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These 5 items are available for $75, including U.S. shipping, a 15% discount (Item no. EXVNZ7)

Lonely Planet Venezuela  •  Lonely Planet GUIDEBOOK •  2007 •  PAPER  • 392 PAGES A compact, practical travel guide in the popular series. With a 100-page overview of the country, its history and culture, along with detailed information on where to go, and what to see, eat and do. With 67 maps and city plans and a section of color photographs. (VNZ03, $24.99)
In Trouble Again  •  Redmond O'Hanlon EXPLORATION •  1990 •  PAPER  • 272 PAGES • FAVORITE O'Hanlon starts this impossibly witty account of a four-month journey into the Venezuelan Amazon with a litany of the insects, protozoa, snakes and predators that can do you harm. A comic masterpiece, the book is also noteworthy for its excellent descriptions of the wildlife, environment and peoples of the Amazon. Imagine a PBS documentary hosted by the Monty Python troupe. (AMZ04, $13.95)
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)
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, $14.00)
Venezuela Map  •  ITMB MAP A colorful map of Venezuela and the lower Caribbean at a scale of 1:1,750,000. It contains a detailed inset of Caracas. (VNZ02, $10.95)

Insight Guide Amazon Wildlife  •  Huw Hennessy  •  Hans-Ulrich Bernard   • GUIDEBOOK  •  Jammed with photographs, this compact guide introduces the people, wildlife, habitats, parks and preserves of the Amazon basin. (AMZ03, $22.95)
Jungle Travel and Survival  •  John Walden, M.D.   • GUIDEBOOK  •  Medical doctor and frequent Amazon-traveler Walden provides useful advice on avoiding malaria, parasites, poisonous and dangerous animals, dehydration and much more in this compact guide. (AMZ73, $18.95)
Darkness in El Dorado, How Scientists and Journalists Devastated the Amazon  •  Patrick Tierney   • CULTURAL PORTRAIT  •  A hard-hitting controversial indictment of anthropologists, government officials and others who sought to cash in on the study of the Yanomami, (AMZ64, $14.95)
Forgotten Continent, The Battle for Latin America's Soul  •  Michael Reid   • HISTORY  •  Economist editor Reid draws on his years in the cities, presidential palaces and shantytowns of Central and South America in this portrait of a region rich in oil, farmland and culture and its prospects in the face of globalization. (SAM123, $30.00)
Into the Heart, One Man's Pursuit of Love and Knowledge Among the Yanomami  •  Kenneth Good   • CULTURAL PORTRAIT  •  A first-hand report of life among the Yanomami people of the Amazon (AMZ60, $47.40)
Liberators, Latin America's Struggle for Independence 1810-1830  •  Robert Harvey   • HISTORY  •  An epic history of colonial Latin America, focused on the heroism and derring-do of seven legendary men, including Simon Bolivar and General Jose de San Martin, in the fight for independence from Spain. (SAM35, $18.95)
Yanomami, The Fierce Controversy and What We Might Learn from It  •  Robert Borofsky   • CULTURAL PORTRAIT  •  A study of the controversy surrounding anthropological studies of the Yanomami. (SAM67, $22.95)
Edge of the Jungle  •  William Beebe   • EXPLORATION  •  A collection of 12 essays on the Amazon and its ecology and wildlife. A scientist-explorer with the soul of a poet, Beebe wrote dozens of books about his adventures in tropical America. (AMZ75, $17.95)
Papillon  •  Henri Charriere   • BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR  •  Charriere recounts in heart-stopping detail his escape from the notorious French penal colony Devil's Island in this modern classic, originally published in 1968 in the New Yorker (and made into a memorable film). (SAM83, $15.95)
The Creature in the Map, A Journey to El Dorado  •  Charles Nicholl   • TRAVEL NARRATIVE  •  Nicholl uncovers fascinating facts about the original, ill-fated 16th-century voyage of Sir Walter Ralegh while describing his own experiences on the Orinoco river of today in this meeditative account of a quest for the golden city of El Dorado. (VNZ05, $20.00)
The Lost Steps  •  Alejo Carpentier  •  Harriet Onis   • LITERATURE  •  A hallucinatory novel of a young urban musicologist's journey to a fictional city in the Amazon basin. For those with an appreciation for demanding literature, this is a celebrated masterpiece. (AMZ18, $17.50)
The Lost World  •  Arthur Conan Doyle   • LITERATURE  •  Inspired by the magnificent landscapes surrounding the Orinoco River, this classic novel follows an intrepid scientist into the jungles of the Amazon Basin in search of prehistoric creatures. (VNZ04, $10.00)
The Mighty Orinoco  •  Jules Verne   • LITERATURE  •  Appearing for the first time in English, this 1898 novel from science fiction pioneer Jules Verne features a harrowing trip up the uncharted Orinoco, full of encounters with dangerous creatures, fearsome Indians, and infectious diseases. (VNZ07, $19.95)
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)
Birds of Tropical America  •  Steven Hilty   • NATURAL HISTORY  •  Hilty serves up essays on how to find and better appreciate the dizzying variety of birds, their habits and habitats, diversity and distribution. (CAM39, $19.95)
The Smithsonian Atlas of the Amazon  •  Michael Goulding  •  Ronaldo Barthem  •  Efrem Ferreira   • NATURAL HISTORY  •  A profusely illustrated, full-color atlas of the river and its major tributaries with 150 maps. (AMZ82, $39.95)
A Guide to the Birds of Venezuela  •  Steven Hilty  •  Guy Tudor  •  J.A. Gwynne   • FIELD GUIDE  •  The classic South American bird guide, revised and expanded by Steve Hilty. A bit hefty for a field guide at just over 4 pounds, but still an essential reference to over 1,400 bird species. Travelers in the Brazilian Amazon will find it especially useful. (FG13, $59.50)
Amazon Insects - A Photo Guide  •  James L. Castner   • FIELD GUIDE  •  Spectacular, weird, and commonly encountered bugs, butterflies, katydids, leafhoppers, ants, bees, spiders and other insects of the Amazon basin. Geared for the traveler, this handy book features 200 color photographs and accompanying text. (AMZ63, $20.00)
Neotropical Rainforest Mammals, A Field Guide  •  L.H. Emmons   • FIELD GUIDE  •  A pictorial guide to the mammals of the New World tropics, compact enough to slip into your daypack, with 29 color plates of more than 200 species. (GPS12, $32.50)