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Essential Books These 4 items are available for $67, including
U.S. shipping, a 15% discount (Item no. EXPGL12)		  
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)		   Eyewitness Guide Portugal
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
Journey to Portugal, In Pursuit of Portugal's History and Culture  •  Jose Saramago
TRAVEL NARRATIVE •  2002 •  PAPER  • 464 PAGES
Jose Saramago's richly detailed account of his journey across Portugal in 1979. Saramago's impressions of the Portuguese landscape and people are combined with a dose of history, fiction and meditations. With black-and-white photos and maps. (PGL23, $17.00)		   Journey to Portugal, In Pursuit of Portugal's History and Culture
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)		   Portugal Map 733



Also Recommended

Lisbon Map  •  Streetwise Maps    •  A handy folded, laminated street map of Lisbon in full color at a scale of 1:8,000. (PGL54, $7.95)
 		  
Culture Smart! Portugal  •  Sandy Guedes de Queiroz   • GUIDEBOOK  •  A concise, well-illustrated and practical guide to local customs, etiquette and culture. (PGL53, $9.95)
 		  
Fodor's Lisbon's 25 Best  •  Fodor's   • GUIDEBOOK  •  This slim guide to Lisbon includes an excellent map of the city center and essential information on its highlights. (PGL40, $11.99)
 		  
Lonely Planet Portuguese Phrasebook  •  Clara De MacEdo Vitorino   • LANGUAGE & PHRASEBOOKS  •  A handy pocket phrasebook for Portuguese basics, covering pronunciation, basic grammar and essential vocabulary for the traveler. (PGL34, $8.99)
 		  
The Spanish Table, Traditional Recipes and Wine Pairings from Spain and Portugal  •  Steve Winston   • FOOD  •  Full of traditional recipes and wine pairings as well as helpful tips for using paella pans, cazuelas, cataplanas, ollas and other cookware unique to the region. (SPN415, $30.00)
 		  
The Wine and Food Lover's Guide to Portugal  •  Charles Metcalfe   • FOOD  •  This oenophiles guide, organized geographically, focuses on Portuguese cuisine, vineyards and wine. (PGL79, $32.95)
 		  
Lisbon, War in the Shadows of the City of Light, 1939-1945  •  Neill Lochery   • HISTORY  •  Lochery's tale of prime minister Antonio de Oliveira Salazar and his efforts to remain neutral during WWI in this gripping tale of exiled royalty, refugees, spies, secret police, bankers, prominent Jews, writers and artists, escaped POWs, black marketers and others who sought refuge in WWI-era Lisbon. (PGL87, $27.99)
 		  
Oceans of Wine, Madeira and the Emergence of American Trade and Taste  •  David Hancock   • HISTORY  •  Hancock's unexpectedly engrossing book explores the culture of wine in Madeira and trade in 18th century America. (PGL86, $50.00)
 		  
Cork Boat, A True Story of the Unlikeliest Boat Ever Built  •  John Pollack   • BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR  •  This endearing tale of family, loss and friendship revolves around a deliciously absurd childhood quest to build a boat of cork and sail it 133 miles on Portugal's Douro River. (PGL42, $14.95)
 		  
Prince Henry "the Navigator," A Life  •  Peter E. Russell   • BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR  •  A complicated, rewarding portrait, and the first biography of this empire-minded Portuguese prince in more than a hundred years. (PGL25, $25.00)
 		  
Alentejo Blue  •  Monica Ali   • LITERATURE  •  These short stories set in the Alentejo province of Portugal star a range of colorful expats and locals, including Teresa, a beautiful young girl from the village engaged to a suitable man, who yearns to see the world, and Vasco, a cafe owner losing business to the new Internet cafe down the road. (PGL58, $14.00)
 		  
Baltasar and Blimunda  •  Jose Saramago   • LITERATURE  •  This tale of two unlikely lovers in Inquisition-era Portugal is arguably Saramago's masterwork: a philosophically charged, intellectually rigorous historical drama which is also a captivating read. (PGL26, $15.00)
 		  
Blindness  •  Jose Saramago  •  Giovanni Pontiero   • LITERATURE  •  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)
 		  
The Lusiads  •  Luis De Camoes   • LITERATURE  •  A 16th-century account of Vasco De Gama's voyage to India modeled after Virgil's "Aeneid." (PGL12, $12.95)
 		  
The Maias  •  Jose Eca de Queiros   • LITERATURE  •  This sprawling family epic is worthy of comparison to the greatest accomplishments of Proust and Tolstoy. It's the atmospheric story of the decline of an affluent 19th-century Lisbon family. (PGL07, $17.95)
 		  
Birds of Europe  •  Lars Svensson   • FIELD GUIDE • FAVORITE  •  Featuring 3,500 glorious paintings by Killian Mullarney and Dan Zetterstrom, the second revised edition of this exquisite guide has been brought up to date with revised text and maps. (FG47, $29.95)
 		  
 
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