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Enrich your travels with reading! Here's a hand-picked list prepared for your journey in conjunction with the book experts at Longitude.

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The History of Argentina

The History of Argentina

by Daniel K. Lewis

  • HISTORY
  • 2003
  • PAPER
  • 214 PAGES

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)

Insight Guide Argentina

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)

Argentina, A Traveler's Literary Companion

Argentina, A Traveler's Literary Companion

by 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)

Northern Argentina, Buenos Aires Map

Northern Argentina, Buenos Aires Map

by ITMB

  • 2008
  • MAP

This handy map includes both a detailed street plan of Buenos Aires and, on the reverse, Argentina and Chile north from Buenos Aires and Santiago north to Jujuy, Salta and Iguazu. (ARG96, $12.95)

 
Bradt Guide Argentina

Bradt Guide Argentina


by Erin McCloskey

  • GUIDEBOOK
  • 2011
  • PAPER
  • 448 PAGES

A comprehensive guide in the popular series, with extensive practical details for travel, sightseeing and ex-cursions (ARG67, $27.99)

Culture Smart! Argentina

Culture Smart! Argentina


by Robert Hamwee

  • GUIDEBOOK
  • 2006
  • PAPER
  • 168 PAGES

A concise, well-illustrated and practical guide to local customs, etiquette and culture. (ARG63, $9.95)

The World Atlas of Wine

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)

Estancias: The Great Houses and Ranches of Argentina

Estancias: The Great Houses and Ranches of Argentina


by Maria Saenz Quesada | Xavier Verstraeten

  • CULTURAL PORTRAIT
  • 1992
  • HARD COVER
  • 200 PAGES

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)

Tango, The Art History of Love

Tango, The Art History of Love


by Robert Farris Thompson

  • HISTORY
  • 2006
  • PAPER
  • 384 PAGES

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

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

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

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)

Labyrinths, Selected Stories and Other Writings

Labyrinths, Selected Stories and Other Writings


by Jorge Borges

  • LITERATURE
  • 2007
  • PAPER
  • 240 PAGES

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)

The Buenos Aires Quintet

The Buenos Aires Quintet


by Manuel Vazquez Montalban

  • LITERATURE
  • 2012
  • PAPER
  • 377 PAGES
  • COMING IN FEBRUARY

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

The Honorary Consul


by Graham Greene

  • LITERATURE
  • 2008
  • PAPER
  • 288 PAGES

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

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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