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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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Animal, The Definitive Visual Guide to the World's Wildlife
• Don E. Wilson
• David Burnie
• NATURAL HISTORY
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A giant reference to wildlife throughout the world, compiled by the Smithsonian and a group of zoologists. From insects, marine life and amphibians to birds and mammals, it runs the gamut.
(BST80, $29.95)
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Ariel
• Carlos Fuentes
• José Enrique Rodó
• HISTORY
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The classic turn of the century essay on culture, aesthetics and democracy in Latin America and the world..
(ARG16, $18.95)
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Birds of Northern South America, Two Volume Set
• Robin Restall
• FIELD GUIDE
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Both volumes of the monumental guide covering 2,308 species of birds from Ecuador to French Guiana with detailed species accounts and illustrations published separately.
(SAM104, $160.00)
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Birds of Southern South America & Antarctica
• Martin D. la Pena
• Maurice Rumboll
• FIELD GUIDE
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With color plates, range maps and brief descriptions, this is a compact regional guide.
(SAM12, $29.95)
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Blue at the Mizzen
• Patrick O'Brian
• LITERATURE
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In this, the last exciting episode of the series, Captain Aubrey's crew sails to South America to help Chile gain independence from Spain.
(CHI33, $14.95)
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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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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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Children of Cain: Violence and the Violent in Latin America
• Tina Rosenberg
• CULTURAL PORTRAIT
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A lively, penetrating study of what makes a society turn violent and the peculiar logic of cruelty.
(SAM21, $18.00)
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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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The Condor and the Cows, A South American Travel Diary
• Christopher Isherwood
• TRAVEL NARRATIVE
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Isherwood's 1947 account of travels through South America.
(SAM64, $17.95)
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Conquest of the Incas
• John Hemming
• HISTORY
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This classic masterful prize-winning history of the Inca struggle against the Spanish invasion brings together wide-ranging scholarly material in the interests of telling a good story.
(AND04, $25.00)
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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, $24.95)
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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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Faces and Masks (Memory of Fire Trilogy, Part 2)
• Cedric Belfrage
• Eduardo Galeano
• HISTORY
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Brief, lyrical vignettes and anecdotes from the 1700s through the independence wars of the 19th Century. A crash course in the history of the New World.
(SAM19, $16.95)
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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, $14.95)
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Footprint South American Handbook
• Ben Box
• GUIDEBOOK
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The classic, comprehensive guide to South America. With a section of full color maps and hundreds of regional and city maps.
(SAM25, $34.95)
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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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A Guide to the Birds of Colombia
• Steven Hilty
• William Brown
• FIELD GUIDE
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This classic South American bird guide gives good coverage of the upper Amazon basin, illustrating 1,700 species -- nearly half of all the species of South America.
(FG14, $75.00)
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The Incas
• Terrence D'Altroy
• HISTORY
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An authoritative history chronicling the rise and fall of the Incan empire.
(CAM98, $31.95)
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Insight Guide South America
• Insight Guides
• GUIDEBOOK
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This profusely illustrated, comprehensive guide features hundreds of color photographs, excellent maps and insightful essays on history, art, architecture and attractions.
(SAM24, $24.95)
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Kiss of the Spider Woman
• Manuel Puig
• LITERATURE
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The psychological story of a friendship between two Argentinean prisoners jailed for their subversive activity: Molina, a transgendered homosexual and Valentin, a socialist revolutionary.
(ARG28, $15.00)
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Latin American Art
• John F. Scott
• ART & ARCHITECTURE
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A popular survey for undergraduate art students, this general history of the arts in Latin America ranges from pre-history to the present. Includes illustrations, maps and a chronology.
(SAM33, $29.95)
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Liberators, Latin America's Struggle for Independence 1810-1830
• Robert Harvey
• HISTORY
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Focused on the heroism and derring-do of seven legendary men, this epic history of colonial Latin America includes Simon Bolivar and General Jose de San Martin, in the fight for independence from Spain.
(SAM35, $18.95)
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Living to Tell the Tale
• Gabriel Garcia Marquez
• Edith Grossman
• BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR
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Garcia's long-awaited memoir, as captivating, warm and spirited as any of his fictional tales.
(SAM61, $14.95)
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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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Lonely Planet Venezuela
• Lonely Planet
• GUIDEBOOK
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A concise, practical travel guide in the popular series.
(VNZ03, $24.99)
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Looking For History, Dispatches From Latin America
• Alma Guillermoprieto
• CULTURAL PORTRAIT
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A beautifully written, incisive collection of essays on contemporary Argentina, Columbia, Cuba, Peru and Mexico.
(SAM60, $14.95)
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Magical Sites, Women Travelers in 19th Century Latin America
• Marjorie Agosin
• TRAVEL NARRATIVE
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A lively treasury of accounts written by women --from French nuns to upper-crust Europeans --who traveled across Latin America in the 19th century .
(SAM29, $17.00)
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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, $14.98)
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Modern Latin America
• Thomas E. Skidmore
• Peter Smith
• HISTORY
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A succinct history of 20th-century Latin America that examines the politics, economy and people of Argentina, Chile, Brazil, Peru, Mexico, Cuba, Central America and the Caribbean.
(SAM23, $55.95)
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Montevideo Map
• ITMB
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At a scale of 1:15,000, Montevideo is presented in this folded, colorful map.
(SAM63, $8.95)
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The Motorcycle Diaries, Notes on a Latin American Journey
• Ann Wright
• Ernesto Che Guevara
• TRAVEL NARRATIVE
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The adventures of the 23-year-old Ernesto "Che" Guevara, as he wanders through South America in 1952 with his companion Alberto Granado, before he became a famed revolutionary.
(SAM20, $14.95)
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Night Flight
• Antoine de Saint Exupery
• LITERATURE
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Saint Exupery captures the thrill and mystery of early flight in this tale of a pilot alone in a storm over the Andes en route to Buenos Aires.
(PAT09, $12.00)
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Northern South America Map
• Reise & Verkehrsverlag
• CURRENTLY UNAVAILABLE
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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 Old Patagonian Express
• Paul Theroux
• TRAVEL NARRATIVE
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Combining history, anecdote and acutely observed detail on people and place, Theroux begins his journey on a Boston subway car and works his way south via rail, plane and truck to the Patagonian railroad in this enthralling narrative.
(PAT08, $15.95)
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Open Veins of Latin America: Five Centuries of the Pillage of a Continent
• Eduardo Galeano
• Cedric Belfrage
• HISTORY
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The most wrenchingly beautiful history of plunder and exploitation in Latin America ever written.
(AND26, $18.00)
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Personal Narrative of a Journey to the Equinoctial Regions of the New Continent
• Alexander von Humboldt
• EXPLORATION
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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)
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The Pocket Doctor, A Passport to Healthy Travel
• Stephen Bezruchka
• GUIDEBOOK
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A handy guide to staying healthy for the international traveler.
(GEN308, $7.95)
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The Settlement of the Americas, A New Prehistory
• Thomas D. Dillehy
• ARCHAEOLOGY
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A well received, engaging survey of new theories on the peopling of the Americas; controversial yet convincing, Dillehy focuses his arguments around his findings at Monte Verde in Chile.
(NAM52, $29.95)
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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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Smithsonian Handbooks, Mammals
• Juliet Clutton-Brock
• Don E. Wilson
• FIELD GUIDE
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This sturdy field guide colorfully describes 500 of the world's mammals.
(BST76, $20.00)
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South America Map
• ITMB
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A colorful topographic map of the entire continent at a scale of 1:4,000,000.
(SAM13, $13.95)
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South America Northwest Map
• ITMB
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A map of the northwest part of the continent, including Panama.
(SAM49, $8.95)
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Spanish, Start Speaking Today!
• Language/30
• LANGUAGE & PHRASEBOOKS
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A 90-minute crash course in Spanish featured in two compact discs and a phrasebook packaged in a vinyl sleeve. Geared for travelers, the course follows the foreign service method, which focuses on dialogues and sentences.
(SPN219, $24.95)
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Suriname Map
• ITMB
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A colorful, detailed travel map of Surinam.
(SAM06, $12.95)
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The Tree of Red Stars
• Tessa Bridal
• LITERATURE
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A beautifully written first novel, this is the story of coming of age in Montevideo during the 1970s. Wonderfully told, the novel deftly combines the personal and political.
(SAM09, $13.95)
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Twentieth-Century Latin American Poetry, A Bilingual Anthology
• Stephen Tapscott
• LITERATURE
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This 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, $29.95)
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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 Vintage Book of Latin American Stories
• Julio Ortega
• Carlos Fuentes
• LITERATURE
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A well-chosen selection of contemporary short stories by Latin American writers.
(SAM32, $14.95)
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Voyage of the Beagle
• Charles Darwin
• EXPLORATION
• FAVORITE
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The wide-eyed tale of a young man on a five-year voyage that changed his life -- and our way of thinking about the world. First published in 1839, it's still a marvelous introduction to the wildlife, nature and allure of South America.
(GPS02, $12.95)
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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, $29.95)
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The Wine-Dark Sea
• Patrick O'Brian
• LITERATURE
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The 16th in the series, in pursuit from the South Pacific around the Cape of Good Hope to South America.
(SAM59, $14.95)
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The Elusive El Dorado, Essays on the Indian Experience in Guyana
• Basdeo Mangru
• HISTORY
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This collection of eight scholarly essays brings to a general audience the history of Indians in British Guiana, as the country was then called.
(SAM108, $36.00)
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