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Beyond Bogota, Diary of a Drug War Journalist in Colombia


by Gary Leech

  • HISTORY
  • 2010
  • PAPER
  • 260 PAGES

Part memoir, part history, this is the tale of journalist Leech's 11-month captivity in Colombia at the hands of FARC, a guerilla group. Leech is very critical of the drug war, and uses his ordeal as a frame for exploring the history, culture, and current politics of Colombia. (SAM161, $18.00)

The Condor and the Cows, A South American Travel Diary


by Christopher Isherwood

  • TRAVEL NARRATIVE
  • 2003
  • PAPER
  • 268 PAGES

Isherwood's 1947 account of travels through South America. (SAM64, $17.95)

Vine of the Soul, Medicine Men, Their Plants, and Rituals in the Colombian Amazon

Vine of the Soul, Medicine Men, Their Plants, and Rituals in the Colombian Amazon


by Richard Evans Schultes | Robert F. Raffauf

  • CULTURAL PORTRAIT
  • 2004
  • PAPER
  • 282 PAGES

Written by Schultes, the father of ethnobotany, with a colleague, this book features 150 photographs along with a detailed and authoritative text describing the many uses of plant substances. (AMZ59, $29.95)

Jungles

Jungles


by Frans Lanting | Christine Eckstrom

  • NATURAL HISTORY
  • 2011
  • HARD COVER
  • 256 PAGES

The wildlife of Central America, the Congo, Amazon, Borneo and Madagascar are all featured in this portfolio of 120 extraordinary color photographs. (AMZ65, $19.99)

Requiem for Nature

Requiem for Nature


by John Terborgh

  • NATURAL HISTORY
  • 2004
  • PAPER
  • 248 PAGES
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A passionate and thoughtful plea for conservation of the rain forest from a noted biologist. (FST07, $29.50)

 

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