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Antigua and My Life Before
• Marcela Serrano
• Margaret Sayers Peden
• LITERATURE
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Set in Santiago, Chile, and the Guatemalan city of Antigua, this is the story of two women --- one a famous singer, the other an artist/architect -- and a tragic shooting that sparks off memories of their friendship.
(CRB121, $14.00)
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Blue at the Mizzen
• Patrick O'Brian
• LITERATURE
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In this, the last exciting episode of the series, Captain Aubrey's crew sails to South America to help Chile gain independence from Spain.
(CHI33, $14.95)
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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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The Breakdown of Democratic Regimes: Chile
• Jua Linz
• HISTORY
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(CHI68, $25.00)
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The Camel's Nose, Memoirs of a Curious Scientist
• Knut Schmidt-Nielsen
• BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR
• OUT OF PRINT
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The wonderfully readable, lively account of a physiologist's adventures, combining personal anecdotes, travel, and commentary with good science. It includes sections on the Sahara and Atacama.
(SCI57, $26.00)
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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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Chilean Wine Regions 2004
• Pilar Cereceda
• REFERENCE
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Displays the entire country of Chile, with wine-producing regions highlighted and individual producers indicated. Includes detailed information on wine production and grape varieties in Chile; reverse side features inset maps of twelve specific wine-producing valleys.
(CHI67, $15.00)
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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! Chile, A Quick Guide to Customs and Etiquette
• Caterina Perrone
• GUIDEBOOK
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A concise and practical guide to local customs, etiquette and culture.
(CHI74, $9.95)
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Curfew
• Jose Donoso
• LITERATURE
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Set in bellavista just after the death of Pablo Neruda's widow, this novel evokes the atmosphere of Santiago under Pinochet.
(CHI21, $14.00)
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Daughter of Fortune, A Novel
• Isabel Allende
• LITERATURE
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In this absorbing historical novel a young woman follows her lover from Valparaiso (then a British colony) to California at the height of the gold rush.
(CHI63, $14.00)
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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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Divided Soul, A Journey Through the Secular and Religious in Hispanic Life
• David Alan Harvey
• CULTURAL PORTRAIT
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A culmination of a photographer's two decade quest to capture the global Hispanic spirit on film.
(SPN191, $49.95)
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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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Far Away and Long Ago, A Childhood in Argentina
• W.H. Hudson
• BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR
• COMING IN SEPTEMBER
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Originally written in 1917, this is a classic memoir of boyhood in the pampas of Argentina. Hudson's enthralling childhood remembrances are rich with descriptions of landscapes, birds and nature.
(SAM11, $34.95)
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The Far Side of the World
• Patrick O'Brian
• LITERATURE
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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, $13.95)
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Frommer's Argentina
• Haas Mroue
• Kristina Schreck
• Michael Luongo
• GUIDEBOOK
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Featuring authoritative, opinionated reviews on where to go, sleep and eat by enthusiasts.
(ARG58, $22.99)
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Frommer's Chile & Easter Island
• Stephan Kueffner
• GUIDEBOOK
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A practical travel guide featuring excellent annotated listings of what to do and where to eat and sleep. With one-color maps and suggested excursions.
(CHI76, $22.99)
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Ines of My Soul
• Isabel Allende
• LITERATURE
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Allende's dramatic tale, sweeping in scope, of an extraordinary woman -- a poor seamstress who heads off to the New World in search of fame, fortune and a wayward husband and makes it big. Dona Ines de Suarez (1507 - 1580) was the founder of the city of Santiago.
(CHI73, $14.95)
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Insight Compact Guide Chile
• Insight Guides
• GUIDEBOOK
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A brief, colorful introduction to Chile.
(CHI30, $7.95)
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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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Latin American Art
• John F. Scott
• ART & ARCHITECTURE
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A popular survey of the arts in Latin America.
(SAM33, $29.95)
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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 South America on a Shoestring
• Lonely Planet
• GUIDEBOOK
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A comprehensive, detailed practical guide to traveling in South America.
(SAM44, $33.99)
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Magical Sites, Women Travelers in 19th Century Latin America
• Marjorie Agosin
• TRAVEL NARRATIVE
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A lively treasury of accounts written by women --from French nuns to upper-crust Europeans --who traveled across Latin America in the 19th century .
(SAM29, $17.00)
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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, $65.00)
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Memoirs
• Pablo Neruda
• BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR
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The autobiography of the great poet, traveler and observer of events.
(CHI24, $17.00)
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The Moon by Whalelight and Other Adventures Among Bats, Penguins, Crocodiles, and Whales
• Diane Ackerman
• NATURAL HISTORY
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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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Mummy Congress: Science, Obsession, and the Everlasting Dead
• Heather Pringle
• ARCHAEOLOGY
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A surprisingly lively informative account of an arcane but fascinating area of research.
(SCI77, $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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My Tender Matador
• Pedro Lemebel
• LITERATURE
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An aging drag queen takes up with a handsome, young revolutionary in this charming love story, a vivid portrayal of the end of Pinochet's regime -- the dictator himself is also a character.
(CHI75, $13.00)
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The Nixon Administration And The Death Of Allende's Chile, A Case Of Assisted Suicide
• Jonathan Haslam
• HISTORY
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(CHI69, $23.00)
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The Old Patagonian Express
• Paul Theroux
• TRAVEL NARRATIVE
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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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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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Pablo Neruda, Absence and Presence
• Luis Poirot
• Alastair Reid
• BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR
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A tribute to Neruda featuring photographs by Luis Poirot, anecdotes by friends and colleagues and a selection of his poetry.
(CHI15, $25.00)
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Pablo Neruda, Selected Poems
• Nathaniel Tarn
• LITERATURE
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A comprehensive anthology of Neruda's poetry edited by Nathaniel Tarn. Each poem is presented in both English and the original Spanish.
(CHI19, $17.00)
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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 and Tierra del Fuego Map
• Auto Mapa
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Beautifully detailed, this bestselling physical relief map shows Tierra del Fuego at a scale of 1:1,000,000 scale with an overview of southern South America, the Valdes Peninsula and national parks along with street plans for Ushuaia, Río Gallegos, Puerto Madryn, Bariloche, Trelew and Comodoro Rivadavia.
(PAT07, $14.95)
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Personal Narrative of a Journey to the Equinoctial Regions of the New Continent
• Alexander von Humboldt
• EXPLORATION
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This is the book that Darwin took on his voyage around the world -- a classic account of naturalist and explorer Humboldt's 18th-century discoveries in South America.
(SAM08, $17.00)
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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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Plant Life in the World's Mediterranean Climates
• Paul Dallman
• NATURAL HISTORY
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Richly illustrated, clearly written and engaging, this book is an ecological overview of the landscapes, plants and vegetation types found in Mediterranean climates.
(MED21, $35.95)
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Portrait in Sepia, A Novel
• Isabel Allende
• LITERATURE
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Following her acclaimed Daughter of Fortune, Allende's sequel takes readers back to late nineteenth-century Chile through the eyes of Aurora del Valle, who is anxiously trying to reassemble the pieces of her own past and her family history.
(CHI62, $13.95)
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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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Rough Guide Chile
• Rough Guide
• GUIDEBOOK
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A comprehensive practical guide, nicely balancing the where and what and how to.
(CHI57, $22.99)
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The Secret Holy War of Santiago de Chile
• Marco Antonio de la Perra
• Charles Thomas
• LITERATURE
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God and Satan do battle in the deserted streets of Santiago in this wild, philosophical chase-scene of a novel, which conjures the terror and ambiguous moral ground of the Pinochet years.
(CHI36, $12.95)
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The Settlement of the Americas, A New Prehistory
• Thomas D. Dillehy
• ARCHAEOLOGY
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A well received, engaging survey of new theories on the peopling of the Americas; controversial yet convincing, Dillehy focuses his arguments around his findings at Monte Verde in Chile.
(SAM43, $22.00)
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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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Smithsonian Handbook: Whales, Dolphins and Porpoises
• Mark Carwardine
• FIELD GUIDE
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In the trademark, graphic Eyewitness style, this sturdy guidebook colorfully describes the world's cetaceans with numerous illustrations, range maps, fluke drawings and a few paragraphs on each species.
(FG02, $20.00)
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South America, The Andes Map
• Nelles
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A double-sided map covering the full range of the Andes and Pacific coast of South America.
(SAM47, $10.95)
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Southern Night Sky
• Pocket Naturalist
• FIELD GUIDE
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A glow in the dark laminated card showing the most conspicuous stars, constellations and celestial objects of the Southern Hemisphere.
(SCI30, $5.95)
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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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Spanish, A Language Map
• Kristine K. Kershul
• LANGUAGE & PHRASEBOOKS
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This durable, foldout card, featuring 1,000 words and phrases, works as a quick reference for travelers.
(SPN259, $7.95)
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Spanish, Start Speaking Today! (Cassette Tapes)
• Educational Services Corporation
• LANGUAGE & PHRASEBOOKS
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A 90-minute crash course in Spanish featured in two audio tapes and a phrasebook.
(SPN140, $21.95)
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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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Tasting Chile, A Celebration of Authentic Chilean Foods and Wines
• Daniel Joelson
• FOOD
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With recipes from restaurants and home chefs across Chile, this compilation is a great introduction to Chilean cuisine, and an excellent resource for anyone interested in trying out Chilean traditional dishes at home. Includes information on pairing wines with dishes, and a basic overview of wine producers and varieties in Chile.
(CHI64, $24.95)
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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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Trekking and Climbing in the Andes
• Kate Harper
• GUIDEBOOK
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A compact guide to treks and climbs in the Andes in the Globetrotter Adventure series.
(AND34, $19.95)
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Trekking in the Patagonian Andes
• Clem Lindenmayer
• GUIDEBOOK
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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.
(PAT12, $19.99)
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Twentieth-Century Latin American Poetry, A Bilingual Anthology
• Stephen Tapscott
• LITERATURE
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A scholarly anthology of 400 poems, presented in the original language (Spanish or Portuguese) and English. Selections include poems from Octavio Paz, Pablo Neruda and Jorge Luis Borges.
(SAM28, $27.95)
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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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UL: Four Mapuche Poets, An Anthology
• John Bierhorst
• Cecilia Vicuna
• LITERATURE
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This anthology of work from four contemporary Chilean poets provides valuable insight into the Mapuche culture and literary world.
(CHI26, $16.00)
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The University of Chicago Dictionary, Spanish-English/English-Spanish
• Carlos Castillo
• LANGUAGE & PHRASEBOOKS
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The well-regarded concise dictionary of words and phrases for today's language. Fifth Edition.
(SPN118, $11.00)
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What Am I Doing Here?
• Bruce Chatwin
• TRAVEL NARRATIVE
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A delightful collection of essays by one of our favorite travel writers, capturing the allure of the land and its wildlife and history. Includes a great chapter on his visit to Chiloe Island.
(PAT02, $16.00)
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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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Wind, Sand and Stars
• Antoine de Saint Exupery
• TRAVEL NARRATIVE
• FAVORITE
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St. Exupery's luminous account of flying early postal routes over South America, Europe and the deserts of West Africa in the 1930s, including the classic tale of his crash in the Libyan desert.
(DES11, $13.00)
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Windows that Open Inward
• Pablo Neruda
• Milton Rogovin
• LITERATURE
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A celebration of the poerty Pablo Neruda and striking photographs of photographer Milton Rogovin.
(CHI14, $20.00)
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The Wines of Argentina, Chile and Latin America
• Christopher Fielden
• FOOD
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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)
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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, $22.95)
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