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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) |
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Algarve Map
• Turinta Maps
MAP
A comprehensive, double-sided road map of the Algarve at the detailed scale of 1:176,000, perfect for travelers. Two Sides. 20x40 inches.
(PGL50, $14.95) |
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Azores Map
• Turinta Maps
2002 •
MAP
A nicely detailed folded map of the islands with travel information at a scale of 1:75,000. Two Sides. 32x45 inches.
(PGL36, $14.95) |
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Blindness
• Jose Saramago
• Giovanni Pontiero
LITERATURE •
1999 •
PAPER
• 327 PAGES
A Nobel Prize-winning novel from the acclaimed Portuguese novelist, Jose Saramago. In this challenging and disturbing allegory, an epidemic of "white blindness" strikes an anonymous city, preventing an entire society from seeing -- except for one woman. As more and more people fall victim to the blindness, chaos, anarchy and terror roam the city's streets, revealing a terrible side of human nature.
(PGL19, $15.00) |
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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) |
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Bradt Guide Azores
• David Sayers
GUIDEBOOK •
2010 •
PAPER
• 272 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, $23.99) |
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Bradt Guide Cape Verde Islands
• Aisling Irwin
• Colum Wilson
GUIDEBOOK •
2011 •
PAPER
• 336 PAGES
A compact guide to the Cape Verde Islands and their cultural and natural history. With photographs, maps and travel information.
(ATL07, $24.99) |
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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) |
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Cape Verde Map
• Freytag & Berndt
1998 •
MAP
A detailed map of the Atlantic islands at the very good scale of 1:80,000. Two Sides. 34x49 inches.
(ATL17, $14.95) |
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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) |
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Eyewitness Guide Portugal
• Eyewitness Guides
GUIDEBOOK •
2010 •
PAPER
• 496 PAGES
A compact, visual travel guide to the country featuring hundreds of photographs and drawings, an excellent overview of the culture and history of Portugal, and good information about where to go and what to do. With many excellent regional, local and neighborhood maps. We also carry a guide to Lisbon (PGL04, $20.00) in the same series.
(PGL05, $25.00) |
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Eyewitness Top Ten Madeira
• Eyewitness Guides
GUIDEBOOK •
2005 •
PAPER
• 128 PAGES
• COMING IN
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 •
2010 •
PAPER
• 435 PAGES
A practical guide to Portugal.
(PGL41, $21.99) |
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The Gothic Enterprise, A Guide to Understanding the Medieval Cathedral
• Robert A. Scott
ART & ARCHITECTURE •
2005 •
PAPER
• 294 PAGES
Scott, whose interest in the history of cathedrals began when he first saw the magnificent Cathedral Church of the Blessed Virgin Mary in Salisbury, England, takes his reader on a historical, architectural and sociological tour of the magnificent spires and stained-glass windows that dot the landscape of Europe. It's an accessible, personable overview.
(EUR190, $21.95) |
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Here Is Where We Meet
• John Berger
LITERATURE •
2006 •
PAPER
• 256 PAGES
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. "The dead don't stay where they are buried," the protagonist's mother tells him, and this becomes the mantra for this most unusual journey through Europe's history and people.
(EUR189, $15.00) |
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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) |
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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) |
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Lonely Planet Portugal
• Julia Wilkinson
GUIDEBOOK •
2011 •
PAPER
• 548 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, $23.99) |
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Madeira Map
• Freytag & Berndt
MAP
A map of Madeira, shown at a scale of 1:75,000. One Side. 37x54 inches.
(PGL18, $14.95) |
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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, $38.50) |
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Michelin Green Guide Portugal
• Michelin Travel Publications
GUIDEBOOK •
2011 •
PAPER
• 384 PAGES
With the same focus on driving tours, detailed maps and the Michelin star system, the venerable Green Guides are even better -- organized regionally, in color and with an overview of history, art and culture.
(PGL15, $21.99) |
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National Geographic Portugal
• Fiona Dunlop
GUIDEBOOK •
2005 •
PAPER
• 272 PAGES
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 •
2006 •
PAPER
• 256 PAGES
Transplanted halfway around the globe in 1970, nine-year-old Alice, the child of diplomats, is ravished by the beauty of Ecuador, a country her parents are helping to despoil. Forty years earlier, Alice's newlywed grandmother Violet confronts troubling traces of her country's past as she makes a home in the wilds of Australia. And before that, in early nineteenth-century Scotland, Violet's great-great-grandfather George flees the violence of the Clearances for the Portuguese Azores, unaware that he will have a hand in destroying the earthly paradise there.
(PGL52, $16.95) |
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Portugal Map 733
• Michelin Travel Publications
MAP
A detailed map of Portugal at a scale of 1:400,000 --perfect for the traveler. One Side. 60x40 inches.
(PGL08, $14.95) |
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Portuguese, A Language Map
• Kristine K. Kershul
LANGUAGE & PHRASEBOOKS •
2000 •
PLASTIC CARD
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 •
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, $24.95) |
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Rick Steves' Portugal Guide
• Rick Steves
GUIDEBOOK •
2009 •
PAPER
• 320 PAGES
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 •
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) |
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Rough Guide Portugal
• Rough Guide
GUIDEBOOK •
2010 •
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, $24.99) |
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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) |
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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, $24.00) |
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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, $31.95) |
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The Stone Raft
• Jose Saramago
LITERATURE •
1996 •
PAPER
• 300 PAGES
A modern fable from the Nobel Prize-winning author, in which a cast of eccentric characters embark on a quest when the Iberian Peninsula becomes unmoored from France. The novel is an allegory, a politcal statement and a fine example of magical realism with compelling characters. Five strangers living on the new island (sailing at 18 kilimoters an hour for the Azores) must depend on each other for companionship and survival.
(PGL46, $14.00) |
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Time Out Lisbon
• Pete Watts
GUIDEBOOK •
2007 •
PAPER
• 256 PAGES
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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Twice Round the Loggerhead, The Culture of Whaling in the Azores
• Bruce Halabisky
• Lance Lee
HISTORY •
2000 •
HARD COVER
• 124 PAGES
• COMING IN
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) |
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Wine Country Europe, Touring, Tasting, And Buying At European Regional Wineries
• Ornella D'Alessio
• Marco Santini
FOOD •
2005 •
HARD COVER
• 324 PAGES
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. The authors, both Italian journalists and wine connoisseurs, provide helpful tips alongside the hundreds of magnificent color photographs.
(EUR191, $35.00) |
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