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SOUTH AMERICA
Paraguay
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READING AND TRAVEL GUIDE
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These 3 items are available
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U.S. shipping, a 15% discount (Item no. EXSAM252) |
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The News From Paraguay, A Novel
• Lily Tuck
LITERATURE •
2004 •
PAPER
• 272 PAGES
The fully realized tale of a power-hungry young Irish woman Elisa Lynch and her adventures in 19th-century Paraguay. Based on real people and events, Tuck peoples her novel with gauchos and other colorful characters. The love story (and a love story it is) unfolds against the backdrop of a psychopathic Francisco Solano Lopez and his disastrous war between Paraguay and her neighbors. Ms. Lynch is the the subject of another recent novel (The Pleasure of Eliza Lynch) and two biogaphies.
(SAM69, $13.95) |
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Bradt Guide Paraguay
• Margaret Hebblethwaite
GUIDEBOOK •
2010 •
PAPER
• 340 PAGES
A compact guide to Paraguay, its history, wildlife, culture and attractions. With maps, town plans, and lots of practical travel information.
(SAM152, $25.99) |
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Paraguay Map
MAP
A colorful travel map of Paraguay at a scale of 1:800,000. Two Sides. 36x23 inches.
(SAM97, $12.95) |
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Footprint South American Handbook
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The classic, comprehensive guide to South America. With a section of full color maps and hundreds of regional and city maps.
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Chronicle of the Guayaki Indians
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An ethnographic report of life in a now vanished Paraguayan tribe.
(SAM71, $19.95)
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The Penguin History of Latin America
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A political and cultural history, covering 500 years from Spanish conquest through the 1980s.
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At the Tomb of the Inflatable Pig, Travels Through Paraguay
• John Gimlette
• TRAVEL NARRATIVE
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Gimlette combines history, anecdote and travels in this insightful, entertaining book. From jaguars and prehistoric lungfish to bloody wars and Utopian settlements, the "island surrounded by land" is captured in memorable detail.
(SAM70, $17.95)
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Falling Off the Map
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A collection of trenchant, witty essays on far-flung places by the marvelous Pico Iyer. It includes his travels to North Korea, Argentina, Cuba, Iceland, Bhutan, Vietnam, Paraguay and Australia.
(WLD27, $12.95)
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Paradise with Serpents, Travels in the Lost World of Paraguay
• Richard Carver
• TRAVEL NARRATIVE
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A rollicking tale by a fine writer and journalist, Carver, with his fine tuned sense of the absurd, exposes the hypocrisy, chaos and eccentricity of modern Paraguay and its checkered history.
(SAM125, $29.95)
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The Explorers of South America
• Edward Goodman
• EXPLORATION
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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)
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I, the Supreme
• Augusto Roa Bastos
• Helen Lane
• LITERATURE
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An accomplished novel set in Paraguay during the dictatorship of Gaspar Francia.
(SAM72, $13.95)
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The Pleasure of Eliza Lynch
• Anne Enright
• LITERATURE
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A richly detailed novel inspired by the love between Elisa Lynch and dictator Francisco Solano Lopez in 19th-century Paraguay.
(SAM73, $13.00)
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The Vintage Book of Latin American Stories
• Julio Ortega
• Carlos Fuentes
• LITERATURE
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A well-chosen selection of contemporary short stories by Latin American writers.
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The Pantanal: Understanding and Preserving the World's Largest Wetland
• Frederick A. Swarts
• NATURAL HISTORY
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The proceedings of an international conference on conservation in the Pantanal. The 29 scholarly papers include presentations on the region's geology, economic development and outlook for the future. With tables, maps, charts, mostly black-and-white photo-graphs.
(BZL23, $19.95)
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Through the Eyes of the Condor, An Aerial Vision of Latin America
• Robert B. Haas
• NATURAL HISTORY
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This collection of stunning, oversized photographs, taken from above, shows the jungles and favellas, the reefs and ruins, wildlife and diverse landscapes of Latin America.
(SAM122, $50.00)
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Birds of Southern South America & Antarctica
• Martin D. la Pena
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With color plates, range maps and brief descriptions, this is a compact regional guide.
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