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Costa Rica: A Journey Through Nature By Adrian Hepworth
The result of more than thirteen years of field work, Adrian Hepworth’s Costa Rica: A Journey through Nature portrays the extraordinary wildlife and landscapes of Costa Rica… READ MORE
I.S.B.N. 978-0-9798804-1-4 U.S. Retail: $39.95
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Medicinal Plants of Costa Rica By Ed Bernhardt
Have you ever wondered why ginger is considered a veritable miracle plant, or how herbs from your own backyard can treat a cold? If you have, then Medicinal Plants of Costa Rica is the … READ MORE
I.S.B.N. 978-0-9705678-9-5 U.S. Retail: $11.95 |
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Rainforests: Costa Rica and Beyond By: Adrian Forsyth Photography by: Michael and Patricia Fogden
Rainforests: Costa Rica and Beyond is a tour through an immensely biodiverse world, one that represents the pinnacle of evolutionary sophistication. Award-winning author Adrian Forsyth draws on four decades of personal encounters with the inhabitants of the rainforest as a starting point for … READ MORE
I.S.B.N. 978-0-9798804-2-1 U.S. Retail: $29.95 |
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Osa: Where the Rainforest Meets the Sea By Trond Larsen Photographs by Roy Toft
In a remote and lush corner of Costa Rica, near the border with Panama, lies a realm of giant trees, potbellied spider monkeys, harpy eagles, prowling jaguars, and herds of white-lipped peccary, a tusked pig-like beast. This is the Osa Peninsula and there is no other place in the world like it. READ MORE
I.S.B.N. 978-0-9816028-2-0 U.S. Retail: $50.00
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The Wildlife of Costa Rica Fiona Reid, Twan Leenders, Jim Zook, Robert Dean
Costa Rica, a peaceful nation with many and diverse animal species, is one of the best places in the world for wildlife watching and nature study. It has an excellent system of national parks and reserves, a wide choice of eco-lodges, and a cadre of professionally trained tourist guides. READ MORE
I.S.B.N. 978-0-98160281-3 U.S. Retail: $29.95 |
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The Birds of Costa Rica Richard Garriguez, Robert Dean
This is the one field guide the novice or experienced birder needs to identify birds in the field in the diverse habitats found in Costa Rica. It features descriptions and illustrations of more than 820 resident and neotropical migrant species found in Costa Rica, all in a compact, portable, user-friendly design. READ MORE
ISBN: 978-0-9705678-5-7 U.S. Retail: $29.95 |
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The Mammals of Costa Rica Mark Wainwright
With detailed information drawn from hundreds of scientific publications and more than 400 spectacular illustrations, The Natural History of Costa Rican Mammals describes all of Costa Rica's readily identifiable terrestrial and freshwater mammals. READ MORE I.S.B.N. 978-0-9705678-1-9 U.S. Retail: $29.95 |
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A Guide to Amphibians and Reptiles of Costa Rica By Twan Leenders
The first-ever comprehensive guide to the amphibians and reptiles of Costa Rica, this book contains detailed descriptions of the majority of the country's species, along with descriptions of orders and families. READ MORE
ISBN: 978-0-9705678-0-2 U.S. Retail: $24.95 |
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Tropical Plants of Costa Rica A Guide to Native and Exotic Flora By Willow Zuchowski - Photographs by Turid Forsyth
This book is beautifully illustrated with more than 540 full-color photographs taken in the field, each depicting an entire plant or a closer view of flowers, fruits, or seeds. Instructive pen-and-ink drawings of botanical details also accompany many of the accounts. READ MORE ISBN: 978-0-9705678-4-7 U.S. Retail: $34.95 |
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Tropical Trees of Costa Rica By Willow Zuchowski - Photographs by Turid Forsyth
Just a quick glance through this book’s index will pique the interest of even the casual reader: angel’s hair, rain tree, gumbo limbo, weeping bottlebrush, mountain immortelle, pink trumpet tree...READ MORE I.S.B.N. 978-0-9705678-7-1 U.S. Retail: $9.95 |
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Tropical Blossoms of Costa Rica By Willow Zuchowski - Photographs by Turid Forsyth
During a morning walk in Costa Rica-through a rainforest, along a country lane, or by the beach—even the casual stroller will notice a variety of beautiful blossoms. Orchids, bromeliads, heliconias, and myriad other kinds of plants thrive here. READ MORE I.S.B.N. 978-0-9705678-8-8 U.S. Retail: $9.95 |
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Hummingbirds of Costa Rica By Michael and Patricia Fogden
The more than 180 stunning photographs in Hummingbirds of Costa Rica depict 44 of the 45 species of hummingbirds that breed in the tropical forests of this Central American country. Taken by a pair of British scientists who have photographed and written about Costa Rican hummers for more than thirty years, the photographs show these small, colorful birds in their natural environment. … READ MORE
I.S.B.N. 978-0-9705678-2-6 U.S. Retail: $35.00 |
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Tropical Fruits of Costa Rica Frutas tropicales de Costa Rica By Ellen Sancho, Marcia Baraona
Fragrances, colors, exquisite flavors: The richness and diversity of the tropics is appropriately symbolized by the fruit that grows there. In this photographic guide, the reader will find accounts of more than 65 fruit species that are cultivated in Costa Rica. READ MORE ISBN: 978-0-9705678-6-4 U.S. Retail: $11.95 |
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What Happen: A Folk-History of Costa Rica’s Talamanca Coast By Paula Palmer
In What Happen the people of Costa Rica's Talamanca Coast talk about everything important to them--how they came from the islands of the Caribbean to the unpopulated shores where they founded the communities of Cahuita and Old Harbour (Puerto Viejo). READ MORE
I.S.B.N. 978-09705678-3-3 U.S. Retail: $13.95 |
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Zari & Marinita: Adventures in a Costa Rican Rainforest / Aventuras en el bosque de Costa Rica By Melina Valdelomar
Marinita is a small morpho butterfly who finds herself lost within an enormous Costa Rican rainforest. Luckily, Marinita meets a small frog named Zari, … READ MORE
I.S.B.N. 978-0-9705678-9-5 U.S. Retail: $11.95 |
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Gallito Pinto: Traditional Recipes From Costa Rica By Andrea Corrales
From Canada to Tierra del Fuego, food aficionados often say that Mexico and Peru are the only legitimate members of the club of great national cuisines in the Americas. Though pronouncements such as these are likely to cause grumbling from Argentina, Brazil, and, indeed, a host of other countries...READ MORE
I.S.B.N.978-09798804-8-3 U.S. Retail: $11.95 |
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Gallito Pinto: Recetas tradicionales de Costa Rica De Andrea Corrales
Desde Canadá hasta la Tierra del Fuego, los aficionados a la cocina a menudo afirman que en América, los únicos miembros legítimos del club de las grandes gastronomies nacionales son México y Perú. Si bien declaraciones como estas muy probablemente provocarían disgustos en Argentina, Brasil y otros países...
I.S.B.N.978-09798804-9-0 U.S. Retail: $11.95 |
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The Birds of Panama: A Field Guide George Angehr, Robert Dean
Panama holds an extraordinary diversity of birds for a country its size. As of 2010, a total of 978 species had been recorded, more than in the United States and Canada, and all in an area about the size of the state of South Carolina. This diversity owes much to Panama’s location at the intersection .... READ MORE
ISBN: 978-0-9798804-5-2 DUE: November 2010 U.S. Retail: $34.95 |
