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SUGGESTED READING

Jose reading Following you will find a basic list of books that can help you understand the country or the area you are traveling to. If you have other books to recommend, please let us know.

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General Reading
Travellers & trekking guides
Climbing
Birds
Natural History
Photo Books

General reading

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Back From Tuichi by Yossi Ghinsberg Published by Random House, 1993.
Bolivia in Focus by Paul Van Lindert nd Otto Verkoren, Published by Latin American Buerau, 1994.
Chasing Che by Patrick Symmes, Published by Vintage, 2000.
Culture shock! Bolivia by Mark Cramer, Published by Portland, Ore: Graphics Arts Center, 1996.
Digging up Butch and Sundance by Anne Meadows.
Dance of the Four Winds by Alberto Villoldo & Erik Jendresen Published by Destiny Books, 1990.
Fingerprints of the Gods by Graham Hancock Published by Crown, 1996.
Forbidden Archaeology: The Hidden History of the Human Race by Michael A. Cremo, Richard L. Thompson Published by Torchlight, 1994.
Healthy Travel: Bugs, Bites & Bowels by Dr. Jane Wilson Howarth
Historia de Bolivia by José de Mesa, Teresa Gisbert & Carlos D.Mesa Gisbert, Published by Editorial Gisbert (4th Ed.), 2001
Island of the Sun by Alberto Villoldo & Erik Jendresen Published by Destiny Books, 1992.
Lost Cities and Ancient Mysteries of South America by David Hatcher Childress Published by Adventures Unlimited Press, 1986.
One River - Explorations and Discoveries in the Amazon Rainforest by Wade Davis Published by Simon & Schuster, 1996.
People of the Tropical Rain Forest Edited by Julie Sloan Denslow & Christine Padoch
Revolutions in Bolivia by Fred Hendel, Published by Aventura Press, 1992.
Tales of a Shaman's Apprentice - An Ethnobotanist Searches for New Medicines in the Amazon Rain Forest by Mark J. Plotkin, Ph.D.
The Conquest of the Incas by John Hemming Published by New York: Harcourt, Brace Yovanovich, 1970.
The High Altitude Medicine Handbook by Pollard, Andrew, and David Murdoch, Published by Oxford and New York: Radcliffe Medical Press, 1997.
The History of the Incas by Alfred Metraux Published by Schocken Books, 1970.
The Outward Bound Wilderness First-Aid Handbook by Jeff Isaac and Peter Goth, M.D. Published by Lyons & Burford, 1991.
The War of Don Emmanuel's Nether Parts by Louis de Bernieres, Published by Vintage, 1998.
Tiwanaku: Portrait of an Andean Civilization by Alan Kolata Published by Blackwell Publishers, 1993.
Traditional Textiles of the Andes - Life and Cloth in the Highlands by Lynn Meisch
Atlantis: The Andes solution by J.M.Alen, 1998.
Guns, Germs & Steel by Jared Dymond. Published by W.W.Norton & Company, Inc. 1996.
Collapse. Jared Dymond.
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In Patagonia by Bruce Chatwin. Published by Penguin Books. 1977.

Travellers & trekking guides

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A Traveler's Guide to El Dorado and the Inca Empire by Lynn Meisch Published by New York: Viking Penguin Inc., 1977.
Adventuring in the Andes: The Sierra Club Travel Guide to Ecuador, Peru, Bolivia, the Amazon Basin and the Galapagos Islands by Charles Frazier with Donald Secreast Published by San Francisco: Sierra Club Books, 1985.
Backpacking and Trekking in Peru and Bolivia by Hilary Bradt Published by London: Bradt Publications UK & The Globe Pequot Press Inc., USA, 1987.
Bolivia: A travel Survival kit by Deanna Swaney Published by Berkeley: Lonely Planet Publications, 1996.
Bolivia Handbook by Alan Murphy Published by Footprint Handbooks, 1998.
Exploring South America by Loren McIntire Published by New York: Clarkson N. Potter, Inc. 1990.
The Latin America Travel Advisor by Robert and Daisy Kunstaetter Editions.
The South American Handbook by Ben Box (ed.) Published by London: Trade and Travel Publications and in the USA by Prentice-Hall Trade, yearly revisions.
Trekking in Bolivia - A Traveler's Guide by Yossi Brain, Published by the Mountaineers, 1997.
The Andes: A trekking guide by John Biggar & Cathy Biggar, 2001.
Trekking & Climbing in the Andes by Val Pitkethly & Kate Harper, 2002.
Turistel: A complete turistic guide of Chile, 2005
Unforgetable Journeys to take - Before you die by Steve Watkings and CLare Jones. Published by BBC books. 2007.

Climbing

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Bolivia: A Climbing guide by Yossi Brain, Published by the Mountaineers books, 1999.
Die Konigskordillere: berg und skiwndern in Bolivien by Pecher Robert and Walter Schmiemann, Published by Christoph and Michael Hofbauer, 1983.
High Altitude: Illness and Wellness by Charles Houston, M.D. Published by ICS Books, 1993.
La Cordillera Real de los Andes by Alain Mesili, Published by “Los amigos del Libro”, 1984 (reprint 1996).
Mountaineering in the Andes: A sourcebook for climbers by Jill Neate, Published by the Royal Geographic Society, 1994.
Mountains in Bolivia by Hendel Fred Published by Aventura Press, 1992.
Southern Cordillera Real by Peter and Schmiemann Published by “Publicaciones plata” Switzerland.
The High Andes: A guide for Climbers by John Biggar Published by Andes, 1996.
The Andes: A trekking guide by John Biggar Published by Andes, 2001
Traumberge Amerikas: Von Alaska bis Feuerland by Eckehasd Radehose Published by Bergverlag Rother, 1996
Los Andes de Bolivia – Guía de escaladas by Alain Mesili Published by CIMA Producciones, 2002

Birds

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A Bird list of Bolivia by Fundación Armonía, Published by Fundación Armonía, Santa Cruz 1995.
A guide to the Birds of Colombia by Steven L.Hilty and William L.Brown, Illustrated by Guy Tudor and others, Published by Princeton University Press, Princeton/N.J. 1986.
A Guide to the World's Best Bird watching Place: Amboro Protected Area Bolivia by Robin Clarke Gemuseus and Francois Sagot. Published by Armonia, 1996.
A guide of the Birds of South America by R. Meyer de Schaunesse, by Livingston Publishing Company, 1970.
An Annotated List to the birds of Bolivia by J.V. Remsen, Jr. & Melvin A. Traylor, Jr. Buteo books, 1989.
Aves de Bolivia by N. Kempff Mercado, Published by Editorial Quisbert, La Paz 1985.
Birds of Argentina and Uruguay. A field guide by T.Narosky and D.Yzurieta, Published by Vazquez Mazzini Editores, Buenos Aires 1993.
Birds of Tropical America by S.L.Hilty by V.T.Chapters Publ.Co., 1994.
Die grosse Enzyklopadie del Vogel by C.M. Perrins, Published by Mosaik Verlag, Munich 1992.
Observando aves em Curitiba, by S.Cusatis Lucolli and Z.Koch, Published by Fundacao o Boticario de Protecao a Natureza, Curitiba/PR 1993.
South American Land Birds A Photographic Aid to Identification by John S. Dunning, Published by Harrowood Books, Newton Square/Pa. 1987
The Avifauna of the Beni Biologica Station, Bolivia by R.C.Braze, J.Hornbuckle, and J.W.Pearce-Higgings, Published by Bird Conservation International (in press), 1996.
The Birds of South America. Volume 1. The Oscine Passerines by R.S. Ridgley, and G.Tudor by University of Texas Press, 1989.· The Birds of South America. Volume 2. The Suboscine Passerines by R.S. Ridgley, and G.Tudor by University of Texas Press, 1994.
Where to Watch Birds in South America by Nigel Wheatley Published by Christopher Helm, 1994.

Natural History

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A Neotropical Companion: An Introduction to the Animals, Plants, and Ecosystems of the New World Tropics by John C. Kricher Published by Princeton University Press, 1989.
Amazon Wildlife by Hans-Ulrich Bernard Published by Insight Guides, 1992.
Butterflies of South America by D’Abrera by Hill House, 1984.
Chimane Resource Use and Market Involvement in the Beni Biosphere Reserve, Bolivia by A.Chocchon (Ph.D thesis), Published by University of Florida, Gainesville/Fla 1992.
Lessons of the Rainforest by Suzanne Head & Robert Heinzman
Guide to the Amazon by Roger Harris & Peter Harrison
Libro rojo de los vertebrados en Bolivia by P.Ergueta and C.Morales, Published by Centro de Datos para la Conservación, La Paz 1996.
Mammals of the Netropics. Vol.2 by K.H.Redford, and J.F.Eisenberg, Published by Chicago University press, Chicago 1992.
Neotropical Rainforest Mammals. A field guide by Louise H.Emmons, and Francois Feer, Published by the University of Chicago, Chicago 1997.
The Cloud Forest by Peter Mathiessen Published by New York: Viking Press, 1961.
Tropical Nature: Life and death in the Rainforest of Central and South America by Adrian Forsyth and Ken Miyata by Charles Scribner’s Sons, 1984.
Hidrografia de Bolivia by the “Servicio Nacional de Hidrografía Naval Boliviana”: Talleres Gráficos del Instituto Geográfico Militar, 1998.

Photo Books

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6000+ The thirteen 6,000 meter mountains of BOlivia by willy Kenning. 2006.