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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, $16.00)
Peru, Travellers' Wildlife Guides
David L. Pearson Les Beletsky
FIELD GUIDE 2004 PAPER 500 PAGES
A convenient illustrated guide to the birds, amphibians, reptiles, mammals and insects from the Peruvian Amazon and Andes to the Pacific coast. Featuring 500 color illustrations.
(PRU30, $29.95)
Cloud Forest, A Chronicle of the South American Wilderness
Peter Matthiessen
TRAVEL NARRATIVE 1987 PAPER 280 PAGES
FAVORITE
Matthiessen recounts with wit and insight a 20,000-mile journey through South America, including a marvelous wild goose chase in the Amazon, an obligatory visit to Machu Picchu and his travels in Tierra del Fuego. A deceptively straightforward travelogue, this book displays Matthiessen's unflagging sense of humor, great style and unbounded curiosity.
(SAM02, $16.00)
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. Two Sides. 20x39 inches.
(PRU02, $10.95)
Insight Guide Peru
Insight Guides
GUIDEBOOK
Panoramic in scope, this illustrated overview brings Peru to life in hundreds of color photographs and vivid essays by a team of experts writing on history, archaeology and culture.
(PRU01, $22.95)
Lines in the Water, Nature and Culture at Lake Titicaca
Benjamin Orlove
CULTURAL PORTRAIT
With the author's photographs and reflections on the relationship of the lake-dwelling fishermen to their environment, this is an illuminating personal account of life in the Andean highlands.
(BOL18, $23.95)
A Land of Ghosts, The Braided Lives of People and the Forest in Far Western Amazonia
David Campbell
TRAVEL NARRATIVE
Campbell writes with flair and insight of the people, history and ecological discoveries in the far western reaches of the Amazon Basin, a place where he has focused much of his work.
(AMZ90, $18.95)
In Trouble Again
Redmond O'Hanlon
EXPLORATION
FAVORITE
As funny as he is insightful, O'Hanlon starts his comic masterpiece of a journey between the Orinoco and the Amazon with a litany of the insects, protozoa, snakes and predators that can do you harm.
(AMZ04, $13.95)
La Doctora, The Journal of an American Doctor Practicing Medicine of the Amazon River
Linnea Smith
TRAVEL NARRATIVE
An insightful collection of letters home to America from a doctor at an Amazonian jungle clinic for education and research.
(AMZ43, $16.95)
Life in the Treetops, Adventures of a Woman in Field Biology
Margaret Lowman
BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR
The sprightly memoir of an ecologist who climbs, studies and sleeps in trees for a living, balancing multiple roles of scientist, wife and mom. She continues her story in a second memoir (written with her now-grown sons).
(AMZ57, $13.95)
One River, Explorations and Discoveries in the Amazon
Wade Davis
TRAVEL NARRATIVE
A spellbinding, sprawling tale of explorers, botanical secrets, and larger-than-life personalities in northwest South America.
(AMZ22, $18.00)
Running the Amazon
Joe Kane
EXPLORATION
A best-selling account of a 4,000-mile expedition from the high Andes to the Atlantic by foot, raft and kayak -- an expedition only four of the ten participants finished.
(AMZ13, $14.95)
Tales of a Shaman's Apprentice
Mark Plotkin
TRAVEL NARRATIVE
FAVORITE
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. A great read for anyone traveling anywhere on the Amazon.
(AMZ15, $16.00)
The Mapmaker's Wife
Robert Whitaker
TRAVEL NARRATIVE
Colonial politics, the travails of the cartographer, and good old-fashioned murder all add intrigue to this absorbing tale of 18th-century European exploration of the Amazon -- and one woman's quest to find her husband deep in the jungle.
(AMZ97, $13.00)
A Neotropical Companion
J.C. Kricher
Mark Plotkin
NATURAL HISTORY
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, $35.00)
In Amazonia, A Natural History
Hugh Raffles
NATURAL HISTORY
An intriguing look at the intertwined history of people and nature in the Amazon. Academic yet still artful, Raffles focuses on a small Brazilian riverine community and the transformation of their river over the last 50 years.
(AMZ85, $33.95)
The Smithsonian Atlas of the Amazon
Michael Goulding
Ronaldo Barthem
Efrem Ferreira
NATURAL HISTORY
This beautiful, profusely illustrated atlas of the river includes its major tributaries and 150 full-color maps. Michael Goulding (Floods of Fortune) and Brazilian biologists Ronaldo Barthem and Efrem Ferreira provide the accompanying text.
(AMZ82, $39.95)
A Field Guide to Medicinal and Useful Plants of the Upper Amazon
James L. Castner
Stephen L. Timme
James A. Duke
FIELD GUIDE
A photographic identification guide focusing on the practical uses of common plants of the tropical forest.
(AMZ39, $38.00)
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)
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)
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)
Reptiles and Amphibians of the Amazon
R.D. Bartlett
Patricia Bartlett
FIELD GUIDE
A convenient guide to 250 colorful and commonly encountered snakes, lizards, turtles, frogs and salamanders of the Amazon.
(AMZ84, $29.95)
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