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These 5 items are available for $83, including U.S. shipping, a 15% discount (Item no. EXAMZ100)

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, $16.00)
Peru, Travellers' Wildlife Guides  •  David L. Pearson  •  Les Beletsky FIELD GUIDE •  2004 •  PAPER  • 500 PAGES A convenient illustrated guide to the birds, amphibians, reptiles, mammals and insects from the Peruvian Amazon and Andes to the Pacific coast. Featuring 500 color illustrations. (PRU30, $29.95)
La Doctora, The Journal of an American Doctor Practicing Medicine of the Amazon River  •  Linnea Smith TRAVEL NARRATIVE •  1999 •  PAPER  • 238 PAGES Those of you who have visited the Amazon Center for Environmental Education and Research foundation may have met Dr. Linnea and seen her Clinica Yanamono near the Explorama Lodge in the upper Amazon of Peru. This is her insightful, heartfelt and funny memoir of life in the region. (AMZ43, $16.95)
Tales of a Shaman's Apprentice  •  Mark Plotkin TRAVEL NARRATIVE •  1994 •  PAPER  • 328 PAGES • FAVORITE This is the stuff of adventure movies. Like Russ Mittermeir and Wade Davis, Mark Plotkin is the student of the extraordinary Richard Schultes at Harvard University, a pioneer in the field of ethnobotany. In this marvelous book Plotkin recounts his work documenting the use of medicinal plants among remote tribes in the Northwest Amazon of Suriname, Venezuela, Guyana and French Guiana. The book is a portrait of people and their environment, a tale of adventure and -- most of all -- a moving example of science in the service of preservation. He reminds us, "every time a shaman dies, it is as if a library burned down." (AMZ15, $16.00)
Peru Map  •  Borch Maps 2011 •  MAP A detailed laminated relief map of Peru at a scale of 1:1,750,000. This is a very clear, colorful map, which also features detailed insets of Lima and Cusco, and even a site plan of Maccu Picchu. Peru itself is broken into three sections: North, Central, South. Two Sides. 20x39 inches. (PRU02, $10.95)

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