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These 3 items are available for $47, including U.S. shipping, a 15% discount (Item no. EXSAM164)

Lonely Planet Colombia  •  Lonely Planet  •  Lonely Planet Publications GUIDEBOOK •  2006 •  PAPER  • 276 PAGES A practical guide to Colombia featuring maps and detailed information on excursions, accommodations and sightseeing. With a few color photographs and excellent travel information. (SAM74, $22.99)
Tropical Nature  •  Adrian Forsyth  •  Ken Miyata NATURAL HISTORY •  1984 •  PAPER  • 248 PAGES • FAVORITE A lively, lucid portrait of the rain forest 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, $14.00)
Colombia Map  •  ITMB MAP A colorful travel map of Colombia, including an inset of Bogata, at a scale of 1:2,000,000. (SAM96, $11.95)

Colombia, The Bradt Travel Guide  •  Sarah Woods   • GUIDEBOOK  •  A compact, detailed guide in the British series to traveling in Colombia, strong on practical information. With detailed sketch maps. (SAM128, $24.99)
Footprint Colombia  •  Anastasia Moloney   • GUIDEBOOK • COMING IN JANUARY  •  A detailed, comprehensive guide in the Footprint series. With practical information of accommodations, food, events and sights. Perfect for the independent traveler. (SAM131, $24.95)
Insight Guide Amazon Wildlife  •  Huw Hennessy  •  Hans-Ulrich Bernard   • GUIDEBOOK  •  Jammed with photographs, this compact guide introduces the people, wildlife, habitats, parks and preserves of the Amazon basin. (AMZ03, $22.95)
More Terrible Than Death: Massacres, Drugs, and America's War in Colombia  •  Robin Kirk   • HISTORY  •  A poignant examination of the destruction wrought by a decade of Colombia's drug wars. (SAM98, $16.95)
Vine of the Soul, Medicine Men, Their Plants, and Rituals in the Colombian Amazon  •  Richard Evans Schultes  •  Robert F. Raffauf   • CULTURAL PORTRAIT  •  Written by Schultes, the father of ethnobotany, with a colleague, this book features 150 photographs along with a detailed and authoritative text describing the many uses of plant substances. (AMZ59, $29.95)
Walking Ghosts: Murder and Guerrilla Politics in Colombia  •  Steven Dudley   • HISTORY  •  A meticulous and informative analysis of the culture of violence surrounding Colombian rebels, guerrillas, drug kingpins, and corrupt politicians. (SAM99, $26.95)
Explorers of the Amazon  •  Anthony Smith   • EXPLORATION  •  In this well told overview of the region, Anthony Smith presents a history of exploration of the Amazon, scientific and otherwise. (AMZ31, $32.50)
The Condor and the Cows, A South American Travel Diary  •  Christopher Isherwood   • TRAVEL NARRATIVE  •  Isherwood's 1947 account of travels through South America. (SAM64, $17.95)
Traveling with Che Guevara, The Making of a Revolutionary  •  Alberto Granado  •  Lucia Alvarez de Toledo   • TRAVEL NARRATIVE  •  Granado's classic account of his travels with Che Guevara via motorbike through Argentina, Chile, Peru, Colombia, and Venezuela. (SAM68, $14.95)
Our Lady of the Assassins  •  Fernando Vallejo  •  Paul Hammond   • LITERATURE  •  A vivid, cynical portrait of Medell¡n, Colombia's second largest city and the stronghold of ruthless drug lord Pablo Escobar. The narrator returns to the town after a long absence to find it beset by horrific violence and a chilling indifference to death. (SAM100, $15.00)
Rosario Tijeras  •  Jorge Franco  •  Gregory Rabassa   • MYSTERY  •  A novel about a female contract killer in Medellin, written in vibrant, colorful prose. Winner of Colombia's prestigious Dashiell Hammett Prize. (SAM101, $13.95)
A Neotropical Companion  •  J.C. Kricher  •  Mark Plotkin   • NATURAL HISTORY  •  A tropical primer aimed at the motivated general reader. From plants and animals to birds and bugs, it's all here in this wonderfully written primer on the ecology, habitats, plants and animals of Central and South America. (GPS11, $29.95)
Birds of Tropical America  •  Steven Hilty   • NATURAL HISTORY  •  Hilty serves up essays on how to find and better appreciate the dizzying variety of birds, their habits and habitats, diversity and distribution. (CAM39, $19.95)
Jungles  •  Frans Lanting  •  Christine Eckstrom   • NATURAL HISTORY  •  An oversize, well produced portfolio of the creatures of the world's equatorial forests by the outstanding wildlife photographer and adventurer Frans Lanting. He presents the birds, insects, reptiles, mammals and plants of the jungles in 120 extraordinary color photographs. (AMZ65, $19.99)
No Apparent Danger  •  Victoria Bruce   • NATURAL HISTORY  •  An investigation of two eruptions in Colombia that turned deadly because of human folly and hubris. (SAM50, $13.95)
Requiem for Nature  •  John Terborgh   • NATURAL HISTORY  •  A passionate and thoughtful plea for conservation of the rain forest from a noted biologist. (FST07, $29.50)
The Smithsonian Atlas of the Amazon  •  Michael Goulding  •  Ronaldo Barthem  •  Efrem Ferreira   • NATURAL HISTORY  •  A profusely illustrated, full-color atlas of the river and its major tributaries with 150 maps. (AMZ82, $39.95)
A Guide to the Birds of Colombia  •  Steven Hilty  •  William Brown   • FIELD GUIDE  •  A classic South American bird guide with good coverage of the upper Amazon basin. It illustrates 1,700 species -- nearly half of all the species of South America. (FG14, $67.50)
Amazon Insects - A Photo Guide  •  James L. Castner   • FIELD GUIDE  •  Spectacular, weird, and commonly encountered bugs, butterflies, katydids, leafhoppers, ants, bees, spiders and other insects of the Amazon basin. Geared for the traveler, this handy book features 200 color photographs and accompanying text. (AMZ63, $20.00)
Neotropical Rainforest Mammals, A Field Guide  •  L.H. Emmons   • FIELD GUIDE  •  An illustrated guide to the mammals of the New World tropics, compact enough to slip into your daypack, with 29 color plates illustrating more than 200 species. (GPS12, $32.50)