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Aliveby Piers Paul ReadISBN 1885283083 (1-885283-08-3)
Hardcover, Adventure Library
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Alive'Book summary:On October 12, 1972, an Uruguayan Air Force plane carrying a teamof rugby players crashed in the remote snowy peaks of the Andes. Ten weeks later, only sixteen of the forty-five passengers were found alive. This is the story of those ten weeks spent in the shelter of the plane's fuselage without food and with scarcely any hope of a rescue. The survivors protected and helped one another, and came to the difficult conclusion that to live meant doing the unimaginable. Confronting nature at its most furious, two brave young men risked their lives to hike through the mountains looking for help -- and ultimately found it.
This P.S. edition features an extra 16 pages of insights into the book, including author interviews, recommended reading, and more. [via] 
The Ancient Civilizations of Peruby J. Alden MasonISBN 0140135227 (0-14-013522-7)
Softcover, Penguin Group USA
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The Andes: As the Condor Fliesby Tui De RoyISBN 1554070708 (1-55407-070-8)
Hardcover, Firefly Books, Limited
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At the Crossroads of the Earth and the Sky: An Andean Cosmologyby Gary UrtonISBN 0292704046 (0-292-70404-6)
Softcover, Univ of Texas Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'At the Crossroads of the Earth and the Sky: An Andean Cosmology'Book summary:Above Misminay, the sky also is so divided by the alternation of the two axes of the Milky Way passing through the zenith. This mirror-image quadri-partition of terrestrial and celestial spheres is such that a point within one of the quarters of the earth is related to a point within the corresponding celestial quarter. The transition between the earth and the sky occurs at the horizon, where sacred mountains are related to topographic and celestial features.
Based on fieldwork in Misminay, Peru, Gary Urton details a cosmology in which the Milky Way is central. This is the first study that provides a description and analysis of the astronomical and cosmological system in a contemporary community in the Americas. Separate chapters take up the sun, the moon, meteorological phenomena, the stars, and the planets. Star-to-star constellations, the "animal" dark-cloud constellations that cut through the Milky Way, and certain twilight- and midnight-zenith stars are analyzed in terms of their spatial and temporal integration within an indigenous cosmological framework.
Urton breaks new ground by demonstrating the indigenous merging of such forms of "precise knowledge" as astronomy, meteorology, agriculture, and the correlation of astronomical and biological cycles within a single calendar system. More than sixty diagrams clarify this Quechua system of astronomy and relate it to more familiar principles of Western astronomy and cosmology.
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Broken Images: The Figured Landscape of Nazcaby David Parker, Helaine Silverman, Gerry BadgerISBN 094879786X (0-948797-86-X)
Softcover, Distributed Art Pub Inc
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Canar: A Year In The Highlands Of Ecuadorby Judy BlankenshipISBN 0292706391 (0-292-70639-1)
Softcover, Univ of Texas Pr
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The Centenarians of the Andesby David Michael DaviesISBN 0214200175 (0-214-20017-5)
Hardcover, Barrie and Jenkins
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Ecuador: A Climbing Guideby Yossi BrainISBN 0898867290 (0-89886-729-0)
Softcover, Mountaineers Books
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Excavationby James RollinsISBN 038081093X (0-380-81093-X)
Softcover, Harpercollins
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Hidden Threads of Peru: Q'Ero Textilesby John Cohen, Anne Pollard Rowe, Textile Museum (Washington, D.C.)ISBN 1858941601 (1-85894-160-1)
Softcover, Merrell, in association with the Textile Museum, Washington, D.C.
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The Highest Hell: The First Full Account of the Andes Air Crashby Enrique Hank LopezISBN 0283981105 (0-283-98110-5)
Hardcover, Sidgwick & Jackson
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A History of Hispanic Theatre in the United States: Origins to 1940by Nicolas KanellosISBN 0292730497 (0-292-73049-7)
Hardcover, University of Texas Press
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The Hold Life Has: Coca and Cultural Identity in an Andean Communityby Catherin J. AllenISBN 1588340325 (1-58834-032-5)
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Imperial Eyes : Studies in Travel Writing and Transculturizationby Mary L. PrattISBN 041502675X (0-415-02675-X)
Hardcover, Routledge, Chapman & Hall, Incorporated
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Imperial Eyes: Travel Writing and Transculturationby Mary Louise PrattISBN 0415060958 (0-415-06095-8)
Softcover, Routledge
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The Incasby Nigel DaviesISBN 0870813609 (0-87081-360-9)
Hardcover, Univ of Oklahoma Pr
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The Incas and Their Ancestors: The Archaeology of Peruby Michael E. MoseleyISBN 0500282773 (0-500-28277-3)
Softcover, Thames & Hudson
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The Junius B. Bird Conference on Andean Textiles, April 7th and 8th, 1984by Ann P. Rowe, Textile Museum (Washington, D.C.)ISBN 0874050251 (0-87405-025-1)
Softcover, Textile Museum
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The Land of the Incasby Jacques Soustelle, Hans SilversterISBN 0500274304 (0-500-27430-4)
Softcover, W W Norton & Co Inc
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Lonely Planet Trekking in the Patagonian Andesby Clem LindenmayerISBN 0864421443 (0-86442-144-3)
Softcover, Lonely Planet
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Miracle in the Andes: 72 Days on the Mountain And My Long Trek Homeby Vince Rause, Nando ParradoISBN 1400097673 (1-4000-9767-3)
Hardcover, Crown Pub
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The Mocheby Garth BawdenISBN 0631218637 (0-631-21863-7)
Softcover, Blackwell Pub
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Museums of the Andesby Henry A. LafargeISBN 0882253069 (0-88225-306-9)
Hardcover, Smithmark Pub
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The Mysteries of the Andesby Robert CharrouxISBN 0380017024 (0-380-01702-4)
Hardcover, Avon
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Night Flightby Antoine ExuperyISBN 1417996501 (1-4179-9650-1)
Softcover, Kessinger Publishing, LLC
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Night Flight'Book summary:In this gripping novel, Saint-Exupéry tells about the brave men who piloted night mail planes from Patagonia, Chile, and Paraguay to Argentina in the early days of commercial aviation. Preface by André Gide. Translated by Stuart Gilbert.[via]More editions of Night Flight:
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Night Flightby De Saint ExuperyISBN 0156656051 (0-15-665605-1)
Softcover, Harcourt
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Patagonia: Wild Land At The End Of The Earthby Conger Beasley, Gregory Crouch, Tim HaufISBN 0972074333 (0-9720743-3-3)
Softcover, Tim Hauf Photography
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Peoples Cultures Ancient Peruby Luis Guillermo LumbrerasISBN 0874741513 (0-87474-151-3)
Softcover, Harpercollins
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Pre-Columbian Artby Esther PasztoryISBN 0297824074 (0-297-82407-4)
Hardcover, Trafalgar Square
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Prisoners of the Sunby HergeISBN 0316358436 (0-316-35843-6)
Softcover, Little Brown & Co
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Prisoners of the Sun'Book summary:The Adventures of Tintin (Les Aventures de Tintin) is a series of comic strips created by Belgian artist Herge the pen name of Georges Remi (1907 1983). The series first appeared in French in Le Petit Vingtieme, a children's supplement to the Belgian newspaper Le Vingtieme Siecle on 10 January 1929. Set in a painstakingly researched world closely mirroring our own, Herge's Tintin series continues to be a favorite of readers and critics alike 80 years later.
The hero of the series is Tintin, a young Belgian reporter. He is aided in his adventures from the beginning by his faithful fox terrier dog Snowy (Milou in French). Later, popular additions to the cast included the brash, cynical and grumpy Captain Haddock, the bright but hearing-impaired Professor Calculus (Professeur Tournesol) and other colorful supporting characters such as the incompetent detectives Thomson and Thompson (Dupond et Dupont). Herge himself features in several of the comics as a background character; as do his assistants in some instances.
The success of the series saw the serialized strips collected into a series of albums (24 in all), spun into a successful magazine and adapted for film and theatre. The series is one of the most popular European comics of the 20th century, with translations published in over 50 languages and more than 200 million copies of the books sold to date.
The comic strip series has long been admired for its clean, expressive drawings in Herge's signature ligne claire style. Engaging, well-researched plots straddle a variety of genres: swashbuckling adventures with elements of fantasy, mysteries, political thrillers, and science fiction. The stories within the Tintin series always feature slapstick humor, accompanied in later albums by sophisticated satire, and political and cultural commentary. [via] 
Realm of the Incasby Max MilliganISBN 0007104057 (0-00-710405-7)
Hardcover, Harpercollins
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Rituals of Respect: The Secret of Survival in the High Peruvian Andesby Inge BolinISBN 029270867X (0-292-70867-X)
Softcover, Univ of Texas Pr
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The Spirit of Regeneration: Andean Culture Confronting Western Notions of Developmentby Frederique Apfeel-MarglinISBN 1856495485 (1-85649-548-5)
Softcover, Zed Books
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Star Dust Falling: The Story of the Plane That Vanishedby Jay RaynerISBN 038560226X (0-385-60226-X)
Hardcover, Doubleday
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Stories of Famous Survivalsby Len OrtzenISBN 0213165414 (0-213-16541-4)
Hardcover, Arthur Barker
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Textiles of Ancient Peru and Their Techniquesby Raoul D' HarcourtISBN 0295953314 (0-295-95331-4)
Softcover, Univ of Washington Pr
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Time and Calendars in the Inca Empireby Mariusz S. Ziokowski, Robert M. SadowskiISBN 0860546160 (0-86054-616-0)
Hardcover, B.A.R.
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Tintin: Le Temple Du Soleilby HergeISBN 2203001135 (2-203-00113-5)
Hardcover, Casterman Editions
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Tintin: Le Temple Du Soleil'Book summary:Le 10 janvier 1929, un jeune reporter fait son apparition dans Le Petit Vingtième, le supplément pour enfants du quotidien belge Le XXe siècle. Son nom ? Tintin. Accompagné de Milou, un jeune chien blanc, il part pour la "Russie soviétique". Son créateur, un certain Georges Remi, signe Hergé, pseudonyme inspiré par ses initiales. Après ce premier voyage en Russie, qui donne naissance à l'album Tintin chez les Soviets, le jeune reporter s'envole pour l'Afrique (Tintin au Congo), puis pour l'Amérique. Mais c'est Le Lotus bleu, publié dans Le Petit Vingtième dès août 1934, qui marque un tournant important dans l'Suvre d'Hergé. Celui-ci, après avoir rencontré Tchang Tchong-Jen, jeune étudiant chinois qui lui a ouvert les yeux sur l'Asie, va désormais se soucier de rigueur documentaire. Il va aussi s'efforcer de faire passer dans ses histoires un message d'humanisme et de tolérance. Le succès de son reporter à la houppe ne va cesser de grandir. Hergé lui fait parcourir le monde. Il teinte ses aventures d'onirisme (L'Étoile mystérieuse), flirte avec le surnaturel (Les Sept Boules de cristal), l'expédie même sur la lune.
Il donne à Tintin des compagnons d'aventure qui vont prendre une place essentielle : les Dupont/d (Les Cigares du pharaon), le capitaine Haddock (Le Crabe aux pinces d'or), le professeur Tournesol (Le Secret de la Licorne) ou Bianca Castafiore (Le Sceptre d'Ottokar). Hergé n'hésite pas à jouer avec ses personnages : Les Bijoux de la Castafiore montrent un Tintin dépassé par les événements, loin de son image traditionnelle. Jusqu'à l'Suvre ultime, laissée inachevée par la mort d'Hergé en mars 1983 : Tintin et l'alph-art, dont la dernière case montre le héros en bien fâcheuse posture...
Tintin a su séduire les jeunes comme les adultes. Grâce à la lisibilité de la narration et du dessin, la justesse des dialogues, le sens du rebondissement et de l'intrigue... Mais aussi le souffle de l'aventure, de l'amitié et de la générosité. Et, en plus, ce quelque chose d'indéfinissable qu'Hergé lui-même ne savait expliquer... Une bande dessinée universelle. --Gilbert Jacques [via]
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Tintin Prisoners Of Sunby HergeISBN 0613718259 (0-613-71825-9)
Hardcover, Bt Bound
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To Defend Ourselves: Ecology and Ritual in an Andean Villageby Billie Jean IsbellISBN 0292780311 (0-292-78031-1)
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To Weave for the Sun: Ancient Andean Textiles in the Museum of Fine Arts, Bostonby Rebecca Stone-MillerISBN 0500277931 (0-500-27793-1)
Softcover, W W Norton & Co Inc
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Touching the Voidby Joe SimpsonISBN 0060916540 (0-06-091654-0)
Softcover, Harpercollins
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Touching the Void'Book summary:Concise and yet packed with detail, Touching the Void, Joe Simpson's harrowing account of near-death in the Peruvian Andes, is a compact tour de force that wrestles with issues of bravery, friendship, physical endurance, the code of the mountains, and the will to live. Simpson dedicates the book to his climbing partner, Simon Yates, and to "those friends who have gone to the mountains and have not returned." What is it that compels certain individuals to willingly seek out the most inhospitable climate on earth? To risk their lives in an attempt to leave footprints where few or none have gone before? Simpson's vivid narrative of a dangerous climbing expedition will convince even the most die-hard couch potato that such pursuits fall within the realm of the sane. As the author struggles ever higher, readers learn of the mountain's awesome power, the beautiful--and sometimes deadly--sheets of blue glacial ice, and the accomplishment of a successful ascent. And then catastrophe: the second half of Touching the Void sees Simpson at his darkest moment. With a smashed, useless leg, he and his partner must struggle down a near-vertical face--and that's only the beginning of their troubles. [via]
Touching the Void: The True Story of One Man's Miraculous Survivalby Joe SimpsonISBN 0060730552 (0-06-073055-2)
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The Travelling Naturalistsby Clare LloydISBN 0295963042 (0-295-96304-2)
Hardcover, Granite Impex Ltd
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Treasures of the Andes: The Glories of Inca And Pre-Columbian South Americaby Jeffrey QuilterISBN 1844831876 (1-84483-187-6)
Hardcover, Sterling Pub Co Inc
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Trekking in the Patagonian Andesby Clem Lindenmayer, Nick TappISBN 186450059X (1-86450-059-X)
Softcover, Lonely Planet Publications
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Vagabonding Down the Andes Being the Narrative of a Journey, Chiefly Afoot, from Panama to Buenos Airesby Harry A. FranckISBN 1417902574 (1-4179-0257-4)
Softcover, Kessinger Pub Co
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The White Rock: An Exploration of the Inca Heartlandby Hugh ThomsonISBN 1585675032 (1-58567-503-2)
Softcover, Penguin Group USA
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Woven Stories: Andean Textiles and Ritualsby Andrea M. HeckmanISBN 0826329349 (0-8263-2934-9)
Hardcover, Univ of New Mexico Pr
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Vol De Nuitby Antoine De Saint-ExuperyISBN 2070360040 (2-07-036004-0)
Softcover, Schoenhofs Foreign Books
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Vol De Nuit'Book summary:Les faiblesses, les abandons, les déchéances de l'homme, (...) la littérature de nos jours n'est que trop habile à les dénoncer ; mais ce surpassement de soi qu'obtient la volonté tendue, c'est là ce que nous avons surtout besoin qu'on nous montre.
André Gide note aussi dans sa préface que les courriers postaux de nuit étaient encore hasardeux en ces années trente. Les pilotes, à la fois bergers du ciel, veilleurs et messagers, font donc preuve de pugnacité, de courage, mais aussi de joie puissante face aux éléments et à l'inconnu. Entre ces hommes et leur chef Rivière, avant tout accaparé par les événements, se noue pourtant une silencieuse fraternité due peut-être à cette certitude commune : "Le bonheur n'est pas dans la liberté mais dans l'acceptation d'un devoir."
Vol de nuit est le roman qui fit connaître Saint-Exupéry et reçut le prix Femina en 1931. Plus encore que dans Courrier sud où le témoignage de ses vols se mêle à une intrigue amoureuse, Saint-Exupéry retient ici la noblesse et l'héroïsme de son personnage, conférant à son récit des allures d'épopée. --Laure Anciel [via]
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