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Insight Guide Peru
Insight Guides
GUIDEBOOK 2005 PAPER 352 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.
(PRU01, $22.95)
Peru in Focus, A Guide to the People, Politics and Culture
Jane Holligan de Diaz-Limaco
GUIDEBOOK 2000 PAPER 95 PAGES
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. It's an excellent synopsis from a left-leaning perspective, strong on facts.
(PRU11, $12.95)
Lonely Planet Quechua Phrasebook
Nilda Callaanaupa Ronald Wright
LANGUAGE & PHRASEBOOKS 2002 PAPER 98 PAGES
A resource for travelers to Peru and Bolivia, this pocket phrasebook contains essential vocabulary and idioms of the most widely spoken language in the Andes.
(PRU36, $7.99)
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)
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)
Bradt Trekking Guide Peru and Bolivia
Hilary Bradt
GUIDEBOOK
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)
Footprint Peru Handbook
Alan Murphy
GUIDEBOOK
A general overview of Peru and practical travel detail on where to go and what to do.
(PRU27, $19.95)
Lonely Planet Peru
Sara Benson
GUIDEBOOK
An excellent practical guide to Peru geared for independent travelers.
(PRU13, $22.99)
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)
Conquistadors
Michael Wood
HISTORY
A lively, illustrated account of the Spanish conquest of the New World by the intrepid writer-filmmaker Michael Wood,
(SAM48, $22.95)
Open Veins of Latin America: Five Centuries of the Pillage of a Continent
Eduardo Galeano
Cedric Belfrage
HISTORY
The most wrenchingly beautiful history of plunder and exploitation in Latin America ever written.
(AND26, $18.00)
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)
Tschiffely's Ride
Aime Tschiffely
TRAVEL NARRATIVE
The classic, richly told tale of people, places and adventures from Buenos Aires to Washington D.C. on horseback.
(SAM45, $24.95)
Aunt Julia and the Scriptwriter
Mario Vargas Llosa
LITERATURE
The marvelous comic novel of scandal, soap opera and writing set in 1950's Lima.
(PRU48, $14.00)
The Bridge of San Luis Rey
Thornton Wilder
LITERATURE
The classic tale of Franciscan missionaries in 18th-century Peru by the Pulitzer Prize-winning novelist. First published in 1927.
(AND08, $12.95)
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)
Tropical Nature
Adrian Forsyth
Ken Miyata
NATURAL HISTORY
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.
(GPS13, $14.00)
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)
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