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1491, New Revelations of Americas Before Columbus
• Charles C. Mann
• HISTORY
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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)
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501 Spanish Verbs
• Christopher Kendris
• LANGUAGE & PHRASEBOOKS
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The perennial favorite among students of Spanish.
(GEN134, $16.99)
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The Ancient Maya
• Robert Sharer
• ARCHAEOLOGY
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A scholarly reference on everything Maya, including individual site descriptions, maps, and much else of interest to the serious student of Maya history and culture.
(MYA07, $35.95)
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Birds of Mexico & Central America, Princeton Illustrated Checklists
• Ber Van Perlo
• FIELD GUIDE
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An admirably compact, comprehensive guide.
(MEX163, $29.95)
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The Birds of Tikal, An Annotated Checklist
• Randall Beavers
• FIELD GUIDE
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The serious birder will find this annotated list of birds found at Tikal a useful adjunct to a field guide. With a 40-page introduction to the region, a few black-and-white photographs, checklist and notes.
(GML08, $12.95)
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The Buried Mirror
• Carlos Fuentes
• CULTURAL PORTRAIT
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A fascinating, illustrated survey of Latin American culture and history by the great Mexican author Carlos Fuentes. With hundreds of color illustrations.
(SPN71, $29.95)
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Central America Map
• ITMB
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A detailed map of the entire Central American isthmus at a scale of 1:1,100,000.
(CAM20, $12.95)
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The Code of Kings, The Language of Seven Sacred Maya Temples and Tombs
• Linda Schele
• Peter Mathews
• ARCHAEOLOGY
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A vivid guided tour of seven Maya sites, including Palenque, Tikal and Chichen Itza. This outstanding book features photos and line drawings throughout, and introductory chapters with a succinct introduction to Maya history and culture.
(MYA13, $22.00)
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Collapse, How Societies Choose to Fail or Succeed
• Jared Diamond
• HISTORY
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Diamond tackles nothing less than the history and fate of civilization in this compelling book in which he offers case studies, present and past, of societies that work and societies that do not, devoting 100 carefully reasoned pages, for example, to the fate of the Norse settlements in Greenland (climatic change, Inuit) and another big section on Easter Island (deforestation, hubris).
(GEN324, $18.00)
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The Control of Nature
• John McPhee
• NATURAL HISTORY
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A bestseller in the classic McPhee tradition, this book explores our generally feeble attempts to combat all-powerful nature, including efforts by Icelanders to control the flow of a volcano.
(NAT01, $16.00)
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Copan, The History of an Ancient Maya Kingdom
• William L Fash
• E. Wyllys Andrews
• ARCHAEOLOGY
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The proceedings of a seminar.
(CAM105, $29.95)
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Coral Reef Fishes
• Ewald Lieske
• Robert Myers
• FIELD GUIDE
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This compact handbook features 2,500 illustrations of shallow-water fishes around the world.
(DIV05, $24.95)
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Divided Soul, A Journey Through the Secular and Religious in Hispanic Life
• David Alan Harvey
• CULTURAL PORTRAIT
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A culmination of a photographer's two decade quest to capture the global Hispanic spirit on film.
(SPN191, $49.95)
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The Ecology of a Tropical Forest, Seasonal Rhythms and Long-term Changes
• Egbert G. Leigh, Jr
• NATURAL HISTORY
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A good overview of the flora, fauna and ecology of the region.
(CAM52, $35.00)
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A Field Guide to the Mammals of Central America & Southeast Mexico
• Fiona Reid
• FIELD GUIDE
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Large color plates of mammals, mostly painted in the field, with range maps by species. A great resource for visitors to Central America with an interest in mammals.
(CAM60, $59.95)
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Flowering Plants of the Neotropics
• Nathan Smith
• Scott Mori
• Andrew Henderson
• Dennis Stevenson
• Scott Heald
• FIELD GUIDE
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A beautifully illustrated, oversize introduction to the showiest, most important and interesting flowering plants of Mexico, Central and South America.
(CAM103, $90.00)
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Footprint Diving the World, A Guide to the World's Coral Seas
• Beth Tierney
• Shaun Tierney
• GUIDEBOOK
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An inviting, beautifully illustrated guide, covering 220 dive sites in 19 countries with chapters on Australia and the Pacific, Mexico and Honduras, Egypt, East Africa and the Maldives, Thailand, Indonesia, the Philippines and Micronesia. Featuring the diving couple's favorite destinations, the book includes a planning guide, practical tips and listing of dive centers, hotels, restaurants and live-aboards.
(OCE102, $29.95)
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Footprint Mexico & Central America Handbook
• Sarah Cameron
• Ben Box
• GUIDEBOOK
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The classic, comprehensive guide to the region.
(MEX64, $24.95)
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Genesis (Memory of Fire Trilogy, Part 1)
• Cedric Belfrage
• Eduardo Galeano
• HISTORY
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Brief, lyrical vignettes and anecdotes from pre-Columbian myths through the conquest and early colonial period. A crash course in the history of the New World.
(MYA18, $16.95)
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The Green Pharmacy
• James A. Duke
• NATURAL HISTORY
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An A-Z catalog of ailments and the herbal remedies that heal them.
(AMZ40, $19.95)
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A Guide to Ancient Maya Ruins
• C. Bruce Hunter
• GUIDEBOOK
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A compact, accessible guide to archaeological sites in Mexico, Guatemala and Honduras.
(MYA23, $19.95)
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A Guide to the Birds of Panama with Costa Rica, Nicaragua and Honduras
• Robert Ridgely
• J.A. Gwynne
• FIELD GUIDE
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A comprehensive field guide, noteworthy for its beautiful color plates, in a sturdy edition covering additional species found in Nicaragua, Honduras, and Costa Rica
(CAM07, $49.95)
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In Search of Robinson Crusoe
• Tim Severin
• TRAVEL NARRATIVE
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A quest to find the real seafarer that inspired Defoe's fictional hero is the motivation behind this unusual travelogue.
(PAC130, $16.95)
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Lightning Warrior, Maya Art and Kingship at Quirigua
• Matthew G. Looper
• ART & ARCHITECTURE
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A scholary survey of the remarkable stelae at the Maya city in Guatemala and nearby Copan in the The Linda Schele Series in Maya and Pre-Columbian Studies published by the University of Texas Press.
(MYA43, $50.00)
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The Massacre at El Mozote: A Parable of the Cold War
• Mark Danner
• HISTORY
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A reconstruction of a 1981 massacre in El Salvador and the role of the United States.
(CAM67, $14.95)
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Maya Cosmos, Three Thousand Years on the Shaman's Path
• Joy Parker
• Linda Schele
• David Freidel
• ARCHAEOLOGY
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This book finds coherence in 3000 years of Central American religious history.
(MYA32, $23.95)
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Maya Glyphs
• S.D. Houston
• HISTORY
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A concise survey of ancient Maya language and writing.
(MYA24, $13.95)
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The Maya Tropical Forest: Peoples, Parks and Ancient Cities
• James D. Nations
• HISTORY
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Jim Nations draws on field work in the region over the last 25 years in this personable, detailed overview of the people, history and wildlife of the lowland tropical forest of southern Mexico, Guatemala and Belize.
(MYA49, $22.95)
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A Naturalist's Guide to the Tropics
• Marco Lambertini
• John Venerella
• NATURAL HISTORY
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A compact, illustrated guide to the natural history of the tropical latitudes.
(CON17, $25.00)
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Neotropical Rainforest Mammals, A Field Guide
• L.H. Emmons
• FIELD GUIDE
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An illustrated guide to the mammals of the New World tropics, compact enough to slip into your daypack, with 29 color plates illustrating more than 200 species.
(GPS12, $32.50)
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Nothing to Declare, Memoirs of a Woman Traveling Alone
• Mary Morris
• TRAVEL NARRATIVE
• FAVORITE
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An absorbing memoir of a woman traveling alone throughout Mexico and Central America. Morris, a favorite writer, evokes the people and places she visits on her travels in gritty immediate detail.
(CAM08, $14.00)
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Pass the Butterworms, Remote Journeys Oddly Rendered
• Tim Cahill
• TRAVEL NARRATIVE
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A collection of enertatining travel essays.
(WLD01, $13.00)
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Pimsleur Quick & Simple Spanish
• Pimsleur Language Method
• LANGUAGE & PHRASEBOOKS
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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)
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Rough Guide Central America
• Peter Eltringham
• GUIDEBOOK
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A no-nonsense, comprehensive travel guide to Central America with country-by-country descriptions and a solid overview of history, culture and nature. Covers Belize, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, El Salvador, Costa Rica and Panama.
(CAM95, $22.99)
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A Short History of Progress
• Ronald Wright
• HISTORY
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These succint essays, originally presented as a radio broadcast, analyze the rise and fall of great societies, including Maya, Roman, Sumerian, Ancient Chinese and Easter Island.
(WLD62, $14.95)
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Snakes, The Evolution of Mystery in Nature
• Harry W. Greene
• NATURAL HISTORY
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The ecology and diversity of snakes worldwide, with stunning photographs.
(BST33, $55.00)
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Spanish, Start Speaking Today! (Cassette Tapes)
• Educational Services Corporation
• LANGUAGE & PHRASEBOOKS
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A 90-minute crash course in Spanish featured in two audio tapes and a phrasebook.
(SPN140, $21.95)
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Spirits of the Jaguar
• BBC
• NATURAL HISTORY
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A four-part BBC television series, this documentary presents the land, wildlife and cultures of Central America in living color.
(CAM59, $19.98)
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Travelers' Tales Central America
• Larry Habegger
• Natanya Pearlman
• ANTHOLOGY
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A collection of eyewitness reports by journalists, travelers and writers, including Joan Didion, P.J. O'Rourke and Paul Theroux.
(CAM96, $17.95)
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Trees of Paradise and Pillars of the World, The Serial Stelae Cycle of 18-Rabbit-God K, King of Copan
• Elizabeth A. Newsome
• ART & ARCHITECTURE
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A scholarly overview of Copan's famous stelae in the Linda Schele Series in Maya and Pre-Columbian Studies published by the University of Texas Press.
(MYA45, $45.00)
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The True History of Chocolate
• Sophie D. Coe
• Michael Coe
• FOOD
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This scholarly history of pre-Columbian chocolate by these married archaeologists reveals chocolate's origins as a ceremonial beverage in ancient Olmec and Maya society. The Coes trace the treat's evolution from a food of the gods to the salons of Europe down through the masses to Hershey Pennsylvania.
(CAM57, $21.95)
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Ultimate Spanish, Basic-Intermediate with Book
• Irwin Stern
• LANGUAGE & PHRASEBOOKS
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A university-level Spanish course in a box with eight, 60-minute cassettes and a 400-page book.
(SPN175, $75.00)
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The University of Chicago Dictionary, Spanish-English/English-Spanish
• Carlos Castillo
• LANGUAGE & PHRASEBOOKS
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The well-regarded concise dictionary of words and phrases for today's language. Fifth Edition.
(SPN118, $11.00)
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