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WILDERNESS TRAVEL
Classic Swiss Alps
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READING AND TRAVEL GUIDE
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Eiger Dreams, Ventures Among Men and Mountains
• Jon Krakauer
EXPLORATION •
2009 •
PAPER
• 192 PAGES
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. These are tales of adventure of the highest sort.
(ALP10, $14.95) |
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Quest for the Sublime, Finding Nature's Secret in Switzerland
• Richard Bangs
TRAVEL NARRATIVE •
2008 •
HARD COVER
• 260 PAGES
Richard Bangs revisits the Swiss Alps, following the likes of Byron, Shelley, Keats and Wordsworth in an attempt to grasp the Sublime.
(SWZ66, $16.95) |
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Killing Dragons, The Conquest of the Alps
• Fergus Fleming
EXPLORATION •
2001 •
PAPER
• 398 PAGES
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) |
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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) |
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Also Recommended
Culture Smart! Switzerland
• Kendall Maycock
• GUIDEBOOK
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A concise, no-nonsense guide to Switzerland's customs, etiquette and culture.
(SWZ58, $9.95)
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Eyewitness Guide Switzerland
• Eyewitness Guides
• GUIDEBOOK
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A compact, thoroughly illustrated guide, featuring over 900 photographs, good maps, and plenty of information on hiking in the Swiss Alps, natural and tourist attractions, and the history and arts of Switzerland.
(SWZ45, $25.00)
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Insight Guide Switzerland
• Insight Guides
• GUIDEBOOK
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This handsome guide gives a profusely illustrated overview of Switzerland, featuring concise essays by well-regarded authors on history, politics and culture, as well as hundreds of photos and maps, and some practical information.
(SWZ15, $24.99)
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Michelin Green Guide Switzerland
• Michelin Travel Publications
• GUIDEBOOK
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A survey of the cities, villages and sites of Switzerland in the classic Michelin style.
(SWZ17, $21.99)
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La Place de la Concorde Suisse
• John McPhee
• CULTURAL PORTRAIT
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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.
(SWZ14, $16.00)
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The Book of Absinthe, A Cultural History
• Phil Baker
• HISTORY
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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)
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Why Switzerland?
• Jonathan Steinberg
• CULTURAL PORTRAIT
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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)
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Alpine Views, Alexandre Calame and the Swiss Landscape
• Alberto de Andres
• ART & ARCHITECTURE
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The exhibition catalog to an exhibition at the Clark, this book showcases 26 dramatic oil paintings and sketches of the picturesque Alps. Calame (1810-1864) was the leading artist of the Swiss school of alpine painting.
(SWZ67, $19.95)
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A Tramp Abroad
• Mark Twain
• David Eggers
• Kerry Driscoll
• TRAVEL NARRATIVE
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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)
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Scrambles Amongst the Alps: In the Years 1860-69
• Edward Whymper
• EXPLORATION
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Edward Wymper's vivid account of Victorian-era mountaineering, a classic, captures the geography, beauty and allure of the Alps.
(ALP02, $16.00)
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There & Then, Travel Writings of James Salter
• James Salter
• TRAVEL NARRATIVE
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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)
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White Spider, The Classic Account of the Ascent of the Eiger
• Heinrich Harrer
• EXPLORATION
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The classic tale of a young climber and the first ascent of the North Face of the Eiger in 1938. This edition includes photographs, maps, and a chronology of attempts on the North Face.
(ALP09, $15.95)
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A Farewell to Arms
• Ernest Hemingway
• LITERATURE
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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)
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Hotel du Lac
• Anita Brookner
• LITERATURE
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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)
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The Magic Mountain
• Thomas Mann
• LITERATURE
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In this classic novel of ill health in a sanatorium in the Swiss mountains, the author explores disease as a symbol of the sick, capitalistic society of pre-World War I Europe.
(SWZ07, $19.00)
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Glacier Ice
• Austin Post
• Edward R. LaChapelle
• NATURAL HISTORY
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A classic book of extraordinary black-and-white aerial photographs of mountains and glaciers by two devoted men of ice. Ed LaChapelle's text is paired with Austin Post's stunning aerial photographs of glaciers from Alaska and Chile to Switzerland, the Himalayas and other parts of the world.
(SCI07, $27.95)
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Birds of Europe
• Lars Svensson
• FIELD GUIDE
• FAVORITE
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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)
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