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501 Spanish Verbs  •  Christopher Kendris   • LANGUAGE & PHRASEBOOKS  •  The perennial favorite among students of Spanish. (GEN134, $16.99)
 
 
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)
 
 
Evolution, The Remarkable History of a Scientific Theory  •  Edward Larson   • NATURAL HISTORY  •  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)
 
 
Latin American Art  •  John F. Scott   • ART & ARCHITECTURE  •  A popular survey of the arts in Latin America. (SAM33, $29.95)
 
 
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)
 
 
Master and Commander, The Far Side of the World  •  Peter Weir   • LITERATURE  •  Russell Crowe stars in this adaptation of two Patrick O'Brian novels, a swashbuckling adventure set off the coast of Cape Horn in 1805. (GPS66, $39.98)
 
 
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 of a Journey to the Equinoctial Regions of the New Continent  •  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)
 
 
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)
 
 
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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