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A Concise History of Bolivia
Herbert Klein
HISTORY 2003 PAPER 300 PAGES
An excellent survey by a professor of Latin American History at Columbia University. Klein has also written "Bolivia, The Evolution of a Multi-Ethnic Society."
(BOL12, $27.99)
Bolivia Map
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A color map of the country at a scale of 1:1,250,000. Includes place index.
(BOL11, $12.95)
Bolivia Map
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A color map of the country at a scale of 1:1,250,000. Includes place index.
(BOL11, $12.95)
Bolivia Map
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A color map of the country at a scale of 1:1,250,000. Includes place index.
(BOL11, $12.95)
Lonely Planet Bolivia
Kate Armstrong
GUIDEBOOK
A comprehensive 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, $25.99)
Bolivia, The Evolution of a Multi-Ethnic Society
Herbert Klein
HISTORY
Well written and definitive, this is a scholarly look at the cultural history of Bolivia from prehistory to modern times.
(BOL01, $44.95)
Conquest of the Incas
John Hemming
HISTORY
This classic masterful prize-winning history of the Inca struggle against the Spanish invasion 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, $24.95)
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
Focused on the heroism and derring-do of seven legendary men, this epic history of colonial Latin America includes 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, $57.95)
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)
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)
The Incas, People of the Sun
Carmen Bernard
Paul Bahn
HISTORY
Featuring hundreds of drawings and photographs, a chronology and long excerpts from the journals of early explorers, this is a colorful pocket encyclopedia of Inca history and archaeology.
(AND03, $12.95)
Art of the Andes, from Chavin to Inca
Rebecca Stone-Miller
ARCHAEOLOGY
This authoritative and concise illustrated survey of Andean art and architecture covers not only Machu Picchu and additional Inca monuments, but also Chan Chan, Nasca and other archaeological sites and cultures.
(PRU05, $19.95)
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)
The Motorcycle Diaries, Notes on a Latin American Journey
Ann Wright
Ernesto Che Guevara
TRAVEL NARRATIVE
The adventures of the 23-year-old Ernesto "Che" Guevara, as he wanders through South America in 1952 with his companion Alberto Granado, before he became a famed revolutionary.
(SAM20, $14.95)
Fire from the Andes, Short Fiction by Women from Bolivia, Ecuador, and Peru
Susan E. Benner
ANTHOLOGY
Mostly personal, many of the contemporary stories revolve around peasants, the urban poor and other marginalized members of the Andes society.
(AND17, $26.95)
Juan de la Rosa, Memoirs of the Last Soldier of the Independence Movement
Nataniel Aguirre
Sergio Gabriel Waisman
LITERATURE
A Bolivian classic, first published in 1885, whose octogenarian narrator looks back on his youth as a soldier in the South American Independence Movement. It's a historical novel on a grand scale.
(BOL14, $39.99)
Twentieth-Century Latin American Poetry, A Bilingual Anthology
Stephen Tapscott
LITERATURE
This 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, $29.95)
Glacier Ice
Austin Post
Edward R. LaChapelle
NATURAL HISTORY
A classic book of extraordinary black-and-white aerial photographs of mountains and glaciers by two devoted men of ice. Ed LaChapelle’s text is paired with Austin Post's stunning aerial photographs of glaciers from Alaska and Chile to Switzerland, the Himalayas and other parts of the world.
(SCI07, $27.95)
A Guide to the Birds of Colombia
Steven Hilty
William Brown
FIELD GUIDE
This classic South American bird guide gives good coverage of the upper Amazon basin, illustrating 1,700 species -- nearly half of all the species of South America.
(FG14, $75.00)
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