Amazon Sweet Sea, Land, Life, and Water at the River's Mouth  •  Nigel J.H. Smith NATURAL HISTORY •  2002 •  HARD COVER  • 248 PAGES • COMING IN A lively, well informed and illustrated portrait of the natural resources, nature, history, and conservation of the Amazon delta. With 138 color photos by the author, who has conducted research in the region for decades. It's the world's biggest estuary. (AMZ78, $39.95)
Fordlandia  •  Patricia J. Duncan  •  Eduardo Sguiglia LITERATURE •  2001 •  PAPER  • 272 PAGES • COMING IN This novel mythologizes automaker Ford's grandly misbegotten adventure to cultivate a rubber plantation deep in the Amazon Jungle. In the process, the Argentine writer paints a portrait of conflict between capitalist economic interests and the primordial mystery of nature. (AMZ72, $13.95)
Amazon, from the Floodplains to the Clouds  •  Alex Webb NATURAL HISTORY •  1997 •  HARD COVER  • 144 PAGES • COMING IN A stunning photographic overview of the Amazon from its source to the Atlantic. (AMZ45, $60.00)
Hidden Amazon  •  Richard Lutz TRAVEL NARRATIVE •  1999 •  PAPER  • 155 PAGES • COMING IN An enthusiastic account of land and river journeys on the Amazon with International Expeditions, this book is a compact introduction to the Peruvian Amazon -- and an excellent overview of what to expect on your adventure. (AMZ42, $16.95)