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BACKROADS
Costa Rica
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READING AND TRAVEL GUIDE
Here's a page from Longitude, the specialty bookseller for travelers. To order online, and to see the latest, most comprehensive selection of books and maps, go to http://reading.longitudebooks.com/W81976. You may also call 800-342-2164 to order or request a catalog.
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These 5 items are available
for $90, including
U.S. shipping, a 15% discount (Item no. EXCRC60) |
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Eyewitness Guide Costa Rica
• Eyewitness Guides
GUIDEBOOK •
2010 •
PAPER
• 288 PAGES
This superb guide, divided geographically, features color photographs, dozens of excellent maps and a strong focus on wildlife.
(CRC43, $25.00) |
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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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Costa Rica, A Traveler's Literary Companion
• Barbara Ras
ANTHOLOGY •
1994 •
PAPER
• 238 PAGES
This well chosen anthology brings together 26 mostly modern stories by Costa Rican writers. It's a wonderful introduction to the character of the people, culture and land.
(CRC03, $14.95) |
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Costa Rica, Travellers' Wildlife Guides
• Les Beletsky
FIELD GUIDE •
2004 •
PAPER
• 448 PAGES
This outstanding book is a field guide to the natural history of Costa Rica, featuring 350 color illustrations of commonly encountered birds, mammals, amphibians and reptiles. Introductory chapters cover habitats, parks and conservation in Costa Rica. It's an all-around handbook, noteworthy for its color plates.
(CRC11, $29.99) |
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Costa Rica Adventure Map
• National Geographic
2008 •
MAP
A double-sided full color map of Costa Rica at a scale of 1:500,000 with good shaded relief, topographic detail, roads and waterways, basic travel information, and an inset of San Jose. Built for the road (or raft or trail), it's printed on waterproof, tear-resistant paper. Two Sides. 38x25 inches.
(CAM22, $11.95) |
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Also Recommended
Breaking Out of Beginner's Spanish
• Joseph Keenan
• LANGUAGE & PHRASEBOOKS
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Idioms, common mistakes in word usage, and other helpful advice on tackling spoken Spanish. You'll need some foundation to take full advantage of this book -- but even a complete novice will appreciate the author's playful sense of humor.
(CAM06, $19.95)
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Costa Rica in Focus
• Tjabel Daling
• GUIDEBOOK
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A concise guide to the people, politics, economy and culture of Costa Rica. The author explores the history of democracy since the abolition of the army in 1948; the economic doldrums of the 1980s; and the impact of tourism.
(CRC28, $12.95)
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Costa Rica's National Parks and Reserves
• Joseph Franke
• GUIDEBOOK
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With trails, maps and travel details for 46 parks and reserves from Guanacaste to Monteverde, Manuel Antonio, Tortuguero and La Amistad.
(CAM04, $21.95)
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Costa Rican Spanish
• Lonely Planet
• LANGUAGE & PHRASEBOOKS
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A pocket guide to understanding idioms, slang and Spanish as it is spoken by the Ticos.
(CRC25, $8.99)
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Inside Costa Rica
• Tom Barry
• GUIDEBOOK
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A wonderful introduction to the history, culture and economics of Costa Rica.
(CAM11, $11.95)
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A Brief History of Central America
• Hector Perez-Brignoll
• HISTORY
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A good overview of the region's economic, political and social history through the 1980s by a professor at the University of Costa Rica. Well-written, informative and concise.
(CAM49, $25.95)
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A Naturalist in Costa Rica
• Alexander Skutch
• NATURAL HISTORY
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A warm account of living and studying ornithology in the Pacific hills of Costa Rica over the last 35 years at what is now Los Cusingos Neotropical Bird Sanctuary. Skutch died on his ranch in 2004 just short of his 100th birthday.
(CAM09, $24.95)
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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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Costa Rican Natural History
• Daniel Janzen
• NATURAL HISTORY
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A prize-winning reader on all aspects of the natural history of Costa Rica, this hefty and thorough illustrated book is remarkably well written and rewarding for the serious general reader.
(CAM05, $57.50)
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Volcanoes, Fire From the Earth
• Maurice Krafft
• NATURAL HISTORY
• HARD TO FIND ELSEWHERE
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By the great French volcanologist (who died on the job on Mount Unzen in Japan in 1992), this pocket guide features hundreds of full-color paintings, traces the study of volcanoes from early myth and legend to modern science.
(GEO06, $15.95)
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A Field Guide to the Mammals of Central America & Southeast Mexico
• Fiona Reid
• FIELD GUIDE
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This second edition of Fiona Reid's wonderfully detailed and comprehensive field guide to the mammals of Central America and Southeast Mexico features 59 vivid full-color illustrations. Reid painted most of the creatures in the field, a formidable challenge and -- given the quality of the results -- well worth her while. With parks, and protected areas, habitats, range maps, tracks and natural history.
(CAM60, $59.95)
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A Guide to the Birds of Costa Rica
• F. Gary Stiles
• Alexander Skutch
• Dana Gardner
• FIELD GUIDE
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A masterfully researched and comprehensive field guide to the birds of Costa Rica, including an overview of geography, habitats and avifauna. Covers 800 species and features 52 color plates.
(CRC05, $39.95)
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Costa Rican Wildlife
• Pocket Naturalist
• FIELD GUIDE
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Put it in your pocket! This handy, fold-up card includes color illustrations of dozens of typical birds, mammals and reptiles. We also carry plastic cards for Costa Rica Birds (Item CRC56) and Costa Rica Butterflies & Moths (Item CRC57), $5.95 each.
(CRC24, $5.95)
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Costa Rican Wildlife
• Pocket Naturalist
• FIELD GUIDE
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Put it in your pocket! This handy, fold-up card includes color illustrations of dozens of typical birds, mammals and reptiles. We also carry plastic cards for Costa Rica Birds (Item CRC56) and Costa Rica Butterflies & Moths (Item CRC57), $5.95 each.
(CRC24, $5.95)
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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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Snorkeling Guide to Marine Life
• Paul Humann
• FIELD GUIDE
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Humann's compact guide illustrates Caribbean fishes, corals, invertebrates and plants commonly encountered in shallower water.
(DIV02, $14.95)
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