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Guns, Germs, and Steel
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Guns, Germs, and Steel

By Jared Diamond ,

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Touching the Void: The True Story of One Man's Miraculous Survival
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Touching the Void

By Joe Simpson ,

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The Last Days of the Incas
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The Last Days of the Incas

By Kim MacQuarrie ,

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Exquisite Slaves: Race, Clothing, and Status in Colonial Lima
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Exquisite Slaves

By Tamara J. Walker ,

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Ancient Brews: Rediscovered and Re-Created
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Ancient Brews

By Patrick E. McGovern ,

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Turn Right at Machu Picchu: Rediscovering the Lost City One Step at a Time
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Turn Right at Machu Picchu

By Mark Adams ,

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Water Always Wins: Thriving in an Age of Drought and Deluge
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Water Always Wins

By Erica Gies ,

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This Is How We Do It: One Day in the Lives of Seven Kids from around the World
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This Is How We Do It

By Matt Lamothe ,

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The Communist Experience in the Twentieth Century: A Global History Through Sources
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The Communist Experience in the Twentieth Century

By Glennys Young ,

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The Sexual Question: A History of Prostitution in Peru, 1850s-1950s
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The Sexual Question

By Paulo Drinot ,

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Fourteen Monkeys: A Rain Forest Rhyme
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Fourteen Monkeys

By Melissa Stewart , Steve Jenkins (illustrator) ,

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Singing to the Plants: A Guide to Mestizo Shamanism in the Upper Amazon
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Singing to the Plants

By Stephan V. Beyer ,

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Cloud Road: A Journey Through the Inca Heartland
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Cloud Road

By John Harrison ,

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The Shining Path: Love, Madness, and Revolution in the Andes
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The Shining Path

By Orin Starn , Miguel La Serna ,

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Mother of God: An Extraordinary Journey Into the Uncharted Tributaries of the Western Amazon
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Mother of God

By Paul Rosolie ,

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The Conquest of the Incas
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The Conquest of the Incas

By John Hemming ,

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Lost City of the Incas
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Lost City of the Incas

By Hiram Bingham ,

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Antisuyo: The Search for the Lost Cities of the Amazon
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Antisuyo

By Gene Savoy ,

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Vilcabamba and the Archaeology of Inca Resistance
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Vilcabamba and the Archaeology of Inca Resistance

By Brian S. Bauer , Javier Fonseca Santa Cruz , Miriam Aráoz Silva

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Playing with Things: Engaging the Moche Sex Pots
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Playing with Things

By Mary Weismantel ,

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Andean Lives: Gregorio Condori Mamani and Asunta Quispe Huamán
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Andean Lives

By Ricardo Valderrama Fernández , Carmen Escalante Gutiérrez , Paul H. Gelles (translator) , Gabriela Martínez Escobar (translator)

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To Defend Ourselves: Ecology and Ritual in an Andean Village
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To Defend Ourselves

By Billie Jean Isbell ,

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At the Mountains' Altar: Anthropology of Religion in an Andean Community
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At the Mountains' Altar

By Frank Salomon ,

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Earth Beings: Ecologies of Practice Across Andean Worlds
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Earth Beings

By Marisol de la Cadena ,

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The Autobiography of María Elena Moyano: The Life and Death of a Peruvian Activist
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The Autobiography of María Elena Moyano

By Diana M. Tupac (editor) , Patricia Taylor Edmisten (translator) ,

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Now Peru Is Mine: The Life and Times of a Campesino Activist
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Now Peru Is Mine

By Manuel Llamojha Mitma , Jaymie Patricia Heilman ,

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Trials of Nation Making: Liberalism, Race, and Ethnicity in the Andes, 1810–1910
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Trials of Nation Making

By Brooke Larson ,

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When Rains Became Floods: A Child Soldier's Story
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When Rains Became Floods

By Lurgio Gavilán Sánchez , Margaret Randall (translator) ,

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The Fabric of Resistance: Textile Workshops and the Rise of Rebellious Landscapes in Colonial Peru
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The Fabric of Resistance

By Di Hu ,

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A Parrot Without a Name: The Search for the Last Unknown Birds on Earth
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A Parrot Without a Name

By Don Stap ,

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Royal Commentaries of the Incas and General History of Peru
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Royal Commentaries of the Incas and General History of Peru

By Garcilaso de la Vega , Harold V. Livermore (translator) ,

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The Tenth Insight
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The Tenth Insight

By James Redfield ,

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The Cosmic Serpent: DNA and the Origins of Knowledge
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The Cosmic Serpent

By Jeremy Narby ,

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Moon, Sun, and Witches: Gender Ideologies and Class in Inca and Colonial Peru
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Moon, Sun, and Witches

By Irene Marsha Silverblatt ,

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Indian Women of Early Mexico
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Indian Women of Early Mexico

By Susan Schroeder , Stephanie Wood , Robert Haskett

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Old Panama and Castilla del Oro: A Narrative History of the Discovery, Conquest, and Settlement by the Spaniards of Panama, Darien, Veragua, Santo Domingo, Santa Marta, Cartagena, Nicaragua, and Peru
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Old Panama and Castilla del Oro

By Charles Loftus Grant Anderson ,

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Dissident Daughters: Feminist Liturgies in Global Context
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Dissident Daughters

By Teresa Berger (editor) ,

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Let's Eat!: Mealtime Around the World
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Let's Eat!

By Lynne Marie , Parwinder Singh (illustrator) ,

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Colonial Habits: Convents and the Spiritual Economy of Cuzco, Peru
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Colonial Habits

By Kathryn Burns ,

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Trail of Feathers: In Search of the Birdmen of Peru
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Trail of Feathers

By Tahir Shah ,

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The Devil's Cormorant
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The Devil's Cormorant

By Richard J. King ,

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