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READING AND TRAVEL GUIDE
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These 4 items are available
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U.S. shipping, a 15% discount (Item no. EXCRB138) |
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Lonely Planet Puerto Rico
• Ginger Otis
GUIDEBOOK •
2008 •
PAPER
• 308 PAGES
A practical guide to Puerto Rico featuring detailed information on history, culture and attractions.
(CRB84, $18.99) |
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A Traveller's History of the Caribbean
• James Ferguson
HISTORY •
2008 •
PAPER
• 320 PAGES
Ferguson delves into the history of the Caribbean Islands, consulting with local historians to create a thorough and dynamic portrait of the region. Beginning with a description of the islands' formation and geologic attributes, the chapters of the book carry through the first civilizations in the region up to the modern tourism boom.
(CRB42, $14.95) |
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Snorkeling Guide to Marine Life
• Paul Humann
FIELD GUIDE •
1995 •
PAPER
• 80 PAGES
A compact guide illustrating all the fishes, corals, invertebrates and plants you are most likely to encounter in less than 15 feet of water in the Caribbean. Humann's photographs are among the best we've seen for identification -- and its handy size makes it perfect to take along in the boat or to the beach.
(DIV02, $14.95) |
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Puerto Rico Adventure Map
• National Geographic
2011 •
MAP
A travel map of Puerto Rico at a scale of 1:125,000, this double-sided, water- and tear-proof map includes Culebra and Vieques. Produced in cooperation with the Puerto Rico Board or Tourism, Department of Tourism and Department of Natural Resources. One Side. 27x39 inches.
(CRB56, $11.95) |
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Also Recommended
Insight Guide Puerto Rico
• Insight Guides
• GUIDEBOOK
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An illustrated introduction to Puerto Rico.
(CRB85, $23.99)
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Rough Guide Puerto Rico
• Stephen Keeling
• GUIDEBOOK
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A comprehensive guide in the hip, literate and infomative Rough Guide style.
(CRB228, $18.99)
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A Brief History of the Caribbean, From the Arawak and the Carib to the Present
• Jan Rogozinski
• HISTORY
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Written for a scholarly audience, this concise history presents the full sweep of Caribbean geography, culture and commerce from aboriginal inhabitants through European colonization and modern developments.
(CRB38, $18.00)
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A Continent of Islands, Searching for the Caribbean Destiny
• Mark Kurlansky
• CULTURAL PORTRAIT
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A wonderfully observed social history of the Caribbean by a far-ranging journalist and favorite author. Kurlansky has a knack for honing in on the small details that make the Caribbean culturally unique, offering frank insight on music, religion, healthcare and the influence of the United States.
(CRB12, $17.95)
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Puerto Rico, The Trials of the Oldest Colony in the World
• Jose Trias Monge
• HISTORY
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An account of Puerto Rico's troubled 500-year history and relationship with the United States.
(CRB64, $23.00)
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The Puerto Ricans, A Documentary History
• Kal Wagenheim
• Olga Jimenez De Wagenheim
• HISTORY
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An informed ethnography of Puerto Rico and its peoples, covering from Spanish arrival on the island to the late 20th century.
(CRB138, $24.95)
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Under the Black Flag, The Romance and Reality of Life Among the Pirates
• David Cordingly
• HISTORY
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Meet Blackbeard and Captain Kidd along with lesser-known rogues and brigands in this rip-roaring portrait of pirates of the Caribbean.
(CRB35, $16.00)
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Boricuas: Influential Puerto Rican Writings, An Anthology
• Roberto Santiago
• ANTHOLOGY
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A diverse selection of writings by Puerto Ricans, ranging from fiction and poetry to speeches and essays. With more than 30 writers represented, it's an eclectic and informative mix of voices on the island and in Puerto Rican communities elsewhere.
(CRB139, $15.95)
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Conquistadora
• Esmeralda Santiago
• LITERATURE
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Santiago sets this big, bold historical novel (think Gone with the Wind) on a sugar plantation in Puerto Rico during the Civil War, tracing the fate of a young Spanish woman, Gloriosa Ana Maria de los Angeles Larragoity Cubillas Nieves de Donostia (or, more simply, Ana).
(CRB291, $27.50)
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The Pyrates
• George MacDonald Fraser
• LITERATURE
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A master storyteller, Fraser shows his usual high-voltage mix of research and verve in this swashbuckling tale including a cast of thousands, a deliciously absurd plot and absolute historical accuracy.
(CRB39, $16.95)
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The Rum Diary
• Hunter S. Thompson
• LITERATURE
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Johnny Depp stars in an adaptation of gonzo journalist Hunter S. Thompson's only novel, set in swinging Puerto Rico in the late 1950s. The movie, like the book, is rated R.
(CRB290, $15.00)
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When I Was Puerto Rican
• Esmeralda Santiago
• LITERATURE
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Set in the 1950s, this is a lyrical memoir of the author's childhood in Puerto Rico and her family's move to New York City.
(CRB66, $14.95)
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200 Conspicuous, Unusual, or Economically Important Tropical Plants of the Caribbean
• John Kingsbury
• FIELD GUIDE
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A general purpose plant identification guide to Caribbean shores, also useful for subtropical Florida. Features color photographs and short plant descriptions.
(CRB01, $20.00)
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A Guide to the Birds of Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands
• Herbert Raffaele
• FIELD GUIDE
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A thorough, compact field guide and introduction to the natural history of the birds of the region, including winter visitors and featuring 25 color plates.
(CRB17, $35.00)
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Fishwatcher's Field Guide Caribbean
• Idaz Greenberg
• FIELD GUIDE
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A convenient double-sided plastic card showing 75 reef fish of the Caribbean.
(DIV11, $7.50)
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Marine Invertebrates of Florida, the Bahamas, Bermuda and the Caribbean
• Idaz Greenberg
• FIELD GUIDE
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A convenient double-sided plastic card showing 61 invertebrates of the Caribbean.
(DIV12, $7.50)
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Reef Fish Identification Caribbean
• Paul Humann
• FIELD GUIDE
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This definitive guide for underwater enthusiasts features 670 stunning color photographs of all the fishes of the tropical Atlantic. We also recommend Gulf of California (BJA39), Galapagos (DIV04) and Tropical Pacific (DIV49) in the same series, $39.95 each.
(DIV03, $39.95)
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