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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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Scrambles Amongst the Alps: In the Years 1860-69

by Edward Whymper

• EXPLORATION
• 2002
• PAPER
• 320 PAGES

Edward Wymper's classic account of Victorian-era mountaineering captures the geography, beauty and allure of the Alps. (ALP02, $16.00)

Swiss Bernese Oberland

by Philip & Loretta Alspach

• GUIDEBOOK
• 2008
• PAPER
• 112 PAGES

A brief, illustrated guide to mountains, lakes and villages of the Bernese Oberland. With 50 color pictures, maps and good information on food, drink and the mountain villages of Interlaken, Grindelwald, Wengen, Murren and Kandersteg. (SWZ38, $18.95)

Switzerland Map

by Borch Maps

• 2012
• MAP

A colorful, shaded relief map of Switzerland at a scale of 1:400,000. (SWZ11, $12.95)

 

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Culture Smart! Switzerland

by Kendall Maycock

• GUIDEBOOK
• 2006
• PAPER
• 168 PAGES

A concise, no-nonsense guide to Switzerland's customs, etiquette and culture. (SWZ58, $9.95)

Eyewitness Guide Switzerland

by Eyewitness Guides

• GUIDEBOOK
• 2010
• FLEXI-BOUND
• 328 PAGES

A compact, thoroughly illustrated guide, featuring over 900 photographs, good maps, and plenty of information on hiking in the Swiss Alps, natural and tourist attractions, and the history and arts of Switzerland. (SWZ45, $25.00)

Insight Guide Switzerland

by Insight Guides

• GUIDEBOOK
• 2009
• PAPER
• 368 PAGES

This handsome guide gives a profusely illustrated overview of Switzerland, featuring concise essays by well-regarded authors on history, politics and culture, as well as hundreds of photos and maps, and some practical information. (SWZ15, $24.99)

Michelin Green Guide Switzerland

by Michelin Travel Publications

• GUIDEBOOK
• 2012
• PAPER
• 448 PAGES

A survey of the cities, villages and sites of Switzerland in the classic Michelin style. (SWZ17, $21.99)

La Place de la Concorde Suisse

by John McPhee

• CULTURAL PORTRAIT
• 1994
• PAPER
• 150 PAGES

In the company of a Swiss patrol leader on a training mission, McPhee deploys his usual insight and wonderful prose on the phenomenon of the army of Switzerland. (SWZ14, $16.00)

The Book of Absinthe, A Cultural History

by Phil Baker

• HISTORY
• 2003
• PAPER
• 304 PAGES

An entertaining cultural history of "The Green Fairy," from the drink's origins as an herbal tonic through its intoxicating heyday in European cities of the late 19th century. (FRN962, $14.00)

Why Switzerland?

by Jonathan Steinberg

• CULTURAL PORTRAIT
• 1996
• PAPER
• 300 PAGES

A masterly overview of the idiosyncrasies of Switzerland, its history, language, politics and identity as a naysayer at the center of Europe. (SWZ04, $39.99)

Eiger Dreams, Ventures Among Men and Mountains

by Jon Krakauer

• EXPLORATION
• 2009
• PAPER
• 192 PAGES

A collection of some of Krakauer's (Into Thin Air) best journalism, these stories and essays focus on the mindset and determination of world-class mountaineers, including Alpine and Himalayan climbers. (ALP10, $14.95)

Killing Dragons, The Conquest of the Alps

by Fergus Fleming

• EXPLORATION
• 2001
• PAPER
• 398 PAGES

Fleming spins lively tales of man against nature in this entertaining history of the eccentrics, adventurers and publicity-hounds who sought to conquer the Alps, including Whymper and his first ascent of the Matterhorn (where four of the seven-man team perished). (ALP16, $14.00)

A Tramp Abroad

by Mark Twain | David Eggers | Kerry Driscoll

• TRAVEL NARRATIVE
• 2003
• PAPER
• 400 PAGES

Written 11 years after Innocents Abroad, this is Twain's second foray into European travel. Filled with his characteristic wit and humorous observations, it documents his journeys through Germany, Switzerland, France and Italy. Now with an introduction by Dave Eggers. (EUR78, $14.95)

A Farewell to Arms

by Ernest Hemingway

• LITERATURE
• 1995
• PAPER
• 332 PAGES

Set in snowy Switzerland and the rainy Italian Lake Country during World War I, this semi-autobiographical novel chronicles the romance between a British nurse and an American ambulance driver. (ITL384, $16.00)

Hotel du Lac

by Anita Brookner

• LITERATURE
• 1995
• PAPER
• 184 PAGES

Funny, stylish and spellbinding, Brookner's novel tracks the story of a romance novelist, not quite finding peace and quiet at the quiet luxury of Hotel du Lac in Switzerland. (SWZ05, $14.95)

Glacier Ice

by Austin Post | Edward R. LaChapelle

• NATURAL HISTORY
• 2000
• PAPER
• 145 PAGES

A classic book of extraordinary black-and-white aerial photographs of mountains and glaciers by two devoted men of ice. Ed LaChapelle's text is paired with Austin Post's stunning aerial photographs of glaciers from Alaska and Chile to Switzerland and the Himalayas. (SCI07, $27.95)

Birds of Europe

by Lars Svensson

• FIELD GUIDE
• 2010
• PAPER
• 416 PAGES
• FAVORITE

Featuring 3,500 glorious paintings by Killian Mullarney and Dan Zetterstrom, the second revised edition of this exquisite guide has been brought up to date with revised text and maps. (FG47, $29.95)

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