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The New Key to Costa Rica
Beatrice Blake Anne Becher
GUIDEBOOK 2009 PAPER 560 PAGES
A comprehensive, frequently revised guide to Costa Rica with excellent information on hotels, restaurants and excursions throughout the country. Welcome attention is paid to regard for the environment and local community. The best overall guide to Costa Rica for the nature-oriented independent traveler. Co-author Beatrice Blake also publishes keytocostarica.com. 18th Edition!
(CAM36, $19.95)
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)
Costa Rica, Travellers' Wildlife Guides
Les Beletsky
FIELD GUIDE 2004 PAPER 448 PAGES
This outstanding book is a field guide to the natural history of Costa Rica, featuring 350 color illustrations of commonly encountered birds, mammals, amphibians and reptiles. Introductory chapters cover habitats, parks and conservation in Costa Rica. It's an all-around handbook, noteworthy for its color plates.
(CRC11, $29.95)
The Path Between the Seas, The Creation of the Panama Canal: 1870-1914
David McCullough
HISTORY 2004 PAPER 700 PAGES
FAVORITE
A great story, admirably told in vivid, page-turning detail. McCullough reveals the full scope of the Panama Canal, its characters, technical difficulties and Byzantine politics. Capturing all the international intrigue, you couldn't make up a better story. It's 700 pages long but reads like a suspense novel.
(CAM32, $18.00)
Costa Rica, A Traveler's Literary Companion
Barbara Ras
ANTHOLOGY 1994 PAPER 238 PAGES
This well chosen anthology brings together 26 mostly modern stories by Costa Rican writers. It's a wonderful introduction to the character of the people, culture and land.
(CRC03, $14.95)
Costa Rica & Panama Map
World Mapping Project
2005 MAP
A detailed, double-sided travel map of Costa Rica and neighboring Panama at a scale of 1:550,000. Using the latest cartography from the World Mapping Project, the full color map, printed on rip-proof and waterproof paper, includes topographic features, latitude and longitude, parks and preserves, index and key visitor attractions. Water depths are indicated by contour lines in shades of blue and white.
(CAM111, $9.99)
Costa Rica, An Ecotraveller's Guide
Hannah Robinson
GUIDEBOOK
A full-color, illustrated guide to parks, wildlife reserves and outdoor activities in Costa Rica.
(CRC46, $23.95)
Eyewitness Guide Costa Rica
Eyewitness Guides
GUIDEBOOK
This superb guide, divided geographically, features color photographs, dozens of excellent maps and a strong focus on wildlife.
(CRC43, $25.00)
Panama Canal by Cruise Ship
Anne Vipond
GUIDEBOOK
An outstanding guide to the Panama Canal, and popular ports of call in Mexico, the Caribbean and Central America. It features a mile-by-mile guide to the transit, a history of the building of the canal and a detailed pullout map.
(PNM13, $21.95)
How Wall Street Created a Nation: J.P. Morgan, Teddy Roosevelt, and the Panama Canal
Ovidio Diaz Espino
HISTORY
An intriguing look into the treachery, behind-the-scenes financial wrangling and Roosevelt-era dollar diplomacy that resulted in both the Panama Canal and the establishment of Panama as an independent nation.
(PNM23, $16.00)
The Building of the Panama Canal in Historic Photographs
Ulrich Keller
HISTORY
These archival photographs tell the story of the people who built the Panama Canal, the engineers who designed it and the changes wrought on the landscape through its construction.
(CAM41, $12.95)
The Ticos
Richard Biesanz
CULTURAL PORTRAIT
HARD TO FIND ELSEWHERE
An insightful, fact-filled portrait of the Costa Rican people, their culture, history and society.
(CRC32, $22.95)
A Naturalist in Costa Rica
Alexander Skutch
NATURAL HISTORY
A warm account of living and studying ornithology in the Pacific hills of Costa Rica over the last 35 years at what is now Los Cusingos Neotropical Bird Sanctuary. Skutch died on his ranch in 2004 just short of his 100th birthday.
(CAM09, $24.95)
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)
Costa Rican Natural History
Daniel Janzen
NATURAL HISTORY
A thorough, prize-winning reader on all aspects of the natural history of Costa Rica, this hefty illustrated book is remarkably well written and rewarding for the serious general reader.
(CAM05, $49.00)
The Tapir's Morning Bath
Elizabeth Royte
SCIENCE
An engaging account of ecological research and ecologists at Barro Colorado Island, the Smithsonian Institution's Tropical Research Station in Panama.
(AMZ74, $14.00)
A Guide to the Birds of Panama with Costa Rica, Nicaragua and Honduras
Robert Ridgely
J.A. Gwynne
FIELD GUIDE
A comprehensive field guide, noteworthy for its beautiful color plates, in a sturdy edition covering additional species found in Nicaragua, Honduras, and Costa Rica
(CAM07, $49.95)
A Photographic Guide to the Birds of Costa Rica
Susan Fogdon
Michael Fogdon
FIELD GUIDE
Arranged by family groups, this pocket field guide to 250 common birds includes color photographs, identification notes and range maps.
(CRC42, $15.95)
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)
Snorkeling Guide to Marine Life
Paul Humann
FIELD GUIDE
A compact guide illustrating all the fishes, corals, invertebrates and plants you are most likely to encounter in under 15 feet of water in the Caribbean.
(DIV02, $14.95)
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