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The Alps, A Cultural History
• Andrew Beattie
• HISTORY
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Beattie explores the turbulent past and vibrant present of the Alps, where early pioneers of tourism, mountaineering and scientific research have all left their mark.
(ALP30, $29.95)
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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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The Best of the Alps
• Jay Cowan
• HISTORY
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A tour of 11 well known resorts throughout the Alps, illustrated in full-color photos. With descriptions of popular activities, events and a short history of each resort.
(ALP18, $19.95)
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Birds of Britain & Europe
• Hermann Heinzel
• Richard Fitter
• John Parslow
• FIELD GUIDE
• OUT OF PRINT
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This masterfully organized Collins Pocket Guide, featuring 3,000 color illustrations covers the birds of Europe, North Africa and the Middle East.
(EUR49, $27.50)
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Chamonix to Zermatt, The Walker's Haute Route
• Kev Reynolds
• GUIDEBOOK
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A practical guide to the classic Haute Route, covering each segment of the long-distance walk, and including an introduction to the region.
(ALP21, $19.95)
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Chamonix, Mont Blanc Massif (East)
• IGN
• COMING IN OCTOBER
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This fabulously detailed topographic map (scale 1:25,000) shows the eastern portion of the Mont Blanc group.
(FRN314, $16.95)
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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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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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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 and entertaining guide to the French and how to get along with them. The expanded third edition addresses France's romance with cell phones and includes a short chapter of recent vignettes.
(FRN54, $16.95)
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French Ways and Their Meaning
• Edith Wharton
• CULTURAL PORTRAIT
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A wonderfully readable, elegant look at French civilization written in Paris during the last two years of WWI by the perceptive mind of Edith Wharton.
(FRN55, $14.95)
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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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An Illustrated History of the First World War
• John Keegan
• HISTORY
• OUT OF PRINT
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An illustrated edition of Keegan's outstanding history of the Great War
(WAR16, $50.00)
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Insight Guide Switzerland
• Insight Guides
• GUIDEBOOK
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This handsome guide gives a profusely illustrated overview of Switzerland, featuring concise essays by well-regarded authors on history, politics and culture, as well as hundreds of photos and maps, and some practical information.
(SWZ15, $32.20)
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La Place de la Concorde Suisse
• John McPhee
• CULTURAL PORTRAIT
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In the company of a Swiss patrol leader on a training mission, McPhee deploys his usual insight and wonderful prose on the phenomenon of the army of Switzerland.
(SWZ14, $15.00)
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Lac d'Annecy Map
• IGN
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A detailed walking map of Lake D'Annecy and the immediate surroundings with travel information.
(FRN489, $12.95)
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A Life of Her Own
• Emilie Carles
• BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR
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This memoir of life in the French Alps was a French bestseller when first published in 1977.
(FRN468, $16.00)
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The Lonely Empress, A Biography of Elisabeth of Austria
• Joan Haslip
• BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR
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A biography of the free spirited empress consort of Austria who presided over the Habsburg court from 1854 until her assassination in 1898. An avid traveler and lover of sport, Elisabeth, also known as Sisi, was wife to emperor Franz Joseph and mother of crown prince Rudolph.
(AST81, $19.95)
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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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The Man Who Planted Trees
• Jean Giono
• Michael McMurdy
• LITERATURE
• FAMILY
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Told with affection and lyrical simplicity, beloved French novelist Giono (1895-1970) turns the life of Elzeard Bouffier, a shepherd turned tree-planter, into a fable of hope, forests and the power of the individual to change the world.
(ALP12, $10.00)
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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 Mountains of My Life
• Walter Bonatti
• BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR
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The candid memoir of the great Italian climber and his adventures in the Alps, the Himalayas, and South America, including Bonatti's account of what happened on the summit of K2 in 1954.
(ALP25, $16.95)
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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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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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Seven Summits
• Dick Bass
• Frank Wells
• Rick Ridgeway
• EXPLORATION
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Count-down: Aconcagua, McKinley, Kilimanjaro, Elbrus, Kosciusko, Vinson and Everest.
(EXP48, $15.99)
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St Gervais les Bains, Mont Blanc (West)
• IGN
• COMING IN OCTOBER
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This fabulously detailed topographic map (scale 1:25,000) shows the western portion of the Mont Blanc group.
(FRN315, $14.95)
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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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Tour of Mont Blanc, Complete Trekking Guide
• Kev Reynolds
• GUIDEBOOK
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A compact guide to the classic Mont Blanc circuit, which includes a detailed guide to each section of the tour, as well as the author's own personable, encouraging remarks.
(ALP24, $19.95)
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Travelers' Tales, A Woman's Europe
• Marybeth Bond
• Mary Morris
• ANTHOLOGY
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Visit Europe through the eyes of women writers, including Frances Mayes and Jan Morris.
(EUR160, $17.95)
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