Essence of the Azores

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Bradt Guide Azores •  David Sayers
GUIDEBOOK • 2006 • PAPER • 248 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, located two hours flying time west of Lisbon. With eight pages of color photographs and 33 maps, including plans of Ponta Delgada (Sao Miguel), Angra do Herofsmo (Terceira), and Horta (Faial). Second edition. (PGL29, $21.95)

Twice Round the Loggerhead, The Culture of Whaling in the Azores •  Bruce Halabisky •  Lance Lee
HISTORY • 2000 • HARD COVER • 124 PAGES
A loving, richly illustrated account, by two American apprentices, of building an Azorean whaleboat. With essays on the history and folklore of traditional whaling and boat-building. With archival and contemporary photographs, line drawings and 60 watercolor illustrations by Breton marine artist Yvon Le Corre. (PGL37, $35.00)

Azores Map •   Turinta Maps
2002 • MAP
A nicely detailed folded map of the islands with travel information at a scale of 1:75,000. (PGL36, $12.95)

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	Bradt Guide Azores • David Sayers GUIDEBOOK • 2006 • PAPER • 248 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, located two hours flying time west of Lisbon. With eight pages of color photographs and 33 maps, including plans of Ponta Delgada (Sao Miguel), Angra do Herofsmo (Terceira), and Horta (Faial). Second edition. (PGL29, $21.95)
	Twice Round the Loggerhead, The Culture of Whaling in the Azores • Bruce Halabisky • Lance Lee HISTORY • 2000 • HARD COVER • 124 PAGES A loving, richly illustrated account, by two American apprentices, of building an Azorean whaleboat. With essays on the history and folklore of traditional whaling and boat-building. With archival and contemporary photographs, line drawings and 60 watercolor illustrations by Breton marine artist Yvon Le Corre. (PGL37, $35.00)
	Azores Map • Turinta Maps 2002 • MAP A nicely detailed folded map of the islands with travel information at a scale of 1:75,000. (PGL36, $12.95)

	Lisbon City Map • Turinta Maps • A detailed, color map of Lisbon. (PGL17, $12.95)
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	Eyewitness Guide Portugal with Madeira & the Azores • Eyewitness Guides • GUIDEBOOK • A compact, visual travel guide 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. With many excellent maps. (PGL05, $25.00)
	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, $11.95)
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	The Reverse of the Medal • Patrick O'Brian • LITERATURE • In book 11 of the Aubrey and Maturin series, they 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 • Jose Saramago • LITERATURE • A geological fantasy from the Nobel Prize-winning author, in which the Iberian Peninsula becomes unmoored from France. (PGL46, $14.00)
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	Field Guide to the Birds of the Atlantic Islands • Tony Clarke • Chris Orgill • FIELD GUIDE • A comprehensive field guide to 450 species of birds, both resident and migrant, of the Canary Islands, Madeira, Azores and Cape Verde. (ATL23, $29.95)