If you are travelling through the province of Buenos Aires, you're going to find this map useful. It has all the major roads, although the rural ones are sometimes missed. We found also that some newly paved roads were shown in the map as gravel.

Nothing the matter with the information that is provided - but it is pretty light. Unless, of course, you want to read the name of Pellicoro's studio about three times per page - and have his friends and associates tell you how great he is. The other issue, of course, is that the most interesting information in the book was not created for it - it is reprints of articles and interviews originally published in Reportango or on Keith Elshaw's web site.

The cover starts out with the fact that the author taught Al Pacino how to dance Tango. If it wasn't Al that was dancing this affectation of Tango in the movie, "Scent of a Woman," everyone would have said it was horrible! Besides it was a mongrel form of American style Tango and definitely not the Argentine style. To set the record strait in their movie renditions, Sean Connery, Arnold Schwarzenegger, and Bruce Willis all did much better jobs with the instruction they were given!! The line delivered by Pacino to Gabrielle Anwar - "Tango is not like life, my dear. There are no mistakes in Tango - If you get tangled up, you just Tango on," really set up the audience to buy into what they witnessed. Al's yanking, pulling, and tugging on Gabrielle must have left her bruised after practicing with Al under the tutelage of Mr. Pellicoro. No doubt that Paul struggled to get Al to do anything because his forte is wonderful acting and characterizations - but he is certainly no action hero.

The point here is what's in this book is neither about what Pacino danced (other than the cute story) nor what Pellicoro teaches. What bothers me most is that the teaching in the book is primarily about the Tango in the close embrace position. Sorry but beginners beware this is not the way to begin - you will surely fail! In addition no time is taken to truly develop the technique of the Tango in the written word. Humans want to see a picture that's true but as I'm sure Mr. Pellicoro knows that when average humans copy pictures it only leads to awkward imitation. With almost no material to disseminate the techniques being shown the reader is left to their own devices with no primary information. And beginners do not know how to dance! I was very disappointed because he and his partner are very good professional dancers. There are much better books out about Tango for history, pictorials, and dance technique than this one. I had hope for much, much more!

Paul Pellicoro On Tango is a comprehensive guide to the Argentine Tango dance, written by expert instructor Paul Pellicoro -- who is the man that taught and choreographed the tango scene for Al Pacino in the popular movie "Scent of a Woman." Individual chapters embrace the philosophy that anyone can learn the tango, and address everything from dance steps to what to wear to working in harmony with one's partner. An extensive lists of top-class places to go to for tango dancing around the world rounds out this superb instructional for dance enthusiasts. Paul Pellicoro On Tango is a "must" for all tango dance enthusiasts!

A very difficult read. I am college-educated, did OK on my SATs, consider myself intelligent, but found so much of this book went right over my head. So much of what this author had to say could have been written with a lot more clarity. I felt like I was reading someone's disertation. A lot of big words that were not needed. It made the reading of this book unenjoyable.

I really found this work to be intriguing as an insightful commentary on present-day Argentine culture and society. The broad selection of topics addressed by Foster reflects the diversity of cultural themes that define Argentina and its porteño citizens. The Dirty War, Mafalda, and the role of public performance protest are all addressed in a scholarly fashion - allowing for a discussion of popular culture in a unique and academic format. I recommend this book to anyone with a base knowledge of Argentine culture and history interested in examining at a closer level of investigation the social/political components of recent Argentine cultural development.

...The NASA photo from space should prove quite helpful in discerning a route. Not! The other maps, although providing more information than the space shot, do not justify the price charged. The general information provided is information any climber/trekker should know or can easily ascertain. There are no unique insights provided by this map-guide. The same information, as well as photos and detailed maps, can be found in other guides which are less expensive. The same info, as well as far greater detail on the routes, info regarding outfitters, etc. can be found in Aconcagua-A Climbing Guide, 2nd ed., which consists of 144 pages ...

This is a vague overview of the mountain and has no pertinenet information that cannot be found in a good guide book. The map is worthless....

When I first opened the package, I was surprised at what I saw; I expected something larger. Nevertheless, this unique guide has just about everything a prospective Aconcagua climber needs: a number of maps at different scales and a brief but good overview of planning, the ruta normal, and the polish glacier routes. This guide is compact and it is nice that it comes packaged in a ziplock style bag. It weighs nothing, but has a really good selection of information.

I bought this book to help me in my first trip to South America. That means that I didn't have any idea of the kind of birds I coud have found there. Good, after I saw the images, I didn't have a better idea than before! The pictures are really bad! Impossible to recognize a bird in the field with that. The text is also quite poor, the only thing I found quite good is the good description of the habitats. But, anyway, if you don't know the birds of Argentina, better buy another guide... this one is really not useful.

The book is by Thomas E. Taplin and published by Eli Ely Publishing (Order Info per the book: PO BOX 5245 Santa Monica, CA 90409-5245 (310)399-4869)
I found the book through a rare book service and figured out why it is so hard to find. The book does nothing to really prepare you for the climb. If you are a novice climber and want to know what NOT to do and the types of people NOT to go with, then read the book. The bottom line is that the book simply narrates through each participates experiences and what they think of one another. If you climb, then you know that the right people make the trip good or bad. The mountain will throw all kinds of stuff in your way, and teamwork must happen in order to accomplish your goal. (Especially on a 20,000+ foot mountain) The people on the climb have no teamwork and just simply complain about one another throughout the book. There is no real information on the climb itself other than some information at the back of the book regarding first ascents and who did what. Overall, I was unhappy with the book as it did nothing to prepare me to go and attempt Aconcagua.
P.s. The author did not even get through the first days of the climb. He had to be evacuated out and thus relied on others for his finished product.

Having spent over 18 months hiking throughout the Chilean park system I looked forward to reading Tim Burford's guide to backpacking and hiking in Chile and Argentina, I was disappointed. I can only comment on parts of the guide that deal with areas of Chile I am familiar with. The far north of Chile is dealt with in 5 1/2 pages and after getting through the usual list of animals to be seen the 5 parks, 7 reserves and 2 national monuments are briefly described as attractive and amazing but very little is said about actual hiking and trekking access or trails. I can assure you there are dozens of well known trails throughout the parks, reserves and national monuments mentioned in the far north section. The three featured hikes in Santiago area are dealt with in a more detailed manner but this area as well as the three featured hikes described in the Araucania section, the five or so in the Chilean Lakes section, the three in the Carettera Austral section and the hikes in the Patagonia section seem to be be more of the same served up in other well known guides - not much new. I would characterize Tim Burford's guide as Chile and Argentina Lite. The maps are sufficient for only the most casual observation. If one is considering some serious hiking and trekking in southern Chile then I would reccomend Clem Lindenmayer's trekking in the Patagonian Andes. The maps are more informative, the information is focused on dealing with trekking and hiking issues and the flora and fauna are presented as an integral part of the life in in the wide open spaces.

Not exactly truthful and very demeaning to men.