Brazil : The Rough Guide (3rd Ed)by David Cleary (Editor), Dilwyn Jenkins, Oliver Marshall, Jim Hine - Price: $17.56 - paperback, 736 pages Published by Rough Guides - publication date: February 1998
The Rough Guide to Brazil is packed with nuts-and-bolts advice on exploring the Amazon, partying in Rio and visiting towns and villages across the nation. The Rough Guide offers detailed recommendations for lodging (from the family-run pensao to luxury hotels) and restaurants (where to get the best feijoada, a hearty stew garnished with orange slices). Included are must-read accounts of ecological issues, Carnaval and Brazil's renowned musical and dance traditions,from bossa nova to capoiera and everything in between. 12 pages of color photos. 57 maps.
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Brazil Up Close : The Sensuous & Adventurous Guideby Pamela Bloom
Price: $15.96 / Paperback, 741 pages Published by Hunter Pub Publication date: December 1996 - Dimensions (in inches): 1.56 x 8.36 x 5.41 - ISBN: 1556507550
Brazil (Country Insights) By Marion Morrison - Price: $24.97
Reading level: Ages 9-12 - 48 pages (June 1997) Flipping back and forth between Sao Paulo, South America's largest city, and the small village of Horto, the book somewhat disjointedly reports on various aspects of life in Brazil's urban and rural areas, including climate, topography, jobs, schools, and leisure activities.
The clearly reproduced color photographs might have included more shots of the families the text uses as examples.
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Insight Guides Brazil - 4 Edition
by Edwin Taylor (Editor) - Price: $18.36 - Paperback Published by Apa Productions - Publication date: January 1998 - Dimensions (in inches): 0.77 x 8.78 x 5.96 - ISBN: 0887296246
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Eat Smart in Brazil - How to Decipher the Menu Know the Market Foods & Embark on a Tasting Adventure by Joan Peterson, David Peterson, S.V. Medaris - Price: $10.36Travel Editor's Recommended Book, 06/01/97: Brazil is a complex country of Indian, Portuguese, and African descent that mixes its heritage in amazing culinary concoctions, but you need savvy to partake as fully and gloriously as you might like. From abacaxi (pineapple) and abobrinha (squash) to national favorites like farofa de banana (bananas fried with onion rings and manioc meal) and patinho de carangueijo ao vinagrete (marinated crab claws), you'll not want for good food.
Joan and David Peterson do more than let you know what's out there, they give you the vocabulary to ask for it, and even include some recipes to recreate at home.
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Lonely Planet Brazil (Lonely Planet Survival Guide)
by Andrew Draffen, Chris McAsey, Leonardo Pinheiro, Robyn Jones - Price: $14.36
Synopsis
Offering complete and reliable information for independent travelers on accommodation options for every budget, suggested
itineraries, comprehensive health advice and safety tips, plus asides on history, legends, food, fashion, pop culture, sports,
and more, this guide is the perfect companion for any traveler's trip to Brazil. 120 detailed maps. in color.
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Novas Travessias Contemporary Brazilian Photography
by Maria Luiza Melo Carvalho (Editor) - Price: $20.00 - Paperback, 191 pages Published by Verso Books - Publication date: March 1996 - Dimensions (in inches): 0.65 x 9.29 x 9.26 - ISBN: 1859840884
Guide to Brazil : Amazon, Pantanal, Coastal Regions
by Alex Bradbury, Geoffrey Roy, Ric Goodman - Price: $14.36 - 2nd Edition - Paperback, 256 pages Published by Globe Pequot Pr - Publication date: September 1997 - Dimensions (in inches): 0.82 x 8.55 x 5.37 - ISBN: 1898323593
My Last Chance to Be a Boy : Theodore Roosevelt's South American Expedition of 1913-1914
by Joseph R. Ornig, Tweed Roosevelt - Price: $20.97 - Hardcover, 258 pages - Published by Stackpole Books - Publication date: September 1994 - Dimensions (in inches): 1.18 x 9.31 x 6.33 - ISBN: 081171098X
Synopsis Using letters, diaries, and firsthand accounts, Ornig has pieced together the gripping story of Theodore Roosevelt's 1913-1914 expedition into the Brazilian equatorial forest that charted the course of the River of Doubt. The 54-year-old former president regarded the trip as his "last chance to be a boy", enjoying the skirmishes with tribesmen and wild animals and the overall adventure of the outing. 48 photos. --This text refers to the paperback (reprint) edition of this title.
Booknews, Inc. , 02/01/95: Using letters, diaries, and firsthand accounts from participants, Ornig pieces together the gripping story of Roosevelt's 1914 expedition in the Brazilian equatorial forest, charting the course of the River of Doubt. Ornig's work is a supplement to Roosevelt's own account and includes more information about Roosevelt's illnesses and injuries on the trip, which Roosevelt downplayed in his journals. Includes b&w photos from the expedition. Annotation copyright Book News, Inc. Portland, Or.
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This Place Is Wet (Imagine Living Here)
by Vicki Cobb, Barbara Lavallee (Illustrator)- Price: $5.56 - Reading Level: Ages 4-8 Reprint Edition - Paperback - Published by Walker & Co - Publication date: May 1993 - Dimensions (in inches): 0.34 x 10.17 x 8.69 - ISBN: 0802773990
Card catalog description
Focuses on the land, ecology, people, and animals of the Amazon rain forest in Brazil, presenting it as an example of a place
where there is so much water that some houses need to be built on stilts. --This text refers to the library edition of this
title.
Travelers' Tales Brazilby Annette Haddad (Editor), Scott Doggett (Editor) - Price: $14.36 - Paperback Published by Travelers' Tales Inc - Publication date: February 1997 - Dimensions (in inches): 0.93 x 7.99 x 5.14 - ISBN: 1885211112
Synopsis
Shining a light on a country where the commingling of cultures has created a people who are unafraid to embrace life. Just a few of the many stories and notable authors readers will find in this book are "A Place for Living" by Bill McKibben, "Opium of the People" by Alma Guillermoprieto, "On the Banks of the Solimoes" by Joe Kane, and many more.
The publisher, O'Reilly and Associates
Brazil is a land of superlatives. It has the biggest freshwater fish and the rivers to go with them, the largest jungle and the greatest number of species. It makes the world's best music and throws the world's wildest party. This land where primeval meets modernity teems with life -- and what makes life worth living -- and nothing is done in moderation.
Travelers' Tales Brazil shines a light on a country where the commingling of cultures -- of indigenous tribes, the Portuguese colonists, the West Africans -- has created a people who are unafraid to embrace life. The Brazilians have a word -- saudade -- that means a longing for what could have been. It's a feeling as universal as the sun, but in Brazil no one, including the traveler, allows saudade to interfere with the moment. For the traveler, though, it's a feeling that lingers long after leaving Brazil. Just a few of the many stories and notable authors you will find in the book: "A Place for Living," by Bill McKibben; "Opium of the People," by Alma Guillermoprieto; "Bodo Sing-Along," by Joe Kane; "Alone and Unarmed," by Petru Popescu; "Belem Takes Its Time," by Augusta Dwyer; and "The Guy from Ipanema," by John Krich.
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Why Is This Country Dancing : A One-Man Samba to the Beat of
Brazilby John Krich - Price: $15.40 - Hardcover, 319 pages Published by Simon & Schuster - Publication date: February 1993 - Dimensions (in inches): 0.98 x 8.74 x 5.82
Synopsis
Music echoes on every page of this superb portrait of South America's most diverse country, by the author of El Beisbol and Music in Every Room. This remarkable book is both a vivid look at a vast land, where the cult of pleasure lives side by side with grinding poverty, and the first in-depth study of the music and musicians of the most musical country on Earth.
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Frommer's Brazil 98
Price: $19.95 - Paperback - Published by Frommer - Publication date: May 1998 - ISBN: 0028621719
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The Amazon (Pollard, Michael, Great Rivers.)
by Michael Pollard - Price: $19.22 - Library Binding - Published by Marshall Cavendish Corp. - Publication date: November 1997 - Dimensions (in inches): 0.42 x 11.67 x 8.83 - ISBN: 0761405011
From Horn Book
Thorough writing and plenty of color photographs and maps reveal how the Amazon was formed and the rich history of the
areas and peoples along the river. Also discussed are the Amazon rainforest, the people who live there, the unique creatures
and plants that thrive there, and what's being done about the numerous threats to the rainforest's existence. Glos., ind.
Synopsis
Describes the effects of the world's second longest river on the history, food, economy, transportation, plants, wildlife, and
people of the region through which it flows.