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Peru's Amazonian Eden: Manu National Park and Biosphere Reserve

4 reviews
Kim MacQuarrie, John Terborgh

Francis O. Patthey & Sons, 1998

Best Book on the Subject....End of Subject...
MANU is an absolutely first rate book, with superb photography by Andre Bartshe, an extraordianry talent, and text in both English and Spanish by world traveler and adventurer, Kim MacQuarrie. Mr MacQuarrie and Mr. Bartshe have each lived and explored Peru for several years. They are authorities on the region. Mr. MacQuarrie has also made several award winning films for the Discovery Channel on ...

El Paraiso Amazonico del Peru: MANU - Parque Nacional y Reserva de la Biosfera. // Peru's Amazonian Eden: ...
Kim MacQuarrie

Francis o. Patthey y Hijos, 1992

Bilingual English/Spanish Text Lavishly Illustrated Published In Spain

Gold of the Andes (2 Vol. Set): The Llamas, Alpacas, Vicuñas and Guanacos of South America
Kim Macquarrie, Jorge Flores, ...

Francis O. Patthey & Sons, 1994

These books, volume 1 and 2, relate the habitat of the South American Camelids. God created the llamas of these cold regions for the good of the inhabitants, who without this animal would have a very difficult life, since these are very arid lands where there is no cotton for clothes, like in warm climates, and to have to purchase it elsewhere for so many people would be impossible. For which reason, God compensated for the barrenness of ...

Where the ANDES meet the AMAZON: Peru & Bolivia's Bahuaja Sonene & Madidi National Parks

1 review
Kim MacQuarrie

Francis O. Patthey & Sons, 2001

A Beautiful Book on a Remarkable & Fascinating Area
This is a beautifully written and illustrated book on the largest bi-national rainforest reserve area in the world. The photographs are some of the best I've ever seen on the rainforest and the writing includes fascinating, yet little known stories about mad rubber kings, fever bark trees, and even how the French Nazi collaborator, Klaus Barbie, ended up in the jungles of Boliva. There is plenty ...

The Last Days of the Incas

32 reviews
Kim MacQuarrie

Simon & Schuster, 2008

Last Days of The Incas
Last Days of the Incas is a splendid book, a complex story well told. Readable and compelling. What I particularly enjoyed: bookending the narrative of fall of the Inca empire with the 20th century hunt for Machu Picchu, Vilcabama, and other Inca sites; inspired comparisons, such as between Wall Street IPOs and conquest expeditions; observations from Machiavelli in the chapter headings, a ...

Gold of the Andes - The Llamas, Alpacas, Vicuñas and Guanacos of South America (Vol.I)
et al Kim MacQuarrie, 1994

Jordi Blassi, Barcelona, Spain, 1994. Gilt Embossed Cloth. Book Condition: New-. Dust Jacket Condition: New-. 25.5 x 29 cms. Oblong. first edition, part of a special impression of 860 copies for Alpha Tops, noble animal fibres - 288 pages - in English - includes a 48 x 69 cms. poster - over 250 mostly color illustrations, incl. many full-page and several double-page - a handsome work on the camelids of South America, their types, history, ...

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