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The Essential Neruda by Pablo Neruda (Poetry) Chile’s famous poet printed several volumes
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known works.

Argentina

,YO _SP 8ZYPd 6P[_ =ZWWTYR 4Y LYO :`_ by Paul Blustein (Economics/History) An interesting and
thought-provoking account of the 2001 collapse of Argentina’s economy.

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provoking history that does much to explain why a country with such potential regressed from
a major world power to a developing nation.

0aT_L% ?SP =PLW 7TQP ZQ 0aL ;P]ZY by Nicholas Fraser and Marysa Navarro (Biography) Although
written in 1996, this book is still considered to be one of the best-researched and most
balanced accounts of the woman behind the myth.

In Patagonia by Bruce Chatwin (Travel Narrative) A masterpiece of travel, history and
adventure. This engaging book captures the spirit of the land, history, wildlife, and people of
Patagonia.

Natural Patagonia: Natural Argentina & Chile by Marcelo D. Beccaceci. (Field Guide) A natural
history guide to Patagonia’s incredible wildlife and plants.

Night Flight by Antoine de Saint-Exupery (Literature) Follows a pilot alone in a storm over
the Andes en route from Punta Arenas to Buenos Aires. In this wonderfully evocative novella
by the author of The Little Prince OP >LTY_ 0c`[P]d NL[_`]P^ _SP _S]TWW ZQ PL]Wd ʮTRS_ LYO _SP
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The Buenos Aires Quintet by Manuel Vazquez Montalban (Mystery) A Spanish detective travels
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political. One of the popular Pepe Carvalho crime series.

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Travel Narrative) The true-life story of Che Guevara’s attempt to see South America from the
back of an old motorcycle at the age of 23. Later in life, he would claim that it was this journey
that started to form his political beliefs.

The Whispering Land by Gerald Durrell (Travel Narrative/Nature) An account of the author’s
eight-month odyssey in pursuit of Patagonian wildlife from seals to parrots.

Tierra del Fuego by Francisco Coloane (Short Stories) These nine stories of adventure,
exploration, and voyage are peopled with ravenous explorers, fortune hunters, foreign
revolutionaries, ill-fated seafarers, intrepid ships’ captains, and ruthless smugglers.

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