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READING AND TRAVEL GUIDE
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Insight Guide Argentina
Insight Guides
GUIDEBOOK
2009
PAPER
384 PAGES
An outstanding overview of the country, featuring hundreds of photographs, great maps, and insightful essays on history, culture and nature. It includes a substantial section on Buenos Aires, along with chapters on Iguazu, the Lake District, Patagonia and other regions.
(ARG02, $23.99) |
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Far Away and Long Ago
W.H. Hudson
BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR
2006
PAPER
338 PAGES
Written in 1917, this is a classic memoir of boyhood in the pampas of Argentina. Rich with descriptions of landscapes, birds and nature, Hudson's enthralling childhood remembrances are enhanced by his own lively curiousity and perceptive observations of the region.
(SAM11, $34.95) |
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Argentina, A Traveler's Literary Companion
Jill Gibian
ANTHOLOGY
2009
PAPER
256 PAGES
COMING IN MARCH
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) |
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Argentina Map
Auto Mapa
2008
MAP
At a scale of 1:2,000,000 with shaded relief, this double-sided map includes an index and insets of cities and regions. Produced in Argentina, it includes small maps of the Falklands, Antarctic Peninsula, South Georgia, Sandwich and South Orkey islands, all with Argentine place names. Two Sides. 39x23 inches.
(ARG12, $14.95) |
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Aconcagua Map
Cordee
A topographic map at a scale of 1:50,000.
(AND41, $13.95) |
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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) |
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Cataratas del Iguazu
de Dios
This foldup, laminated card shows seven maps of the falls, Puerto Iguazu, park and region.
(ARG100, $5.95) |
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Lake District, Araucania: Argentina & Chile
Zagier & Urruty Maps
This regional map (1:400,00) covers the mid-section of Chile and Argentina from Bariloche across to Puerto Montt and Temuco.
(PAT59, $14.95) |
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Bradt Guide Argentina
Erin McCloskey
GUIDEBOOK
A comprehensive guide in the popular series, with extensive practical details for travel, sightseeing and ex-cursions
(ARG67, $24.95) |
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Culture Smart! Argentina
Robert Hamwee
GUIDEBOOK
A concise, well-illustrated and practical guide to local customs, etiquette and culture.
(ARG63, $13.35) |
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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) |
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Trekking and Climbing in the Andes
Val Pitkethly
Kate Harper
GUIDEBOOK
A compact guide to treks and climbs in the Andes, including Torres del Paine, Fitzroy, The Inca Trail, Cordillera Huayhuash and Cotopaxi.
(AND34, $20.00) |
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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) |
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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) |
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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) |
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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) |
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Evita, The Real Life of Eva Peron
Nicholas Fraser
BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR
A sophisticated biography of Evita, tracing her humble origins to her place as a revered cult figure. Frazer also reveals Peronism and Argentine politics of the 1930s and 1940s.
(ARG03, $15.95) |
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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) |
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Buenos Aires, Cities of the Imagination
Alberto Manguel
Jason Wilson
ANTHOLOGY
Wilson evokes the magic of the city as seen through its writers, artists and musicians in this exhilarating and erudite guide.
(ARG21, $15.00) |
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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) |
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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, $14.95) |
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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) |
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The Buenos Aires Quintet
Manuel Vázquez 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, $14.00) |
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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, $15.00) |
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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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