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Essential Books These 4 items are available for $61, including
U.S. shipping, a 15% discount (Item no. EXSWZ50)		  
La Place de la Concorde Suisse  •  John McPhee
CULTURAL PORTRAIT •  1994 •  PAPER  • 150 PAGES
In the company of a Swiss patrol leader on a training mission, McPhee deploys his usual insight and wonderful prose on the phenomenon of the army of Switzerland -- a country twice the size of New Jersey with a much smaller population and an army of 650,000. What unfolds is an irreverent portrait of Switzerland and the Swiss mindset. (SWZ14, $16.00)		   La Place de la Concorde Suisse
Insight Guide Switzerland  •  Insight Guides
GUIDEBOOK •  2009 •  PAPER  • 368 PAGES
This handsome guide gives a profusely illustrated overview of Switzerland, featuring concise essays by well-regarded authors on history, politics and culture, hundreds of photos and maps, and some practical information. (SWZ15, $24.99)		   Insight Guide Switzerland
Culture Smart! Switzerland  •  Kendall Maycock
GUIDEBOOK •  2006 •  PAPER  • 168 PAGES
A concise, no-nonsense guide to local customs, etiquette and culture with a short overview of the land and people along with practical travel advice. (SWZ58, $9.95)		   Culture Smart! Switzerland
Switzerland Map  •  Michelin Travel Publications
MAP
A colorful, shaded relief map of Switzerland at a scale of 1:400,000. Also includes Northwest Italy, including Lake Como. One Side. 39X47 inches. (SWZ11, $12.95)		   Switzerland Map



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Michelin Green Guide Switzerland  •  Michelin Travel Publications   • GUIDEBOOK  •  A survey of the cities, villages and sites of Switzerland in the classic Michelin style. (SWZ17, $21.99)
 		  
Xenophobe's Guide to the Swiss  •  Paul Bilton   • GUIDEBOOK  •  This irreverent pocket guide to cultural awareness is both insightful -- and entertaining. (SWZ77, $9.95)
 		  
The Alps, A Cultural History  •  Andrew Beattie   • HISTORY  •  Beattie explores the turbulent past and vibrant present of the Alps, where early pioneers of tourism, mountaineering and scientific research have all left their mark. (ALP30, $35.00)
 		  
The Book of Absinthe, A Cultural History  •  Phil Baker   • HISTORY  •  An entertaining cultural history of "The Green Fairy," from the drink's origins as an herbal tonic through its intoxicating heyday in European cities of the late 19th century. (FRN962, $14.00)
 		  
Why Switzerland?  •  Jonathan Steinberg   • CULTURAL PORTRAIT  •  A masterly overview of the idiosyncrasies of Switzerland, its history, language, politics and identity as a naysayer at the center of Europe. (SWZ04, $37.99)
 		  
Eiger Dreams, Ventures Among Men and Mountains  •  Jon Krakauer   • EXPLORATION  •  A collection of some of Krakauer's (Into Thin Air) best journalism, these stories and essays focus on the mindset and determination of world-class mountaineers, including Alpine and Himalayan climbers. (ALP10, $14.95)
 		  
Killing Dragons, The Conquest of the Alps  •  Fergus Fleming   • EXPLORATION  •  Fleming spins lively tales of man against nature in this entertaining history of the eccentrics, adventurers and publicity-hounds who sought to conquer the Alps, including Whymper and his first ascent of the Matterhorn (where four of the seven-man team perished). (ALP16, $14.00)
 		  
Scrambles Amongst the Alps: In the Years 1860-69  •  Edward Whymper   • EXPLORATION  •  Edward Wymper's classic account of Victorian-era mountaineering captures the geography, beauty and allure of the Alps. (ALP02, $16.00)
 		  
A Tramp Abroad  •  Mark Twain  •  David Eggers  •  Kerry Driscoll   • TRAVEL NARRATIVE  •  Written 11 years after Innocents Abroad, this is Twain's second foray into European travel. Filled with his characteristic wit and humorous observations, it documents his journeys through Germany, Switzerland, France and Italy. Now with an introduction by Dave Eggers. (EUR78, $14.95)
 		  
There & Then, Travel Writings of James Salter  •  James Salter   • TRAVEL NARRATIVE  •  These sketches and essays cover 20 years of novelist Salter's peripatetic life, particularly his extended time hiking and skiing in the Alps of Switzerland, Austria and France. (ALP28, $15.00)
 		  
A Farewell to Arms  •  Ernest Hemingway   • LITERATURE  •  Set in snowy Switzerland and the rainy Italian Lake Country during World War I, this semi-autobiographical novel chronicles the romance between a British nurse and an American ambulance driver. (ITL384, $16.00)
 		  
Daisy Miller  •  Henry James   • LITERATURE  •  A classic story of a young American woman's innocent flirtation and its misinterpretation by a sophisticated European man, set in Lac Leman and Chillon. This is James' first fictional work to gain mass popularity and one of his great American female portraits. (SWZ09, $7.00)
 		  
Hotel du Lac  •  Anita Brookner   • LITERATURE  •  Funny, stylish and spellbinding, Brookner's novel tracks the story of a romance novelist, not quite finding peace and quiet at the quiet luxury of Hotel du Lac in Switzerland. (SWZ05, $13.95)
 		  
The Night Manager  •  John Le Carre   • LITERATURE  •  This best-selling, post-Cold War thriller about ruthless arms dealers in Geneva is a gripping read. Carrying on the great Le Carre tradition of espionage, a man who essentially gave up living after a tremendous failure is given a costly shot at redemption. (SWZ06, $7.99)
 		  
The Walk  •  Susan Bernofsky  •  Robert Walser   • LITERATURE  •  In this classic novella by the Swiss modernist, freshly translated, Walser writes that "it is on walks that the lore of nature and the lore of the country are revealed, charming and graceful, to the sense and eyes of the observant walker." (SWZ75, $9.95)
 		  
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)
 		  
Wild Flowers of Britain & Northern Europe  •  Andrew Cleave   • FIELD GUIDE  •  Featuring color photographs of commonly encountered species in the field and garden. (EUR371, $14.95)
 		  
 
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