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SOUTH AMERICA
Venezuela
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READING AND TRAVEL GUIDE
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These 5 items are available
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U.S. shipping, a 15% discount (Item no. EXVNZ7) |
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In Trouble Again
• Redmond O'Hanlon
EXPLORATION •
1990 •
PAPER
• 272 PAGES
• FAVORITE
O'Hanlon starts this impossibly witty account of a four-month journey into the Venezuelan Amazon with a litany of the insects, protozoa, snakes and predators that can do you harm. A comic masterpiece, the book is also noteworthy for its excellent descriptions of the wildlife, environment and peoples of the Amazon. Imagine a PBS documentary hosted by the Monty Python troupe.
(AMZ04, $13.95) |
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Tales of a Shaman's Apprentice
• Mark Plotkin
TRAVEL NARRATIVE •
1994 •
PAPER
• 328 PAGES
• FAVORITE
This is the stuff of adventure movies. Like Russ Mittermeir and Wade Davis, Mark Plotkin is the student of the extraordinary Richard Schultes at Harvard University, a pioneer in the field of ethnobotany. In this marvelous book Plotkin recounts his work documenting the use of medicinal plants among remote tribes in the Northwest Amazon of Suriname, Venezuela, Guyana and French Guiana. The book is a portrait of people and their environment, a tale of adventure and -- most of all -- a moving example of science in the service of preservation. He reminds us, "every time a shaman dies, it is as if a library burned down."
(AMZ15, $16.00) |
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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) |
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Lonely Planet Venezuela
• Lonely Planet
GUIDEBOOK •
2010 •
PAPER
• 312 PAGES
A compact, practical travel guide in the popular series. With a 100-page overview of the country, its history and culture, along with detailed information on where to go, and what to see, eat and do. With 67 maps and city plans and a section of color photographs.
(VNZ03, $25.99) |
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Venezuela Map
• ITMB
2010 •
MAP
A colorful map of Venezuela and the lower Caribbean at a scale of 1:1,200,000. It contains a detailed inset of Caracas. One Side. 30x39 inches.
(VNZ02, $12.95) |
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Also Recommended
Jungle Travel and Survival
• John Walden, M.D.
• GUIDEBOOK
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Medical doctor and frequent Amazon-traveler Walden provides useful advice on avoiding malaria, parasites, poisonous and dangerous animals, dehydration and much more in this compact guide.
(AMZ73, $18.95)
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Forgotten Continent
• Michael Reid
• HISTORY
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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)
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Liberators, Latin America's Struggle for Independence 1810-1830
• Robert Harvey
• HISTORY
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Focused on the heroism and derring-do of seven legendary men, Harvey tells the story of Simon Bolivar, General Jose de San Martin and other greats in the fight for independence.
(SAM35, $18.95)
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Yanomami, The Fierce Controversy and What We Might Learn from It
• Robert Borofsky
• CULTURAL PORTRAIT
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A study of the controversy surrounding anthropological studies of the Yanomami.
(SAM67, $25.95)
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Edge of the Jungle
• William Beebe
• EXPLORATION
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A collection of 12 essays on the Amazon and its ecology and wildlife. A scientist-explorer with the soul of a poet, Beebe wrote dozens of books about his adventures in tropical America and Guyana.
(AMZ75, $17.95)
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Papillon
• Henri Charriere
• BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR
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Charriere recounts in heart-stopping detail his escape from the notorious French penal colony Devil's Island in this modern classic, originally published in 1968 in the New Yorker (and made into a memorable film).
(SAM83, $15.99)
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The Creature in the Map, A Journey to El Dorado
• Charles Nicholl
• TRAVEL NARRATIVE
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Nicholl uncovers fascinating facts about the original, ill-fated 16th-century voyage of Sir Walter Ralegh while describing his own experiences on the Orinoco river of today in this meeditative account of a quest for the golden city of El Dorado.
(VNZ05, $22.50)
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The Lost Steps
• Alejo Carpentier
• Harriet Onis
• LITERATURE
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A hallucinatory novel of a young urban musicologist's journey to a fictional city in the Amazon basin. For those with an appreciation for demanding literature, this is a celebrated masterpiece.
(AMZ18, $18.50)
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The Lost World
• Arthur Conan Doyle
• LITERATURE
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Inspired by the magnificent landscapes surrounding the Orinoco River, Conan Doyle's classic follows an intrepid scientist into the Amazon Basin in search of prehistoric creatures.
(VNZ04, $10.00)
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The Mighty Orinoco
• Jules Verne
• LITERATURE
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Appearing for the first time in English, this 1898 novel from science fiction pioneer Jules Verne features a harrowing trip up the uncharted Orinoco, full of encounters with dangerous creatures, fearsome Indians, and infectious diseases.
(VNZ07, $19.95)
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A Neotropical Companion
• John Kricher
• Mark Plotkin
• NATURAL HISTORY
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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)
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Birds of Tropical America
• Steven Hilty
• NATURAL HISTORY
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Hilty serves up essays on how to find and better appreciate the dizzying variety of birds, their habits and habitats, diversity and distribution.
(CAM39, $25.00)
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The Smithsonian Atlas of the Amazon
• Michael Goulding
• Ronaldo Barthem
• Efrem Ferreira
• NATURAL HISTORY
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This beautiful, profusely illustrated atlas of the river includes its major tributaries and 150 full-color maps. Goulding (Floods of Fortune) and Brazilian biologists Barthem and Ferreira provide the accompanying text.
(AMZ82, $39.95)
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A Guide to the Birds of Venezuela
• Steven Hilty
• Guy Tudor
• J.A. Gwynne
• FIELD GUIDE
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The classic South American bird guide, revised and expanded by Steve Hilty. A bit hefty for a field guide at just over 4 pounds, but still an essential reference to over 1,400 bird species. Travelers in the Brazilian Amazon will find it especially useful.
(FG13, $65.00)
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Amazon Insects - A Photo Guide
• James L. Castner
• FIELD GUIDE
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Spectacular, weird and commonly encountered bugs, butterflies, katydids, leafhoppers, ants, bees, spiders and other insects of the Amazon basin. Geared for the traveler, with 200 color photographs.
(AMZ63, $20.00)
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Neotropical Rainforest Mammals, A Field Guide
• L.H. Emmons
• FIELD GUIDE
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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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