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Enrich your travels with reading! Here's a hand-picked list prepared for your journey in conjunction with the book experts at Longitude.

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Lonely Planet Bolivia

Lonely Planet Bolivia

by Kate Armstrong

  • GUIDEBOOK
  • 2010
  • PAPER
  • 432 PAGES

A practical guide with detailed maps, language guides, travel tips and good background on history, culture and politics. (BOL07, $25.99)

A Concise History of Bolivia

A Concise History of Bolivia

by Herbert Klein

  • HISTORY
  • 2011
  • PAPER
  • 360 PAGES

From prehistory through independence, return of democracy in 1982, and current politics, this is an excellent survey of the Andean nation. (BOL12, $25.99)

Desert Memories, Journeys Through the Chilean North

Desert Memories, Journeys Through the Chilean North

by Ariel Dorfman

  • TRAVEL NARRATIVE
  • 2003
  • HARD COVER
  • 304 PAGES

A quest for national history, personal memories, and family origins in the Atacama by the noted playwright, novelist and essayist. The legacy of mining, Pinochet, and the author's own history are woven into this meditative account. (CHI53, $21.00)

Bolivia Map

Bolivia Map

by ITMB

  • 2008
  • MAP

A traveler's map at a scale of 1:1,250,000. (BOL11, $12.95)

Chile Map

Chile Map

by National Geographic

  • 2011
  • MAP

This National Geographic Adventure map includes a clear view of Chile from Laguna San Rafael south to Cape Horn (1,1,750,000). (CHI05, $11.95)

 
South America, The Andes Map

South America, The Andes Map


by Nelles

  • 2005
  • MAP

The full range of the Andes and the Pacific coast of South America. (SAM47, $13.95)

Insight Guide Chile

Insight Guide Chile


by Insight Guides

  • GUIDEBOOK
  • 2009
  • PAPER
  • 380 PAGES

This glossy guide provides a full-color introduction by a team of experts to the land, people, history and attractions of Chile. Brief background essays highlight important topics. With many local and regional maps. (CHI03, $23.99)

Lines in the Water, Nature and Culture at Lake Titicaca

Lines in the Water, Nature and Culture at Lake Titicaca


by Benjamin Orlove

  • CULTURAL PORTRAIT
  • 2002
  • PAPER
  • 287 PAGES

With the author's photographs and reflections on the relationship of the lake-dwelling fishermen to their environment, this is an illuminating personal account of life in the Andean highlands. (BOL18, $26.95)

Art of the Andes, from Chavin to Inca

Art of the Andes, from Chavin to Inca


by Rebecca Stone-Miller

  • ARCHAEOLOGY
  • 2002
  • PAPER
  • 224 PAGES

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)

Devil in the Mountain

Devil in the Mountain


by Simon Lamb

  • BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR
  • 2006
  • PAPER
  • 335 PAGES

This personable memoir of geology and geological field work in the Bolivian Andes is a terrific book, not just for its insights into Bolivia, but also for its contribution to understanding how our planet works. (BOL19, $24.95)

The Camel's Nose, Memoirs of a Curious Scientist

The Camel's Nose, Memoirs of a Curious Scientist


by Knut Schmidt-Nielsen

  • BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR
  • 1998
  • PAPER
  • 338 PAGES
  • OUT OF PRINT

The wonderfully readable, lively account of a physiologist's adventures, combining personal anecdotes, travel, and commentary with good science. It includes sections on the Sahara and Atacama. (SCI57, $26.00)

Travels in a Thin Country, A Journey through Chile

Travels in a Thin Country, A Journey through Chile


by Sara Wheeler

  • TRAVEL NARRATIVE
  • 1996
  • PAPER
  • 304 PAGES

British author Sarah Wheeler deploys her wit, intelligence and powerful investigative skills on the Republic of Chile in this insightful travelogue. (CHI06, $15.00)

Chile, A Traveler's Literary Companion

Chile, A Traveler's Literary Companion


by Katherine Silver

  • LITERATURE
  • 2003
  • PAPER
  • 256 PAGES

These choice stories introduce both the country and a host of contemporary writers. (CHI38, $14.95)

Fire from the Andes, Short Fiction by Women from Bolivia, Ecuador, and Peru

Fire from the Andes, Short Fiction by Women from Bolivia, Ecuador, and Peru


by Susan E. Benner

  • ANTHOLOGY
  • 1998
  • PAPER
  • 208 PAGES

Mostly personal, many of the contemporary stories revolve around peasants, the urban poor and other marginalized members of the Andes society. (AND17, $29.95)

Juan de la Rosa, Memoirs of the Last Soldier of the Independence Movement


by Nataniel Aguirre | Sergio Gabriel Waisman

  • LITERATURE
  • 1999
  • PAPER
  • 368 PAGES

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)

The Fat Man from La Paz, Contemporary Fiction from Bolivia

The Fat Man from La Paz, Contemporary Fiction from Bolivia


by Rosario Santos

  • ANTHOLOGY
  • 2000
  • PAPER
  • 314 PAGES
  • OUT OF PRINT

Twenty stories by Bolivian authors, many of them little-known in the United States. This anthology reveals much about the culture, politics and daily lives of Bolivians over the past 50 years. (BOL17, $16.95)

The Andes, As the Condor Flies

The Andes, As the Condor Flies


by Tui De Roy

  • NATURAL HISTORY
  • 2005
  • HARD COVER
  • 160 PAGES
  • OUT OF PRINT

These 350 stunning photographs take in the full sweep of the Andes, its wildlife and landscapes, from the cloud forests of Ecuador and altiplano to windswept Tierra del Fuego. (SAM79, $35.00)

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