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Peru & the Andes
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READING AND TRAVEL GUIDE
Here's a page from Longitude, the specialty bookseller for travelers. To order online, and to see the latest, most comprehensive selection of books and maps, go to http://reading.longitudebooks.com/LO8731. You may also call 800-342-2164 to order or request a catalog.
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These 5 items are available
for $83, including U.S. shipping, a 15% discount (Item no. EXSAM196) |
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Peruvian Wildlife, A Visitor's Guide to the Central Andes
Barry Walker
Huw Lloyd
Gerard Cheshire
FIELD GUIDE
2007
PAPER
144 PAGES
This concise, illustrated field guide in the excellent series by Bradt covers the plants and animals of the Machu Picchu, Cusco, the Sacred Valley, and the Andes of Peru, Ecuador and Bolivia.
(PRU71, $26.99) |
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The Incas, People of the Sun
Carmen Bernard
Paul Bahn
EXPLORATION
1994
PAPER
192 PAGES
BEST SELLER
A pocket-size encyclopedia in the acclaimed "Discoveries" series, this jewel of a book features hundreds of archival drawings and photographs, a chronology and long excerpts from the journals of early explorers. It's a guide to the ancient monuments, daily life of the Incas, and history of exploration.
(AND03, $12.95) |
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Eight Feet in the Andes
Dervla Murphy
EXPLORATION
2003
PAPER
274 PAGES
This Irish grandmother has made travel writing something of an industry. She's a gutsy, insightful observer who writes like the wind. In this book, first published in 1983, she and her then-nine-year-old daughter travel 1,300 miles by mule through the Andes on the trail of the conquistadors.
(AND07, $15.95) |
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Insight Guide Peru
Insight Guides
GUIDEBOOK
2008
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.
(PRU01, $22.95) |
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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) |
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Lonely Planet Quechua Phrasebook
Serafin M. Coronel-Molina
Richard A. Wright
LANGUAGE & PHRASEBOOKS
Essential vocabulary and idioms of the most widely spoken language thoughout the Andes.
(PRU36, $8.99) |
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The Peru Reader, History, Culture, Politics
Orin Starn
HISTORY
Lively and literate, this meaty anthology ranges from historical accounts to modern analysis.
(PRU04, $25.95) |
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Weaving in the Peruvian Highlands
Nilda Callanaupa Alvarez
ART & ARCHITECTURE
Beautifully illustrated, this survey by the founder of a weaving school in Cuzco draws a rich connection between textiles and landscape.
(PRU89, $19.95) |
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Voyage of the Beagle
Charles Darwin
EXPLORATION
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, it's still a marvelous introduction to the wildlife, nature and allure of South America.
(GPS02, $12.95) |
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A Photographic Guide to the Birds of Peru
Clive Byers
FIELD GUIDE
A handy shirt pocket guide.
(PRU75, $15.95) |
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Birds of Peru
Tom Schulenberg
Dan Stotz
John O'Neill
Dan Lane
FIELD GUIDE
Gorgeously illustrated, this authoritative guide covers nearly 20% of the world's birds.
(PRU55, $49.50) |
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