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Amazon Sweet Sea, Land, Life, and Water at the River's Mouth
• Nigel J.H. Smith
• NATURAL HISTORY
• OUT OF PRINT
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A lively, well-informed portrait of the natural history and conservation of the Amazon estuary, with 138 color pictures.
(AMZ78, $39.95)
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Birds of Southern South America & Antarctica
• Martin D. la Pena
• Maurice Rumboll
• FIELD GUIDE
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A compact regional guide with color plates, range maps and brief descriptions.
(SAM12, $29.95)
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Bossa Nova, The Story of the Brazilian Music That Seduced the World
• Ruy Castro
• HISTORY
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Journalist Ruy Castro interviewed everyone who had anything to do with Boss Nova for this animated history, capturing not only the personalities of pioneers like Antonio Carlos Jobim and Joao Gilberto but also the spirit of Rio de Janeiro in the 1960s.
(BZL47, $17.95)
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Brazil Bolivia Paraguay Uruguay Map
• Reise & Verkehrsverlag
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A colorful, folded map of Atlantic South America stretching from the northern border of Brazil to Buenos Aires, at a scale of 1:4,000,000.
(SAM39, $15.95)
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Brazil Map
• Borch Maps
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A handy folded, laminated map of Brazil.
(BZL17, $11.95)
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Brazil: Amazon & Pantanal, Travellers' Wildlife Guides
• Les Beletsky
• David Pearson
• FIELD GUIDE
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A comprehensive guide and handbook to the flora, fauna and habitats of Brazil. The 100 color plates feature 90 species of amphibians and reptiles, 310 birds, 70 mammals, 30 insects and 50 common trees and plants.
(BZL30, $27.95)
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Brazilian Adventure
• Peter Fleming
• EXPLORATION
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A classic and very entertaining account of a 3,000-mile quest through the Amazon in search of a missing English colonel, first published in 1933.
(AMZ55, $16.95)
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The Brazilian People, The Formation and Meaning of Brazil
• Darcy Ribeiro
• Gregory Rabassa
• Elizabeth Lowe
• CULTURAL PORTRAIT
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A scholarly, influential overview of Brazilian culture and society as shaped by its ethnic, racial and social influences.
(BZL21, $34.95)
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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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Cruising Guide to the Leeward Islands
• Chris Doyle
• Nancy Scott
• GUIDEBOOK
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A convenient, spiral-bound guide to anchorages, harbors and navigation from Anguilla to Dominica.
(CRB132, $29.95)
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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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Darkness in El Dorado, How Scientists and Journalists Devastated the Amazon
• Patrick Tierney
• CULTURAL PORTRAIT
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A hard-hitting controversial indictment of anthropologists, government officials and others who sought to cash in on the study of the Yanomami,
(AMZ64, $14.95)
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A Death in Brazil
• Peter Robb
• TRAVEL NARRATIVE
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Peter Robb (Midnight in Sicily) flourishes his masterly combination of travel, politics, culture and history on the subject of Brazil in all its complexity. This book is impressive for its prose, insight and the author's sheer bravura.
(BZL43, $15.00)
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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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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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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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Einstein and the Total Eclipse
• Peter Coles
• SCIENCE
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An account of the solar eclipse expedition that vindicated Einstein's theory of relativity. The success of the experiment immediately propelled Einstein onto the front pages of newspapers around the world.
(SCI28, $7.95)
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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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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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Footprint Brazil
• Ben Box
• GUIDEBOOK
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A general overview of Brazil and practical travel detail on where to go and what to do.
(BZL22, $24.95)
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Fossils, Finches, and Fuegians
• Richard Darwin Keynes
• NATURAL HISTORY
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An account of the Voyage of the Beagle, Darwin's adventures and scientific discoveries.
(SAM51, $52.00)
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Gilead
• Marilynne Robinson
• LITERATURE
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A story about fathers and sons whose family history intersects with the U.S. Civil War. Winner of the 2005 Pulitzer Prize for fiction.
(USW441, $14.00)
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Green Mansions
• W.H. Hudson
• LITERATURE
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Probably the best known work of fiction set in the Amazon, this novel by Hudson (first published in 1904) is a classic tale of "travels and adventures among the savages."
(AMZ19, $12.95)
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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 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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In Trouble Again
• Redmond O'Hanlon
• EXPLORATION
• FAVORITE
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As funny as he is insightful, O'Hanlon starts his comic masterpiece of a journey between the Orinoco and the Amazon with a litany of creatures that can do you harm.
(AMZ04, $13.95)
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Insight Guide Amazon Wildlife
• Huw Hennessy
• Hans-Ulrich Bernard
• GUIDEBOOK
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Jammed with photographs, this compact guide introduces the people, wildlife, habitats, parks and preserves of the Amazon basin.
(AMZ03, $22.95)
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The Jungle and the Damned
• Hassoldt Davis
• Lawrence Millman
• EXPLORATION
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A colorful account of honeymooning in French Guiana, including visiting Devil's Island and canoeing 300 miles up the Maroni River to the border with Brazil, originally published in 1952.
(SAM55, $16.95)
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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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Latin American Art
• John F. Scott
• ART & ARCHITECTURE
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A popular survey of the arts in Latin America.
(SAM33, $29.95)
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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, $18.99)
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Lonely Planet South America on a Shoestring
• Lonely Planet
• GUIDEBOOK
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A comprehensive, detailed practical guide to traveling in South America.
(SAM44, $33.99)
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Mammals of the Neotropics, The Central Neotropics: Ecuador, Peru, Bolivia, Brazil, Vol. 3
• John F. Eisenberg
• Kent H. Redford
• REFERENCE
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A comprehensive survey of the 650 species of mammals of Ecuador, Peru, Bolivia, and Brazil.
(SAM30, $55.00)
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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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Master and Commander, The Far Side of the World
• Peter Weir
• LITERATURE
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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)
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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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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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A Neotropical Companion
• J.C. Kricher
• Mark Plotkin
• NATURAL HISTORY
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A tropical primer aimed at the motivated general reader. From plants and animals to birds and bugs, it's all here in this wonderfully written overview of the ecology, habitats, plants and animals of Central and South America.
(GPS11, $29.95)
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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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Northern South America Map
• Reise & Verkehrsverlag
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A map of the northern half of South America, at a scale of 1:4,000,000.
(SAM31, $15.95)
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The Pantanal: Understanding and Preserving the World's Largest Wetland
• Frederick A. Swarts
• NATURAL HISTORY
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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)
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Photo Pantanal
• Tom Ulrich
• NATURAL HISTORY
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A well-illustrated overview of the nature, habitats and history of the Pantanal by a wildlife photographer, trip leader and enthusiast. With 240 color photographs.
(BZL41, $25.00)
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Pimsleur Quick & Simple Portuguese (Brazilian)
• Pimsleur Language Method
• LANGUAGE & PHRASEBOOKS
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Four audio CDs with eight 30-minute lessons in basic Brazilian Portugese, covering elementary vocabulary and phrases used in travel and everyday situations.
(BZL33, $19.95)
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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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Portuguese Dictionary, Portuguese-English/English-Portuguese
• Jura D. Oliveira
• LANGUAGE & PHRASEBOOKS
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A handy pocket dictionary.
(PGL35, $6.95)
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Rebellion in the Backlands
• Euclides da Cunha
• Samuel Putnam
• LITERATURE
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The strange tale of the 1893-1897 Canudos rebellion, and touchstone of Brailian literature.
(BZL44, $41.00)
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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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Rick Steves' Spanish Phrase Book & Dictionary
• Rick Steves
• LANGUAGE & PHRASEBOOKS
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A compact phrase book for travelers, organized thematically and with a brief dictionary.
(SPN178, $7.95)
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Rio de Janeiro
• Ruy Castro
• TRAVEL NARRATIVE
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A marvelous, diverse portrait of Rio, its history, culture and challenges. Castro is a Brazilian journalist who has written widely on music, sports and contemporary affairs.
(BZL42, $16.95)
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Rio de Janeiro Map
• Borch Maps
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A laminated road map of Rio de Janeiro at a scale of 1:13,000.
(BZL25, $8.95)
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Rio de Janiero Destination Map
• National Geographic
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A laminated, folded map of Rio.
(BZL24, $8.99)
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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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Rough Guide to the Music of Brazil
• Rough Guide World Music
• MUSIC
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This authoritative anthology samples diverse styles of he music of Brazil, including contemporary singers.
(BZL72, $14.95)
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Running the Amazon
• Joe Kane
• EXPLORATION
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A best-selling account of a 4000-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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Sailor's Guide to the Windward Islands
• Chris Doyle
• GUIDEBOOK
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A convenient, spiral-bound guide to anchorages, harbors and navigation from Granada north to Martinique. With GPS coordinates, color sketch maps, and a directory of services.
(CRB134, $26.95)
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Saudades Do Brasil, A Photographic Memoir
• Claude Levi-Strauss
• CULTURAL PORTRAIT
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These photographs by the great structural anthropologist, dating from the 1930s, are not just beautiful but an invaluable record of life in Sao Palo and the Amazon.
(BZL04, $60.00)
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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, $16.95)
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Slave Rebellion in Brazil, The Muslim Uprising of 1835 in Bahia
• Joao Jose Reis
• Arthur Brakel
• HISTORY
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An excellent scholarly history of the largest urban slave revolt in the Americas.
(BZL49, $20.95)
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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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Tropical Nature
• Adrian Forsyth
• Ken Miyata
• NATURAL HISTORY
• FAVORITE
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A lively, lucid portrait of the tropics as seen by two uncommonly observant and thoughtful field biologists. Its 17 marvelous essays introduce the habitats, ecology, plants and animals of the Central and South American rainforest.
(GPS13, $14.00)
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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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The War of the Saints
• Jorge Amado
• LITERATURE
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A mesmerizing tale set during carnival in Bahia.
(BZL48, $15.95)
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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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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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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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