Search Results for ‘Peru’, ‘Travel Writing & Other Literature’ - 14 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...

Ghost Train Through The Andes

Michael Jacobs started the to read the lengthy and intimate letters that his grandfather Bethel had written to his wife Sophie from nine thousand miles away in the remote corner of South America. In...

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

In Touching the Void, Joe Simpson recounts his classic account of his ascent of the 21,000ft Siula Grande peak in the Peruvian Andes with his climbing partner Simon Yates. After reaching the summit...

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...

Up and Down the Andes

Up and down the Andes - a Peruvian Festival Tale by Laurie Krebs and Aurélia Fronty is a wonderfully illustrated children’s tale with a rhyming text. Board a bus for a long and bumpy ride, hop aboard...

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 Incas: Empire of Blood and Gold

When Francisco Pizarro disembarked in Peru in 1532 he found a vast empire seemingly overflowing with gold and silver. Ruled by monarchs claiming direct descent from the sun itself, its inhabitants built...

The Peru Reader: History, Culture, Politics

Unparalleled in scope, "The Peru Reader: History, Culture, Politics" covers Peru's history from its extraordinary pre-Columbian civilizations to its citizens' twenty-first century struggles to achieve...