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MOUNTAIN TRAVEL-SOBEK
Brazil: Amazon & Pantanal
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READING AND TRAVEL GUIDE
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Brazil: Amazon & Pantanal, Travellers' Wildlife Guides
• Les Beletsky
• David Pearson
FIELD GUIDE •
2010 •
PAPER
• 491 PAGES
A comprehensive guide and handbook to the flora, fauna and habitats of Brazil, with a focus on the Amazon and Pantanal. An Ecotravellers' Wildlife Guide, the book features color illustrations of commonly encountered birds, mammals, reptiles, amphibians and insects. The 100 color plates feature 90 species of amphibians and reptiles, 310 birds, 70 mammals, 30 insects and 50 common trees and plants. Second Edition.
(BZL30, $29.95) |
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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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Brazil Map
• Borch Maps
2006 •
MAP
A handy folded, laminated map of Brazil at a scale of 1:4,000,000. Includes Buenos Aires and Montevideo. Two Sides. 27x39 inches.
(BZL17, $11.95) |
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Also Recommended
Say It in Portuguese, Brazilian Usage
• Alexander Prista
• Francisco Da Costa
• LANGUAGE & PHRASEBOOKS
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A handy, palm-size phrasebook for travelers with 1,100 useful words and expressions. It provides the English phrase, Portuguese equivalent and transliteration.
(BZL37, $4.95)
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Brazil, The Once and Future Country
• Marshall C. Eakin
• HISTORY
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In this highly recommended overview of Brazil, Eakin takes a broad perspective, writing about the culture, history, religions, society and economics of the country.
(BZL05, $22.00)
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The Brazilians
• Joseph Page
• CULTURAL PORTRAIT
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A clear, comprehensive and compelling introduction to Brazil, covering politics, history, economics, ecology, conservation and culture.
(AMZ16, $22.95)
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The Burning Season:The Murder of Chico Mendes and the Fight for the Amazon Rain Forest
• Andrew Revkin
• CULTURAL PORTRAIT
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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)
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A Death in Brazil
• Peter Robb
• TRAVEL NARRATIVE
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Peter Robb (Midnight in Sicily) flourishes his mastery of the complexities of Brazilian travel, politics, culture and history. This book is impressive for its prose, insight and the author's sheer bravura.
(BZL43, $18.00)
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A Land of Ghosts, The Braided Lives of People and the Forest in Far Western Amazonia
• David Campbell
• TRAVEL NARRATIVE
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Campbell writes with flair and insight of the people, history and ecological discoveries in the far western reaches of the Amazon Basin, a place where he has focused much of his work.
(AMZ90, $18.95)
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Brazilian Adventure
• Peter Fleming
• EXPLORATION
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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)
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In Trouble Again
• Redmond O'Hanlon
• EXPLORATION
• FAVORITE
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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 the insects, protozoa, snakes and predators that can do you harm.
(AMZ04, $13.95)
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One River, Explorations and Discoveries in the Amazon
• Wade Davis
• TRAVEL NARRATIVE
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A spellbinding, sprawling tale of explorers, botanical secrets, and larger-than-life personalities in northwest South America.
(AMZ22, $18.00)
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Tales of a Shaman's Apprentice
• Mark Plotkin
• TRAVEL NARRATIVE
• FAVORITE
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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)
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The Mapmaker's Wife
• Robert Whitaker
• TRAVEL NARRATIVE
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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)
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Travelers' Tales Brazil
• Annette Haddad
• TRAVEL NARRATIVE
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A collection of stories, articles and excerpts on Brazil -- an excellent introduction to the people, culture and traditions of the country as seen through the eyes of modern writers.
(BZL06, $18.95)
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Dona Flor and Her Two Husbands
• Jorge Amado
• LITERATURE
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The best known novel by Brazil's much loved author. Amado spins a satiric tale of a young cooking teacher in Salvador, Bahia, who is haunted by her first husband, a philandering ne'er do well who dropped dead at carnival.
(BZL35, $15.95)
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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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Amazon: Floods of Fortune
• Michael Goulding
• NATURAL HISTORY
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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)
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Photo Pantanal
• Tom Ulrich
• NATURAL HISTORY
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A well-illustrated overview of the nature, habitats and history of the Pantanal by a wildlife photographer, trip leader and enthusiast. With 240 color photographs.
(BZL41, $25.00)
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Requiem for Nature
• John Terborgh
• NATURAL HISTORY
• FAVORITE
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A passionate and thoughtful plea for conservation of the rain forest from a noted biologist.
(FST07, $29.50)
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The Pantanal: Understanding and Preserving the World's Largest Wetland
• Frederick A. Swarts
• NATURAL HISTORY
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The proceedings of an international conference on conservation in the Pantanal. The 29 scholarly papers include presentations on the region's geology, economic development and outlook for the future. With tables, maps, charts, mostly black-and-white photo-graphs.
(BZL23, $19.95)
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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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Birds of Southern South America & Antarctica
• Martin D. la Pena
• Maurice Rumboll
• FIELD GUIDE
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With color plates, range maps and brief descriptions, this is a compact regional guide.
(SAM12, $29.95)
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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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