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Insight Guide Chile
Insight Guides
GUIDEBOOK 2007 PAPER 380 PAGES
This glossy guide is a full-color introduction to the land, people and history of Chile, written by a team of experts. Brief background essays highlight important topics, and there is some practical travel information interspersed throughout.
(CHI03, $23.95)
Travels in a Thin Country, a Journey through Chile
Sara Wheeler
TRAVEL NARRATIVE 1996 PAPER 304 PAGES
An inspired writer, British author Sarah Wheeler deploys her wit, intelligence and powerful investigative skills on the Republic of Chile, where she traveled in 1991. Excellent reading.
(CHI06, $13.95)
Chile, A Traveler's Literary Companion
Katherine Silver
ANTHOLOGY 2003 PAPER 256 PAGES
This diverse collection of stories, organized geographically, includes the country's best-known writers, Ariel Dorfman and Pablo Neruda, as well as lesser-known luminaries. This sampling illustrates the diversity of contemporary Chile through the eyes of the country's current generation of writers.
(CHI38, $14.95)
Chile Map
Auto Mapa
2005 MAP
A road and travel map of Chile, including bordering regions of Argentina, Bolivia and Peru at a scale 1:2,250,000. Divided in sections to show the most detail of long and skinny Chile, this excellent map also includes an inset of the major routes in and out of Santiago.
(CHI05, $14.95)
Chile Map
Borch Maps
A handy laminated road map of Chile in full color at a scale of 1:2,000,000, with supplementary maps.
(CHI71, $10.95)
Lake District, Araucania: Argentina & Chile
Zagier & Urruty Maps
A full color traveler's map of mid-section of Chile and Argentina with a focus on the popular region from Bariloche across to Puerto Montt. At a scale of 1:400,000 with roads, relief and attractions.
(PAT59, $14.95)
Santiago Map
ITMB
A travel map of Santiago, shown at a scale of 1:12,500.
(CHI34, $8.95)
South American Explorer Chilean Fjords Map
Ocean Explorer Maps
A handsome map of southern South America (1:4,800,000) with a detailed map of the Chilean Fjords (1:2,200,000).
(SAM41, $11.95)
Tierra Del Fuego Map
ITMB
A convenient map of all Tierra del Fuego for the traveler at a scale of 1:750,000.
(PAT19, $9.95)
Chile in Focus
Nick Caistor
GUIDEBOOK
Authoritative and up-to-date, 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)
Footprint Chile Handbook
Charlie Nurse
GUIDEBOOK
A general overview of Chile and practical travel detail on where to go and what to do. Essential for the independent traveler, this book is built for the road with sturdy covers and a sewn binding.
(CHI31, $24.95)
Lonely Planet Chile and Easter Island
Wayne Bernhardson
GUIDEBOOK
This practical guide includes a chapter on Easter Island in addition to a comprehensive overview of Chile, its history and culture. With a section of color photographs and 90 maps.
(CHI04, $24.99)
Chilean Wine: The Heritage, a Journey from the Origins of the Vine to the Present
Rodrigo Alvarado
FOOD
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, $29.95)
Soldiers in a Narrow Land, The Pinochet Regime in Chile
Mary Helen Spooner
HISTORY
A history of Chile under Pinochet (1973-1988) based on wide-ranging interviews with ordinary people, military men and opposition leaders. It's a balanced account, documenting the censorship and violence but also the appeal of the dictatorship.
(CHI25, $25.95)
Desert Memories, Journeys Through the Chilean North
Ariel Dorfman
TRAVEL NARRATIVE
A quest for national history, personal memories, and family origins in the Atacama by the noted playwright, novelist and essayist. The legacy of mining, Pinochet, and the author's own history are woven into this meditative account.
(CHI53, $21.00)
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)
My Invented Country, A Nostalgic Journey Through Chile
Isabel Allende
BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR
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, $13.95)
Voyage of the Beagle
Charles Darwin
EXPLORATION
BEST SELLER
FAVORITE
The wide-eyed tale of a young man on a five-year voyage that changed his life -- and our way of thinking about the world. First published in 1839, Darwin's South American chapters are still an outstanding introduction to the wildlife and allure of the continent.
(GPS02, $12.95)
Voyaging, Southward from the Strait of Magellan
Rockwell Kent
EXPLORATION
An illustrated account of Rockwell's foolhardy voyage with a madman through magnificent Tierra del Fuego in a jury-rigged lifeboat. Both the text and striking woodcut illustrations communicate this dangerous landscape's dynamic character.
(CHI29, $19.95)
Gabriela Mistral, Selected Prose and Prose-Poems
Stephen Tapscott
Gabriela Mistral
ANTHOLOGY
Selected prose by the Chilean Nobel laureate as edited and translated by Stephen Tapscott. Part of the Texas Pan American Literature in Translation Series.
(CHI16, $19.95)
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)
Five Decades, Poems 1925-1970
Pablo Neruda
LITERATURE
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)
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 House of the Spirits
Isabel Allende
Magda Bogin
LITERATURE
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)
Natural Patagonia, Argentina and Chile
Marcelo D. Beccaceci
NATURAL HISTORY
HARD TO FIND ELSEWHERE
An informative, photographic journey through the breathtaking landscapes and wildlife of Patagonia, featuring 120 color photographs, presented in Spanish and English.
(PAT22, $24.95)
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)
A Wildlife Guide to Chile
Sharon Chester
FIELD GUIDE
With 120 color plates and accompanying text with species identification, habitat and range, Chester's splendid guide covers the wildlife, plants and natural history of Chile from the Atacama desert to Easter Island and Antarctica.
(CHI77, $19.95)
Birds of Chile
Alvaro Jaramillo
FIELD GUIDE
A compact, comprehensive guide to 473 species in the Princeton Field Guide series, featuring range maps and designed for easy field reference.
(CHI50, $29.95)
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)
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