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Richard Danbury
The Inca Trail, Cuzco & Machu Picchu
2005, PAPER, 288 PAGES, $19.95
Not just for those hiking the Inca Trail, this compact
guide is an excellent overview of the culture and history
and attractions of Cuzco and the Sacred Valley. With a
chapter on Lima, good maps, travel information and photographs. (Item PRU19)

Carmen Bernard, Paul Bahn (Translator)
The Incas, People of the Sun
1994, PAPER, 192 PAGES, $12.95
Featuring hundreds of drawings and photographs, a
chronology and long excerpts from the journals of early
explorers, this is a colorful pocket encyclopedia of Inca
history and archaeology. (Item AND03)

Hiram Bingham
Lost City of the Incas
2003, PAPER, 224 PAGES, $12.95
A first-rate tale of adventure by the man who rediscovered Machu Picchu in 1911. This classic account is a gripping story of exploration, archaeology and natural history – and still an outstanding overview of the site itself. (Item AND05)

Mike Torrey
Stone Offerings, Machu Picchu's Terraces of
Enlightenment
2009, HARD COVER, 143 PAGES, $40.00
Torrey captures the dramatic setting, solitude and intricate construction of the site in 100 striking color photographs, taken over a few days at summer and winter solstice. (Item AND76)

Lima 2000
Inca Trail: Machu Picchu, Sacred Valley, Cusco
Map
2009, MAP, $10.95
This handy map shows the Sacred Valley on one side and, on the reverse, the area around Machu Picchu in splendid detail (1:50,000). (Item PRU28)

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ITMB
Cuzco & Peru South
2009, MAP, $12.95
This handy map shows roads, ruins and visitor sites in
Cusco and the Sacred Valley at 1:110,000 with a map of
Peru from north of Lima to Arequipa, Arica, La Paz and
the Amazon on the reverse. It includes insets of Cuzco,
Machu Pichu, Lima and the Inca Trail. (Item AND46)

Wright Water Engineers
Archaeological Map of Machu Picchu
2008, MAP, $6.95
Ken Wright's full color site plan shows monuments, topography and physical features of the Inca sanctuary in exquisite detail. (Item PRU23)

Ruth M. Wright, Alfredo Valencia Zegarra
The Machu Picchu Guidebook
2004, PAPER, 188 PAGES, $19.95
With maps and site plans, a section on new discoveries, a wildlife section and a fold-out full color painting of the
city as it may have looked during a solstice celebration in 1530. (Item PRU34)

Insight Guides
Insight Guide Peru
2008, PAPER, 368 PAGES, $22.95
Panoramic in scope, this illustrated overview brings Peru
to life in hundreds of color photographs and vivid essays
by a team of experts writing on history, archaeology and
culture. (Item PRU01)

Jane Holligan de Diaz-Limaco
Peru in Focus
2006, PAPER, 95 PAGES, $12.95
Authoritative and up-to-date, this slim guide focuses on
the history of Peru, its cultural heritage and current political, environmental and economic challenges. With maps, photographs and some travel information. (Item PRU11)

John Hemming
Conquest of the Incas
1970, PAPER, 641 PAGES, $25.00
This classic masterful prize-winning history of the Inca
struggle against the Spanish invasion brings together
wide-ranging scholarly material in the interests of telling a good story. (Item AND04)

Kim Macquarrie
The Last Days of the Incas
2008, PAPER, 522 PAGES, $16.95
MacQuarrie tackles the personality, aspirations and greed of Francisco Pizarro in this vivid account of the conquest of a continent. (Item PRU77)

Rebecca Stone-Miller
Art of the Andes, from Chavin to Inca
2002, PAPER, 224 PAGES, $19.95
This authoritative and concise illustrated survey of Andean art and architecture covers not only Machu Picchu and additional Inca monuments, but also Chan Chan, Nasca and other archaeological sites and cultures. (Item PRU05)

Ruth M. Wright
Machu Picchu Revealed
2008, HARD COVER, 128 PAGES, $16.95
Wright's handsome little tribute to Machu Picchu includes not only gorgeous color photographs but also a map, color rendering and suggestions for exploring the site. (Item PRU91)

Johan Reinhard
The Ice Maiden: Inca Mummies, Mountain Gods, and Sacred Sites in the Andes
2006, PAPER, 384 PAGES, $14.95
Archaeologist Johan Reinhard brings together tales of this own adventures and plenty of Inca history in this account of his discovery of Juanita, a 500-year-old mummy found in the Peruvian Andes. (Item AND52)

Peter Matthiessen
Cloud Forest, A Chronicle of the South American Wilderness
1987, PAPER, 280 PAGES, $16.00
Matthiessen recounts with wit, insight and style his odyssey to the Amazon and Andes, including Machu Picchu and Tierra del Fuego. (Item SAM02)

Pablo Neruda, Nathaniel Tarn (Translator)
The Heights of Machu Picchu
1972, PAPER, 71 PAGES, $14.00
Machu Picchu and the Inca civilization inspired this celebrated epic hymn to the Americas by the great Pablo
Neruda. Bilingual edition. (Item AND22)

Thornton Wilder
The Bridge of San Luis Rey
2003, PAPER, 148 PAGES, $12.99
The classic tale of Franciscan missionaries in 18th-century Peru by the Pulitzer Prize-winning novelist. First published in 1927. (Item AND08)

Clive Byers
A Photographic Guide to the Birds of Peru
2007, PAPER, 144 PAGES, $15.95
A handy shirt pocket guide. (Item PRU75)

Barry Walker, Huw Lloyd, Gerard Cheshire
Peruvian Wildlife, A Visitor's Guide to the Central Andes
2007, PAPER, 144 PAGES, $26.99
Written by resident bird legend Barry Walker and colleagues, this accessible, illustrated guide introduces the habitats, plants, birds and animals of the high Andes. (Item PRU71)

Tom Schulenberg, Dan Stotz, John O'Neill, Dan Lane (Illustrator)
Birds of Peru
2010, PAPER, 668 PAGES, $39.50
Gorgeously illustrated, this authoritative guide covers
nearly 20% of the world's birds. (Item PRU55)