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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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Amazon Stranger, A Rainforest Chief Battles Big Oil
• Mike Tidwell
• CULTURAL PORTRAIT
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A detailed, entertaining portrait of the Ecuadorian Amazon and its people.
(AMZ01, $16.95)
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Art of the Andes, from Chavin to Inca
• Rebecca Stone-Miller
• ARCHAEOLOGY
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This authoritative and concise illustrated survey of Andean art and architecture covers not only Machu Picchu and additional Inca monuments, but also Chan Chan, Nasca and other archaeological sites and cultures.
(PRU05, $18.95)
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Birds of Ecuador, Vol. 1: Status, Distribution and Taxonomy
• Paul Greenfield
• Robert Ridgely
• FIELD GUIDE
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An comprehensive account of the conservation, ecology and taxonomy of birds in Ecuador.
(EDR07, $85.00)
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Cloud Forest, A Chronicle of the South American Wilderness
• Peter Matthiessen
• TRAVEL NARRATIVE
• FAVORITE
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Matthiessen recounts with wit, insight and style his odyssey to the Amazon and Andes, including Machu Picchu and Tierra del Fuego.
(SAM02, $16.00)
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Conquistadors
• Michael Wood
• HISTORY
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A lively, illustrated account of the Spanish conquest of the New World by the intrepid writer-filmmaker Michael Wood,
(SAM48, $22.95)
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Darwin and the Barnacle, the Story of One Tiny Creature and History's Most Spectacular Scientific Breakthrough
• Rebecca Stott
• NATURAL HISTORY
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Darwin devoted eight years to the perplexing pedunculated cirripedes, setting the groundwork for his ideas about evolution through natural selection.
(NAT65, $14.95)
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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 Enchanted Amazon Rain Forest, Stories from a Vanishing World
• Nigel J.H. Smith
• CULTURAL PORTRAIT
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A wonderfully presented collection of observations from the Amazon, this is a good introduction to the people, culture and geography of the rain forest.
(AMZ26, $29.95)
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Evolution, The Remarkable History of a Scientific Theory
• Edward Larson
• NATURAL HISTORY
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A clearheaded, engrossing brief history of ideas about evolution from the 18th century to the present by a Pulitzer Prize-winning author.
(NAT64, $14.95)
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Exploration of the Valley of the Amazon
• William Herndon
• Gary Kinder
• EXPLORATION
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An original account of 19th-century exploration of the Amazon by Captain Herndon, who traveled from Lima to the Pacific coast of Brazil.
(AMZ67, $14.00)
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Explorers of the Amazon
• Anthony Smith
• EXPLORATION
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In this well told overview of the region, Anthony Smith presents a history of exploration of the Amazon, scientific and otherwise.
(AMZ31, $32.50)
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A Field Guide to Medicinal and Useful Plants of the Upper Amazon
• James L. Castner
• Stephen L. Timme
• James A. Duke
• FIELD GUIDE
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A photographic identification guide focusing on the practical uses of common plants of the tropical forest.
(AMZ39, $38.00)
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A Field Guide to the Birds of Peru
• James Clements
• Noam Shany
• Dana Gardner
• Eustace Barnes
• FIELD GUIDE
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A comprehensive field guide to the birds of Peru, featuring 127 color plates and illustrating almost 1,800 species, focusing on their identification, habitat, and distribution.
(PRU21, $60.00)
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Fire from the Andes, Short Fiction by Women from Bolivia, Ecuador, and Peru
• Susan E. Benner
• ANTHOLOGY
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An anthology of contemporary stories from the Andes, this book includes contributions by 24 women from Ecuador, Peru and Bolivia. Mostly personal, many of the stories revolve around peasants, the urban poor and other marginalized members of society.
(AND17, $24.95)
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Flowers of the Amazon Forest, The Botanical Art of Margaret Mee
• Margaret Mee
• NATURAL HISTORY
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Featuring 60 of Mee's splendidly detailed, gorgeous botanical illustrations, along with field sketches and diary excerpts.
(AMZ104, $39.50)
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Galápagos Islands Coloring Book
• Jan Sovak
• NATURAL HISTORY
• YOUNG READERS (Age 4-8)
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Featuring 32 illustrations of the plants and animals of the Galápagos, Charles Darwin and a map of the archipelago, all ready to color.
(GPS74, $3.95)
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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 the Birds of Colombia
• Steven Hilty
• William Brown
• FIELD GUIDE
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A classic South American bird guide with good coverage of the upper Amazon basin. It illustrates 1,700 species -- nearly half of all the species of South America.
(FG14, $67.50)
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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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Jungle Travel and Survival
• John Walden, M.D.
• GUIDEBOOK
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Medical doctor and frequent Amazon-traveler Walden provides useful advice on avoiding malaria, parasites, poisonous and dangerous animals, dehydration and much more in this compact guide.
(AMZ73, $18.95)
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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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Life in the Treetops, Adventures of a Woman in Field Biology
• Margaret Lowman
• BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR
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The sprightly memoir of an ecologist who climbs, studies and sleeps in trees for a living, balancing multiple roles of scientist, wife and mom. She continues her story in a second memoir (written with her now-grown sons).
(AMZ57, $13.95)
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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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Margaret Mee's Amazon, Diaries of an Artist Explorer
• Margaret Mee
• NATURAL HISTORY
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A handsome edition of the diaries, paintings and sketchbooks of Margaret Mee (1909-1988), an intrepid traveler and collector. With 250 stunning botanical and other illustrations.
(AMZ86, $59.50)
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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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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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Plant Diversity of an Andean Cloud Forest, Inventory of the Vascular Flora of Maquipucuna Ecuador
• Robert Rhode
• Grady Webster
• REFERENCE
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A checklist of the flora of Maquipucana reserve on the western slopes of the Andes in Ecuador.
(EDR11, $36.00)
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Quito Map
• ITMB
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A full color map of Quito and surroundings for the traveler, at a scale of 1:12,500.
(EDR10, $8.95)
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Reptiles and Amphibians of the Amazon
• R.D. Bartlett
• Patricia Bartlett
• FIELD GUIDE
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A convenient guide to 250 colorful and commonly encountered snakes, lizards, turtles, frogs and salamanders of the Amazon.
(AMZ84, $29.95)
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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 Ecuador
• Harry Ades
• Melissa Graham
• GUIDEBOOK
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A compact comprehensive guide to travel in Ecuador, including Quito, the Oriente and Galapagos with extensive listings, dozens of sketch maps, and a brief overview of culture, nature and history.
(EDR06, $21.99)
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Running the Amazon
• Joe Kane
• EXPLORATION
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A best-selling account of a 4,000-mile expedition from the high Andes to the Atlantic by foot, raft and kayak -- an expedition only four of the ten participants finished.
(AMZ13, $14.00)
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Seven Myths of the Spanish Conquest
• Matthew Restall
• HISTORY
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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, $19.99)
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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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Stolen Continents, 500 Years of Conquest and Resistance in the Americas
• Ronald Wright
• HISTORY
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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)
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Traveling with Che Guevara, The Making of a Revolutionary
• Alberto Granado
• Lucia Alvarez de Toledo
• TRAVEL NARRATIVE
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Granado's classic account of his travels with Che Guevara via motorbike through Argentina, Chile, Peru, Colombia, and Venezuela.
(SAM68, $14.95)
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Valverde's Gold, In Search of the Last Great Inca Treasure
• Mark Honigsbaum
• EXPLORATION
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The spellbinding account of a tough journey into Ecuador's Llanganati mountains in search of buried Spanish gold.
(AND51, $16.00)
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Vine of the Soul, Medicine Men, Their Plants, and Rituals in the Colombian Amazon
• Richard Evans Schultes
• Robert F. Raffauf
• CULTURAL PORTRAIT
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Written by Schultes, the father of ethnobotany, with a colleague, this book features 150 photographs along with a detailed and authoritative text describing the many uses of plant substances.
(AMZ59, $29.95)
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Walking the Jungle, An Adventurer's Guide to the Amazon
• John Coningham
• GUIDEBOOK
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Coningham, an experienced outdoorsman who lives in the Brazilian Amazon, offer down-to-earth advice in this companionable guide.
(AMZ83, $16.95)
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Where to Watch Birds in South America
• Nigel Wheatley
• NATURAL HISTORY
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A compact practical guide to birdwatching sites throughout South America, including checklists.
(SAM40, $24.95)
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White Waters and Black
• Gordon McCreagh
• George Schaller
• EXPLORATION
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A classic account of a two-year-long scientific expedition to the Bolivian Amazon, funny, sweet and thrilling. Originally published in 1923.
(AMZ70, $16.00)
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The World as You Dream It, Shamanistic Teachings from the Amazon and Andes
• John M. Perkins
• RELIGION
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A personal account of sometimes hard-to-believe experiences with curanderos (or shamans) in the highlands and Amazon of Ecuador.
(AMZ46, $12.95)
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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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