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100 Butterflies and Moths, Portraits from the Tropical Forests of Costa Rica
• J. C. Miller
• NATURAL HISTORY
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(CRC61, $39.95)
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501 Spanish Verbs
• Christopher Kendris
• LANGUAGE & PHRASEBOOKS
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The perennial favorite among students of Spanish.
(GEN134, $16.99)
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The Amphibians and Reptiles of Costa Rica, A Herpetofauna Between Two Continents, Between Two Seas
• Jay M. Savage
• Michael Fogden
• Patricia Fogden
• FIELD GUIDE
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A massive, comprehensive handbook to 396 species of reptiles and amphibians in Costa Rica.
(CRC39, $47.50)
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Amphibians and Reptiles of La Selva, Costa Rica, and the Caribbean Slope
• Craig Guyer
• Maureen A. Donnelly
• FIELD GUIDE
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This comprehensive guide covers the reptiles and amphibians of the Caribbean slope.
(CRB177, $24.95)
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The Art of Mesoamerica, from Olmec to Aztec
• Mary Ellen Miller
• ART & ARCHITECTURE
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An excellent survey of Mesoamerican art and architecture from 1500 BC to the Spanish conquest. Compact and profusely illustrated, it includes drawings, photographs and site plans.
(MYA09, $21.95)
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Birds of Tropical America
• Steven Hilty
• NATURAL HISTORY
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Hilty serves up essays on how to find and better appreciate the dizzying variety of birds, their habits and habitats, diversity and distribution.
(CAM39, $19.95)
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Bradt Guide Costa Rica
• Larissa Banting
• GUIDEBOOK
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A comprehensive guide in the popular Bradt series.
(CRC47, $23.95)
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The Buried Mirror
• Carlos Fuentes
• CULTURAL PORTRAIT
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A fascinating, illustrated survey of Latin American culture and history by the great Mexican author Carlos Fuentes. With hundreds of color illustrations.
(SPN71, $29.95)
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The Butterflies of Costa Rica and Their Natural History, Vol. 2
• P. Devries
• FIELD GUIDE
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The second volume of Devries' comprehensive study of butterflies.
(CRC09, $55.00)
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Central America, A Nation Divided
• Ralph Lee Woodward
• HISTORY
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A balanced standard history of the region -- popular as a university textbook and thoroughly revised to reflect the momentous events in the region since 1976. With an extensive guide to further reading.
(CAM80, $37.95)
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Central America, A Natural and Cultural History
• Anthony G. Coates
• HISTORY
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A concise overview of the region with contributions by diverse authors on the geology, natural history and culture of the Central American isthmus.
(CAM69, $21.00)
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Chasing Neotropical Birds
• Vera and Bob Thornton
• NATURAL HISTORY
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A Neotropical sampler, featuring 116 color photographs of dazzling, rare and charming birds of Central and South America.
(SAM76, $34.95)
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Coffee and Power, Revolution and the Rise of Democracy in Central America
• Jeffery M. Paige
• HISTORY
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Panoramic in scope, this scholarly history examines the emerging democracies of Central America and especially the political impact on powerful families who control coffee production.
(CAM50, $26.00)
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Coral Reef Fishes
• Ewald Lieske
• Robert Myers
• FIELD GUIDE
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This compact handbook features 2,500 illustrations of shallow-water fishes around the world.
(DIV05, $24.95)
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Costa Rica & Panama Map
• World Mapping Project
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An exquisitely detailed, double-sided colorful map with topography, parks and attractions.
(CAM111, $9.99)
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Costa Rica Adventure Guide
• Bruce & June Conord
• GUIDEBOOK
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A detailed, comprehensive practical guide to nature, culture and travel in Costa Rica.
(CRC33, $17.99)
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Costa Rica Highway and Road Map
• Jimenez & Tanzi
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A handsome and exceptionally clear map of Costa Rica at a scale of 1:500,000, with a locator map of protected areas, 10 city maps, distance chart and travel informartion (in Spanish and English).
(CRC07, $11.95)
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Costa Rica Reader: History, Culture, Politics
• Steven Palmer
• Ivan Molina
• ANTHOLOGY
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A lively, literate sourcebook on the politics, economy and society of Costa Rica
(CRC40, $24.95)
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Costa Rica, A Journey Through Nature
• Adrian Hepworth
• NATURAL HISTORY
• COMING IN SEPTEMBER
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BBC Wildlife Photographer of the Year Hepworth's color photographs showcase the diversity of Costa Rica's wildlife and landscapes.
(CRC68, $39.95)
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Costa Rica, Adventures in Nature
• Ree Strange Sheck
• GUIDEBOOK
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A comprehensive, practical guide with a focus on nature.
(CRC15, $17.95)
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Costa Rican Bird Song Sampler
• David R. Ross
• FIELD GUIDE
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Produced by the Cornell Laboratory of Ornithology, this recording features sounds of 184 most often heard Costa Rican birds, nearly one-third of resident species.
(CRC59, $19.95)
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The Costa Ricans
• Richard Biesanz
• CULTURAL PORTRAIT
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The people and social history of Costa Rica.
(CRC17, $13.50)
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Culture Smart! Costa Rica
• Jane Koutnik
• GUIDEBOOK
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A concise, well-illustrated and practical guide to local customs, etiquette and culture.
(CRC45, $9.95)
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Eastern Caribbean Cruise Tour Guide
• Coastal Cruise Tour Guides
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A handy guide and booklet that unfolds to a six-foot-long full color map. It features historical background, visitor attractions and maps of all the islands from Puerto Rico to Trinidad.
(CRB135, $15.95)
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The Ecology of a Tropical Forest, Seasonal Rhythms and Long-term Changes
• Egbert G. Leigh, Jr
• NATURAL HISTORY
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A good overview of the flora, fauna and ecology of the region.
(CAM52, $35.00)
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Fair Trade and a Global Commodity, Coffee in Costa Rica
• Peter Luetchford
• CULTURAL PORTRAIT
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This fascinating anthropological study looks closely at a coffee-farming community in Costa Rica and explores the contradictions and conflicts behind the fair trade movement.
(CRC65, $29.95)
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Field Guide to Mexican Birds
• Roger Tory Peterson
• Edward Chalif
• FIELD GUIDE
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An easy-to-carry field guide with 1,000 species reported in Mexico, Belize and El Salvador, covering also northwest Costa Rica.
(FG12, $22.00)
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A Field Guide to Plants of Costa Rica
• Margaret B. Gargiullo
• FIELD GUIDE
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Featuring 1,400 color photograph, this portable photographic guide covers 850 of Costa Rica's most interesting and important plant species.
(CRC58, $39.50)
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A Field Guide to the Mammals of Central America & Southeast Mexico
• Fiona Reid
• FIELD GUIDE
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Large color plates of mammals, mostly painted in the field, with range maps by species. A great resource for visitors to Central America with an interest in mammals.
(CAM60, $59.95)
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Flowering Plants of the Neotropics
• Nathan Smith
• Scott Mori
• Andrew Henderson
• Dennis Stevenson
• Scott Heald
• FIELD GUIDE
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A beautifully illustrated, oversize introduction to the showiest, most important and interesting flowering plants of Mexico, Central and South America.
(CAM103, $95.00)
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Fodor's Costa Rica
• Fodor's
• GUIDEBOOK
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A practical, frequently revised guide in the popular series, especially useful for its extensive annotated listings of suggested places to stay and eat.
(CRC12, $19.95)
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Fodor's Exploring Costa Rica
• Fiona Dunlop
• GUIDEBOOK
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A practical guide in the popular series, saturated with valuable information on accommodation, shopping, sights, and dining.
(CRC63, $22.00)
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Fodor's See It Costa Rica
• Inc. Fodor's Travel Publications
• GUIDEBOOK
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A practical guide in the popular series, saturated with tons of color photos and valuable information on accommodation, shopping, sights, and dining.
(CRC64, $21.95)
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Footprint Costa Rica
• Lizzie Williams
• Francisca Kellett
• GUIDEBOOK
• COMING IN SEPTEMBER
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A detailed, comprehensive guide in the Footprint series. With practical information of accommodations, food, events and sights. Perfect for the independent traveler.
(CRC66, $27.95)
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Footprint Mexico & Central America Handbook
• Sarah Cameron
• Ben Box
• GUIDEBOOK
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The classic, comprehensive guide to the region.
(MEX64, $24.95)
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Four Neotropical Rainforests
• Alwyn Gentry
• NATURAL HISTORY
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A good reference to the flora, fauna and ecology of four representative tropical forests: Manaus (Brazil), Park Manu (Peru), Barro Colorado Island (Panama) and La Selva (Costa Rica).
(AMZ33, $55.00)
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Frommer's Costa Rica
• Eliot Greenspan
• GUIDEBOOK
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A practical travel guide featuring excellent annotated listings of what to do and where to eat and sleep. With maps, color photos and suggested excursions.
(CRC38, $19.99)
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The Green Pharmacy
• James A. Duke
• NATURAL HISTORY
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An A-Z catalog of ailments and the herbal remedies that heal them.
(AMZ40, $19.95)
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Green Phoenix, Restoring Tropical Forests of Guanacaste, Costa Rica
• William Allen
• SCIENCE
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The vivid tale of the creation of the Guanacaste Conservation Area in Northwest Costa Rica
(CAM77, $42.00)
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A Guide to the Birds of Panama with Costa Rica, Nicaragua and Honduras
• Robert Ridgely
• J.A. Gwynne
• FIELD GUIDE
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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)
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High Jungles and Low
• Archie Carr
• BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR
• FAVORITE
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This absorbing memoir of slogging through the forest as a gun-toting tagalong on a commercial expedition in search of mahogany in the Honduran highlands is a classic. The book to read for anyone heading to the tropics.
(CAM01, $19.95)
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Hummingbirds of Costa Rica
• Michael Fogden
• Patricia Fogden
• NATURAL HISTORY
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The feeding ecology, behavior and natural history of the diverse hummingbirds of Costa Rica are documented in 182 striking color photographs in this authoritative survey.
(CRC70, $49.95)
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In Search of the Golden Frog
• Marty Crump
• BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR
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A memoir of a field biologist.
(CON18, $27.00)
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In the Rainforest, Report from a Strange, Beautiful, Imperiled World
• Catherine Caufield
• NATURAL HISTORY
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Caufield deftly combines good basic information on the ecology of the world's rain forests, a report on thorny conservation issues and a sympathetic treatment of indigenous inhabitants through masterly prose.
(FST01, $16.00)
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Inside Costa Rica
• Tom Barry
• GUIDEBOOK
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A wonderful introduction to the history, culture and economics of Costa Rica.
(CAM11, $11.95)
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Lonely Planet Costa Rica
• Mara Vorhees
• GUIDEBOOK
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A practical guide in the popular series, featuring a wildlife guide, adventure travel section and 32 pages of full-color photographs.
(CRC19, $21.99)
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The Maya Tropical Forest: Peoples, Parks and Ancient Cities
• James D. Nations
• HISTORY
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Jim Nations draws on field work in the region over the last 25 years in this personable, detailed overview of the people, history and wildlife of the lowland tropical forest of southern Mexico, Guatemala and Belize.
(MYA49, $22.95)
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Monteverde Birds, An Introduction to Familiar Species
• James Kavanagh
• FIELD GUIDE
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A handy, laminated fold-up card featuring illustrations of birds found in Costa Rica's Monteverde region.
(CRC60, $5.95)
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Moon Handbook Costa Rica
• Christopher P. Baker
• GUIDEBOOK
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A thorough introduction to Costa Rica for independent travelers.
(CRC06, $21.95)
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The Mosquito Coast
• Paul Theroux
• LITERATURE
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A taught psychological tale of a man who abandons civilization for the wilds of Honduras.
(CAM34, $14.95)
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National Geographic Traveler Costa Rica
• Christopher P. Baker
• GUIDEBOOK
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A guidebook to Costa Rica, published by National Geographic in their attractive, visual style. The guide features 200 photographs, 20 maps and good information history, nature, culture and travel in Costa Rica.
(CRC26, $22.95)
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A Naturalist's Guide to the Tropics
• Marco Lambertini
• John Venerella
• NATURAL HISTORY
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A compact, illustrated guide to the natural history of the tropical latitudes.
(CON17, $25.00)
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Nothing to Declare, Memoirs of a Woman Traveling Alone
• Mary Morris
• TRAVEL NARRATIVE
• FAVORITE
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An absorbing memoir of a woman traveling alone throughout Mexico and Central America. Morris, a favorite writer, evokes the people and places she visits on her travels in gritty immediate detail.
(CAM08, $14.00)
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The Panama Canal Map
• Compass
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A map and souvenir guide to the Canal.
(CAM45, $9.95)
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Pauline Frommer's Costa Rica
• Frommer's
• GUIDEBOOK
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A family-friendly, quirky practical guide by the daughter of travel guru Arthur Frommer. Her motto: "Spend Less, See More."
(CRC52, $19.99)
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Peasants Against Globalization
• Marc Edelman
• HISTORY
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A trenchant examination of the social movements staged by Costa Rican farmers.
(CRC41, $27.95)
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Pimsleur Quick & Simple Spanish
• Pimsleur Language Method
• LANGUAGE & PHRASEBOOKS
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Four audio CDs with eight 30-minute lessons in basic Spanish, covering elementary vocabulary and phrases used in travel and everyday situations.
(SPN257, $19.95)
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Reef Fish Identification
• Paul Humann
• FIELD GUIDE
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This definitive guide for underwater enthusiasts features 670 stunning color photographs.
(DIV03, $39.95)
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Rough Guide Central America
• Peter Eltringham
• GUIDEBOOK
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A no-nonsense, comprehensive travel guide to Central America with country-by-country descriptions and a solid overview of history, culture and nature. Covers Belize, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, El Salvador, Costa Rica and Panama.
(CAM95, $22.99)
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Rough Guide Costa Rica
• Jean McNeil
• GUIDEBOOK
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An opinionated, thorough travel guide with region-by-region descriptions.
(CRC13, $21.99)
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Snakes, The Evolution of Mystery in Nature
• Harry W. Greene
• NATURAL HISTORY
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The ecology and diversity of snakes worldwide, with stunning photographs.
(BST33, $60.00)
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Snorkeling Guide to Marine Life
• Paul Humann
• FIELD GUIDE
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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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Spanish, A Language Map
• Kristine K. Kershul
• LANGUAGE & PHRASEBOOKS
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This durable, foldout card, featuring 1,000 words and phrases, works as a quick reference for travelers.
(SPN259, $7.95)
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Spanish, Start Speaking Today! (Cassette Tapes)
• Educational Services Corporation
• LANGUAGE & PHRASEBOOKS
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A 90-minute crash course in Spanish featured in two audio tapes and a phrasebook.
(SPN140, $21.95)
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Spirits of the Jaguar
• BBC
• NATURAL HISTORY
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A four-part BBC television series, this documentary presents the land, wildlife and cultures of Central America in living color.
(CAM59, $19.98)
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Surfer's Start-Up: A Beginner's Guide to Surfing
• Doug Werner
• SPORT
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An introduction to surfing for beginners with a focus on basic technique and safety. It also includes information on gear, etiquette and the history of the sport.
(GEN329, $11.95)
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The Tapir's Morning Bath
• Elizabeth Royte
• SCIENCE
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An engaging account of ecological research and ecologists at Barro Colorado Island, the Smithsonian Institution's Tropical Research Station in Panama.
(AMZ74, $14.00)
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Tropical Rainforest
• Ben Shedd
• NATURAL HISTORY
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A visual overview of the ecology and nature of tropical forests worldwide, originally presented in IMAX theaters.
(AMZ89, $19.99)
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The True History of Chocolate
• Sophie D. Coe
• Michael Coe
• FOOD
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This scholarly history of pre-Columbian chocolate by these married archaeologists reveals chocolate's origins as a ceremonial beverage in ancient Olmec and Maya society. The Coes trace the treat's evolution from a food of the gods to the salons of Europe down through the masses to Hershey Pennsylvania.
(CAM57, $21.95)
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Ultimate Spanish, Basic-Intermediate with Book
• Irwin Stern
• LANGUAGE & PHRASEBOOKS
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A university-level Spanish course in a box with eight, 60-minute cassettes and a 400-page book.
(SPN175, $75.00)
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The University of Chicago Dictionary, Spanish-English/English-Spanish
• Carlos Castillo
• LANGUAGE & PHRASEBOOKS
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The well-regarded concise dictionary of words and phrases for today's language. Fifth Edition.
(SPN118, $11.00)
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Wild Costa Rica, The Wildlife and Landscapes of Costa Rica
• Adrian Hepworth
• NATURAL HISTORY
• COMING IN NOVEMBER
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A survey of the habitats, wildlife, protected areas and beauty of Costa Rica, featuring 200 color photographs.
(CRC69, $29.95)
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The Windward Road, Adventures of A Naturalist on Remote Caribbean Shores
• Archie Carr
• NATURAL HISTORY
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Archie Carr's classic tale of his search for sea turtles in the Caribbean and Costa Rica. Originally published in 1956, this book is a delightful record of people and islands.
(CRB08, $16.95)
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