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	Walking in the Alps  •  Kev Reynolds GUIDEBOOK •  2000 •  PAPER  • 496 PAGES A nicely illustrated, authoritative guide to hiking throughout the Alps, organized geographically. Reynolds covers a range of activities from day hikes to the classic hut-to-hut mountain walks. With color photographs and good local maps. Intended as a planning guide, the book is an excellent general overview of the region and hikes from coastal France across to Italy, Switzerland, Germany and Austria. (SWZ44, $22.95)
	Scrambles Amongst the Alps: In the Years 1860-69  •  Edward Whymper EXPLORATION •  2002 •  PAPER  • 320 PAGES Not just an account of Victorian-era mountaineering, this classic first-person account captures the geography, beauty and allure of the region. The intrepid Whymper made the first ascents of several important peaks in the Andes and the Alps, including famously the Matterhorn. (ALP02, $14.00)
	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)
	Alps Map  •   Freytag & Berndt MAP A detailed travel map of the Alps and surrounding areas, imported from Austria, at a scale of 1:600,000. (ALP07, $12.95)

	Central Alps, Tyrol Map  •   Borch Maps    •  A nicely detailed, full color laminated map of the Tyrol region at a scale of 1:285,000. The double-sided map covers western Austria, southern Germany and the Trentino-Alto Adige region of Italy. (ALP29, $10.95)
	Chamonix, Mont Blanc Massif (East)  •   IGN    •  This fabulously detailed topographic map (scale 1:25,000) shows the eastern portion of the Mont Blanc group. (FRN314, $16.95)
	St Gervais les Bains, Mont Blanc (West)  •   IGN   • COMING IN DECEMBER  •  This fabulously detailed topographic map (scale 1:25,000) shows the western portion of the Mont Blanc group. (FRN315, $14.95)
	Switzerland Map  •   HEMA Maps    •  A colorful, shaded relief map of Switzerland at a scale of 1:303,000. (SWZ11, $12.95)
	Chamonix to Zermatt, The Walker's Haute Route  •  Kev Reynolds   • GUIDEBOOK  •  A practical guide to the classic Haute Route, covering each segment of the long-distance walk, and including an introduction to the region. (ALP21, $19.95)
	Insight Guide Switzerland  •  Insight Guides   • GUIDEBOOK  •  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, $23.99)
	Tour of Mont Blanc, Complete Trekking Guide  •  Kev Reynolds   • GUIDEBOOK  •  A compact guide to the classic Mont Blanc circuit, which includes a detailed guide to each section of the tour, as well as the author's own personable, encouraging remarks. (ALP24, $19.95)
	La Place de la Concorde Suisse  •  John McPhee   • CULTURAL PORTRAIT  •  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, $15.00)
	Iceman: Uncovering the Life and Times of a Prehistoric Man Found in an Alpine Glacier  •  Brenda Fowler   • ARCHAEOLOGY  •  The complete story of the discovery of and controversy surrounding the frozen corpse of a prehistoric man found in the Tyrolian Alps. (ALP20, $15.00)
	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, $13.95)
	Schlepping Through the Alps, My Search for Austria's Jewish Past with Its Last Wandering Shepherd  •  Sam Apple   • TRAVEL NARRATIVE  •  A hilarious and touching exploration of history, tradition and sheep. This account of travels in Austria with Hans Breuer, a shepherd who sings Yiddish folk songs to his sheep, is admittedly a comic quest, but it also delves into some of the darker corners of Austria's history in World War II. (AST74, $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)
	Homestead  •  Rosini Lippi   • LITERATURE  •  Set firmly in a small village in the Austrian Alps, these 12 interlinking stories are almost ethnographic in their rich detail of small town life. The stories range from the turn-of-the-century to the present, accurately charting change in the remote village. (ALP11, $13.00)
	La Nouvelle Heloise  •  Jean-Jacques Rousseau   • LITERATURE  •  Rousseau may be best known for his political philosophy, but in this novel we see his softer side. This is the passionate story told through the letters of two lovers in a small town at the foot of the Alps. (SWZ19, $28.00)
	Solo Faces  •  James Salter   • LITERATURE  •  The story of an American climber who, dissatisfied with his everyday life, travels to the Alps of southern France to tackle mountain peaks. The prose is glorious and the mountain-climbing scenes are as vivid as they get. (ALP14, $14.00)
	The Ice Soldier  •  Paul Watkins   • LITERATURE  •  William Bromley, after serving as a Royal Marines mountaineer in the Italian Alps in WWII, finally settles down, quietly teaching history at a London boarding school--until an old comrade reappears and calls in a bargain the two struck during the war. (ALP31, $15.00)
	The Man Who Planted Trees  •  Jean Giono  •  Michael McMurdy   • LITERATURE • FAMILY  •  Told with affection and lyrical simplicity, beloved French novelist Giono (1895-1970) turns the life of Elzeard Bouffier, a shepherd turned tree-planter, into a fable of hope, forests and the power of the individual to change the world. (ALP12, $10.00)

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