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Birds, Mammals, and Reptiles of the Galapagos Islands: An Identification Guide, 2nd Edition by Andy Swash Publisher Comments This simple-to-use, pocket-size volume offers a comprehensive guide to the unique wildlife of the Galapagos, encompassing all the birds, mammals, and reptiles a visitor to these extraordinary islands might encounter. The second edition corrects and... (read more) List Price $30.75 Your price: $19.50 Used - Trade Paper 
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Galapagos at the Crossroads: Pirates, Biologists, Tourists, and Creationists Battle for Darwin's Cradle of Evolution by Carol Ann Bassett Publisher Comments As eloquent as it is alarming, Carol Ann Bassett's portrait of today's Galapagos depicts a deadly collision of economics, politics, and the environment that may destroy one of the world's last Edens. For millions, the Galapagos Islands represent nature... (read more) List Price $26.00 Your price: $17.95 Used - Hardcover
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Jungle of the Maya by Douglas Goodell Publisher Comments This enchanted land, steeped in history and sheathed in forest, is so exquisitely photographed and engagingly described in Jungle of the Maya you can almost hear the bellow of howler monkeys above and the rustle of army ants below as you turn the pages... (read more) List Price $34.95 Your price: $7.00 Sale - Hardcover
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The Galapagos: Exploring Darwin's Tapestry by John Hess Publisher Comments Charles Darwin arrived at the Galapagos Islands some three centuries after their discovery. Thousands of seafarers had been there before him, but in these islands Darwin found something more enduring than fresh water and tortoise meat. He found... (read more) Your price: $49.95 New - Hardcover
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Monteverde: Ecology and Conservation of a Tropical Cloud Forest by Nalini M Nadkarni Publisher Comments The Monteverde Cloud Forest Reserve has captured the worldwide attention of biologists, conservationists, and ecologists and has been the setting for extensive investigation over the past 30 years. Roughly 40,000 ecotourists visit the Cloud Forest each... (read more) List Price $103.75 Your price: $70.00 Used - Trade Paper
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Wild Amazon: A Photographer's Incredible Journey by Nick Gordon Publisher Comments This book is a stunning book by British wildlife photographer and filmmaker, Nick Gordon. Nick has spent over 12 years of his life in Amazonia where he first went there to try and find, see and photograph that most elusive and highly dangerous cat, the... (read more) List Price $34.95 Your price: $20.00 Used - Hardcover
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Neotropical Companion : an Introduction To the Animals, Plants and Ecosystems of the New World Tropics, Revised and Expanded (2ND 97 Edition) by John Kricher Publisher Comments A Neotropical Companion is an extraordinarily readable introduction to the American tropics, the lands of Central and South America, their remarkable rainforests and other ecosystems, and the creatures that live there. It is the most comprehensive one... (read more) List Price $35.00 Your price: $27.00 Used - Trade Paper
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Field Guide to the Wildlife of Costa Rica (Corrie Herring Hooks) by Carrol L. Henderson Publisher Comments At the biological crossroads of the Americas, Costa Rica hosts an astonishing array of plants and animals--over half a million species! Ecotourists, birders, and biologists come from around the world to immerse themselves in the country's unspoiled rain... (read more) Your price: $39.95 New - Trade Paper
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Amazon Expeditions: My Quest for the Ice-Age Equator by Paul Colinvaux Publisher Comments In this vivid memoir of a life in science, ecologist Paul Colinvaux takes his readers from the Alaskan tundra to steamy Amazon jungles, from the Galapagos Islands (before tourists had arrived) to the high Andes and the Darien Gap in Panama. He recounts... (read more) List Price $32.50 Your price: $23.00 Used - Hardcover
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Galapagos: Preserving Darwin's Legacy by Tui De Roy Publisher Comments A spectacular celebration of one the world's most important domains. Travel agents everywhere are preparing for the Darwin Effect, a boom in travel to Ecuador in 2009 for the 50th anniversary of the creation of Galapagos National Park and the... (read more) List Price $49.95 Your price: $35.00 Used - Hardcover
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A Field Guide to the Mammals of Central America & Southeast Mexico by Fiona Reid Publisher Comments This is the only field guide to provide comprehensive coverage of the mammals of Central America and Southeast Mexico. This edition features 21 new species accounts, including nine for bats. Four new full-color maps show parks and protected areas, biomes,... (read more) Your price: $45.00 New - Trade Paper
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Cloud Forest (Penguin Nature Classics) by Peter Matthiessen Publisher Comments Peter Matthiessen crisscrossed 10,000 miles of the South American wilderness, from the Amazon rain forests to Machu Picchu, high in the Andes, down to Tierra del Fuego and back. He followed the trails of old explorers, encountered river bandits, wild... (read more) List Price $16.00 Your price: $7.95 Used - Trade Paper
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Capybaras: A Natural History of the World's Largest Rodent by Rexford D Lord Publisher Comments Capybaras -- the largest rodents in the world -- show little resemblance to their guinea pig relatives. Robust and agile, they reach the size of a small pig and weigh upward of 100 pounds at maturity. This natural history details all aspects of the... (read more) Your price: $50.00 New - Hardcover
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Costa Rica: A Journey Through Nature by Adrian Hepworth Publisher Comments A magnificent illustrated testimony to Costa Rica's fragile beauty. Costa Rica: A Journey through Nature is a hard cover coffee-table book packed with stunning photographs from Costa Rica that represent 13 years of field work. This exquisite book of... (read more) Your price: $39.95 New - Hardcover
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Deep Jungle by Fred Pearce Publisher Comments Deep Jungle is an exploration of the most alien and feared habitat on earth. Beginning with man’s earliest recorded adventures, Fred Pearce takes us high into the canopy—home to two-thirds of all the creatures on our planet. Pearce also... (read more) List Price $30.00 Your price: $8.00 Used - Hardcover
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Wildlife of the Galapagos (Princeton Pocket Guides) by Julian Fitter Publisher Comments The islands' sixty resident bird species include the only penguin to breed entirely in the tropics and to inhabit the Northern Hemisphere. There is a section offering tips on photography in the Equatorial sunlight, and maps of visitors' sites as well as... (read more) Your price: $19.95 New - Trade Paper
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Tarantulas Marmosets & Other Stories by Nick Gordon Publisher Comments Tarantulas, Marmosets and Other Stories tells of what really is involved at the cutting edge of wildlife filming. For almost a decade, wildlife explorer and award-winning photographer Nick Gordon has lived in the Amazon basin, capturing the dazzling... (read more) List Price $35.00 Your price: $6.50 Used - Hardcover
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Spirits of the Jaguar: The Natural History and Ancient Civilizations of the Caribbean and Central America by Paul Reddish Publisher Comments Spirits of the Jaguar explores the natural history of the Caribbean and Central America, from their fiery birth to the present day. One hundred and fifty million years ago, Central America and the Caribbean did not exist. As a result of the shifting of... (read more) List Price $35.00 Your price: $8.95 Used - Hardcover
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Tropical Rainforest: A World Survey of Our Most Valuable Endangered Habitat with a Blueprint for Its Survival by Arnold Newman Book News Annotation Newman (founder, International Society for the Preservation of the Tropical Rainforest) introduces a general readership to the ecology and distribution of the world's remaining tropical rainforests, describes the consequences of continued... (read more) List Price $45.00 Your price: $5.75 Used - Hardcover
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Wild Caribbean: The Hidden Wonders of the World's Most Famous Islands by Michael Bright Publisher Comments In our minds the Caribbean is the embodiment of Paradise. We need only close our eyes to see clearly the sparkling turquoise waters, white beaches, and lush tropical forests. Yet hidden just beyond this familiar scene is another world--the wild Caribbean,... (read more) List Price $25.00 Your price: $18.00 Sale - Trade Paper
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