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Portugal   |   READING AND TRAVEL GUIDE
Click on Essential Reading for the featured set of Portugal books and a map. We offer free shipping on anything else you order with the travel books package.

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Eyewitness Guide Portugal with Madeira & the Azores  •   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 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  •   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
 

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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)
 
 
Portuguese Cooking  •   Robertson,Carol   • FOOD  •  Carol and David Robertson have traveled extensively in Portugal, and that depth of experience resonates throughout this happy blend of travel guide and cookbook. Carol's lively journal entries and witty drawings, accompanied by David's evocative photographs, showcase the wonders of the Portuguese landscape, culture and cuisine. The first half of the book describes each region and its people. The second half is a stylish cookbook containing simple, delicious dishes. (PGL68, $18.95)
 
 
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)
 
 
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)
 
 
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. He combines his vivid impressions of the Portuguese landscape and people with a dose of history, fiction and meditations. (PGL23, $17.00)
 
 
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 story of the decline of an affluent Lisbon family, beautifully capturing time and place. (PGL07, $17.95)
 
 
Birds of Europe  •  Lars Svensson  •  Dan Zetterstrom  •  Killian Mullarney   • FIELD GUIDE • FAVORITE  •  Featuring 3,500 glorious paintings by Killian Mullarney and Dan Zetterstrom, this 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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