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The River of Doubt: Theodore Roosevelt's Darkest Journey
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I generally don't read nonfiction as I can hardly stay awake when I do. But The River of Doubt was not consigned to my bedside stand as a sleeping pill equivalent. What an excellent mix of adventure, history, anthropology, geography, biology, and medicine, all so vivid I felt I was side by side with TR in a leaky canoe in the oppressive heat of the Am... »
Killing Pablo: The Hunt for the World's Greatest Outlaw
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Readers of Black Hawk Down know Mark Bowden can tell an exciting story about as well as any writer at work today. Killing Pablo is further proof. It describes the rise and fall of Pablo Escobar, a notorious Colombian drug lord who became one of the narcotic trade's first billionaires. Pablo--Bowden refers to him by his first name througho... »
Birds of Peru (Princeton Field Guides)
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Splendid. A labor of love and it shows. Hard cover, backpack rather than pocket size. The book is bigger than the usual field guide to accommodate the relatively large pictures. A new and comprehensive guide, covering all the birds in Peru, the most bird species rich country in the world. Excellent pictures, including females and juveniles as nee... »
A Forest of Kings: The Untold Story of the Anci
I bought this book prior to visiting the Mayan ruins at Copan, Honduras. I found it a very useful guide to the Mayan world. I have a purely amateur inte... »
The Last Days of the Incas
If you are about to travel to Peru, or if you have an interest in South American history, this book is a must read. Once you start reading 'The Last Days... »
Galapagos: The Islands That Changed the World
If you want to take an exotic trip to South America to visit the Galapagos Islands, but can't actually afford the air fare and hotel accommodations, you'l... »
Child Of The Dark: The Diary Of Carolina Maria
Not the best book about Brazil in general, probably a well not the best book about Favelas (though it does have a lot of stark, references about the socia... »
The Conquest of New Spain (Penguin Classics)
When I first read the 1800 English translation, I could not put it down. Here are the first lines--a real grabbers! "In the year 1514, I left Castile (Spa... »
Evita: The Real Life of Eva Peron
When I was assigned to read this book I was afraid it was going to be a boring biography that went nowhere. I was pleasantly surprised at how well writte... »
Lost City of the Incas (Phoenix Press)
I bought this because of an upcoming trip to Machu Picchu. The first part about the last days of the Inca kings was very interesting. A lot of the discove... »
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