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WILDERNESS TRAVEL
Great Alpine Traverse
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READING AND TRAVEL GUIDE
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These 4 items are available
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Killing Dragons, The Conquest of the Alps
• 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) |
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Quest for the Sublime, Finding Nature's Secret in Switzerland
• Richard Bangs
TRAVEL NARRATIVE •
2008 •
HARD COVER
• 260 PAGES
Richard Bangs revisits the Swiss Alps, following the likes of Byron, Shelley, Keats and Wordsworth in an attempt to grasp the Sublime.
(SWZ66, $16.95) |
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Walking in the Alps
• Kev Reynolds
GUIDEBOOK •
2000 •
PAPER
• 496 PAGES
A nicely illustrated, authoritative guide to hiking throughout the Alps, organized geographically. Reynolds covers a range of activities from day hikes to the classic hut-to-hut mountain walks. With color photographs and good local maps. Intended as a planning guide, the book is an excellent general overview of the region and hikes from coastal France across to Italy, Switzerland, Germany and Austria.
(SWZ44, $22.95) |
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Alps Map
• Freytag & Berndt
2010 •
MAP
A detailed travel map of the Alps and surrounding areas, including portions of Austria, Slovenia, Italy, Switzerland, Germany and France, at a scale of 1:500,000. This handy regional map extends from Stuttgart and Brno (Czech Republic) to Lyon and Avigon, Florence nad Sienna, Trieste and Zagreb. Two Sides. 35x46 inches.
(ALP07, $14.95) |
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Also Recommended
Insight Guide Switzerland
• Insight Guides
• GUIDEBOOK
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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)
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Cuisines of the Alps
• Kay Shaw Nelson
• FOOD
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Subtitled "Recipes, Drinks, and Lore from France, Switzerland, Liechtenstein, Italy, Germany, Austria, and Slovenia," this colorful tour of the region's rustic cuisine offers more than 140 recipes, a section on regional wines and historical information.
(CEU38, $24.95)
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La Place de la Concorde Suisse
• John McPhee
• CULTURAL PORTRAIT
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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)
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The Alps, A Cultural History
• Andrew Beattie
• HISTORY
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Beattie explores the turbulent past and vibrant present of the Alps, where early pioneers of tourism, mountaineering and scientific research have all left their mark.
(ALP30, $35.00)
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Why Switzerland?
• Jonathan Steinberg
• CULTURAL PORTRAIT
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A masterly overview of the idiosyncrasies of Switzerland, its history, language, politics and identity as a naysayer at the center of Europe.
(SWZ04, $37.99)
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Iceman: Uncovering the Life and Times of a Prehistoric Man Found in an Alpine Glacier
• Brenda Fowler
• ARCHAEOLOGY
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The complete story of the discovery of and controversy surrounding the frozen corpse of a prehistoric man found in the Tyrolian Alps.
(ALP20, $20.00)
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A Tramp Abroad
• Mark Twain
• David Eggers
• Kerry Driscoll
• TRAVEL NARRATIVE
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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)
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Eiger Dreams, Ventures Among Men and Mountains
• Jon Krakauer
• EXPLORATION
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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)
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Mont Blanc, Discovery and Conquest of the Giant of the Alps
• Stefano Ardito
• EXPLORATION
• COMING IN
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With color and archival photographs, historic paintings and illustrations, this handsome book celebrates the history of climbing at Mont Blanc.
(ALP37, $19.99)
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There & Then, Travel Writings of James Salter
• James Salter
• TRAVEL NARRATIVE
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These sketches and essays cover 20 years of novelist Salter's peripatetic life, particularly his extended time hiking and skiing in the Alps of Switzerland, Austria and France.
(ALP28, $15.00)
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White Spider, The Classic Account of the Ascent of the Eiger
• Heinrich Harrer
• EXPLORATION
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The classic tale of a young climber and the first ascent of the North Face of the Eiger in 1938. This edition includes photographs, maps, and a chronology of attempts on the North Face.
(ALP09, $15.95)
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Cham
• Jonathan Trigell
• LITERATURE
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A young British author who lives in Chamonix, Trigell captures the beauty of the region, the allure of the slopes and the decadent vibe of the ski bum sub-culture in this edgy thriller.
(ALP39, $16.95)
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Homestead
• Rosini Lippi
• LITERATURE
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Set firmly in a small village in the Austrian Alps, these 12 interlinking stories are almost ethnographic in their rich detail of small town life. The stories range from the turn-of-the-century to the present, accurately charting change in the remote village.
(ALP11, $13.95)
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Hotel du Lac
• Anita Brookner
• LITERATURE
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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, $13.95)
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La Nouvelle Heloise
• Jean-Jacques Rousseau
• LITERATURE
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Rousseau may be best known for his political philosophy, but in this novel we see his softer side. This is the passionate story told through the letters of two lovers in a small town at the foot of the Alps.
(SWZ19, $33.95)
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Solo Faces
• James Salter
• LITERATURE
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The story of an American climber who, dissatisfied with his everyday life, travels to the Alps of southern France to tackle mountain peaks. The prose is glorious and the mountain-climbing scenes are as vivid as they get.
(ALP14, $15.00)
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Glacier Ice
• Austin Post
• Edward R. LaChapelle
• NATURAL HISTORY
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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, the Himalayas and other parts of the world.
(SCI07, $27.95)
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Birds of Europe
• Lars Svensson
• FIELD GUIDE
• FAVORITE
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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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