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'Tambo, Life in an Andean Village  •  Julia Meyerson   • CULTURAL PORTRAIT  •  A field journal, ethnographic in its detail, of an American artist's year among the Quechua peoples in the Peruvian Andes with her anthropologist husband. (PRU38, $21.95)
 
 
1491, New Revelations of Americas Before Columbus  •  Charles C. Mann   • HISTORY  •  Mann portrays the successes and failures of the complex societies of the Mississippi River, central Mexico, the Andes and the Amazon in this thought-provoking speculative history of the Americas before the arrival of Europeans. (WLD61, $15.95)
 
 
501 Spanish Verbs  •  Christopher Kendris   • LANGUAGE & PHRASEBOOKS  •  The perennial favorite among students of Spanish. (GEN134, $16.99)
 
 
Alive, The Story of the Andes Survivors  •  Piers Paul Read   • TRAVEL NARRATIVE  •  The gripping tale of survival against all odds: a plane crashes in the Andes, all passengers presumed dead. Read tells the story of terrible hardship, bravery and horror with admirable restraint. (AND38, $7.99)
 
 
America's First Cuisines  •  Sophie D. Coe   • HISTORY  •  A marvelous survey of pre-Columbian food, crops and diet. (AND64, $21.95)
 
 
Ancient Cuzco, Heartland of the Inca  •  Brian S. Bauer   • NATURAL HISTORY  •  A scholarly overview of the Inca capital, its history and development, by the team leader of the Cuzco Valley Archaeological Project. (PRU57, $29.95)
 
 
The Ancient Kingdoms of Peru  •  Nigel Davies   • ARCHAEOLOGY  •  An anthropological history of ancient Peruvian civilizations up to the Incas and the Spanish Conquest. (PRU65, $16.00)
 
 
Andean Archaeology  •  Helaine Silverman   • ARCHAEOLOGY  •  The standard textbook. (AND57, $43.95)
 
 
Andean Awakening, An Incan Guide to Mystic Peru  •  Jorge Luis Delgado   • ARCHAEOLOGY  •  (PRU63, $17.95)
 
 
Andean Lives: Gregorio Condori Mamani & Asunta Quispe Huaman  •  Paul Gelles  •  Ricardo Valderrama Fernandez  •  Carmen Escalante Gutierrez   • CULTURAL PORTRAIT  •  A classic oral history as told to two Peruvian anthropologists in the 1970s. It's a moving account of life among the urban poor in Cuzco, offering insight into history and society in the Andes. (PRU14, $17.95)
 
 
Animal Myths and Metaphors in South America  •  Gary Urton   • HISTORY  •  (AND61, $20.00)
 
 
Apus and Incas: A Cultural Walking and Trekking Guide to Cuzco  •  Charles Brod   • GUIDEBOOK  •  Recommended tours of Cuzco and its surroundings, with natural and cultural history. (PRU03, $10.95)
 
 
Aunt Julia and the Scriptwriter  •  Mario Vargas Llosa   • LITERATURE  •  The marvelous comic novel of scandal, soap opera and writing set in 1950's Lima. (PRU48, $14.00)
 
 
Between the Lines, The Mystery of the Giant Ground Drawings of Ancient Nasca  •  Anthony Aveni   • ARCHAEOLOGY  •  A wide ranging, scholarly overview of the Nasca Lines. In this book, written for a popular audience, Aveni discusses previous theories about the significance of the lines, putting forward intriguing new ideas about how the lines may have related to sources of water. (PRU22, $39.95)
 
 
Birds of Ecuador, A Field Guide  •  Paul Greenfield  •  Robert Ridgely   • FIELD GUIDE  •  A comprehensive, gorgeous and exhaustively researched field guide to the birds of Ecuador (and adjacent countries), featuring 96 color plates. It's also the best bird guide for travelers in the Peruvian Amazon. (EDR08, $55.00)
 
 
The Birds of South America, The Oscine Passerines, Vol. 1  •  Guy Tudor  •  Robert Ridgely   • FIELD GUIDE  •  This authoritative reference, the most complete guide to South American songbirds, features splendid color illustrations of 700 species, along with detailed range maps and field notes. (FG28, $95.00)
 
 
The Birds of South America, The Oscine Passerines, Vol. 2  •  Guy Tudor  •  Robert Ridgely   • FIELD GUIDE  •  A field guide to the flycatchers, antbirds and furnariids of South America. (FG29, $95.00)
 
 
Bradt Trekking Guide Peru and Bolivia  •  Hilary Bradt   • GUIDEBOOK  •  This classic guide for exploring the Andes of Peru and Bolivia is great for both practical trail information and general information on the region. It's a compact overview, featuring walks, treks and an extensive introduction. (BOL04, $17.95)
 
 
Chasing Neotropical Birds  •  Vera and Bob Thornton   • NATURAL HISTORY  •  A Neotropical sampler, featuring 116 color photographs of dazzling, rare and charming birds of Central and South America. (SAM76, $34.95)
 
 
Conquistadors  •  Michael Wood   • HISTORY  •  A lively, illustrated account of the Spanish conquest of the New World by the intrepid writer-filmmaker Michael Wood, (SAM48, $22.95)
 
 
Cordillera Blanca, Huayhuash  •   Lima 2000    •  A traveler's map of the northern Peruvian Andes. (PRU54, $9.95)
 
 
The Cordillera del Condor Region of Ecuador and Peru  •  Thomas Schulenberg   • NATURAL HISTORY  •  The biological resources of the Andean lower mountain forests. (AND16, $17.00)
 
 
Cordillera Huayhuash Climber's Map  •   Alpine Mapping Guild   • GUIDEBOOK  •  A shaded relief topographic map geared for climers and trekkers at a scale of 1:65,000. (PRU53, $18.95)
 
 
Culture Smart! Peru  •  John Forrest   • GUIDEBOOK  •  A concise, well-illustrated and practical guide to local customs, etiquette and culture. (PRU64, $9.95)
 
 
The Discovery and Conquest of Peru  •  Pedro de Cieza de Leon   • HISTORY  •  A detailed account of the Spanish occupation of Peru, told by a seasoned Spanish chronicler who interviewed living witnesses years after the events involved. Perhaps the most thorough of the contemporary chronicles told from the point of view of the conquerers. (AND25, $26.95)
 
 
Eight Feet in the Andes  •  Dervla Murphy   • EXPLORATION  •  The indomitable Murphy treks 1,300 miles through the Andes (with a mule) on the trail of the conquistadors in this spirited account. (AND07, $15.95)
 
 
Evolution, The Remarkable History of a Scientific Theory  •  Edward Larson   • NATURAL HISTORY  •  A clearheaded, engrossing brief history of ideas about evolution from the 18th century to the present by a Pulitzer Prize-winning author. (NAT64, $14.95)
 
 
The Exotic Kitchens of Peru  •  Copeland Marks   • FOOD  •  (PRU69, $16.95)
 
 
Explore the Inca Trail  •  Jacquetta Megarry  •  Roy Davies   • GUIDEBOOK  •  A brief, ingeniously designed guide to trekking in the Sacred Valley from Cusco to Machu Picchu with color photographs, a fold-out map of the route, site diagram of Machu Picchu and a camp-to-camp overview of the Inca trail. (AND33, $15.95)
 
 
Explorer of Machu Picchu, Portrait of Hiram Bingham  •  Alfred M. Bingham   • BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR  •  A biography of the explorer of the Andes, Yale professor and U.S. Senator. (AND32, $15.95)
 
 
Fire from the Andes, Short Fiction by Women from Bolivia, Ecuador, and Peru  •  Susan E. Benner   • ANTHOLOGY  •  An anthology of contemporary stories from the Andes, this book includes contributions by 24 women from Ecuador, Peru and Bolivia. Mostly personal, many of the stories revolve around peasants, the urban poor and other marginalized members of society. (AND17, $24.95)
 
 
Fodor's Peru  •   Fodor's   • GUIDEBOOK  •  With good recommendations on where to stay and eat, where to go and and what to do. (PRU74, $21.95)
 
 
Footprint Peru Handbook  •  Alan Murphy   • GUIDEBOOK  •  A general overview of Peru and practical travel detail on where to go and what to do. (PRU27, $24.95)
 
 
Fortifications of the Incas, 1200-1531  •  H. W. Kaufmann  •  J.E. Kaufmann  •  Adam Hook   • ARCHAEOLOGY  •  A slim guide to Inca fortifications, including Cusco and Machu Picchu, with illustrations, photographs and diagrams. (AND66, $18.95)
 
 
Genesis (Memory of Fire Trilogy, Part 1)  •  Cedric Belfrage  •  Eduardo Galeano   • HISTORY  •  Brief, lyrical vignettes and anecdotes from pre-Columbian myths through the conquest and early colonial period. A crash course in the history of the New World. (MYA18, $16.95)
 
 
Good Faith and Truthful Ignorance, A Case of Transatlantic Bigamy  •  Alexandra Parma Cook  •  Noble David Cook   • HISTORY  •  The well-told tale of the 16th-century Spanish explorer Francisco Noguerol de Ulloa, who was charged with bigamy, and imprisoned. (PRU59, $21.95)
 
 
A Guide to the Birds of Colombia  •  Steven Hilty  •  William Brown   • FIELD GUIDE  •  A classic South American bird guide with good coverage of the upper Amazon basin. It illustrates 1,700 species -- nearly half of all the species of South America. (FG14, $67.50)
 
 
A Guide to the Birds of Venezuela  •  Steven Hilty  •  Guy Tudor  •  J.A. Gwynne   • FIELD GUIDE  •  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)
 
 
History of the Inca Empire  •  Bernabe Cobo   • HISTORY  •  A compact edition of the 17th-century account of the Incas, translated and edited by Roland Hamilton from Father Cobo's original manuscript. (AND47, $21.95)
 
 
History of the Inca Realm  •  Maria Rostworowski De Diez Canseco   • HISTORY  •  A scholarly history. (AND63, $26.99)
 
 
The Hold Life Has, Coca and Cultural Identity in an Andean Community  •  Catherine J. Allen   • CULTURAL PORTRAIT  •  (AND60, $19.95)
 
 
The Ice Maiden: Inca Mummies, Mountain Gods, and Sacred Sites in the Andes  •  Johan Reinhard   • ARCHAEOLOGY  •  Archaeologist Johan Reinhard brings together tales of this own adventures and plenty of Inca history in this account of his discovery of Juanita, a 500-year-old mummy found in the Peruvian Andes. (AND52, $14.95)
 
 
The Illustrated Encyclopedia of Incas, The History, Legends, Myths and Culture  •  David M. Jones   • HISTORY  •  This amply illustrated historical and archaeological guide is especially strong on Incan art -- textiles, ceramics, jewelry and mor e-- mythology and rituals. (AND67, $35.00)
 
 
An Inca Account of the Conquest of Peru  •  Titu Cusi Yupanqui   • HISTORY  •  A new translation of the oral history of the Inca ruler Diego de Castro Titu Cusi Yupanqui as told to a Spanish missionary in 1570. (AND62, $21.95)
 
 
Inca Land, Explorations in the Highlands of Peru  •  Hiram Bingham   • EXPLORATION  •  A personal account by explorer Hiram Bingham of four archaeological expeditions into Peru and the Andes (1909-1915), including two short chapters on his rediscovery of Machu Picchu and a chapter on Lake Titicaca. First published in 1922. (AND45, $14.00)
 
 
Inca Myths  •  Gary Urton   • HISTORY  •  A classic survey in the serries The Legendary Past. (AND59, $12.95)
 
 
The Incas  •  Terrence D'Altroy   • HISTORY  •  An authoritative history chronicling the rise and fall of the Incan empire. (CAM98, $26.95)
 
 
Insight Guide Amazon Wildlife  •  Huw Hennessy  •  Hans-Ulrich Bernard   • GUIDEBOOK  •  Jammed with photographs, this compact guide introduces the people, wildlife, habitats, parks and preserves of the Amazon basin. (AMZ03, $22.95)
 
 
It's a Jungle Up There, More Tales from the Treetops  •  Margaret Lowman  •  James Burgess  •  Edward Burgess   • NATURAL HISTORY  •  This engaging globe-skipping chronicle takes the tropical ecologist and her now-grown sons James and Edward to Samoa, West Africa, Peru, Panama, India and other great habitats. (NAT92, $30.00)
 
 
The Last Days of the Incas  •  Kim Macquarrie   • HISTORY  •  MacQuarrie tackles the personality, aspirations and greed of Francisco Pizarro in this vivid account of the conquest of a continent. (PRU77, $16.95)
 
 
Latin American Art  •  John F. Scott   • ART & ARCHITECTURE  •  A popular survey of the arts in Latin America. (SAM33, $29.95)
 
 
Liberators, Latin America's Struggle for Independence 1810-1830  •  Robert Harvey   • HISTORY  •  An epic history of colonial Latin America, focused on the heroism and derring-do of seven legendary men, including Simon Bolivar and General Jose de San Martin, in the fight for independence from Spain. (SAM35, $18.95)
 
 
Life in the Treetops, Adventures of a Woman in Field Biology  •  Margaret Lowman   • BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR  •  The sprightly memoir of an ecologist who climbs, studies and sleeps in trees for a living, balancing multiple roles of scientist, wife and mom. She continues her story in a second memoir (written with her now-grown sons). (AMZ57, $13.95)
 
 
Lima Map  •   Lima 2000    •  A full color, indexed map of the city of Lima. (PRU29, $14.95)
 
 
Lima, A Cultural History  •  James Higgins   • HISTORY  •  An erudite guide to the cultural gems and literary history of Peru's capital city. James Higgins, who specializes in Peruvian literature, covers the scope of the city's history from its pre-Columbian museums, to its conquistador heritage, to its dynamic present. (PRU60, $19.95)
 
 
Lonely Planet Peru  •  Sara Benson   • GUIDEBOOK  •  An excellent practical guide to Peru geared for independent travelers. (PRU13, $22.99)
 
 
Lonely Planet South America on a Shoestring  •   Lonely Planet   • GUIDEBOOK  •  A comprehensive, detailed practical guide to traveling in South America. (SAM44, $33.99)
 
 
The Machu Picchu Guidebook, A Self-Guided Tour  •  Ruth M. Wright  •  Alfredo Valencia Zegarra   • GUIDEBOOK  •  With maps and site plans, a section on new discoveries, a wildlife section and a fold-out full color painting of the city as it may have looked during a solstice celebration in 1530, this excellent guide is the one to take along. (PRU34, $19.95)
 
 
The Madness of Things Peruvian, Democracy Under Seige  •  Alvaro Vargas Llosa   • HISTORY  •  An analysis of Peruvian democracy and its failure by a journalist working on behalf of Margio Vargas Llosa's presidential campaign. (PRU26, $39.95)
 
 
Mammals of the Neotropics, The Central Neotropics: Ecuador, Peru, Bolivia, Brazil, Vol. 3  •  John F. Eisenberg  •  Kent H. Redford   • REFERENCE  •  A comprehensive survey of the 650 species of mammals of Ecuador, Peru, Bolivia, and Brazil. (SAM30, $55.00)
 
 
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, $39.98)
 
 
The Moche  •  Garth Bawden   • ARCHAEOLOGY  •  A comprehensive, scholarly overview of the ancient Moche civilization of northern coastal Peru. These are the people, known for their architecture, ceramics and metallurgy, who built Sipan in the first centuries A.D. (PRU56, $31.95)
 
 
Moche Art and Archaeology in Ancient Peru  •  Joanne Pillsbury  •  Elizabeth Cropper   • ART & ARCHITECTURE  •  This series of essays discusses recent archaeological discoveries (most notably, the royal tombs of Sipan) and how they have changed the understanding of Moche culture in Peru. (PRU47, $40.00)
 
 
The Monkey's Paw, New Chronicles from Peru  •  Robin Kirk   • CULTURAL PORTRAIT  •  A fascinating, multi-faceted portrait of the nation as shown through the travels and interviews of journalist Robin Kirk in Peru of the 1980s and 1990s. (PRU24, $22.95)
 
 
Moon Handbook Peru  •  Ross Wehner  •  Renee del Gaudio   • GUIDEBOOK  •  An informative guide in the popular series (PRU58, $19.95)
 
 
Mountain of the Condor, Metaphor and Ritual in an Andean Ayllu  •  Joseph W. Bastien   • CULTURAL PORTRAIT  •  An account of the rituals practiced by a small community inhabiting Kaata, a sacred mountain in midwestern Bolivia. (AND28, $16.50)
 
 
Narrative of the Incas  •  Juan De Betanzos  •  Roland Hamilton  •  Dana Buchanan   • TRAVEL NARRATIVE  •  A contemporaneous account of the conquest and heritage of Peru from an Inca perspective. (AND39, $21.95)
 
 
Narrative Threads, Accounting and Recounting in Andean Khipu  •  Jeffre Quilter   • ARCHAEOLOGY  •  A scholarly survey. (AND55, $45.00)
 
 
A Neotropical Companion  •  J.C. Kricher  •  Mark Plotkin   • NATURAL HISTORY  •  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)
 
 
Neotropical Rainforest Mammals, A Field Guide  •  L.H. Emmons   • FIELD GUIDE  •  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)
 
 
Nova, Secrets of Lost Empires: Inca  •   Nova   • CULTURAL PORTRAIT  •  A 60-minute documentary on the Incas. (PRU32, $19.95)
 
 
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)
 
 
Palaces of the Ancient New World  •   Dumbarton Oaks   • ARCHAEOLOGY  •  The proceedings of a symposium at Dumbarton Oaks, October 10-11, 1998. (PRU66, $30.00)
 
 
Pass the Butterworms, Remote Journeys Oddly Rendered  •  Tim Cahill   • TRAVEL NARRATIVE  •  A collection of enertatining travel essays. (WLD01, $13.00)
 
 
People of the Andes  •  James B. Richardson III   • CULTURAL PORTRAIT • OUT OF PRINT  •  A comprehensive, up-to-date, and illustrated introduction to the culture and archaeology of the Andes, especially the Inca empire, written by a widely recognized expert. (AND01, $24.95)
 
 
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)
 
 
Peru Mammals Guide  •   Rainforest Publications   • FIELD GUIDE  •  A handy, double-sided laminated card depicting over 60 commonly encountered mammals of Peru. Beautiful and accurate full-color illustrations. (PRU73, $6.95)
 
 
Peru Map  •   Borch Maps    •  A laminated map of Peru with city plans. (PRU02, $10.95)
 
 
Peru Map  •   Lima 2000    •  A well-produced, colorful shaded relief map of Peru. (PRU09, $10.95)
 
 
The Peru Reader, History, Culture, Politics  •  Orin Starn   • HISTORY  •  Lively and literate, this meaty anthology ranges from historical accounts to modern analysis. (PRU04, $25.95)
 
 
Peru, Birds of the Forest  •   Rainforest Publications   • FIELD GUIDE  •  A handy, double-sided laminated card depicting 100 commonly encountered parrots, motmots, hummingbirds and other forest birds of Peru. (PRU72, $6.95)
 
 
A Photographic Guide to the Birds of Peru  •  Clive Byers   • FIELD GUIDE  •  A handy shirt pocket guide. (PRU75, $15.95)
 
 
Pimsleur Quick & Simple Spanish  •   Pimsleur Language Method   • LANGUAGE & PHRASEBOOKS  •  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)
 
 
Rain of the Moon, Silver in Ancient Peru  •  Heidi King   • ART & ARCHITECTURE  •  Published in conjunction with an exhibition at the The Metropolitan Museum of Art. (PRU67, $19.95)
 
 
The Real Life of Alejandro Mayta  •  Mario Vargas Llosa   • LITERATURE  •  An astute psychological portrait of a modern revolutionary and a searching account of an old friend's struggle to understand him. First published in English in 1986, the novel probes the long and checkered history of radical politics in Latin America. (AND65, $26.00)
 
 
Running the Amazon  •  Joe Kane   • EXPLORATION  •  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)
 
 
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)
 
 
The Seventy Wonders of the Ancient World  •  Chris Scarre   • ARCHAEOLOGY  •  A comprehensive, illustrated overview of the great monuments of the ancient world and how they were built. (GEN92, $40.00)
 
 
Shadow of the Bear, Travels in Their Vanishing Country  •  Brian Payton   • NATURAL HISTORY  •  (NAT100, $25.95)
 
 
The Shining Path, A History of the Millenarian War in Peru  •  Robin Kirk  •  Gustavo Gorriti   • HISTORY  •  An absorbing account of the 15-year guerilla war waged by the Ayacucho-based Shining Path. (PRU41, $29.95)
 
 
Signs of the Inka Khipu, Binary Coding in the Andean Knotted-String Records  •  Gary Urton   • ARCHAEOLOGY  •  A scholarly survey. (AND58, $21.95)
 
 
The Smithsonian Atlas of the Amazon  •  Michael Goulding  •  Ronaldo Barthem  •  Efrem Ferreira   • NATURAL HISTORY  •  A profusely illustrated, full-color atlas of the river and its major tributaries with 150 maps. (AMZ82, $39.95)
 
 
Snakes, The Evolution of Mystery in Nature  •  Harry W. Greene   • NATURAL HISTORY  •  The ecology and diversity of snakes worldwide, with stunning photographs. (BST33, $60.00)
 
 
South America, The Andes Map  •   Nelles    •  A double-sided map covering the full range of the Andes and Pacific coast of South America. (SAM47, $10.95)
 
 
Spanish, A Language Map  •  Kristine K. Kershul   • LANGUAGE & PHRASEBOOKS  •  This durable, foldout card, featuring 1,000 words and phrases, works as a quick reference for travelers. (SPN259, $7.95)
 
 
Stolen Continents, 500 Years of Conquest and Resistance in the Americas  •  Ronald Wright   • HISTORY  •  A powerful history of imperialism and resistance in the Americas, with a focus on the Aztec, Maya, Inca, Cherokee and Iroquois. Wright draws on an impressive range of archival material in reconstructing this classic account. (NAM20, $17.00)
 
 
The Tambopata-Candamo Reserved Zone of Southeastern Peru, A Biological Assessment  •  Robin B. Foster   • NATURAL HISTORY  •  A survey of the biological resources of the region. (PRU17, $19.95)
 
 
Textiles of Ancient Peru and Their Techniques  •  Raoul d'Harcourt   • CULTURAL PORTRAIT  •  A reprint of a 1934 classic with illusrtations of hundreds of ancient textiles. (AND44, $26.95)
 
 
Three Weeks With My Brother  •  Micah Sparks  •  Nicholas Sparks   • TRAVEL NARRATIVE  •  This remarkable account of family, friendship and travel takes as its point of departure a three-week around the world odyssey by private jet. (TVL34, $13.99)
 
 
Trail of Feathers, In Search of the Birdmen of Peru  •  Tahir Shah   • TRAVEL NARRATIVE  •  A rollicking search for the origins of Inca birdman legends. Shah tracks down shamans, visits Machu Picchu, ventures out to Lake Titicaca, tackles the myths of the Nasca lines and takes hallucinogens with the Shuar in the Amazon. It's quite a tale. (PRU49, $13.95)
 
 
Traveling with Che Guevara, The Making of a Revolutionary  •  Alberto Granado  •  Lucia Alvarez de Toledo   • TRAVEL NARRATIVE  •  Granado's classic account of his travels with Che Guevara via motorbike through Argentina, Chile, Peru, Colombia, and Venezuela. (SAM68, $14.95)
 
 
Trekking and Climbing in the Andes  •  Val Pitkethly  •  Kate Harper   • GUIDEBOOK  •  A compact guide to treks and climbs in the Andes, including Torres del Paine, Fitzroy, The Inca Trail, Cordillera Huayhuash and Cotopaxi. (AND34, $20.00)
 
 
Tropical Nature  •  Adrian Forsyth  •  Ken Miyata   • NATURAL HISTORY • BEST SELLER • FAVORITE  •  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)
 
 
Tschiffely's Ride  •  Aime Tschiffely   • TRAVEL NARRATIVE  •  The classic, richly told tale of people, places and adventures from Buenos Aires to Washington D.C. on horseback. (SAM45, $24.95)
 
 
Twentieth-Century Latin American Poetry, A Bilingual Anthology  •  Stephen Tapscott   • LITERATURE  •  A 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, $27.95)
 
 
Ultimate Spanish, Advanced with Book  •  Daniel Holodyk   • LANGUAGE & PHRASEBOOKS  •  A university-level Spanish course in a box with eight, 60-minute cassettes and a 400-page book. (SPN176, $79.95)
 
 
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)
 
 
Us and Them, Archaeology and Ethnicity in the Andes  •  Richard Reycraft   • ARCHAEOLOGY  •  A collection of scholarly review articles. (AND56, $40.00)
 
 
The Virgin of the Andes: Art and Ritual in Colonial Cuzco  •  Carol Damian   • ART & ARCHITECTURE  •  A beautifully illustrated overview of the Cuzco school of painting in colonial Peru. (AND49, $48.00)
 
 
War By Candlelight, Stories  •  Daniel Alarcon   • LITERATURE  •  Peruvian-American Alarcon's debut collection of nine stories, six set in Peru, three in New York City. He writes of natural disaster, difficulties and relationships. (PRU61, $12.95)
 
 
Where to Watch Birds in South America  •  Nigel Wheatley   • NATURAL HISTORY  •  A compact practical guide to birdwatching sites throughout South America, including checklists. (SAM40, $24.95)
 
 
Women of the Four Winds  •  Elizabeth Olds   • BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR  •  A collection of four lively biographies of four 20th-century American explorers. (EXP19, $21.95)
 
 
The World as You Dream It, Shamanistic Teachings from the Amazon and Andes  •  John M. Perkins   • RELIGION  •  A personal account of sometimes hard-to-believe experiences with curanderos (or shamans) in the highlands and Amazon of Ecuador. (AMZ46, $12.95)
 
 
Yanomami, The Fierce Controversy and What We Might Learn from It  •  Robert Borofsky   • CULTURAL PORTRAIT  •  A study of the controversy surrounding anthropological studies of the Yanomami. (SAM67, $22.95)
 
 
Yuraq Janka: Guide to the Peruvian Andes, Cordilleras Blanca and Rosko  •  John Ricker   • GUIDEBOOK  •  A mountaineering guide to the Cordillera Blanca. (PRU44, $12.95)
 
 
 




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