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ANDEAN AND RAINFOREST EXPEDITIONS
Spanish Heritage & Colca Canyon
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READING AND TRAVEL GUIDE
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Insight Guide Peru
• Insight Guides
GUIDEBOOK •
2010 •
PAPER
• 368 PAGES
In its hallmark style, this guide brings Peru to life in hundreds of color photographs and vividly written essays by a team of experts. Panoramic in scope, the book takes us from the crowded streets of Lima to famed archeological sites, providing genuine insight into a complex land and people. Its chapters include a history of the Incas, daily life in the Andes, the author and politician Mario Vargas Llosa and an overview of people of the Amazon. With some travel information. Sixth edition.
(PRU01, $22.99) |
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Peru in Focus
• Jane Holligan de Diaz-Limaco
GUIDEBOOK •
2006 •
PAPER
• 95 PAGES
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. It's an excellent synopsis from a left-leaning perspective, strong on facts.
(PRU11, $12.95) |
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Lonely Planet Quechua Phrasebook
• Serafin M. Coronel-Molina
LANGUAGE & PHRASEBOOKS •
2008 •
PAPER
• 226 PAGES
This pocket guide introduces both the language and the culture of the highlands of Ecuador, Bolivia and Peru. With chapters on family, festivals, food, health, nature and the basics of getting around.
(PRU36, $8.99) |
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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, $28.95) |
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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.
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Also Recommended
Bradt Trekking Guide Peru and Bolivia
• Hilary Bradt
• GUIDEBOOK
• COMING IN
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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 walks, treks and an extensive introduction.
(BOL04, $17.95)
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Footprint Peru Handbook
• Ben Box
• GUIDEBOOK
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A general overview of Peru and practical travel detail on where to go and what to do.
(PRU27, $27.95)
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Lonely Planet Peru
• Sara Benson
• GUIDEBOOK
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An excellent practical guide to Peru geared for independent travelers.
(PRU13, $23.99)
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Conquest of the Incas
• John Hemming
• HISTORY
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This classic prize-winning history of the Inca struggle against the Spanish invasion brings together wide-ranging scholarly material in the interests of telling a good story.
(AND04, $25.00)
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Conquistadors
• Michael Wood
• HISTORY
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A lively, illustrated account of the Spanish conquest of the New World by the intrepid writer-filmmaker Michael Wood,
(SAM48, $27.95)
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Open Veins of Latin America: Five Centuries of the Pillage of a Continent
• Eduardo Galeano
• Cedric Belfrage
• HISTORY
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The most wrenchingly beautiful history of plunder and exploitation in Latin America ever written. President Obama has a copy, compliments of Hugo Chavez.
(AND26, $18.00)
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Textiles of Ancient Peru and Their Techniques
• Raoul d'Harcourt
• CULTURAL PORTRAIT
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A reprint of a 1934 classic with illusrtations of hundreds of ancient textiles.
(AND44, $26.95)
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The Monkey's Paw, New Chronicles from Peru
• Robin Kirk
• CULTURAL PORTRAIT
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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)
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Aunt Julia and the Scriptwriter
• Mario Vargas Llosa
• LITERATURE
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The marvelous comic novel of scandal, soap opera and writing set in 1950's Lima.
(PRU48, $15.00)
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The Bridge of San Luis Rey
• Thornton Wilder
• LITERATURE
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The classic tale of Franciscan missionaries in 18th-century Peru by the Pulitzer Prize-winning novelist. First published in 1927.
(AND08, $12.99)
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A Neotropical Companion
• John Kricher
• Mark Plotkin
• NATURAL HISTORY
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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, $35.00)
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Tropical Nature
• Adrian Forsyth
• Ken Miyata
• NATURAL HISTORY
• FAVORITE
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A 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.
(GPS13, $16.00)
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