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Essential Books These 3 items are available for $50, including
U.S. shipping, a 15% discount (Item no. EXPAT80)
 
In Patagonia  •  Bruce Chatwin
TRAVEL NARRATIVE •  1989 •  PAPER  • 204 PAGES • 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)
  In Patagonia
Night Flight  •  Antoine de Saint Exupery
LITERATURE •  1986 •  PAPER  • 87 PAGES
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. Saint Exupery pioneered the first regular postal routes in South America and the Sahara in the 1920s. (PAT09, $12.00)
  Night Flight
Natural Patagonia, Argentina and Chile  •  Marcelo D. Beccaceci
NATURAL HISTORY •  1998 •  PAPER  • 124 PAGES • 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)
  Natural Patagonia, Argentina and Chile



Also Recommended

Chile Map  •  National Geographic    •  This National Geographic Adventure map includes a clear view of Chile from Laguna San Rafael south to Cape Horn (1,1,750,000). (CHI05, $11.95)
 
 
Chile in Focus  •  Nick Caistor   • GUIDEBOOK  •  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)
 
 
Insight Guide Chile  •  Insight Guides   • GUIDEBOOK  •  This glossy guide provides a full-color introduction by a team of experts to the land, people, history and attractions of Chile. Brief background essays highlight important topics. With many local and regional maps. (CHI03, $23.99)
 
 
Moon Handbook Patagonia  •  Wayne Bernhardson   • GUIDEBOOK  •  This practical guide covers where to go and what to do in southern South America from Puerto Montt and the Lake District to Perito Moreno, Torres del Paine and Tierra del Fuego. With chapters on Santiago and Buenos Aires. (PAT73, $21.99)
 
 
The Complete Whitewater Rafter  •  Jeff Bennett   • REFERENCE  •  A popular, practical guide to whitewater rafting, with information on preparing for your trip, choosing equipment, safety and rescue, the history of rafting, as well as introductions to water currents and rapid classifications. (OCE59, $17.95)
 
 
Trekking in the Patagonian Andes  •  Carolyn McCarthy   • GUIDEBOOK  •  With trail maps and route descriptions of walks and treks throughout Patagonia, including Torres del Paine and Glacier National Park. (PAT12, $24.99)
 
 
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, $29.95)
 
 
Idle Days in Patagonia  •  W.H. Hudson   • BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR  •  A handsome reprint of Hudson's classic 1893 account of life, nature and adventure in southern South America, with paintings and drawings by Alfred Hartley and J. Smit. (PAT27, $22.00)
 
 
My Invented Country  •  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, $13.99)
 
 
The Whispering Land  •  Gerald Durrell   • TRAVEL NARRATIVE  •  A sparkling account of an eight-month jaunt on the trail of fur seals, guanaco, parrots and other Patagonian marvels. (PAT13, $15.00)
 
 
Travels in a Thin Country, A Journey through Chile  •  Sara Wheeler   • TRAVEL NARRATIVE  •  British author Sarah Wheeler deploys her wit, intelligence and powerful investigative skills on the Republic of Chile in this insightful travelogue. (CHI06, $15.00)
 
 
Chile, A Traveler's Literary Companion  •  Katherine Silver   • LITERATURE  •  These choice stories introduce both the country and a host of contemporary writers. (CHI38, $14.95)
 
 
Birds of Chile  •  Alvaro Jaramillo   • FIELD GUIDE  •  This compact, comprehensive guide with superb color plates also includes Antarctica, South Georgia and the Falkland Islands. (CHI50, $29.95)
 
 
 
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