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	Lonely Planet Argentina  •   Lonely Planet  •  Danny Palmerlee GUIDEBOOK •  2008 •  PAPER In its hallmark style, this practical guide to Argentina by Lonely Planet features maps, a good overview of culture, history and nature, and much nuts-and-bolts information on excursions, accomodations and sightseeing. With color photographs and excellent travel information. (ARG11, $25.99)
	Aconcagua, A Climbing Guide  •  R.J. Secor  •  Uma Kukathas  •  Crystal Thomas  •  Ralph Hopkins GUIDEBOOK •  1999 •  PAPER  • 144 PAGES A guide to South America's tallest mountain, highlighting 27 different routes to the summit. Aside from the trail descriptions, the authors provide background on the history and ecology of the mountain, tips on preparation and equipment, and all the essential information on local weather, accommodations and attractions. 2nd edition. (AND40, $16.95)
	Night Flight  •  Antoine de Saint Exupery LITERATURE •  1986 •  PAPER  • 87 PAGES A pilot alone in a storm over the Andes en route from Punta Arenas to Buenos Aires. In this wonderfully evocative novella, based on true-life experience, de Saint Exupery captures the thrill of early flight and the courage of the pilots. De Saint Exupery pioneered the first regular postal routes in South America and the Sahara in the 1920s. (PAT09, $12.00)
	Aconcagua Map  •   Cordee 2002 •  MAP This excellent folded map, based on four Argentine military survey sheets, was updated in 2002 by Servei General d'Informació de Muntanya. At a scale of 1:50,000, the map features contour lines at 500-meter intervals, the heights of peaks, along with the location of huts, roads, routes, glaciers and ridges. (AND41, $13.95)

	Aconcagua: Summit of the Americas  •  Ed Darack   • GUIDEBOOK  •  A sturdy series of maps at various scales with topographic detail, countour lines, and routes. (AND42, $15.00)
	Altitude Illness: Prevention and Treatment, How to Stay Healthy at Altitude  •  Stephen Bezruchka   • REFERENCE  •  This useful reference book provides essential information concerning the prevention and treatment of altitude sickness. (REF02, $8.95)
	Cicerone Guide Aconcagua  •  Jim Ryan   • GUIDEBOOK  •  A compact practical guide to South America's highest mountain. (ARG83, $22.95)
	Footprint Argentina Handbook  •  Christabelle Dilks   • GUIDEBOOK  •  This compact guide is nicely divided between a general overview of Argentina and practical travel detail on where to go and what to do. (ARG35, $24.95)
	Insight Guide Argentina  •   Insight Guides   • GUIDEBOOK  •  A lavishly illustrated overview of history, nature and attractions with great maps. (ARG02, $23.95)
	Mountaineering in Patagonia  •  Alan Kearney   • GUIDEBOOK  •  A history and personal account of climbing in the Patagonian Andes. (PAT18, $22.95)
	Mountaineering, The Freedom of the Hills  •   The Mountaineers   • GUIDEBOOK  •  The essential handbook for mountaineers, in a seventh revised edition. With chapters on outdoor fundamentals, rock, snow, ice, and alpine climbing, emergency prevention and response, the mountain environment, and gear. (GEN267, $29.95)
	Trekking and Climbing in the Andes  •  Kate Harper   • GUIDEBOOK  •  A compact guide to treks and climbs in the Andes in the Globetrotter Adventure series. (AND34, $19.95)
	Alive, The Story of the Andes Survivors  •  Piers Paul Read   • TRAVEL NARRATIVE  •  The gripping tale of survival against all odds: a plane crashes in the Andes, all passengers presumed dead. Read tells the story of terrible hardship, bravery and horror with admirable restraint. (AND38, $7.99)
	Eric Shipton, The Six Mountain Travel Books  •  Eric Shipton   • EXPLORATION  •  Shipton's extraordinary adventures in the mountains of the Himalayas, East Africa, Central Asia and Patagonia. (EXP12, $38.00)
	H.W. Tilman, The Eight Sailing/Mountain-Exploration Books  •  H. W. Tilman   • EXPLORATION  •  An omnibus featuring Tilman's adventures aboard the Mischief, his base for exploring the mountains of the Southern Ocean archipelagos, Patagonia and the Arctic; a wry, cantankerous and entertaining writer. (EXP13, $38.00)
	Seven Summits  •  Dick Bass  •  Frank Wells  •  Rick Ridgeway   • EXPLORATION  •  Count-down: Aconcagua, McKinley, Kilimanjaro, Elbrus, Kosciusko, Vinson and Everest. (EXP48, $15.99)
	Touching the Void  •  Joe Simpson   • BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR  •  The harrowing tale of a climb gone badly wrong and Simpson's near miraculous survival in the Andes. (AND37, $14.95)
	Birds of Southern South America & Antarctica  •  Martin D. la Pena  •  Maurice Rumboll   • FIELD GUIDE  •  A compact regional guide with color plates, range maps and brief descriptions. (SAM12, $29.95)
	Southern Night Sky  •   Pocket Naturalist   • FIELD GUIDE  •  A glow in the dark laminated card showing the most conspicuous stars, constellations and celestial objects of the Southern Hemisphere. (SCI30, $5.95)

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