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'Tambo, Life in an Andean Village • Julia Meyerson CULTURAL PORTRAIT • 1990 • PAPER • 297 PAGES A field journal, ethnographic in its detail, of an American artist's year in the Peruvian Andes with her anthropologist husband. Particularly interested in the role of women in Quechua culture, Meyerson spent time doing women's work, cooking and serving food, tending the house, children, and animals, while her husband worked with the men in the fields. (PRU38, $30.00)
1491, New Revelations of Americas Before Columbus • Charles C. Mann HISTORY • 2006 • PAPER • 560 PAGES A thought-provoking, speculative history of the Americas before the arrival of the Europeans. Mann portrays the successes and failures of the complex societies of the Mississippi River, Central Mexico, the Andes and the Amazon. (WLD61, $16.95)
Aguirre, the Wrath of God • Werner Herzog HISTORY • 2008 • DVD Don Lope de Aguirre (Klaus Kinski) is consumed with visions of conquering all South America in Herzog's tour de force set in 16th-century Peru. (AMZ125, $19.97)
Alive, The Story of the Andes Survivors • Piers Paul Read TRAVEL NARRATIVE • 2002 • PAPER • 416 PAGES The gripping tale of survival against all odds: a plane crashes in the Andes, all passengers presumed dead. Read tells the story of terrible hardship, bravery and horror with admirable restraint. Most of the passengers, barely teenagers, were members of a rugby team from Uruguay, and the account includes much insight into Uruguayan culture and society. (AND38, $7.99)
Ancient Cuzco, Heartland of the Inca • Brian S. Bauer ARCHAEOLOGY • 2004 • PAPER • 296 PAGES A scholarly overview of the development of culture in the Cuzco region, and particularly the Inca civilization, drawing on the work of the Cuzco Valley Archaeological Project. Beginning with the first peoples in the valley and ending with the fall of Atahualpa in the early 16th century, this comprehensive study contains important new information about the Incas, their archaeology, capital city and their culture. With 76 black-and-white photographs, 25 line drawings and 26 maps. (PRU57, $35.00)
The Ancient Kingdoms of Peru • Nigel Davies ARCHAEOLOGY • 1998 • PAPER • 240 PAGES An anthropological history of the Moche, Nasca, Chimor and other Peruvian civilizations up to the Incas and the Spanish Conquest. (PRU65, $16.00)
Andean Archaeology • Helaine Silverman ARCHAEOLOGY • 2004 • PAPER • 342 PAGES The standard textbook introducing ancient Andean society. (AND57, $49.95)
Aunt Julia and the Scriptwriter • Mario Vargas Llosa LITERATURE • 2007 • PAPER • 384 PAGES A comic novel of scandal, soap opera and writing set in 1950's Lima that questions the boundaries between reality and fantasy. Llosa alternates scenes of Julia's shocking relationship with her nephew Varguitas, an aspiring author, with the spicy radio serials written by his coworker -- the 'Scriptwriter' of the title. First published in 1977. (PRU48, $15.00)
The Bad Girl • Mario Vargas Llosa • Edith Grossman LITERATURE • 2008 • PAPER • 288 PAGES Ricardo Somocurcio is in love with a bad girl. He loves her as a teenager in Lima in 1950, and next in Paris, where she appears as the enchanting Comrade Arlette. In Llosa's beguiling new novel, a riff on Madame Bovary, the strange bedfellows of good and bad turn out not to be what they appear. (PRU81, $14.00)
New Perspectives on Moche Political Organization • Luis Jaime Castillo B. ARCHAEOLOGY • 2010 • HARD COVER • 388 PAGES Based on a set of papers presented by sixteen international scholars at the Dumbarton Oaks Pre-Columbian Studies symposium held in Lima, Peru, in 2004, these essays by leading scholars tackle Moche religion, political structure and power. (PRU109, $45.00)
Splendours of the Ancient Andes • Maria Longhena • Walter Alva ARCHAEOLOGY • 1999 • HARD COVER • 292 PAGES This book covers the history of the civilizations that rose and fell between the arid highlands and the snowy peaks of the Andes from 3000 BC to AD 1533, the year the Inca empire fell. The first chapter illustrates the chronological events and the principal aspects of the many cultures-Nazca, Mocha, Chimu, and others-which have only recently begun to reveal their secrets to the public. The second chapter discusses the many expressions of Peruvian art, in particular, weaving and metal-working, and describes aspects of religion, society, and thought. The last part of the book is a guide to the archaeological sites of major interest, from the oldest crude brick pyramids of the coastal ceremonial centers to the extraordinary stone cities of the Incas and the Moche tombs discovered by Walter Alva at Lambayeque. (AND79, $65.00)
Conversation in the Cathedral • Mario Vargas Llosa LITERATURE • 2005 • PAPER • 601 PAGES A tale of power, corruption and identify set in 1950s Peru under the dictatorship of Manuel A. Odria. (PRU84, $15.99)
Palaces of the Ancient New World • Susan Evans • Joanne Pillsbury ARCHAEOLOGY • 2009 • PAPER • 416 PAGES The result of a landmark symposium at Dumbarton Oaks, October 10-11, 1998, this abundantly illustrated book covers elite residences from Aztec palaces, painted tombs of Oaxaca, the structures at Tikal and Copan to the Inca and Andes. (SAM155, $19.95)
Cuzco & Peru South • ITMB 2009 • MAP This convenient map includes street plans of Cuzco and Aquas Calientes, a site plan of Machu Picchu and index of archaeological site of the region. With spot elevations, shaded relief, ruins, roads, walking trails, cities and towns. With a map of Peru from north of Lima to Arequipa, Arica, La Paz and the Amazon (1:150,000) on the reverse. Two Sides. 27x39 inches. (AND46, $12.95)
Death in the Andes • Mario Vargas Llosa LITERATURE • 2007 • PAPER • 278 PAGES This politically charged novel details what happens when three peasants are "disappeared" by the Shining Path. (AND27, $15.00)
The Discovery and Conquest of Peru • Pedro de Cieza de Leon HISTORY • 1999 • PAPER • 501 PAGES A detailed account of the Spanish occupation of Peru told by a seasoned Spanish chronicler who interviewed living witnesses years after the events involved. Perhaps the most thorough of the contemporary chronicles told from the point of view of the conquerors. (AND25, $29.95)
The Exotic Kitchens of Peru • Copeland Marks FOOD • 2001 • PAPER • 230 PAGES A carefully researched cookbook of traditional Peruvian cuisine, with practical advice on how to adapt recipes for the American kitchen. The recipes, gathered from professional chefs and home cooks, reflect a multicultural mix of the fallen Inca Empire and of the successive waves of Spanish conquerors, African slaves, Chinese laborers and Italian and Japanese immigrants who made Peru their home. (PRU69, $16.95)
Explorer of Machu Picchu, Portrait of Hiram Bingham • Alfred M. Bingham BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR • 2000 • PAPER • 381 PAGES A biography of the Andes explorer, Yale professor, senator and diplomat by his son, originally published in 1989. Much of the book is devoted to Bingham's original (and subsequent) Peruvian expeditions, much enhanced by hundreds of archival photographs, drawings and maps. (AND32, $15.95)
Eyewitness Guide Peru • DK Publishing GUIDEBOOK • 2010 • PAPER • 350 PAGES Another gem in the Eyewitness series, this superb guide is handsome, convenient and up-to-date; it's the guide to carry. Featuring color photography, dozens of excellent local maps and a region-by-region synopsis of the country's attractions. (PRU92, $25.00)
Fodor's Peru • Fodor's GUIDEBOOK • 2011 • PAPER • 556 PAGES A detailed, practical guide and planning tool to travel in Peru highlighting attractions, excursions, accommodations and restaurants. (PRU74, $22.99)
Footprint Cuzco & the Inca Heartland Handbook • Ben Box • Stephen Frankham GUIDEBOOK • 2011 • PAPER • 352 PAGES Comprehensive and up-to-date, this exceptional guide covers Cuzco and surroundings, including the Inca Trail, Machu Picchu and the Sacred Valley, Tambopata, Manu Park and Lima in detail. (PRU46, $21.95)
Footprint Peru Handbook • Ben Box GUIDEBOOK • 2011 • FLEXI-BOUND • 704 PAGES By the venerable British publishers of the "South American Handbook," this guide is built for the road with sturdy covers and a sewn binding. It's nicely divided between a general overview of Peru and practical travel detail on where to go and what to do. (PRU27, $27.95)
History of the Conquest of Peru • William H. Prescott HISTORY • 2002 • PAPER • 816 PAGES The 1847 classic by the author of the History of the Conquest of Mexico chronicles the expedition of the illiterate butcher Francisco Pizarro into the Andes in search of Inca gold and his clash with the people he finds there with dramatic flourish. Although Prescott's mastery account is thorough on both cultures, it is especially noteworthy for its vivid portrait of the character of the conquistadors. (AND24, $16.95)
Caral, The First Civilization in the Americas / La Primera Civilizacion De America • Christopher Kleihege ARCHAEOLOGY • 2010 • HARD COVER • 167 PAGES Two hundred color photographs document the pyramids, plazas and structures of Caral, the striking early site in the Supe Valley of Peru. (PRU110, $125.00)
History of the Inca Empire • Bernabe Cobo HISTORY • 1983 • PAPER • 279 PAGES A compact edition of the 17th-century account of the Incas, translated and edited by Roland Hamilton from Father Cobo's original manuscript. (AND47, $25.00)
History of the Inca Realm • Maria Rostworowski De Diez Canseco HISTORY • 1998 • PAPER • 269 PAGES • FAVORITE This scholarly history boasts the most thorough treatment of the pre-Hispanic Incas available in English. (AND63, $28.99)
How the Incas Built Their Heartland, State Formation And the Innovation of Imperial Strategies in the Sacred Valley, Peru • R. Alan Covey HISTORY • 2006 • HARD COVER • 333 PAGES Covey offers an alternative explanation of the origins and development of the Inca state, dispelling the mystery of the Incas' apparent rapid rise with evidence for a centuries-long gradual development. He draws upon archaeological research into the period between 1000 and 1400 CE to highlight long-term regional changes, rather than heroic actions of individual Inca kings. (PRU95, $85.00)
The Ice Maiden • Johan Reinhard ARCHAEOLOGY • 2006 • PAPER • 384 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 Illustrated Encyclopedia of Incas, The History, Legends, Myths and Culture • David M. Jones HISTORY • 2006 • HARD COVER • 256 PAGES This amply illustrated historical and archaeological guide is especially strong on Incan art -- textiles, ceramics, jewelry and more -- mythology and rituals. (AND67, $35.00)
An Inca Account of the Conquest of Peru • Titu Cusi Yupanqui HISTORY • 2005 • PAPER • 166 PAGES The Inca Diego de Castro Titu Cusi Yupanqui's account of the cataclysmic events that took place in the Andes in the 16th century, as told to a Spanish missionary in 1570 and translated by Ralph Bauer, who provides the introduction and annotations. (AND62, $21.95)
Inca Trail: Machu Picchu, Sacred Valley, Cusco Map • Lima 2000 2009 • MAP • BEST SELLER This fact-filed map shows the whole of the Sacred Valley from Cusco to Ollantaytambo and Machu Picchu on one side and, on the reverse, the area surrounding the sanctuary in splendid, topographic detail (1:50,000) . It's the best map both for those making the trek from kilometer 88 to the site and an excellent choice for those exploring by bus or train. Two Sides. 17x24 inches. (PRU28, $11.95)
Inca, Secrets of Lost Empires • Nova CULTURAL PORTRAIT • 2006 • DVD Nova reels in anthropologists and historians to re-create how the Inca may have constructed such magificent sanctuaries without the wheel, arch or obvious mathematics. The show also includes footage of modern Andean villagers building a traditional suspension bridge out of grass (PRU103, $19.95)
The Incas • Adriana von Hagen • Craig Morris ARCHAEOLOGY • 2012 • PAPER • 256 PAGES This up-to-date and authoritative survey, with 150 illustrations, black-and-white and color, covers the history, politics, economics, religion, architecture, art and technology of the Inca. The authors look in detail at the capital Cusco and at the four parts of the empire, exploring not just famous sites such as Machu Picchu but all the major regional settlements through the end of the empire with the arrival of the Spaniards and assassination of Atawallpa. (AND83, $26.95)
The Incas • Terrence D'Altroy HISTORY • 2003 • PAPER • 408 PAGES An authoritative chronicle of the rise and fall of the Incan empire. D'Altroy, a professor of anthropology, examines society, culture, geography, economy, religion and archeology. With maps and photographs. (CAM98, $32.95)
Incas, The Puma's Shadow • A. B. Daniel LITERATURE • 2002 • PAPER • 384 PAGES The first volume in Daniel's rousing saga of war and romance set in ancient Peru. (AND70, $23.99)
Lonely Planet Discover Peru • Lonely Planet GUIDEBOOK • 2011 • PAPER • 384 PAGES Focusing on must-see and memorable places and experiences, this all color guide by the discerning editors at Lonely Planet, featuring hundreds of color photographs and maps, includes suggested tours and itineraries along with not-to-be-missed places to stay, eat, shop and see. (PRU117, $24.99)
The Lost City • Henry Shukman LITERATURE • 2009 • PAPER • 336 PAGES An enthralling adventure story set in the Peruvian hinterlands, this novel follows a British ex-pat in search of the ruins of a long-hidden, ancient empire. (PRU93, $15.95)
Machu Picchu, Unveiling the Mystery of the Incas • Richard L. Burger • Lucy C. Salazar ARCHAEOLOGY • 2008 • PAPER • 256 PAGES A substantive, scholarly survey of the archaeology, art and culture of Machu Picchu, reflecting recent archaeological discoveries and new conclusions. The handsome book, published in conjunction with the exhibition organized by the Peabody Museum of Natural History at Yale, features color illustrations and descriptions of 120 gold, silver, ceramic, bone and textile works recovered at Machu Picchu. With new and archival photographs. The substantial essays accompanying the exhibit catalog include a reprint of Hiram Bingham's original 1913 report of the re-discovery in Machu Picchu and several chapters that establish the site as an Inca Royal Estate. This section concludes with a consideration of the modern significance of Machu Picchu. This book, the most substantial re-evaluation of the site in decades, would make an excellent addition to any traveler's library. Richard Burger is an archaeologist specializing in the Central Andes and director of the Peabody Museum. Archaeologist Lucy Salazar-Burger is co-editor and project manager for the exhibit. (AND35, $28.00)
The Moche • Garth Bawden ARCHAEOLOGY • 1999 • PAPER • 375 PAGES A comprehensive, scholarly overview of the ancient Moche civilization of northern coastal Peru. These are the people, known for their architecture, ceramics and metallurgy, who built Sipan in the first centuries A.D. The author is a professor of anthropology at the University of New Mexico. With some disappointing black-and-white illustrations and murky photographs. A volume in the series, The Peoples of America. (PRU56, $40.95)
The Monkey's Paw, New Chronicles from Peru • Robin Kirk CULTURAL PORTRAIT • 1997 • PAPER • 215 PAGES A fascinating, multi-faceted portrait of the nation as shown through the travels and interviews of journalist Robin Kirk in Peru of the 1980s and 1990s. She focuses on the impact of the Shining Path guerilla movement on the country, and how the aftershocks are still felt. Kirk is also co-editor of the excellent "Peru Reader." (PRU24, $22.95)
Moon Handbook Peru • Ross Wehner • Renee del Gaudio GUIDEBOOK • 2007 • PAPER • 631 PAGES An informative guide in the popular series. (PRU58, $21.95)
Narrative of the Incas • Juan De Betanzos • Roland Hamilton • Dana Buchanan TRAVEL NARRATIVE • 1996 • PAPER • 326 PAGES A contemporaneous account of the conquest and heritage of Peru from an Inca perspective, written in the 1550s. Although he was a Spaniard, De Betanzos was married to an Inca princess and recorded the oral traditions and history of her aristocratic family. For 400 years, only 18 chapters of this work were known -- the remaining 64 were not discovered until the 1980s. The language can be hardgoing. (AND39, $21.95)
National Geographic Peru • Rob Rachowiecki GUIDEBOOK • 2009 • PAPER • 320 PAGES A compact guide featuring National Geographic's usual attention to maps and color photography. (PRU90, $25.95)
Open Veins of Latin America: Five Centuries of the Pillage of a Continent • Eduardo Galeano • Cedric Belfrage HISTORY • 1998 • PAPER • 317 PAGES The 25th anniversary edition of the landmark history of plunder and exploitation in Latin America. This wrenchingly beautiful book takes for one of its central metaphors the booms and busts of the Potosi mines in the Bolivian highlands. Using local slave labor, the 16th century Spaniards took billions of dollars worth of silver from a single hillside there. The British and Americans returned to the site centuries later to mine tin for their war machine. The book also takes on the banana republics of Central America, the Amazonian rubber plantations and the numerous American invasions throughout the region. (AND26, $18.00)
Peru in Focus • Jane Holligan de Diaz-Limaco GUIDEBOOK • 2006 • PAPER • 95 PAGES This slim guide focuses on the history of Peru, its cultural heritage and current political, environmental and economic challenges. With maps, photographs and some travel information. It's an excellent synopsis from a left-leaning perspective, strong on facts. (PRU11, $12.95)
Peru Mammals Guide • Rainforest Publications FIELD GUIDE • 2005 • PLASTIC CARD A handy, double-sided laminated card depicting over 60 commonly encountered mammals of Peru. Includes each species' common English name, scientific name, Spanish name, approximate length in centimeters, and a beautiful and accurate full-color illustration. (PRU73, $6.95)
Peru, Birds of the Wetlands, Beaches and Oceans • Rainforest Publications FIELD GUIDE • 2005 • PLASTIC CARD • 2 PAGES A handy, double-sided laminated card depicting commonly encountered boobies, kingfishers, herons and other wetland birds of Peru. With scientific, English and Spanish names. (PRU82, $6.95)
Peruvian Traditions • Ricardo Palma LITERATURE • 2004 • PAPER • 263 PAGES Palma (1833-1919) sketches the history, traditions and culture of the Incas and colonial Peru in this celebrated collection of legends and tales. (PRU79, $24.99)
The Real Life of Alejandro Mayta • Mario Vargas Llosa LITERATURE • 1998 • PAPER • 320 PAGES An astute psychological portrait of a modern revolutionary and a searching account of an old friend's struggle to understand him. First published in English in 1986, the novel probes the long and checkered history of radical politics in Latin America. (AND65, $26.00)
Rough Guide Peru • Dilwyn Jenkins GUIDEBOOK • 2009 • PAPER • 648 PAGES This practical guide in the excellent British series includes an excellent historical and cultural overview. (PRU78, $22.99)
Running the Amazon • Joe Kane EXPLORATION • 1990 • PAPER • 278 PAGES A best-selling account of a 4,000-mile Amazon expedition from high in the Peruvian Andes to the Atlantic by foot, raft and kayak. It's a tale of high adventure, corrupt border guards, itinerant drug smugglers -- and the camaraderie that develops from a difficult job well done. Only four of the original ten participants finished the journey. Much of the story takes place in the little-explored narrow canyons and rapids high above Iquitos in Peru in the headwaters of the Amazon. (AMZ13, $14.95)
South America, The Andes Map • Nelles 2005 • MAP A double-sided map covering the full range of the Andes and Pacific coast of South America from the Panama Canal to Tierra del Fuego at a scale of 1:4,500,000. With good topographic detail, roads, a separate map of Cusco/Machu Picchu and city maps (from north to south) of Bogota, Quito, La Paz, Lima, Arica, Antofogasta, Iquique, la Serena, Santiago and the Santiago metropolitan area. Two Sides. 40x20 inches. (SAM47, $13.95)
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, $24.95)
Three Letters from the Andes • Patrick Leigh Fermor TRAVEL NARRATIVE • 2005 • PAPER • 128 PAGES The novice among a group of mountaineers on a trip through Peru and thje Andes in 1971, Leigh Fermor memorably writes of his fellow travelers (a writer and poet, a Swiss international skier and jeweller, a social anthropologist from Provence and Nottinghamshire farming squire and a botany-loving duke) and aadventures in this account, which takes the form of letters home to his adoring Joan. Starting in Lima, the trip took them from Cuzco to Urubamba, on to Puno and Juli on Lake Titicaca, down to Arequipa and finally back to Lima. (AND82, $18.95)
Touching the Void • Joe Simpson BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR • 2004 • PAPER • 218 PAGES The harrowing tale of a climb gone badly wrong and Simpson's near miraculous survival in the Andes. Dedicated to Simon Yates ("for a debt I can never repay"), Simpson recounts his 3-day ordeal after being cut loose by his climbing partner on the face of a glacier and dropping into a crevasse. Neither men thought he would survive. Yates had been lowering his crippled partner down the mountain, when he had to make the choice of cutting him loose or dying with him. More than a tale of adventure and survival, the book has a psychological impact -- and now it has been made into a film, which interweaves interviews of Simpson and Yates with a reenactment. (AND37, $14.99)
Weaving in the Peruvian Highlands • Nilda Callanaupa Alvarez ART & ARCHITECTURE • 2007 • PAPER • 112 PAGES Alvarez, who runs a museum and weaving school in Cusco, draws a rich connection between traditional Quechua weaving and the Andean landscape. Beautiful photographs of weavers and their work accompany informative text on the social functions of weaving. (PRU89, $19.95)
The World as You Dream It, Shamanistic Teachings from the Amazon and Andes • John M. Perkins RELIGION • 1994 • PAPER • 139 PAGES An activist on behalf of indigenous cultures and founder of the "Earth Dream Alliance", the author provides a personal account of his sometimes hard-to-believe experiences with curanderos (or shamans) in the highlands and Amazon of Ecuador. Whatever your thoughts on the concept a vision quest, the book includes an fascinating account of the author's time with the Shuar people, their rituals and religious ideas. (AMZ46, $14.95)
City of Silver, A Mystery • Annamaria Alfieri LITERATURE • 2011 • PAPER • 317 PAGES Mother Maria Santa Hilda, Abess of the convent of Santa Isabella de los Santos Milagros in 17th-century Potosi, in its day the largest city in the Western Hemisphere, is at the center of this satisfying, suspenseful tale. Richly set in the Spanish Viceroyalty of Peru, Alfieri's fully realized characters, web of politics and intrigue and unusual setting distinguish this excellent debut novel. (BOL27, $14.95)
The Machu Picchu Guidebook • Ruth M. Wright • Alfredo Valencia Zegarra GUIDEBOOK • 2011 • PAPER • 188 PAGES A compact, detailed guide to Machu Picchu, with chapters on each section of the site, many photographs and useful site diagrams of individual buildings and sectors. With information on new discoveries and research, a section on wildlife, and a full-color depiction of the city as it may have appeared during a solstice celebration in 1530. (PRU34, $21.95)
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)
Peru, Birds of the Forest • Rainforest Publications FIELD GUIDE • 2005 • PLASTIC CARD A handy, double-sided laminated card depicting 100 commonly encountered parrots, motmots, hummingbirds and other forest birds of Peru. With scientific, English and Spanish names. (PRU72, $6.95)

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