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501 Spanish Verbs
Christopher Kendris
LANGUAGE & PHRASEBOOKS
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
Isherwood's 1947 account of travels through South America.
(SAM64, $17.95) |
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Conquest of the Incas
John Hemming
HISTORY
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
A comprehensive, detailed practical guide to traveling in South America.
(SAM44, $33.99) |
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Lonely Planet Venezuela
Lonely Planet
GUIDEBOOK
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
This sturdy field guide colorfully describes 500 of the world's mammals.
(BST76, $20.00) |
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South America Map
ITMB
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
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
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
A colorful, detailed travel map of Surinam.
(SAM06, $12.95) |
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The Tree of Red Stars
Tessa Bridal
LITERATURE
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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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