Adventure Without End  •  Richard Bangs EXPLORATION •  2002 •  PAPER  • 228 PAGES A collection of 16 globe-spanning reports from the field, ranging from Patagonia, Kalimantan and Newfoundland to Idaho. Most originated as online journals by the peripatetic travel enthusiast, river rat and writer. (TVL30, $16.95)
Argentina, 1516-1987: From Spanish Colonization to Alfonsin  •  David Rock HISTORY •  1989 •  PAPER  • 511 PAGES The author covers the complex history of Argentina since colonization with balance and insight. The book is a highly readable, comprehensive history that does much to explain why a country with such potential went from a major world power to the "third world" in just a few decades. Illuminating. (ARG07, $29.95)
Around Cape Horn  •  Irving Johnson EXPLORATION •  NTSC VIDEO In this favorite film, Captain Irving Johnson memorably narrates documentary footage of his voyage as a young man aboard the bark Peking in 1929, including a remarkable sequence of the ship in a storm while rounding the Horn. 37 minutes. (PAT67, $29.95)
The Beaver, Natural History of a Wetlands Engineer  •  Dietland Muller-Schwarze  •  Lixing Sun NATURAL HISTORY •  2003 •  HARD COVER  • 193 PAGES A comprehensive, accessible monograph on the biology and management of the beaver, a keystone species in both North America and Eurasia. With 50 color and 29 black and white illustrations. The authors argue persuasively that the beaver played a intrumental role in shaping American history. (BST89, $37.00)
Bone Hunters in Patagonia: Narrative of the Expedition  •  J.B. Hatcher EXPLORATION •  1985 •  PAPER  • 209 PAGES A classic account of paleontological discovery in remote Patagonia, originally published in 1903 as part of Hatcher's multi-volume expedition report. Nature magazine wrote that the book is "...a rhapsodic yet blood-and-guts overture to an early masterpiece... ranks with the South American sections of Darwin's Voyage in its mixture of adventure, adversity and natural history." (PAT21, $22.00)
Bradt Guide Chile  •  Tim Burford GUIDEBOOK •  2005 •  PAPER  • 656 PAGES A comprehensive guide in the popular Bradt series. (CHI59, $24.95)
Bradt Trekking Guide Chile and Argentina  •  Tim Burford GUIDEBOOK •  2001 •  PAPER  • 368 PAGES A convenient guide to backpacking, hiking and exploring wilderness areas from Northern Argentina to Tierra del Fuego. It features color photographs, maps and good general information on Southern South America. (PAT11, $17.95)
Buenos Aires Map  •  Auto Mapa MAP Published in Argentina, this is an excellent map of that country's capital at the superb scale of 1:30,000. (ARG05, $13.95)
Cape Horn  •  Felix Riesenberg  •  William A. Briesemeister EXPLORATION •  1985 •  HARD COVER  • 450 PAGES Captain Riesenberg writes from his own experience as a mariner, weaving a lively tale of exploration and discovery in this masterful history, first published in 1939. He includes log excerpts and early sailing directions. The New York Times called it "one of the truly great contributions to the literature of the sea." (PAT10, $39.95)
The Captain's Verses, The Love Poems  •  Pablo Neruda  •  Donald D. Walsh LITERATURE •  2004 •  PAPER  • 176 PAGES A bilingual edition of Neruda's subtle and sweet love poems, translated by Donald D. Walsh. Published in 2004 to coincide with Neruda's centennial. (CHI60, $12.95)
Chile in Focus  •  Nick Caistor GUIDEBOOK •  2002 •  PAPER  • 100 PAGES Authoritative and up-to-date, this slim guide focuses on the history of Chile, its cultural heritage and the political, environmental and economic challenges of the post-Pinochet era. With maps, photographs and some travel information. It's an excellent synopsis from an unabashedly left-leaning perspective, strong on facts. (CHI35, $12.95)
Conquistadors  •  Michael Wood HISTORY •  2002 •  PAPER  • 288 PAGES A lively, illustrated account of the Spanish conquest of the New World by the intrepid writer-filmmaker Michael Wood, who traveled in the footsteps of Hernan Cortes, Pizarro and others, often by horse, raft or other original means. It's an excellent introduction to the overwhelming impact of the Spanish in the Americas, wonderfully illustrated with maps, drawings and full color paintings. (SAM48, $22.95)
Culture Smart! Argentina  •  Robert Hamwee GUIDEBOOK •  2006 •  PAPER  • 168 PAGES A concise, well-illustrated and practical guide to local customs, etiquette and culture. (ARG63, $9.95)
Desert Memories, Journeys Through the Chilean North  •  Ariel Dorfman TRAVEL NARRATIVE •  2003 •  HARD COVER  • 304 PAGES A quest for national history, personal memories, and family origins in the Atacama by the noted playwright, novelist, and essayist. Dofrman, whose wife's family first settled in the north, tackles the legacy of mining, Pinochet, and his own history in this meditative account. We also recommend Dorfman's Heading South, Looking North (CHI22), a memoir. Dorman is professor of literature at Duke. A book in the series National Geographic Directions. (CHI53, $21.00)
The Discoverers  •  Daniel Boorstin EXPLORATION •  1985 •  PAPER  • 745 PAGES This wide-ranging and readable account of exploration by Daniel Boorstin includes a chapter on some of the great sea voyages, including Magellan's voyage to Tierra del Fuego and Cook's extraordinary journey into the Southern Ocean. (EXP01, $18.95)
Distant Shores, The Odyssey of Rockwell Kent  •  Constance Martin  •  Rockwell Kent ART & ARCHITECTURE •  2000 •  PAPER  • 128 PAGES Distant Shores present 80 paintings, prints and drawings by Kent (1882-1971), many in glorious color, and including an exceptional selection of work from the Hermitage in St. Petersburg. Inspired by remote and inhospitable regions, the book follows Kent's life and work at Monhegan Island, Newfoundland, Alaska, Tierra del Fuego and Greenland. Published in conjunction with an exhibition by the same name. With 68 color illustrations and 58 black-and-white photographs. (ART34, $24.95)
Eric Shipton, The Six Mountain Travel Books  •  Eric Shipton EXPLORATION •  1997 •  HARD COVER  • 800 PAGES A wide-ranging collection of six great books on mountain exploration by Eric Shipton, featuring his pioneering expeditions in the Himalayas, East Africa, Central Asia and Patagonia. This 800-page book includes Nandi Devi, Blank on the Map, Upon that Mountain, Mt. Everest Reconnaissance Expedition of 1951, Mountains of Tartary, and Land of Tempest. (EXP12, $38.00)
The Explorers of South America  •  Edward Goodman EXPLORATION •  1992 •  PAPER  • 408 PAGES A narrative history of exploration from Christopher Columbus to the 19th century, with journal excerpts, diaries and other writings of the explorers themselves. Goodman has marshaled his wide-ranging research and lifelong interest in exploration into a comprehensive, scholarly history. A reprint of the original 1972 edition, the tales have lost none of their luster. With maps, illustrations and extensive notes. (SAM10, $24.95)
The Far Side of the World  •  Patrick O'Brian LITERATURE •  1994 •  HARD COVER  • 366 PAGES This tale, set in 1812, features a trip around Cape Horn, with Stephen Maturin, Patrick O'Brian's wonderful opium-addicted naturalist, exploring the new world with his pal Jack Aubrey. If you haven't yet been introduced to O'Brian's vivid portraits of Nelson's British Navy, here's your chance to dip into this fine series, with a book featuring evocative descriptions of Patagonian wildlife and natural features. A great read (and a great reread for O'Brian fans). (PAC55, $24.00)
Five Decades, Poems 1925-1970  •  Pablo Neruda LITERATURE •  1974 •  PAPER  • 464 PAGES A bilingual edition of 138 poems by the great Pablo Neruda, selected and translated by Ben Belitt and drawn from Neruda's entire career. Neruda is the quintessential South American poet: lyrical, engaging -- and bristling with life. (CHI10, $15.00)
Fodor's Patagonia  •  Inc. (EDT) Fodor's Travel Publications GUIDEBOOK •  2008 •  PAPER  • 406 PAGES • COMING IN SEPTEMBER This practical guide by a crack team of journalists covers not just Patagonia but also the Lake District, Tierra del Fuego, Buenos Aries and Santiago. (PAT78, $21.95)
Footprint Patagonia  •   •  Christabelle Dilks GUIDEBOOK •  2007 •  PAPER  • 345 PAGES A compact, comprehensive guide in the popular British series, Footprint Patagonia covers both the history, nature and culture of the region and practical travel details. (PAT77, $23.95)
Fossils, Finches, and Fuegians  •  Richard Darwin Keynes NATURAL HISTORY •  2003 •  HARD COVER  • 448 PAGES An account of the Voyage of the Beagle, Darwin's adventures and scientific discoveries. With maps and handsome black-and-white illustrations. (SAM51, $52.00)
Gauchos and the Vanishing Frontier  •  Richard Slatta CULTURAL PORTRAIT •  1992 •  PAPER  • 271 PAGES A thorough, lively study of the gaucho, including the history and culture of Argentina and Brazil's famous cowboys. (ARG06, $27.00)
George Gaylord Simpson, Paleontologist and Evolutionist  •  Léo F. Laporte BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR •  2000 •  PAPER  • 256 PAGES A well-considered biography of the influential evolutionary biologist (1902-84) with a focus on Simpson's scientific contributions. (SCI63, $29.00)
Glacier Ice  •  Austin Post  •  Edward R. LaChapelle NATURAL HISTORY •  2000 •  PAPER  • 145 PAGES An extraordinary book of aerial photographs of mountains, glaciers and ice accompanied by explanatory text by two devoted glaciologists. Much too beautiful to be called a textbook, this collection of striking black-and-white photographs introduces the major surface features, varieties of glaciers and diversity of ice. With a glossary and annotated bibliography for further reading. An obvious choice for mountaineers and polar explorers, this book will appeal to any curious traveler -- or even anyone who has ever looked out the window of an airplane en route over Greenland. In cooperation with the International Glaciological Society. A modern classic, originally published in 1971. (SCI07, $35.00)
H.W. Tilman, The Eight Sailing/Mountain-Exploration Books  •  H. W. Tilman EXPLORATION •  1987 •  HARD COVER  • 960 PAGES A dizzying, 900-page omnibus of eight terrific books, all featuring Tilman's adventures aboard the Mischief, his base for exploring the mountains of the Southern Ocean, Patagonia and the Arctic. A wry, cantankerous and entertaining writer (who sailed off from Rio de Janeiro in his 80th year in 1977 never to be seen again), Tilman crafts books that are jammed with information about the places he and his crew visited, including crossing the Patagonian Ice Cap, crossing of Bylot Island and ascent of Big Ben on Heard. This collection includes Mischief in Patagonia, Mischief among the Penguins, Mischief in Greenland, Mostly Mischief, Mischief Goes South, In Mischief's Wake, Ice With Everything, and Triumph and Tribulation. His earlier moountaineering books have been collected in a separate, and equally interesting, volume. (EXP13, $38.00)
The House of the Spirits  •  Isabel Allende  •  Magda Bogin LITERATURE •  1993 •  PAPER  • 433 PAGES A remarkably imagined tale of four generations, much in the spirit of Marquez's One Hundred Years of Solitude, centered on a land-owning tyrant, and his wife, daughter and grandchild. It's the first novel by Allende -- a cousin of Salvador Allende, the leader killed by Pinochet -- a sprawling work of real and imagined events that follows the extended Trueba clan from the turn of the 20th century to 1973. (CHI02, $7.99)
The Ice Maiden: Inca Mummies, Mountain Gods, and Sacred Sites in the Andes  •  Johan Reinhard ARCHAEOLOGY •  2006 •  PAPER  • 400 PAGES Archaeologist Johan Reinhard brings together tales of this own adventures and plenty of Inca history in this account of his discovery of Juanita, a 500-year-old mummy found in the Peruvian Andes. Published by National Geographic. (AND52, $14.95)
The Invention of Argentina  •  Nicolas Shumway HISTORY •  1993 •  PAPER  • 352 PAGES An illuminating intellectual history of Argentina, this book brings the founding fathers of the republic to life, deftly portraying the revolution against Spain in 1810 and its immediate aftermath. The author, who teaches Spanish at Yale, argues that the basic conflict between those who sought a European future for the nation and the rough-and-ready "caudillos" explains a great deal about the state of the nation today. (ARG08, $25.95)
John Muir's Last Journey, South to the Amazon and East to Africa  •  Robert Michael Pyle  •  John Muir EXPLORATION •  2004 •  PAPER  • 352 PAGES A collection of letters and notes on Muir's eight-month voyage in 1911-1912, which took him up the Amazon, along the Pacific coast of South America and up into the Andes. He returned via Southern and Eastern Adrica, with excursions to the Zambezi, Lake Victoria, and the Headwaters of the Nile. Edited and annotated by Robert Michael Pyle. (SAM78, $29.95)
Labyrinths, Selected Stories and Other Writings  •  Jorge Borges LITERATURE •  2007 •  PAPER  • 240 PAGES The best known work by this extraordinary writer. Sometimes bizarre, always hilarious and thought-provoking, this dazzling collection of stories is well worth the effort. Translated from Spanish. (ARG09, $13.95)
Last Evenings on Earth  •  Roberto Bolano  •  Chris Andrews LITERATURE •  2006 •  HARD COVER  • 256 PAGES Striking stories of young men adrift in an inhospitable Latin America, written by a man who was himself intimate with exile. Bolano, who died in 2003 at the age of 50, fled his native Chile in 1973 and spent most of his life as a foreigner in foreign lands. (CHI72, $23.95)
The Last Time Around Cape Horn, The Historic 1949 Voyage of the Windjammer Pamir  •  William F. Stark  •  Peter Stark HISTORY •  2004 •  PAPER  • 256 PAGES The unstinting memoir of the then 22-year-old rookie aboard the last commericial sailing voyage, a barley run between Australia and Europe. Stark, writing with the perspective of age, captures the thrill and import the golden age of sail. Most memorable is Stark's account of a 44-day slog in the waters below 44 degrees south. His son Peter, an adventurer and writer himself, contributes the epilogue. (PAT69, $13.00)
Liberators, Latin America's Struggle for Independence 1810-1830  •  Robert Harvey HISTORY •  2002 •  PAPER  • 561 PAGES An epic history of colonial Latin America, focused on the heroism and derring-do of seven legendary men in the fight for independence from Spain, including the larger-than-life figures of Venezuela's Simon Bolivar, Argentine hero General Jose de San Martin, and Chile's Bernardo O'Higgins. Harvey, a contributor to the Economist, draws on an impressive range of original sources in constructing this engaging tale. (SAM35, $18.95)
Lonely Planet Argentina  •  Lonely Planet  •  Danny Palmerlee GUIDEBOOK •  2008 •  PAPER In its hallmark style, this practical guide to Argentina by Lonely Planet features maps, a good overview of culture, history and nature, and much nuts-and-bolts information on excursions, accomodations and sightseeing. With color photographs and excellent travel information. (ARG11, $25.99)
Lonely Planet Chile and Easter Island  •  Wayne Bernhardson GUIDEBOOK •  2006 •  PAPER  • 564 PAGES This practical guide includes a chapter on Easter Island in addition to a comprehensive overview of Chile, its history and culture. With a section of color photographs and 90 maps. (CHI04, $24.99)
Mammals of the Neotropics: The Southern Cone, Chile, Argentina, Uruguay, Paraguay  •  John F. Eisenberg  •  Kent H. Redford REFERENCE •  1992 •  PAPER  • 460 PAGES Organized taxonomically, this thorough volume of species accounts includes external measurements, physical descriptions, geographical distribution, and information on their habitats. (SAM14, $65.00)
Master and Commander, The Far Side of the World  •  Peter Weir LITERATURE •  2003 •  DVD Peter Weir's exciting adaptation of two of Patrick O'Brian's popular novels, "Master and Commander" and "The Far Side of the World," starring Russell Crowe and Paul Bettany. Crowe is Captain Jack Aubrey, whose British ship, the HMS Surprise, is battling a mysterious French ship off the coast of Cape Horn during the Napoleonic Wars of 1805. An extended sequenced filmed on the Galapagos marks one of the first times the islands have been depicted in a feature film. (GPS66, $39.98)
Moon Handbook Argentina  •  Wayne Bernhardson GUIDEBOOK •  2004 •  PAPER  • 650 PAGES A comprehensive guide in the popular series. (ARG43, $19.95)
Mountaineering in Patagonia  •  Alan Kearney GUIDEBOOK •  1998 •  HARD COVER  • 144 PAGES A history and personal account of climbing in the Patagonian Andes. With 24 color photographs and maps, it's a comprehensive introduction to the region. Kearney's focus is on Fitz Roy and Cerro Torre and Torres del Paine. (PAT18, $22.95)
My Invented Country, A Nostalgic Journey Through Chile  •  Isabel Allende BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR •  2004 •  PAPER  • 224 PAGES In this extended essay, novelist Allende ruminates on her upbringing in Chile, interweaving memories of South America with her feelings for the United States, where she has lived since the assassination of Chilean president (and her uncle) Salvador Allende on September 11, 1973. Called forth by the events of September 11, 2001, the book reflects Allende's acknowledgment of the United States as home. It's also a thoughtful consideration of Chile and the Chilean character. (CHI52, $13.95)
My Old Man and the Sea: A Father and Son Sail Around Cape Horn  •  David Hays  •  Daniel Hays TRAVEL NARRATIVE •  1996 •  PAPER  • 256 PAGES The father and son team of David and Daniel Hays embarks upon a 17,000 mile journey to Cape Horn in the smallest boat ever to accomplish such a feat. This highly readable and entertaining travelogue alternates between the father and son's point of view, inviting readers to share their touching and humorous experiences. (OCE50, $13.00)
The Nature of Penguins  •  Jonathan Chester NATURAL HISTORY •  2001 •  PAPER  • 112 PAGES Expedition leader, author and photographer Jonathan Chester presents a beautiful collection of full-color penguin photographs along with accompanying essays on these much-loved birds. (ANT19, $17.95)
On the Blue Shore of Silence, Poems of the Sea  •  Pablo Neruda  •  Alastair Reid  •  Mary Heebner LITERATURE •  2004 •  HARD COVER  • 64 PAGES A beautifully produced, bilingual anthology, published in celebration of the centennial of Neruda's birth. The book features both well-chosen poems on the theme of the sea and 15 stunning paintings by California artist Mary Heebner. The evocative color paintings -- and the selection of poems -- were inspired by Neruda's rambling home on the cliffs overlooking the Pacific at Isla Negra. With English translations by Alastair Reid. The title of the collection comes from the poem Forget About Me/No Me Hagan Caso: Let us look for secret things somewhere in the world, on the blue shore of silence or where the storm has passed, rampaging like a train. (CHI58, $26.95)
Over the Edge of the World, Magellan's Terrifying Circumnavigation of the World  •  Laurence Bergreen EXPLORATION •  2004 •  PAPER  • 458 PAGES This uncommonly well written biography brings to life the complex, difficult 16th-century Portuguese captain and his discoveries. Bergreen follows the great navigator from his origins in Seville and on his voyages to the Americas, across the Straits of Magellan (a daring feat) and through the Pacific. (WLD44, $15.95)
The Pampas and the Andes, A Thousand Miles' Walk Across South America  •  Nathaniel Bishop TRAVEL NARRATIVE •  2003 •  PAPER  • 232 PAGES The 19th-century travels of a 17-year-old budding naturalist. Bishop arrived in Buenos Aires in 1855 with only $45 and very little Spanish -- but that did not stop him from hiking through Argentina and Chile. (SAM57, $15.95)
Patagonia Map Guide  •  de Dios 2003 •  MAP This double-sided laminated map and guide, produced in Buenos Aires in English, shows routes and distances between major towns, along with descriptions of main attractions, calendar of events, accomodation guide and general introduction. (ARG51, $8.95)
Patagonia Sur & Tierra del Fuego Map  •  Zagier & Urruty Maps MAP Published in Buenos Aires, this full-color map covers southernmost South America from El Calafate and Lago Argentino to Tierra del Fuego and Cape Horn, at a scale 1:1,000,000. With excellent physical relief, landscape features, roads, tracks and attractions (including accommodations and gas stations). The same team also publishes good maps of Torres del Paine (CHI12) and the Lake District (PAT59). (PAT70, $14.95)
Patagonian & Fuegian Channels Map  •  Zagier & Urruty Maps MAP Published in Buenos Aires, this full-color cruising map covers western Tierra del Fuego from Punta Arenas and the Straits of Magellan south to Cape Horn. With five more detailed maps of the Beagle Channel, Seno Agostini, Isla Gordon and other areas of interest. The same team also publishes good maps of Torres del Paine (CHI12) and the Lake District (PAT59). (PAT71, $14.95)
Patagonian South Icefield Trekking Map  •  Zagier & Urruty Maps MAP A two-sided topographic map of the Fitzroy and Cerro Torre treks, in glorious color with contour lines every 50 meters and landscape features. It also includes a satellite view map with routes of well-known icefield expeditions. Scale 1:50,000. It covers Los Glaciares National Park, Mount Fitzroy, Cerros Torre & Huemul, Lagos Viedma and O'Higgens and surroundings. (PAT72, $16.95)
Pimsleur Quick & Simple Spanish  •  Pimsleur Language Method LANGUAGE & PHRASEBOOKS •  2005 •  AUDIO CD Four audio CDs with eight 30-minute lessons in basic Spanish, covering elementary vocabulary and phrases used in travel and everyday situations. The Pimsleur method emphasizes the use of listening skills without reading materials (so there isn't a book to follow along). It's advertised as "Totally audio: hear it, learn it, speak it." (SPN257, $19.95)
Residence on Earth  •  Pablo Neruda  •  Donald D. Walsh  •  Jim Harrison LITERATURE •  2004 •  PAPER  • 366 PAGES A classic anthology in a bilingual edition translated by Donald D. Walsh and re-published in 2004 to coincide with the centennial of the great poet's birth. (CHI61, $14.95)
Return to Patagonia, By Way of the Falkland Islands  •  Rosemary Goring BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR •  2006 •  PAPER  • 176 PAGES An account of the author's return to her childhood home in Puerto San Julian, interweaving tales of growing up on an isolated estancia in Patagonia with history and lore of the English and Scottish sheep farmers who came from the Falkland Islands. (PAT76, $28.95)
Seven Myths of the Spanish Conquest  •  Matthew Restall HISTORY •  2004 •  PAPER  • 272 PAGES 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)
Soldiers in a Narrow Land, The Pinochet Regime in Chile  •  Mary Helen Spooner HISTORY •  1999 •  PAPER  • 410 PAGES A correspondent based in Chile during the Pinochet years, Spooner interviewed ordinary people, military and opposition leaders for this social history. It's a balanced account, documenting the censorship, violence and appeal of the 16-year dictatorship. The book includes an analysis of the impact of the free market economy on Chilean society. Updated with a new preface on Chile in the 1990s. (CHI25, $25.95)
Southern South America Map  •  ITMB 2000 •  MAP A handsome full color physical map of the southern cone at a scale of scale of 1:2,800,000, including Argentina, Chile, Uruguay, Paraguay and parts of Bolivia. (SAM04, $9.95)
Stolen Continents, 500 Years of Conquest and Resistance in the Americas  •  Ronald Wright HISTORY •  2004 •  PAPER  • 464 PAGES A powerful history of imperialism and resistance in the Americas, with a focus on the Aztec, Maya, Inca, Cherokee and Iroquois. Wright's illuminating account, told largely from the point of view of the losers, details the rapid collapse of cultures and societies in the Americas following the arrival of the Europeans in 1492. Wright draws on an impressive range of archival material in reconstructing this classic account, originally published in 1993. Wright is also the author of Time Among the Maya. (NAM20, $17.00)
Tales of Mountaineering  •  Stefano Ardito EXPLORATION •  2007 •  HARD COVER  • 320 PAGES An oversize photographic history of the great ascents and climbers in 20th-century mountaineering. (EXP51, $35.00)
To the Edge of the World  •  Harry Thompson LITERATURE •  2006 •  HARD COVER  • 789 PAGES An epic novel of seafaring adventure in the spirit of Patrick O'Brien, this novel brings to life not just the five-year-long Voyage of the Beagle, with all its adventure, mishaps and high drama, but also the intellectual sparring between the religious, emotionally unstable Fitzroy and Charles Darwin. Published as This Thing of Darkness in Britain, where it was short-listed for the Booker Prize. (WLD85, $26.00)
Traveling with Che Guevara, The Making of a Revolutionary  •  Alberto Granado  •  Lucia Alvarez de Toledo TRAVEL NARRATIVE •  2004 •  PAPER  • 240 PAGES This is Alberto Granado's companion book to Che Guevara's well-known Motorcycle Diaries (and one of the sources for the movie). It's Granado's own account of travels with Che via motorbike through Argentina, Chile, Peru, Colombia, and Venezuela. (SAM68, $14.95)
Two Years Before the Mast  •  Richard H. Dana EXPLORATION •  1986 •  PAPER  • 572 PAGES In 1838, ordinary seaman Richard Henry Dana sailed from Boston round the horn to California aboard the brig Pilgrim. His classic account is a visceral, gripping tale of life at sea -- containing some of the best descriptive material anywhere on the fury of the Horn. (PAT06, $13.00)
Two Years Before the Mast and Other Voyages  •  Richard H. Dana LITERATURE •  2005 •  HARD COVER  • 926 PAGES This definitive Library of America edition includes Dana's accounts of later journeys to Cuba (To Cuba and Back) and Asia (Journal of a Voyage Round the World) in addition to his celebrated Two Years Before the Mast. With a chronology. Edited by Thomas Philbrick. (WLD68, $40.00)
Where to Watch Birds in South America  •  Nigel Wheatley NATURAL HISTORY •  1995 •  PAPER  • 431 PAGES A compact practical guide to 206 recommended birdwatching sites throughout South America. Organized by country, each site guide includes an introduction, noteworthy species, maps, and directions, checklists. An invaluable handbook for birders. (SAM40, $24.95)
Yanomami, The Fierce Controversy and What We Might Learn from It  •  Robert Borofsky CULTURAL PORTRAIT •  2005 •  PAPER  • 397 PAGES A scholarly reader and study of the controversy surrounding anthropological studies of the Yanomami of northern Brazil and neighboring Venezuela. It follows in the wake of Patrick Tierney's best-selling book, Darkness in El Dorado. With Bruce Albert, Ray Hames, Kim Hill, Lêda Leitão Martins, John Peters, and Terence Turner. (SAM67, $22.95)