Search Results for ‘Peru’, ‘Travel Writing & Other Literature’ - 11 matches found

Cochineal Red - Travels Through Ancient Peru

In the fascinating “Cochineal Red” Hugh Thomson's details his extensive travels through the principal sites of Ancient Peru, intelligently weaving five turbulent millennia of Peruvian history, expert...

In Bear Country

Bears are a symbol of the health of an ecosystem - and the global population is dwindling to the point where only eight different species remain. These creatures have long fascinated us and their influence...

Inca-Kola: A Traveller's Tale of Peru

Funny, absorbing account of Matthew Parris's fourth trip to Peru, on a bizarre holiday which takes him among bandits, prostitutes, peasants and riots. He and his three companions seem to head into trouble...

Lost City of the Incas

First published in the 1950s, “The Lost City of the Incas” by Hiram Bingham is the amazing account of the impressive discovery in 1911 of the lost city of Machu Picchu. Re-published now with an introduction...

The Ancient Kingdoms of Peru

In this bestselling book Davies makes accessible the most recent research on the ancient civilizations that inhabited Peru before the arrival of the conquistador.

The White Rock - An Exploration of the Inca Heartland

“The White Rock” is the beautiful account of Hugh Thomson’s quest for the lost cities of the Amazonian Inca heartland, following in the footsteps of previous explorers and making new discoveries about...

Touching the Void

Joe Simpson, with just his partner Simon Yates, tackled the unclimbed West Face of the 21,000ft Siula Grande in the Peruvian Andes in June 1985. But before they reached the summit, disaster struck, leaving...

Peru in Focus

Covering the geography, history, economy, sociology and culture in clear well researched chapters, this informative book also descibes must see landmarks and historical sites as well as the author's...

Eight Feet in the Andes

The eight feet belong to Dervla Murphy, her nine-year-old daughter Rachel, and Juana, an elegant mule, who together clambered the length of Peru, from Cajamarca near the border with Ecuador, to Cuzco...

The Cities of the Ancient Andes

How do we know anything about the people who preceded the Incas? Discussions of topics as varied as acoustics at Chavín de Huántar, the Nazca lines, the iconography of the Moche Sacrifice Ceremony and...

The Peru Reader: History, Culture & Politics

Unparalleled in scope, "The Peru Reader" covers Peru's history from its extraordinary pre-Columbian civilizations to its citizens' twenty-first century struggles to achieve dignity and justice in a...