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Solo Faces

by James Salter

• LITERATURE
• 1998
• PAPER
• 218 PAGES

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)

Tour of Mont Blanc, Complete Trekking Guide

by Kev Reynolds

• GUIDEBOOK
• 2012
• PAPER
• 243 PAGES
• COMING IN FEBRUARY

A compact guide to the classic Mont Blanc circuit, which includes a detailed guide to each section of the tour, as well as the author's own personable, encouraging remarks. (ALP24, $24.95)

St Gervais les Bains, Mont Blanc (West)

by IGN

• MAP

This fabulously detailed topographic map (scale 1:25,000) shows the western portion of the Mont Blanc group. (FRN315, $19.95)

Chamonix, Mont Blanc Massif (East)

by IGN

• MAP

This fabulously detailed topographic map (scale 1:25,000) shows the eastern portion of the Mont Blanc group. (FRN314, $19.95)

 

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Rhone-Alpes Map 523

by Michelin Travel Publications

• MAP

A detailed map of the Alps along the Italian and Swiss border from Geneva and Grenoble west to the Rhone, including Lyon and Valence. (FRN255, $12.95)

Explore Mont Blanc

by Gareth McCormack

• GUIDEBOOK
• 2005
• PAPER
• 64 PAGES

A compact, practical guide in the "Rucksack Reader" series, this book features a route map, photographs and practical details for the classic 11-day Mont Blanc circuit though France, Italy and Switzerland. (ALP27, $15.95)

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)

Wildflower Wonders

by Bob Gibbons

• GUIDEBOOK
• 2011
• HARD COVER
• 192 PAGES

A naturalist and tour leader, Gibbons covers when and where to witness impressive displays of wildflowers in this beautifully illustrated, oversized survey of 50 sites. His vote for the most flowery place in the world: the kaleidoscopic grasslands of Mount Rainier. (NAT244, $27.95)

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 Alps, A Cultural History

by Andrew Beattie

• HISTORY
• 2006
• HARD COVER
• 256 PAGES

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)

Mountain

by Sandy Hill

• ART & ARCHITECTURE
• 2011
• HARD COVER

Published with the American Alpine Club, this stunning celebration of the allure of climbing and grandeur of the great peaks features images by nature photographers and adventurers spanning two centuries, Ansel Adams, Edmund Hillary, Bradford Washburn and Galen Rowell among them. Sandy Hill, one of the first women to reach all seven summits, and others provide concise essays but it is the 350 oversized, sumptuously produced black-and-white and color photographs that entrance. (EXP97, $85.00)

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)

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)

Smithsonian Mountaineers

by Dorling Kindersley

• EXPLORATION
• 2011
• HARD COVER
• 360 PAGES

A lavish visual survey of 80 great mountaineers -- who they were, where they went -- from the Alps and Dolomites to Everest and other peaks in Himalayas and the Andes. (EXP91, $40.00)

Epic, Stories of Survival from the World's Highest Peaks

by Clint Willis

• ANTHOLOGY
• 1997
• PAPER
• 342 PAGES

A terrific collection of great writing about mountaineering. (HML37, $17.95)

Homestead

by Rosini Lippi

• LITERATURE
• 1999
• PAPER
• 210 PAGES

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)

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, $13.95)

The Night Manager

by John Le Carre

• LITERATURE
• 1994
• PAPER
• 473 PAGES

This best-selling, post-Cold War thriller about ruthless arms dealers in Geneva is a gripping read. Carrying on the great Le Carre tradition of espionage, a man who essentially gave up living after a tremendous failure is given a costly shot at redemption. (SWZ06, $7.99)

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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