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Lonely Planet Peru
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Sara Benson, Paul Hellander, Rafael Wlodarski
This title contains strong activities focus, including surfing off the North Coast and hiking in the Cordillera Blanc and Cordillera Huayhuash. It contains a special section on the Incan World. It includes insightful history and culture chapters. It provides excellent coverage of Machu Picchu and spectacular lesser known archaeological sites. It ...
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Frommer's Peru
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Neil Edward Schlecht
This is America's number 1 bestselling travel series. Written by more than 175 outspoken travelers around the globe, "Frommer's Complete Guides" help travelers experience places the way locals do. They are more annually updated guides than any other series. This title contains: 16-page color section and foldout map in all annual guides; outspoken ...
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The Machu Picchu Guidebook: A Self-Guided Tour
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Ruth M Wright, Alfredo Valencia Zegarra
Machu Picchu is one of the world's great travel destinations. Built in the mid-15th century and "rediscovered" in 1911, it is the stuff of legends. For a three hour or three day visit, this guide will help visitors see the best of this Lost City of the Incas. Includes a full-color fold-out map, 150 illustrations and a detailed tour.
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The rivers ran east.
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Leonard Clark
This riveting firsthand account follows Leonard Clark's search for the legendary lost Seven Cities of Cibola--reputedly home to mountains of gold--in a rain forest near the Peruvian Andes. His treacherous journey includes encounters with man-eating jaguars, 40-foot snakes and headhunting natives.
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Trail of Feathers: In Search of the Birdmen of Peru
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Tahir Shah
Legends littered with allegories of flight claim that Incan mystics--the Birdmen--could actually fly. Inspired by these myths (and a bloody feather), Tahir Shah embarks on an eccentric trip through South American to discover the facts that became folklore.
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The Inca Trail: Cusco & Machu Picchu
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Richard Danbury, Alexander Stewart
This title includes: historical background on the Incas; plans of all the main archaeological sites and comprehensive guides to Lima, Cusco and Machu Picchu; routes from Cusco to Machu Picchu and hikes in the Urubamba Valley, on walking maps with walking times; points of interest; and details of where to stay and where to eat.
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Island of the Sun: Mastering the Inca Medicine Wheel
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Alberto Villoldo, Ph.D., Erik Jendresen
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.
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Moon Cusco & Machu Picchu
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Ross Wehner, Renee Del Gaudio, Kazia Jankowski
"Moon Cusco & Machu Piccu" is an 85-page compact guide covering the Sacred Valley of the Incas, the city of Cusco, and Peru's most popular destination, Machu Piccu. Authors Renee Del Gaudio and Ross Wehner offer seasoned advice on what sight are must-sees, including maps with sightseeing highlights, so planning your time is easy. This lightweight ...
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The Incredible Incas and Their Timeless Land
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Loren McIntyre, National Geographic Society (Editor)
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Eight feet in the Andes
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Dervla Murphy
The author describes her journey through the Andes with her nine-year-old daughter and a mule called Juana. Together they clambered the length of Peru, from Cajamarca on the border with Ecuador, to Cuzco, the ancient Inca capital, over 1300 miles to the south. With only the most basic necessities to sustain them, their journey was marked by ...
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The Rough Guide to Peru
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Dilwyn Jenkins
"The Rough Guide to Peru" is the ultimate travel guide with clear maps and detailed coverage of all the best attractions Peru has to offer. Discover the varied and exciting country of Peru whether exploring the breathtaking Machu Picchu, traversing a rainforest canopy walkway in one of the world's richest jungles or hiking the Inca Trail, the ...
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Inca-Kola: A Traveller's Tale of Peru
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Matthew Parris
Inca-Kola is the funny, absorbing account of Matthew Parris's fourth trip to Peru, on a bizarre holiday which takes him among bandits, prostitutes, peasants and riots. He and his three companions seem to head into trouble, not away from it, and he describes the troubles, curiosities and wonders they meet with the spell-binding fascination of a ...
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Exploration of the Valley of the Amazon, 1851-1852
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William Lewis Herndon, Gary Kinder (Editor)
A firsthand account of America's first expedition into the Amazon valley is taken from the original report of Captain William Lewis Herndon as he documents his experiences, adventures, and encounters with the great Amazon wilderness in the mid-nineteenth century. Original.
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National Geographic Traveler Peru
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Rob Rachowiecki, Vance Jacobs (Photographer)
Be it learning about the four breeds of camels native to Peru or exploring the markets of Cuzco, this guide provides the best suggestions for getting the most out of your trip. The guide begins with a detailed account of the country - what not to be missed, Peru today, food and drink, land and environment, history, and the arts - followed by nine ...
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Cut Stones and Crossroads: 2a Journey in the Two Worlds of Peru
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Ronald Wright
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Peru
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Maryanne Blacker
Travelers can explore Lake Titicaca, watch condors at Colca Canyon, or experiment with South American cuisine, with this full-color guide to Peru.
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The Inca Trail, Cusco & Machu Picchu, 2nd: Includes the Vilcabamba Trail and Lima City Guide
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Richard Danbury, Henry Stedman
A complete guide to this famous South American trail includes all planning information trekkers need to begin their hikes, including a special section, new to this edition, on the seven-to-ten day hike to Vilcabamba.
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Lines in the Water: Nature and Culture at Lake Titicaca
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Benjamin S Orlove
This text weaves reflections on anthropological fieldwork together with evocative meditations on a spectacular landscape as it takes us to the remote indigenous villages on the shore of Lake Titicaca, high in the Peruvian Andes. Ben Orlove brings alive the fishermen, reed cutters, boat builders and families of this isolated region, and describes ...
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Fodor's Peru
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Josh McIlvain (Editor)
Ancient Incan ruins, misty mountains, mysterious lines in the desert, gorgeous coastline--it all comes alive in this full-color guide to South America's most dynamic country. The book includes in-depth coverage of Machu Picchu and the Inca Trail with maps, history, and tips on what to look for.
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Markawasi: Peru's Inexplicable Stone Forest
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Kathy Doore, Peter E Schneider (Foreword by)
Created for adventurers and armchair travellers alike, this photo narrative offers a true account of an ancient lost humanity of mysterious origin whose hidden legacy carved gigantic, towering stone monuments pointing to a message with predictions for the future. Through a perusal of the cultural, historical, and often magical lore associated with ...
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Cusco & the Sacred Valley handbook : the travel guide
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Peter Frost, Ben Box
For many, Cusco is top of their itinerary when travelling in Peru, and this handbook aims to provide what it is the traveller can't miss. It covers everything the traveller needs to know about the ancient Inca ruins, plus practical advice and suggestions on how to get the most out of this popular destination. The guide features the ins and outs of ...
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Lost City of the Incas: The Story of Machu Picchu and Its Builders
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Hiram Bingham, Jr.
Hiram Bingham describes the Peruvian expedition to the Inca capitals of Vitcos and Vilcapampa, lost for three centuries under the shadow of Machu Picchu mountain. Here is all that is known about Machu Picchu, its origin, how it came to be lost, and how it was finally discovered.
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The Amazon: Land Without History
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Euclides Da Cunha, Lucia Sa (Editor), Ronald Sousa (Translator)
Features eight essays by Euclides da Cunha, about his trip through the Amazonin 1905, written to describe the Brazilian hinterlands to the urban citizens.
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Three Letters from the Andes
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Patrick Leigh Fermor
The six friends who set off to climb in the Andes in the autumn of 1971 were as varied and remarkable as the characters in a novel. The expedition was led by Robin Fedden, the writer and poet, and his wife there was a Swiss international skier and jeweller, a social anthropologist from Provence who had fought in the French Resistance and a ...
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Cut Stones and Crossroads: A Journey in the Two Worlds of Peru
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Ronald Wright
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