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Adventure Without End
• Richard Bangs
• EXPLORATION
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A collection of 16 globe-spanning reports from the field (including Patagonia, Idaho and Borneo) by the peripatetic river rat and writer.
(TVL30, $16.95)
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Argentina, 1516-1987: From Spanish Colonization to Alfonsin
• David Rock
• HISTORY
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A highly readable, comprehensive history of Argentina since colonization.
(ARG07, $29.95)
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Around Cape Horn
• Irving Johnson
• EXPLORATION
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In this favorite film, Captain Irving Johnson memorably narrates documentary footage of his voyage as a young man aboard the bark Peking in 1929. Talk about bad weather!
(PAT67, $29.95)
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The Beaver, Natural History of a Wetlands Engineer
• Dietland Muller-Schwarze
• Lixing Sun
• NATURAL HISTORY
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A comprehensive, accessible monograph on the biology and management of the beaver.
(BST89, $37.00)
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Bone Hunters in Patagonia: Narrative of the Expedition
• J.B. Hatcher
• EXPLORATION
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A classic account of paleontological discovery in remote Patagonia, originally published in 1903 as part of Hatcher's multi-volume expedition report.
(PAT21, $22.00)
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Bradt Guide Chile
• Tim Burford
• GUIDEBOOK
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A comprehensive guide from the popular Bradt series.
(CHI59, $24.95)
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Bradt Trekking Guide Chile and Argentina
• Tim Burford
• GUIDEBOOK
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A convenient guide to wilderness areas from Northern Argentina to Tierra del Fuego.
(PAT11, $17.95)
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Buenos Aires Map
• Auto Mapa
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A detailed city map.
(ARG05, $13.95)
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Cape Horn
• Felix Riesenberg
• William A. Briesemeister
• EXPLORATION
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Captain Riesenberg writes from his own experience as a mariner, weaving a lively tale of exploration and discovery in this masterful history of the Horn, first published in 1939.
(PAT10, $39.95)
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The Captain's Verses, The Love Poems
• Pablo Neruda
• Donald D. Walsh
• LITERATURE
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A bilingual edition of Neruda's subtle and sweet love poems, published in 2004 to coincide with his centennial.
(CHI60, $12.95)
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Chile in Focus
• Nick Caistor
• GUIDEBOOK
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Authoritative and up-to-date, 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)
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Conquistadors
• Michael Wood
• HISTORY
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A lively, illustrated account of the Spanish conquest of the New World by the intrepid writer-filmmaker Michael Wood,
(SAM48, $22.95)
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Culture Smart! Argentina
• Robert Hamwee
• GUIDEBOOK
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A concise, well-illustrated and practical guide to local customs, etiquette and culture.
(ARG63, $9.95)
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Desert Memories, Journeys Through the Chilean North
• Ariel Dorfman
• TRAVEL NARRATIVE
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A quest for national history, personal memories, and family origins in the Atacama by the noted playwright, novelist and essayist. The legacy of mining, Pinochet, and the author's own history are woven into this meditative account.
(CHI53, $21.00)
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The Discoverers
• Daniel Boorstin
• EXPLORATION
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This wide-ranging and readable account of exploration by Daniel Boorstin includes a chapter on some of the great sea voyages, including Magellan's voyage to Tierra del Fuego and Cook's extraordinary journey into the Southern Ocean.
(EXP01, $18.95)
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Distant Shores, The Odyssey of Rockwell Kent
• Constance Martin
• Rockwell Kent
• ART & ARCHITECTURE
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A striking collection of work by the great American illustrator and adventurer.
(ART34, $24.95)
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Eric Shipton, The Six Mountain Travel Books
• Eric Shipton
• EXPLORATION
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Shipton's extraordinary adventures in the mountains of the Himalayas, East Africa, Central Asia and Patagonia.
(EXP12, $38.00)
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The Explorers of South America
• Edward Goodman
• EXPLORATION
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A narrative history of exploration from Christopher Columbus to the 19th century, with journal excerpts, diaries and other writings of the explorers themselves.
(SAM10, $24.95)
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The Far Side of the World
• Patrick O'Brian
• LITERATURE
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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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Five Decades, Poems 1925-1970
• Pablo Neruda
• LITERATURE
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A bilingual edition of 138 poems by the great Pablo Neruda, drawn from his entire career. Neruda is the quintessential South American poet: lyrical, engaging, and bristling with life.
(CHI10, $15.00)
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Fodor's Patagonia
• Inc. (EDT) Fodor's Travel Publications
• GUIDEBOOK
• COMING IN SEPTEMBER
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A practical guide in the popular series, filled with valuable information on accommodation, shopping, sights, and dining.
(PAT78, $21.95)
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Footprint Patagonia
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• Christabelle Dilks
• GUIDEBOOK
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This compact, practical guide in the popular British series includes an overview of the history, nature and culture of the region.
(PAT77, $23.95)
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Fossils, Finches, and Fuegians
• Richard Darwin Keynes
• NATURAL HISTORY
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An account of the Voyage of the Beagle, Darwin's adventures and scientific discoveries.
(SAM51, $52.00)
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Gauchos and the Vanishing Frontier
• Richard Slatta
• CULTURAL PORTRAIT
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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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George Gaylord Simpson, Paleontologist and Evolutionist
• Léo F. Laporte
• BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR
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A well-considered biography of the influential evolutionary biologist.
(SCI63, $25.00)
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Glacier Ice
• Austin Post
• Edward R. LaChapelle
• NATURAL HISTORY
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An extraordinary book of aerial black-and-white photographs of mountains, glaciers and ice accompanied by explanatory text. This beautiful photograph collection introduces the major surface features and varieties of glaciers.
(SCI07, $35.00)
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H.W. Tilman, The Eight Sailing/Mountain-Exploration Books
• H. W. Tilman
• EXPLORATION
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An omnibus featuring Tilman's adventures aboard the Mischief, his base for exploring the mountains of the Southern Ocean archipelagos, Patagonia and the Arctic; a wry, cantankerous and entertaining writer.
(EXP13, $38.00)
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The House of the Spirits
• Isabel Allende
• Magda Bogin
• LITERATURE
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A compulsively readable novel chronicling real and imagined events surrounding the extended Trueba clan from the turn of the 20th century to 1973, much in the spirit of One Hundred Years of Solitude.
(CHI02, $7.99)
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The Ice Maiden: Inca Mummies, Mountain Gods, and Sacred Sites in the Andes
• Johan Reinhard
• ARCHAEOLOGY
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Archaeologist Johan Reinhard brings together tales of this own adventures and plenty of Inca history in this account of his discovery of Juanita, a 500-year-old mummy found in the Peruvian Andes.
(AND52, $14.95)
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The Invention of Argentina
• Nicolas Shumway
• HISTORY
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An illuminating intellectual history of Argentina, this book brings the founding fathers of the republic to life, deftly portraying the revolution against Spain in 1810 and its immediate aftermath.
(ARG08, $25.95)
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John Muir's Last Journey, South to the Amazon and East to Africa
• Robert Michael Pyle
• John Muir
• EXPLORATION
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A collection of letters and notes on Muir's eight-month voyage in 1911-1912 to the Andes, Amazon, Southern and East Africa.
(SAM78, $20.00)
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Labyrinths, Selected Stories and Other Writings
• Jorge Borges
• LITERATURE
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The best known work by this extraordinary writer. Sometimes bizarre, always hilarious and thought-provoking, this dazzling collection of stories is well worth the effort.
(ARG09, $13.95)
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Last Evenings on Earth
• Roberto Bolano
• Chris Andrews
• LITERATURE
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Striking stories of young men adrift in an inhospitable Latin America, written by a man who was himself intimate with exile.
(CHI72, $23.95)
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The Last Time Around Cape Horn, The Historic 1949 Voyage of the Windjammer Pamir
• William F. Stark
• Peter Stark
• HISTORY
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The unstinting memoir of the then 22-year-old rookie aboard the famous windjammer Pamir.
(PAT69, $13.00)
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Liberators, Latin America's Struggle for Independence 1810-1830
• Robert Harvey
• HISTORY
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An epic history of colonial Latin America, focused on the heroism and derring-do of seven legendary men, including Simon Bolivar and General Jose de San Martin, in the fight for independence from Spain.
(SAM35, $18.95)
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Lonely Planet Argentina
• Lonely Planet
• Danny Palmerlee
• GUIDEBOOK
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In its hallmark style, this practical guide to Argentina by Lonely Planet features maps, a good overview of culture, history and nature, and much nuts-and-bolts information on excursions, accomodations and sightseeing.
(ARG11, $25.99)
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Lonely Planet Chile and Easter Island
• Wayne Bernhardson
• GUIDEBOOK
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This practical guide includes a chapter on Easter Island in addition to a comprehensive overview of Chile, its history and culture. With a section of color photographs and 90 maps.
(CHI04, $24.99)
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Mammals of the Neotropics: The Southern Cone, Chile, Argentina, Uruguay, Paraguay
• John F. Eisenberg
• Kent H. Redford
• REFERENCE
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Organized taxonomically, this thorough volume of species accounts includes external measurements, physical descriptions, geographical distribution, and information on their habitats.
(SAM14, $60.00)
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Master and Commander, The Far Side of the World
• Peter Weir
• LITERATURE
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Russell Crowe stars in this adaptation of two Patrick O'Brian novels, a swashbuckling adventure set off the coast of Cape Horn in 1805.
(GPS66, $39.98)
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Moon Handbook Argentina
• Wayne Bernhardson
• GUIDEBOOK
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A comprehensive guide in the Moon series.
(ARG43, $19.95)
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Mountaineering in Patagonia
• Alan Kearney
• GUIDEBOOK
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A history and personal account of climbing in the Patagonian Andes.
(PAT18, $22.95)
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My Invented Country, A Nostalgic Journey Through Chile
• Isabel Allende
• BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR
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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, $13.95)
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My Old Man and the Sea: A Father and Son Sail Around Cape Horn
• David Hays
• Daniel Hays
• TRAVEL NARRATIVE
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A father and son sail 17,000 miles to Cape Horn in a small homemade boat.
(OCE50, $13.00)
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The Nature of Penguins
• Jonathan Chester
• NATURAL HISTORY
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Expedition leader, author and photographer Chester presents a beautiful collection of full-color penguin photographs along with accompanying essays on these much-loved birds.
(ANT19, $17.95)
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On the Blue Shore of Silence, Poems of the Sea
• Pablo Neruda
• Alastair Reid
• Mary Heebner
• LITERATURE
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A beautifully produced, bilingual anthology, published in celebration of the centennial of Neruda's birth. The book features well-chosen poems on the theme of the sea and stunning accompanying paintings.
(CHI58, $26.95)
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Over the Edge of the World, Magellan's Terrifying Circumnavigation of the World
• Laurence Bergreen
• EXPLORATION
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This uncommonly well written biography brings to life the complex, difficult 16th-century Portuguese captain and his discoveries. Bergreen follows the great navigator from his origins in Seville and on his voyages to the Americas, and through the Pacific.
(WLD44, $15.95)
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The Pampas and the Andes, A Thousand Miles' Walk Across South America
• Nathaniel Bishop
• TRAVEL NARRATIVE
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The 19th-century travels of a 17-year-old budding naturalist.
(SAM57, $15.95)
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Patagonia Map Guide
• de Dios
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This double-sided laminated map and guide, produced in Buenos Aires in English, shows routes and distances between major towns, along with descriptions of main attractions,
(ARG51, $8.95)
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Patagonia Sur & Tierra del Fuego Map
• Zagier & Urruty Maps
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Published in Buenos Aires, this full-color map covers southernmost South America from El Calafate and Lago Argentino to Tierra del Fuego and Cape Horn, at a scale 1:1,000,000.
(PAT70, $14.95)
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Patagonia: Wild Land at the End of the Earth
• Tim Hauf
• Conger Beasley
• Gregory Crouch
• NATURAL HISTORY
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In this photographic tribute to the wildlife and landscapes of Patagonia, 130 color images by photographer and adventurer Hauf are paired with short essays on human and natural history.
(PAT75, $27.50)
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Patagonian & Fuegian Channels Map
• Zagier & Urruty Maps
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Published in Buenos Aires, this full-color cruising map covers western Tierra del Fuego from Punta Arenas and the Straits of Magellan south to Cape Horn.
(PAT71, $14.95)
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Patagonian South Icefield Trekking Map
• Zagier & Urruty Maps
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A two-sided topographic map of the Fitzroy and Cerro Torre treks, in glorious color with contour lines every 50 meters and landscape features. Scale 1:50,000.
(PAT72, $16.95)
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Pimsleur Quick & Simple Spanish
• Pimsleur Language Method
• LANGUAGE & PHRASEBOOKS
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Four audio CDs with eight 30-minute lessons in basic Spanish, covering elementary vocabulary and phrases used in travel and everyday situations.
(SPN257, $19.95)
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Residence on Earth
• Pablo Neruda
• Donald D. Walsh
• Jim Harrison
• LITERATURE
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A classic anthology in a bilingual edition, re-published in 2004 to coincide with the centennial of the great poet's birth.
(CHI61, $14.95)
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Return to Patagonia, By Way of the Falkland Islands
• Rosemary Goring
• BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR
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An account of the author's return to her childhood home.
(PAT76, $28.95)
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Seven Myths of the Spanish Conquest
• Matthew Restall
• HISTORY
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In this provocative book, Restall tackles Columbus, Cortes, Pizarro and the misconceptions surrounding them. The conquisadores most certainly did not conquer the Americas with a handful of men, nor were they received as gods.
(SAM52, $16.95)
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Soldiers in a Narrow Land, The Pinochet Regime in Chile
• Mary Helen Spooner
• HISTORY
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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, $25.95)
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Southern South America Map
• ITMB
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A handsome physical map showing the southern half of South America. At a scale of 1:2,800,000.
(SAM04, $9.95)
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Stolen Continents, 500 Years of Conquest and Resistance in the Americas
• Ronald Wright
• HISTORY
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A powerful history of imperialism and resistance in the Americas, with a focus on the Aztec, Maya, Inca, Cherokee and Iroquois. Wright draws on an impressive range of archival material in reconstructing this classic account.
(NAM20, $17.00)
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Tales of Mountaineering
• Stefano Ardito
• EXPLORATION
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An oversize photographic history of the great ascents and climbers in 20th-century mountaineering.
(EXP51, $35.00)
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To the Edge of the World
• Harry Thompson
• LITERATURE
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An epic novel of seafaring adventure in the spirit of Patrick O'Brien, this novel brings to life not just the five-year-long Voyage of the Beagle, with all its adventure, mishaps and high drama, but also the intellectual sparring between the religious, emotionally unstable Fitzroy and Charles Darwin.
(WLD85, $26.00)
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Traveling with Che Guevara, The Making of a Revolutionary
• Alberto Granado
• Lucia Alvarez de Toledo
• TRAVEL NARRATIVE
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Granado's classic account of his travels with Che Guevara via motorbike through Argentina, Chile, Peru, Colombia, and Venezuela.
(SAM68, $14.95)
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Two Years Before the Mast
• Richard H. Dana
• EXPLORATION
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The visceral, gripping account of life at sea during an 1838 voyage from Boston to California that took seaman Richard H. Dana around Cape Horn.
(PAT06, $13.00)
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Two Years Before the Mast and Other Voyages
• Richard H. Dana
• LITERATURE
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This definitive Library of America edition, edited by Thomas Philbrick, includes Dana's accounts of later journeys to Cuba and to Asia in addition to his celebrated Two Years Before the Mast.
(WLD68, $40.00)
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Where to Watch Birds in South America
• Nigel Wheatley
• NATURAL HISTORY
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A compact practical guide to birdwatching sites throughout South America, including checklists.
(SAM40, $24.95)
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Yanomami, The Fierce Controversy and What We Might Learn from It
• Robert Borofsky
• CULTURAL PORTRAIT
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A study of the controversy surrounding anthropological studies of the Yanomami.
(SAM67, $21.95)
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