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Birds of Chile

Birds of Chile


by Alvaro Jaramillo

  • FIELD GUIDE
  • 2003
  • PAPER
  • 240 PAGES

This compact, comprehensive guide with superb color plates also includes Antarctica, South Georgia and the Falkland Islands. (CHI50, $29.95)

Birds of Ecuador, A Field Guide

Birds of Ecuador, A Field Guide


by Paul Greenfield | Robert Ridgely

  • FIELD GUIDE
  • 2001
  • PAPER
  • 740 PAGES

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)

Conquest of the Incas

Conquest of the Incas


by John Hemming

  • HISTORY
  • 1970
  • PAPER
  • 641 PAGES

This classic 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)

Ecuador, A Travel Journal

Ecuador, A Travel Journal


by Henri Michaux | Robin Magowan

  • TRAVEL NARRATIVE
  • 2001
  • PAPER
  • 144 PAGES
  • FAVORITE

A brief, querulous and entirely wonderful narrative of the modernist painter Michaux's travels with the poet Gangotena, strong on color and personality. Its many pleasures include an unbeatable description of Quito's accursed mountain weather. (EDR16, $17.95)

The Explorers of South America

The Explorers of South America


by Edward Goodman

  • EXPLORATION
  • 1992
  • PAPER
  • 408 PAGES

A narrative history of exploration from Christopher Columbus to the 19th century, with journal excerpts, diaries and other writings of the explorers themselves. (SAM10, $26.95)

The Far Side of the World

The Far Side of the World


by Patrick O'Brian

  • LITERATURE
  • 1992
  • PAPER
  • 366 PAGES

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)

Footprint South American Handbook

Footprint South American Handbook


by Ben Box

  • GUIDEBOOK
  • 2010
  • PAPER
  • 1760 PAGES

The classic, comprehensive guide to South America. With a section of full color maps and hundreds of regional and city maps. (SAM25, $34.95)

The Incas, People of the Sun

The Incas, People of the Sun


by Carmen Bernard | Paul Bahn

  • ARCHAEOLOGY
  • 1994
  • PAPER
  • 192 PAGES
  • BEST SELLER

Featuring hundreds of archival drawings and photographs, a chronology and excerpts from the journals of early explorers. (AND03, $12.95)

Modern Latin America

Modern Latin America


by Thomas E. Skidmore | Peter Smith

  • HISTORY
  • 2009
  • PAPER
  • 465 PAGES

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, $59.95)

Night Flight

Night Flight


by Antoine de Saint Exupery

  • LITERATURE
  • 1986
  • PAPER
  • 87 PAGES

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)

The Old Patagonian Express

The Old Patagonian Express


by Paul Theroux

  • TRAVEL NARRATIVE
  • 1997
  • PAPER
  • 404 PAGES

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)

Open Veins of Latin America: Five Centuries of the Pillage of a Continent

Open Veins of Latin America: Five Centuries of the Pillage of a Continent


by Eduardo Galeano | Cedric Belfrage

  • HISTORY
  • 1998
  • PAPER
  • 317 PAGES

The most wrenchingly beautiful history of plunder and exploitation in Latin America ever written. President Obama has a copy, compliments of Hugo Chavez. (AND26, $18.00)

Penguins of the World

Penguins of the World


by Wayne Lynch

  • NATURAL HISTORY
  • 2007
  • PAPER
  • 176 PAGES

Lynch weaves delightful tales of penguins, their habitats and habits, with hundreds of glorious full-color photographs. (ANT62, $24.95)

Tropical Nature

Tropical Nature


by Adrian Forsyth | Ken Miyata

  • NATURAL HISTORY
  • 1984
  • PAPER
  • 248 PAGES
  • FAVORITE

A 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, $16.00)

Waiting to Fly, My Escapades with the Penguins of Antarctica

Waiting to Fly, My Escapades with the Penguins of Antarctica


by Ron Naveen

  • NATURAL HISTORY
  • 2000
  • PAPER
  • 384 PAGES
  • HARD TO FIND ELSEWHERE

The life and times of penguins -- and those who study and appreciate them -- by Ron Naveen, who is head-over-heels in love with the Antarctic and its most famous inhabitants. (ANT69, $16.95)

 

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