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These 5 items are available for $72, including U.S. shipping, a 15% discount (Item no. EXMEX73)

Moon Handbook Yucatan Peninsula  •  Lisa and Gary Prado Chandler GUIDEBOOK •  2007 •  PAPER  • 391 PAGES A compact, comprehensive travel guide with an excellent overview of the natural history and culture of the region, including Yucatan but also Chiapas, Tabasco, Campeche, and Quintana Roo. It includes detailed information on hotels, restaurants and attractions. With good site diagrams and sketch maps throughout. (MEX66, $21.95)
Lost Cities of the Maya  •  Claude Baudez  •  Sydney Picasso ARCHAEOLOGY •  1992 •  PAPER  • 175 PAGES • HARD TO FIND ELSEWHERE A pocket guide to Maya archaeology. This lavishly illustrated small book features hundreds of color photographs and illustrations -- along with excerpts from key works and a brief guide to Maya arithmetic, their calendar and inscriptions. (MYA01, $12.95)
Incidents of Travel in Yucatan  •  John Lloyd Stephens  •  Karl Ackerman  •  Frederick Catherwood ARCHAEOLOGY •  1996 •  PAPER  • 286 PAGES A classic, first published in 1841. Stephens chronicles in rich detail his rediscovery of 44 Maya sites in the Yucatan, among them Chichen Itza, Uxmal, Kabah and Tulum. This new one-volume edition, organized geographically, is especially abridged for the visitor. Edgar Allan Poe called the book "perhaps the most interesting travel book ever published." Dozens of modern and archival photographs complement Frederick Catherwood's original drawings. (MEX02, $16.95)
The Labyrinth of Solitude  •  Octavio Paz CULTURAL PORTRAIT •  1985 •  PAPER  • 398 PAGES An enduring classic by the Nobel Prize-winning poet and essayist Octavio Paz. This collection of essays tackles Mexican culture and character. The chapters on the Mexican celebration of the Day of the Dead and the conquest are especially memorable. (MEX08, $14.50)
Yucatan Peninsula Map  •  World Mapping Project 2003 •  MAP A detailed travel map of the Yucatan at a scale of 1:650,000. 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, and key visitor attractions. Water depths are indicated by contour lines in shades of blue and white. (MEX04, $9.99)

Quintana Roo  •  Guia Roji    •  A detailed map of the state of Quintana Roo, covering the Caribbean coast of the Yucatan Peninsula in detail (1:600,000). (MEX158, $8.95)
Breaking Out of Beginner's Spanish  •  Joseph Keenan   • LANGUAGE & PHRASEBOOKS  •  Idioms, common mistakes in word usage, and other helpful advice on tackling spoken Spanish. You'll need some foundation to take full advantage of this book -- but even a complete novice will appreciate the author's playful sense of humor. (CAM06, $18.95)
Fodor's Cancun, Cozumel, Yucatan Peninsula  •  Fodor's   • GUIDEBOOK  •  The up-to-date Fodor's guide features invaluable recommendations on where to stay and eat and what to do throughout the Yucatan. (MEX157, $16.95)
Moon Handbooks Cancun & Cozumel: Including the Riviera Maya  •  Chicki Mallan   • GUIDEBOOK  •  A comprehensive guide to Cancun and popular nearby destinations, including Isla Mujeres, Isla de Cozumel, Playa del Carmen, Chichen Itza, Tulum and Coba. With 22 town and island maps. (MEX82, $17.95)
Rough Guide Yucatan  •  Rough Guide   • GUIDEBOOK  •  This compact guide includes an historical and cultural overview of the Yucatan. It's otherwise an opinionated, thorough travel guide with region-by-region descriptions. (MEX156, $17.99)
Yucatan, Cancun & Cozumel Adventure Guide  •  Bruce & June Conord   • GUIDEBOOK  •  An impressively detailed practical guide to the nature, culture and attractions of the Yucatan, including Playa del Carmen, Cozumel and Cancun. With black-and-white photographs, detailed street maps throughout, and in-depth information on where to go and what to do. (MEX98, $19.99)
Conquest: Montezuma, Cortes and the Fall of Old Mexico  •  Hugh Thomas   • HISTORY  •  An entertaining and monumental tome on the conquest of Mexico. It's rare to find a work of such scholarship and importance that is also an enjoyable read. (MEX06, $21.00)
Yucatan Before and After the Conquest  •  Diego de Landa  •  William Gates   • HISTORY  •  A 16th-century report by the first bishop of Yucatan, a dedicated ethnographer who has provided the most complete early European account of the Maya. With maps and handsome line drawings. (MYA15, $8.95)
An Album of Maya Architecture  •  Tatiana Proskouriakoff   • ARCHAEOLOGY  •  Scholar, artist and architect Proskouriakoff presents breathtaking artistic reconstructions of what Maya cities may have looked like in their heyday in this classic work, published in 1946. (MYA06, $29.95)
Breaking the Maya Code  •  Michael Coe   • ARCHAEOLOGY  •  Mayan hieroglyphs were a linguistic puzzle until the 1952 breakthrough translation of a Mayan bark-paper text, as Coe explains in this history. The book also includes an extensive discussion of Maya studies and political activism in the wake of the linguistic discovery. (MYA30, $19.95)
Chronicle of the Maya Kings and Queens, Deciphering the Dynasties of the Ancient Maya  •  Simon Martin  •  Nikolai Grube   • ARCHAEOLOGY  •  The history of the Maya dynasties, encompassing biographies of 152 kings and queens, as gleaned from recently deciphered hieroglyphs. An unusual and rewarding book, illustrated in color and black-and-white. (MYA31, $34.95)
Maya Art and Architecture  •  Mary Ellen Miller   • ART & ARCHITECTURE  •  An illustrated overview of the art and architecture of the Maya, making use of the latest discoveries at Tikal, Copan, and Palenque to demonstrate the range of Maya artistic influence. With 200 illustrations, 50 in color, including site plans, maps, strikingly rendered reconstructions and color photographs of key temples and buildings. (MYA20, $14.95)
Reading the Maya Glyphs  •  Mark Van Stone  •  Michael Coe   • ARCHAEOLOGY  •  A compact, illustrated guide to commonly encountered Maya hieroglyphs with clear drawings and illuminating text; an excellent introduction to Maya writing for the traveler. (MYA26, $19.95)
The Cities of Ancient Mexico  •  Jeremy Sabloff   • ARCHAEOLOGY  •  A portrait of ancient civilizations in Mexico with chapters on the Oaxaca Valley, Teotihuacan and Palenque. Written by a renowned Mayanist, it also features insightful chapters on how archaeologists have reconstructed the past in Mexico. (MEX41, $18.95)
The Maya  •  Michael Coe   • ARCHAEOLOGY  •  A clear, concise and up-to-date introduction to Maya archaeology and culture by a leading authority, now in its seventh edition. A volume in the series, "Ancient Peoples and Places," this short book highlights the chronology, accomplishments and legacy of the Maya. (MYA10, $22.50)
Time Among the Maya, Travels in Belize, Guatemala, and Mexico  •  Ronald Wright   • TRAVEL NARRATIVE  •  Wright combines journalism, archaeology and an ear for dialogue in this engaging account of travels among the contemporary Maya. With chapters devoted to Belize, the Peten, highland Guatemala, Chiapas and the Yucatan, it's stimulating reading. (CAM84, $16.00)
Mexico in Mind  •  Maria Finn   • ANTHOLOGY  •  John Steinbeck, D.H. Lawrence, Graham Greene, Malcolm Lowry and others offer diverse impressions of the many Mexicos (MEX178, $14.00)
Travelers' Tales Mexico  •  James O'Reilly  •  Larry Habegger   • ANTHOLOGY  •  Outstanding stories and essays on the culture, politics and people of Mexico. A highly readable introduction to the country, organized by topic and featuring Carlos Fuentes, Octavio Paz and excerpts from dozens of travelogues. (MEX03, $17.95)
Popol Vuh, The Mayan Book of the Dawn of Life  •  Dennis Tedlock   • LITERATURE  •  The definitive, unabridged collection of creation myths and stories of the Quiche people. Carlos Fuentes called it "The Maya Bible." (MYA14, $16.00)
The Xibalba Murders  •  Lyn Hamilton   • MYSTERY  •  The debut of Toronto antiques dealer Lara McClintoch, this mystery of Mayan lore vividly evokes the sights, sounds and smells of the Yucatan with wit and intrigue. (MEX232, $7.99)
Tropical Nature  •  Adrian Forsyth  •  Ken Miyata   • NATURAL HISTORY • FAVORITE  •  A lively, lucid portrait of the rain forest 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 Guide to the Birds of Mexico and Northern Central America  •  Stephen Howell  •  Sophie Webb   • FIELD GUIDE  •  Serious birders will want this definitive guide to the 1,070 bird species. It may be awkward to carry but it covers, in detail, all the birds you will see in the region. (FG15, $49.95)
Animals and Plants of the Ancient Maya, A Guide  •  Victoria Schlesinger   • FIELD GUIDE  •  A comprehensive guide to the natural and cultural history of 100 plants and animals of the Maya world, primarily those from the lowland tropical forest of Central America but also including savanna, mangrove and coral reef habitats. (MYA29, $29.95)
Birds of Mexico & Central America, Princeton Illustrated Checklists  •  Ber Van Perlo   • FIELD GUIDE  •  An admirably compact, comprehensive guide. (MEX163, $29.95)
Field Guide to the Birds of Mexico and Adjacent Areas, Belize, Guatemala, and El Salvador  •  Ernest Preston Edwards   • FIELD GUIDE • HARD TO FIND ELSEWHERE  •  This classic guide illustrates all the regularly-occurring birds of Mexico and neighboring areas, including details of distribution, abundance, habitat and identification features for 850 species. (MEX47, $22.95)
Fishwatcher's Field Guide Caribbean  •  Idaz Greenberg   • FIELD GUIDE  •  A convenient double-sided plastic card showing 75 reef fish of the Caribbean. (DIV11, $7.50)
Marine Invertebrates of Florida, the Bahamas, Bermuda and the Caribbean  •  Idaz Greenberg   • FIELD GUIDE  •  A convenient double-sided plastic card showing 61 invertebrates of the Caribbean. (DIV12, $7.50)
Neotropical Rainforest Mammals, A Field Guide  •  L.H. Emmons   • FIELD GUIDE  •  An illustrated guide to the mammals of the New World tropics, compact enough to slip into your daypack, with 29 color plates illustrating 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 15 feet of water or fewer in the Caribbean. (DIV02, $14.95)
Southern Mexico, Travellers' Wildlife Guides  •  Les Beletsky   • FIELD GUIDE  •  A popular guide to the birds, mammals, reptiles and amphibians and reef fishes of southern Mexico, featuring 100 excellent color plates. (FG32, $27.95)