MIDDLE AMERICA
El Salvador   |   READING AND TRAVEL GUIDE

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Essential Books These 4 items are available for $61, including
U.S. shipping, a 15% discount (Item no. EXCAM94)		  
Lonely Planet Nicaragua  •  Paige Penland  •  Gary Chandler  •  Liza Prado
GUIDEBOOK •  2009 •  PAPER  • 320 PAGES
This practical guide to Nicaragua features maps, a good overview of culture, history and nature, and much nuts-and-bolts information on accommodations and sightseeing. (CAM116, $21.99)		  
Salvador  •  Joan Didion
HISTORY •  1994 •  PAPER  • 108 PAGES
A contemporary classic, this brief collection of essays by Joan Didion is a report from the front lines at the height of El Salvador's civil war -- a beautifully written polemic against U.S. involvement in the affairs of the beleaguered republic. (CAM44, $14.00)		   Salvador
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)		   Tropical Nature
El Salvador Map  •  ITMB
MAP
A colorful travel map of El Salvador at a scale of 1:250,000. One Side. 26x39 inches. (CAM115, $11.95)		  



Also Recommended

Explorer's Guide El Salvador  •  Paige Penland   • GUIDEBOOK  •  One in the series of comprehensive guides by Countryman Press. (CAM148, $19.95)
 		  
A Brief History of Central America  •  Hector Perez-Brignoll   • HISTORY  •  A good overview of the region's economic, political and social history through the 1980s by a professor at the University of Costa Rica. Well-written, informative and concise. (CAM49, $25.95)
 		  
Forgotten Continent  •  Michael Reid   • HISTORY  •  Economist editor Reid draws on his years in the cities, presidential palaces and shantytowns of Central and South America in this portrait of a region rich in oil, farmland and culture, and its prospects in the face of globalization. (SAM123, $22.00)
 		  
The History of El Salvador  •  Christopher M. White   • HISTORY  •  The history of El Salvador's turbulent struggle for political, economic, and civil stability, geared for hisgh school students and undergraduates. (CAM150, $45.00)
 		  
The Massacre at El Mozote: A Parable of the Cold War  •  Mark Danner   • HISTORY  •  A reconstruction of a 1981 massacre in El Salvador and the role of the United States. (CAM67, $15.95)
 		  
The Maya  •  Michael Coe   • ARCHAEOLOGY  •  The eighth edition of Coe's clear, concise and authoritative, illustrated survey of the Maya. (MYA10, $26.95)
 		  
One Day of Life  •  Manlio Argueta   • LITERATURE  •  Awesome for the authenticity of its vernacular style and the incandescence of its lyricism, One Day of Life depicts a typical day in the life of a peasant family caught up in the terror and corruption of civil war in El Salvador. (CAM136, $15.00)
 		  
Travelers' Tales Central America  •  Larry Habegger  •  Natanya Pearlman   • ANTHOLOGY  •  Organized thematically with contributions set in Belize, Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua and Panama, this collection of eyewitness reports includes Joan Didion, P.J. O'Rourke and Paul Theroux. (CAM96, $17.95)
 		  
A Neotropical Companion  •  John Kricher  •  Mark Plotkin   • NATURAL HISTORY  •  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)
 		  
Nature of the Rainforest, Costa Rica and Beyond  •  Adrian Forsyth  •  E.O. Wilson  •  Michael Fogden   • NATURAL HISTORY  •  Our favorite biologist-writer returns to the Neotropics in this beautifully illustrated, oversized overview of the rain forest. With chapters on Monteverde and Guanacaste, plants, frogs and snakes, birds, monkeys and jaguars, the sloth, peculiar insects and biodioversity, the book is a marvelous, anecdotal introduction to ecology, evolution and conservation. (CRC67, $29.95)
 		  
Tropical Ecology  •  John Kricher   • SCIENCE  •  Kricher (A Neotropical Companion) covers tropical montane ecology, riverine ecosystems, savanna, dry forest and other habitats in this illustrated survey geared for college students. (NAT242, $85.00)
 		  
Field Guide to the Birds of Mexico and Adjacent Areas, Belize, Guatemala, and El Salvador  •  Ernest Preston Edwards   • FIELD GUIDE • HARD TO FIND ELSEWHERE  •  This classic guide illustrates all the regularly occurring birds of Mexico and neighboring areas, including details of distribution, abundance, habitat and identification features for 850 species. (MEX47, $22.95)
 		  
Neotropical Rainforest Mammals, A Field Guide  •  L.H. Emmons   • FIELD GUIDE  •  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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