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The Age of the Baroque in Portugal
• Jay A. Levenson
• ART & ARCHITECTURE
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A catalog of the greatest works of art from Portugal's 18th-century Golden Age.
(PGL21, $80.00)
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Algarve Map
• Turinta Maps
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A comprehensive, double-sided road map of the Algarve at the detailed scale of 1:176,000, perfect for travelers.
(PGL50, $14.95)
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Azores Map
• Turinta Maps
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A nicely detailed folded map of the islands with travel information at a scale of 1:75,000.
(PGL36, $14.95)
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Blindness
• Jose Saramago
• Giovanni Pontiero
• LITERATURE
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In this challenging and disturbing allegory, an epidemic of "white blindness" strikes an anonymous city. A Nobel Prize-winning novel from the acclaimed Portuguese novelist.
(PGL19, $15.00)
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Blue Guide Portugal
• Ian Robertson
• GUIDEBOOK
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A compact guide to the history, art and architecture of Portugal.
(PGL20, $19.95)
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Bradt Guide Azores
• David Sayers
• GUIDEBOOK
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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.
(PGL29, $21.95)
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Bradt Guide Canary Islands
• Lucy Corne
• GUIDEBOOK
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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)
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Bradt Guide Cape Verde Islands
• Aisling Irwin
• Colum Wilson
• GUIDEBOOK
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A practical travel guide to the Cape Verde islands, including its cultural and natural history.
(ATL07, $24.99)
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Cadogan Guide Madeira & Porto Santo
• Cadogan Guide
• GUIDEBOOK
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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.
(SPN21, $19.95)
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Cape Verde Map
• Freytag & Berndt
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A detailed map of the Atlantic islands.
(ATL17, $14.95)
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Divided Soul, A Journey Through the Secular and Religious in Hispanic Life
• David Alan Harvey
• CULTURAL PORTRAIT
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A culmination of a photographer's two decade quest to capture the global Hispanic spirit on film.
(SPN191, $49.95)
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Eyewitness Guide Portugal with Madeira & the Azores
• Eyewitness Guides
• GUIDEBOOK
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A compact, visual travel guide featuring hundreds of photographs and drawings, an excellent overview of the culture and history, and good information about where to go and what to do. With many excellent maps.
(PGL05, $25.00)
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Eyewitness Top Ten Madeira
• Eyewitness Guides
• GUIDEBOOK
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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)
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Frommer's Portugal
• Frommer's
• GUIDEBOOK
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A practical guide to Portugal.
(PGL41, $21.99)
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Globetrotter Golfer's Guide Portugal: Over 50 Courses and Facilities
• Michael Gedye
• GUIDEBOOK
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A practical guide to more than 50 golf courses throughout Portugal.
(PGL33, $17.95)
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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, $19.95)
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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, $15.00)
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Iberia, Spanish Travels & Reflections
• James Michener
• TRAVEL NARRATIVE
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In this best-selling travelogue, Michener presents a compulsively readable and well-observed account of his love affair with Spain and all things Spanish. It has achieved the status of a classic, rich in detail and insightful.
(SPN16, $8.99)
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Insight Guide Portugal
• Insight Guides
• GUIDEBOOK
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An outstanding overview of the country, featuring hundreds of photographs and insightful essays on history, culture and art.
(PGL13, $21.95)
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Karen Brown's Portugal, Exceptional Places to Stay & Itineraries
• Cynthia Sauvage
• Karen Brown
• GUIDEBOOK
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A guide to lodging of character and itineraries.
(PGL24, $19.95)
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The Letter of Marque
• Patrick O'Brian
• LITERATURE
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The 12th (and perhaps the most satisfying) of O'Brian's series combines the personal and geopolitical as Aubrey comes to Maturin's rescue in the Baltics.
(ATL20, $14.95)
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Lonely Planet Portugal
• Julia Wilkinson
• GUIDEBOOK
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This practical guide features maps, a good overview of culture, history and nature, and much nuts-and-bolts information.
(PGL16, $22.99)
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Madeira Map
• Freytag & Berndt
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A map of Madeira, shown at a scale of 1:75,000.
(PGL18, $12.95)
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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, $38.50)
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Michelin Green Guide Portugal
• Michelin Travel Publications
• GUIDEBOOK
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Michelin Green does Portugal, Madeira and the Azores
(PGL15, $21.99)
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National Geographic Portugal
• Fiona Dunlop
• GUIDEBOOK
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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)
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Natives And Exotics
• Jane Alison
• LITERATURE
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(PGL52, $13.00)
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Portugal Map
• Michelin Travel Publications
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A detailed map of Portugal at a scale of 1:400,000.
(PGL08, $12.95)
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Portuguese Dictionary, Portuguese-English/English-Portuguese
• Jura D. Oliveira
• LANGUAGE & PHRASEBOOKS
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A handy pocket dictionary.
(PGL35, $6.95)
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Portuguese, A Language Map
• Kristine K. Kershul
• LANGUAGE & PHRASEBOOKS
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This durable, foldout card, featuring 1,000 words and phrases, works as a quick reference for travelers.
(PGL47, $7.95)
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Portuguese, Start Speaking Today (Brazilian)
• Language/30
• LANGUAGE & PHRASEBOOKS
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A 90-minute primer on Brazilian Portuguese following the foreign service method.
(BZL36, $24.95)
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Rick Steves' Portugal Guide
• Rick Steves
• GUIDEBOOK
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A personable, practical guide in the growing series by travel guide Rick Steves.
(PGL43, $18.95)
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Roads to Santiago, A Modern-Day Pilgrimage Through Spain
• Cees Nooteboom
• TRAVEL NARRATIVE
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An exhilarating but erudite portrait of modern and historic Spain. Nooteboom writes quite brilliantly of Spanish art, philosophy, history, architecture and culture, as well as of the people he encountered.
(SPN50, $16.00)
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Rough Guide Lisbon Directions
• Amanda Tomlin
• Matthew Hancock
• GUIDEBOOK
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A slim and colorful practical guide to Lisbon attractions. Includes a mini-CD with an e-Book and useful downloads for your hand-held device.
(PGL45, $10.99)
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Rough Guide Portugal
• Rough Guide
• GUIDEBOOK
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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)
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Rough Guide Portuguese Phrasebook
• Rough Guide
• LANGUAGE & PHRASEBOOKS
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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)
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The Spanish Inquisition
• Cecil Roth
• HISTORY
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This documents the events leading up to the Inquisition, 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)
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The Spanish Inquisition, A Historical Revision
• Henry Kamen
• HISTORY
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A vivid, revisionist history of the Spanish Inquisition.
(SPN144, $24.00)
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The Spanish Seaborne Empire
• J.H. Parry
• HISTORY
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A classic study of colonial Spain's impact on the Americas.
(SPN70, $26.95)
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The Stone Raft
• Jose Saramago
• LITERATURE
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A geological fantasy from the Nobel Prize-winning author, in which the Iberian Peninsula becomes unmoored from France.
(PGL46, $14.00)
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Time Out Lisbon
• Pete Watts
• GUIDEBOOK
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An up-to-date guide on what to do and where to go by the people who publish Time Out Magazine.
(PGL49, $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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Twice Round the Loggerhead, The Culture of Whaling in the Azores
• Bruce Halabisky
• Lance Lee
• HISTORY
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A loving, richly illustrated account of building an Azorean whaleboat. With essays on the history and folklore of traditional whaling and boat-building as well as archival and contemporary photographs, line drawings and 60 watercolor illustrations.
(PGL37, $35.00)
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Walking in Portugal
• Bethan Davies
• Ben Cole
• GUIDEBOOK
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An informative, comprehensive guide to exploring Portugal on foot.
(PGL30, $20.00)
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Wine Country Europe, Touring, Tasting, And Buying At European Regional Wineries
• Ornella D'Alessio
• Marco Santini
• FOOD
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Part how-to, part guidebook, part picture book, this charming coffee table treat covers sprawling French vineyards as well as lesser-known hidden treasures in Austria and Hungary.
(EUR191, $35.00)
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