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The Alps, A Cultural History
• Andrew Beattie
• HISTORY
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(ALP30, $29.95)
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Altitude Illness: Prevention and Treatment, How to Stay Healthy at Altitude
• Stephen Bezruchka
• REFERENCE
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This useful reference book provides essential information concerning the prevention and treatment of altitude sickness.
(REF02, $8.95)
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Annecy-Lausanne Map 45
• IGN
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An excellently detailed map of the Haute-Savoie at a scale of 1:100,000.
(FRN390, $11.95)
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Baedeker's Austria
• Baedeker's Travel Guides
• GUIDEBOOK
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The much-revised classic with map.
(AST56, $25.00)
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Clara's Grand Tour, Travels With a Rhinoceros in Eighteenth-century Europe
• Glynis Ridley
• HISTORY
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The entertaining history of an Indian rhinoceros named Clara, who was brought to Europe in 1741 by a Dutch sea captain and toured for seventeen years, to the delight of several heads of state.
(FRN536, $12.00)
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Epic, Stories of Survival from the World's Highest Peaks
• Clint Willis
• ANTHOLOGY
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A terrific collection of great writing about mountaineering.
(HML37, $17.95)
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Essential Switzerland
• Gerry Crawshaw
• GUIDEBOOK
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A compact guidebook with background information, regional maps, and practical information on all the major sites.
(SWZ16, $8.95)
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Eyewitness Guide Austria
• Eyewitness Guides
• GUIDEBOOK
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This superb guide to all of Austria features color photography, dozens of excellent local maps and a region-by-region synopsis of the country's attractions.
(AST59, $25.00)
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Eyewitness Guide Switzerland
• Eyewitness Guides
• GUIDEBOOK
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A compact, thoroughly illustrated guide, featuring over 900 photographs, good maps, and plenty of information on hiking in the Swiss Alps, natural and tourist attractions, and the history and arts of Switzerland.
(SWZ45, $25.00)
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Frankenstein, or The Modern Prometheus
• Mary Shelley
• LITERATURE
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This classic gothic novel, set around Lake Geneva, was written in 1816.
(SWZ10, $7.95)
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French or Foe? Getting the Most Out of Visiting, Living and Working in France
• Polly Platt
• CULTURAL PORTRAIT
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With humor, directness and great insight, this compact book is an expert, entertaining guide to the French and how to get along with them. An expanded third edition includes the French romance with cell phones and a short chapter with recent vignettes.
(FRN54, $16.95)
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The Gothic Enterprise, A Guide to Understanding the Medieval Cathedral
• Robert A. Scott
• ART & ARCHITECTURE
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An accessible overview of the medieval cathedral, its history, design and architecture with black-and-white photographs.
(EUR190, $17.95)
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Here Is Where We Meet
• John Berger
• LITERATURE
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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.
(EUR189, $14.00)
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I'm Not Stiller
• Max Frisch
• LITERATURE
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A masterpiece of post-WWII fiction about a man who claims not to be himself.
(SWZ08, $20.00)
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Iceman: Uncovering the Life and Times of a Prehistoric Man Found in an Alpine Glacier
• Brenda Fowler
• ARCHAEOLOGY
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The complete story of the discovery of and controversy surrounding the frozen corpse of a prehistoric man found in the Tyrolian Alps.
(ALP20, $15.00)
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Mammals of Europe
• Priscilla Barrett
• David W. MacDonald
• FIELD GUIDE
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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.
(FG61, $34.95)
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Monte Rosa Map
• MapLink
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A topographic map of the Monte Rosa massif, which straddles the Swiss-Italian border.
(SWZ41, $14.00)
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Mountaineering, The Freedom of the Hills
• The Mountaineers
• GUIDEBOOK
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The essential handbook for mountaineers, in a seventh revised edition. With chapters on outdoor fundamentals, rock, snow, ice, and alpine climbing, emergency prevention and response, the mountain environment, and gear.
(GEN267, $29.95)
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The Night Manager
• John Le Carre
• LITERATURE
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This best-selling, post-Cold War thriller about ruthless arms dealers in Geneva is a gripping read. Carrying on the great Le Carre tradition of espionage, a man who essentially gave up living after a tremendous failure is given a costly shot at redemption.
(SWZ06, $7.99)
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Pilgrimages, The Great Adventure of the Middle Ages
• John Ure
• HISTORY
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(EUR202, $15.95)
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Rhone-Alpes Map 523
• Michelin Travel Publications
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A detailed map of the Alps along the Italian and Swiss border from Geneva and Grenoble west to the Rhone, including Lyon and Valence.
(FRN255, $11.95)
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Rick Steves' French, Italian & German Phrase Book & Dictionary
• Rick Steves
• LANGUAGE & PHRASEBOOKS
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A compact phrase book for travelers, organized thematically and with a brief dictionary.
(EUR142, $9.95)
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Rick Steves' Switzerland Guide
• Rick Steves
• GUIDEBOOK
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A personable, practical guide in the growing series by travel guru Rick Steves.
(SWZ46, $19.95)
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Rough Guide Switzerland
• Matthew Teller
• GUIDEBOOK
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This comprehensive guide includes an excellent historical and cultural overview of Switzerland.
(SWZ24, $20.99)
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Switzerland Map
• HEMA Maps
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A colorful, shaded relief map of Switzerland at a scale of 1:303,000.
(SWZ11, $12.95)
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Travelers' Tales, A Woman's Europe
• Marybeth Bond
• Mary Morris
• ANTHOLOGY
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This entertaining collection depicts Europe through the eyes of women writers, including Frances Mayes and Jan Morris.
(EUR160, $17.95)
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Trentino Alto-Adige Map
• Touring Club Italiano
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A colorful regional map of the Italian Dolomites at a scale of 1:200,000.
(ITL42, $12.95)
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Walking Switzerland, The Swiss Way: From Vacation Apartments, Hotels, Mountain Inns, and Huts
• Marcia Lieberman
• GUIDEBOOK
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This guide includes all the information you need to plan your own Swiss walking tour.
(SWZ03, $16.95)
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Western Austria Tyrol Map
• Freytag & Berndt
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A colorful regional map of western Austria, including the Tyrolean region.
(AST05, $10.95)
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