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1	Relic more books like this by Douglas J Preston add to wishlist The New York Museum of Natural History is the scene of gruesome murders and a lost anthropological expedition may hold the secret. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $4.62! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
2	Bruchko more books like this by Bruce R Olson add to wishlist What happens when a nineteen-year-old boy and heads into the jungles to evangelize a murderous tribe of South American Indians? For Bruce Olson it meant capture and torture, but what he discovered revolutionized the world of missions. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $8.00! \| signed copies \| first editions
3	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
4	Aztec Inca and Maya more books like this by Dr. Elizabeth Baquedano, DK Publishing add to wishlist Chronicles the history, beliefs, and everyday lives of the ancient Aztec, Inca, and Maya peoples. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $3.97! \| SVS
5	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
6	Tristes Tropiques more books like this by Claude Levi-Strauss add to wishlist "Tristes Tropiques" records Lévi-Strauss's search for "a human society reduced to its most basic expression", and focuses on the tribes of the Caduvco, Bororo, Nambikwara, and Tupi-Kawahib of the Amazon basin and the upland jungles of Brazil. Lévi-Strauss draws fascinating comparisons and parallels among the tribes and human societies at large, ... see all copies from $3.68! new only from $15.05! \| first editions \| SVS
7	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
8	Evil Star more books like this by Anthony Horowitz add to wishlist Matt thought his troubles were over when he closed Raven's Gate . . . but in fact they were just beginning. His fate -- and the fate of the world -- is tied to four other kids across the globe. The second is a street kid in Peru. He and Matt have never met; they don't even speak the same language. But destiny is going to throw them together as the ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $2.29! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
9	Peru's Indian Peoples and the Challenge of Spanish Conquest Huamanga to 1640 more books like this by Steve J Stern add to wishlist This is the second edition of "Peru's Indian Peoples and the Challenge of Spanish Conquest", a written history of the Indians of the Ayachucho region during the century that followed the Spanish Conquest. It includes reflections on the ten years of historical interpretation that have passed since the book's original publication, thus enabling the ... see all copies from $3.76! new only from $20.95! \| first editions \| SVS
10	Lost Cities and Ancient Mysteries of South America more books like this by David Hatcher Childress add to wishlist Childress takes the reader on journeys deep into deadly jungles, windswept mountains, and scorching deserts in search of lost civilisations and ancient mysteries. Explore stone cities high in mountain forests and fantastic tales of Inca treasure, living dinosaurs, and a mysterious tunnel system. Whether he is hopping freight trains, searching for ... see all copies from $4.74! new only from $9.99! \| SVS
11	The Gods and Their Grand Design: The Eighth Wonder of the World more books like this by Erich Von Daniken add to wishlist see all copies from $2.11! new only from $13.19! \| signed copies \| first editions
12 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
13 view cover	Crude Chronicles: Indigenous Politics, Multinational Oil, and Neoliberalism in Ecuador more books like this by Suzana Sawyer add to wishlist Ecuador is the third largest foreign supplier of crude oil to the western United States. As the source of this oil, the Ecuadorian Amazon has borne the far-reaching social and environmental consequences of a growing U.S. demand for petroleum and the dynamics of economic globalization it necessitates. "Crude Chronicles" traces the emergence during ... see all copies from $12.50! new only from $24.95! \| SVS
14 view cover	A world on the wane more books like this by Claude Levi-Strauss add to wishlist see all copies from $1.99! new only from $26.66! \| first editions \| SVS
15 view cover	Shamanism, Colonialism, and the Wild Man: A Study in Terror and Healing more books like this by Michael Taussig add to wishlist Looks at the interaction between civilized and primitive people in Colombia, examines the role of the shaman, and discusses healing practices in the jungle. see all copies from $11.00! new only from $30.95! \| first editions \| SVS
16 view cover	Art of the Andes: From Chavin to Inca more books like this by Rebecca Stone-Miller add to wishlist This wide-ranging survey has established itself as the best single-volume introduction to Andean art and architecture. Now fully revised and entirely redesigned, it describes the strikingly varied artistic achievements of the Chavin, Paracas, Moche, Chimu and Inca cultures, among others. Their impressive cities, tall pyramids, shining goldwork and ... see all copies from $8.33! new only from $12.11!
17 view cover	Brazilian adventure more books like this by Peter Fleming add to wishlist In 1925 Colonel P. H. Fawcett embarked on a journey into a dangerous and largely unexplored region of Brazil in search of a Lost World and was never seen again. Fleming's interest in Fawcett's disappearance leads to him answering an advertisement to join an expedition to explore the rivers of Brazil with the aim of ascertaining Fawcett's fate. see all copies from $2.99! new only from $13.17! \| first editions \| SVS
18 view cover	Beyond Death: The Chinchorro Mummies of Ancient Chile more books like this by Bernardo T Arriaza, John W Verano (Foreword by) add to wishlist Thousands of years before ancient Egyptians mummified their dead elite, the South American Chinchorros performed elaborate mummification rituals for deceased members of every level and age of their society. In Beyond Death, Arriaza offers new interpretations of Chinchorro mortuary practices, and reconstructs this culture's daily life of 8,000 ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $4.95! \| first editions
19 view cover	The Raw and the Cooked: Mythologiques, Volume 1 more books like this by Claude Levi-Strauss, John Weightman (Translator), Doreen Weightman (Translator) add to wishlist "Levi-Strauss is a French savant par excellence, a man of extraordinary sensitivity and human wisdom . . . a deliberate stylist with profound convictions and convincing arguments. . . . ["The Raw and the Cooked"] adds yet another chapter to the tireless quest for a scientifically accurate, esthetically viable, and philosophically relevant cultural ... see all copies from $15.00! new only from $33.50!
20 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 $12.52! new only from $12.92! \| SVS
21 view cover	Island of the Sun: Mastering the Inca Medicine Wheel more books like this by Alberto Villoldo, Ph.D., Erik Jendresen add to wishlist Following his spiritual journeys to the South and West described in Dance of the Four Winds, Villoldo prepares for the journey to the North, where lies the wisdom of the ancient Inca shamans. At the "Island of the Sun," a sacred site in Bolivia, Villoldo uncovers a profound secret about the journey to the East--the journey home. see all copies from $6.50! new only from $9.79! \| first editions \| SVS
22 view cover	Mathematics of the Incas: Code of the Quipu more books like this by Marcia Ascher, Robert Ascher add to wishlist Written by a mathematician and an anthropologist, this book acquaints the reader with the mathematical ideas embedded in the quipus and how to make one. see all copies from $5.28! new only from $8.62! \| SVS
23 view cover	A Narrative of Travels on the Amazon and Rio Negro,: With an Account of the Native Tribes, and Observations on the Climate, Geology, and Natural Histo more books like this by Alfred R. Wallace add to wishlist see all copies from $24.81! new only from $24.81! \| first editions \| SVS
24	The Incas more books like this by Daniel Peters, Daniel Peter add to wishlist see all copies from $1.99! new only from $24.89! \| first editions
25 view cover	La Doctora more books like this by Linnea Smith add to wishlist This doctor still makes house calls. In 1990, Dr. Linnea Smith went on vacation. The result? She abandoned a thriving medical practice in Wisconsin to serve the Yagua Indians in the deepest part of the Amazon rainforest of Peru alone. Today, Dr. Smith routinely hears the midnight cry of "Doctora!" from patients facing life-and-death emergencies. ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $13.01! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS

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