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Essence of the Azores

READING AND TRAVEL GUIDE

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Enrich your travels with reading! Here's a hand-picked list prepared for your journey in conjunction with the book experts at Longitude.

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Bradt Guide Azores

by David Sayers

• GUIDEBOOK
• 2010
• PAPER
• 272 PAGES

A comprehensive, practical guide to the Azores. The author David Sayers pays particular attention to the natural history and especially the botany of these lush Atlantic islands. (PGL29, $23.99)

Azores Map

by Turinta Maps

• 2002
• MAP

A nicely detailed folded map of the islands with travel information at a scale of 1:75,000. (PGL36, $14.95)

 

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Lisbon City Map

by Turinta Maps

• MAP

A detailed, color map of Lisbon. (PGL17, $12.95)

Portugal Map 733

by Michelin Travel Publications

• 2012
• MAP

At a scale of 1:400,000, this fully indexed map also includes insets of Madeira and city maps. (PGL08, $12.95)

Eyewitness Guide Lisbon

by Eyewitness Guides

• GUIDEBOOK
• 2011
• PAPER
• 192 PAGES

A compact, illustrated guide to the city featuring excellent neighborhood maps and hundreds of color photographs. It also includes chapters on the surrounding areas and Lisbon's coast. (PGL04, $20.00)

Eyewitness Guide Portugal

by Eyewitness Guides

• GUIDEBOOK
• 2010
• PAPER
• 496 PAGES

Featuring hundreds of photographs and drawings, an excellent overview of the culture and history, and good information about where to go and what to do. (PGL05, $25.00)

Lonely Planet Portuguese Phrasebook

by Clara De MacEdo Vitorino

• LANGUAGE & PHRASEBOOKS
• 2006
• PAPER
• 320 PAGES

A handy pocket phrasebook for Portuguese basics, covering pronunciation, basic grammar and essential vocabulary for the traveler. (PGL34, $8.99)

A Traveller's History of Portugal

by 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. (PGL32, $14.95)

The Reverse of the Medal

by Patrick O'Brian

• LITERATURE
• 1992
• PAPER
• 287 PAGES

In book 11 of the Aubrey and Maturin series, Captain Jack and his surgeon/naturalist sidekick Stephen Maturin head from Barbados through the Caribbean across the Atlantic to the Azores and their old stomping grounds in London (where 2/3 of the novel is set). (ATL04, $14.95)

The Stone Raft

by Jose Saramago

• LITERATURE
• 1996
• PAPER
• 300 PAGES

A geological fantasy from the Nobel Prize-winning author, in which the Iberian Peninsula becomes unmoored from France. (PGL46, $14.00)

Island Life

by Alfred Russel Wallace

• NATURAL HISTORY
• 1997
• PAPER
• 544 PAGES

A popular account of the natural history of island groups by Darwin's contemporary and co-presented of the theory of evolution by natural selection. (NAT27, $18.98)

Volcanoes, Crucibles of Change

by Richard Fisher

• NATURAL HISTORY
• 1998
• PAPER
• 344 PAGES

A complete primer for the volcano lover, this heavily illustrated book covers types of volcanoes and eruptions, worldwide distribution and the physics of their formation. (GEO02, $29.95)

Birds of Europe

by Lars Svensson

• FIELD GUIDE
• 2010
• PAPER
• 416 PAGES
• 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)

Field Guide to the Birds of the Atlantic Islands

by Tony Clarke | Chris Orgill

• FIELD GUIDE
• 2006
• PAPER
• 320 PAGES

A comprehensive field guide to 450 species of birds, both resident and migrant, of the Canary Islands, Madeira, Azores and Cape Verde. (ATL23, $60.00)