Aconcagua  •  Harry Kikstra GUIDEBOOK •  2005 •  PAPER A practical guide for climbers with detailed descriptions of the Normal and Polish Traverse routes, color illustrations and maps. (ARG54, $14.95)
Aconcagua Map  •  Cordee 2002 •  MAP This excellent folded map, based on four Argentine military survey sheets, was updated in 2002 by Servei General d'Informació de Muntanya. At a scale of 1:50,000, the map features contour lines at 500-meter intervals, the heights of peaks, along with the location of huts, roads, routes, glaciers and ridges. (AND41, $13.95)
Aconcagua, A Climbing Guide  •  R.J. Secor  •  Uma Kukathas  •  Crystal Thomas  •  Ralph Hopkins GUIDEBOOK •  1999 •  PAPER  • 144 PAGES A guide to South America's tallest mountain, highlighting 27 different routes to the summit. Aside from the trail descriptions, the authors provide background on the history and ecology of the mountain, tips on preparation and equipment, and all the essential information on local weather, accommodations and attractions. 2nd edition. (AND40, $16.95)
Aconcagua: Summit of the Americas  •  Ed Darack GUIDEBOOK •  2002 •  MAP These four black-and-white maps for climbers and trekkers, all packaged in a vinyl pouch, portray the peak and surroundings at various scales, including a map of the climbing routes at 1:46,500, a map of the summit at 1:23,250, and satellite photo-image of the region. Created by Ed Darack, a climber and author. (AND42, $15.00)
Argentina  •  Isabella Brega CULTURAL PORTRAIT •  2007 •  HARD COVER  • 128 PAGES An introduction to culture and natural history of Argentina through hundreds of color photographs. (ARG70, $9.95)
Argentina Cooks!, Treasured Recipes from the Nine Regions of Argentina  •  Shirley Lomax Brooks FOOD •  2003 •  HARD COVER  • 320 PAGES This collection of 190 recipes includes a section on the wines of Argetina, enriched by the author's commentary on Argentina's culture and traditions. (ARG74, $24.95)
Argentina Map  •  Borch Maps 2006 •  MAP A handy laminated road map of Argentina in full color at a scale of 1:3,800,000, with supplementary maps of the larger cities. (ARG68, $10.95)
Argentina, What Went Wrong  •  Colin M. MacLachlan HISTORY •  2006 •  HARD COVER  • 240 PAGES A brief survey of modern economic history, aimed at a university audience. (ARG66, $49.95)
Ariel  •  Carlos Fuentes  •  José Enrique Rodó HISTORY •  1988 •  PAPER  • 156 PAGES Written in 1900, this is Latin America's influential essay on culture, democracy and aesthetics. Whatever one think of the author's blind faith in the march of progress, Carlos Fuentes is right in calling this "an essential book in the protracted Latin American search for identity." (ARG16, $18.95)
The Authentic Bars, Cafes and Restaurants of Buenos Aires  •  Gabriela Kogan GUIDEBOOK •  2008 •  PAPER  • 144 PAGES Kogan's great tips on where to eat, drink and dance the tango all night. Some of these cafes are historically significant, others just unique. She includes a map and a glossary of Argentine food. (ARG84, $14.95)
Birds of Chile  •  Alvaro Jaramillo FIELD GUIDE •  2003 •  PAPER  • 240 PAGES A compact, comprehensive guide to 473 species in the Princeton Field Guide series with illustrations by David Beadle and Peter Burke, detailed range maps and condensed descriptive information, integrated on facing pages for easy reference in the field. It includes the Falkland Islands and South Georgia. Jaramillo, a biologist born in Chile and raised in Toronto, leads birding trips throughout the Americas. A lifelong birder, he and Burke previously collaborated on a guide to the blackbirds of the Americas. (CHI50, $29.95)
Buenos Aires Map  •  Auto Mapa MAP Published in Argentina, this is an excellent map of that country's capital at the superb scale of 1:30,000. (ARG05, $13.95)
Buenos Aires Map Guide  •  de Dios MAP This double-sided laminated map, produced in Buenos Aires in English, includes attractions, museums, walking tours, restaurants and shopping. With six suggested walking tours, a subway map and suggestions for essential things to do in a weekend. (ARG49, $8.95)
Changing Course, The Capitalist Revolution in Argentina  •  William Ratliff HISTORY •  1990 •  PAPER  • 60 PAGES A study on Argentina's rush to the market by William Ratliff. (ARG64, $5.00)
Che's Route, Ernesto Guevara's Trip across South America  •  de Dios 2004 •  MAP This double-sided laminated map and guide, produced in Buenos Aires in English, shows the route of young Ernesto Guevara and Alberto Granado's trip from Buenos Aires through Bolivia, Peru and the Amazon. It's an companion to Motorcycle Diaries. (ARG53, $8.95)
Chile, A Traveler's Literary Companion  •  Katherine Silver ANTHOLOGY •  2003 •  PAPER  • 256 PAGES This diverse collection of stories, organized geographically, includes the country's best-known writers, Ariel Dorfman and Pablo Neruda, as well as lesser-known luminaries. This sampling illustrates the diversity of contemporary Chile through the eyes of the country's current generation of writers. (CHI38, $14.95)
Cicerone Guide Aconcagua  •  Jim Ryan GUIDEBOOK •  2005 •  PAPER A compact practical guide to South America's highest mountain with information on preparation for the climb, maps and trekking routes. (ARG83, $22.95)
Circle of Love Over Death, Testimonies of the Mothers of the Plaza De Mayo  •  Matilde Mellibovsky HISTORY •  1997 •  PAPER  • 250 PAGES Startling testimonies of mothers who lost their children to torture, death or "disappearance" during Argentina's "Dirty War." Mellibovsky had lost her own child (an activist) to the conflict, and unites the many grieving, but often hopeful voices in their goal to achieve social justice. During this black period, the ruiling military junta tortured and killed thousands of its own citizens they believed subversive to national security (ARG29, $14.95)
Conquistadors  •  Michael Wood HISTORY •  2002 •  PAPER  • 288 PAGES A lively, illustrated account of the Spanish conquest of the New World by the intrepid writer-filmmaker Michael Wood, who traveled in the footsteps of Hernan Cortes, Pizarro and others, often by horse, raft or other original means. It's an excellent introduction to the overwhelming impact of the Spanish in the Americas, wonderfully illustrated with maps, drawings and full color paintings. (SAM48, $22.95)
Cordoba Map  •  Automobile Club of Argentina MAP This highly recommended folded road map shows Cordoba province at a scale of 1:1,560,000, along with city plans of Cordoba, Alta Gracia, Carlos Paz, Cosquin, Rio Cuerto and Zona Cerrana. (ARG73, $10.95)
A Desert Calling, Life in a Forbidding Landscape  •  Michael Mares  •  Stephen Jay Gould BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR •  2002 •  HARD COVER  • 318 PAGES A lively memoir and account of field research -- and the search for desert mammals -- in remote Argentina, Iran and Egypt. Curator of mammals and director of the Sam Noble Oklahoma Museum of Natural History at the University of Oklahoma, Mares has devoted decades of study to rodents, bats and other animals of Argentina with short forays to other deserts. With numerous photos and maps. (DES09, $29.95)
Eyewitness Guide Argentina  •  Eyewitness Guides GUIDEBOOK •  2008 •  PAPER  • 352 PAGES A compact illustrated travel guide featuring bright color photography, dozens of excellent maps, and a region-by-region synopsis of Argentina attractions. With a 50-page section on where to stay and eat (ARG82, $25.00)
Facundo: Or, Civilization and Barbarism  •  Domingo Faustino Sarmiento HISTORY •  1998 •  PAPER  • 320 PAGES This 19th Century essay uses the story of the reigning dictator Facundo and the bloody civil wars to set up an opposition between European "Civilization" and native "Barbarism." It's a chronicle of the various conflicts associated with Facundo and his generals' rise to power and a fascinating glimpse of a pervasive mindset. (ARG18, $16.00)
Fodor's Argentina  •  Laura Kidder GUIDEBOOK •  2008 •  PAPER A practical guide in the popular series, with valuable information on accomodations, dining and sightseeing. (ARG78, $22.95)
Food and Drink in Argentina  •  Derreck Foster  •  Richard Tripp FOOD •  2006 •  PAPER  • 128 PAGES With a gazetteer of typical ingredients and dishes, an overview of shops, cafes and restaurants. (ARG59, $14.95)
Footprint Argentina Handbook  •  Christabelle Dilks GUIDEBOOK •  2007 •  PAPER  • 644 PAGES This compact guide is nicely divided between a general overview of Argentina and practical travel detail on where to go and what to do. By the venerable British publishers of the "South American Handbook," this guide is built for the road with sturdy covers and a sewn binding. (ARG35, $24.95)
Frommer's Argentina  •  Haas Mroue  •  Kristina Schreck  •  Michael Luongo GUIDEBOOK •  2007 •  PAPER  • 433 PAGES With chapters on the best of, planning your trip and a region-by-region survey of attractions, this practical guide features authoritative, opinionated reviews. (ARG58, $22.99)
Frommer's Buenos Aires  •  Michael Luongo GUIDEBOOK •  2007 •  PAPER  • 277 PAGES Comprehensive and up-to-date this outstanding practical guide by Mike Luongo covers where to stay, where to eat and what to see in splendid detail. It's the best of the bunch for exploring this vibrant city. Luongo has written about Argentina for the New York Times, Chicago Tribune and Town & Country. (ARG57, $17.99)
Heading South, Looking North  •  Ariel Dorfman BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR •  1999 •  PAPER  • 288 PAGES Born in Buenos Aires in 1942, exiled to New York with his parents in 1945, shipped off to Chile in 1955 (where he attended an English school), a graduate of Berkeley, and member of Allende's socialist government who now teaches at Duke University, Dorfman has an astonishing family history and impeccable credentials as a leftist intellectual. This is the man who wrote "How to Read Donald Duck," Imperialist Ideology in the Disney Comic." In this exhilarating memoir, Dorman interweaves the wild story of his life before 1973 with an account of the coup that put the military dictator Pinochet into power. It's the powerful need to write that holds Dorfman together through all the dislocations, changes of language and identity. (CHI22, $15.00)
Idle Days in Patagonia  •  W.H. Hudson BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR •  2005 •  PAPER  • 155 PAGES A handsome reprint of Hudson's classic 1893 account of life, nature and adventure in southern South America. It's a beguiling tale, written long after the fact, combining history and nature, reflection, and incident. With paintings and drawings by Alfred Hartley and J. Smit. (PAT27, $22.00)
Jujuy and Salta Map  •  Automobile Club of Argentina MAP A regional road map of northwest Argentina at a scale of 1:1.15 million. (ARG71, $8.00)
Kiss of the Spider Woman  •  Manuel Puig LITERATURE •  1991 •  PAPER  • 281 PAGES The psychological story of a friendship between two Argentinean prisoners jailed for their subversive activity: Molina, a transgendered homosexual and Valentin, a socialist revolutionary. The intense exchange of dialogue and Molina's dramatizations of movie scenes in the prison cell build up to a passionate relationship and ironic ending. (ARG28, $13.95)
Latin American Art  •  John F. Scott ART & ARCHITECTURE •  2000 •  PAPER  • 240 PAGES A popular survey for undergraduate art students, this general history of the arts in Latin America ranges from prehisory to the present. With illustrations, maps and a chronology. (SAM33, $29.95)
A Lexicon of Terror, Argentina and the Legacies of Torture  •  Marguerite Feitlowitz CULTURAL PORTRAIT •  1999 •  PAPER  • 302 PAGES Harvard professor Feitlowitz interviewed Argentines from all sectors of society for this intensive study of the "Dirty War," which claimed 30,000 victims from 1976-1983. The cumulative impact of the testimony the people who were arrested, imprisoned or "gone missing" by the military is profound. A wordsmith by trade, the author looks at how activists, bystanders, victims and family members modified language to discuss the unimaginable horrors of this time. (ARG27, $19.95)
Liberators, Latin America's Struggle for Independence 1810-1830  •  Robert Harvey HISTORY •  2002 •  PAPER  • 561 PAGES An epic history of colonial Latin America, focused on the heroism and derring-do of seven legendary men in the fight for independence from Spain, including the larger-than-life figures of Venezuela's Simon Bolivar, Argentine hero General Jose de San Martin, and Chile's Bernardo O'Higgins. Harvey, a contributor to the Economist, draws on an impressive range of original sources in constructing this engaging tale. (SAM35, $18.95)
Living in Argentina  •  Angelika Taschen CULTURAL PORTRAIT •  2008 •  HARD COVER  • 200 PAGES Editor Angelika Taschen invites readers to pore over this selection of sumptuous photographs of houses, apartments, ranches, polo grounds and more, including the opulent Teatro Colon. (ARG91, $29.99)
Lonely Planet Argentina  •  Lonely Planet  •  Danny Palmerlee GUIDEBOOK •  2008 •  PAPER 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. With color photographs and excellent travel information. (ARG11, $25.99)
Lonely Planet Buenos Aires Encounter  •  Terry Carter GUIDEBOOK •  2007 •  PAPER With a section of not-to-missed highlights and a calendar of annual events, this lively pocket guide organized by neighborhood includes suggested side trips, along what to see and where to shop, eat, drink and play. With a double-sided pullout map. (ARG75, $11.99)
Lonely Planet South America on a Shoestring  •  Lonely Planet GUIDEBOOK •  2007 •  PAPER  • 1148 PAGES A comprehensive, detailed practical guide to traveling in South America. With a brief general overview and country-by-country review in the Lonely Planet style of sites, attractions, and where to go and what to do. (SAM44, $33.99)
Los Glaciares National Park  •  Zagier & Urruty Maps 2004 •  MAP A colorful map of Perito Moreno, El Calafate, Lago Argentino and other popular areas of Parque Nacional Los Glaciares at a scale of 1:230,000. With spot elevations, roads, towns and points of interest. Paintings of typical birds and mammals are scattered along the edges of the map. While the map would be more useful if it had been printed on sturdier paper with topography and, especially, a more detailed inset of popular trekking around El Calafate, it's not a bad souvenir and overview of the region. (PAT58, $14.95)
Magical Sites, Women Travelers in 19th Century Latin America  •  Marjorie Agosin TRAVEL NARRATIVE •  1999 •  PAPER  • 256 PAGES A lively treasury of accounts written by women -- from French nuns to upper-crust Europeans -- who traveled across Latin America in the 19th century . Some of the journals were discovered in a convent library in Santiago by the editor, a Chilean-born poet, activist and scholar who lives and teaches in the US. (SAM29, $17.00)
Mammals of the Neotropics: The Southern Cone, Chile, Argentina, Uruguay, Paraguay  •  John F. Eisenberg  •  Kent H. Redford REFERENCE •  1992 •  PAPER  • 460 PAGES Organized taxonomically, this thorough volume of species accounts includes external measurements, physical descriptions, geographical distribution, and information on their habitats. (SAM14, $65.00)
The Moon by Whalelight and Other Adventures Among Bats, Penguins, Crocodiles, and Whales  •  Diane Ackerman NATURAL HISTORY •  1992 •  PAPER  • 250 PAGES In a series of astute and delightfully readable essays, journalist Ackerman introduces us to whales, bats, alligators, penguins and the people who study them. Her chapter on Roger Payne and his work on the right whales of Peninsula Valdez is the highlight of the book. (PAT03, $14.95)
Moon Handbook Argentina  •  Wayne Bernhardson GUIDEBOOK •  2004 •  PAPER  • 650 PAGES A comprehensive guide in the popular series. (ARG43, $19.95)
Moon Handbook Buenos Aires  •  Wayne Bernhardson GUIDEBOOK •  2005 •  PAPER  • 369 PAGES A practical guide in the popular series. (ARG77, $17.95)
Mountaineering in Patagonia  •  Alan Kearney GUIDEBOOK •  1998 •  HARD COVER  • 144 PAGES A history and personal account of climbing in the Patagonian Andes. With 24 color photographs and maps, it's a comprehensive introduction to the region. Kearney's focus is on Fitz Roy and Cerro Torre and Torres del Paine. (PAT18, $22.95)
Musicians and Watchmakers  •  Alicia Steimberg LITERATURE •  1998 •  PAPER  • 128 PAGES The worldly and wise, semi-autobiographical tale of coming-of-age in 1940s Buenos Aires. The protagonist, like the author, is Alicia Steimberg. Among the pleasures of the novella are Steimberg's deft portraits of a decidedly eccentric extended family, including a grandmother born in Kiev, unstable mother, a stable of aunts and atheist grandfather. The tale unfolds against the backdrop of life in Peronist Argentina. Originally published in 1972. The talented Steimberg is also the author of Call Me Magdalena, set at an estancia. (ARG46, $15.00)
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. With text in Spanish and English. (PAT22, $24.95)
Northern Argentina and Uruguay Map  •  Nelles 2000 •  MAP A detailed map of northern Argentina (including Uruguay) with good topographic relief, at a scale of 1:2,500,000. (ARG36, $10.95)
The Pampas and the Andes, A Thousand Miles' Walk Across South America  •  Nathaniel Bishop TRAVEL NARRATIVE •  2003 •  PAPER  • 232 PAGES The 19th-century travels of a 17-year-old budding naturalist. Bishop arrived in Buenos Aires in 1855 with only $45 and very little Spanish -- but that did not stop him from hiking through Argentina and Chile. (SAM57, $15.95)
Patagonia and Tierra del Fuego Map  •  Auto Mapa MAP A detailed physical relief map (1:1,000,000) of Tierra del Fuego -- ideal for travelers. On the flip side is a smaller-scale map of the lower part of South America from just below Buenos Aires to Cape Horn. Imported from Argentina. (PAT07, $14.95)
Patagonian & Fuegian Channels Map  •  Zagier & Urruty Maps MAP 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. With five more detailed maps of the Beagle Channel, Seno Agostini, Isla Gordon and other areas of interest. The same team also publishes good maps of Torres del Paine (CHI12) and the Lake District (PAT59). (PAT71, $14.95)
Pimsleur Quick & Simple Spanish  •  Pimsleur Language Method LANGUAGE & PHRASEBOOKS •  2005 •  AUDIO CD Four audio CDs with eight 30-minute lessons in basic Spanish, covering elementary vocabulary and phrases used in travel and everyday situations. The Pimsleur method emphasizes the use of listening skills without reading materials (so there isn't a book to follow along). It's advertised as "Totally audio: hear it, learn it, speak it." (SPN257, $19.95)
Prisoner Without a Name, Cell Without a Number  •  Jacobo Timerman BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR •  1988 •  PAPER An Argentine newspaperman's classic account of his imprisonment and torture at the hands of the military junta. Full of stories of courage and resistance. The Village Voice said it "ranks with Hannah Arent's Eichmann in Jerusalem in its examination of the totalitarian mind, the role of anti-Semitism..." (ARG19, $11.00)
The Purple Land  •  W.H. Hudson LITERATURE •  2002 •  PAPER  • 304 PAGES Hudson's first novel starring, not coincidentally, a young Englishman at large in South America. The story of romance and adventure unfolds against the backdrop of political unrest in 19th-century Uruguay. Originally published in 1885, this facsimile of the 1904 Three Sirens Press edition includes Keith Henderson's original 30 woodcuts of Uruguayan scenes. Ilan Stavans provides the introduction. Among the many pleasure of this delightfully comic novel is its depiction of the region and its people. Born in Buenos Ares, Hudson wrote a string of novels and memoirs set in South America, most famously, Far Away and Long Ago and Green Mansions. (SAM58, $22.95)
Rick Steves' Spanish Phrase Book & Dictionary  •  Rick Steves LANGUAGE & PHRASEBOOKS •  2003 •  PAPER  • 320 PAGES A compact phrase book for travelers, organized thematically and with a brief dictionary. This is no dry litany of phrases but is instead peppered with humor and Rick Steves' insider insight into how to break the ice and make friends around the world. (SPN178, $7.95)
Rough Guide Music Argentina  •  Various Artists MUSIC •  2004 •  AUDIO CD A carefully chosen sampling of the diverse sounds of Argentina, including tango, of course, but also traditional folk tunes and drum beats. Artists include Adriana Varela, La Chicana, Lorena Astudillo, Hugo Diaz. (ARG69, $14.95)
Salta Map Guide  •  de Dios 2004 •  MAP 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, calendar of events, accomodation guide and general introduction. With a street plan of the city of Salta. (ARG52, $8.95)
Seven Madmen  •  Roberto Arlt LITERATURE •  1999 •  PAPER  • 249 PAGES Borges called the underappreciated Roberto Arlt (1900-42), a great writer who wrote badly. This semi-autobiographical novel, published in 1929, recalls the chaos, opportunity, grit and allure of immigrant Buenos Aires of the time in madcap, headlong prose. Like his protagonist, Arlt was a frustrated inventor with European roots. (ARG47, $20.00)
Seven Myths of the Spanish Conquest  •  Matthew Restall HISTORY •  2004 •  PAPER  • 272 PAGES 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, $19.99)
South American Explorer Chilean Fjords Map  •  Ocean Explorer Maps 2002 •  MAP A handsome, double-sided map of southern South America with the section of the continent from Buenos Aires and Santiago south to Cape Horn on one side (1:4,800,000) and an excellent map of the Chilean Fjords (1:2,200,000) on the reverse. The map shows the complex maze of islands, channels and straits in the south of Chile, perfect for anyone sailing from Puerto Montt. With color photographs and information on wildlife, native peoples and exploration of Patagonia and Tierra del Fuego. Published by a veteran expedition leader, the map is aimed at cruise and expedition passengers in the region. (SAM41, $11.95)
The South American Table  •  Maria Baez Kijac FOOD •  2003 •  PAPER  • 480 PAGES With its glossary, dictionary of ingredients, chapters on life and culture, this big cookbook, featuring 450 recipes, is an excellent introduction to the food and cultural traditions of South America. (SAM106, $24.95)
Southern Argentina Map  •  Nelles 2000 •  MAP A detailed map of southern Argentina (including Tierra del Fuego) with good topographic relief, at a scale of 1:2,500,000. (ARG37, $10.95)
Southern Night Sky  •  Pocket Naturalist FIELD GUIDE •  2001 •  PLASTIC CARD A glow in the dark laminated card showing the most conspicuous stars, constellations and celestial objects of the Southern Hemisphere. (SCI30, $5.95)
Southern South America Map  •  ITMB 2000 •  MAP A handsome full color physical map of the southern cone at a scale of scale of 1:2,800,000, including Argentina, Chile, Uruguay, Paraguay and parts of Bolivia. (SAM04, $9.95)
Spanish, A Language Map  •  Kristine K. Kershul LANGUAGE & PHRASEBOOKS •  1999 •  PLASTIC CARD This durable, foldout card, featuring 1,000 words and phrases, works as a quick reference for travelers. (SPN259, $7.95)
Spanish, Start Speaking Today! (Cassette Tapes)  •  Educational Services Corporation LANGUAGE & PHRASEBOOKS •  CASETTE TAPE A 90-minute crash course in Spanish featured in two audio tapes and a phrasebook packaged in a vinyl sleeve. Geared for travelers, the course follows the foreign service method -- which focuses on dialogues and useful sentences instead of individual words. In each case, an English phrase is spoken once, and repeated in Spanish twice. Topics include introductions, transportation, business and health. A version with compact discs is also available (SPN219). (SPN140, $21.95)
Spectacular City: Transforming Culture, Consumption, and Space In Buenos Aires 1955-1973  •  Laura Podalsky ART & ARCHITECTURE •  2004 •  PAPER  • 230 PAGES A social geography and cultural history of Buenos Aires and its transformation in the two decades after the collapse of the government of Juan Peron. She looks not only at architecture but also the city as represented in film, literature, and popular culture. (ARG44, $24.95)
Stolen Continents, 500 Years of Conquest and Resistance in the Americas  •  Ronald Wright HISTORY •  2004 •  PAPER  • 464 PAGES A powerful history of imperialism and resistance in the Americas, with a focus on the Aztec, Maya, Inca, Cherokee and Iroquois. Wright's illuminating account, told largely from the point of view of the losers, details the rapid collapse of cultures and societies in the Americas following the arrival of the Europeans in 1492. Wright draws on an impressive range of archival material in reconstructing this classic account, originally published in 1993. Wright is also the author of Time Among the Maya. (NAM20, $17.00)
Tango Buenos Aires Map Guide  •  de Dios 2003 •  MAP This double-sided laminated map, produced in Buenos Aires in English, includes three suggested Tango-themed walking tours, attractions, 20 venues, a brief history of tango from Gardel to Piazolla, and an essential discography. (ARG50, $8.95)
Think Global: Tango  •  Chris Moss MUSIC •  2008 •  AUDIO CD Tango is a roots music, bursting with sensuality, red-hot passion, and reams of rhythm. Though often associated with ballroom dancing, it was in fact born on the streets -- notably in the bars and slum districts on the outskirts of Buenos Aires and the ports of Montevideo -- and served as a social connection for those living on the margins of society. Think Global: Tango provides an entertaining introduction to this fascinating and seductive music and dance genre. (ARG89, $14.95)
Time Out Buenos Aires  •  Time Out GUIDEBOOK •  2008 •  PAPER  • 334 PAGES A practical guide to the city and surroundings (including recommended excursions), jam-packed with detailed listings of hotels, bars and restaurants, shops and services. (ARG45, $19.95)
Torres del Paine Map  •  Zagier & Urruty Maps 2004 •  MAP A detailed color map of the park at a scale of 1:80,000. With trekking routes, refuges, and color illustrations of common animals. Though the scale is good, we wish this large, folded map was printed on better paper with proper shaded relief and more legible overprinting. (CHI12, $14.95)
Traveling with Che Guevara, The Making of a Revolutionary  •  Alberto Granado  •  Lucia Alvarez de Toledo TRAVEL NARRATIVE •  2004 •  PAPER  • 240 PAGES This is Alberto Granado's companion book to Che Guevara's well-known Motorcycle Diaries (and one of the sources for the movie). It's Granado's own account of travels with Che via motorbike through Argentina, Chile, Peru, Colombia, and Venezuela. (SAM68, $14.95)
Travels in a Thin Country, a Journey through Chile  •  Sara Wheeler TRAVEL NARRATIVE •  1996 •  PAPER  • 304 PAGES An inspired writer, British author Sarah Wheeler deploys her wit, intelligence and powerful investigative skills on the Republic of Chile, where she traveled in 1991. Excellent reading. (CHI06, $13.95)
Trekking and Climbing in the Andes  •  Val Pitkethly  •  Kate Harper GUIDEBOOK •  2009 •  PAPER  • 192 PAGES A compact guide to 26 treks and 18 climbing peaks in Venezuela, Ecuador, Peru, Bolivia, Chile, and Argentina. With 110 color photos and 60 maps. (AND34, $20.00)
Trekking in the Patagonian Andes  •  Clem Lindenmayer GUIDEBOOK •  2003 •  PAPER  • 296 PAGES This convenient guide features trail maps and route descriptions of walks throughout Patagonia, including a long sections on Torres del Paine in Chile and Glacier National Park in Argentina. With detailed practical information, color photography, 31 maps and good background on preparing for your trek. Third edition. (PAT12, $19.99)
Tschiffely's Ride  •  Aime Tschiffely TRAVEL NARRATIVE •  2002 •  PAPER  • 296 PAGES The classic account of a remarkable, 10,000-mile journey across the Andes, pampas, deserts and tropical forest of South and Central America and across the United States from Buenos Aires to Washington D.C. Astoundingly, Tschiffely, a Swiss teacher who had been living in Buenos Aires, made the epic trek with the same two delightful, determined and hardy (and much loved) gaucho horses, Mancha and Gato. Tschiffely, though he protests that he is no writer, captures the people, landscape of the personality of places along the way in vivid, down-to-earth detail. He was also head-over-heels in love with the horses (a breed called the Argentine Criollo which he helped to popularize), as is clear from the book and the 1951 epilogue included in this edition. (SAM45, $24.95)
Twentieth-Century Latin American Poetry, A Bilingual Anthology  •  Stephen Tapscott LITERATURE •  1996 •  PAPER  • 418 PAGES A scholarly anthology of 400 poems, presented in the original language (Spanish or Portuguese) and English. Selections include poems from Octavio Paz, Pablo Neruda, Jorge Luis Borges, Gabriela Mistral, Julio Cortazar and Carlos Drummond de Andrade. Eighty-five poets are represented in all. With an introduction to the many traditions of 20th-century poety in Latin America, and biographical notes on each poet. (SAM28, $27.95)
Wallpaper City Guide Buenos Aires  •  Wallpaper Magazine GUIDEBOOK •  2006 •  PAPER  • 120 PAGES A stylish, thin (it fits in your back pocket) city guide compiled by the design magazine Wallpaper's local reporters. Well-organized, with chapter tabs, many photographs and of-the-moment recommendations. (ARG65, $9.95)
Where to Watch Birds in South America  •  Nigel Wheatley NATURAL HISTORY •  1995 •  PAPER  • 431 PAGES A compact practical guide to 206 recommended birdwatching sites throughout South America. Organized by country, each site guide includes an introduction, noteworthy species, maps, and directions, checklists. An invaluable handbook for birders. (SAM40, $24.95)
Wind, Sand and Stars  •  Antoine de Saint Exupery TRAVEL NARRATIVE •  1967 •  PAPER  • 229 PAGES • FAVORITE St. Exupery's luminous account of flying early postal routes throughout the world in the 1930s, including the classic tale of his crash in the Libyan desert. A man of action with the soul of a poet, his memorable stories of flying over South America, Europe and the deserts of West Africa are compelling, specifically the one about going solo in a storm over the Andes. (DES11, $13.00)
The Wines of Argentina, Chile and Latin America  •  Christopher Fielden FOOD •  2003 •  PAPER A thorough introduction to each of the wine-producing countries of Central and South America, featuring information about the history of wine production in each region, and an overview of wine varieties and producers. (SAM81, $20.00)
Yanomami, The Fierce Controversy and What We Might Learn from It  •  Robert Borofsky CULTURAL PORTRAIT •  2005 •  PAPER  • 397 PAGES A scholarly reader and study of the controversy surrounding anthropological studies of the Yanomami of northern Brazil and neighboring Venezuela. It follows in the wake of Patrick Tierney's best-selling book, Darkness in El Dorado. With Bruce Albert, Ray Hames, Kim Hill, Lêda Leitão Martins, John Peters, and Terence Turner. (SAM67, $22.95)