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	Insight Guide Ecuador and Galapagos  •   Insight Guides GUIDEBOOK •  2008 •  PAPER  • 371 PAGES • COMING IN JUNE Profusely illustrated, this compact guide introduces the natural history, politics and culture and wildlife of Ecuador. Contributors to this edition include Tui de Roy (Galapagos photography), Lynn Meisch (arts, crafts and customs) and Rob Rachoweicki (Oriente). (EDR01, $22.95)
	Galapagos, A Natural History  •  Michael H. Jackson NATURAL HISTORY •  1995 •  PAPER  • 316 PAGES • BEST SELLER • HARD TO FIND ELSEWHERE This comprehensive overview of the habitats, plants, birds, and animals of the islands, written with the curious visitor in mind, is practically mandatory reading. It's the single best overview of the archipelago. Jackson also includes a useful bibliography, wildlife checklists and a list of plants by vegetation zone. Illustrated with many charts and maps, we refer to the book often. (GPS03, $34.95)
	Voyage of the Beagle  •  Charles Darwin EXPLORATION •  2002 •  PAPER  • 468 PAGES • BEST SELLER • FAVORITE The wide-eyed tale of a young man on a five-year voyage that changed his life -- and our way of thinking about the world. First published in 1839, this book is still essential reading. Darwin's South American chapters are an excellent introduction to the Galapagos, Beagle Channel, Chile, Tierra del Fuego, the Chilean fjords and the Brazilian coast. With maps and appendices. (GPS02, $12.95)
	Savages  •  Joe Kane BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR •  1996 •  PAPER  • 304 PAGES A first-hand account of a naive journalist among the Huaraoni of the Ecuadorian Amazon. In the struggle for the control of their homeland, it is certainly not the local people who behave as savages. Kane is an engaging, humorous guide to development issues in the Oriente of Ecuador. (AMZ20, $16.00)
	Ecuador Map  •   Borch Maps 2005 •  MAP A detailed laminated map of Ecuador at a scale of 1:1,000,000. This is a very clear, colorful double-sided map with detailed insets of Quito, Guayaquil, Galapagos and the Ecuadorian Amazon (Oriente) on the reverse. Two Sides. 35x20 inches. (EDR03, $10.95)
	Galapagos Islands Map  •   ITMB 2006 •  MAP At a 1:420,000 scale, this convenient full color map, printed on tear and water-resistant paper, shows the archipelago in detail, with major features of each island, topography and visitor sites clearly indicated. With drawings and text by publisher and traveler Hilary Bradt. One Side. 27 X 39 inches. (GPS06, $11.95)

	Insight Guide Amazon Wildlife  •  Huw Hennessy  •  Hans-Ulrich Bernard   • GUIDEBOOK • OUT OF PRINT  •  Jammed with photographs, this compact guide introduces the people, wildlife, habitats, parks and preserves of the Amazon basin. (AMZ03, $22.95)
	Ecuador in Focus, A Guide to the People, Politics, and Culture  •  Wilma Roos  •  Omer van Renterghem   • HISTORY  •  This slim guide provides a lively overview of Ecuador's history, cultural heritage and political, environmental and economic challenges. (EDR02, $12.95)
	Ecuador, A Travel Journal  •  Henri Michaux  •  Robin Magowan   • TRAVEL NARRATIVE • FAVORITE  •  A brief, querulous and entirely wonderful account of the modernist painter Michaux's travels with the poet Gangotena, strong on color and personality. It's many pleasures includes an unbeatable description of Quito's accursed mountain weather. (EDR16, $17.95)
	Galapagos, World's End  •  William Beebe   • EXPLORATION • BEST SELLER  •  This wry, wonderfully evocative account of a 1924 scientific expedition includes an excellent chapter on the human history of the Galapagos. (GPS01, $18.95)
	The Panama Hat Trail  •  Tom Miller   • TRAVEL NARRATIVE • FAVORITE  •  An entertaining and insightful social history of Ecuador -- as told through its hat-making history. It's a classic example of travel writing, and one of the best things written on Ecuador. (EDR15, $14.00)
	Galapagos, A Novel  •  Kurt Vonnegut   • LITERATURE  •  In this madcap novel, a classic, Vonnegut looks back from the future (alas, the human race has been wiped out except for a small group stranded in the Galapagos) on the Nature Cruise of the Century. (GPS10, $15.00)
	Evolution's Workshop, God and Science on the Galapagos Islands  •  Edward J. Larson   • SCIENCE • BEST SELLER  •  A vivid history of the Galapagos and the role of the islands as a crucible of evolutionary ideas, written by a Pulitzer Prize winner. Along with Darwin, it covers the discovery of the islands, the visits of Hancock and Beebe, the influence of the United States during WWII and the establishment of the national park. (GPS50, $16.95)
	Galapagos, A Natural History  •  J.C. Kricher   • NATURAL HISTORY  •  A lively, compact natural history of the islands and their role in evolutionary thought. It's a wide-ranging overview that features chapters on human history, geology, setting, Darwin, tortoises, reptiles, birds, and sea creatures. (GPS57, $21.95)
	Galapagos, Islands Born of Fire  •  Tui De Roy   • NATURAL HISTORY • FAVORITE • COMING IN FEBRUARY  •  Author, naturalist, photographer and friend Tui de Roy's original stunning celebration of the landscapes, wildlife and habitats of the archipelago, organized as a series of ten artful photo essays. Raised in the Galapagos with a camera in hand, Tui knows the islands and their history just about as well as anyone. (GPS28, $39.95)
	Galapagos, Wild Portraits  •  Tui De Roy  •  Mark Jones   • NATURAL HISTORY • HARD TO FIND ELSEWHERE  •  The roving team of Tui and Mark Jones assembled this irresistible compendium of colorful sea lions, blue-footed boobies, sally lightfoot crabs, marine iguanas, whales and other creatures of the Galapagos. (GPS77, $39.95)
	The Beak of the Finch  •  Jonathan Weiner   • NATURAL HISTORY  •  This Pulitzer Prize-winning work is an accessible look at the modern debate on the mode and rhythm of evolution, using the story of Peter and Rosemary Grant and their field work on Daphne Major as an example. (GPS08, $16.00)
	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)
	Birds of Ecuador, A Field Guide  •  Paul Greenfield  •  Robert Ridgely   • FIELD GUIDE  •  A comprehensive, gorgeous and exhaustively researched field guide to the birds of Ecuador (and adjacent countries), featuring 96 color plates. It's also the best bird guide for travelers in the Peruvian Amazon. (EDR08, $55.00)
	Flowering Plants of the Galapagos  •  Conley McMullen  •  Ghillean Prance   • FIELD GUIDE  •  Indispensable for the botanically minded, this excellent guide features color photographs of 436 species, an overview of ecology and habitats, and a plant checklist for each visitor site. (GPS40, $29.95)
	Galapagos Wildlife  •   Pocket Naturalist   • FIELD GUIDE • BEST SELLER  •  This fold-up, laminated card includes color drawings and short descriptions. (GPS51, $5.95)
	Galapagos Wildlife, A Visitor's Guide  •  David Horwell  •  Pete Oxford   • FIELD GUIDE • BEST SELLER  •  Slip this compact guide to birds, reptiles, insects, plants and marine life, featuring a very good selection of large color photographs, into your daypack. With chapters on visitor sites, history, conservation and habitats. (GPS38, $21.95)
	Marine Life of the Galapagos  •  Pierre Constant   • FIELD GUIDE  •  Subtitled "A Diver's Guide to the Fishes, Whales, Dolphins and Other Marine Animals," this compact Odyssey Guide features 288 color photographs of fish and invertebrates, maps, plans and dive information. (GPS56, $24.95)
	Neotropical Rainforest Mammals, A Field Guide  •  L.H. Emmons   • FIELD GUIDE  •  Compact enough to slip into your daypack, this guide to the mammals of the New World tropics features 29 color plates of more than 200 species. (GPS12, $39.00)
	Wildlife of the Galapagos  •  Julian Fitter  •  Daniel Fitter  •  David Hosking   • FIELD GUIDE  •  A compact identification guide to Galapagos nature and wildlife, featuring 400 color photographs, as well as an overview of the history, climate, evolution and geology of the islands, and helpful full-color visitor site maps. (GPS47, $19.95)

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