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Essential Books These 4 items are available for $79, including
U.S. shipping, a 15% discount (Item no. EXARG27)		  
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
Insight Guide Argentina  •  Insight Guides
GUIDEBOOK •  2009 •  PAPER  • 384 PAGES
This profusely illustrated guide features essays by well regarded authors on natural history, politics and culture, with hundreds of photos and excellent maps. It includes a substantial section on Buenos Aires, along with chapters on Iguazu, the Lake District, Patagonia and other regions. (ARG02, $23.99)		   Insight Guide Argentina
Argentina Map  •  National Geographic
2011 •  MAP
This double-sided National Geographic Adventure Map at a scale of 1:2,000,000 highlights parks and preserves. Two Sides. 39x23 inches. (ARG12, $11.95)		   Argentina Map



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Buenos Aires Map  •  Borch Maps    •  A laminated street map of Buenos Aires and surroundings at a scale of 1:15,000. (ARG38, $8.95)
 		  
Cataratas del Iguazu  •  de Dios   • COMING IN  •  This foldup, laminated card shows seven maps of the falls, Puerto Iguazu, park and region. (ARG100, $6.95)
 		  
Culture Smart! Argentina  •  Robert Hamwee   • GUIDEBOOK  •  A concise, well-illustrated and practical guide to local customs, etiquette and culture. (ARG63, $9.95)
 		  
Lonely Planet Buenos Aires  •  Lonely Planet   • GUIDEBOOK  •  The best of Buenos Aires is included in this practical guide, along with a pullout map and insider recommendations on shopping, eating, sleeping and day trips. (ARG10, $19.99)
 		  
Vino Argentino, An Insider's Guide to the Wines and Wine Country of Argentina  •  Laura Catena   • FOOD  •  This detailed, lushly illustrated guidebook to Argentina's wine region includes recipes, travel information, historical anecdotes, photographs, conversations with winemakers and a useful wine glossary. (ARG117, $27.50)
 		  
Buenos Aires, A Cultural History  •  Jason Wilson  •  Alberto Manguel   • HISTORY  •  This well-referenced book offers a look into the geographical history of the city and goes in hand nicely with a more traditional guidebook. The city's underlying themes are laid out: Jorge Luis Borges, Julio Cortazar and the European literary tradition; tango, the longing and despair of the music and its roots; the cult of Evita Peron; European-influenced architecture and cafe life; totalitarian politics; and the nearly religious importance of soccer. (ARG21, $15.00)
 		  
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)
 		  
Forgotten Continent  •  Michael Reid   • HISTORY  •  Economist editor Reid draws on his years in the cities, presidential palaces and shantytowns of Central and South America in this portrait of a region rich in oil, farmland and culture, and its prospects in the face of globalization. (SAM123, $22.00)
 		  
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 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)
 		  
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)
 		  
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 After Midnight at the Nino Bien  •  Brian Winter   • TRAVEL NARRATIVE  •  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)
 		  
An Episode in the Life of a Landscape Painter  •  Chris Andrews  •  Cesar Aira   • LITERATURE  •  This electric little novella is a fictionalized account of a 19th-century German landscape painter's surreal journey into the Argentinean pampas. With an enthusiastic preface by the late Roberto Bolano. (ARG115, $12.95)
 		  
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)
 		  
On Argentina  •  Jorge Luis Borges   • LITERATURE  •  Borges's literary guide to his beloved Buenos Aires and Argentina, newly translated into English. (ARG110, $15.00)
 		  
Purgatory, A Novel  •  Tomas Eloy Martinez   • LITERATURE  •  This love story, ghost story and brilliant political allegory -- the great Argentinean novelist's final book before his death in 2010 -- centers around the mysterious reappearance of a man thought to have been one of many disappeared by the military regime 30 years prior. (ARG116, $17.00)
 		  
The Buenos Aires Quintet  •  Manuel Vazquez Montalban   • LITERATURE  •  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 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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