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Torres del Paine   |   READING AND TRAVEL GUIDE

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Moon Handbook Patagonia, including the Falkland Islands  •  Wayne Bernhardson
GUIDEBOOK •  2008 •  PAPER  • 598 PAGES
This practical guide in the popular series covers where to go and what to do throughout the southern end of South America from Perito Moreno and Lago Argentino, across to Peninsula Valdes, Puerto Montt, Puerto Natales, Tierra del Fuego and Ushuaia. Includes maps and transportation information, and gives an overview of the region's culture and history. With chapters on Buenos Aires, Santiago and the Falklands. (PAT73, $21.95)
  Moon Handbook Patagonia, including the Falkland Islands
Natural Patagonia, Argentina and Chile  •  Marcelo D. Beccaceci
NATURAL HISTORY •  1998 •  PAPER  • 124 PAGES • HARD TO FIND ELSEWHERE
An informative, photographic journey through the breathtaking landscapes and wildlife of Patagonia, featuring 120 color photographs. With text in Spanish and English. (PAT22, $24.95)
  Natural Patagonia, Argentina and Chile
In Patagonia  •  Bruce Chatwin
TRAVEL NARRATIVE •  1989 •  PAPER  • 204 PAGES • FAVORITE
A masterpiece of travel, history and adventure. This award-winning book captures the spirit of the land, history, wildlife and people of Patagonia. There's no travel writer as engaging, insightful and just plain wonderful as Bruce Chatwin. (PAT01, $15.00)
  In Patagonia
The Whispering Land  •  Gerald Durrell
TRAVEL NARRATIVE •  2006 •  PAPER  • 240 PAGES
Durrell's sparkling account of an eight-month jaunt on the trail of fur seals, guanaco, parrots and other Patagonian marvels. (PAT13, $14.00)
  The Whispering Land
Torres del Paine Map  •   Zagier & Urruty Maps
2004 •  MAP
A detailed color map of the park at a scale of 1:80,000. With trekking routes, refuges, and color illustrations of common animals. Though the scale is good, we wish this large, folded map was printed on better paper with proper shaded relief and more legible overprinting. (CHI12, $14.95)
  Torres del Paine Map
 

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Time Out Patagonia  •  Matt Chesterton   • GUIDEBOOK  •  A practical guide to the national parks, wildlife and attractions of Argentine and Chilean Patagonia. (PAT74, $19.95)
 
 
Trekking in the Patagonian Andes  •  Clem Lindenmayer   • GUIDEBOOK  •  This convenient guide features trail maps and route descriptions of walks throughout Patagonia, including a long sections on Torres del Paine in Chile and Glacier National Park in Argentina. With detailed practical information, color photography, 31 maps and good background on preparing for your trek. (PAT12, $19.99)
 
 
Around Cape Horn  •  Irving Johnson   • EXPLORATION  •  Captain Irving Johnson memorably narrates this documentary of his voyage as a young man aboard the Peking in 1929, featuring a remarkable sequence about the ship rounding the Horn in a storm. Talk about bad weather! (PAT68, $29.95)
 
 
Idle Days in Patagonia  •  W.H. Hudson   • BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR  •  A handsome reprint of Hudson's classic 1893 account of life, nature and adventure in southern South America with paintings and drawings by Alfred Hartley and J. Smit. (PAT27, $22.00)
 
 
Rounding the Horn  •  Dallas Murphy   • EXPLORATION  •  A sailor at heart, Dallas Murphy gets himself down to Ushuaia, embarks a sturdy vessel and heads out to experience the wind and weather of Tierra del Fuego. In his informative account, Dallas interweaves plenty of history, a little rather naive politics and the story of his own adventures. (PAT65, $15.00)
 
 
Travels in a Thin Country, a Journey through Chile  •  Sara Wheeler   • TRAVEL NARRATIVE  •  British author Sarah Wheeler deploys her wit, intelligence and powerful investigative skills on the Republic of Chile in this insightful travelogue. (CHI06, $13.95)
 
 
Voyage of the Beagle  •  Charles Darwin   • EXPLORATION • BEST SELLER • FAVORITE  •  The wide-eyed tale of a young man on a five-year voyage that changed his life -- and our way of thinking about the world. First published in 1839, it's still a marvelous introduction to the wildlife, nature and allure of South America. (GPS02, $12.95)
 
 
Chile, A Traveler's Literary Companion  •  Katherine Silver   • ANTHOLOGY  •  These choice stories introduce both the country and a host of contemporary writers. (CHI38, $14.95)
 
 
Cape Horn and Other Stories from the End of the World  •  Francisco Coloane  •  David A. Petreman   • LITERATURE  •  A collection of sixteen short stories, by the noted Chilean author, capturing the characteristically rugged landscape of Patagonia and Tierra del Fuego. (CHI27, $16.00)
 
 
Night Flight  •  Antoine de Saint Exupery   • LITERATURE  •  Saint Exupery captures the thrill and mystery of early flight in this tale of a pilot alone in a storm over the Andes en route to Buenos Aires. (PAT09, $12.00)
 
 
The Far Side of the World  •  Patrick O'Brian   • LITERATURE  •  O'Brian takes readers on an adventure around Cape Horn in this enthralling Aubrey and Maturin tale, featuring evocative descriptions of the wildlife of Patagonia and Galapagos and a vivid portrait of Nelson's British Navy. (SAM01, $13.95)
 
 
Patagonia, The Last Wilderness  •  Daniel Rivademar   • NATURAL HISTORY  •  An illustrated portrait of Patagonia, featuring gorgeous color photographs and brief accompanying text on the natural history of the region. (PAT20, $39.95)
 
 
Volcanoes, Fire From the Earth  •  Maurice Krafft   • NATURAL HISTORY • OUT OF PRINT  •  This illustrated pocket encyclopedia in the Discoveries series, featuring hundreds of full color paintings, traces the study of volcanoes from early myth and legend to modern science. By the great French volcanologist (who died on the job on Mount Unzen in Japan in 1992). (GEO06, $12.95)
 
 
Birds of Chile  •  Alvaro Jaramillo   • FIELD GUIDE  •  A compact, comprehensive guide to 473 species in the Princeton Field Guide series, featuring range maps and designed for easy field reference. (CHI50, $29.95)
 
 


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