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Machu Picchu & the Inca Trail
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READING AND TRAVEL GUIDE
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The Inca Trail, Cuzco & Machu Picchu
Richard Danbury
GUIDEBOOK
2005
PAPER
288 PAGES
A practical guide to planning and walking the Inca Trail with good maps, lots of travel information, photographs and a brief overview of Inca culture and history. Not just for those hiking the Inca Trail, it's an excellent compact guide to Cusco, Machu Picchu, Lima and surroundings. This fully revised second edition includes the seven-to-ten day hike to Vilcabamba.
(PRU19, $19.95) |
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The Incas, People of the Sun
Carmen Bernard
Paul Bahn
EXPLORATION
1994
PAPER
192 PAGES
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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Lost City of the Incas, The Story of Machu Picchu and its Builders
Hiram Bingham
EXPLORATION
2003
PAPER
224 PAGES
BEST SELLER
FAVORITE
A first-rate tale of adventure by the man who rediscovered Machu Picchu in 1911. This classic account is a gripping story of exploration, archaeology and natural history -- and still an outstanding overview of the site itself. With original expedition photographs. Originally published in 1952, the book is still an excellent account, not only of the expedition but also of the site itself.
(AND05, $12.95) |
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The Andes, As the Condor Flies
Tui De Roy
NATURAL HISTORY
2005
HARD COVER
160 PAGES
This stunning collection of 350 color photographs, organized geographically, showcases the landscapes, habitats and wildlife of the Andes from Ecuador's cloud forests to little-visited regions of the Peruvian Andes, to the Altiplano and Patagonia.
(SAM79, $35.00) |
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Inca Trail: Machu Picchu, Sacred Valley, Cusco Map
Lima 2000
2000
MAP
BEST SELLER
This indispensable full-color topographic map (1:50,000) of the route of the Inca trail shows the whole Sacred Valley from Cusco to Ollantaytambo and Machu Picchu in splendid detail. It's the best map both for those making the trek from kilometer 88 to the site and for those exploring the region by bus or train. With small inset maps of Cusco, Machu Picchu and Aguas Calientes on the reverse.
(PRU28, $9.95) |
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Cuzco Region, Machu Picchu
ITMB
A traveler's map of the Inca Trail, Cuzco, Aquas Calientes, Machu Picchu and the region.
(AND46, $10.95) |
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Insight Guide Peru
Insight Guides
GUIDEBOOK
An illustrated overview, panoramic in scope, that brings Peru to life in hundreds of color photographs and vividly written essays by a team of experts on history, archaeology and culture.
(PRU01, $22.95) |
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Peru in Focus, A Guide to the People, Politics and Culture
Jane Holligan de Diaz-Limaco
GUIDEBOOK
Authoritative and up-to-date, this slim guide focuses on the history of Peru, its cultural heritage and current political, environmental and economic challenges. With maps, photographs and some travel information.
(PRU11, $12.95) |
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Conquest of the Incas
John Hemming
HISTORY
A masterful, prize-winning history of the Inca struggle against the Spanish invasion. This classic account, by one of the best writers on South America, brings together wide-ranging scholarly material in the interests of telling a good story.
(AND04, $25.00) |
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Machu Picchu
Barry Brukoff
Pablo Neruda
Stephen Kessler
CULTURAL PORTRAIT
Brukoff's stunning color and black-and-white photographs nicely compliment Neruda's great poem, translated into English with facing Spanish.
(PRU43, $40.00) |
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The Last Days of the Incas
Kim Macquarrie
HISTORY
MacQuarrie tackles the personality, aspirations and greed of Francisco Pizarro and his clash with Atahualpa and the mighty Inca Empire in this vivid account of the conquest of a continent.
(PRU77, $16.95) |
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Art of the Andes, from Chavin to Inca
Rebecca Stone-Miller
ARCHAEOLOGY
This illustrated, authoritative and concise survey of Andean art and architecture covers not only Machu Picchu and other Inca monuments, but also Chan Chan, Nasca and other archaeological sites and cultures.
(PRU05, $18.95) |
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Machu Picchu, Unveiling the Mystery of the Incas
Richard L. Burger
Lucy C. Salazar
ARCHAEOLOGY
Burger and Salazar, both archaeologists at Yale, vividly evoke the art, architecture, culture and society of Machu Picchu in this beautifully illustrated survey. With color illustrations of 120 gold, silver, ceramic, bone and textile works.
(AND35, $28.00) |
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The Incas and their Ancestors, The Archaeology of Peru
Michael Moseley
ARCHAEOLOGY
An outstanding illustrated survey of the archaeology of the Inca, Moche and Nasca civilizations. With hundreds of color illustrations and line drawings, it's an in-depth look at the ancient cultures and history of Peru. A great general introduction.
(AND06, $33.95) |
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Cloud Forest, A Chronicle of the South American Wilderness
Peter Matthiessen
TRAVEL NARRATIVE
FAVORITE
Matthiessen recounts with wit, insight and style his odyssey to the Amazon and Andes, including Machu Picchu and Tierra del Fuego.
(SAM02, $16.00) |
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The Bridge of San Luis Rey
Thornton Wilder
LITERATURE
The classic tale of Franciscan missionaries in 18th-century Peru by the Pulitzer Prize-winning novelist. First published in 1927.
(AND08, $12.95) |
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The Heights of Machu Picchu
Pablo Neruda
Nathaniel Tarn
LITERATURE
FAVORITE
Machu Picchu and the Inca civilization inspired this celebrated epic hymn to the Americas by the great Pablo Neruda. Bilingual edition.
(AND22, $13.00) |
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A Field Guide to the Birds of Peru
James Clements
Noam Shany
Dana Gardner
Eustace Barnes
FIELD GUIDE
A comprehensive field guide to the birds of Peru, featuring 127 color plates and illustrating almost 1,800 species, focusing on their identification, habitat, and distribution.
(PRU21, $60.00) |
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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
The long-awaited, gorgeously illustrated and authoritative guide by Schulenberg and colleagues at the Field Museum in Chicago.
(PRU55, $49.50) |
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Peru Mammals Guide
Rainforest Publications
FIELD GUIDE
A handy, double-sided laminated card depicting over 60 commonly encountered mammals of Peru. Beautiful and accurate full-color illustrations.
(PRU73, $6.95) |
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Peru, Birds of the Forest
Rainforest Publications
FIELD GUIDE
A handy, double-sided laminated card depicting 100 commonly encountered parrots, motmots, hummingbirds and other forest birds of Peru.
(PRU72, $6.95) |
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Peru, Travellers' Wildlife Guides
David L. Pearson
Les Beletsky
FIELD GUIDE
Featuring 500 illustrations of the birds, amphibians, reptiles, mammals and insects of the Amazon, Andes and Pacific Coast.
(PRU30, $29.95) |
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Peruvian Wildlife, A Visitor's Guide to the Central Andes
Barry Walker
Huw Lloyd
Gerard Cheshire
FIELD GUIDE
Written by resident bird legend Barry Walker and colleagues, this accessible, slim guide introduces the habitats, plants, birds, and animals of the high Andes with authority. Thoroughly illustrated, it's not exactly an indetification guide but rather an illuminating overview of the natural history of a fascinating, biologically diverse region.
(PRU71, $26.99) |
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