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William Miller and the Independence of Spanish South America

by John Hemming ...

An expansive biography of William (or Guillermo, as he is known in South America) Miller, a soldier well-recognized and loved not just in modern Peru but across the swath of nations liberated from Spanish rule during the nineteenth century.During Admiral Thomas Cochrane’s demolition of imperial Spain’s naval presence in the Pacific amid the revolutionary wars for Spanish South America, all the ... Read more

$38.99 CAD

An expansive biography of William (or Guillermo, as he is known in South America) Miller, a soldier well-recognized and loved not just in modern Peru but across the swath of nations liberated from Spanish rule during the nineteenth century.During Admiral Thomas Cochrane’s demolition of imperial Spain’s naval presence in the Pacific amid the revolutionary wars for Spanish South America, all the
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Naturalists in Paradise: Wallace, Bates and Spruce in the Amazon

by John Hemming ...

The thrilling stories of the three pioneering English naturalists’ explorations and discoveries in the world’s richest ecosystemOne hundred and fifty years ago, the young naturalists Alfred Wallace, Henry Walter Bates, and Richard Spruce were on a journey. Their destination, Amazonia—the world’s largest tropical forest with the greatest river system and richest ecosystem—was then an almost ... Read more

$32.99 CAD

The thrilling stories of the three pioneering English naturalists’ explorations and discoveries in the world’s richest ecosystemOne hundred and fifty years ago, the young naturalists Alfred Wallace, Henry Walter Bates, and Richard Spruce were on a journey. Their destination, Amazonia—the world’s largest tropical forest with the greatest river system and richest ecosystem—was then an almost
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Tree of Rivers: The Story of the Amazon

by John Hemming ...

“In his long career of exploration and scholarship, Hemming has become a powerful advocate for the Amazon.”—The New York Times, John HemmingAmazonia is one of the most magnificent habitats on earth. Containing the world’s largest river, with more water and a broader basin than any other, it hosts a great expanse of tropical rain forest, home to the planet’s most luxuriant biological diversity.The ... Read more

$22.99 CAD

“In his long career of exploration and scholarship, Hemming has become a powerful advocate for the Amazon.”—The New York Times, John HemmingAmazonia is one of the most magnificent habitats on earth. Containing the world’s largest river, with more water and a broader basin than any other, it hosts a great expanse of tropical rain forest, home to the planet’s most luxuriant biological diversity.The
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People of the Rainforest

The Villas Boas Brothers, Explorers and Humanitarians of the Amazon

by John Hemming ...

In 1945, three young brothers joined and eventually led Brazil's first government-sponsored expedition into its Amazonian rainforests. After more expeditions into unknown terrain, they became South America's most famous explorers, spending the rest of their lives with the resilient tribal communities they found there. People of the Rainforest recounts the Villas Boas brothers' four thrilling and ... Read more

$23.99 CAD

In 1945, three young brothers joined and eventually led Brazil's first government-sponsored expedition into its Amazonian rainforests. After more expeditions into unknown terrain, they became South America's most famous explorers, spending the rest of their lives with the resilient tribal communities they found there. People of the Rainforest recounts the Villas Boas brothers' four thrilling and
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The Conquest of the Incas

by John Hemming ...

Narrated by Gary Tiedemann ...

Unabridged

23 hours 57 min

In 1532, the magnificent Inca empire was the last great civilization still isolated from the rest of humankind. The Conquest of the Incas is the definitive history of this civilization's overthrow, from the invasion by Pizarro's small gang of conquistadors and the Incas' valiant attempts to expel the invaders to the destruction of the Inca realm, the oppression of its people, and the modern ... Read more

$48.99 CAD

In 1532, the magnificent Inca empire was the last great civilization still isolated from the rest of humankind. The Conquest of the Incas is the definitive history of this civilization's overthrow, from the invasion by Pizarro's small gang of conquistadors and the Incas' valiant attempts to expel the invaders to the destruction of the Inca realm, the oppression of its people, and the modern
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Forgotten Vilcabamba

by Vincent R. Lee ...

An important addition to the annals of archaeological exploration in the high Andes of Peru by architect/explorer Vincent R. Lee describing lost Vilcabamba, the once-powerful Incas' mysterious redoubt in the jungles of the Upper Amazon. Woven together are the region's bloody history in the aftermath of the Spanish Conquest, the saga of intrepid early efforts to unlock Vilcabamba's secrets three ... Read more

$11.99 CAD

An important addition to the annals of archaeological exploration in the high Andes of Peru by architect/explorer Vincent R. Lee describing lost Vilcabamba, the once-powerful Incas' mysterious redoubt in the jungles of the Upper Amazon. Woven together are the region's bloody history in the aftermath of the Spanish Conquest, the saga of intrepid early efforts to unlock Vilcabamba's secrets three
... Read more
Climate, Ticks and Disease

by Saeed Alasmari, Neil Alexander, Abdelghafar Alkishe, Reiko Arai, Armanda Bastos, Gervasio Henrique Bechara, John Beier, Giovanni Benelli, Joshua Benoit, Dennis Bente, Richard Bishop, Adrien Blisnick, René Bødker, Fernando Boinas, Sarah Bonnet, Nathalie Boulanger, Alejandro Cabezas-Cruz, Alexandre Rodrigues Caetano, Cyril Caminade, Jirí Cerny´, Roxanne Albertha Charles, Ali Reza Chavshin, Rosalind Cornforth, Neil Coughlan, Peter Cox, Lauren Culler, Milan Daniel, Vlasta Danielova, Mona Dehhaghi, Maria Diuk-Wasser, James P Duffy, Olivier Duron, Lars Eisen, Rebecca Eisen, Jana Elsterová, Koray Ergünay, Agustín Estrada-Peña, Li-Qun Fang, Natalia Fernández-Ruiz, Erol Fikrig, Serhii Filatov, Durland Fish, Janet Foley, José de la Fuente, Roman Ganta, Aysen Gargili Keles, Robin Beat Gasser, Abdul Ghafar, Naftaly Githaka, Lucy Gilbert, Maryna Golovchenko, Yuval Gottlieb, Ernest Gould, Jeremy Gray, Libor Grubhoffer, Gilles J. Guillemin, Kayleigh M. Hansford, Charles Hart, John E. Healy, Deborah Hemming, Stephen Higgs, Andrew Hoodless, Yan-Jang S. Huang, Bernard Hudson, Chris Huntingford, Peter Irwin, Abdul Jabbar, Nicholas Johnson, Esther Kanduma, Sirri Kar, Maria Kazimirova, Neil Kaye, Thomas C. Kelly, Lene Jung Kjaer, Agatha Onyemowo Kolo, Eduard Korenberg, Nina Król, Chi-Chien Kuo, Timothy J. Kurtti, Xavier de Lamballerie, Patrick A. Leighton, Hao Li, L. Robbin Lindsay, Wei Liu, Geoffrey E. Lynn, Ilya Maclean, Ben J. Mans, Maristela Martins de Camargo, Karen D. McCoy, Jolyon M. Medlock, Ulrike G. Munderloh, Atle Mysterud, Sukanya Narasimhan, Anna Obiegala, Dasiel Obregón Alvarez, Mari H. Ogihara, Stefan Vilges de Oliveira, Charlotte Oskam, Domenico Otranto, Kennan J. Oyen, Neha Pandey, Hamed Kazemi Shariat Panahi, A. Townsend Peterson, John H. O. Pettersson, Martin Pfeffer, L. Paul Phipps, Heather J. Plumpton, Tatjana Pustahija, Ram Raghavan, Ryan O.M Rego, Annapaola Rizzoli, Isobel Ronai, Franz Rubel, Natalie Rudenko, Benjamin Ruiwen, Rufus Sage, Abdallah M. Samy, Gustavo Seron Sanches, Isabel Kinney Ferreira Santos, Marcello Otake Sato, Megumi Sato, Richard Schloeffel, Seyyed Javad Seyyed-Zadeh, Ladislav Šimo, Sunit Kumar Singh, Daniel E. Sonenshine, Morgan Sparey, Frederic Stachurski, Snorre Stuen, Matias Pablo Juan Szabó, DeMar Taylor, Mike Teglas, Sam R. Telford III, Saravanan Thangamani, Georgia Titcomb, Attila J. Trájer, Michael Turell, Rika Umemiya-Shirafuji, Dana L. Vanlandingham, Laurence Vial, Margarita Villar, Richard Wall, André B. B. Wilke, G. R. William Wint, Jianhong Wu, Zbigniew Zajac, Xue Zhang, Dr Nicholas H. Ogden ...

Series Book 18 - CABI Climate Change Series
This book brings together expert opinions from scientists to consider the evidence for climate change and its impacts on ticks and tick-borne infections. It considers what is meant by 'climate change', how effective climate models are in relation to ecosystems, and provides predictions for changes in climate at global, regional and local scales relevant for ticks and tick-borne infections. It ... Read more

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This book brings together expert opinions from scientists to consider the evidence for climate change and its impacts on ticks and tick-borne infections. It considers what is meant by 'climate change', how effective climate models are in relation to ecosystems, and provides predictions for changes in climate at global, regional and local scales relevant for ticks and tick-borne infections. It
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The Last Days of the Incas

by Kim MacQuarrie ...

The epic story of the fall of the Inca Empire to Spanish conquistador Francisco Pizarro in the aftermath of a bloody civil war, and the recent discovery of the lost guerrilla capital of the Incas, Vilcabamba, by three American explorers.In 1532, the fifty-four-year-old Spanish conquistador Francisco Pizarro led a force of 167 men, including his four brothers, to the shores of Peru. Unbeknownst to ... Read more

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The epic story of the fall of the Inca Empire to Spanish conquistador Francisco Pizarro in the aftermath of a bloody civil war, and the recent discovery of the lost guerrilla capital of the Incas, Vilcabamba, by three American explorers.In 1532, the fifty-four-year-old Spanish conquistador Francisco Pizarro led a force of 167 men, including his four brothers, to the shores of Peru. Unbeknownst to
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The Unconquered

In Search of the Amazon's Last Uncontacted Tribes

by Scott Wallace ...

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • The extraordinary true story of a journey into the deepest recesses of the Amazon to track one of the planet's last uncontacted indigenous tribes.Even today there remain tribes in the far reaches of the Amazon rainforest that have avoided contact with modern civilization. Deliberately hiding from the outside world, they are the last survivors of an ancient culture that ... Read more

$17.99 CAD

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NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • The extraordinary true story of a journey into the deepest recesses of the Amazon to track one of the planet's last uncontacted indigenous tribes.Even today there remain tribes in the far reaches of the Amazon rainforest that have avoided contact with modern civilization. Deliberately hiding from the outside world, they are the last survivors of an ancient culture that
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Conquistadors

Searching for El Dorado: The Terrifying Spanish Conquest of the Aztec and Inca Empires

by John Pemberton ...

In the sixteenth century the King of Spain issued his soldiers with a three-pronged mission: to find gold, spread the word of Christianity and claim new territories for Spain. The Conquistadors, as they became known, set off into the world to do just that, and nothing was to stand in their way. Some say that the discovery of the New World is the greatest event in history. Others, that it amounted ... Read more

$2.99 CAD

In the sixteenth century the King of Spain issued his soldiers with a three-pronged mission: to find gold, spread the word of Christianity and claim new territories for Spain. The Conquistadors, as they became known, set off into the world to do just that, and nothing was to stand in their way. Some say that the discovery of the New World is the greatest event in history. Others, that it amounted
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Mexico and the Spanish Conquest

by Ross Hassig ...

What role did indigenous peoples play in the Spanish conquest of Mexico? Ross Hassig explores this question in Mexico and the Spanish Conquest by incorporating primary accounts from the Indians of Mexico and revisiting the events of the conquest against the backdrop of the Aztec empire, the culture and politics of Mesoamerica, and the military dynamics of both sides. He analyzes the weapons, ... Read more

$21.99 CAD

What role did indigenous peoples play in the Spanish conquest of Mexico? Ross Hassig explores this question in Mexico and the Spanish Conquest by incorporating primary accounts from the Indians of Mexico and revisiting the events of the conquest against the backdrop of the Aztec empire, the culture and politics of Mesoamerica, and the military dynamics of both sides. He analyzes the weapons,
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Fortifications of the Incas

1200–1531

by H. W. Kaufmann, J.E. Kaufmann ...

Series Book 47 - Fortress
The greatest period of Inca expansion occurred during the reigns of Pachacuti (1438–71), Tupa Inca (1471–93), and Huayna Capac (1493–1527).From the mountain stronghold of Cuzco, they subjugated the surrounding kingdoms and territories, absorbing their civilizations and their peoples. By 1525, they dominated much of the west of the continent, relying on fortified strongholds, an extensive system of ... Read more

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The greatest period of Inca expansion occurred during the reigns of Pachacuti (1438–71), Tupa Inca (1471–93), and Huayna Capac (1493–1527).From the mountain stronghold of Cuzco, they subjugated the surrounding kingdoms and territories, absorbing their civilizations and their peoples. By 1525, they dominated much of the west of the continent, relying on fortified strongholds, an extensive system of
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