|
1491, New Revelations of Americas Before Columbus
• Charles C. Mann
• HISTORY
•
Mann portrays the successes and failures of the complex societies of the Mississippi River, central Mexico, the Andes and the Amazon in this thought-provoking speculative history of the Americas before the arrival of Europeans.
(WLD61, $15.95)
|
|
|
|
Amazon Sweet Sea, Land, Life, and Water at the River's Mouth
• Nigel J.H. Smith
• NATURAL HISTORY
• OUT OF PRINT
•
A lively, well-informed portrait of the natural history and conservation of the Amazon estuary, with 138 color pictures.
(AMZ78, $39.95)
|
|
|
|
Amazonia: Man and Culture in a Counterfeit Paradise
• Betty Meggers
• CULTURAL PORTRAIT
•
A groundbreaking study of cultural adaptation in the Amazon, first published in 1971.
(AMZ47, $17.95)
|
|
|
|
At Play in the Fields of the Lord
• Peter Matthiessen
• LITERATURE
•
Matthiessen's wonderfully written thriller set in the Amazon.
(AMZ29, $14.95)
|
|
|
|
The Birds of South America, The Oscine Passerines, Vol. 1
• Guy Tudor
• Robert Ridgely
• FIELD GUIDE
•
This authoritative reference, the most complete guide to South American songbirds, features splendid color illustrations of 700 species, along with detailed range maps and field notes.
(FG28, $95.00)
|
|
|
|
The Birds of South America, The Oscine Passerines, Vol. 2
• Guy Tudor
• Robert Ridgely
• FIELD GUIDE
•
A field guide to the flycatchers, antbirds and furnariids of South America.
(FG29, $95.00)
|
|
|
|
Brazil and Uruguay Map
• Auto Mapa
•
A regional map from Rio south to Montevideo and Buenos Aires.
(BZL08, $11.95)
|
|
|
|
Brazil in Focus, A Guide to the People, Politics, and Culture
• Jan Rocha
• GUIDEBOOK
•
Authoritative and up-to-date, this slim guide focuses on the history of Brazil, its cultural heritage and current political, environmental and economic challenges. With maps, photographs and some travel information.
(BZL03, $12.95)
|
|
|
|
Brazil Map
• Borch Maps
•
A handy folded, laminated map of Brazil.
(BZL17, $11.95)
|
|
|
|
Conquistadors
• Michael Wood
• HISTORY
•
A lively, illustrated account of the Spanish conquest of the New World by the intrepid writer-filmmaker Michael Wood,
(SAM48, $22.95)
|
|
|
|
The Creature in the Map, A Journey to El Dorado
• Charles Nicholl
• TRAVEL NARRATIVE
•
Nicholl uncovers fascinating facts about the original, ill-fated 16th-century voyage of Sir Walter Ralegh while describing his own experiences on the Orinoco river of today in this meeditative account of a quest for the golden city of El Dorado.
(VNZ05, $16.00)
|
|
|
|
Culture Smart! Brazil
• Sandra Branco
• GUIDEBOOK
•
A concise, well-illustrated and practical guide to local customs, etiquette and culture.
(BZL54, $9.95)
|
|
|
|
Edge of the Jungle
• William Beebe
• EXPLORATION
•
A collection of 12 essays on the Amazon and its ecology and wildlife. A scientist-explorer with the soul of a poet, Beebe wrote dozens of books about his adventures in tropical America.
(AMZ75, $17.95)
|
|
|
|
Entangled Edens, Visions of the Amazon
• Candace Slater
• HISTORY
•
Slater looks at the many stories, myths and labels that have been placed onto the Aamzon, particulary European ideas of the place, in this enlightening overview of the region.
(AMZ71, $50.00)
|
|
|
|
The Explorers of South America
• Edward Goodman
• EXPLORATION
•
A narrative history of exploration from Christopher Columbus to the 19th century, with journal excerpts, diaries and other writings of the explorers themselves.
(SAM10, $24.95)
|
|
|
|
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)
|
|
|
|
Flowers of the Amazon Forest, The Botanical Art of Margaret Mee
• Margaret Mee
• NATURAL HISTORY
•
Featuring 60 of Mee's splendidly detailed, gorgeous botanical illustrations, along with field sketches and diary excerpts.
(AMZ104, $39.50)
|
|
|
|
Fordlandia
• Patricia J. Duncan
• Eduardo Sguiglia
• LITERATURE
• OUT OF PRINT
•
This novel mythologizes automaker Ford's grandly misbegotten adventure to ccultivate a rubber plantation deep in the Amazon Jungle.
(AMZ72, $13.95)
|
|
|
|
Four Neotropical Rainforests
• Alwyn Gentry
• NATURAL HISTORY
•
A good reference to the flora, fauna and ecology of four representative tropical forests: Manaus (Brazil), Park Manu (Peru), Barro Colorado Island (Panama) and La Selva (Costa Rica).
(AMZ33, $55.00)
|
|
|
|
The Green Pharmacy
• James A. Duke
• NATURAL HISTORY
•
An A-Z catalog of ailments and the herbal remedies that heal them.
(AMZ40, $19.95)
|
|
|
|
A Guide to the Birds of Colombia
• Steven Hilty
• William Brown
• FIELD GUIDE
•
A classic South American bird guide with good coverage of the upper Amazon basin. It illustrates 1,700 species -- nearly half of all the species of South America.
(FG14, $67.50)
|
|
|
|
A History of Brazil
• E. Bradford Burns
• HISTORY
• OUT OF PRINT
•
A wide-ranging social, intellectual and cultural history of Brazil.
(BZL02, $26.00)
|
|
|
|
In Search of the Golden Frog
• Marty Crump
• BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR
•
A memoir of a field biologist.
(CON18, $27.00)
|
|
|
|
In the Rainforest, Report from a Strange, Beautiful, Imperiled World
• Catherine Caufield
• NATURAL HISTORY
•
Caufield deftly combines good basic information on the ecology of the world's rain forests, a report on thorny conservation issues and a sympathetic treatment of indigenous inhabitants through masterly prose.
(FST01, $16.00)
|
|
|
|
Into the Heart, One Man's Pursuit of Love and Knowledge Among the Yanomami
• Kenneth Good
• CULTURAL PORTRAIT
•
A first-hand report of life among the Yanomami people of the Amazon
(AMZ60, $45.00)
|
|
|
|
Keep the River on Your Right
• Tobias Schneebaum
• BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR
•
The haunting, lyrical diary of a young man's experiences in the Peruvian rain forest.
(AMZ11, $12.50)
|
|
|
|
Knopf Mapguide Rio De Janeiro
• Knopf Guides
• GUIDEBOOK
•
A handy set of full color, ingeniously folded maps, each indicating favorite sites, shops, restaurants and attractions.
(BZL55, $9.95)
|
|
|
|
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)
|
|
|
|
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. She continues her story in a second memoir (written with her now-grown sons).
(AMZ57, $13.95)
|
|
|
|
The Lost World
• Arthur Conan Doyle
• LITERATURE
•
Inspired by the magnificent landscapes surrounding the Orinoco River, this classic novel follows an intrepid scientist into the jungles of the Amazon Basin in search of prehistoric creatures.
(VNZ04, $10.00)
|
|
|
|
The Mapmaker's Wife
• Robert Whitaker
• HISTORY
•
Colonial politics, the travails of the cartographer, and good old-fashioned murder all add intrigue of 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)
|
|
|
|
A Naturalist's Guide to the Tropics
• Marco Lambertini
• John Venerella
• NATURAL HISTORY
•
A compact, illustrated guide to the natural history of the tropical latitudes.
(CON17, $25.00)
|
|
|
|
Pimsleur Quick & Simple Spanish
• Pimsleur Language Method
• LANGUAGE & PHRASEBOOKS
•
Four audio CDs with eight 30-minute lessons in basic Spanish, covering elementary vocabulary and phrases used in travel and everyday situations.
(SPN257, $19.95)
|
|
|
|
Plants of the Gods: Their Sacred, Healing and Hallucinogenic Powers
• Richard Evans Schultes
• Albert Hofmann
• NATURAL HISTORY
•
An illuminating guide to hallucinogens, the ecology, chemistry and, especially, the use in the healing rites of indigenous peoples.
(AMZ38, $29.95)
|
|
|
|
Reptiles and Amphibians of the Amazon
• R.D. Bartlett
• Patricia Bartlett
• FIELD GUIDE
•
A convenient guide to 250 colorful and commonly encountered snakes, lizards, turtles, frogs and salamanders of the Amazon.
(AMZ84, $29.95)
|
|
|
|
Requiem for Nature
• John Terborgh
• NATURAL HISTORY
•
A passionate and thoughtful plea for conservation of the rain forest from a noted biologist.
(FST07, $29.50)
|
|
|
|
Rick Steves' Spanish Phrase Book & Dictionary
• Rick Steves
• LANGUAGE & PHRASEBOOKS
•
A compact phrase book for travelers, organized thematically and with a brief dictionary.
(SPN178, $7.95)
|
|
|
|
Rio de Janeiro Map
• Borch Maps
•
A laminated road map of Rio de Janeiro at a scale of 1:13,000.
(BZL25, $8.95)
|
|
|
|
Rough Guide Brazil
• David Cleary
• GUIDEBOOK
•
An opinionated, thorough travel guide with region-by-region descriptions.
(BZL09, $24.95)
|
|
|
|
Sacred Leaves of Candomble: African Magic, Medicine, and Religion in Brazil
• Robert A. Voeks
• RELIGION
•
An account of the ethnobotany of African religious and healing traditions in Brazil.
(BZL29, $25.00)
|
|
|
|
Saudades Do Brasil, A Photographic Memoir
• Claude Levi-Strauss
• CULTURAL PORTRAIT
•
These photographs by the great structural anthropologist, dating from the 1930s, are not just beautiful but an invaluable record of life in Sao Palo and the Amazon.
(BZL04, $60.00)
|
|
|
|
Seven Myths of the Spanish Conquest
• Matthew Restall
• HISTORY
•
In this provocative book, Restall tackles Columbus, Cortes, Pizarro and the misconceptions surrounding them. The conquisadores most certainly did not conquer the Americas with a handful of men, nor were they received as gods.
(SAM52, $16.95)
|
|
|
|
Shamanism, Archaic Techniques of Ecstasy
• Willard R. Trask
• Mircea Eliade
• RELIGION
•
An early account of Shamanism among the native peoples of South America.
(AMZ51, $24.95)
|
|
|
|
Snakes, The Evolution of Mystery in Nature
• Harry W. Greene
• NATURAL HISTORY
•
The ecology and diversity of snakes worldwide, with stunning photographs.
(BST33, $55.00)
|
|
|
|
South America Northeast Map
• International Map Company
•
This brightly colored map of northeast South America at a scale of 1:2,800,000 covers the Atlantic coast of the continent south from the Caribbean to Rio de Janeiro, including the Amazon and Orinoco.
(SAM16, $8.95)
|
|
|
|
The Spears of Twilight: Life and Death in the Amazon Jungle
• Phillipe Descola
• CULTURAL PORTRAIT
•
Three years among the Jivaro (Achaur) of the Upper Amazon. A student of Claude Levi-Strauss, Descola proves himself to be an intelligent observer and born storyteller in this ethnographic account.
(AMZ25, $18.95)
|
|
|
|
Stolen Continents, 500 Years of Conquest and Resistance in the Americas
• Ronald Wright
• HISTORY
•
A powerful history of imperialism and resistance in the Americas, with a focus on the Aztec, Maya, Inca, Cherokee and Iroquois. Wright draws on an impressive range of archival material in reconstructing this classic account.
(NAM20, $17.00)
|
|
|
|
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 Tambopata-Candamo Reserved Zone of Southeastern Peru, A Biological Assessment
• Robin B. Foster
• NATURAL HISTORY
•
A survey of the biological resources of the region.
(PRU17, $19.95)
|
|
|
|
Traveling with Che Guevara, The Making of a Revolutionary
• Alberto Granado
• Lucia Alvarez de Toledo
• TRAVEL NARRATIVE
•
Granado's classic account of his travels with Che Guevara via motorbike through Argentina, Chile, Peru, Colombia, and Venezuela.
(SAM68, $14.95)
|
|
|
|
Vine of the Soul, Medicine Men, Their Plants, and Rituals in the Colombian Amazon
• Richard Evans Schultes
• Robert F. Raffauf
• CULTURAL PORTRAIT
•
Written by Schultes, the father of ethnobotany, with a colleague, this book features 150 photographs along with a detailed and authoritative text describing the many uses of plant substances.
(AMZ59, $29.95)
|
|
|
|
Wallpaper City Guide Rio De Janeiro
• Wallpaper Magazine
• GUIDEBOOK
•
A stylish, thin (it fits in your back pocket) city guide compiled by the design magazine Wallpaper's local reporters. Well-organized, with chapter tabs, many photographs and of-the-moment recommendations.
(BZL56, $8.95)
|
|
|
|
Where to Watch Birds in South America
• Nigel Wheatley
• NATURAL HISTORY
•
A compact practical guide to birdwatching sites throughout South America, including checklists.
(SAM40, $24.95)
|
|
|
|
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, $16.00)
|
|
|
|
With Broadax and Firebrand, The Destruction of the Brazilian Atlantic Forest
• Warren Dean
• HISTORY
•
A vivid, scholarly environmental history of Brazil from early settlement through the 1990s, focusing on deforestation on the Atlantic coast.
(BZL31, $29.95)
|
|
|
|
The World as You Dream It, Shamanistic Teachings from the Amazon and Andes
• John M. Perkins
• RELIGION
•
A personal account of sometimes hard-to-believe experiences with curanderos (or shamans) in the highlands and Amazon of Ecuador.
(AMZ46, $12.95)
|
|
|
|
Yanomami, The Fierce Controversy and What We Might Learn from It
• Robert Borofsky
• CULTURAL PORTRAIT
•
A study of the controversy surrounding anthropological studies of the Yanomami.
(SAM67, $22.95)
|
|
|
|
Yanomami, The Fierce Controversy and What We Might Learn from It
• Robert Borofsky
• CULTURAL PORTRAIT
•
A study of the controversy surrounding anthropological studies of the Yanomami.
(SAM67, $22.95)
|
|
|
|
Yanomami, The Fierce Controversy and What We Might Learn from It
• Robert Borofsky
• CULTURAL PORTRAIT
•
A study of the controversy surrounding anthropological studies of the Yanomami.
(SAM67, $22.95)
|
|
|
