The Age of the Baroque in Portugal  •  Jay A. Levenson ART & ARCHITECTURE •  1993 •  HARD COVER  • 303 PAGES A catalog from a 1993-1994 exhibit of the greatest works of art from Portugal's 18th-century Golden Age. Each piece of art is illustrated in a color photograph and given a short description. The book also contains a series of informative essays on the period. (PGL21, $80.00)
Azores Map  •  Turinta Maps 2002 •  MAP A nicely detailed folded map of the islands with travel information at a scale of 1:75,000. (PGL36, $12.95)
Berlitz Portuguese Phrase Book  •  Inc. Berlitz International LANGUAGE & PHRASEBOOKS •  2008 •  AUDIO CD  • 224 PAGES (PGL65, $14.95)
Black Kestrel, A Story of Madeira  •  Don Silva LITERATURE •  2006 •  PAPER  • 300 PAGES An adventurous story of a peasant's fight for freedom in 19th century Madeira. (PGL60, $15.95)
Blue Guide Portugal  •  Ian Robertson GUIDEBOOK •  1996 •  PAPER  • 335 PAGES A compact travel guide with a focus on art, architecture and history. With suggested routes, driving instructions, and 20 maps. (PGL20, $19.95)
Bradt Guide Azores  •  David Sayers GUIDEBOOK •  2006 •  PAPER  • 248 PAGES A comprehensive, practical guide to the Azores. The author David Sayers pays particular attention to the natural history and especially the botany of these lush Atlantic islands, located two hours flying time west of Lisbon. With eight pages of color photographs and 33 maps, including plans of Ponta Delgada (Sao Miguel), Angra do Herofsmo (Terceira), and Horta (Faial). Second edition. (PGL29, $21.95)
Bradt Guide Canary Islands  •  Lucy Corne GUIDEBOOK •  2005 •  PAPER  • 342 PAGES A comprehensive guide in the popular Bradt series by a Las Palmas resident and journalist. With city and town plans and in-depth coverage of destinations throughout the archipelago. (CNY06, $21.95)
Cape Verde Map  •  Freytag & Berndt 1998 •  MAP A detailed map of the Atlantic islands at the very good scale of 1:80,000. (ATL17, $12.95)
Divided Soul, A Journey Through the Secular and Religious in Hispanic Life  •  David Alan Harvey CULTURAL PORTRAIT •  2003 •  HARD COVER  • 176 PAGES A culmination of a photographer's two decade quest to capture the Hispanic spirit on film from its Spanish roots to its diaspora in the New World. (SPN191, $49.95)
Eyewitness Top Ten Madeira  •  Eyewitness Guides GUIDEBOOK •  2005 •  PAPER  • 128 PAGES A compact, illustrated guide in the popular series, featuring the best natural and cultural attractions of the region with an excellent section on local wines. (PGL55, $12.00)
Fodor's Portugal  •  Adam Taplin GUIDEBOOK •  2007 •  PAPER  • 480 PAGES A practical guide. (PGL61, $19.95)
Frommer's Lisbon Day by Day  •  Louise Pole-Baker GUIDEBOOK •  2008 •  PAPER  • 192 PAGES A compact shirt pocket guide, ideal for a short visit, featuring remarkably good suggestions for everything from food to hotels, neighborhoods and shopping. With a separate foldout map of the city center. (PGL69, $12.99)
Frommer's Portugal  •  Frommer's GUIDEBOOK •  2006 •  PAPER  • 434 PAGES A practical guide to Portugal. (PGL41, $21.99)
Globetrotter Golfer's Guide Portugal: Over 50 Courses and Facilities  •  Michael Gedye GUIDEBOOK •  2001 •  PAPER  • 112 PAGES A practical guide to more than 50 golf courses throughout Portugal, featuring 90 color photos, 5 maps and 20 course plans. (PGL33, $17.95)
The Gothic Enterprise, A Guide to Understanding the Medieval Cathedral  •  Robert A. Scott ART & ARCHITECTURE •  2005 •  PAPER  • 307 PAGES Scott, whose interest in the history of cathedrals began when he first saw the magnificent Cathedral Church of the Blessed Virgin Mary in Salisbury, England, takes his reader on a historical, architectural and sociological tour of the magnificent spires and stained-glass windows that dot the landscape of Europe. It's an accessible, personable overview. (EUR190, $17.95)
A Hedonist's Guide to Lisbon  •  Sarah Marshall GUIDEBOOK •  2004 •  HARD COVER (PGL59, $16.95)
Here Is Where We Meet  •  John Berger LITERATURE •  2006 •  PAPER  • 256 PAGES This novel weaves a portrait of several European countries through encounters with the dead, from the narrator's mother, whom he discovers on a park bench in Lisbon, to a childhood friend wandering a market in Krakow. "The dead don't stay where they are buried," the protagonist's mother tells him, and this becomes the mantra for this most unusual journey through Europe's history and people. (EUR189, $14.00)
The History of Portugal  •  James Maxwell Anderson HISTORY •  2000 •  HARD COVER  • 222 PAGES Informative and engaging, this scholarly history covers Portugal from its prehistoric beginnings to modern times, heavily weighted towards the dramatic events of recent decades, including the fall of the Salazar dictatorship and colonial wars. (PGL62, $55.00)
History of Portugal, From Lusitania to Empire  •  Antonia H. De Olivera Marques HISTORY •  1972 •  HARD COVER  • 507 PAGES A sweeping, textbook history of Portugal, from prehistory until the early 19th century and the beginnings of imperial decline. (PGL64, $97.00)
Iberia, Spanish Travels & Reflections  •  James Michener TRAVEL NARRATIVE •  1989 •  PAPER  • 960 PAGES In this best-selling work, Michener departs from his usual fictional format and presents a compulsively readable, long and well-observed account of his affair with Spain and all things Spanish. It has achieved the status of a classic, rich in detail and insightful. (SPN16, $8.99)
Insight Guide Portugal  •  Insight Guides GUIDEBOOK •  2000 •  PAPER An outstanding overview of the country, featuring hundreds of photographs and insightful essays on history, culture and art. It includes a substantial section on Lisbon. (PGL13, $21.95)
Karen Brown's Portugal, Exceptional Places to Stay & Itineraries  •  Cynthia Sauvage  •  Karen Brown GUIDEBOOK •  2008 •  PAPER  • 256 PAGES A survey of inns, castles and other lodging of character, along with suggested itineraries and highlights of each region. (PGL24, $19.95)
The Letter of Marque  •  Patrick O'Brian LITERATURE •  1992 •  PAPER  • 284 PAGES Though merely the 12th in a series that eventually became 20 books, this may be the most satisfying of the lot. Aubrey and Maturin are up to their old tricks. After a success in the Azores, they go by separate means to the Baltic, where Maturin, attempting to find Diana to make things right, is essentially rescued by Aubrey. There's more after this one, but it doesn't get any better. (ATL20, $14.95)
Lisbon City Map  •  Turinta Maps MAP A detailed, color map of Lisbon. (PGL17, $12.95)
Lonely Planet Lisbon Encounter  •  Kerry Walker GUIDEBOOK •  2009 •  PAPER  • 160 PAGES • COMING IN JANUARY 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. (PGL70, $12.99)
Lonely Planet Portugal  •  Julia Wilkinson GUIDEBOOK •  2005 •  PAPER  • 500 PAGES In its hallmark style, this practical guide to Portugal by Lonely Planet features maps, a good overview of culture, history and nature, and much nuts-and-bolts information on excursions, accommodations and sightseeing. Most of the book focuses on what to see, do, buy and eat in the city. With color photographs and excellent travel information. (PGL16, $21.99)
Madeira Map  •  Freytag & Berndt MAP A map of Madeira, shown at a scale of 1:75,000. (PGL18, $11.95)
Mammals of Europe  •  Priscilla Barrett  •  David W. MacDonald FIELD GUIDE •  2002 •  PAPER  • 320 PAGES Published by Princeton, this is a field guide to land and marine mammals throughout Europe, both endemic and introduced. With more than 600 color illustrations of over 200 mammals, it's a comprehensive handbook, with detailed descriptions, range maps and commentary on behavior. (FG61, $34.95)
Michelin Green Guide Portugal  •  Michelin Travel Publications GUIDEBOOK •  2006 •  PAPER  • 389 PAGES Michelin Green does Portugal, Madeira and the Azores, with the usual attention to cultural sites, and plenty of local maps. (PGL15, $21.95)
Michelin Spain & Portugal Tourist and Motoring Atlas  •  Michelin 2008 •  MAP  • 186 PAGES Published annually, this up-to-date, detailed spiral-bound atlas, with distances, detailed index and bright, clear cartography, is an authoritative reference and planning guide for touring Spain and Portugal. With a section of city plans (SPN364, $22.00)
National Geographic Traveler Portugal  •  Fiona Dunlop GUIDEBOOK •  2005 •  PAPER  • 272 PAGES This guide to Portugal, published in the National Geographic attractive visual style, features hundreds of photographs, full color maps, and useful information on history, nature, culture, and travel. (PGL48, $22.95)
Natives And Exotics  •  Jane Alison LITERATURE •  2006 •  PAPER  • 256 PAGES (PGL52, $13.00)
Portuguese Dictionary, Portuguese-English/English-Portuguese  •  Jura D. Oliveira LANGUAGE & PHRASEBOOKS •  2005 •  PAPER  • 225 PAGES A handy pocket dictionary. (PGL35, $6.95)
Portuguese, A Language Map  •  Kristine K. Kershul LANGUAGE & PHRASEBOOKS •  2000 •  PLASTIC CARD This durable, foldout card, featuring 1,000 words and phrases, works as a quick reference for travelers. (PGL47, $7.95)
Portuguese, Start Speaking Today (Brazilian)  •  Language/30 LANGUAGE & PHRASEBOOKS •  1998 •  CASETTE TAPE A 90-minute crash course in Portuguese as it is spoken in Brazil featured in two audio tapes and a phrasebook, all packaged in a vinyl sleeve. Geared for travelers, the course follows the foreign service method -- which focuses on learning dialogues and useful sentences instead of individual words. In each case, an English phrase is spoken once, and repeated twice in Portuguese. Topics include introductions, transportation, business and health. (BZL36, $21.95)
Rick Steves' Portugal Guide  •  Rick Steves GUIDEBOOK •  2008 •  PAPER  • 320 PAGES A personable, practical guide in the growing series by travel guide Rick Steves. (PGL43, $18.95)
Roads to Santiago, A Modern-Day Pilgrimage Through Spain  •  Cees Nooteboom TRAVEL NARRATIVE •  2000 •  PAPER  • 352 PAGES An exhilarating but erudite portrait of modern and historic Spain by a renowned Dutch author. Nooteboom writes quite brilliantly of Spanish art, philosophy, history, architecture and culture, as well as of the people he encountered during his Iberian peregrinations . (SPN50, $16.00)
Rough Guide Cape Verde Music  •  Various Artists MUSIC •  2001 •  AUDIO CD (ATL27, $14.98)
Rough Guide Lisbon Directions  •  Amanda Tomlin  •  Matthew Hancock GUIDEBOOK •  2007 •  PAPER  • 223 PAGES A volume in the series Rough Guide Directions, this slim and colorful guide to Lisbon quickly orients the reader to attractions and practicalities. With public transportation maps, local maps, and a basic fold-out full city map, as well as concise descriptions. Bundled with the printed guide is a full-text e-Book on CD-ROM, both PC and Mac compatible, and downloads to hand-held devices. (PGL45, $10.99)
Rough Guide Portuguese Phrasebook  •  Rough Guide LANGUAGE & PHRASEBOOKS •  2000 •  PAPER  • 272 PAGES A shirt pocket two-way phrasebook and mini-dictionary aimed at travelers. With a menu reader, guide to pronunciation and a few basics on getting along in Portuguese. (PGL38, $5.00)
The Spanish Inquisition, A Historical Revision  •  Henry Kamen HISTORY •  1997 •  PAPER  • 369 PAGES An absorbing account of the Spanish Inquisition for the general reader, a bestseller when it was first published in the 1960s, now updated by the author. Kamen argues that the Inquisition was not as ruthless or as accepted in its time as was previously thought. It is a well researched and thought-provoking rethinking of a much-discussed period in Spanish history. (SPN144, $23.00)
The Spanish Seaborne Empire  •  J.H. Parry HISTORY •  1990 •  PAPER  • 416 PAGES The first of the great seaborne empires of Western Europe, Spain was the richest and most formidable European power from 1492 until the break-up of its empire 300 years later during the struggles between rival generals and the "liberators" of the 19th century. This classic study of Spain's impact on the Americas traces the conquests of Cortes and Pizarro, the economic and social consequences in Spain of trying to control an empire, its administration, the social structure, the Church, and the destruction of Indian cultures and their transformation to colonial states. (SPN70, $26.95)
The Stone Raft  •  Jose Saramago LITERATURE •  1996 •  PAPER  • 300 PAGES A modern fable from the Nobel Prize-winning author, in which a cast of eccentric characters embark on a quest when the Iberian Peninsula becomes unmoored from France. The novel is an allegory, a politcal statement and a fine example of magical realism with compelling characters. Five strangers living on the new island (sailing at 18 kilimoters an hour for the Azores) must depend on each other for companionship and survival. (PGL46, $14.00)
The Taste of Conquest, The Rise and Fall of the Three Great Cities of Spice  •  Michael Krondl HISTORY •  2007 •  HARD COVER  • 320 PAGES A history of the world when pepper, cinnamon and cloves were as valuable as gold, and Venice, Lisbon and Amsterdam all jockeyed for control of the global market. (EUR279, $25.95)
Time Out Lisbon  •  Pete Watts GUIDEBOOK •  2007 •  PAPER  • 256 PAGES An up-to-date guide on what to do and where to go by the people who publish Time Out Magazine. (PGL49, $19.95)
Travelers' Tales, A Woman's Europe  •  Marybeth Bond  •  Mary Morris ANTHOLOGY •  2004 •  PAPER  • 298 PAGES This entertaining collection depicts Europe through the eyes of a diverse group of women writers, including Frances Mayes, Jan Morris and Mary Morris. These humorous and well-written true stories capture the misadventures, discoveries and slices of life that the continent (and travel!) has to offer. (EUR160, $17.95)
Twice Round the Loggerhead, The Culture of Whaling in the Azores  •  Bruce Halabisky  •  Lance Lee HISTORY •  2000 •  HARD COVER  • 124 PAGES A loving, richly illustrated account, by two American apprentices, of building an Azorean whaleboat. With essays on the history and folklore of traditional whaling and boat-building. With archival and contemporary photographs, line drawings and 60 watercolor illustrations by Breton marine artist Yvon Le Corre. (PGL37, $35.00)
Walking in Portugal  •  Bethan Davies  •  Ben Cole GUIDEBOOK •  2000 •  PAPER  • 184 PAGES An informative, comprehensive guide to exploring Portugal on foot. This book, published by the authors, provides detailed descriptions, profile charts and full-color maps of 33 walks, from brief strolls to multi-day adventures. Davies and Cole include an overview of Portuguese geography, culture, flora and fauna, food and drink. With practical travel information. 2nd edition. (PGL30, $20.00)