Books, Travel, South America

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Ernesto Guevara
The motorcycle diaries: A journey around South America
by Verso (Unknown Binding)

The film tie-in edition of the established modern classic. In January 1952, two young men from Buenos Aires set out to explore South America on 'La Poderosa', the Powerful One: a 500cc Norton. One of them was the twenty-three-year-old Che Guevara. Written eight years before the Cuban Revolution, these are Che's diaries -- full of disasters and discoveries, high drama, low comedy and laddish improvisations. During his travels through Argentina, Chile, Peru and Venezuela, Che's main concerns are where the next drink is coming from, where the next bed is to be found and who might be around to share it. Che becomes a stowaway, a fireman and a football coach; he sometimes falls in love and frequently falls off the motorbike. Within a decade the whole world would know his name. His trip might have been an adventure of a lifetime -- had his lifetime not turned into a much greater adventure.

Bruce Chatwin
In Patagonia (Penguin Classics)
by Penguin Classics (Paperback) (Release Date: 2003-03-25)

In Patagonia is Bruce Chatwin's exquisite account of his journey through "the uttermost part of the earth," that stretch of land at the southern tip of South America, where bandits were once made welcome and Charles Darwin formed part of his "survival of the fittest" theory. Chatwin's evocative descriptions, notes on the odd history of the region, and enchanting anecdotes make In Patagonia an exhilarating look at a place that still retains the exotic mystery of a far-off, unseen land. An instant classic upon publication in 1977, In Patagonia remains a masterwork of literature.

Rob Rachowiecki
Ecuador and the Galapagos Islands (Lonely Planet Ecuador & the Galapagos Islands)
by Lonely Planet Publications (Paperback)

From the beautifully preserved colonial capital of Quito to remote Andean villages such as Chugchilán, Ecuador presents innumerable options for independent travelers. Whether you're interested in climbing the magnificent volcanoes of the Andean highlands, exploring the jungle of the verdant Oriente or swimming with sea lions in the equatorial waters off the Galápagos islands, this essential guide tells you everything you will need to know to travel through this enchanting country. a 32-page full-color guide to the wildlife of the Galápagos detailed coverage of conversation issues, ecotourism and wildlife-watching opportunities food and accommodations options for all budgets tips on adventurous ways to get around, from rooftop train rides to dugout canoe trips more than 50 detailed maps and a practical Latin American Spanish language section

Claude Levi-Strauss
Tristes tropiques
by Atheneum (Unknown Binding)

Clem Lindenmayer
Lonely Planet Trekking in the Patagonian Andes (Lonely Planet Travel Survival Kit)
by Lonely Planet (Paperback)

A comprehensive trekking guide, this book includes over 28 detailed route descriptions, 27 trekking maps, an illustrated flora and fauna section, as well as a language and health section.

Joe Kane
Running The Amazon
by Knopf (Hardcover) (Release Date: 1989-06-17)

William Lewis Herndon
Exploration of the valley of the Amazon, ([United States] 32d Cong., 2d sess. Senate Ex. [doc.])
by R. Armstrong [etc.] Public Printer (Unknown Binding)

In 1857, Captain William Lewis Herndon sacrificed his life trying to save 600 passengers and crew when his ship foundered in a hurricane off the Carolina coast. Memorialized in Gary Kinder's best-selling book Ship of Gold in the Deep Blue Sea, Herndon, with this final courageous act, epitomized a lifetime of heroism. Seven years earlier, the secretary of the Navy had appointed Herndon to lead the first American expedition into the Amazon Valley. Herndon departed Lima, Peru, on May 20, 1851, and arrived at Para, Brazil, nearly a year later, traveling 4,000 miles by foot, mule, canoe, and small boat. He cataloged the scientific and commercial observations requested by Congress, but he filed his report as a narrative, creating an intimate portrait of an exotic land before the outside world rushed in. Herndon's report so far surpassed his superiors' expectations that instead of printing the obligatory few hundred copies for Congress, the secretary of the Navy ordered 10,000 copies in ...

E. Lucas Bridges
Uttermost part of the earth
by Dutton (Hardcover)

Rapturous praise met the publication of Lucas Bridges' marvelous chronicle of Tierra del Fuego when it first came out in 1947, and that praise has hardly abated these past sixty years, nor has a book been written which supplants Uttermost Part of the Earth as the classic work on Tierra del Fuego and the little-known culture of the now-extinct Fuegian Indians. When the author was born in Tierra del Fuego in 1874, it was truly an unknown land. On the southern coast was the small settlement established by his missionary parents; the rest of it, over 18,000 square miles of mountain, forest, marsh, and lake, was the hunting ground of fierce and hostile tribes. Bridges grew up amongst the coastal Yaghans, learning their language and their ways. In young manhood he made contact with the wild inland Ona tribe, became their friend and hunting companion, and was initiated into the men's lodge. Surely the New York Times' critics's prediction for this book on its ...

Barry Boyce
A Traveler's Guide to the Galapagos Islands
by Hunter Pub Inc (Paperback)

The essentials of a "how-to" travel adventure to the Land of Darwin are available in this comprehensive guide. From the basics of what airline to choose to a detailed analysis of the Tour Operator network, the author describes the rules and tells the reader how to play the Galapagos adventure travel game. History, wildlife, and details on what to pack are also includEd

Redmond O'Hanlon
In Trouble Again: A Journey Between Orinoco and the Amazon
by Vintage (Paperback) (Release Date: 1990-04-14)

O'Hanlon takes us into the bug-ridden rain forest between the Orinoco and the Amazon--infested with jaguars and piranhas, where men would kill over a bottle of ketchup and where the locals may be the most violent people on earth (next to hockey fans).

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