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The Accidental President of Brazil, A Memoir
• Bill Clinton
• Fernando Henrique Cardoso
• HISTORY
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Brazil's former president, in office from 1995-2002, offers a candid, wry, illuminating view of the gloriously ungovernable, irrepressibly attractive country in this vibrant memoir.
(BZL58, $15.95)
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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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Brazil in Focus, A Guide to the People, Politics, and Culture
• Jan Rocha
• GUIDEBOOK
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Authoritative and up-to-date, this slim guide focuses on the history of Brazil, its cultural heritage and current political, environmental and economic challenges. With maps, photographs and some travel information.
(BZL03, $12.95)
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Brazil International Travel Map
• ITMB
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This double sided traveler's map of Brasil shows the south at a scale of 1:2,200 000 and the north at 1:4,500 000.
(BZL59, $11.95)
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Brazil Map
• Borch Maps
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A handy folded, laminated map.
(BZL17, $11.95)
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Brazil Since 1980
• Francisco Vidal Luna
• Herbert Klein
• HISTORY
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An authoritative survey of modern Brazil, examining its radical development in the last 25 years from a rural, military economy into a culture based on democracy and industry.
(BZL62, $23.99)
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Brazil: Amazon & Pantanal, Travellers' Wildlife Guides
• Les Beletsky
• David Pearson
• FIELD GUIDE
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A comprehensive handbook to the flora, fauna and habitats of Brazil. The 100 color plates feature 90 species of amphibians and reptiles, 310 birds, 70 mammals, 30 insects and 50 common trees and plants.
(BZL30, $27.95)
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Brazilian Adventure
• Peter Fleming
• EXPLORATION
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A classic and very entertaining account of a 3,000-mile quest through the Amazon in search of a missing English colonel, first published in 1933.
(AMZ55, $16.95)
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The Brazilian People, The Formation and Meaning of Brazil
• Darcy Ribeiro
• Gregory Rabassa
• Elizabeth Lowe
• CULTURAL PORTRAIT
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A scholarly, influential overview of Brazilian culture and society as shaped by its ethnic, racial and social influences.
(BZL21, $34.95)
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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, $22.95)
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Culture Smart! Brazil
• Sandra Branco
• GUIDEBOOK
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A concise, well-illustrated and practical guide to local customs, etiquette and culture.
(BZL54, $9.95)
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Culture Wars in Brazil, The First Vargas Regime, 1930-1945
• Daryle Williams
• HISTORY
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A scholarly, cultural history of Brazil during a key period in its development.
(BZL53, $24.95)
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Darkness in El Dorado, How Scientists and Journalists Devastated the Amazon
• Patrick Tierney
• CULTURAL PORTRAIT
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A hard-hitting controversial indictment of anthropologists, government officials and others who sought to cash in on the study of the Yanomami,
(AMZ64, $14.95)
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Edge of the Jungle
• William Beebe
• EXPLORATION
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A collection of 12 essays on the Amazon and its ecology and wildlife. A scientist-explorer with the soul of a poet, Beebe wrote dozens of books about his adventures in tropical America.
(AMZ75, $17.95)
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Footprint Brazil
• Ben Box
• GUIDEBOOK
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A general overview of Brazil and practical travel detail on where to go and what to do.
(BZL22, $24.95)
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Gabriela, Clove and Cinnamon
• Jorge Amado
• LITERATURE
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In this spirited comic novel of a young (and beautiful) woman, Amado conjurs the spirit, life and customs of frontier life on the cocoa plantations of 1920s Ilheus in northeastern Brazil.
(BZL34, $14.95)
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A Guide to the Birds of Venezuela
• Steven Hilty
• Guy Tudor
• J.A. Gwynne
• FIELD GUIDE
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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)
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A History of Brazil
• E. Bradford Burns
• HISTORY
• OUT OF PRINT
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A wide-ranging social, intellectual and cultural history of Brazil.
(BZL02, $26.00)
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A History of Modern Brazil, The Past Against the Future
• Colin M. MacLachlan
• HISTORY
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(BZL57, $27.95)
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In Trouble Again
• Redmond O'Hanlon
• EXPLORATION
• FAVORITE
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As funny as he is insightful, O'Hanlon starts his comic masterpiece of a journey between the Orinoco and the Amazon with a litany of creatures that can do you harm.
(AMZ04, $13.95)
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Insight Guide Amazon Wildlife
• Huw Hennessy
• Hans-Ulrich Bernard
• GUIDEBOOK
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Jammed with photographs, this compact guide introduces the people, wildlife, habitats, parks and preserves of the Amazon basin.
(AMZ03, $22.95)
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Insight Guide Brazil
• Insight Guides
• GUIDEBOOK
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A profusely illustrated overview of the country, this guide features concise essays by well regarded authors on natural history, politics and culture. With hundreds of photos and maps.
(BZL01, $22.95)
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Latin American Art
• John F. Scott
• ART & ARCHITECTURE
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A popular survey of the arts in Latin America.
(SAM33, $29.95)
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Little Star of Bela Lua, A Novella and Stories
• Luana Monteiro
• LITERATURE
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Monteiro's quirky tales recall the folklore, character and tradition of the Sertao in Northeast Brazil, an arid land that recalls America's Old West or the gaucho country of Argentina.
(BZL50, $13.95)
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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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A Neotropical Companion
• J.C. Kricher
• Mark Plotkin
• NATURAL HISTORY
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A tropical primer aimed at the motivated general reader. From plants and animals to birds and bugs, it's all here in this wonderfully written overview of the ecology, habitats, plants and animals of Central and South America.
(GPS11, $29.95)
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Neotropical Rainforest Mammals, A Field Guide
• L.H. Emmons
• FIELD GUIDE
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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)
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Northern South America Map
• Reise & Verkehrsverlag
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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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Pimsleur Quick & Simple Portuguese (Brazilian)
• Pimsleur Language Method
• LANGUAGE & PHRASEBOOKS
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Four audio CDs with eight 30-minute lessons in basic Brazilian Portugese, covering elementary vocabulary and phrases used in travel and everyday situations.
(BZL33, $19.95)
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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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Portuguese Dictionary, Portuguese-English/English-Portuguese
• Jura D. Oliveira
• LANGUAGE & PHRASEBOOKS
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A handy pocket dictionary.
(PGL35, $6.95)
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Portuguese, 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.
(PGL47, $7.95)
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Running the Amazon
• Joe Kane
• EXPLORATION
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A best-selling account of a 4,000-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)
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Sacred Leaves of Candomble: African Magic, Medicine, and Religion in Brazil
• Robert A. Voeks
• RELIGION
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An account of the ethnobotany of African religious and healing traditions in Brazil.
(BZL29, $25.00)
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Saudades Do Brasil, A Photographic Memoir
• Claude Levi-Strauss
• CULTURAL PORTRAIT
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These photographs by the great structural anthropologist, dating from the 1930s, are not just beautiful but an invaluable record of life in Sao Palo and the Amazon.
(BZL04, $60.00)
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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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Slave Rebellion in Brazil, The Muslim Uprising of 1835 in Bahia
• Joao Jose Reis
• Arthur Brakel
• HISTORY
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An excellent scholarly history of the largest urban slave revolt in the Americas.
(BZL49, $20.95)
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Top 10 Rio de Janeiro
• Inc. Dorling Kindersley
• GUIDEBOOK
• COMING IN DECEMBER
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A compact, illustrated guide in the popular series, featuring favorite attractions.
(BZL77, $14.00)
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Tropical Nature
• Adrian Forsyth
• Ken Miyata
• NATURAL HISTORY
• BEST SELLER
• FAVORITE
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A lively, lucid portrait of the tropics as seen by two uncommonly observant and thoughtful field biologists. Its 17 marvelous essays introduce the habitats, ecology, plants and animals of the Central and South American rainforest.
(GPS13, $14.00)
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The War of the Saints
• Jorge Amado
• LITERATURE
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A mesmerizing tale set during carnival in Bahia.
(BZL48, $15.95)
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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, $24.95)
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With Broadax and Firebrand, The Destruction of the Brazilian Atlantic Forest
• Warren Dean
• HISTORY
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A vivid, scholarly environmental history of Brazil from early settlement through the 1990s, focusing on deforestation on the Atlantic coast.
(BZL31, $29.95)
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