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	PILAGA - HER WORK - ITS PEOPLE SINCE 1867 (Pilaga - su gesta, su gente desde 1867) by Magdalena Capurro This book is a first in Argentina, an oral history of one of the oldest and possibly largest agricultural operator in the country. The recorded memories of the employees are family histories since many have worked two or three generations within Pilaga. Reading them is direct and lively as the storyteller searches his or her memory for the incidents told to them as children by their parents and grandparents. The book is also a history of the many great Estancias of the IGC, sold to Pilaga and saved from break up. This edition is in Spanish. An English edition is planned for the coming year. Magdelena Capurro Stemmer was born in Uruguay in 1949. She graduated as a professor of Literature at the Artigas Institute and has a Master of Arts degree from the A&M University of Texas. She has lived with her husband, Ing. Agr Carlos Frick for 20 years in Argentina in the provinces of Corrientes and Sante Fe. She now lives in Montevideo, where she is
	THE BRITISH HOSPITAL OF BUENOS AIRES: A HISTORY 1844-2000 / Hospital Britanico de Buenos Aires: Una historia 1844-2000. by Dr. Hugh Warneford-Thomson The history of the British Hospital of Buenos Aires is a monument to the constancy of a community looking after its poor and indigent, especially in the last century. Changing times and customs in the practice of medicine, have altered the methods but fundamentally the Hospital is still here, prepared to receive with open arms those to whom it was dedicated. It is the biggest asset the British Community of this country, represented by the Trustees, has, and as such should be known to those of British descent and those of the English-speaking comunities. It is a noble Institution with a tradition of perfection combined with the humanity that has distinguised the British way of life.
	TALES OF THE PAMPAS by William Bulfin English text with an introduction and glossary by Susan Wilkinson Spanish text with an introduction by the translator, Alejandro Clancy William Bulfin was editor of the Southern Cross newspaper in Buenos Aires during the period 1892-1900. During this period he wrote short stories on the life of the estancias and the work of the gauchos and the owners (principally Irish) during those years. One of the stories, "El High Life", deserves a place in any anthology of short stories. His stories have a vividness and truth that makes them a reliable picture of life in those years. Published as an inverted book, with double cover, and separate pagination for English and Spanish. The translation was made by an local writer Alejandro Clancy, whose forefathers originally came to Argentina in the 40's of the last century.
	ARGENTINA GESTA BRITANICA (three volumes) Volume I Volume IIA Volume IIB by Emilio Manuel Fernandez-Gomez This is a work in progress that covers some 200 years (1750-1950), of British settlement and influence in Argentina. It is the first work in Spanish dedicated to detailed accounts of the individuals of the British Isles, their lives, and efforts to develop all classes of business enterprises in their new homeland. The first volume is an overall picture of the 200 years. Vol IIA develops the theme of individuals, including an account of the efforts of the Lafone family. Vol IIB covers the first stock- breeding establishments and the families that created and worked them. It includes an account of the settlement of Santa Cruz province by immigrants from the Falkland Islands, encouraged to settle in Argentina, by the then Governor of S. Cruz, who himself married the daughter of the then Governor of the Falkland Islands. Spanish text only.
	THE FORGOTTEN COLONY A History of the English speaking people in Argentina by Andrew Graham-Yooll The British community's role in the making of modern Argentina is at once controversial and crucial. The argument that the country owes much of its development to the British is reflected in the statements of presidents Bartolome Mitre and Julio A. Roca in the nineteenth century. The fact is that from pirates to polo players, the British in Argentina were always pioneers, But the influence began with two invasions that failed, in 1806 and 1807. However, the two failed landings left enough people ashore to start vast commerical enterprises and sporting associations. Clubs and schools spread throughout Argentina alongside the British-owned railways in the second half of the nineteenth century. The Forgotten Colony has now become a classic reference to the life and institutions of the community in Argentina. The book was first published in London in 1981, but has not been reprinted since then. This new LOLA edition takes the original London printing, and incorporates new material and corrections. The book has an expanded chapter on the South Atlantic conflict in 1982 and brings history up to 1999, including the economic developments since restoration of British-Argentine diplomatic relations in 1989.