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Essential Books These 4 items are available for $78, including
U.S. shipping, a 15% discount (Item no. EXAMZ83)		  
The Smithsonian Atlas of the Amazon  •  Michael Goulding  •  Ronaldo Barthem  •  Efrem Ferreira
NATURAL HISTORY •  2003 •  HARD COVER  • 254 PAGES
An illustrated atlas of the 4000-mile-long river, including its major tributaries, with 150 full color maps and 300 photographs. Michael Goulding (Floods of Fortune) and Brazilian biologists Ronaldo Barthem and Efrem Ferreira provide the accompanying text. Organized geographically, with chapters on major tributaries and drainage basins in Brazil, Peru, Bolivia, Ecuador, Colombia and Venezuela. (AMZ82, $39.95)		   The Smithsonian Atlas of the Amazon
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)		   In Trouble Again
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
Amazon Map  •  Nelles
2009 •  MAP
With inset maps of Belem, Manaus and Iquitos, this colorful double-sided map (1:2.5 million) shows both detail and the expanse of the great river basin from the Andes to the Atlantic. Two Sides. 20x31 inches. (AMZ05, $13.95)		   Amazon Map



Also Recommended

Jungle Travel and Survival  •  John Walden, M.D.   • GUIDEBOOK  •  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)
 		  
River of Doubt, Theodore Roosevelt's Darkest Journey  •  Candice Millard   • HISTORY  •  Millard captures the suspense and the setting in vivid detail in this chronicle of Roosevelt's calamitous, ill-prepared Amazon expedition. (AMZ96, $15.00)
 		  
The Burning Season:The Murder of Chico Mendes and the Fight for the Amazon Rain Forest  •  Andrew Revkin   • CULTURAL PORTRAIT  •  A riveting non-fiction murder mystery: the story of Chico Mendes, a rubber industry union organizer killed in the Brazilian Amazon River town of Xapuri in 1988. (AMZ08, $30.00)
 		  
The Enchanted Amazon Rain Forest, Stories from a Vanishing World  •  Nigel J.H. Smith   • CULTURAL PORTRAIT  •  A wonderfully presented collection of observations from the Amazon, this is a good introduction to the people, culture and geography of the rain forest. (AMZ26, $29.95)
 		  
Tree of Rivers, The Story of the Amazon  •  John Hemming   • HISTORY  •  Hemming captures the ambition, greed and awe of naturalists, explorers and missionaries -- and their devastating impact on native peoples -- in this absorbing human history. (AMZ114, $24.95)
 		  
Brazilian Adventure  •  Peter Fleming   • EXPLORATION  •  A classic and very entertaining account of a 3,000-mile quest through the Amazon in search of a missing English colonel, first published in 1933. (AMZ55, $16.95)
 		  
Cloud Forest, A Chronicle of the South American Wilderness  •  Peter Matthiessen   • TRAVEL NARRATIVE • FAVORITE  •  Matthiessen recounts with wit, insight and style his odyssey to the Amazon and Andes, including Machu Picchu and Tierra del Fuego. (SAM02, $17.00)
 		  
Exploration of the Valley of the Amazon  •  William Herndon  •  Gary Kinder   • EXPLORATION  •  An original account of 19th-century exploration of the Amazon by Captain Herndon, who traveled from Lima to the Pacific coast of Brazil. (AMZ67, $14.00)
 		  
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, $37.50)
 		  
La Doctora, The Journal of an American Doctor Practicing Medicine of the Amazon River  •  Linnea Smith   • TRAVEL NARRATIVE  •  An insightful collection of letters home to America from a doctor at an Amazonian jungle clinic for education and research. (AMZ43, $16.95)
 		  
Life in the Treetops, Adventures of a Woman in Field Biology  •  Margaret Lowman   • BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR  •  The sprightly memoir of an ecologist who climbs, studies and sleeps in trees for a living, balancing multiple roles of scientist, wife and mom. Margaret Lowman, a pioneer in the ecology of forest tree canopies, continues her story in a second memoir (written with her now-grown sons). (AMZ57, $13.95)
 		  
One River, Explorations and Discoveries in the Amazon  •  Wade Davis   • TRAVEL NARRATIVE  •  A spellbinding, sprawling tale of explorers, botanical secrets, and larger-than-life personalities in northwest South America. (AMZ22, $18.00)
 		  
Running the Amazon  •  Joe Kane   • EXPLORATION  •  A best-selling account of a 4,000-mile expedition from the high Andes to the Atlantic by foot, raft and kayak -- an expedition only four of the ten participants finished. (AMZ13, $14.95)
 		  
Tales of a Shaman's Apprentice  •  Mark Plotkin   • TRAVEL NARRATIVE • FAVORITE  •  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. 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. (AMZ15, $16.00)
 		  
The Lost City of Z  •  David Grann   • BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR • NEW  •  In this riveting, real-life adventure, New Yorker writer and middle-aged Brooklynite Grann sets out into the wild to solve "the greatest exploration mystery of the twentieth century" -- the fate of British explorer Percy Harrison Fawcett, who disappeared in the Amazon in 1925. (AMZ117, $15.95)
 		  
The Mapmaker's Wife  •  Robert Whitaker   • TRAVEL NARRATIVE  •  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)
 		  
The Sea and the Jungle  •  H.M. Tomlinson   • EXPLORATION  •  First published in 1912, this is a thoroughly unromanticized, absorbing account of a 2,000-mile journey by steamship deep into the Amazon. Understated and often hilarious. (AMZ10, $18.00)
 		  
White Waters and Black  •  Gordon McCreagh  •  George Schaller   • EXPLORATION  •  A classic account of a two-year-long scientific expedition to the Bolivian Amazon, funny, sweet and thrilling. Originally published in 1923. (AMZ70, $17.50)
 		  
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 Lost Steps  •  Alejo Carpentier  •  Harriet Onis   • LITERATURE  •  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)
 		  
The Lost World  •  Arthur Conan Doyle   • LITERATURE  •  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)
 		  
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)
 		  
Amazon: Floods of Fortune  •  Michael Goulding   • NATURAL HISTORY  •  A masterful survey of the people, culture, ecology and economy of the Amazon flood plain, a threatened yet slightly overlooked (compared with upland rain forests) wetland. (AMZ06, $30.00)
 		  
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, $25.00)
 		  
In Amazonia, A Natural History  •  Hugh Raffles   • NATURAL HISTORY  •  An intriguing look at the intertwined history of people and nature in the Amazon. Academic yet still artful, Raffles focuses on a small Brazilian riverine community and the transformation of their river over the last 50 years. (AMZ85, $33.95)
 		  
Jungles  •  Frans Lanting  •  Christine Eckstrom   • NATURAL HISTORY  •  The wildlife of Central America, the Congo, Amazon, Borneo and Madagascar are all featured in this portfolio of 120 extraordinary color photographs. (AMZ65, $19.99)
 		  
Requiem for Nature  •  John Terborgh   • NATURAL HISTORY • FAVORITE  •  A passionate and thoughtful plea for conservation of the rain forest from a noted biologist. (FST07, $29.50)
 		  
The Rainforest, Light and Spirit  •  Harry Holcroft  •  Ghillean Prance   • NATURAL HISTORY  •  One in a series of beautifully illustrated journals featuring exquisite watercolor paintings. (NAT160, $65.00)
 		  
A Field Guide to Medicinal and Useful Plants of the Upper Amazon  •  James L. Castner  •  Stephen L. Timme  •  James A. Duke   • FIELD GUIDE  •  A photographic identification guide focusing on the practical uses of common plants of the tropical forest. (AMZ39, $38.00)
 		  
A Guide to the Birds of Venezuela  •  Steven Hilty  •  Guy Tudor  •  J.A. Gwynne   • FIELD GUIDE  •  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)
 		  
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, with 200 color photographs. (AMZ63, $20.00)
 		  
Birds of Ecuador, A Field Guide  •  Paul Greenfield  •  Robert Ridgely   • FIELD GUIDE  •  A comprehensive, gorgeous and exhaustively researched field guide to the birds of Ecuador (and adjacent countries), featuring 96 color plates. It's also the best bird guide for travelers in the Peruvian Amazon. (EDR08, $55.00)
 		  
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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