Birds of Perú

This is the first guide ever published on the word's most important birding country, and fills a huge gap in our knowledge of South American ornithology. Peru harbors almost 1800 species of birds, including 118 endemics, in every habitat ranging from coast and deserts to 23,000 foot snow-capped Andean peaks, intermontane valleys, lush cloud forests and tropical rainforests.

Yawar Fiesta (ingles) / Jose Maria Arguedas / Texas Press

"...a work of extraordinary beauty and complexity, more poem than story, passionate in its insights and written in a style that comes very close to the quality which Arguedas most valued in Quechua, of being charged with the natural language of things." - The Guardian

The Incas / Garcilaso inca de la Vega

The birth and death of greatest and most powerful empire of pre-columbian America is of mayor interest and importance. This dramatic narrative by one of the last Inca princes traces the legends surrounding the rise of his people, their wars, sexual customs, and religion. It ends with the arrival of Pizarro and Spanish, the capture, imprisonment, and execution of Athaualpa, the last Inca, and the beginning of the spanish hegemony

"A classic of South American literature...This is its first appearance in a complete and accurate form. It is a joy to read..." - The New Yorker