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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)
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)
Brazil Map
Borch Maps
2006 MAP
A handy folded, laminated map of Brazil at a scale of 1:4,000,000. Two Sides. 27x39 inches.
(BZL17, $11.95)
Insight Guide Amazon Wildlife
Huw Hennessy
Hans-Ulrich Bernard
GUIDEBOOK
OUT OF PRINT
Jammed with photographs, this compact guide introduces the people, wildlife, habitats, parks and preserves of the Amazon basin.
(AMZ03, $22.95)
Say It in Portuguese, Brazilian Usage
Alexander Prista
Francisco Da Costa
LANGUAGE & PHRASEBOOKS
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)
The Brazil Reader: History, Culture, Politics
Robert M. Levine
John J. Crocitti
CULTURAL PORTRAIT
OUT OF PRINT
A diverse selection of letters, interviews and other documents from early colonization to contemporary literature, this book is an excellent overview of the history and culture of Brazil.
(BZL12, $25.95)
The Brazilians
Joseph Page
CULTURAL PORTRAIT
A clear, comprehensive and compelling introduction to Brazil, covering politics, history, economics, ecology, conservation and culture.
(AMZ16, $22.95)
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, $26.00)
A Death in Brazil
Peter Robb
TRAVEL NARRATIVE
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, $16.00)
A Land of Ghosts, The Braided Lives of People and the Forest in Far Western Amazonia
David Campbell
TRAVEL NARRATIVE
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)
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)
In Trouble Again
Redmond O'Hanlon
EXPLORATION
FAVORITE
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)
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)
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. 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. A great read for anyone traveling anywhere on the Amazon.
(AMZ15, $16.00)
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)
Travelers' Tales Brazil
Annette Haddad
TRAVEL NARRATIVE
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)
Dona Flor and Her Two Husbands
Jorge Amado
LITERATURE
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)
A Neotropical Companion
J.C. 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)
Photo Pantanal
Tom Ulrich
NATURAL HISTORY
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)
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 Pantanal: Understanding and Preserving the World's Largest Wetland
Frederick A. Swarts
NATURAL HISTORY
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)
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, this handy book features 200 color photographs and accompanying text.
(AMZ63, $20.00)
Birds of Southern South America & Antarctica
Martin D. la Pena
Maurice Rumboll
FIELD GUIDE
With color plates, range maps and brief descriptions, this is a compact regional guide.
(SAM12, $29.95)
Neotropical Rainforest Mammals, A Field Guide
L.H. Emmons
FIELD GUIDE
Compact enough to slip into your daypack, this guide to the mammals of the New World tropics features 29 color plates of more than 200 species.
(GPS12, $39.00)
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