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Moon Handbook Honduras •  Chris Humphrey
GUIDEBOOK • 2006 • PAPER • 402 PAGES
A great resource for the independent traveler, this guidebook features a good introduction to the land, history and culture of Honduras, as well as practical detail on getting around, where to go, and where to stay. With 35 detailed maps, a Spanish glossary to Honduran slang, and articles on the Copan ruins, the Bay Islands and the Rio Plantano Biosphere Reserve. (CAM73, $19.95)

High Jungles and Low •  Archie Carr
BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR • 1992 • PAPER • 226 PAGES • FAVORITE
In this absorbing memoir, Carr tells of life in the Honduran highlands, where "the volcano-set Pacific shore is 60 miles to the south and the hot, lush, banana coast a hundred miles to the north." His account of slogging through the forest as a gun-toting tagalong on a commercial expedition in search of mahogany is classic. Though it takes place in Honduras, it's just as appropriate for a trip to any Central American jungle. (CAM01, $19.95)

Lost Cities of the Maya •  Claude Baudez •  Sydney Picasso
ARCHAEOLOGY • 1992 • PAPER • 175 PAGES • HARD TO FIND ELSEWHERE
A pocket guide to Maya archaeology. This lavishly illustrated small book features hundreds of color photographs and illustrations -- along with excerpts from key works and a brief guide to Maya arithmetic, their calendar and inscriptions. (MYA01, $12.95)

Tropical Nature •  Adrian Forsyth •  Ken Miyata
NATURAL HISTORY • 1984 • PAPER • 248 PAGES • 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. With a lengthy appendix of practical advice for the tropical traveler. (GPS13, $14.00)

Honduras Map •   ITMB
2006 • MAP
A travel map of Honduras at a scale of 1:750,000 with good topographic relief. (CAM23, $10.95)

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Breaking Out of Beginner's Spanish •  Joseph Keenan • LANGUAGE & PHRASEBOOKS • Idioms, common mistakes in word usage, and other helpful advice on tackling spoken Spanish. You'll need some foundation to take full advantage of this book -- but even a complete novice will appreciate the author's playful sense of humor. (CAM06, $18.95)

Diving and Snorkeling Guide Honduras' Bay Islands •  David Behrens •  Cam O'Brien • GUIDEBOOK • Recommended for underwater enthusiasts, a practical, illustrated guide to dozens of popular diving and snorkeling sites of Roatan and the Honduras Bay islands. (CAM72, $16.99)

Diving Bay Islands •  Cindy Garoutte • GUIDEBOOK • A practical, illustrated guide to popular diving and snorkeling sites of Roatan and Honduras Bay. (CAM91, $18.95)

Lonely Plant Honduras & the Bay Islands •   Lonely Planet Publications • GUIDEBOOK • A practical guide in the popular series. (CAM118, $19.99)

A Brief History of Central America •  Hector Perez-Brignoll • HISTORY • A good overview of the region's economic, political and social history through the 1980s by a professor at the University of Costa Rica. Well-written, informative and concise. (CAM49, $21.95)

Central America, A Nation Divided •  Ralph Lee Woodward • HISTORY • A balanced standard history of the region -- popular as a university textbook and thoroughly revised to reflect the momentous events in the region since 1976. With an extensive guide to further reading. (CAM80, $37.95)

Coffee and Power, Revolution and the Rise of Democracy in Central America •  Jeffery M. Paige • HISTORY • Panoramic in scope, this scholarly history examines the emerging democracies of Central America and especially the political impact on powerful families who control coffee production. (CAM50, $26.00)

Forgotten Continent, The Battle for Latin America's Soul •  Michael Reid • HISTORY • Economist editor Reid draws on his years in the cities, presidential palaces and shantytowns of Central and South America in this portrait of a region rich in oil, farmland and culture and its prospects in the face of globalization. (SAM123, $30.00)

The World of the Ancient Maya •  George S. Henderson • HISTORY • A comprehensive survey of the Maya from early settlement to the Spanish invasion. With descriptions of Maya rulers, architecture, art, language, and daily life, photographs and maps. (MYA21, $29.95)

An Album of Maya Architecture •  Tatiana Proskouriakoff • ARCHAEOLOGY • Scholar, artist and architect Proskouriakoff presents breathtaking artistic reconstructions of what Maya cities may have looked like in their heyday in this classic work, first published in 1946. (MYA06, $29.95)

An Archaeological Guide to Northern Central America •  Joyce Kelly • ARCHAEOLOGY • The clear descriptions, site plans, maps and photographs of 38 archeological sites and 25 museums throughout Central America make this book an ideal travel companion. (MYA04, $24.95)

Breaking the Maya Code •  Michael Coe • ARCHAEOLOGY • Mayan hieroglyphs were a linguistic puzzle until the 1952 breakthrough translation of a Mayan bark-paper text, as Coe explains in this history. The book also includes an extensive discussion of Maya studies and political activism in the wake of the linguistic discovery. (MYA30, $19.95)

Chronicle of the Maya Kings and Queens, Deciphering the Dynasties of the Ancient Maya •  Simon Martin •  Nikolai Grube • ARCHAEOLOGY • The history of the Maya dynasties, encompassing biographies of 152 kings and queens, as gleaned from recently deciphered hieroglyphs. An unusual and rewarding book, illustrated in color and black-and-white. (MYA31, $26.95)

Incidents of Travel in Central America, Chiapas and Yucatan: Volume Two •  John Lloyd Stephens • ARCHAEOLOGY • Stephen's classic account of archeological discovery, originally published in 1843. This second volume covers Stephens and Catherwood's further adventures, including the Yucatan and Palenque. (MYA05, $14.95)

Maya Art and Architecture •  Mary Ellen Miller • ART & ARCHITECTURE • An illustrated overview of the art and architecture of the Maya, making use of the latest discoveries at Tikal, Copan, and Palenque to demonstrate the range of Maya artistic influence. With 200 illustrations, 50 in color, including site plans, maps, strikingly rendered reconstructions and color photographs of key temples and buildings. (MYA20, $14.95)

Reading the Maya Glyphs •  Mark Van Stone •  Michael Coe • ARCHAEOLOGY • This compact, illustrated guide to commonly encountered Maya hieroglyphs provides an excellent introduction to Maya writing for the traveler. (MYA26, $19.95)

Scribes, Warriors and Kings: The City of Copan and the Ancient Maya •  William L Fash • ARCHAEOLOGY • A comprehensive, illustrated overview of the great city of Copan, its rise to power, history and mysterious collapse in the ninth century. Fash pays particular attention to the role of recently deciphered inscriptions in our changing understanding of the Maya. (MYA11, $24.95)

The Art of Mesoamerica, from Olmec to Aztec •  Mary Ellen Miller • ART & ARCHITECTURE • An excellent survey of Mesoamerican art and architecture from 1500 BC to the Spanish conquest. Compact and profusely illustrated, it includes drawings, photographs and site plans. (MYA09, $21.95)

The Maya •  Michael Coe • ARCHAEOLOGY • A clear, concise and up-to-date introduction to Maya ar-chaeology and culture by a leading authority. Now in its seventh edition, this volume in the "Ancient Peoples and Places" series highlights the chronology, accomplishments and legacy of the Maya. (MYA10, $22.50)

Incidents of Travel in Central America, Chiapas and Yucatan: Volume One •  John Lloyd Stephens • EXPLORATION • The first volume of Stephens' 1843 account, an instant bestseller and still an excellent introduction to the people, culture and archaeology of Central America. It follows Stephens through Belize and Guatemala, with several chapters on Copan. (MYA33, $14.95)

Popol Vuh, The Mayan Book of the Dawn of Life •  Dennis Tedlock • LITERATURE • The definitive, unabridged collection of creation myths and stories of the Quiche people. Carlos Fuentes called it "The Maya Bible." (MYA14, $16.00)

The Inhabited Woman •  Giaconda Belli • LITERATURE • In this powerful novel by a Nicaraguan poet, a young woman living in a contemporary Central American country becomes "inhabited" by the soul of a woman who lived there hundreds of years earlier, under the oppression of the Spanish rule. (CAM33, $22.95)

The Mosquito Coast •  Paul Theroux • LITERATURE • A taught psychological tale of a man who abandons civilization for the wilds of Honduras. (CAM34, $14.95)

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)

Animals and Plants of the Ancient Maya, A Guide •  Victoria Schlesinger • FIELD GUIDE • A comprehensive guide to the natural and cultural history of 100 plants and animals of the Maya world, primarily those from the lowland tropical forest of Central America but also including savanna, mangrove and coral reef habitats. (MYA29, $29.95)

Field Guide to the Birds of Mexico and Adjacent Areas, Belize, Guatemala, and El Salvador •  Ernest Preston Edwards • FIELD GUIDE • HARD TO FIND ELSEWHERE • This classic guide illustrates all the regularly-occurring birds of Mexico and neighboring areas, including details of distribution, abundance, habitat and identification features for 850 species. (MEX47, $22.95)

Fishwatcher's Field Guide Caribbean •  Idaz Greenberg • FIELD GUIDE • A convenient double-sided plastic card showing 75 reef fish of the Caribbean. (DIV11, $7.50)

Marine Invertebrates of Florida, the Bahamas, Bermuda and the Caribbean •  Idaz Greenberg • FIELD GUIDE • A convenient double-sided plastic card showing 61 invertebrates of the Caribbean. (DIV12, $7.50)

Reef Fish Identification •  Paul Humann • FIELD GUIDE • This definitive guide for underwater enthusiasts features 670 stunning color photographs. (DIV03, $39.95)

Snorkeling Guide to Marine Life •  Paul Humann • FIELD GUIDE • A compact guide illustrating all the fishes, corals, invertebrates and plants you are most likely to encounter in under 15 feet of water in the Caribbean. (DIV02, $14.95)

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	Moon Handbook Honduras • Chris Humphrey GUIDEBOOK • 2006 • PAPER • 402 PAGES A great resource for the independent traveler, this guidebook features a good introduction to the land, history and culture of Honduras, as well as practical detail on getting around, where to go, and where to stay. With 35 detailed maps, a Spanish glossary to Honduran slang, and articles on the Copan ruins, the Bay Islands and the Rio Plantano Biosphere Reserve. (CAM73, $19.95)
	High Jungles and Low • Archie Carr BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR • 1992 • PAPER • 226 PAGES • FAVORITE In this absorbing memoir, Carr tells of life in the Honduran highlands, where "the volcano-set Pacific shore is 60 miles to the south and the hot, lush, banana coast a hundred miles to the north." His account of slogging through the forest as a gun-toting tagalong on a commercial expedition in search of mahogany is classic. Though it takes place in Honduras, it's just as appropriate for a trip to any Central American jungle. (CAM01, $19.95)
	Lost Cities of the Maya • Claude Baudez • Sydney Picasso ARCHAEOLOGY • 1992 • PAPER • 175 PAGES • HARD TO FIND ELSEWHERE A pocket guide to Maya archaeology. This lavishly illustrated small book features hundreds of color photographs and illustrations -- along with excerpts from key works and a brief guide to Maya arithmetic, their calendar and inscriptions. (MYA01, $12.95)
	Tropical Nature • Adrian Forsyth • Ken Miyata NATURAL HISTORY • 1984 • PAPER • 248 PAGES • 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. With a lengthy appendix of practical advice for the tropical traveler. (GPS13, $14.00)
	Honduras Map • ITMB 2006 • MAP A travel map of Honduras at a scale of 1:750,000 with good topographic relief. (CAM23, $10.95)

	Breaking Out of Beginner's Spanish • Joseph Keenan • LANGUAGE & PHRASEBOOKS • Idioms, common mistakes in word usage, and other helpful advice on tackling spoken Spanish. You'll need some foundation to take full advantage of this book -- but even a complete novice will appreciate the author's playful sense of humor. (CAM06, $18.95)
	Diving and Snorkeling Guide Honduras' Bay Islands • David Behrens • Cam O'Brien • GUIDEBOOK • Recommended for underwater enthusiasts, a practical, illustrated guide to dozens of popular diving and snorkeling sites of Roatan and the Honduras Bay islands. (CAM72, $16.99)
	Diving Bay Islands • Cindy Garoutte • GUIDEBOOK • A practical, illustrated guide to popular diving and snorkeling sites of Roatan and Honduras Bay. (CAM91, $18.95)
	Lonely Plant Honduras & the Bay Islands • Lonely Planet Publications • GUIDEBOOK • A practical guide in the popular series. (CAM118, $19.99)
	A Brief History of Central America • Hector Perez-Brignoll • HISTORY • A good overview of the region's economic, political and social history through the 1980s by a professor at the University of Costa Rica. Well-written, informative and concise. (CAM49, $21.95)
	Central America, A Nation Divided • Ralph Lee Woodward • HISTORY • A balanced standard history of the region -- popular as a university textbook and thoroughly revised to reflect the momentous events in the region since 1976. With an extensive guide to further reading. (CAM80, $37.95)
	Coffee and Power, Revolution and the Rise of Democracy in Central America • Jeffery M. Paige • HISTORY • Panoramic in scope, this scholarly history examines the emerging democracies of Central America and especially the political impact on powerful families who control coffee production. (CAM50, $26.00)
	Forgotten Continent, The Battle for Latin America's Soul • Michael Reid • HISTORY • Economist editor Reid draws on his years in the cities, presidential palaces and shantytowns of Central and South America in this portrait of a region rich in oil, farmland and culture and its prospects in the face of globalization. (SAM123, $30.00)
	The World of the Ancient Maya • George S. Henderson • HISTORY • A comprehensive survey of the Maya from early settlement to the Spanish invasion. With descriptions of Maya rulers, architecture, art, language, and daily life, photographs and maps. (MYA21, $29.95)
	An Album of Maya Architecture • Tatiana Proskouriakoff • ARCHAEOLOGY • Scholar, artist and architect Proskouriakoff presents breathtaking artistic reconstructions of what Maya cities may have looked like in their heyday in this classic work, first published in 1946. (MYA06, $29.95)
	An Archaeological Guide to Northern Central America • Joyce Kelly • ARCHAEOLOGY • The clear descriptions, site plans, maps and photographs of 38 archeological sites and 25 museums throughout Central America make this book an ideal travel companion. (MYA04, $24.95)
	Breaking the Maya Code • Michael Coe • ARCHAEOLOGY • Mayan hieroglyphs were a linguistic puzzle until the 1952 breakthrough translation of a Mayan bark-paper text, as Coe explains in this history. The book also includes an extensive discussion of Maya studies and political activism in the wake of the linguistic discovery. (MYA30, $19.95)
	Chronicle of the Maya Kings and Queens, Deciphering the Dynasties of the Ancient Maya • Simon Martin • Nikolai Grube • ARCHAEOLOGY • The history of the Maya dynasties, encompassing biographies of 152 kings and queens, as gleaned from recently deciphered hieroglyphs. An unusual and rewarding book, illustrated in color and black-and-white. (MYA31, $26.95)
	Incidents of Travel in Central America, Chiapas and Yucatan: Volume Two • John Lloyd Stephens • ARCHAEOLOGY • Stephen's classic account of archeological discovery, originally published in 1843. This second volume covers Stephens and Catherwood's further adventures, including the Yucatan and Palenque. (MYA05, $14.95)
	Maya Art and Architecture • Mary Ellen Miller • ART & ARCHITECTURE • An illustrated overview of the art and architecture of the Maya, making use of the latest discoveries at Tikal, Copan, and Palenque to demonstrate the range of Maya artistic influence. With 200 illustrations, 50 in color, including site plans, maps, strikingly rendered reconstructions and color photographs of key temples and buildings. (MYA20, $14.95)
	Reading the Maya Glyphs • Mark Van Stone • Michael Coe • ARCHAEOLOGY • This compact, illustrated guide to commonly encountered Maya hieroglyphs provides an excellent introduction to Maya writing for the traveler. (MYA26, $19.95)
	Scribes, Warriors and Kings: The City of Copan and the Ancient Maya • William L Fash • ARCHAEOLOGY • A comprehensive, illustrated overview of the great city of Copan, its rise to power, history and mysterious collapse in the ninth century. Fash pays particular attention to the role of recently deciphered inscriptions in our changing understanding of the Maya. (MYA11, $24.95)
	The Art of Mesoamerica, from Olmec to Aztec • Mary Ellen Miller • ART & ARCHITECTURE • An excellent survey of Mesoamerican art and architecture from 1500 BC to the Spanish conquest. Compact and profusely illustrated, it includes drawings, photographs and site plans. (MYA09, $21.95)
	The Maya • Michael Coe • ARCHAEOLOGY • A clear, concise and up-to-date introduction to Maya ar-chaeology and culture by a leading authority. Now in its seventh edition, this volume in the "Ancient Peoples and Places" series highlights the chronology, accomplishments and legacy of the Maya. (MYA10, $22.50)
	Incidents of Travel in Central America, Chiapas and Yucatan: Volume One • John Lloyd Stephens • EXPLORATION • The first volume of Stephens' 1843 account, an instant bestseller and still an excellent introduction to the people, culture and archaeology of Central America. It follows Stephens through Belize and Guatemala, with several chapters on Copan. (MYA33, $14.95)
	Popol Vuh, The Mayan Book of the Dawn of Life • Dennis Tedlock • LITERATURE • The definitive, unabridged collection of creation myths and stories of the Quiche people. Carlos Fuentes called it "The Maya Bible." (MYA14, $16.00)
	The Inhabited Woman • Giaconda Belli • LITERATURE • In this powerful novel by a Nicaraguan poet, a young woman living in a contemporary Central American country becomes "inhabited" by the soul of a woman who lived there hundreds of years earlier, under the oppression of the Spanish rule. (CAM33, $22.95)
	The Mosquito Coast • Paul Theroux • LITERATURE • A taught psychological tale of a man who abandons civilization for the wilds of Honduras. (CAM34, $14.95)
	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)
	Animals and Plants of the Ancient Maya, A Guide • Victoria Schlesinger • FIELD GUIDE • A comprehensive guide to the natural and cultural history of 100 plants and animals of the Maya world, primarily those from the lowland tropical forest of Central America but also including savanna, mangrove and coral reef habitats. (MYA29, $29.95)
	Field Guide to the Birds of Mexico and Adjacent Areas, Belize, Guatemala, and El Salvador • Ernest Preston Edwards • FIELD GUIDE • HARD TO FIND ELSEWHERE • This classic guide illustrates all the regularly-occurring birds of Mexico and neighboring areas, including details of distribution, abundance, habitat and identification features for 850 species. (MEX47, $22.95)
	Fishwatcher's Field Guide Caribbean • Idaz Greenberg • FIELD GUIDE • A convenient double-sided plastic card showing 75 reef fish of the Caribbean. (DIV11, $7.50)
	Marine Invertebrates of Florida, the Bahamas, Bermuda and the Caribbean • Idaz Greenberg • FIELD GUIDE • A convenient double-sided plastic card showing 61 invertebrates of the Caribbean. (DIV12, $7.50)
	Reef Fish Identification • Paul Humann • FIELD GUIDE • This definitive guide for underwater enthusiasts features 670 stunning color photographs. (DIV03, $39.95)
	Snorkeling Guide to Marine Life • Paul Humann • FIELD GUIDE • A compact guide illustrating all the fishes, corals, invertebrates and plants you are most likely to encounter in under 15 feet of water in the Caribbean. (DIV02, $14.95)