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Portugal   |   READING AND TRAVEL GUIDE

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Eyewitness Guide Portugal with Madeira & the Azores  •   Eyewitness Guides
GUIDEBOOK •  2008 •  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)
  Eyewitness Guide Portugal with Madeira & the Azores
A Traveller's History of Portugal  •  Ian Robertson
HISTORY •  2002 •  PAPER  • 352 PAGES
A lively, admirably concise survey from prehistory to the present, great for travelers to Portugal who would like an overview of the country's history and culture. The author has also written the Blue Guides to both Portugal and Spain. (PGL32, $14.95)
  A Traveller's History of Portugal
The Food of Portugal  •  Jean Anderson
FOOD •  1994 •  PAPER  • 304 PAGES
Even though she is not a native, Jean Anderson knows the food of Portugal. Falling in love with the country upon her first visit, she has returned more than 80 times. This book, winner of the "Best Foreign Cookbook of the Year" award, is the result of years of research, and hours spent in the kitchen. It is sure to please the palates of tourists interested in Portuguese food and of Portuguese emigrants in search of that authentic taste of home. (PGL10, $19.95)
  The Food of Portugal
Portugal Map  •   Hildebrand
1998 •  MAP
A detailed map of Portugal at a scale of 1:400,000 --perfect for the traveler. (PGL08, $11.95)
  Portugal Map
 

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Journey to Portugal, In Pursuit of Portugal's History and Culture  •  Jose Saramago   • TRAVEL NARRATIVE  •  Jose Saramago's richly detailed account of his journey across Portugal in 1979. His vivid impressions of the Portuguese landscape and people are combined with a dose of history, fiction and meditations. (PGL23, $17.00)
 
 
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