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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)
  Lonely Planet Bolivia
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, $26.99)
  A Concise History of Bolivia
Desert Memories, Journeys Through the Chilean North  •  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. Dofrman, whose wife's family first settled in the north, tackles the legacy of mining, Pinochet, and his own history in this meditative account. We also recommend Dorfman's Heading South, Looking North (CHI22), a memoir. Dorman is professor of literature at Duke. A book in the series National Geographic Directions. (CHI53, $21.00)
  Desert Memories, Journeys Through the Chilean North
Bolivia Map  •   ITMB
2008 •  MAP
A color map of the country at a scale of 1:1,250,000. Includes place index. Two Sides. 39x27 inches. (BOL11, $12.95)
  Bolivia Map
Chile Map  •   Auto Mapa
2005 •  MAP
A road and travel map of Chile, including bordering regions of Argentina, Bolivia and Peru at a scale 1:2,250,000. Divided in sections to show the most detail of long and skinny Chile, this excellent map also includes an inset of the major routes in and out of Santiago. One Side. 25.5x39 inches. (CHI05, $14.95)
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South America, The Andes Map  •   Nelles    •  A double-sided map covering the full range of the Andes and Pacific coast of South America. (SAM47, $10.95)
 
 
Insight Guide Chile  •   Insight Guides   • GUIDEBOOK  •  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  •  Benjamin Orlove   • CULTURAL PORTRAIT  •  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, $23.95)
 
 
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)
 
 
Devil in the Mountain  •  Simon Lamb   • BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR  •  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, $22.95)
 
 
The Camel's Nose, Memoirs of a Curious Scientist  •  Knut Schmidt-Nielsen   • BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR • 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  •  Sara Wheeler   • TRAVEL NARRATIVE  •  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  •  Katherine Silver   • ANTHOLOGY  •  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  •  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. This anthology includes contributions by 24 women from Ecuador, Peru and Bolivia. (AND17, $24.95)
 
 
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)
 
 
The Andes, As the Condor Flies  •  Tui De Roy   • NATURAL HISTORY • 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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