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Insight Guide Chile

by Insight Guides

• GUIDEBOOK
• 2009
• PAPER
• 380 PAGES

This glossy guide provides a full-color introduction by a team of experts to the land, people, history and attractions of Chile. Brief background essays highlight important topics. With many local and regional maps. (CHI03, $23.99)

Insight Guide Argentina

by Insight Guides

• GUIDEBOOK
• 2009
• PAPER
• 384 PAGES

This profusely illustrated guide features concise essays by well regarded authors on natural history, politics and culture. With hundreds of photos and excellent maps. (ARG02, $23.99)

Tasting Chile, A Celebration of Authentic Chilean Foods and Wines

by Daniel Joelson

• FOOD
• 2004
• HARD COVER
• 269 PAGES

With recipes from restaurants and home chefs across Chile, this compilation is a great introduction to Chilean cuisine, and an excellent resource for anyone interested in trying out Chilean traditional dishes at home. Includes information on pairing wines with dishes, and a basic overview of wine producers and varieties in Chile. (CHI64, $24.95)

Chile, A Traveler's Literary Companion

by Katherine Silver

• LITERATURE
• 2003
• PAPER
• 256 PAGES

These choice stories introduce both the country and a host of contemporary writers. (CHI38, $14.95)

Northern Argentina and Uruguay Map

by Nelles

• 2000
• MAP

A detailed map of northern Argentina (including Uruguay) with good topographic relief. (ARG36, $13.95)

Chile Map

by National Geographic

• 2011
• MAP

This National Geographic Adventure map includes a clear view of Chile from Laguna San Rafael south to Cape Horn (1,1,750,000). (CHI05, $11.95)

 

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Chile in Focus

by Nick Caistor

• GUIDEBOOK
• 2002
• PAPER
• 100 PAGES

This slim guide focuses on the history of Chile, its cultural heritage and the political, environmental and economic challenges of the post-Pinochet era. With maps, photographs and some travel information. (CHI35, $12.95)

Chilean Wine: The Heritage, a Journey from the Origins of the Vine to the Present

by Rodrigo Alvarado

• FOOD
• 2004
• HARD COVER
• 206 PAGES

Alvarado does justice to the long winemaking tradition of Chile in this narrative, which explores the history of Chile's vineyards and wine production. Ideal for anyone on the path to becoming a connoisseur, or interested in gaining a deeper understanding of this long-standing tradition in Chile. (CHI65, $39.95)

The World Atlas of Wine

by Hugh Johnson | Jancis Robinson

• FOOD
• 2007
• HARD COVER
• 352 PAGES

Not just an authoritative guide, this stunning world atlas includes hundreds of photographs and illuminating local and regional maps. (GEN244, $50.00)

Liberators, Latin America's Struggle for Independence 1810-1830

by Robert Harvey

• HISTORY
• 2002
• PAPER
• 561 PAGES

Focused on the heroism and derring-do of seven legendary men, Harvey tells the story of Simon Bolivar, General Jose de San Martin and other greats in the fight for independence. (SAM35, $18.95)

Tango: the Dance, the Song, the Story

by Simon Collier

• CULTURAL PORTRAIT
• 1997
• PAPER
• 208 PAGES

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)

Evita, The Real Life of Eva Peron

by Nicholas Fraser

• BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR
• 1996
• PAPER
• 222 PAGES

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)

Far Away and Long Ago

by W.H. Hudson

• BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR
• 2006
• PAPER
• 338 PAGES

Hudson's enthralling childhood remembrances are rich with descriptions of the landscapes, birds and nature of Argentina. (SAM11, $34.95)

My Invented Country

by Isabel Allende

• BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR
• 2004
• PAPER
• 224 PAGES

Novelist Allende ruminates on her upbringing in Chile, interweaving memories of South America with her feelings for the United States, where she has lived since the assassination of her uncle, Chilean president Salvador Allende, on September 11, 1973. (CHI52, $13.99)

Travels in a Thin Country, A Journey through Chile

by Sara Wheeler

• TRAVEL NARRATIVE
• 1996
• PAPER
• 304 PAGES

British author Sarah Wheeler deploys her wit, intelligence and powerful investigative skills on the Republic of Chile in this insightful travelogue. (CHI06, $15.00)

Blue at the Mizzen

by Patrick O'Brian

• LITERATURE
• 2000
• PAPER
• 272 PAGES

In this, the last exciting episode of the series, Captain Aubrey's crew sails to South America to help Chile gain independence from Spain. (CHI33, $14.95)

Five Decades, Poems 1925-1970

by Pablo Neruda

• LITERATURE
• 1974
• PAPER
• 464 PAGES

A bilingual edition of 138 poems by the great Pablo Neruda, drawn from his entire career. Neruda is the quintessential South American poet: lyrical, engaging, and bristling with life. (CHI10, $15.00)

Imagining Argentina

by Lawrence Thornton

• LITERATURE
• 2003
• PAPER
• 240 PAGES

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)

Night Flight

by Antoine de Saint Exupery

• LITERATURE
• 1986
• PAPER
• 87 PAGES

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 Buenos Aires Quintet

by Manuel Vazquez Montalban

• LITERATURE
• 2012
• PAPER
• 377 PAGES

Montalban comments on not just wine, women and song, but also much of Argentina's political and cultural history in this riveting detective tale set against a backdrop of 1970s Buenos Aires culture and the era's repressive military junta. (ARG48, $14.95)

The House of the Spirits

by Isabel Allende | Magda Bogin

• LITERATURE
• 1993
• PAPER
• 433 PAGES

A compulsively readable novel chronicling real and imagined events surrounding the extended Trueba clan from the turn of the 20th century to 1973, much in the spirit of One Hundred Years of Solitude. (CHI02, $7.99)

Birds of Southern South America & Antarctica

by Martin D. la Pena | Maurice Rumboll

• FIELD GUIDE
• 2001
• PAPER
• 224 PAGES

With color plates, range maps and brief descriptions, this is a compact regional guide. (SAM12, $29.95)

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