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)
Birds of Europe  •  Killian Mullarney  •  Lars Svensson  •  Dan Zetterstrom  •  Peter J. Grant FIELD GUIDE •  2000 •  PAPER  • 400 PAGES • FAVORITE This Princeton Field Guide features 3,500 illustrations by Killian Mullarney and Dan Zetterstrom. Color plates depict every species -- and sometimes several different variants -- for 722 birds found from the Urals to the Atlantic, Scandinavia to the Middle East. (FG47, $29.95)
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)
Bradt Guide Cape Verde Islands  •  Aisling Irwin  •  Colum Wilson GUIDEBOOK •  2006 •  PAPER  • 278 PAGES A compact guide to the Cape Verde Islands and their cultural and natural history. With photographs, maps and travel information. (ATL07, $22.95)
Cadogan Guide Madeira & Porto Santo  •  Cadogan Guide GUIDEBOOK •  2007 •  PAPER  • 208 PAGES A guidebook in the respected British Cadogan series, this comprehensive look at Madeira and Porto Santo provides insightful cultural and historical background, and up-to-date practical information. The heart of the book contains region-by-region descriptions aimed at the well read traveler. With some illustrations and excellent maps. (SPN21, $19.95)
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)
Culture Smart! Portugal  •  Sandy Guedes de Queiroz GUIDEBOOK •  2005 •  PAPER  • 168 PAGES A concise, well-illustrated and practical guide to local customs, etiquette and culture. (PGL53, $9.95)
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 Guide Lisbon  •  Eyewitness Guides GUIDEBOOK •  2003 •  PAPER  • 192 PAGES A compact illustrated guide to the city featuring excellent neighborhood maps, and hundreds of color photographs. It also includes chapters on the surrounding areas and Lisbon coast. With select listings of shops, restaurants, cafes, bars and hotels. (PGL04, $20.00)
Fodor's Lisbon's 25 Best  •  Fodor's GUIDEBOOK •  2008 •  PAPER  • 128 PAGES This slim guide to Lisbon includes an excellent map of the center of the city and essential information on its highlights, including restaurant recommendations and sightseeing -- all in a slipcover. (PGL40, $11.95)
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)
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 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)
The Lusiads  •  Luis De Camoes LITERATURE •  2002 •  PAPER  • 258 PAGES A 16th-century account of Vasco De Gama's voyage to India modelled after Virgil's "Aeneid." (PGL12, $12.95)
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)
Portuguese Dictionary, Portuguese-English/English-Portuguese  •  Jura D. Oliveira LANGUAGE & PHRASEBOOKS •  2005 •  PAPER  • 225 PAGES A handy pocket dictionary. (PGL35, $6.95)
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)
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)
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 Portugal  •  Rough Guide GUIDEBOOK •  2007 •  PAPER  • 720 PAGES A comprehensive, frequently revised and personable guide to Portugal, its history, culture and attractions, in the series by the British publisher. The book deftly combines an overview of the country with practical travel information. (PGL31, $22.99)
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)
South Wind Through the Kitchen, The Best of Elizabeth David  •  Elizabeth David FOOD •  2006 •  PAPER  • 383 PAGES A selection of recipes and essays, chosen judiciously by Jill Norman, from David's nine influential books, including Book of Mediterranean Food and French Country Cooking. With 200 recipes. David writes equally as well and insightfully about culture and society as about the food itself. Julian Barnes provides the introduction to this edition. First published in the 1950s. (MED30, $18.95)
The Spanish Inquisition  •  Cecil Roth HISTORY •  1996 •  PAPER  • 369 PAGES The Inquisition -- introduced in Spain during the Middle Ages, ended only in the 18th century. Empowered by the Roman Catholic church, the Spanish sovereigns moved first against Jews, then Protestants, mystics, and various nonconformists. This documents the events leading up to the Inquisition and the torment that spread from Spain to Portugal and the New World -- a fascinating exploration of the roots of the Inquisition and its effects on the country. (SPN91, $15.95)
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)
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)