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Bradt Trekking Guide Peru and Bolivia  •  Hilary Bradt
GUIDEBOOK •  2002 •  PAPER  • 358 PAGES
This classic guide for exploring the Andes of Peru and Bolivia is great for both practical trail information and general information on the region. It's a compact overview, featuring not only walks and treks but also an extensive introduction. Eighth edition. (BOL04, $17.95)
  Bradt Trekking Guide Peru and Bolivia
Lonely Planet Quechua Phrasebook  •  Nilda Callaanaupa  •  Ronald Wright
LANGUAGE & PHRASEBOOKS •  2008 •  PAPER  • 226 PAGES
Essential vocabulary and idioms of the most widely spoken language thoughout the Andes. (PRU36, $8.99)
  Lonely Planet Quechua Phrasebook
The Peru Reader, History, Culture, Politics  •  Orin Starn
HISTORY •  2005 •  PAPER  • 524 PAGES
A lively, literate anthology on the history and culture of Peru that ranges from historical accounts to modern analysis. It's a comprehensive introduction to the country. The excellent selections were made by a panel of Peruvian and foreign experts. (PRU04, $25.95)
  The Peru Reader, History, Culture, Politics
Peru Map  •   Borch Maps
2007 •  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. (PRU02, $10.95)
  Peru Map
 

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Inca Trail: Machu Picchu, Sacred Valley, Cusco Map  •   Lima 2000   • BEST SELLER  •  This indispensable map shows the whole Sacred Valley from Cuzco to Ollantaytambo and Machu Picchu in splendid detail (1:50,000). (PRU28, $9.95)
 
 
Footprint Cuzco & the Inca Heartland Handbook  •  Ben Box  •  Stephen Frankham   • GUIDEBOOK  •  Comprehensive and up-to-date, this exceptional guide covers Cuzco and surroundings, including Machu Picchu and the Sacred Valley, Tambopata, Manu Park and Lima in detail. (PRU46, $23.95)
 
 
Peru in Focus, A Guide to the People, Politics and Culture  •  Jane Holligan de Diaz-Limaco   • GUIDEBOOK  •  Authoritative and up-to-date, this slim guide focuses on the history of Peru, its cultural heritage and current political, environmental and economic challenges. With maps, photographs and some travel information. (PRU11, $12.95)
 
 
'Tambo, Life in an Andean Village  •  Julia Meyerson   • CULTURAL PORTRAIT  •  A field journal, ethnographic in its detail, of an American artist's year among the Quechua peoples in the Peruvian Andes with her anthropologist husband. (PRU38, $21.95)
 
 
Andean Lives: Gregorio Condori Mamani & Asunta Quispe Huaman  •  Paul Gelles  •  Ricardo Valderrama Fernandez  •  Carmen Escalante Gutierrez   • CULTURAL PORTRAIT  •  A classic oral history as told to two Peruvian anthropologists in the 1970s. It's a moving account of life among the urban poor in Cuzco, offering insight into history and society in the Andes. (PRU14, $17.95)
 
 
Conquest of the Incas  •  John Hemming   • HISTORY  •  A masterful prize-winning history of the Inca struggle against the Spanish invasion. This classic account, by one of the best writers on South America, brings together wide-ranging scholarly material in the interests of telling a good story. (AND04, $25.00)
 
 
Peru's Indian Peoples and the Challenge of Spanish Conquest, Huamanga to 1640  •  Steve J. Stern   • HISTORY  •  A history of the inhabitants of Ayacucho, Peru, from Incan times to 1640. (PRU37, $19.95)
 
 
Textiles of Ancient Peru and Their Techniques  •  Raoul d'Harcourt   • CULTURAL PORTRAIT  •  A reprint of a 1934 classic with illusrtations of hundreds of ancient textiles. (AND44, $26.95)
 
 
The Monkey's Paw, New Chronicles from Peru  •  Robin Kirk   • CULTURAL PORTRAIT  •  A fascinating, multi-faceted portrait of the nation as shown through the travels and interviews of journalist Robin Kirk in Peru of the 1980s and 1990s. (PRU24, $22.95)
 
 
The Shining Path, A History of the Millenarian War in Peru  •  Robin Kirk  •  Gustavo Gorriti   • HISTORY  •  An absorbing account of the 15-year guerilla war waged by the Ayacucho-based Shining Path. (PRU41, $29.95)
 
 
Woven Stories, Andean Textiles and Rituals  •  Andrea Heckman   • CULTURAL PORTRAIT  •  An illustrated survey of Quechua textiles, traditions, designs and daily life. (AND43, $45.00)
 
 
Art of the Andes, from Chavin to Inca  •  Rebecca Stone-Miller   • ARCHAEOLOGY  •  This authoritative and concise illustrated survey of Andean art and architecture covers not only Machu Picchu and additional Inca monuments, but also Chan Chan, Nasca and other archaeological sites and cultures. (PRU05, $18.95)
 
 
Yawar Fiesta  •  Jose Maria Arguedas   • LITERATURE  •  A poetic novel of class and race relations in the Peruvian Andes in the first half of the 20th century. Arguedas, who learned Quechua from household servants as a child, was an impassioned advocate of cultural autonomy for indigenous peoples. (PRU42, $14.50)
 
 
The Andes, As the Condor Flies  •  Tui De Roy   • NATURAL HISTORY  •  These 350 stunning photographs take in the full sweep of the Andes, its wildlife and landscapes, from the cloud forests of Ecuador and altiplano to windswept Tierra del Fuego. (SAM79, $35.00)
 
 
A Field Guide to the Birds of Peru  •  James Clements  •  Noam Shany  •  Dana Gardner  •  Eustace Barnes   • FIELD GUIDE  •  A comprehensive field guide to the birds of Peru, featuring 127 color plates and illustrating almost 1,800 species, focusing on their identification, habitat, and distribution. (PRU21, $60.00)
 
 
Peru, Travellers' Wildlife Guides  •  David L. Pearson  •  Les Beletsky   • FIELD GUIDE  •  Featuring 500 illustrations of the birds, amphibians, reptiles, mammals and insects of the Amazon, Andes and Pacific Coast. (PRU30, $29.95)
 
 


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