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WILDLAND ADVENTURES
Patagonia
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READING AND TRAVEL GUIDE
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Insight Guide Chile
Insight Guides
GUIDEBOOK
2009
PAPER
380 PAGES
This glossy guide is a full-color introduction to the land, people and history of Chile, written by a team of experts. Brief background essays highlight important topics, and there is some practical travel information interspersed throughout.
(CHI03, $23.99) |
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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) |
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Voyage of the Beagle
Charles Darwin
EXPLORATION
2002
PAPER
468 PAGES
BEST SELLER
FAVORITE
The wide-eyed tale of a young man on a five-year voyage that changed his life -- and our way of thinking about the world. First published in 1839, this book is still essential reading. Darwin's South American chapters are an excellent introduction to the Galapagos, Beagle Channel, Chile, Tierra del Fuego, the Chilean fjords and the Brazilian coast. With maps and appendices.
(GPS02, $12.95) |
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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) |
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Also Recommended
Lonely Planet Buenos Aires
Lonely Planet
GUIDEBOOK
The best of Buenos Aires is included in this practical guide, along with a pullout map and insider recommendations on shopping, eating, sleeping and day trips.
(ARG10, $19.99) |
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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) |
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Gauchos and the Vanishing Frontier
Richard Slatta
CULTURAL PORTRAIT
A thorough, lively study of the gaucho, including the history and culture of Argentina and Brazil's famous cowboys.
(ARG06, $27.00) |
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Far Away and Long Ago
W.H. Hudson
BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR
Hudson's enthralling childhood remembrances are rich with descriptions of the landscapes, birds and nature of Argentina.
(SAM11, $34.95) |
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The Old Patagonian Express
Paul Theroux
TRAVEL NARRATIVE
Combining history, anecdote and acutely observed detail on people and place, Theroux begins his journey on a Boston subway car and works his way south via rail, plane and truck to the Patagonian railroad in this enthralling narrative.
(PAT08, $15.95) |
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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) |
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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) |
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Voyaging, Southward from the Strait of Magellan
Rockwell Kent
EXPLORATION
An illustrated account of Rockwell's foolhardy voyage with a madman through magnificent Tierra del Fuego in a jury-rigged lifeboat. Both the text and striking woodcut illustrations communicate this dangerous landscape's dynamic character.
(CHI29, $19.95) |
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Night Flight
Antoine de Saint Exupery
LITERATURE
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.
(PAT09, $12.00) |
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The Far Side of the World
Patrick O'Brian
LITERATURE
O'Brian takes readers on an adventure around Cape Horn in this enthralling Aubrey and Maturin tale, featuring evocative descriptions of the wildlife of Patagonia and Galapagos and a vivid portrait of Nelson's British Navy.
(SAM01, $14.95) |
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The Far Side of the World
Patrick O'Brian
LITERATURE
This tale, set in 1812, features a trip around Cape Horn, with Stephen Maturin, Patrick O'Brian's wonderful opium-addicted naturalist.
(PAC55, $24.00) |
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Glacier Ice
Austin Post
Edward R. LaChapelle
NATURAL HISTORY
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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Patagonia, The Last Wilderness
Daniel Rivademar
NATURAL HISTORY
COMING IN
An illustrated portrait of Patagonia, featuring gorgeous color photographs and brief accompanying text on the natural history of the region.
(PAT20, $39.95) |
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The Moon by Whalelight and Other Adventures Among Bats, Penguins, Crocodiles, and Whales
Diane Ackerman
NATURAL HISTORY
Delightful essays combining anecdote, observation and natural history, featuring a long chapter on Roger Payne and his work on the right whales of Peninsula Valdes.
(PAT03, $14.95) |
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Volcanoes, Fire From the Earth
Maurice Krafft
NATURAL HISTORY
HARD TO FIND ELSEWHERE
By the great French volcanologist (who died on the job on Mount Unzen in Japan in 1992), this pocket guide features hundreds of full-color paintings, traces the study of volcanoes from early myth and legend to modern science.
(GEO06, $15.95) |
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The Sierra Club Handbook of Whales and Dolphins
Stephen Leatherwood
Randall Reeves
Larry Foster
FIELD GUIDE
COMING IN
A guide to whales and dolphins that fits in your pocket.
(FG06, $18.00) |
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