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1	The Lost City of Z: A Tale of Deadly Obsession in the Amazon more books like this by David Grann add to wishlist After stumbling upon a hidden trove of diaries, acclaimed "New Yorker" writer Grann set out to solve "the greatest exploration mystery of the 20th century: what happened to the British explorer Percy Fawcett and his quest for the Lost City of Z? see all copies from $11.95! new only from $14.77! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
2	Amazonia more books like this by James Rollins add to wishlist Ethnobotanist Nate Rand travels into the Amazon jungle with a small group of fellow scientists in an attempt to find his father, a researcher who disappeared four years before. He finds himself the target of a soldier-of-fortune, Louis Favre, and Favre's sexy henchwoman, Tshui. He also discovers the existence of a bizarre protein, long known to ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $3.96! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
3	Spy more books like this by Ted Bell add to wishlist This fourth thriller featuring intrepid intelligence operative Alex Hawke by "New York Times" bestselling author Bell takes readers to the very edge of danger, as Hawke must thwart a political mission in South America. Available in a tall Premium Edition. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
4	Thunder of Heaven more books like this by Ted Dekker add to wishlist Set in Venezuela, this Christian thriller stars Tanya Vandervan, the daughter of American missionaries who becomes the center of a terrifying plot against America. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $3.22! \| first editions \| SVS
5	Journey of the Pink Dolphins: An Amazon Quest more books like this by Sy Montgomery add to wishlist Join Sy Montgomery on her quest in the Amazon to find the enigmatic and little-studied pink dolphin. Local river people believe the pink dolphin to be magical, that they can claim your soul and take you to Encante, an enchanted world beneath the river. Montgomery took four trips into the heart of the Amazon, where shamans communed with the Mother ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $5.95! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
6	One River more books like this by Wade Davis add to wishlist Ethnobotanist Wade Davis has spent many years in the rainforest, helping in their preservation. This is the story of his own explorations in the 1970s and the earlier ones of his mentor, Harvard ethnobotanist Richard Evans Schultes. Their contrasting experiences, a generation apart, vividly portray the damage that has been done to the rainforest ... see all copies from $5.56! new only from $7.52! \| first editions \| SVS
7	Tales of a Shaman's Apprentice: An Ethnobotanist Searches for New Medicines in the Rain Forest more books like this by Mark J Plotkin, Ph.D. add to wishlist Western medicine is only just beginning to value the curative powers of plants and herbs found in the Amazon rain forests. The story of ethnobotanist Mark Plotkins's apprenticeship with shaman wise men of the area is truly an anthropological adventure, that also vividly clarifies what destruction of the rain forests may ultimately cost humanity ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $6.57! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
8	Shapeshifting: Techniques for Global and Personal Transformation more books like this by John Perkins add to wishlist The ancient shamanic practice of shapeshifting allows an individual to transform themselves on a deep level and to achieve a true unity with all things by "becoming the other." John Perkins reveals the mental techniques that enable an individual not only to merge with another living creature, but to transform personal life, health, career, and ... see all copies from $4.04! new only from $6.35! \| first editions \| SVS
9	Don't Sleep, There Are Snakes: Life and Language in the Amazonian Jungle more books like this by Daniel L Everett add to wishlist This work offers a riveting account of the astonishing experiences and discoveries made by linguist Everett while he lived with the Piraha, a small tribe of Amazonian Indians of central Brazil. B&w illustrations throughout. see all copies from $9.59! new only from $9.59! \| first editions \| SVS
10	At Play in the Fields of the Lord more books like this by Peter Matthiessen (Read by) add to wishlist Martin Quarrier is an earnest, well-meaning, but seriously misguided missionary who wants to convert an Amazonian Indian tribe to Christianity. Lewis Moon is an American Indian turned mercenary who has been hired to wipe them out. Matthiessen's now classic novel is not only an engrossing story but a protest against the missionary urge to inflict ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $2.50! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
11 view cover	The Mapmaker's Wife: A True Tale of Love, Murder, and Survival in the Amazon more books like this by Robert Whitaker add to wishlist In the 1740s, a young scientist named Jean Godin traveled from France to Peru--a French colony in those days--as part of a project to map the earth and measure its size. There he met and married a teenage bride, Isabel Gramesón, hoping to take her back to France with him. In order to get permission to do so, he left Isabel behind and trekked ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $7.00! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
12 view cover	The Canopy more books like this by Angela Elwell Hunt add to wishlist Award-winning, bestselling author Angela Hunt combines the unique Peru rain forest setting, modern science, and a thrilling race for a cure to create a powerful message of faith and redemption. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $13.47! \| first editions \| SVS
13 view cover	Heart of Fire more books like this by Linda Howard add to wishlist Archaeologist Jillian Sherwood ventures into the jungle with an expedition of men to find a lost city. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $2.69! \| first editions \| SVS
14 view cover	El Reino del Dragon de Oro more books like this by Isabel Allende add to wishlist El Reino del Dragin de Oro No han transcurrido muchos meses desde que el joven Alexander Cold se internara con su abuela en el corazin del Amazonas en busca de su legendaria Bestia. En esta ocasiin, la reportera Kate Cold acompana a su nieto y a la mejor amiga de el, Nadia, junto con los fotigrafos de "International Geographic, en un viaje a otro ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $4.50! \| first editions \| SVS
15 view cover	The Greatest Gift: The Courageous Life and Death of Sister Dorothy Stang more books like this by Binka Le Breton add to wishlist Sister Dorothy Stang began work with an organization to protect poor farmers and their land in the Amazon from loggers and land-developers who stop at nothing--including murder--in pursuit of profits. see all copies from $3.44! new only from $12.16! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
16 view cover	Through the Arc of the Rain Forest more books like this by Karen Tei Yamashita add to wishlist In the style of Gabriel Garcia Marquez, five characters converge on a magical Brazilian plain in the heart of the rain forest. Their fates are entwined with this phenomenal expanse, which transforms their lives, raising them to the heights of wealth and fame, before carrying them to the brink of disaster. see all copies from $2.56! new only from $7.77! \| signed copies \| first editions
17 view cover	The old man who read love stories more books like this by Luis Sepúlveda add to wishlist Antonio Jose Bolivar retreated to the remote town of El Idilio, Ecuador, with his beloved some 40 years ago. Since her death, he fills his time reading romance novels as he lives a naturalist's existence in his small hut. When the mayor asks him to lead a hunting party seeking a murderous ocelot, Bolivar struggles to overcome his reluctance to ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $2.59! \| first editions \| SVS
18 view cover	Darkness in El Dorado: How Scientists and Journalists Devastated the Amazon more books like this by Patrick Tierney add to wishlist An anthropologist turns his critical eye on his own field and uncovers troubling conduct by some of the most renowned researchers of the Yanomami Indians of the Amazon, including Napoleon Chagnon and Jacques Lizot. Charges include misrepresenting the role of violence in their culture, helping to provide vaccines that caused deaths, and sexually ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
19 view cover	The Eye of the Forest more books like this by P B Kerr add to wishlist In their latest adventure, John and Philippa Gaunt find themselves tangled up in a spellbinding mystery that takes them deep into the heart of the Amazon jungle in book five of the NY TIMES bestselling Children of the Lamp series. When a collection of Incan artifacts goes missing, the Blue Djinn of Babylon dispatches the twins and Uncle Nimrod to ... see all copies from $12.56! new only from $12.92! \| SVS
20 view cover	The spears of twilight : life and death in the Amazon jungle more books like this by Philippe Descola add to wishlist The Jivaro tribe, or Achuar, as they prefer to be known, have survived in isolation in the Amazonian jungle by headhunting. They have preserved a tribal life which resembles that of our hunter-gatherer ancestors. Only one representative of civilized society, Philippe Descola has been admitted to their company. This book depicts an unfamiliar ... see all copies from $5.74! new only from $14.09! \| first editions \| SVS
21 view cover	Journey to the river sea more books like this by Eva Ibbotson add to wishlist Maia, orphaned at 13 in England, is very unhappy to be staying with distant relatives hundreds of miles up the Amazon. She becomes friends with a mysterious English boy who lives with the local Indians. But when they are forced to flee upriver, they are pursued by some very eccentric characters. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
22	Fight for the Forest: Chico Mendes in His Own Words more books like this by Chico Mendes add to wishlist In this work, Chico Mendes, founder of the Brazilian rubber tappers' union, talks about his life's work in the last interview before his murder in December 1988. As a trade union leader, he won international acclaim for his role in the non-violent campaign to protect the Amazon rain forest, on which the rubber tappers depend for their livelihood. ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $10.00! \| first editions
23 view cover	Little Tiny Teeth more books like this by Aaron Elkins add to wishlist From the Edgar Award-winning author of "Unnatural Selection" comes this chilling mystery. A forensics professor joins an Amazon riverboat expedition, expecting a vacation. However, in a jungle full of predators, he realizes that humans may be the deadliest of all. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $3.79! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
24	Thy Will Be Done: The Conquest of the Amazon: Nelson Rockefeller and Evangelism in the Age Of... more books like this by Gerard Colby, Charlotte Dennett add to wishlist This book focuses on two men who left their marks on the Amazon Basin. Nelson Rockefeller wanted to promote development of the frontier and secure oil and other natural resources in the area for the use of American corporations. Cameron Townsend was the founder of Wycliffe Bible translators; he wanted the Word to reach every tribe in the jungle, ... see all copies from $10.84! new only from $301.30! \| signed copies \| first editions
25	Amazon beaming more books like this by Petru Popescu add to wishlist In 1971, after years of searching, the photographer and writer Loren McIntyre flew deep into the Amazon interior to look for the source of the great river, and for the Mayoruna tribe. Never before contacted by the outside world, they were rumoured to be the only people who knew the true source of the Amazon. Lost in the jungle and kidnapped by the ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $32.61! \| first editions

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