Suggested Reading

General Reading

  • Back From Tuichi by Yossi Ghinsberg Published by Random House, 1993.
  • Bolivia in Focus by Paul Van Lindert nd Otto Verkoren, Published by Latin American Buerau, 1994.
  • Chasing Che by Patrick Symmes, Published by Vintage, 2000. 
  • Culture shock! Bolivia by Mark Cramer, Published by Portland, Ore: Graphics Arts Center, 1996.
  • Digging up Butch and Sundance by Anne Meadows.
  • Dance of the Four Winds by Alberto Villoldo & Erik Jendresen Published by Destiny Books, 1990.
  • Fingerprints of the Gods by Graham Hancock Published by Crown, 1996.
  • Forbidden Archaeology: The Hidden History of the Human Race by Michael A. Cremo, Richard L. Thompson Published by Torchlight, 1994.
  • Healthy Travel: Bugs, Bites & Bowels by Dr. Jane Wilson Howarth
  • Historia de Bolivia by José de Mesa, Teresa Gisbert & Carlos D.Mesa Gisbert, Published by Editorial Gisbert (4th Ed.), 2001
  • Island of the Sun by Alberto Villoldo & Erik Jendresen Published by Destiny Books, 1992.
  • Lost Cities and Ancient Mysteries of South America by David Hatcher Childress Published by Adventures Unlimited Press, 1986.
  • One River - Explorations and Discoveries in the Amazon Rainforest by Wade Davis Published by Simon & Schuster, 1996.
  • People of the Tropical Rain Forest Edited by Julie Sloan Denslow & Christine Padoch
  • Revolutions in Bolivia by Fred Hendel, Published by Aventura Press, 1992.
  • Tales of a Shaman's Apprentice - An Ethnobotanist Searches for New Medicines in the Amazon Rain Forest by Mark J. Plotkin, Ph.D.
  • The Conquest of the Incas by John Hemming Published by New York: Harcourt, Brace Yovanovich, 1970.
  • The High Altitude Medicine Handbook by Pollard, Andrew, and David Murdoch, Published by Oxford and New York: Radcliffe Medical Press, 1997.
  • The History of the Incas by Alfred Metraux Published by Schocken Books, 1970.
  • The Outward Bound Wilderness First-Aid Handbook by Jeff Isaac and Peter Goth, M.D. Published by Lyons & Burford, 1991.
  • The War of Don Emmanuel's Nether Parts by Louis de Bernieres, Published by Vintage, 1998.
  • Tiwanaku: Portrait of an Andean Civilization by Alan Kolata Published by Blackwell Publishers, 1993.
  • Traditional Textiles of the Andes - Life and Cloth in the Highlands by Lynn Meisch
  • Atlantis: The Andes solution by J.M.Alen, 1998.
  • Guns, Germs & Steel by Jared Dymond. Published by W.W.Norton & Company, Inc. 1996.
  • Collapse. Jared Dymond.
  • 1941. Uncovering the New World Columbus by Charles C. Mann. 2005
  • In Patagonia by Bruce Chatwin. Published by Penguin Books. 1977.

Travellers & trekking guides

  • A Traveler's Guide to El Dorado and the Inca Empire by Lynn Meisch Published by New York: Viking Penguin Inc., 1977.
  • Adventuring in the Andes: The Sierra Club Travel Guide to Ecuador, Peru, Bolivia, the Amazon Basin and the Galapagos Islands by Charles Frazier with Donald Secreast Published by San Francisco: Sierra Club Books, 1985.
  • Backpacking and Trekking in Peru and Bolivia by Hilary Bradt Published by London: Bradt Publications UK & The Globe Pequot Press Inc., USA, 1987.
  • Bolivia: A travel Survival kit by Deanna Swaney Published by Berkeley: Lonely Planet Publications, 1996.
  • Bolivia Handbook by Alan Murphy Published by Footprint Handbooks, 1998.
  • Exploring South America by Loren McIntire Published by New York: Clarkson N. Potter, Inc. 1990.
  • The Latin America Travel Advisor by Robert and Daisy Kunstaetter Editions.
  • The South American Handbook by Ben Box (ed.) Published by London: Trade and Travel Publications and in the USA by Prentice-Hall Trade, yearly revisions.
  • Trekking in Bolivia - A Traveler's Guide by Yossi Brain, Published by the Mountaineers, 1997.
  • The Andes: A trekking guide by John Biggar & Cathy Biggar, 2001.
  • Trekking & Climbing in the Andes by Val Pitkethly & Kate Harper, 2002.
  • Turistel: A complete turistic guide of Chile, 2005
  • Unforgetable Journeys to take - Before you die by Steve Watkings and CLare Jones. Published by BBC books. 2007. 

Climbing

  • Bolivia: A Climbing guide by Yossi Brain, Published by the Mountaineers books, 1999.
  • Die Konigskordillere: berg und skiwndern in Bolivien by Pecher Robert and Walter Schmiemann, Published by Christoph and Michael Hofbauer, 1983.
  • High Altitude: Illness and Wellness by Charles Houston, M.D. Published by ICS Books, 1993.
  • La Cordillera Real de los Andes by Alain Mesili, Published by “Los amigos del Libro”, 1984 (reprint 1996).
  • Mountaineering in the Andes: A sourcebook for climbers by Jill Neate, Published by the Royal Geographic Society, 1994.
  • Mountains in Bolivia by Hendel Fred Published by Aventura Press, 1992. • Southern Cordillera Real by Peter and Schmiemann Published by “Publicaciones plata” Switzerland.
  • The High Andes: A guide for Climbers by John Biggar Published by Andes, 1996. 
  • The Andes: A trekking guide by John Biggar Published by Andes, 2001
  • Traumberge Amerikas: Von Alaska bis Feuerland by Eckehasd Radehose Published by Bergverlag Rother, 1996
  • Los Andes de Bolivia – Guía de escaladas by Alain Mesili Published by CIMA Producciones, 2002

Birds

  • A Bird list of Bolivia by Fundación Armonía, Published by Fundación Armonía, Santa Cruz 1995.
  • A guide to the Birds of Colombia by Steven L.Hilty and William L.Brown, Illustrated by Guy Tudor and others, Published by Princeton University Press, Princeton/N.J. 1986.
  • A Guide to the World's Best Bird watching Place: Amboro Protected Area Bolivia by Robin Clarke Gemuseus and Francois Sagot. Published by Armonia, 1996.
  • A guide of the Birds of South America by R. Meyer de Schaunesse, by Livingston Publishing Company, 1970.
  • An Annotated List to the birds of Bolivia by J.V. Remsen, Jr. & Melvin A. Traylor, Jr. Buteo books, 1989.
  • Aves de Bolivia by N. Kempff Mercado, Published by Editorial Quisbert, La Paz 1985.
  • Birds of Argentina and Uruguay. A field guide by T.Narosky and D.Yzurieta, Published by Vazquez Mazzini Editores, Buenos Aires 1993.
  • Birds of Tropical America by S.L.Hilty by V.T.Chapters Publ.Co., 1994.
  • Die grosse Enzyklopadie del Vogel by C.M. Perrins, Published by Mosaik Verlag, Munich 1992.
  • Observando aves em Curitiba by S.Cusatis Lucolli and Z.Koch, Published by Fundacao o Boticario de Protecao a Natureza, Curitiba/PR 1993.
  • South American Land Birds A Photographic Aid to Identification by John S. Dunning, Published by Harrowood Books, Newton Square/Pa. 1987
  • The Avifauna of the Beni Biologica Station, Bolivia by R.C.Braze, J.Hornbuckle, and J.W.Pearce-Higgings, Published by Bird Conservation International (in press), 1996.
  • The Birds of South America. Volume 1. The Oscine Passerines by R.S. Ridgley, and G.Tudor by University of Texas Press, 1989.
  • The Birds of South America. Volume 2. The Suboscine Passerines by R.S. Ridgley, and G.Tudor by University of Texas Press, 1994.
  • Where to Watch Birds in South America by Nigel Wheatley Published by Christopher Helm, 1994.

Natural History

  • A Neotropical Companion: An Introduction to the Animals, Plants, and Ecosystems of the New World Tropics by John C. Kricher Published by Princeton University Press, 1989.
  • Amazon Wildlife by Hans-Ulrich Bernard Published by Insight Guides, 1992. • Butterflies of South America by D’Abrera by Hill House, 1984.
  • Chimane Resource Use and Market Involvement in the Beni Biosphere Reserve, Bolivia by A.Chocchon (Ph.D thesis), Published by University of Florida, Gainesville/Fla 1992.
  • Lessons of the Rainforest by Suzanne Head & Robert Heinzman
  • Guide to the Amazon by Roger Harris & Peter Harrison
  • Libro rojo de los vertebrados en Bolivia by P.Ergueta and C.Morales, Published by Centro de Datos para la Conservación, La Paz 1996.
  • Mammals of the Netropics. Vol.2 by K.H.Redford, and J.F.Eisenberg, Published by Chicago University press, Chicago 1992.
  • Neotropical Rainforest Mammals. A field guide by Louise H.Emmons, and Francois Feer, Published by the University of Chicago, Chicago 1997.
  • The Cloud Forest by Peter Mathiessen Published by New York: Viking Press, 1961.
  • Tropical Nature: Life and death in the Rainforest of Central and South America by Adrian Forsyth and Ken Miyata by Charles Scribner’s Sons, 1984.
  • Hidrografia de Bolivia by the “Servicio Nacional de Hidrografía Naval Boliviana”: Talleres Gráficos del Instituto Geográfico Militar, 1998.

Photo Books

  • 6000+ The thirteen 6,000 meter mountains of BOlivia by willy Kenning. 2006.