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Essential Books These 3 items are available for $55, including
U.S. shipping, a 15% discount (Item no. EXBZL86)		  
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
Eyewitness Guide Brazil  •  DK Publishing
GUIDEBOOK •  2010 •  PAPER  • 488 PAGES
A beautifully illustrated guide covering Brazil's history, culture, music and diverse natural attractions. With maps and limited practical information. (BZL67, $30.00)		   Eyewitness Guide Brazil
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)		   Brazil Map



Also Recommended

Rio de Janeiro Map  •  National Geographic    •  With an index, inset maps and points of interest. (BZL25, $8.99)
 		  
Bradt Pantanal Wildlife  •  James Lowen   • GUIDEBOOK  •  Environment, history, conservation and wildlife are all covered in this inviting slim guide to the mammals, birds reptiles and invertebrates of the great wetland of the Mato Grosso. (BZL91, $25.99)
 		  
Brazil in Focus, A Guide to the People, Politics, and Culture  •  Jan Rocha   • GUIDEBOOK  •  Thiis slim guide focuses on the history of Brazil, its cultural heritage and current political, environmental and economic challenges. With maps, photographs and some travel information. (BZL03, $12.95)
 		  
Culture Smart! Brazil  •  Sandra Branco   • GUIDEBOOK  •  A concise, well-illustrated and practical guide to local customs, etiquette and culture. (BZL54, $9.95)
 		  
Footprint Brazil Handbook  •  Alex Robinson   • GUIDEBOOK  •  A general overview of Brazil and practical travel detail on where to go and what to do. (BZL22, $27.95)
 		  
Lonely Planet Brazil  •  Nick Selby  •  Andrew Draffen   • GUIDEBOOK  •  An exhaustively researched guide to Brazil with an excellent section on the Pantanal and in-depth notes on ecology and national parks, in addition to travel information. (BZL15, $27.99)
 		  
Lonely Planet Rio de Janeiro  •  Regis St. Louis   • GUIDEBOOK  •  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)
 		  
Portuguese, Start Speaking Today (Brazilian)  •  Language/30   • LANGUAGE & PHRASEBOOKS  •  A 90-minute primer on Brazilian Portuguese following the foreign service method. (BZL36, $24.95)
 		  
Say It in Portuguese, Brazilian Usage  •  Alexander Prista  •  Francisco Da Costa   • LANGUAGE & PHRASEBOOKS  •  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)
 		  
Time Out Sao Paulo  •  Time Out   • GUIDEBOOK  •  An up-to-date guide on what to do and where to go by the people who publish Time Out Magazine. (BZL80, $19.95)
 		  
Bossa Nova, The Story of the Brazilian Music That Seduced the World  •  Ruy Castro   • HISTORY  •  Journalist Ruy Castro interviewed everyone who had anything to do with Boss Nova for this animated history, capturing not only the personalities of pioneers like Antonio Carlos Jobim and Joao Gilberto but also the spirit of Rio de Janeiro in the 1960s. (BZL47, $17.95)
 		  
Brazil on the Rise, The Story of a Country Transformed  •  Larry Rohter   • HISTORY  •  Former New York Times bureau chief in Rio de Janeiro, Rohter explores the history, economy, culture and contradictions of Brazil, delivering an insightful portrait of this increasingly powerful -- and endlessly fascinating -- country. (BZL92, $17.00)
 		  
Rio de Janeiro  •  Ruy Castro   • CULTURAL PORTRAIT  •  Castro brings journalistic insight to this marvelous, diverse portrait of Rio, its history, diverse culture and contemporary challenges. (BZL42, $16.95)
 		  
The Brazilians  •  Joseph Page   • CULTURAL PORTRAIT  •  A clear, comprehensive and compelling introduction to Brazil, covering politics, history, economics, ecology, conservation and culture. (AMZ16, $22.95)
 		  
With Broadax and Firebrand, The Destruction of the Brazilian Atlantic Forest  •  Warren Dean   • HISTORY  •  A vivid, scholarly environmental history of Brazil from early settlement through the 1990s, focusing on deforestation on the Atlantic coast. (BZL31, $31.95)
 		  
Rough Guide to the Music of Brazil  •  Rough Guide World Music   • MUSIC  •  This authoritative anthology samples diverse styles of the music of Brazil, including both live and studio cuts by contemporary artists as well as living legends like songwriter Chico Buarque and gafieira samba master Paulo Moura. (BZL72, $14.95)
 		  
A Death in Brazil  •  Peter Robb   • TRAVEL NARRATIVE  •  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)
 		  
Samba  •  Alma Guillermoprieto   • TRAVEL NARRATIVE  •  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)
 		  
The Accidental President of Brazil, A Memoir  •  Bill Clinton  •  Fernando Henrique Cardoso   • BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR  •  Brazil's former president, in office from 1995-2002, offers a candid, wry, illuminating view of the gloriously ungovernable, irrepressibly attractive country in this vibrant memoir. (BZL58, $16.00)
 		  
Brazil, A Traveler's Literary Companion  •  Alexis Levitin   • ANTHOLOGY  •  The latest in the excellent series, the diverse stories in this enticing anthology edited by Alexis Levitin introduce Brazil and a host of contemporary writers, including not just Jorge Amado, Machado de Assis and other greats but also newcomers. (BZL83, $14.95)
 		  
Dona Flor and Her Two Husbands  •  Jorge Amado   • LITERATURE  •  The best known novel by Brazil's much loved author. Amado spins a satiric tale of a young cooking teacher in Salvador, Bahia, who is haunted by her first husband, a philandering ne'er do well who dropped dead at carnival. (BZL35, $15.95)
 		  
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)
 		  
Photo Pantanal  •  Tom Ulrich   • NATURAL HISTORY  •  A well-illustrated overview of the nature, habitats and history of the Pantanal by a wildlife photographer, trip leader and enthusiast. With 240 color photographs. (BZL41, $25.00)
 		  
Birds of Northern South America, Vol. 2: Field Guide  •  Robin Restall  •  Clemencia Rodner  •  Roger Williams   • FIELD GUIDE  •  This comprehensive field guide, featuring an astounding 6400 paintings and 2308 maps covers all the birds from Ecuador to Guiana. (SAM103, $70.00)
 		  
Brazil: Amazon & Pantanal, Travellers' Wildlife Guides  •  Les Beletsky  •  David Pearson   • FIELD GUIDE  •  A comprehensive handbook to the flora, fauna and habitats of Brazil. The 100 color plates feature 90 species of amphibians and reptiles, 310 birds, 70 mammals, 30 insects and 50 common trees and plants. (BZL30, $29.95)
 		  
Field Guide Birds of Brazil  •  Ber Van Perlo   • FIELD GUIDE  •  This comprehensive field guide features 187 beautiful full-color plates with 1796 species accounts, including a distribution map for each. (BZL75, $39.95)
 		  
Mammals of the Pantanal  •  Fiona Reid   • FIELD GUIDE  •  This six-panel, fold-up card features 34 color paintings by Fiona Reid, from the giant otter to the tapir, the crab-eating fox to the capybara. (BZL68, $5.00)
 		  
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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