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	'Tambo, Life in an Andean Village • Julia Meyerson • CULTURAL PORTRAIT • A field journal, ethnographic in its detail, of an American artist's year among the Quechua peoples in the Peruvian Andes with her anthropologist husband. (PRU38, $21.95)
	501 Spanish Verbs • Christopher Kendris • LANGUAGE & PHRASEBOOKS • The perennial favorite among students of Spanish. (GEN134, $16.99)
	Alive, The Story of the Andes Survivors • Piers Paul Read • TRAVEL NARRATIVE • The gripping tale of survival against all odds: a plane crashes in the Andes, all passengers presumed dead. Read tells the story of terrible hardship, bravery and horror with admirable restraint. (AND38, $7.99)
	Andean Lives: Gregorio Condori Mamani & Asunta Quispe Huaman • Paul Gelles • Ricardo Valderrama Fernandez • Carmen Escalante Gutierrez • CULTURAL PORTRAIT • A classic oral history as told to two Peruvian anthropologists in the 1970s. It's a moving account of life among the urban poor in Cuzco, offering insight into history and society in the Andes. (PRU14, $17.95)
	Apus and Incas: A Cultural Walking and Trekking Guide to Cuzco • Charles Brod • GUIDEBOOK • Recommended tours of Cuzco and its surroundings, with natural and cultural history. (PRU03, $10.95)
	Archaeological Map of Machu Picchu • Wright Water Engineers • COMING IN DECEMBER • This foldout site guide shows buildings and monuments, topography and other physical features of the Incas sanctuary in detail. (PRU23, $6.95)
	Aunt Julia and the Scriptwriter • Mario Vargas Llosa • LITERATURE • The marvelous comic novel of scandal, soap opera and writing set in 1950's Lima. (PRU48, $14.00)
	The Birds of South America, The Oscine Passerines, Vol. 1 • Guy Tudor • Robert Ridgely • FIELD GUIDE • This authoritative reference, the most complete guide to South American songbirds, features splendid color illustrations of 700 species, along with detailed range maps and field notes. (FG28, $95.00)
	The Birds of South America, The Oscine Passerines, Vol. 2 • Guy Tudor • Robert Ridgely • FIELD GUIDE • A field guide to the flycatchers, antbirds and furnariids of South America. (FG29, $95.00)
	Bradt Trekking Guide Peru and Bolivia • Hilary Bradt • GUIDEBOOK • This classic guide for exploring the Andes of Peru and Bolivia is great for both practical trail information and general information on the region. It's a compact overview, featuring walks, treks and an extensive introduction. (BOL04, $17.95)
	Cloud Forest, A Chronicle of the South American Wilderness • Peter Matthiessen • TRAVEL NARRATIVE • FAVORITE • Matthiessen recounts with wit, insight and style his odyssey to the Amazon and Andes, including Machu Picchu and Tierra del Fuego. (SAM02, $16.00)
	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)
	The Cordillera del Condor Region of Ecuador and Peru • Thomas Schulenberg • NATURAL HISTORY • The biological resources of the Andean lower mountain forests. (AND16, $17.00)
	Cuzco Region, Machu Picchu • ITMB • A traveler's map of the Inca Trail, Cuzco, Aquas Calientes, Machu Picchu and the region. (AND46, $10.95)
	Eight Feet in the Andes • Dervla Murphy • EXPLORATION • The indomitable Murphy treks 1,300 miles through the Andes (with a mule) on the trail of the conquistadors in this spirited account. (AND07, $15.95)
	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)
	Explore the Inca Trail • Jacquetta Megarry • Roy Davies • GUIDEBOOK • A brief, ingeniously designed guide to trekking in the Sacred Valley from Cusco to Machu Picchu with color photographs, a fold-out map of the route, site diagram of Machu Picchu and a camp-to-camp overview of the Inca trail. (AND33, $15.95)
	Explorer of Machu Picchu, Portrait of Hiram Bingham • Alfred M. Bingham • BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR • A biography of the explorer of the Andes, Yale professor and U.S. Senator. (AND32, $15.95)
	Fire from the Andes, Short Fiction by Women from Bolivia, Ecuador, and Peru • Susan E. Benner • ANTHOLOGY • 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)
	Footprint Cuzco & the Inca Heartland Handbook • Ben Box • Stephen Frankham • GUIDEBOOK • Comprehensive and up-to-date, this exceptional guide covers Cuzco and surroundings, including Machu Picchu and the Sacred Valley, Tambopata, Manu Park and Lima in detail. (PRU46, $23.95)
	Footprint Peru Handbook • Alan Murphy • GUIDEBOOK • A general overview of Peru and practical travel detail on where to go and what to do. (PRU27, $24.95)
	Genesis (Memory of Fire Trilogy, Part 1) • Cedric Belfrage • Eduardo Galeano • HISTORY • Brief, lyrical vignettes and anecdotes from pre-Columbian myths through the conquest and early colonial period. A crash course in the history of the New World. (MYA18, $16.95)
	A Guide to the Birds of Venezuela • Steven Hilty • Guy Tudor • J.A. Gwynne • FIELD GUIDE • 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)
	The Heights of Machu Picchu • Pablo Neruda • Nathaniel Tarn • LITERATURE • FAVORITE • Machu Picchu and the Inca civilization inspired this celebrated epic hymn to the Americas by the great Pablo Neruda. Bilingual edition. (AND22, $13.00)
	History of the Inca Empire • Bernabe Cobo • HISTORY • A compact edition of the 17th-century account of the Incas, translated and edited by Roland Hamilton from Father Cobo's original manuscript. (AND47, $21.95)
	Inca Land, Explorations in the Highlands of Peru • Hiram Bingham • EXPLORATION • A personal account by explorer Hiram Bingham of four archaeological expeditions into Peru and the Andes (1909-1915), including two short chapters on his rediscovery of Machu Picchu and a chapter on Lake Titicaca. First published in 1922. (AND45, $14.00)
	The Inca Trail, Cuzco & Machu Picchu • Richard Danbury • GUIDEBOOK • Not just for those hiking the Inca Trail, this guide is an excellent overview of Cuzco and the Sacred Valley, and even includes a chapter on Lima. With good maps, practical travel information, photographs and Inca culture and history. (PRU19, $19.95)
	Inca Trail: Machu Picchu, Sacred Valley, Cusco Map • Lima 2000 • BEST SELLER • This indispensable map shows the whole Sacred Valley from Cuzco to Ollantaytambo and Machu Picchu in splendid detail (1:50,000). (PRU28, $9.95)
	The Incas • Terrence D'Altroy • HISTORY • An authoritative history chronicling the rise and fall of the Incan empire. (CAM98, $26.95)
	The Incas, People of the Sun • Carmen Bernard • Paul Bahn • EXPLORATION • A colorful pocket encyclopedia of Inca history and archaeology, featuring hundreds of drawings and photographs, a chronology and long excerpts from the journals of early explorers. (AND03, $12.95)
	Insight Guide Amazon Wildlife • Huw Hennessy • Hans-Ulrich Bernard • GUIDEBOOK • Jammed with photographs, this compact guide introduces the people, wildlife, habitats, parks and preserves of the Amazon basin. (AMZ03, $22.95)
	Latin American Art • John F. Scott • ART & ARCHITECTURE • A popular survey of the arts in Latin America. (SAM33, $29.95)
	Liberators, Latin America's Struggle for Independence 1810-1830 • Robert Harvey • HISTORY • An epic history of colonial Latin America, focused on the heroism and derring-do of seven legendary men, including Simon Bolivar and General Jose de San Martin, in the fight for independence from Spain. (SAM35, $18.95)
	Life in the Treetops, Adventures of a Woman in Field Biology • Margaret Lowman • BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR • 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)
	Lima Map • Lima 2000 • A full color, indexed map of the city of Lima. (PRU29, $14.95)
	Lonely Planet South America on a Shoestring • Lonely Planet • GUIDEBOOK • A comprehensive, detailed practical guide to traveling in South America. (SAM44, $33.99)
	Lost City of the Incas, The Story of Machu Picchu and its Builders • Hiram Bingham • EXPLORATION • BEST SELLER • FAVORITE • A first-rate tale of adventure by the man who rediscovered Machu Picchu in 1911. This classic account is a gripping story of exploration, archaeology and natural history -- and still an outstanding overview of the site itself. (AND05, $12.95)
	Machu Picchu • Barry Brukoff • Pablo Neruda • Stephen Kessler • CULTURAL PORTRAIT • Brukoff's stunning color and black-and-white photographs compliment Neruda's great poem, translated into English with facing Spanish. (PRU43, $40.00)
	The Machu Picchu Guidebook, A Self-Guided Tour • Ruth M. Wright • Alfredo Valencia Zegarra • GUIDEBOOK • With maps and site plans, a section on new discoveries, a wildlife section and a fold-out full color painting of the city as it may have looked during a solstice celebration in 1530, this excellent guide is the one to take along. (PRU34, $19.95)
	Machu Picchu, Unveiling the Mystery of the Incas • Richard L. Burger • Lucy C. Salazar • ARCHAEOLOGY • Burger and Salazar, both archaeologists at Yale, vividly evoke the art, architecture, culture and society of Machu Picchu in this beautifully illustrated survey. With color illustrations of 120 gold, silver, ceramic, bone and textile works. (AND35, $28.00)
	The Madness of Things Peruvian, Democracy Under Seige • Alvaro Vargas Llosa • HISTORY • An analysis of Peruvian democracy and its failure by a journalist working on behalf of Margio Vargas Llosa's presidential campaign. (PRU26, $39.95)
	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)
	Moche Art and Archaeology in Ancient Peru • Joanne Pillsbury • Elizabeth Cropper • ART & ARCHITECTURE • This series of essays discusses recent archaeological discoveries (most notably, the royal tombs of Sipan) and how they have changed the understanding of Moche culture in Peru. (PRU47, $40.00)
	Narrative of the Incas • Juan De Betanzos • Roland Hamilton • Dana Buchanan • TRAVEL NARRATIVE • A contemporaneous account of the conquest and heritage of Peru from an Inca perspective. (AND39, $21.95)
	Neotropical Rainforest Mammals, A Field Guide • L.H. Emmons • FIELD GUIDE • A pictorial guide to the mammals of the New World tropics, compact enough to slip into your daypack, with 29 color plates of more than 200 species. (GPS12, $32.50)
	Nova, Secrets of Lost Empires: Inca • Nova • CULTURAL PORTRAIT • A 60-minute documentary on the Incas. (PRU32, $19.95)
	Pass the Butterworms, Remote Journeys Oddly Rendered • Tim Cahill • TRAVEL NARRATIVE • A collection of enertatining travel essays. (WLD01, $13.00)
	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)
	Peru Map • Lima 2000 • A well-produced, colorful shaded relief map of Peru. (PRU09, $10.95)
	Peru's Indian Peoples and the Challenge of Spanish Conquest, Huamanga to 1640 • Steve J. Stern • HISTORY • A history of the inhabitants of Ayacucho, Peru, from Incan times to 1640. (PRU37, $19.95)
	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)
	Running the Amazon • Joe Kane • EXPLORATION • 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)
	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)
	The Seventy Wonders of the Ancient World • Chris Scarre • ARCHAEOLOGY • A comprehensive, illustrated overview of the great monuments of the ancient world and how they were built. (GEN92, $40.00)
	The Shining Path, A History of the Millenarian War in Peru • Robin Kirk • Gustavo Gorriti • HISTORY • An absorbing account of the 15-year guerilla war waged by the Ayacucho-based Shining Path. (PRU41, $29.95)
	The Smithsonian Atlas of the Amazon • Michael Goulding • Ronaldo Barthem • Efrem Ferreira • NATURAL HISTORY • A profusely illustrated, full-color atlas of the river and its major tributaries with 150 maps. (AMZ82, $39.95)
	Snakes, The Evolution of Mystery in Nature • Harry W. Greene • NATURAL HISTORY • The ecology and diversity of snakes worldwide, with stunning photographs. (BST33, $60.00)
	South America, The Andes Map • Nelles • A double-sided map covering the full range of the Andes and Pacific coast of South America. (SAM47, $10.95)
	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)
	The Tambopata-Candamo Reserved Zone of Southeastern Peru, A Biological Assessment • Robin B. Foster • NATURAL HISTORY • A survey of the biological resources of the region. (PRU17, $19.95)
	Textiles of Ancient Peru and Their Techniques • Raoul d'Harcourt • CULTURAL PORTRAIT • A reprint of a 1934 classic with illusrtations of hundreds of ancient textiles. (AND44, $26.95)
	Trail of Feathers, In Search of the Birdmen of Peru • Tahir Shah • TRAVEL NARRATIVE • A rollicking search for the origins of Inca birdman legends. Shah tracks down shamans, visits Machu Picchu, ventures out to Lake Titicaca, tackles the myths of the Nasca lines and takes hallucinogens with the Shuar in the Amazon. It's quite a tale. (PRU49, $13.95)
	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)
	Twentieth-Century Latin American Poetry, A Bilingual Anthology • Stephen Tapscott • LITERATURE • A scholarly anthology of 400 poems, presented in the original language (Spanish or Portuguese) and English. Selections include poems from Octavio Paz, Pablo Neruda and Jorge Luis Borges. (SAM28, $27.95)
	The University of Chicago Dictionary, Spanish-English/English-Spanish • Carlos Castillo • LANGUAGE & PHRASEBOOKS • The well-regarded concise dictionary of words and phrases for today's language. Fifth Edition. (SPN118, $11.00)
	The Virgin of the Andes: Art and Ritual in Colonial Cuzco • Carol Damian • ART & ARCHITECTURE • A beautifully illustrated overview of the Cuzco school of painting in colonial Peru. (AND49, $48.00)
	Where to Watch Birds in South America • Nigel Wheatley • NATURAL HISTORY • A compact practical guide to birdwatching sites throughout South America, including checklists. (SAM40, $24.95)
	Women of the Four Winds • Elizabeth Olds • BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR • A collection of four lively biographies of four 20th-century American explorers. (EXP19, $21.95)
	The World as You Dream It, Shamanistic Teachings from the Amazon and Andes • John M. Perkins • RELIGION • A personal account of sometimes hard-to-believe experiences with curanderos (or shamans) in the highlands and Amazon of Ecuador. (AMZ46, $12.95)
	Woven Stories, Andean Textiles and Rituals • Andrea Heckman • CULTURAL PORTRAIT • An illustrated survey of Quechua textiles, traditions, designs and daily life. (AND43, $45.00)
	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)
	Yawar Fiesta • Jose Maria Arguedas • LITERATURE • A poetic novel of class and race relations in the Peruvian Andes in the first half of the 20th century. Arguedas, who learned Quechua from household servants as a child, was an impassioned advocate of cultural autonomy for indigenous peoples. (PRU42, $14.50)

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