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.Tristes tropiques City Travel Guides > Books > South America by: Claude Levi-Strauss 1974 I like to travel and to observe the cities, landscapes, the plants and animals and the human inhabitants of the countries I go to. So does Levy-Strauss, and he is a fantastic observer, much more sharp-eyed than I could ever hope to be, and a highly entertaining writer. In this classic he talks about a wide range of observations from a number of corners of the world, but mainly about South America. The book deals with Levi-Strauss' time as a teacher in Brazil and his trips into the South American hinterland; his escape from Nazi-occupied France; His later expeditions to visit remote tribes in the Amazon; and an assortment of observations about such diverse topics as the frustration of the traveler to never encounter the true, pristine state ... Read More: >>See More Reviews & Details on Tristes tropiques |
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.Seven Interpretive Essays on Peruvian Reality (Pan America) City Travel Guides > Books > South America by: Jose Carlos Mariategui October 27, 1971 I like to travel and to observe the cities, landscapes, the plants and animals and the human inhabitants of the countries I go to. So does Levy-Strauss, and he is a fantastic observer, much more sharp-eyed than I could ever hope to be, and a highly entertaining writer. In this classic he talks about a wide range of observations from a number of corners of the world, but mainly about South America. The book deals with Levi-Strauss' time as a teacher in Brazil and his trips into the South American hinterland; his escape from Nazi-occupied France; His later expeditions to visit remote tribes in the Amazon; and an assortment of observations about such diverse topics as the frustration of the traveler to never encounter the true, pristine state ... Read More: >>See More Reviews & Details on Seven Interpretive Essays on Peruvian Reality (Pan America) |
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.Patagonia: Natural History, Prehistory and Ethnography at the Uttermost End of the Earth (Princeton Paperbacks) City Travel Guides > Books > South America from: Princeton Univ Pr 1998-01 A short review in the magazine _Nature_ (9 Oct 97, p 557) has a cool picture and says "gripping read and lavishly illustrated." END >>See More Reviews & Details on Patagonia: Natural History, Prehistory and Ethnography at the Uttermost End of the Earth (Princeton Paperbacks) |
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.All the best in South America, west coast;: How to get the most out of your trip to Colombia, Panama, Ecuador, Peru, Bolivia, Chile, Argentina (A Sydney Clark travel book) City Travel Guides > Books > South America by: Sydney Clark 1956 A short review in the magazine _Nature_ (9 Oct 97, p 557) has a cool picture and says "gripping read and lavishly illustrated." END >>See More Reviews & Details on All the best in South America, west coast;: How to get the most out of your trip to Colombia, Panama, Ecuador, Peru, Bolivia, Chile, Argentina (A Sydney Clark travel book) |
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.The Donkey Inside City Travel Guides > Books > South America by: Ludwig Bemelmans January 30, 1941 Ludwig Bemelmans is most famous for his wonderfully illustrated children's book series based on the character Madeline. This is one of his non-fiction books for adults based upon his travels in South America. Originally published in 1941, The Donkey Inside contains chapters that originally appeared in Town & Country, Vogue, Globe, and The New Yorker. Presented as a trip to Ecuador, this book is actually based on notes takes during several voyages through South America. Bemelmans says: "In a sense it is a portrait of that continent, from Chile to the Panama Canal, but it is focused on Ecuador, because there I found, in stronger outline than anywhere else, the things particular to South America." He claims that the characters in the book are ... Read More: >>See More Reviews & Details on The Donkey Inside |
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.The International Traveller's Guide to Doing Business in Latin America (International Business Traveller's Series) City Travel Guides > Books > South America by: Terri Morrison, Wayne A. Conaway 1997-09 Ludwig Bemelmans is most famous for his wonderfully illustrated children's book series based on the character Madeline. This is one of his non-fiction books for adults based upon his travels in South America. Originally published in 1941, The Donkey Inside contains chapters that originally appeared in Town & Country, Vogue, Globe, and The New Yorker. Presented as a trip to Ecuador, this book is actually based on notes takes during several voyages through South America. Bemelmans says: "In a sense it is a portrait of that continent, from Chile to the Panama Canal, but it is focused on Ecuador, because there I found, in stronger outline than anywhere else, the things particular to South America." He claims that the characters in the book are ... Read More: >>See More Reviews & Details on The International Traveller's Guide to Doing Business in Latin America (International Business Traveller's Series) |
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.Carl Sauer's fieldwork in Latin America (Dellplain Latin American studies) City Travel Guides > Books > South America by: Robert Cooper West 1979 Ludwig Bemelmans is most famous for his wonderfully illustrated children's book series based on the character Madeline. This is one of his non-fiction books for adults based upon his travels in South America. Originally published in 1941, The Donkey Inside contains chapters that originally appeared in Town & Country, Vogue, Globe, and The New Yorker. Presented as a trip to Ecuador, this book is actually based on notes takes during several voyages through South America. Bemelmans says: "In a sense it is a portrait of that continent, from Chile to the Panama Canal, but it is focused on Ecuador, because there I found, in stronger outline than anywhere else, the things particular to South America." He claims that the characters in the book are ... Read More: >>See More Reviews & Details on Carl Sauer's fieldwork in Latin America (Dellplain Latin American studies) |
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.Latin America Profiled: Essential Facts on Society, Business, and Politics in Latin America (Syb Factbook) City Travel Guides > Books > South America by: Barry Turner September 02, 2000 Ludwig Bemelmans is most famous for his wonderfully illustrated children's book series based on the character Madeline. This is one of his non-fiction books for adults based upon his travels in South America. Originally published in 1941, The Donkey Inside contains chapters that originally appeared in Town & Country, Vogue, Globe, and The New Yorker. Presented as a trip to Ecuador, this book is actually based on notes takes during several voyages through South America. Bemelmans says: "In a sense it is a portrait of that continent, from Chile to the Panama Canal, but it is focused on Ecuador, because there I found, in stronger outline than anywhere else, the things particular to South America." He claims that the characters in the book are ... Read More: >>See More Reviews & Details on Latin America Profiled: Essential Facts on Society, Business, and Politics in Latin America (Syb Factbook) |
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.The Journals of Hippolito Ruiz: Spanish Botanist in Peru and Chile, 1777-1788 City Travel Guides > Books > South America by: Hipolito Ruiz March 01, 1998 If you like plants and the ethnobotanical uses of them (like I do), along with exploration and adventure, then this book is for you. Hipolito Ruiz was a Spanish botanist in Peru and Chile from 1777-1788. Along with all the many hardships which he encountered back in those days, he observed and recorded the many different kinds of medicinal and non-medicinal plants which the natives used. It truly is a fascinating account of his travels and what it was actually like in the 1700's. Along with being an adventure in ethnobotanical exploration , it is also a cultural portrayal of the peoples who lived there. I also enjoyed the appendix at the end of the book which lists the medicinal plants in alphabetical order which are mentioned in the text. Maybe this book ... Read More: >>See More Reviews & Details on The Journals of Hippolito Ruiz: Spanish Botanist in Peru and Chile, 1777-1788 |