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MOUNTAIN TRAVEL-SOBEK
Jalapao & Rio Adventure
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READING AND TRAVEL GUIDE
Here's a page from Longitude, the specialty bookseller for travelers. To order online, and to see the latest, most comprehensive selection of books and maps, go to http://reading.longitudebooks.com/CW10547. You may also call 800-342-2164 to order or request a catalog.
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These 4 items are available
for $75, including
U.S. shipping, a 15% discount (Item no. EXBZL53) |
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The Brazilians
• Joseph Page
CULTURAL PORTRAIT •
1996 •
PAPER
• 540 PAGES
A clear and compelling introduction to the country, covering politics, history, economics, culture, and character. The turmoil and ecological destruction in the Amazon basin is discussed in one of the many thought-provoking chapters.
(AMZ16, $22.95) |
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Brazil: Amazon & Pantanal, Travellers' Wildlife Guides
• Les Beletsky
• David Pearson
FIELD GUIDE •
2010 •
PAPER
• 491 PAGES
A comprehensive guide and handbook to the flora, fauna and habitats of Brazil, with a focus on the Amazon and Pantanal. An Ecotravellers' Wildlife Guide, the book features color illustrations of commonly encountered birds, mammals, reptiles, amphibians and insects. The 100 color plates feature 90 species of amphibians and reptiles, 310 birds, 70 mammals, 30 insects and 50 common trees and plants. Second Edition.
(BZL30, $29.95) |
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Tropical Nature
• Adrian Forsyth
• Ken Miyata
NATURAL HISTORY •
1984 •
PAPER
• 248 PAGES
• FAVORITE
A lively, lucid portrait of the tropics as seen by two uncommonly observant and thoughtful field biologists. Its 17 marvelous essays introduce the habitats, ecology, plants and animals of the Central and South American rainforest. With a lengthy appendix of practical advice for the tropical traveler.
(GPS13, $16.00) |
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Brazil Map
• Borch Maps
2006 •
MAP
A handy folded, laminated map of Brazil at a scale of 1:4,000,000. Includes Buenos Aires and Montevideo. Two Sides. 27x39 inches.
(BZL17, $11.95) |
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Also Recommended
Rio de Janeiro Map
• National Geographic
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With an index, inset maps and points of interest.
(BZL25, $8.99)
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Lonely Planet Rio de Janeiro
• Regis St. Louis
• GUIDEBOOK
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A practical guide filled with maps, a good overview of culture, history and nature, and much nuts-and-bolts information. We also carry Lonely Planet Buenos Aires (ARG10).
(BZL19, $19.99)
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Say It in Portuguese, Brazilian Usage
• Alexander Prista
• Francisco Da Costa
• LANGUAGE & PHRASEBOOKS
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A handy, palm-size phrasebook for travelers with 1,100 useful words and expressions. It provides the English phrase, Portuguese equivalent and transliteration.
(BZL37, $4.95)
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Brazil, The Once and Future Country
• Marshall C. Eakin
• HISTORY
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In this highly recommended overview of Brazil, Eakin takes a broad perspective, writing about the culture, history, religions, society and economics of the country.
(BZL05, $22.00)
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A Death in Brazil
• Peter Robb
• TRAVEL NARRATIVE
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Peter Robb (Midnight in Sicily) flourishes his mastery of the complexities of Brazilian travel, politics, culture and history. This book is impressive for its prose, insight and the author's sheer bravura.
(BZL43, $18.00)
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Brazilian Adventure
• Peter Fleming
• EXPLORATION
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A classic and very entertaining account of a 3,000-mile quest through the Amazon in search of a missing English colonel, first published in 1933.
(AMZ55, $16.95)
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Running the Amazon
• Joe Kane
• EXPLORATION
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A best-selling account of a 4,000-mile expedition from the high Andes to the Atlantic by foot, raft and kayak -- an expedition only four of the ten participants finished.
(AMZ13, $14.95)
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Samba
• Alma Guillermoprieto
• TRAVEL NARRATIVE
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A memorable account of life and music on the coast of Brazil by the talented and wide-ranging Guillermoprieto. A dancer herself, she lived for a year in Manguiera, a favela near Rio known for its samba school. Nominated for a National Book Award.
(BZL38, $16.00)
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Travelers' Tales Brazil
• Annette Haddad
• TRAVEL NARRATIVE
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A collection of stories, articles and excerpts on Brazil -- an excellent introduction to the people, culture and traditions of the country as seen through the eyes of modern writers.
(BZL06, $18.95)
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A Neotropical Companion
• John Kricher
• Mark Plotkin
• NATURAL HISTORY
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From plants and animals to birds and bugs, it's all here in this wonderfully written overview of the ecology, habitats, plants and animals of Central and South America.
(GPS11, $35.00)
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A Guide to the Birds of Venezuela
• Steven Hilty
• Guy Tudor
• J.A. Gwynne
• FIELD GUIDE
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The classic South American bird guide, revised and expanded by Steve Hilty. A bit hefty for a field guide at just over 4 pounds, but still an essential reference to over 1,400 bird species. Travelers in the Brazilian Amazon will find it especially useful.
(FG13, $65.00)
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Neotropical Rainforest Mammals, A Field Guide
• L.H. Emmons
• FIELD GUIDE
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Compact enough to slip into your daypack, this field guide to the mammals of the New World tropics features 29 color plates of more than 200 species.
(GPS12, $42.50)
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