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Lonely Planet Bolivia
Kate Armstrong
GUIDEBOOK 2007 PAPER 432 PAGES
A practical guide with detailed maps, language guides, tips on transportation, accommodations, food, health and safety advice, as well as good background on history, culture and politics.
(BOL07, $24.99)
Bradt Trekking Guide Peru and Bolivia
Hilary Bradt
GUIDEBOOK
This classic guide for exploring the Andes of Peru and Bolivia is great for both practical trail information and general information on the region. It's a compact overview, featuring walks, treks and an extensive introduction.
(BOL04, $17.95)
Footprint Bolivia Handbook
Alan Murphy
GUIDEBOOK
A comprehensive and sturdy guide to Bolivia by the publishers of the South America Handbook.
(BOL10, $24.95)
Bolivia, The Evolution of a Multi-Ethnic Society
Herbert Klein
HISTORY
A scholarly look at the cultural history of Bolivia.
(BOL01, $32.95)
Conquest of the Incas
John Hemming
HISTORY
A masterful, prize-winning history of the Inca struggle against the Spanish invasion. This classic account, by one of the best writers on South America, brings together wide-ranging scholarly material in the interests of telling a good story.
(AND04, $25.00)
Digging Up Butch and Sundance
Anne Meadows
HISTORY
A woman and her husband try to uncover the truth behind the story of the famous outlaws.
(USW351, $22.00)
I Am Rich Potosi, The Mountain that Eats Men
Stephen Ferry
Eduardo Galeano
CULTURAL PORTRAIT
A gorgeous color photo essay focusing on the people and history of Potosi, a silver center in the Bolivian highlands.
(BOL09, $45.00)
Liberators, Latin America's Struggle for Independence 1810-1830
Robert Harvey
HISTORY
An epic history of colonial Latin America, focused on the heroism and derring-do of seven legendary men, including Simon Bolivar and General Jose de San Martin, in the fight for independence from Spain.
(SAM35, $18.95)
Modern Latin America
Thomas E. Skidmore
Peter Smith
HISTORY
A succinct history of 20th-century Latin America that examines the politics, economy and people of Argentina, Chile, Brazil, Peru, Mexico, Cuba, Central America and the Caribbean.
(SAM23, $52.95)
Mountain of the Condor, Metaphor and Ritual in an Andean Ayllu
Joseph W. Bastien
CULTURAL PORTRAIT
An account of the rituals practiced by a small community inhabiting Kaata, a sacred mountain in midwestern Bolivia.
(AND28, $16.50)
Open Veins of Latin America: Five Centuries of the Pillage of a Continent
Eduardo Galeano
Cedric Belfrage
HISTORY
The most wrenchingly beautiful history of plunder and exploitation in Latin America ever written.
(AND26, $18.00)
People of the Andes
James B. Richardson III
CULTURAL PORTRAIT
OUT OF PRINT
A comprehensive, up-to-date, and illustrated introduction to the culture and archaeology of the Andes, especially the Inca empire, written by a widely recognized expert.
(AND01, $24.95)
Art of the Andes, from Chavin to Inca
Rebecca Stone-Miller
ARCHAEOLOGY
This illustrated, authoritative and concise survey of Andean art and architecture covers not only Machu Picchu and other Inca monuments, but also Chan Chan, Nasca and other archaeological sites and cultures.
(PRU05, $18.95)
Cloud Forest, A Chronicle of the South American Wilderness
Peter Matthiessen
TRAVEL NARRATIVE
FAVORITE
Matthiessen recounts with wit, insight and style his odyssey to the Amazon and Andes, including Machu Picchu and Tierra del Fuego.
(SAM02, $16.00)
Magical Sites, Women Travelers in 19th Century Latin America
Marjorie Agosin
TRAVEL NARRATIVE
A lively treasury of accounts written by women --from French nuns to upper-crust Europeans --who traveled across Latin America in the 19th century .
(SAM29, $17.00)
The Incas, People of the Sun
Carmen Bernard
Paul Bahn
EXPLORATION
A colorful pocket encyclopedia of Inca history and archaeology, featuring hundreds of drawings and photographs, a chronology and long excerpts from the journals of early explorers.
(AND03, $12.95)
The Motorcycle Diaries: Notes on a Latin American Journey
Ann Wright
Ernesto Che Guevara
TRAVEL NARRATIVE
The adventures of the pre-revolutionary 23-year-old Ernesto "Che" Guevara, as he wanders through South America in 1952 with his companion Alberto Granado.
(SAM20, $14.95)
Fire from the Andes, Short Fiction by Women from Bolivia, Ecuador, and Peru
Susan E. Benner
ANTHOLOGY
An anthology of contemporary stories from the Andes, this book includes contributions by 24 women from Ecuador, Peru and Bolivia. Mostly personal, many of the stories revolve around peasants, the urban poor and other marginalized members of society.
(AND17, $24.95)
Twentieth-Century Latin American Poetry, A Bilingual Anthology
Stephen Tapscott
LITERATURE
A scholarly anthology of 400 poems, presented in the original language (Spanish or Portuguese) and English. Selections include poems from Octavio Paz, Pablo Neruda and Jorge Luis Borges.
(SAM28, $27.95)
A Neotropical Companion
J.C. Kricher
Mark Plotkin
NATURAL HISTORY
A tropical primer aimed at the motivated general reader. From plants and animals to birds and bugs, it's all here in this wonderfully written primer on the ecology, habitats, plants and animals of Central and South America.
(GPS11, $29.95)
A Guide to the Birds of Colombia
Steven Hilty
William Brown
FIELD GUIDE
A classic South American bird guide with good coverage of the upper Amazon basin. It illustrates 1,700 species -- nearly half of all the species of South America.
(FG14, $67.50)
Neotropical Rainforest Mammals, A Field Guide
L.H. Emmons
FIELD GUIDE
An illustrated guide to the mammals of the New World tropics, compact enough to slip into your daypack, with 29 color plates illustrating more than 200 species.
(GPS12, $32.50)
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