THE LOST WORLD: RORAIMA TO ANGEL FALLS More Books Amazon Map  •  Nelles 2009 •  MAP With inset maps of Belem, Manaus and Iquitos, this colorful double-sided map (1:2.5 million) shows both detail and the expanse of the great river basin from the Andes to the Atlantic. Two Sides. 20x31 inches. (AMZ05, $13.95)   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)   Birds of Northern South America, Vol. 1: Identification, Distribution and taxonomy  •  Robin Restall  •  Miguel Lentino NATURAL HISTORY •  2006 •  PAPER  • 880 PAGES A monumental undertaking, this comprehensive guide covers 2,308 species of birds found from Ecuador to French Guiana. This companion volume contains extensive species accounts, with information on habitat, vocalization, nomenclature, and the latest taxonomy. Color plates and distribution maps are published separately in Volume 2 (SAM104), intended as a field guide. Robin Restall is executive director, Clemencia Rodner is research associate, and Miguel Lentino is scientific director at the Phelps Institute for Ornithological Studies, Caracas, Venezuela. (SAM102, $100.00)   Birds of Northern South America, Vol. 2: Field Guide  •  Robin Restall  •  Clemencia Rodner  •  Roger Williams FIELD GUIDE •  2006 •  PAPER  • 656 PAGES Designed for use in the field, this Identification Guide (Volume 2 of the monumental Birds of Northern South America), features Robin Restall's exquisitely detailed paintings, along with range maps and brief notes on identification integrated on facing pages. With an astounding 6400 color paintings (illustrating many birds in a variety of plumages) and 2308 maps. It covers all of Ecuador, Colombia, Venezuela, Guyana, Suriname and French Guiana (including offshore islands) and can be used (with caution warn the authors) in Northern Peru and Brazil. Birders in the Amazon will welcome this book. (SAM103, $70.00)   The Birds of South America, The Oscine Passerines, Vol. 1  •  Guy Tudor  •  Robert Ridgely FIELD GUIDE •  1989 •  HARD COVER  • 596 PAGES An authoritative reference, this hefty volume features 31 splendid full-color plates by Guy Tudor covering 700 species of jays and swallows, wrens, thrushes, vireos and wood-warblers, tanagers, icterids and finches. The first of four anticipated volumes on the birds of South America. With distribution maps and species descriptions by ornithologist Robert Ridgely. (FG28, $95.00)   The Birds of South America, The Oscine Passerines, Vol. 2  •  Guy Tudor  •  Robert Ridgely FIELD GUIDE •  1994 •  HARD COVER The second volume of the projected four-volume series, this field guide and handbook covers the flycatchers, antbirds and furnariids. With fine color plates by Guy Tudor and lucid text by Ridgely. (FG29, $95.00)   Brazil in Focus, A Guide to the People, Politics, and Culture  •  Jan Rocha GUIDEBOOK •  2000 •  PAPER  • 100 PAGES 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. It's an excellent synopsis from an unabashedly left-leaning perspective, strong on facts. (BZL03, $12.95)   Brazil Map  •  Borch Maps 2006 •  MAP A handy folded, laminated map of Brazil at a scale of 1:4,000,000. Includes Buenos Aires and Montevideo. Two Sides. 27x39 inches. (BZL17, $11.95)   The Explorers of South America  •  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. Goodman has marshaled his wide-ranging research and lifelong interest in exploration into a comprehensive, scholarly history. A reprint of the original 1972 edition, the tales have lost none of their luster. With maps, illustrations and extensive notes. (SAM10, $26.95)   Explorers of the Amazon  •  Anthony Smith EXPLORATION •  1994 •  PAPER  • 344 PAGES In this well told overview of the region, Anthony Smith presents a history of exploration of the Amazon, scientific and otherwise. His tales of adventure, discovery, exploitation, murder and mayhem feature Francisco de Orellana, Baron von Humboldt and seven other European colonizers and scientists. (AMZ31, $37.50)   A Field Guide to Medicinal and Useful Plants of the Upper Amazon  •  James L. Castner  •  Stephen L. Timme  •  James A. Duke FIELD GUIDE •  1998 •  PAPER  • 154 PAGES This photographic guide to identification focuses on the practical uses of common plants of the tropical forest. Many of the 120 species illustrated and described grow along the Medicinal Plant Trail at ACEER outside Iquitos. (AMZ39, $38.00)   The Green Pharmacy  •  James A. Duke NATURAL HISTORY •  1999 •  PAPER  • 507 PAGES An A to Z catalog of ailments and the herbal remedies that heal them. Full of facts on the ecology and traditional uses of medicinal plants by a leading ethnobotanist who has conducted much of his research in the Upper Amazon of Peru. Each chapter begins with an anecdote of an encounter with a patient and leads to easy "how-to" instructions for treating the health condition. The chapters cover minor and serious complaints, ranging from bad breath to depression, high cholesterol to wrinkles, morning sickness to viral infections. (AMZ40, $21.95)   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)   In Search of the Golden Frog  •  Marty Crump BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR •  2000 •  HARD COVER  • 312 PAGES Crump, a herpetologist, conservationist and mother, tells of her 30 years of field work in Costa Rica, Brazil, Ecuador and Argentina. An entertaining memoir, written with a light touch, it combines the personal with the scientific. (CON18, $27.00)   In the Rainforest, Report from a Strange, Beautiful, Imperiled World  •  Catherine Caufield NATURAL HISTORY •  1984 •  PAPER  • 304 PAGES This investigative journalist deftly combines good basic information on the ecology of the world's rain forests, a report on thorny conservation issues and a sympathetic treatment of indigenous inhabitants through masterly prose. In this fact-filled book, we travel with Caufield to some of the most spectacular and endangered places on earth: the rain forests of Africa, Central and South America, India, the Philippines and Indonesia. Originally published in 1984, this is still an excellent survey of rainforest ecology and issues worldwide. (FST01, $20.00)   Insight Guide Brazil  •  Insight Guides GUIDEBOOK •  2011 •  PAPER  • 384 PAGES This handsome guide is a profusely illustrated overview of the country, featuring concise essays by well regarded authors on natural history, politics and culture. With hundreds of photos and excellent maps. (BZL01, $22.99)   The Jungle and the Damned  •  Hassoldt Davis  •  Lawrence Millman EXPLORATION •  2000 •  PAPER  • 306 PAGES Hassoldt's tale of exploring French Guiana with his adventurous new wife, originally published in 1952. Quite a honeymoon! Their adventures include a visit to the penal colony at Devil's Island and an absorbing account of a exploratory canoe trip 300 miles up the Maroni River to the border with Brazil. An adventurer, storyteller and personality, Hassldt (1907-1959) wrote a series of tales, this classic returned to print thanks to the good efforts of Lawrence Millman, who provides the introduction. (SAM55, $16.95)   Margaret Mee's Amazon, Diaries of an Artist Explorer  •  Margaret Mee NATURAL HISTORY •  2004 •  HARD COVER  • 300 PAGES A handsome edition of the diaries, paintings and sketchbooks of the remarkable British botanist and painter Margaret Mee (1909-1988). Not just a terrific botanical illustrator, Mee was an intrepid traveler and collector who made 15 expeditions into the Amazon. Orgnized by expedition, the book features 250 botanical and other illustrations, along with a selection of photographs. This new edition published by Antique Collectors' Club in cooperation with Kew Gardens. (AMZ86, $59.50)   A Naturalist's Guide to the Tropics  •  Marco Lambertini  •  John Venerella NATURAL HISTORY •  2000 •  PAPER  • 338 PAGES A compact guide to the world's tropical zone, organized by biome. It's a good overview of the ecology of forests, mangroves, coral reefs, deserts, and grasslands found between the Tropic of Capricorn and the Tropic of Cancer. A useful companion for travelers to tropical latitudes. With color photographs and color plates illustrating a sampling of the most conspicuous birds, mammals, reptiles and amphibians, and fish. (CON17, $30.00)   One River, Explorations and Discoveries in the Amazon  •  Wade Davis TRAVEL NARRATIVE •  1997 •  PAPER  • 537 PAGES Wade Davis has written a lyrical, meticulously researched book of discovery. One River is both a biography of his mentor, the director of the Harvard botanical museum Richard Schultes, and the story of his own botanical adventures throughout South America with colleague Tim Plowman. It's a sprawling tale of explorers, botanical secrets, and larger-than-life personalities. This unconventional book is, in part, a testimonial to Schultes, a legendary teacher and explorer who single-handedly created the discipline of ethnobotany. More than that, it's a magnificently written chronicle of five decades of botanical exploration (including some pretty wild experiments with native hallucinogens). (AMZ22, $18.00)   Pimsleur Quick & Simple Spanish  •  Pimsleur Language Method LANGUAGE & PHRASEBOOKS •  2005 •  AUDIO CD Four audio CDs with eight 30-minute lessons in basic Spanish, covering elementary vocabulary and phrases used in travel and everyday situations. The Pimsleur method emphasizes the use of listening skills without reading materials (so there isn't a book to follow along). It's advertised as "Totally audio: hear it, learn it, speak it." (SPN257, $19.95)   Plants of the Gods: Their Sacred, Healing and Hallucinogenic Powers  •  Richard Evans Schultes  •  Albert Hofmann NATURAL HISTORY •  2001 •  PAPER  • 192 PAGES An illuminating guide to indigenous peoples and their use of hallucinogenic plants, co-authored by the father of ethnobotany and discoverer of LSD. With hundreds of photographs, maps and drawings, it documents the ecology, chemistry, and especially the social history of hallucinogens. Excellent. (AMZ38, $29.99)   Reptiles and Amphibians of the Amazon  •  R.D. Bartlett  •  Patricia Bartlett FIELD GUIDE •  2003 •  PAPER  • 448 PAGES A convenient guide to 250 colorful and commonly encountered snakes, lizards, turtles, frogs and salamanders of the Amazon Basin, each with clear color photographs and descriptive information. The Bartlett team, who lead trips to the Amazon, has written a series of book on the care of herps as well as a guide to the reptiles and amphibians of Florida. (AMZ84, $29.95)   Rough Guide Brazil  •  David Cleary GUIDEBOOK •  2009 •  PAPER  • 736 PAGES This comprehensive guide includes an excellent historical and cultural overview of Brazil, with special attention to its natural history. It's a detailed travel guide with region-by-region descriptions. The outstanding British Rough Guide series provides a keen sense of life for the locals -- and isn't so "rough" after all. (BZL09, $27.99)   Where to Watch Birds in South America  •  Nigel Wheatley NATURAL HISTORY •  1995 •  PAPER  • 431 PAGES A compact practical guide to 206 recommended birdwatching sites throughout South America. Organized by country, each site guide includes an introduction, noteworthy species, maps, and directions, checklists. An invaluable handbook for birders. (SAM40, $30.95)
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