •  2010 •  PAPER  • 352 PAGES
A compact illustrated travel guide featuring bright color photography, dozens of excellent maps, and a region-by-region synopsis of Argentina attractions. With a 50-page section on where to stay and eat (ARG82, $25.00)		   Eyewitness Guide Argentina
Far Away and Long Ago  •  W.H. Hudson
BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR •  2006 •  PAPER  • 338 PAGES
Written in 1917, Hudson's enthralling childhood remembrances are enhanced by his own lively curiosity and observations of the landscapes, birds and nature of Argentina. (SAM11, $34.95)		   Far Away and Long Ago
Argentina, A Traveler's Literary Companion  •  Jill Gibian
LITERATURE •  2010 •  PAPER  • 256 PAGES
These choice stories introduce the landscapes and culture of Argentina, from the Andes to the Pampas, through the eyes of its writers. (ARG97, $14.95)		   Argentina, A Traveler's Literary Companion
Salta Map Guide  •  de Dios
2004 •  MAP
This double-sided laminated map and guide, produced in Buenos Aires in English, shows routes and distances between major towns, along with descriptions of main attractions, calendar of events, accomodation guide and general introduction. With a street plan of the city of Salta. Two Sides. 26x18 inches. (ARG52, $8.95)		   Salta Map Guide



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Argentina Map  •  National Geographic    •  This double-sided map (1:2,000,000) highlights parks and preserves. (ARG12, $11.95)
 		  
Culture Smart! Argentina  •  Robert Hamwee   • GUIDEBOOK  •  A concise, well-illustrated and practical guide to local customs, etiquette and culture. (ARG63, $9.95)
 		  
Argentina Cooks!, Treasured Recipes from the Nine Regions of Argentina  •  Shirley Lomax Brooks   • FOOD  •  A collection of 190 authentic Argentinean recipes with a section on wines. (ARG74, $24.95)
 		  
Argentina, 1516-1987: From Spanish Colonization to Alfonsin  •  David Rock   • HISTORY  •  A highly readable, comprehensive history of Argentina since colonization. (ARG07, $31.95)
 		  
Estancias: The Great Houses and Ranches of Argentina  •  Maria Saenz Quesada  •  Xavier Verstraeten   • CULTURAL PORTRAIT  •  Two dozen magnificent country estates are detailed in this sumptuously illustrated volume, featuring 200 color photographs and a cultural and social history by Maria Saenz Quesada. (ARG62, $75.00)
 		  
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)
 		  
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, $17.00)
 		  
Tango: the Dance, the Song, the Story  •  Simon Collier   • CULTURAL PORTRAIT  •  A spirited, illustrated tribute to the tango, the now-elegant dance born in the brothels among the working class of 19th-century Buenos Aires. (ARG14, $29.95)
 		  
The Andes  •  Jason Wilson   • CULTURAL PORTRAIT  •  Starting out in Cuzco, heart of the Inca Empire, Wilson spreads north and south along the Andes, including excerpts from South American literary giants, travelers and his own impressions. (AND74, $24.95)
 		  
The History of Argentina  •  Daniel K. Lewis   • HISTORY  •  This brief, scholarly history of Argentina from pre-Columbian times to 2001 focuses closely on the events of the last three decades of the 20th century, including and the legacy of Peron. (ARG86, $20.00)
 		  
The Invention of Argentina  •  Nicolas Shumway   • HISTORY  •  An illuminating intellectual history of Argentina, this book brings the founding fathers of the republic to life, deftly portraying the revolution against Spain in 1810 and its immediate aftermath. (ARG08, $29.95)
 		  
Evita, The Real Life of Eva Peron  •  Nicholas Fraser   • BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR  •  Separating fact from myth, Frazer traces Evita's life from her humble origins to her place as a revered cult figure, also exploring Peronism and Argentine politics of the 1930s and 1940s. (ARG03, $15.95)
 		  
The Mapmaker's Wife  •  Robert Whitaker   • TRAVEL NARRATIVE  •  Colonial politics, the travails of the cartographer, and good old-fashioned murder all add intrigue to this absorbing tale of 18th-century European exploration of the Amazon -- and one woman's quest heading from Quito to find her husband deep in the jungle. (AMZ97, $16.00)
 		  
Death in the Andes  •  Mario Vargas Llosa   • LITERATURE  •  This politically charged novel details what happens when three peasants are "disappeared" by the Shining Path. (AND27, $15.00)
 		  
Imagining Argentina  •  Lawrence Thornton   • LITERATURE  •  A brilliant first novel that captures the hope and spirit of Argentina during the military rule of the late 1970s. This inventive tale focuses on Carlos Rueda and a group of citizens whose relatives disappeared. (ARG01, $15.00)
 		  
Labyrinths, Selected Stories and Other Writings  •  Jorge Borges   • LITERATURE  •  The best known work by this extraordinary writer. Sometimes bizarre, always hilarious and thought-provoking, this dazzling collection of stories is well worth the effort. (ARG09, $15.95)
 		  
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)
 		  
The Honorary Consul  •  Graham Greene   • LITERATURE  •  Greene swirls passion, ruin, politics and absurd hope in this tale, he called it his favorite, of a bungled kidnapping in Corrientes, a dusty Provincial city on the border with Paraguay. Not even a real diplomat, the whiskey-drinking, broken down Charley Fortnum, a yerba farmer, is one of Greene's great creations. (ARG85, $16.00)
 		  
Birds of Southern South America & Antarctica  •  Martin D. la Pena  •  Maurice Rumboll   • FIELD GUIDE  •  With color plates, range maps and brief descriptions, this is a compact regional guide. (SAM12, $29.95)
 		  
 
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