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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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A Bird-finding Guide to Panama
• George Angehr
• NATURAL HISTORY
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A handy guide to where to see birds in Panama, with site descriptions, directions, 44 road and trail maps, bird lists and general travel information.
(PNM34, $29.95)
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Bradt Guide Panama
• Sarah Woods
• GUIDEBOOK
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A practical guide in the informative Bradt style, with information on natural history, arts and culture, and special sections on the Bocas del Toro archipelago and the Panama Canal.
(PNM26, $21.95)
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Central America, A Nation Divided
• Ralph Lee Woodward
• HISTORY
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A balanced standard history of the region -- popular as a university textbook and thoroughly revised to reflect the momentous events in the region since 1976. With an extensive guide to further reading.
(CAM80, $39.95)
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Central America, A Natural and Cultural History
• Anthony G. Coates
• HISTORY
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A concise overview of the region with contributions by diverse authors on the geology, natural history and culture of the Central American isthmus.
(CAM69, $22.50)
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Coffee and Power, Revolution and the Rise of Democracy in Central America
• Jeffery M. Paige
• HISTORY
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Panoramic in scope, this scholarly history examines the emerging democracies of Central America and especially the political impact on powerful families who control coffee production.
(CAM50, $26.00)
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Costa Rica & Panama Map
• World Mapping Project
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An exquisitely detailed, double-sided colorful map with topography, parks and attractions.
(CAM111, $9.99)
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Eastern Caribbean Cruise Tour Guide
• Coastal Cruise Tour Guides
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A handy guide and booklet that unfolds to a six-foot-long full color map. It features historical background, visitor attractions and maps of all the islands from Puerto Rico to Trinidad.
(CRB135, $15.95)
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Eclipse! The What, Where, When, Why, and How Guide to Watching Solar and Lunar Eclipses
• Philip Harington
• REFERENCE
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A guide to eclipse phenomena, including how to best photograph and appreciate lunar and solar eclipses, as well as understand general celestial mechanics. With tables summarizing where lunar and solar eclipses will be visible from 1998-2017.
(GEN30, $19.95)
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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, $70.00)
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Fodor's Panama
• Fodor's Travel Publications
• GUIDEBOOK
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With its many photographs, great introductory chapters and practical travel information, this book is an excellent overview of Italy and its attractions for visitors. Featuring separate sections on suggested places to visit, recommended walks, practical information, descriptions of restaurants and hotels, ratings of sights, and a chronology of historic events.
(PNM38, $21.95)
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Four Neotropical Rainforests
• Alwyn Gentry
• NATURAL HISTORY
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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)
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Frommer's Panama
• Kristina Schreck
• GUIDEBOOK
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A comprehensive travel guide featuring excellent annotated listings of what to do and where to eat and sleep. With one-color maps and suggested excursions.
(CAM129, $21.99)
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In the Time of the Tyrants, Panama, 1968-1990
• R. M. Coster
• HISTORY
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A history of the period in Panama's recent history dominated by military dictators.
(CAM55, $11.95)
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It's a Jungle Up There, More Tales from the Treetops
• Margaret Lowman
• James Burgess
• Edward Burgess
• NATURAL HISTORY
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This engaging globe-skipping chronicle takes the tropical ecologist and her now-grown sons James and Edward to Samoa, West Africa, Peru, Panama, India and other great habitats.
(NAT92, $30.00)
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Looking for a Ship
• John McPhee
• HISTORY
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In his signature style of exploring important but ignored subjects, John McPhee explores the dying industry of the Merchant Marine.
(GEN133, $16.00)
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A Man A Plan A Canal
• Nova
• HISTORY
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(PNM19, $14.98)
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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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Panama Fever, The Epic History of One of the Greatest Engineering Triumphs of All Time: the Building of the Panama Canal
• Matthew Parker
• HISTORY
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Parker's epic historical adventure shows all the politics, power and bravado of building the fiercely contested route across Central America.
(PNM37, $29.95)
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The Path Between the Seas
• David McCullough
• HISTORY
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A nine-hour, abridged audio version of McCullough's spellbinding history of the Panama Canal, on eight compact discs.
(PNM31, $39.95)
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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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Richard Bangs' Adventures With Purpose, Dispatches from the Front Lines of Earth
• Richard Bangs
• EXPLORATION
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Hair-raising jaunts to far-flung corners of the world, including Libya, Bosnia, Ethiopia, and Rwanda.
(WLD127, $16.95)
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The Rise of Theodore Roosevelt
• Edmund Morris
• BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR
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A celebrated biography of Teddy Roosevelt, from his birth in 1858 to his presidential inauguration in 1901.
(USE308, $17.95)
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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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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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Theodore Rex
• Edmund Morris
• BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR
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A celebrated biography tackling Roosevelt's presidency from 1901 to 1909 -- and his role in creating an American Empire.
(USE310, $17.95)
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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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