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Patagonia: The Lake District in Chile & Argentina   |   READING AND TRAVEL GUIDE

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Essential Books These 5 items are available for $85, including
U.S. shipping, a 15% discount (Item no. EXPAT100)		  
Moon Handbook Patagonia  •  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, $21.99)		   Moon Handbook Patagonia
In Patagonia  •  Bruce Chatwin
TRAVEL NARRATIVE •  1989 •  PAPER  • 204 PAGES • BEST SELLER • 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
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, presented in Spanish and English. (PAT22, $24.95)		   Natural Patagonia, Argentina and Chile
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, $15.00)		   The Whispering Land
Lake District, Araucania: Argentina & Chile  •  Zagier & Urruty Maps
2002 •  MAP
A full color traveler's map of the mid-section of Chile and Argentina with a focus on the popular region from Bariloche across to Puerto Montt. At a scale of 1:400,000 with roads, relief and attractions. The map covers the towns and parks of northern Patagonia, including Los Arrayanes, Villarrica, Puyehue, Alerce, San Martin de los Andes, Osorno, and Temuco. One Side. 38x29 inches. (PAT59, $14.95)		   Lake District, Araucania: Argentina & Chile



Also Recommended

Patagonia and Tierra Del Fuego Map  •  ITMB    •  A convenient map of all Patagonia (1:2,000,000) with a more detailed map of Tierra del Fuego on the reverse. (PAT19, $12.95)
 		  
Insight Guide Argentina  •  Insight Guides   • GUIDEBOOK  •  This profusely illustrated guide features concise essays by well regarded authors on natural history, politics and culture. With hundreds of photos and excellent maps. (ARG02, $23.99)
 		  
Insight Guide Chile  •  Insight Guides   • GUIDEBOOK  •  This glossy guide provides a full-color introduction by a team of experts to the land, people, history and attractions of Chile. Brief background essays highlight important topics. With many local and regional maps. (CHI03, $23.99)
 		  
Trekking in the Patagonian Andes  •  Carolyn McCarthy   • GUIDEBOOK  •  With trail maps and route descriptions of walks and treks throughout Patagonia, including Torres del Paine and Glacier National Park. (PAT12, $24.99)
 		  
Liberators, Latin America's Struggle for Independence 1810-1830  •  Robert Harvey   • HISTORY  •  Focused on the heroism and derring-do of seven legendary men, Harvey tells the story of Simon Bolivar, General Jose de San Martin and other greats in the fight for independence. (SAM35, $18.95)
 		  
Patagonia, A Cultural History  •  Chris Moss   • CULTURAL PORTRAIT  •  A journalist with the Buenos Aires Herald, Moss follows a colorful cast of characters -- from Magellan and Darwin to mad kings, gauchos, and Nazi fugitives -- in this vivid overview of the culture and history of Patagonia. (PAT81, $25.00)
 		  
Tango: the Dance, the Song, the Story  •  Simon Collier   • CULTURAL PORTRAIT  •  A spirited, illustrated tribute to the tango, the now-elegant dance born in the brothels among the working class of 19th-century Buenos Aires. (ARG14, $29.95)
 		  
Cloud Forest, A Chronicle of the South American Wilderness  •  Peter Matthiessen   • TRAVEL NARRATIVE • FAVORITE  •  Matthiessen recounts with wit, insight and style his odyssey to the Amazon and Andes, including Machu Picchu and Tierra del Fuego. (SAM02, $17.00)
 		  
Evita, The Real Life of Eva Peron  •  Nicholas Fraser   • BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR  •  Separating fact from myth, Frazer traces Evita's life from her humble origins to her place as a revered cult figure, also exploring Peronism and Argentine politics of the 1930s and 1940s. (ARG03, $15.95)
 		  
The Motorcycle Diaries, Notes on a Latin American Journey  •  Ann Wright  •  Ernesto Che Guevara   • TRAVEL NARRATIVE  •  The adventures of the 23-year-old Ernesto "Che" Guevara, as he wanders through South America in 1952 with his companion Alberto Granado, before he became a famed revolutionary. (SAM20, $14.95)
 		  
Chile, A Traveler's Literary Companion  •  Katherine Silver   • LITERATURE  •  These choice stories introduce both the country and a host of contemporary writers. (CHI38, $14.95)
 		  
Imagining Argentina  •  Lawrence Thornton   • LITERATURE  •  A brilliant first novel that captures the hope and spirit of Argentina during the military rule of the late 1970s. This inventive tale focuses on Carlos Rueda and a group of citizens whose relatives disappeared. (ARG01, $15.00)
 		  
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)
 		  
Patagonia, Nature's Last Frontier  •  Marcos Zimmerman  •  Tomas Eloy Martinez   • NATURAL HISTORY  •  The Argentine novelist Tomas Eloy Martinez (Santa Evita) provides the astute commentary for this collection of color photographs of Patagonia's windswept interiors, wild coast, mountains, glaciers and wildlife. (PAT82, $49.95)
 		  
A Wildlife Guide to Chile  •  Sharon Chester   • FIELD GUIDE  •  Chester's splendid guide, featuring 120 color plates, covers the wildlife, plants and natural history of Chile from the Atacama Desert and Patagonia to Easter Island and Antarctica. (CHI77, $19.95)
 		  
Birds of Southern South America & Antarctica  •  Martin D. la Pena  •  Maurice Rumboll   • FIELD GUIDE  •  With color plates, range maps and brief descriptions, this is a compact regional guide. (SAM12, $29.95)
 		  
 
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