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Essential Books These 6 items are available for $87, including
U.S. shipping, a 15% discount (Item no. EXPRU114)
 
The Inca Trail, Cuzco & Machu Picchu  •  Richard Danbury
GUIDEBOOK •  2005 •  PAPER  • 288 PAGES
A practical guide to planning and walking the Inca Trail with good maps, lots of travel information, photographs and a brief overview of Inca culture and history. Not just for those hiking the Inca Trail, it's an excellent compact guide to Cusco, Machu Picchu, Lima and surroundings. This fully revised second edition includes the seven-to-ten day hike to Vilcabamba. (PRU19, $19.95)
  The Inca Trail, Cuzco & Machu Picchu
The Incas, People of the Sun  •  Carmen Bernard  •  Paul Bahn
EXPLORATION •  1994 •  PAPER  • 192 PAGES
A pocket-size encyclopedia in the acclaimed "Discoveries" series, this jewel of a book features hundreds of archival drawings and photographs, a chronology and long excerpts from the journals of early explorers. It's a guide to the ancient monuments, daily life of the Incas, and history of exploration. (AND03, $12.95)
  The Incas, People of the Sun
Insight Guide Amazon Wildlife  •  Huw Hennessy  •  Hans-Ulrich Bernard
GUIDEBOOK •  2003 •  PAPER  • 368 PAGES
An illustrated guide to the region, its wildlife and conservation by an international team of biologists and photographers. It covers biogeography, habitats, animal groups and conservation problems in a series of short essays. Several chapters are devoted to the people of the region and to a country-by-country survey of the river's features. It also includes some practical travel information and a short checklist of mammals and birds. (AMZ03, $22.95)
  Insight Guide Amazon Wildlife
Cloud Forest, A Chronicle of the South American Wilderness  •  Peter Matthiessen
TRAVEL NARRATIVE •  1987 •  PAPER  • 280 PAGES • FAVORITE
Matthiessen recounts with wit and insight a 20,000-mile journey through South America, including a marvelous wild goose chase in the Amazon, an obligatory visit to Machu Picchu and his travels in Tierra del Fuego. A deceptively straightforward travelogue, this book displays Matthiessen's unflagging sense of humor, great style and unbounded curiosity. (SAM02, $16.00)
  Cloud Forest, A Chronicle of the South American Wilderness
Inca Trail: Machu Picchu, Sacred Valley, Cusco Map  •  Lima 2000
2000 •  MAP • BEST SELLER
This indispensable full-color topographic map (1:50,000) of the route of the Inca trail shows the whole Sacred Valley from Cusco to Ollantaytambo and Machu Picchu in splendid detail. It's the best map both for those making the trek from kilometer 88 to the site and for those exploring the region by bus or train. With small inset maps of Cusco, Machu Picchu and Aguas Calientes on the reverse. (PRU28, $9.95)
  Inca Trail: Machu Picchu, Sacred Valley, Cusco Map
Peru Map  •  Borch Maps
2007 •  MAP
A detailed laminated relief map of Peru at a scale of 1:1,750,000. This is a very clear, colorful map, which also features detailed insets of Lima and Cusco, and even a site plan of Maccu Picchu. Peru itself is broken into three sections: North, Central, South. (PRU02, $10.95)
  Peru Map



Also Recommended
Cuzco Region, Machu Picchu  •  ITMB    •  A traveler's map of the Inca Trail, Cuzco, Aquas Calientes, Machu Picchu and the region. (AND46, $10.95)
 
 
Culture Smart! Peru  •  John Forrest   • GUIDEBOOK  •  A concise, well-illustrated and practical guide to local customs, etiquette and culture. (PRU64, $9.95)
 
 
Footprint Cuzco & the Inca Heartland Handbook  •  Ben Box  •  Stephen Frankham   • GUIDEBOOK  •  Comprehensive and up-to-date, this exceptional guide covers Cuzco and surroundings, including Machu Picchu and the Sacred Valley, Tambopata, Manu Park and Lima in detail. (PRU46, $23.95)
 
 
Insight Guide Peru  •  Insight Guides   • GUIDEBOOK  •  An illustrated overview, panoramic in scope, that brings Peru to life in hundreds of color photographs and vividly written essays by a team of experts on history, archaeology and culture. (PRU01, $22.95)
 
 
Peru in Focus, A Guide to the People, Politics and Culture  •  Jane Holligan de Diaz-Limaco   • GUIDEBOOK  •  Authoritative and up-to-date, this slim guide focuses on the history of Peru, its cultural heritage and current political, environmental and economic challenges. With maps, photographs and some travel information. (PRU11, $12.95)
 
 
The Machu Picchu Guidebook, A Self-Guided Tour  •  Ruth M. Wright  •  Alfredo Valencia Zegarra   • GUIDEBOOK  •  With maps and site plans, a section on new discoveries, a wildlife section and a fold-out full color painting of the city as it may have looked during a solstice celebration in 1530, this excellent guide is the one to take along. (PRU34, $19.95)
 
 
Conquest of the Incas  •  John Hemming   • HISTORY  •  A masterful, prize-winning history of the Inca struggle against the Spanish invasion. This classic account, by one of the best writers on South America, brings together wide-ranging scholarly material in the interests of telling a good story. (AND04, $25.00)
 
 
Machu Picchu  •  Barry Brukoff  •  Pablo Neruda  •  Stephen Kessler   • CULTURAL PORTRAIT  •  Brukoff's stunning color and black-and-white photographs nicely compliment Neruda's great poem, translated into English with facing Spanish. (PRU43, $40.00)
 
 
The Last Days of the Incas  •  Kim Macquarrie   • HISTORY  •  MacQuarrie tackles the personality, aspirations and greed of Francisco Pizarro and his clash with Atahualpa and the mighty Inca Empire in this vivid account of the conquest of a continent. (PRU77, $16.95)
 
 
The Mapmaker's Wife  •  Robert Whitaker   • HISTORY  •  Colonial politics, the travails of the cartographer, and good old-fashioned murder all add intrigue to this absorbing tale of 18th-century European exploration of the Amazon -- and one woman's quest to find her husband deep in the jungle. (AMZ97, $13.00)
 
 
Art of the Andes, from Chavin to Inca  •  Rebecca Stone-Miller   • ARCHAEOLOGY  •  This illustrated, authoritative and concise survey of Andean art and architecture covers not only Machu Picchu and other Inca monuments, but also Chan Chan, Nasca and other archaeological sites and cultures. (PRU05, $18.95)
 
 
Machu Picchu, Unveiling the Mystery of the Incas  •  Richard L. Burger  •  Lucy C. Salazar   • ARCHAEOLOGY  •  A substantive, scholarly survey of the archaeology, art and culture of Machu Picchu. This handsome book features color illustrations and descriptions of 120 gold, silver, ceramic, bone and textile works recovered at Machu Picchu. (AND35, $28.00)
 
 
The Incas and their Ancestors, The Archaeology of Peru  •  Michael Moseley   • ARCHAEOLOGY  •  An outstanding illustrated survey of the archaeology of the Inca, Moche and Nasca civilizations. With hundreds of color illustrations and line drawings, it's an in-depth look at the ancient cultures and history of Peru. A great general introduction. (AND06, $33.95)
 
 
In Trouble Again  •  Redmond O'Hanlon   • EXPLORATION • FAVORITE  •  As funny as he is insightful, O'Hanlon starts his comic masterpiece of a journey between the Orinoco and the Amazon with a litany of creatures that can do you harm. (AMZ04, $13.95)
 
 
Inca Land, Explorations in the Highlands of Peru  •  Hiram Bingham   • EXPLORATION  •  A personal account by explorer Hiram Bingham of four archaeological expeditions into Peru and the Andes (1909-1915), including two short chapters on his rediscovery of Machu Picchu and a chapter on Lake Titicaca. First published in 1922. (AND45, $14.00)
 
 
Lost City of the Incas, The Story of Machu Picchu and its Builders  •  Hiram Bingham   • EXPLORATION • BEST SELLER • FAVORITE  •  A first-rate tale of adventure by the man who rediscovered Machu Picchu in 1911. This classic account is a gripping story of exploration, archaeology and natural history -- and still an outstanding overview of the site itself. (AND05, $12.95)
 
 
Running the Amazon  •  Joe Kane   • EXPLORATION  •  A best-selling account of a 4000-mile expedition from the high Andes to the Atlantic by foot, raft and kayak -- an expedition only four of the ten participants finished. (AMZ13, $14.00)
 
 
The White Rock, An Exploration of the Inca Heartland  •  Hugh Thomson   • EXPLORATION  •  Author, explorer and archaeologist Thomson recounts 20 years spent journeying throughout the Andes of Peru, Bolivia and Ecuador in search of lost Inca cities. His engaging account is a pleasing mix of discovery, colorful personalities, history and archaeology (AND36, $16.95)
 
 
Little Tiny Teeth  •  Aaron J. Elkins   • MYSTERY  •  From the Edgar Award-winning author of Unnatural Selection comes this mystery to chill the bones. When a forensics professor joins an Amazon riverboat expedition, he expects a vacation. But in a jungle full of predators, he realizes the humans may be the deadliest of all. (AMZ105, $7.99)
 
 
The Bridge of San Luis Rey  •  Thornton Wilder   • LITERATURE  •  The classic tale of Franciscan missionaries in 18th-century Peru by the Pulitzer Prize-winning novelist. First published in 1927. (AND08, $12.95)
 
 
The Heights of Machu Picchu  •  Pablo Neruda  •  Nathaniel Tarn   • LITERATURE • FAVORITE  •  Machu Picchu and the Inca civilization inspired this celebrated epic hymn to the Americas by the great Pablo Neruda. Bilingual edition. (AND22, $13.00)
 
 
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 overview of the ecology, habitats, plants and animals of Central and South America. (GPS11, $29.95)
 
 
The Andes, As the Condor Flies  •  Tui De Roy   • NATURAL HISTORY  •  This stunning portfolio of color photographs showcases the landscapes, habitats and wildlife of the Andes from Ecuador's cloud forests to little-visited regions of the Peruvian Andes, to the Altiplano and Patagonia. (SAM79, $35.00)
 
 
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 Field Guide to the Birds of Peru  •  James Clements  •  Noam Shany  •  Dana Gardner  •  Eustace Barnes   • FIELD GUIDE  •  A comprehensive field guide to the birds of Peru, featuring 127 color plates and illustrating almost 1,800 species, focusing on their identification, habitat, and distribution. (PRU21, $60.00)
 
 
A Photographic Guide to the Birds of Peru  •  Clive Byers   • FIELD GUIDE  •  A handy shirt pocket guide. (PRU75, $15.95)
 
 
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)
 
 
Birds of Peru  •  Tom Schulenberg  •  Dan Stotz  •  John O'Neill  •  Dan Lane   • FIELD GUIDE  •  The long-awaited, gorgeously illustrated and authoritative guide by Schulenberg and colleagues at the Field Museum in Chicago. (PRU55, $49.50)
 
 
Peru Mammals Guide  •  Rainforest Publications   • FIELD GUIDE  •  A handy, double-sided laminated card depicting over 60 commonly encountered mammals of Peru. Beautiful and accurate full-color illustrations. (PRU73, $6.95)
 
 
Peru, Birds of the Forest  •  Rainforest Publications   • FIELD GUIDE  •  A handy, double-sided laminated card depicting 100 commonly encountered parrots, motmots, hummingbirds and other forest birds of Peru. (PRU72, $6.95)
 
 
Peru, Travellers' Wildlife Guides  •  David L. Pearson  •  Les Beletsky   • FIELD GUIDE  •  Featuring 500 illustrations of the birds, amphibians, reptiles, mammals and insects of the Amazon, Andes and Pacific Coast. (PRU30, $29.95)
 
 
Peruvian Wildlife, A Visitor's Guide to the Central Andes  •  Barry Walker  •  Huw Lloyd  •  Gerard Cheshire   • FIELD GUIDE  •  Written by resident bird legend Barry Walker and colleagues, this accessible, slim guide introduces the habitats, plants, birds, and animals of the high Andes with authority. Thoroughly illustrated, it's not exactly an indetification guide but rather an illuminating overview of the natural history of a fascinating, biologically diverse region. (PRU71, $26.99)
 
 

 
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