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Lonely Planet Guatemala •   Lonely Planet
GUIDEBOOK • 2007 • PAPER • 360 PAGES
A comprehensive, practical guide to Guatemala with 35 local and city maps, color photographs and extensive information on where to go and what to do. (CAM85, $19.99)

Guatemala in Focus, A Guide to the People, Politics and Culture •  Trisha O'Kane
GUIDEBOOK • 2000 • PAPER • 94 PAGES
This slim guide focuses on the history of Guatemala, its cultural heritage and current political, environmental and economic challenges. With maps, photographs and some travel information. It's an excellent synopsis from an unabashedly left-leaning perspective, strong on facts. (GML04, $12.95)

Maya Art and Architecture •  Mary Ellen Miller
ART & ARCHITECTURE • 1999 • PAPER • 240 PAGES
Organized thematically, this book by Yale art historian Mary Ellen Miller surveys the art and architecture throughout Mayadom. She makes use of the latest discoveries at Tikal, Copan, Palenque and other Maya sites to present the range of art from architecture, to sculpture, ceramics and murals. The text is much enhanced by 200 illustrations, 50 in color, including site plans, maps, strikingly rendered reconstructions and color photographs of key temples and buildings. For the traveler interested in better understanding Maya art -- and particularly the glyphs featured on Maya sculpture -- we couldn't recommend this book more highly. (MYA20, $14.95)

Guatemalan Journey •  Stephen Connely Benz
BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR • 1996 • PAPER • 212 PAGES
Benz, who was in Guatemala from 1988-1990 on a Fulbright scholarship, traveled widely throughout the country. Opening with a long chapter on life in Guatemala City (where he was based), he moves on to the remote highlands and other little-visited regions. The book is an excellent account of the country's political history, traditions, and indigenous cultures. (GML03, $19.95)

Guatemala Map •   ITMB
2008 • MAP
A detailed, double-sided travel map of Guatemala at the very good scale of 1:470,000. Two Sides. 26 x 39 inches. (CAM24, $12.95)

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Breaking Out of Beginner's Spanish •  Joseph Keenan • LANGUAGE & PHRASEBOOKS • 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)

Spanish, Start Speaking Today! •   Language/30 • LANGUAGE & PHRASEBOOKS • A 90-minute crash course in Spanish featured in two compact discs and a phrasebook packaged in a vinyl sleeve. Geared for travelers, the course follows the foreign service method, which focuses on dialogues and sentences. (SPN219, $24.95)

Survival Kit for Overseas Living, For Americans Planning to Live and Work Abroad •  L. Robert Kohls • GUIDEBOOK • A handbook for Americans planning to live abroad. (GEN137, $19.95)

Bitter Fruit, The Story of the American Coup in Guatemala •  Stephen Schlesinger •  Stephen Kinzer • HISTORY • A foreign policy classic first published in 1982, brilliantly written and devastating in its implications. Schlesinger and Kinzer provide a dramatic account of the CIA-backed overthrow of Guatemala's democratically elected government of Jacobo Arbenz in 1954. (CAM82, $22.95)

Guatemala Rainbow •  Gianni Vecchiato • CULTURAL PORTRAIT • A stunning photographic tribute to the culture, daily life, festivals and textile arts of Guatemala. (GML06, $29.95)

Rigoberta Menchu and the Story of All Poor Guatemalans •  David Stoll • HISTORY • This book alleges that Rigoberta Menchu took liberities with events depicted in her landmark autobiography. (GML09, $25.00)

The Art of Crossing Cultures •  Craig Storti • CULTURAL PORTRAIT • Tips for travelers adjusting to a new culture. (GEN136, $21.95)

An Album of Maya Architecture •  Tatiana Proskouriakoff • ARCHAEOLOGY • Scholar, artist and architect Proskouriakoff presents breathtaking artistic reconstructions of what Maya cities may have looked like in their heyday in this classic work, first published in 1946. (MYA06, $34.95)

Lost Cities of the Maya •  Claude Baudez •  Sydney Picasso • ARCHAEOLOGY • HARD TO FIND ELSEWHERE • A pocket encyclopedia of archaeological discovery, this lavish little guide features hundreds of color photographs and illustrations, including Catherwood's original engravings. (MYA01, $12.95)

Reading the Maya Glyphs •  Mark Van Stone •  Michael Coe • ARCHAEOLOGY • This compact illustrated guide to commonly encountered Maya hieroglyphs provides an excellent introduction to Maya writing for the traveler. (MYA26, $19.95)

The Maya •  Michael Coe • ARCHAEOLOGY • A clear, concise and up-to-date introduction to Maya archaeology and culture by a leading authority. Now in its seventh edition, this volume in the "Ancient Peoples and Places" series highlights the chronology, accomplishments and legacy of the Maya. (MYA10, $22.50)

I, Rigoberta Menchu: An Indian Woman in Guatemala •  Rigoberta Menchu •  Elisabeth Burgos-Debray • BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR • Winner of the Nobel Peace Prize in 1992, Menchu speaks eloquently of her struggles against the military for a decent way of life. Although some of the book's events have been called into question, it is a compelling testimony to the power of a strong-minded, ordinary person and her love for her land. (GML01, $32.00)

Incidents of Travel in Central America, Chiapas and Yucatan: Volume One •  John Lloyd Stephens • EXPLORATION • The first volume of Stephens' 1841 account, an instant bestseller and still an excellent introduction to the people, culture and archaeology of Central America. It follows Stephens through Belize and Guatemala, with several chapters on Copan. With 127 engravings by Frederick Catherwood. (MYA33, $16.95)

Time Among the Maya, Travels in Belize, Guatemala, and Mexico •  Ronald Wright • TRAVEL NARRATIVE • Wright combines journalism, archaeology and an ear for dialogue in this engaging account of travels among the contemporary Maya. With chapters devoted to Belize, the Peten, highland Guatemala, Chiapas and the Yucatan, it's stimulating reading. (CAM84, $16.00)

Popol Vuh, The Mayan Book of the Dawn of Life •  Dennis Tedlock • LITERATURE • The definitive, unabridged collection of creation myths and stories of the Quiche people. Carlos Fuentes called it the "Maya Bible." (MYA14, $16.00)

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, $35.00)

Tropical Nature •  Adrian Forsyth •  Ken Miyata • NATURAL HISTORY • 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. (GPS13, $14.00)

Animals and Plants of the Ancient Maya, A Guide •  Victoria Schlesinger • FIELD GUIDE • A comprehensive guide to the natural and cultural history of 100 plants and animals of the Maya world, primarily those from the lowland tropical forest of Central America but also including savanna, mangrove and coral reef habitats. (MYA29, $29.95)

Field Guide to the Birds of Mexico and Adjacent Areas, Belize, Guatemala, and El Salvador •  Ernest Preston Edwards • FIELD GUIDE • HARD TO FIND ELSEWHERE • This classic guide illustrates all the regularly occurring birds of Mexico and neighboring areas, including details of distribution, abundance, habitat and identification features for 850 species. (MEX47, $22.95)

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	Lonely Planet Guatemala • Lonely Planet GUIDEBOOK • 2007 • PAPER • 360 PAGES A comprehensive, practical guide to Guatemala with 35 local and city maps, color photographs and extensive information on where to go and what to do. (CAM85, $19.99)
	Guatemala in Focus, A Guide to the People, Politics and Culture • Trisha O'Kane GUIDEBOOK • 2000 • PAPER • 94 PAGES This slim guide focuses on the history of Guatemala, its cultural heritage and current political, environmental and economic challenges. With maps, photographs and some travel information. It's an excellent synopsis from an unabashedly left-leaning perspective, strong on facts. (GML04, $12.95)
	Maya Art and Architecture • Mary Ellen Miller ART & ARCHITECTURE • 1999 • PAPER • 240 PAGES Organized thematically, this book by Yale art historian Mary Ellen Miller surveys the art and architecture throughout Mayadom. She makes use of the latest discoveries at Tikal, Copan, Palenque and other Maya sites to present the range of art from architecture, to sculpture, ceramics and murals. The text is much enhanced by 200 illustrations, 50 in color, including site plans, maps, strikingly rendered reconstructions and color photographs of key temples and buildings. For the traveler interested in better understanding Maya art -- and particularly the glyphs featured on Maya sculpture -- we couldn't recommend this book more highly. (MYA20, $14.95)
	Guatemalan Journey • Stephen Connely Benz BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR • 1996 • PAPER • 212 PAGES Benz, who was in Guatemala from 1988-1990 on a Fulbright scholarship, traveled widely throughout the country. Opening with a long chapter on life in Guatemala City (where he was based), he moves on to the remote highlands and other little-visited regions. The book is an excellent account of the country's political history, traditions, and indigenous cultures. (GML03, $19.95)
	Guatemala Map • ITMB 2008 • MAP A detailed, double-sided travel map of Guatemala at the very good scale of 1:470,000. Two Sides. 26 x 39 inches. (CAM24, $12.95)

	Breaking Out of Beginner's Spanish • Joseph Keenan • LANGUAGE & PHRASEBOOKS • 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)
	Spanish, Start Speaking Today! • Language/30 • LANGUAGE & PHRASEBOOKS • A 90-minute crash course in Spanish featured in two compact discs and a phrasebook packaged in a vinyl sleeve. Geared for travelers, the course follows the foreign service method, which focuses on dialogues and sentences. (SPN219, $24.95)
	Survival Kit for Overseas Living, For Americans Planning to Live and Work Abroad • L. Robert Kohls • GUIDEBOOK • A handbook for Americans planning to live abroad. (GEN137, $19.95)
	Bitter Fruit, The Story of the American Coup in Guatemala • Stephen Schlesinger • Stephen Kinzer • HISTORY • A foreign policy classic first published in 1982, brilliantly written and devastating in its implications. Schlesinger and Kinzer provide a dramatic account of the CIA-backed overthrow of Guatemala's democratically elected government of Jacobo Arbenz in 1954. (CAM82, $22.95)
	Guatemala Rainbow • Gianni Vecchiato • CULTURAL PORTRAIT • A stunning photographic tribute to the culture, daily life, festivals and textile arts of Guatemala. (GML06, $29.95)
	Rigoberta Menchu and the Story of All Poor Guatemalans • David Stoll • HISTORY • This book alleges that Rigoberta Menchu took liberities with events depicted in her landmark autobiography. (GML09, $25.00)
	The Art of Crossing Cultures • Craig Storti • CULTURAL PORTRAIT • Tips for travelers adjusting to a new culture. (GEN136, $21.95)
	An Album of Maya Architecture • Tatiana Proskouriakoff • ARCHAEOLOGY • Scholar, artist and architect Proskouriakoff presents breathtaking artistic reconstructions of what Maya cities may have looked like in their heyday in this classic work, first published in 1946. (MYA06, $34.95)
	Lost Cities of the Maya • Claude Baudez • Sydney Picasso • ARCHAEOLOGY • HARD TO FIND ELSEWHERE • A pocket encyclopedia of archaeological discovery, this lavish little guide features hundreds of color photographs and illustrations, including Catherwood's original engravings. (MYA01, $12.95)
	Reading the Maya Glyphs • Mark Van Stone • Michael Coe • ARCHAEOLOGY • This compact illustrated guide to commonly encountered Maya hieroglyphs provides an excellent introduction to Maya writing for the traveler. (MYA26, $19.95)
	The Maya • Michael Coe • ARCHAEOLOGY • A clear, concise and up-to-date introduction to Maya archaeology and culture by a leading authority. Now in its seventh edition, this volume in the "Ancient Peoples and Places" series highlights the chronology, accomplishments and legacy of the Maya. (MYA10, $22.50)
	I, Rigoberta Menchu: An Indian Woman in Guatemala • Rigoberta Menchu • Elisabeth Burgos-Debray • BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR • Winner of the Nobel Peace Prize in 1992, Menchu speaks eloquently of her struggles against the military for a decent way of life. Although some of the book's events have been called into question, it is a compelling testimony to the power of a strong-minded, ordinary person and her love for her land. (GML01, $32.00)
	Incidents of Travel in Central America, Chiapas and Yucatan: Volume One • John Lloyd Stephens • EXPLORATION • The first volume of Stephens' 1841 account, an instant bestseller and still an excellent introduction to the people, culture and archaeology of Central America. It follows Stephens through Belize and Guatemala, with several chapters on Copan. With 127 engravings by Frederick Catherwood. (MYA33, $16.95)
	Time Among the Maya, Travels in Belize, Guatemala, and Mexico • Ronald Wright • TRAVEL NARRATIVE • Wright combines journalism, archaeology and an ear for dialogue in this engaging account of travels among the contemporary Maya. With chapters devoted to Belize, the Peten, highland Guatemala, Chiapas and the Yucatan, it's stimulating reading. (CAM84, $16.00)
	Popol Vuh, The Mayan Book of the Dawn of Life • Dennis Tedlock • LITERATURE • The definitive, unabridged collection of creation myths and stories of the Quiche people. Carlos Fuentes called it the "Maya Bible." (MYA14, $16.00)
	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, $35.00)
	Tropical Nature • Adrian Forsyth • Ken Miyata • NATURAL HISTORY • 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. (GPS13, $14.00)
	Animals and Plants of the Ancient Maya, A Guide • Victoria Schlesinger • FIELD GUIDE • A comprehensive guide to the natural and cultural history of 100 plants and animals of the Maya world, primarily those from the lowland tropical forest of Central America but also including savanna, mangrove and coral reef habitats. (MYA29, $29.95)
	Field Guide to the Birds of Mexico and Adjacent Areas, Belize, Guatemala, and El Salvador • Ernest Preston Edwards • FIELD GUIDE • HARD TO FIND ELSEWHERE • This classic guide illustrates all the regularly occurring birds of Mexico and neighboring areas, including details of distribution, abundance, habitat and identification features for 850 species. (MEX47, $22.95)