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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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200 Conspicuous, Unusual, or Economically Important Tropical Plants of the Caribbean
• John Kingsbury
• FIELD GUIDE
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A general purpose plant identification guide to Caribbean shores, also useful for subtropical Florida. Features color photographs and short plant descriptions.
(CRB01, $20.00)
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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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Amphibians and Reptiles of Northern Guatemala, the Yucatan, and Belize
• Jonathan A. Campbell
• FIELD GUIDE
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A photo identification guide.
(CAM106, $39.95)
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Analysis of Ecotourism's Economic Contribution to Conservation and Development in Belize
• Jeremy Enriquez
• Kreg Lindberg
• REFERENCE
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A 1995 report produced in conjunction with WWF.
(ECO23, $9.00)
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The Ancient Maya
• Robert Sharer
• ARCHAEOLOGY
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A scholarly reference on everything Maya, including individual site descriptions, maps, and much else of interest to the serious student of Maya history and culture.
(MYA07, $35.95)
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An Archaeological Guide to Northern Central America
• Joyce Kelly
• ARCHAEOLOGY
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The clear descriptions, site plans, maps and photographs of 38 archeological sites and 25 museums throughout Central America make this book an ideal travel companion.
(MYA04, $24.95)
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The Art of Mesoamerica, from Olmec to Aztec
• Mary Ellen Miller
• ART & ARCHITECTURE
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An excellent survey of Mesoamerican art and architecture from 1500 BC to the Spanish conquest. Compact and profusely illustrated, it includes drawings, photographs and site plans.
(MYA09, $21.95)
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Belize Field Guide, Butterflies
• Rainforest Publications
• FIELD GUIDE
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A handy, double-sided laminated card depicting 60 species of spectactlar butterflies.
(BLZ19, $6.95)
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Belize in Focus, A Guide to the People, Politics, and Culture
• Ian Peedle
• GUIDEBOOK
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A brief, authoritative guide to the history, cultural heritage, politics and economy of Belize. With maps, photographs and some travel information, it's an excellent synopsis from an unabashedly left-leaning perspective, strong on facts.
(BLZ13, $12.95)
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Belize, Ecotourism in Action
• Meb Cutlack
• GUIDEBOOK
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A brief, illustrated guide by an expatriate Australian journalist and publisher of Belize Review.
(BLZ17, $12.95)
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Belize, Travellers' Wildlife Guides
• Les Beletsky
• FIELD GUIDE
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An all-around field guide featuring color illustrations of 200 birds, 50 mammals, 150 coral reef creatures, and 80 reptiles and amphibians.
(BLZ04, $27.95)
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Breaking the Maya Code
• Michael Coe
• ARCHAEOLOGY
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Mayan hieroglyphs were a linguistic puzzle until the 1952 breakthrough translation of a Mayan bark-paper text, as Coe explains in this history. The book also includes an extensive discussion of Maya studies and political activism in the wake of the linguistic discovery.
(MYA30, $19.95)
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A Brief History of Central America
• Hector Perez-Brignoll
• HISTORY
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A good overview of the economic, political and social history of the region through the 1980s by a professor at the University of Costa Rica. Well-written, informative and concise.
(CAM49, $19.95)
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The Buried Mirror
• Carlos Fuentes
• CULTURAL PORTRAIT
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A fascinating, illustrated survey of Latin American culture and history by the great Mexican author Carlos Fuentes. With hundreds of color illustrations.
(SPN71, $29.95)
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Central America Map
• ITMB
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A detailed map of the entire Central American isthmus at a scale of 1:1,100,000.
(CAM20, $12.95)
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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, $21.00)
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Chronicle of the Maya Kings and Queens, Deciphering the Dynasties of the Ancient Maya
• Simon Martin
• Nikolai Grube
• ARCHAEOLOGY
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The history of the Maya dynasties, encompassing biographies of 152 kings and queens, as gleaned from recently deciphered hieroglyphs. An unusual and rewarding book, illustrated in color and black-and-white.
(MYA31, $34.95)
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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, $24.50)
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Collapse, How Societies Choose to Fail or Succeed
• Jared Diamond
• HISTORY
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Diamond tackles nothing less than the history and fate of civilization in this compelling book in which he offers case studies, present and past, of societies that work and societies that do not, devoting 100 carefully reasoned pages, for example, to the fate of the Norse settlements in Greenland (climatic change, Inuit) and another big section on Easter Island (deforestation, hubris).
(GEN324, $18.00)
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Coral Reef Fishes
• Ewald Lieske
• Robert Myers
• FIELD GUIDE
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This compact handbook features 2,500 illustrations of shallow-water fishes around the world.
(DIV05, $24.95)
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A Field Guide to the Amphibians and Reptiles of the Maya World
• Julian C. Lee
• FIELD GUIDE
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A nicely illustrated, complete guide.
(CAM104, $36.95)
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Field Guide to the Birds of Mexico and Adjacent Areas, Belize, Guatemala, and El Salvador
• Ernest Preston Edwards
• FIELD GUIDE
• HARD TO FIND ELSEWHERE
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This classic guide illustrates all the regularly-occurring birds of Mexico and neighboring areas, including details of distribution, abundance, habitat and identification features for 850 species.
(MEX47, $22.95)
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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, $59.95)
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Flowering Plants of the Neotropics
• Nathan Smith
• Scott Mori
• Andrew Henderson
• Dennis Stevenson
• Scott Heald
• FIELD GUIDE
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A beautifully illustrated, oversize introduction to the showiest, most important and interesting flowering plants of Mexico, Central and South America.
(CAM103, $90.00)
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Footprint Diving the World, A Guide to the World's Coral Seas
• Beth Tierney
• Shaun Tierney
• GUIDEBOOK
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An inviting, beautifully illustrated guide, covering 220 dive sites in 19 countries with chapters on Australia and the Pacific, Mexico and Honduras, Egypt, East Africa and the Maldives, Thailand, Indonesia, the Philippines and Micronesia. Featuring the diving couple's favorite destinations, the book includes a planning guide, practical tips and listing of dive centers, hotels, restaurants and live-aboards.
(OCE102, $29.95)
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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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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 Ancient Maya Ruins
• C. Bruce Hunter
• GUIDEBOOK
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A compact, accessible guide to archaeological sites in Mexico, Guatemala and Honduras.
(MYA23, $19.95)
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A Guide to the Birds of Mexico and Northern Central America
• Stephen Howell
• Sophie Webb
• FIELD GUIDE
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Serious birders will want this definitive guide to the 1,070 bird species. It may be awkward to carry but it covers, in detail, all the birds you will see in the region.
(FG15, $49.95)
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The Inhabited Woman
• Giaconda Belli
• LITERATURE
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In this powerful novel by a Nicaraguan poet, a young woman living in a contemporary Central American country becomes "inhabited" by the soul of a woman who lived there hundreds of years earlier, under the oppression of the Spanish rule.
(CAM33, $22.95)
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Inside Belize
• Tom Barry
• GUIDEBOOK
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A wonderful introduction to the history, culture and economics of Belize; concise and authoritative.
(CAM10, $11.95)
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Insight Guide Guatemala, Belize & the Yucatan
• Insight Guides
• GUIDEBOOK
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This handsome guide gives a profusely illustrated overview of Guatemala, Belize and the Yucatan Peninsula, featuring concise essays by well regarded authors on natural history, politics and culture.
(CAM113, $23.95)
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Jungle of the Maya
• Douglas Goodell
• Jerry Barrack
• Jim Wright
• Archie Carr
• NATURAL HISTORY
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A handsome survey of the wildlife and habitats of the Selva Maya, the tropical forest that spreads through Belize, Guatemala and the Yucatan.
(MYA51, $34.95)
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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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Lonely Planet Belize
• Carolyn Miller
• GUIDEBOOK
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A practical, comprehensive guide in the popular series.
(BLZ18, $18.99)
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Lonely Planet Diving & Snorkeling Belize
• Tim Rock
• GUIDEBOOK
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A guide to diving and dive sites throughout Belize, this book contains maps, driving directions and safety information, along with descriptions of marine wildlife, diving techniques and nearby attractions.
(BLZ12, $24.99)
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Maya Cosmos, Three Thousand Years on the Shaman's Path
• Joy Parker
• Linda Schele
• David Freidel
• ARCHAEOLOGY
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This book finds coherence in 3000 years of Central American religious history.
(MYA32, $23.95)
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Maya Glyphs
• S.D. Houston
• HISTORY
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A concise survey of ancient Maya language and writing.
(MYA24, $13.95)
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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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Moon Handbook Belize
• Chicki Mallan
• Josh Berman
• GUIDEBOOK
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A practical travel guide to Belize geared for the independent traveler, with an overview of the natural, cultural and political life of the country and basic information for getting around. Includes a section on Tikal.
(BLZ05, $17.95)
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The Mosquito Coast
• Paul Theroux
• LITERATURE
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A taught psychological tale of a man who abandons civilization for the wilds of Honduras.
(CAM34, $14.95)
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National Audubon Society Field Guide to Tropical Marine Fishes: Caribbean, the Gulf of Mexico, Florida, the Bahamas and Bermu
• C. Lavett Smith
• FIELD GUIDE
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A photographic guide to coral reef fishes found in the Caribbean, Florida, the Bahamas and Bermuda. This portable, pocket-size book features 417 excellent color photographs, each with a range map and description.
(FG24, $19.95)
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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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Nothing to Declare, Memoirs of a Woman Traveling Alone
• Mary Morris
• TRAVEL NARRATIVE
• FAVORITE
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An absorbing memoir of a woman traveling alone throughout Mexico and Central America. Morris, a favorite writer, evokes the people and places she visits on her travels in gritty immediate detail.
(CAM08, $14.00)
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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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Rainforest Remedies: One Hundred Healing Herbs of Belize
• Michael J. Balick
• Rosita Arvigo
• NATURAL HISTORY
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100 traditional herbs of Belize along with the culture and lore surrounding their use.
(BLZ10, $15.95)
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Reading the Maya Glyphs
• Mark Van Stone
• Michael Coe
• ARCHAEOLOGY
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A compact, illustrated guide to commonly encountered Maya hieroglyphs with clear drawings and illuminating text; an excellent introduction to Maya writing for the traveler.
(MYA26, $19.95)
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Reefcomber's Guide, Caribbean
• Idaz Greenberg
• FIELD GUIDE
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A double-sided laminated card with fish, corals and other invertebrates of the Caribbean.
(DIV46, $7.50)
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Rough Guide Belize
• Peter Eltringham
• GUIDEBOOK
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This comprehensive guide includes an excellent historical and cultural overview of Belize, with special attention to its natural history. The region-by-region descriptions are excellent, especially for lesser-known destinations. Includes sections on Tikal.
(BLZ15, $17.99)
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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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Sastun, My Apprenticeship With a Maya Healer
• Rosita Arvigo
• BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR
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An account of the author's apprenticeship with a traditional Maya healer, Don Elijio Panti, in the Cayo District of western Belize.
(MYA42, $16.95)
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Secrets of the Maya
• Archaeology Magazine
• Peter Young
• ANTHOLOGY
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An anthology of articles on the Maya, originally published in Archaeology. With photographs, a timeline, and a key to Maya hieroglyphs.
(MYA48, $15.95)
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A Short History of Progress
• Ronald Wright
• HISTORY
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These succint essays, originally presented as a radio broadcast, analyze the rise and fall of great societies, including Maya, Roman, Sumerian, Ancient Chinese and Easter Island.
(WLD62, $14.95)
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Snakes, The Evolution of Mystery in Nature
• Harry W. Greene
• NATURAL HISTORY
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The ecology and diversity of snakes worldwide, with stunning photographs.
(BST33, $55.00)
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Spanish, A Language Map
• Kristine K. Kershul
• LANGUAGE & PHRASEBOOKS
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This durable, foldout card, featuring 1,000 words and phrases, works as a quick reference for travelers.
(SPN259, $7.95)
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Spirits of the Jaguar
• BBC
• NATURAL HISTORY
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A four-part BBC television series, this documentary presents the land, wildlife and cultures of Central America in living color.
(CAM59, $19.98)
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T. Rex and the Crater of Doom
• Walter Alvarez
• NATURAL HISTORY
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An accessible scientific study of the famous impact crater found in the Yucatan.
(CAM68, $13.95)
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Travelers' Tales Central America
• Larry Habegger
• Natanya Pearlman
• ANTHOLOGY
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A collection of eyewitness reports by journalists, travelers and writers, including Joan Didion, P.J. O'Rourke and Paul Theroux.
(CAM96, $17.95)
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The True History of Chocolate
• Sophie D. Coe
• Michael Coe
• FOOD
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This scholarly history of pre-Columbian chocolate by these married archaeologists reveals chocolate's origins as a ceremonial beverage in ancient Olmec and Maya society. The Coes trace the treat's evolution from a food of the gods to the salons of Europe down through the masses to Hershey Pennsylvania.
(CAM57, $21.95)
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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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The World of the Ancient Maya
• George S. Henderson
• HISTORY
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A comprehensive survey of the Maya from early settlement to the Spanish invasion. With descriptions of Maya rulers, architecture, art, language, and daily life, photographs and maps.
(MYA21, $29.95)
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