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Ariel
• Carlos Fuentes
• Jose Enrique Rodo
HISTORY •
1988 •
PAPER
• 156 PAGES
Written in 1900, this is Latin America's influential essay on culture, democracy and aesthetics. Whatever one think of the author's blind faith in the march of progress, Carlos Fuentes is right in calling this "an essential book in the protracted Latin American search for identity."
(ARG16, $18.95) |
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Birds of Northern South America, Two Volume Set
• Robin Restall
FIELD GUIDE •
2006 •
PAPER
• 1536 PAGES
The two companion volumes of this extensive and detailed guide not only provide detailed accounts of every known bird species in the region from Ecuador to French Guiana but also, for the first time, illustrate virtually every plumage variation in full color. With an astounding 6,400 color illustrations and 2308 maps. The Field guide (SAM103) is also available separately.
(SAM104, $160.00) |
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The Buried Mirror
• Carlos Fuentes
CULTURAL PORTRAIT •
1999 •
PAPER
• 399 PAGES
A fascinating, illustrated survey of Latin American culture and history by the great Mexican author Carlos Fuentes. With hundreds of color illustrations. Fuentes hosted a television series by the same name.
(SPN71, $29.95) |
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The Condor and the Cows, A South American Travel Diary
• Christopher Isherwood
TRAVEL NARRATIVE •
2003 •
PAPER
• 268 PAGES
Isherwood's congenial account of travels through Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, Bolivia, and Argentina in 1947 with photographer (and boyfriend) Bill Caskey. The six-month journey included Machu Pichu and Cuzco. With 40 black-and-white photographs. Admittedley not one of his major works (he had a contract to write a travel book), The Condor and Cows nonetheless displays Isherwood's wonderful prose style and way with the offhand remark.
(SAM64, $17.95) |
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Conquistadors
• Michael Wood
HISTORY •
2002 •
PAPER
• 288 PAGES
A lively, illustrated account of the Spanish conquest of the New World by the intrepid writer-filmmaker Michael Wood, who traveled in the footsteps of Hernan Cortes, Pizarro and others, often by horse, raft or other original means. It's an excellent introduction to the overwhelming impact of the Spanish in the Americas, wonderfully illustrated with maps, drawings and full color paintings.
(SAM48, $27.95) |
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Divided Soul, A Journey Through the Secular and Religious in Hispanic Life
• David Alan Harvey
CULTURAL PORTRAIT •
2003 •
HARD COVER
• 176 PAGES
A culmination of a photographer's two decade quest to capture the Hispanic spirit on film from its Spanish roots to its diaspora in the New World.
(SPN191, $49.95) |
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Fodor's South America
• Fodor's
GUIDEBOOK •
2008 •
PAPER
• 637 PAGES
An excellent all-around guidebook to the attractions, cultures and natural history of South America. From national parks and pre-Columbian archaeological sites to traditional South American dishes and modern festivals, this guide details the many places to go and things to do, including maps, itineraries, costs, reviews and tips.
(SAM22, $27.95) |
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Footprint South American Handbook
• Ben Box
GUIDEBOOK •
2010 •
PAPER
• 1760 PAGES
Published annually since 1924, this comprehensive guide is the bible of South American travel. An essential reference, it covers Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Ecuador, Chile, Colombia, Galapagos, Paraguay, Peru, Uruguay, Venezuela, and The Guianas in glorious detail. 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 •
2003 •
HARD COVER
• 448 PAGES
An account of the Voyage of the Beagle, Darwin's adventures and scientific discoveries. With maps and handsome black-and-white illustrations.
(SAM51, $52.00) |
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Green Mansions
• W.H. Hudson
LITERATURE •
1989 •
PAPER
• 315 PAGES
Better known for his ornithological memoirs, this novel by Hudson is a classic tale of "travels and adventures among the savages." Read it for its absurdly lush prose, excellent natural history and the much romanticized meeting of an educated European and Rima, a birdlike local girl from the jungle. Very much a product of its time (it was first published in 1904), this is probably the best known work of fiction set in the Amazon.
(AMZ19, $12.95) |
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A Guide to the Birds of Colombia
• Steven Hilty
• William Brown
FIELD GUIDE •
1986 •
PAPER
• 836 PAGES
A classic South American bird guide with good coverage of the Amazon basin. It features 56 color plates by Guy Tudor, illustrating 1,700 species -- nearly half of all the species of South America. With a short description on the facings edge along with extensive notes and range maps. It may weigh in at almost three pounds but serious birders won't leave home without it -- and you can always have the color plates bound separately for use in the field.
(FG14, $78.50) |
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The Incas
• Terrence D'Altroy
HISTORY •
2003 •
PAPER
• 408 PAGES
An authoritative chronicle of the rise and fall of the Incan empire. D'Altroy, a professor of anthropology, examines society, culture, geography, economy, religion and archeology. With maps and photographs.
(CAM98, $32.95) |
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Insight Guide South America
• Insight Guides
GUIDEBOOK •
2010 •
PAPER
• 424 PAGES
In its hallmark style, this profusely illustrated, comprehensive guide features insightful essays by experts on the history, art, architecture and attractions of South America.
(SAM24, $24.99) |
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Latin American Art
• John F. Scott
ART & ARCHITECTURE •
2000 •
PAPER
• 240 PAGES
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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Mammals of South America
• Rexford D. Lord
NATURAL HISTORY •
2007 •
HARD COVER
• 224 PAGES
An authoritative, illustrated overview of the mammals of South America, featuring 252 photographs -- most taken by the author over 40 years as an ecologist and mammalogist in the region. With engaging descriptions of each of the mammaliam families.
(SAM118, $56.00) |
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Modern Latin America
• Thomas E. Skidmore
• Peter Smith
HISTORY •
2009 •
PAPER
• 465 PAGES
A succinct history of 20th-century Latin America, extensively revised for this fifth edition. After setting the stage, the authors devote chapters to Argentina, Chile, Brazil, Peru, Mexico, Cuba, Central America and the Caribbean. It concludes with an analysis of the region and prognosis for the future. A popular text for college courses, this lively book offers much to the general reader. First published in 1984.
(SAM23, $59.95) |
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Northern South America Map
• Reise & Verkehrsverlag
MAP
A map of the northern half of South America, at a scale of 1:4,000,000. One Side. 37X38 inches.
(SAM31, $15.95) |
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Personal Narrative of a Journey to the Equinoctial Regions of the New Continent
• Alexander von Humboldt
EXPLORATION •
1996 •
PAPER
• 310 PAGES
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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Seven Myths of the Spanish Conquest
• Matthew Restall
HISTORY •
2004 •
PAPER
• 272 PAGES
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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Surinam & French Guinana Map
• ITMB
MAP
A colorful, detailed travel map of Surinam, on a scale of 1:720,000. Two Sides. 39x27 inches.
(SAM06, $12.95) |
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Voyage of the Beagle
• Charles Darwin
EXPLORATION •
2002 •
PAPER
• 468 PAGES
• BEST SELLER
• 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, this book is still essential reading. Darwin's South American chapters are an excellent introduction to the Galapagos, Beagle Channel, Chile, Tierra del Fuego, the Chilean fjords and the Brazilian coast. With maps and appendices.
(GPS02, $12.95) |
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The Elusive El Dorado, Essays on the Indian Experience in Guyana
• Basdeo Mangru
HISTORY •
2005 •
PAPER
This collection of eight scholarly essays brings to a general audience the history of Indians in British Guiana, as the country was then called, during and after indenture. With chapters on emigration from Bombay, Calcutta and Madras, race relations, the infamous wife murders, and the indomitable Bechu, a radical worker imporatnt to the history of Guyana.
(SAM108, $36.00) |
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