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	501 Spanish Verbs • Christopher Kendris • LANGUAGE & PHRASEBOOKS • The perennial favorite among students of Spanish. (GEN134, $16.99)
	Brazil Bolivia Paraguay Uruguay Map • Reise & Verkehrsverlag • A colorful, folded map of Atlantic South America stretching from the northern border of Brazil to Buenos Aires, at a scale of 1:4,000,000. (SAM39, $15.95)
	Cloud Forest, A Chronicle of the South American Wilderness • Peter Matthiessen • TRAVEL NARRATIVE • FAVORITE • Matthiessen recounts with wit, insight and style his odyssey to the Amazon and Andes, including Machu Picchu and Tierra del Fuego. (SAM02, $16.00)
	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 Fall of Che Guevara • Henry Butterfield Ryan • HISTORY • A history of U.S. opposition to Guevara's 1966-67 Bolivian insurgency. (BOL15, $45.00)
	Latin American Art • John F. Scott • ART & ARCHITECTURE • A popular survey of the arts in Latin America. (SAM33, $29.95)
	Lonely Planet South America on a Shoestring • Lonely Planet • GUIDEBOOK • A comprehensive, detailed practical guide to traveling in South America. (SAM44, $33.99)
	Magical Sites, Women Travelers in 19th Century Latin America • Marjorie Agosin • TRAVEL NARRATIVE • A lively treasury of accounts written by women --from French nuns to upper-crust Europeans --who traveled across Latin America in the 19th century . (SAM29, $17.00)
	Mammals of the Neotropics, The Central Neotropics: Ecuador, Peru, Bolivia, Brazil, Vol. 3 • John F. Eisenberg • Kent H. Redford • REFERENCE • A comprehensive survey of the 650 species of mammals of Ecuador, Peru, Bolivia, and Brazil. (SAM30, $55.00)
	Modern Latin America • Thomas E. Skidmore • Peter Smith • HISTORY • A succinct history of 20th-century Latin America that examines the politics, economy and people of Argentina, Chile, Brazil, Peru, Mexico, Cuba, Central America and the Caribbean. (SAM23, $52.95)
	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)
	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)
	Personal Narrative • Alexander von Humboldt • EXPLORATION • This is the book that Darwin took on his voyage around the world -- a classic account of naturalist and explorer Humboldt's 18th-century discoveries in South America. (SAM08, $17.00)
	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)
	Rough Guide Music Bolivia • Various Artists • MUSIC • A carefully chosen sampling of the diverse sounds of Bolivia. (BOL21, $14.98)
	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)
	Spanish, A Language Map • Kristine K. Kershul • LANGUAGE & PHRASEBOOKS • This durable, foldout card, featuring 1,000 words and phrases, works as a quick reference for travelers. (SPN259, $7.95)
	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)
	Travelers' Tales, A Woman's World • Dervla Murphy • Marybeth Bond • ANTHOLOGY • An award-winning anthology of contemporary travel writing by women writers. (GEN99, $18.95)
	Travelers' Tales, Women in the Wild • Lucy McCauley • TRAVEL NARRATIVE • A sampling of tales of climbing Mt. Everest, swimming Lake Titicaca, rescuing endangered animals in Vietnam, wild-river rafting in Borneo, and other adventures by notable figures including Jane Goodall, Annie Dillard, Terry Tempest Williams, Alice Walker, Robyn Davidson, Gretel Ehrlich, and Louise Erdrich. (GEN100, $17.95)
	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)
	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)

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