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The Brazil Reader: History, Culture, Politics
• Robert M. Levine
• John J. Crocitti
• CULTURAL PORTRAIT
• OUT OF PRINT
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A diverse selection of letters, interviews and other documents from early colonization to contemporary literature, this book is an excellent overview of the history and culture of Brazil.
(BZL12, $25.95)
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Culture Smart! Brazil
• Sandra Branco
• GUIDEBOOK
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A concise, well-illustrated and practical guide to local customs, etiquette and culture.
(BZL54, $9.95)
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Edge of the Jungle
• William Beebe
• EXPLORATION
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A collection of 12 essays on the Amazon and its ecology and wildlife. A scientist-explorer with the soul of a poet, Beebe wrote dozens of books about his adventures in tropical America.
(AMZ75, $17.95)
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The Far Side of the World
• Patrick O'Brian
• LITERATURE
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O'Brian takes readers on an adventure around Cape Horn in this enthralling Aubrey and Maturin tale, featuring evocative descriptions of the wildlife of Patagonia and Galapagos and a vivid portrait of Nelson's British Navy.
(SAM01, $13.95)
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A Guide to the Birds of Venezuela
• Steven Hilty
• Guy Tudor
• J.A. Gwynne
• FIELD GUIDE
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The classic South American bird guide, revised and expanded by Steve Hilty. A bit hefty for a field guide at just over 4 pounds, but still an essential reference to over 1,400 bird species. Travelers in the Brazilian Amazon will find it especially useful.
(FG13, $59.50)
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A History of Brazil
• E. Bradford Burns
• HISTORY
• OUT OF PRINT
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A wide-ranging social, intellectual and cultural history of Brazil.
(BZL02, $26.00)
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In Amazonia, A Natural History
• Hugh Raffles
• NATURAL HISTORY
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An intriguing look at the intertwined history of people and nature in the Amazon. Academic yet still artful, Raffles focuses on a small Brazilian riverine community and the transformation of their river over the last 50 years.
(AMZ85, $25.95)
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In Search of the Golden Frog
• Marty Crump
• BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR
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A memoir of a field biologist.
(CON18, $27.00)
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Knopf Mapguide Rio De Janeiro
• Knopf Guides
• GUIDEBOOK
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A handy set of full color, ingeniously folded maps, each indicating favorite sites, shops, restaurants and attractions.
(BZL55, $9.95)
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A Land of Ghosts, The Braided Lives of People and the Forest in Far Western Amazonia
• David Campbell
• TRAVEL NARRATIVE
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Campbell writes with flair and insight of the people, history and ecological discoveries in the far western reaches of the Amazon Basin, a place where he has focused much of his work.
(AMZ90, $18.95)
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Lonely Planet Rio de Janeiro
• Regis St. Louis
• GUIDEBOOK
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This practical guide to the Brazilian city features maps, a good overview of culture, history and nature, and much nuts-and-bolts information
(BZL19, $19.99)
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The Mapmaker's Wife
• Robert Whitaker
• HISTORY
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Colonial politics, the travails of the cartographer, and good old-fashioned murder all add intrigue to this absorbing tale of 18th-century European exploration of the Amazon -- and one woman's quest to find her husband deep in the jungle.
(AMZ97, $13.00)
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The Naturalist on the River Amazons
• Henry W. Bates
• EXPLORATION
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A spell-binding early account of the river and its environs, first published in 1863. This classic chronicle of Bates's scientific adventures, part natural history and part travelogue, has inspired generations of tropical biologists.
(AMZ07, $24.95)
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Rain Forest Revealed
• DK Publishing
• EXPLORATION
• YOUNG READERS (Age 4-8)
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A colorful children's guide to the flora and fauna of the rainforest, featuring transparent pages.
(NAT66, $12.99)
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Requiem for Nature
• John Terborgh
• NATURAL HISTORY
• FAVORITE
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A passionate and thoughtful plea for conservation of the rain forest from a noted biologist.
(FST07, $29.50)
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Rough Guide Brazil
• David Cleary
• GUIDEBOOK
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An opinionated, thorough travel guide with region-by-region descriptions.
(BZL09, $24.95)
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Sacred Leaves of Candomble: African Magic, Medicine, and Religion in Brazil
• Robert A. Voeks
• RELIGION
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An account of the ethnobotany of African religious and healing traditions in Brazil.
(BZL29, $25.00)
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The Sea and the Jungle
• H.M. Tomlinson
• EXPLORATION
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First published in 1912, this is a thoroughly unromanticized, absorbing account of a 2,000-mile journey by steamship deep into the Amazon. Understated and often hilarious.
(AMZ10, $18.00)
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The Smithsonian Atlas of the Amazon
• Michael Goulding
• Ronaldo Barthem
• Efrem Ferreira
• NATURAL HISTORY
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A profusely illustrated, full-color atlas of the river and its major tributaries with 150 maps.
(AMZ82, $39.95)
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The War of the End of the World
• Mario Vargas Llosa
• Helen Lane
• LITERATURE
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An unforgettable historical novel about the rebellion of the lower-class citizens of Canudos, Brazil, in the late 19th century.
(BZL18, $16.00)
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With Broadax and Firebrand, The Destruction of the Brazilian Atlantic Forest
• Warren Dean
• HISTORY
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A vivid, scholarly environmental history of Brazil from early settlement through the 1990s, focusing on deforestation on the Atlantic coast.
(BZL31, $29.95)
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Yanomami, The Fierce Controversy and What We Might Learn from It
• Robert Borofsky
• CULTURAL PORTRAIT
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A study of the controversy surrounding anthropological studies of the Yanomami.
(SAM67, $22.95)
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Yanomami, The Fierce Controversy and What We Might Learn from It
• Robert Borofsky
• CULTURAL PORTRAIT
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A study of the controversy surrounding anthropological studies of the Yanomami.
(SAM67, $22.95)
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