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Cadogan Guide Switzerland

Cadogan Guide Switzerland


by Norman Renouf

  • GUIDEBOOK
  • 2010
  • PAPER
  • 316 PAGES

This comprehensive guide combines personality, in-depth knowledge and hand-picked sights and recommendations. (SWZ72, $21.95)

Daisy Miller

Daisy Miller


by Henry James

  • LITERATURE
  • 2007
  • PAPER
  • 126 PAGES

A classic story of a young American woman's innocent flirtation and its misinterpretation by a sophisticated European man, set in Lac Leman and Chillon. This is James' first fictional work to gain mass popularity and one of his great American female portraits. (SWZ09, $7.00)

I'm Not Stiller


by Max Frisch

  • LITERATURE
  • 1994
  • PAPER
  • 384 PAGES

A masterpiece of post-WWII fiction about a man who claims not to be himself. (SWZ08, $27.95)

Mont Blanc, Discovery and Conquest of the Giant of the Alps

Mont Blanc, Discovery and Conquest of the Giant of the Alps


by Stefano Ardito

  • EXPLORATION
  • 2008
  • HARD COVER
  • 228 PAGES
  • OUT OF PRINT

With color and archival photographs, historic paintings and illustrations, this handsome book celebrates the history of climbing at Mont Blanc. (ALP37, $19.99)

The Night Manager

The Night Manager


by John Le Carre

  • LITERATURE
  • 1994
  • PAPER
  • 473 PAGES

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)

A Palm for Mrs. Pollifax

A Palm for Mrs. Pollifax


by Dorothy Gilman

  • MYSTERY
  • 1995
  • PAPER
  • 192 PAGES

A secret agent like no other, feisty grandmother Mrs. Pollifax goes to Switzerland to track down a missing package of plutonium -- just enough to make a small atomic bomb. Fourth in the series. (SWZ65, $7.99)

Swiss Bernese Oberland

Swiss Bernese Oberland


by Philip & Loretta Alspach

  • GUIDEBOOK
  • 2008
  • PAPER
  • 112 PAGES

A brief, illustrated guide to mountains, lakes and villages of the Bernese Oberland. With 50 color pictures, maps and good information on food, drink and the mountain villages of Interlaken, Grindelwald, Wengen, Murren and Kandersteg. (SWZ38, $18.95)

 

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