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Welcome to our page about Bolivia Guide Books / Travel Guides.
This page is an overview of
English-language guidebooks about Bolivia.
7 guidebooks are mentioned:
‘Bolivia’ from Lonely Planet
‘Bolivia’ from Bradt Travel Guides
‘Bolivia’ from Footprint books
‘The Rough Guide to Bolivia’
‘Pocket Adventures Bolivia’ from Hunter Guides
‘An Insider’s Guide to Bolivia’ by Peter McFarren, Quipus Cultural
Foundation
‘Bolivia - The real thing still exists’
We have links to the publisher’s
online shops.
In addition, in the bottom of this page we have:
Reference to a few books and a photo DVD in relation to travel guides.
The Lonely Planet recommendation of community-based ecotourism.
Links to a couple of internet bookshops.
Links to Wikitravel and Wikipedia.
‘Bolivia’ from Lonely Planet
Book title: Bolivia.
Publishers: Lonely Planet
Publications. Authors: Kate
Armstrong, Vesna Maric and Andy Symington.
6th Edition/April 2007. ISBN-10: 1741045576.
ISBN-13: 9781741045574. 432
pp/16 pp colour/79 maps. LP online
shop: ‘Bolivia’
Also available in downloadable individual chapters:
Bolivia - Pick & Mix Chapters. 6th Edition/April 2007. Online shop: ‘Bolivia
- Pick & Mix’
The pdf file with ‘Chapter 1’ is free: ‘Planning
Information’
At the page
about the book at Amazon.com you can “Browse Sample Pages”: “Search
inside this book”
Read customer reviews at Amazon.com.
‘Bolivia’ from Bradt Travel Guides
Book title: Bolivia.
Publishers: Bradt Travel
Guides. Author: David Atkinson.
1st Edition/January 2007. ISBN-10: 184162165X.
ISBN-13: 978-1841621654. 277 pp/16
colour photos/30 maps. Bradt online
shop: ‘Bolivia’
At the page
about the book at Amazon.com you can “Browse Sample Pages”: “Search
inside this book”
Read 3 customer reviews
at Amazon.co.uk. (Amazon.com has
only 1 customer review).
‘Bolivia’ from
Footprint books
Coming edition:
Book title: Bolivia (Tread Your Own Path). Publishers: Footprint books. Authors: Robert Kunstaetter and Daisy
Kunstaetter.
5th Edition/Will be released March 2008. ISBN-10: 1906098212. ISBN-13: 978-1906098216. 464 pages.
Footprint online shop: ?
Pre-order is possible at Amazon.co.uk: Bolivia
(Tread Your Own Path)
Current edition:
Book title: Bolivia.
Publishers: Footprint books. Authors: Julius Honnor, Alan Murphy &
Geoffrey Groesbeck.
4th Edition/November 2004. ISBN-10: 1904777244.
ISBN-13: 978-1904777243. 461
pp/16 pp colour/58 colour maps.
Footprint online shop: ‘Bolivia’
At the page
about the book at Amazon.com you can “Browse Sample Pages”: “Search
inside this book”
(Amazon.com has only 1
customer review).
‘The Rough Guide to Bolivia’
Book title: The Rough Guide to Bolivia. Publishers: Rough
Guides. Author: James Read.
2nd Edition/February 2008. ISBN-10: 1843538598.
ISBN-13: 978-1843538592. 432
pages (or 455 ?). Rough Guide online
shop: ‘Bolivia’.
Read customer reviews at Amazon.com. (2 reviews in February 2008 give 2
of 5 possible ‘stars’).
‘Pocket Adventures
Bolivia’ from Hunter Pocket Adventure Guides
Book title: Pocket Adventures Bolivia. Publishers: Hunter Publishing. Authors: Vivien Lougheed and John Harris.
March 2006.
ISBN-10: 1588435261. ISBN-13:
978-1588435262. 336 pages (or 316
?). Hunter online shop: ‘Pocket Adventures Bolivia’ where you can ‘See table of
contents’ and ‘Read a
sample’ (pdf-files).
At the page
about the book at Amazon.com you can “Browse Sample Pages”: “Search
inside this book”
Apparently this book is a
newer version of ‘Bolivia Adventure Guide’ from May 2004.
About ‘Pocket Adventures
Bolivia’ there is a single Customer Review at
Amazon.com giving 4 of 5 possible ‘stars’, and telling, among other things:
“Though this guide claims a 2006 publication date, the research and writing is
2004/2005”.
‘An Insider’s Guide
to Bolivia’. Published by Quipus Cultural Foundation
Book title: An Insider’s Guide to Bolivia. Publishers: Quipus Cultural Foundation. Authors: Peter McFarren and Frédéric
Savariau.
January 2004.
ISBN-10: 9990502773. ISBN-13:
978-9990502770. 680 pages.
Amazon.com tells:
“Availability: Currently unavailable. We don't know when or if this item
will be back in stock.”
The internet store BoliviaMall.com in La Paz sells the
book: An
Insider’s Guide to Bolivia (In the
category “Posters/Maps/Guides”
at BoliviaMall.com).
At the page
about the book at Amazon.com you can “Browse Sample Pages”: “Search
inside this book”
Information about Quipus
Cultural Foundation: www.esperanto.com/Quipus
Editorial Review / Book
Description:
“An Insider’s Guide to
Bolivia offers a complete panorama of the country’s rich and diverse history,
culture, environment and people. Chapters include Bolivia, An overview, Cities and
Surrounding Areas, Bolivia’s Cultural Past, Bolivia’s Traditional Present,
Contemporary Art and Culture, The Many Faces of Bolivia, Exploring Bolivia’s
Environment, Spanish, Aymara, Quechua Words and Phrases as well as 60 black and
white maps, 12 page of color maps, 80 color photos and 50 black and white
photos.”
‘Bolivia - The real thing still exists’
Book title: Bolivia -
The real thing still exists. Publishers:
? Author: ? Edition: ?
A complete guide of the 7 touristic Bolivian areas.
English edition.
The internet store BoliviaMall.com in La Paz sells the
book: Bolivia
- The real thing still exists (In
the category “Posters/Maps/Guides”)
“The real thing still
exists” is the slogan of Bolivian tourism.
In Spanish: “Lo auténtico aún existe”.
Index of the book: 1.
Touching Heaven: The La Paz/Titikaka Area. 2. A trip back in time: Amazonia,
forest and Savannahs. 3. White desert and colored lagoons. 4. Meetings,
progress and history. 5. Vineyards and golden Pampa. 6. Colonial heritage:
Silver and Dinosaurs. 7. National parks: The last Reserve.
Books and photos in relation
to travel guides:
Recommended reading:
A background book of
current interest: Whispering in the
Giant's Ear. A Frontline Chronicle from Bolivia's War on Globalization.
William Powers. May 2006. Publisher: Bloomsbury
USA: Whispering
in the Giant's Ear. ISBN:
9781596911031. 288 pp.
Editorial product description: “An intimate and powerful account of living in Bolivia
during a time of crisis and change”.
Read customer reviews at Amazon.com.
Travel Diary:
Book title: Travel Diary: Bolivia. Publishers: Trafford Publishing. Author: Michael Hilburn.
2004 (July 2006).
ISBN-10: 1412019095. ISBN-13:
978-1412019095. 254 pages. Trafford online shop: ‘Travel
Diary: Bolivia’.
Editorial product description: “The
book provides all the information you can find from an internet travelogue and
puts it into a convenient paperback book. Culture, customs, personal
experiences and more”.
Read customer reviews at Amazon.com.
At the page
about the book at Amazon.com you can “Browse Sample Pages”: “Search
inside this book”
History of Bolivia:
Book title: A Concise History of Bolivia. Publishers: Cambridge University Press. Author: Herbert S. Klein.
February 2003.
ISBN-10: 052100294X. ISBN-13:
9780521002943. 336 pages. Cambridge UP online shop in United Kingdom:
‘A Concise History of Bolivia’. Cambridge UP online shop in ‘the Americas’ (NY, USA): ‘A Concise History of Bolivia’.
Read customer reviews at Amazon.com.
At the page
about the book at Amazon.com you can “Browse Sample Pages”: “Search
inside this book”
Photos / photography on a
DVD:
Bolivia 360° Virtual Visit. DVD/’Software’ published by World
in Motion VR. Note: The DVD only
works on a PC or MAC, not on a TV.
2006
Edition. World in Motion VR online
shop: Bolivia
360° Virtual Visit
Read customer reviews at Amazon.com. (2 reviews (in 2006) give 5 of 5
possible ‘stars’).
The Lonely
Planet ‘Bolivia’ guide book recommends “Community-based ecotourism” and - among
others - San Miguel del Bala:
In ‘Bolivia’, 6th Edition / April 2007, on page 342 the authors
writes about “Community-based ecotourism”:
“ This is what many hope the future of Amazonian
tourism will look like: responsible
operators and customers; respect for culture, environment and wildlife; and
benefits for local communities. [..] ”
On page 343 about San Miguel del Bala:
“ San Miguel del
Bala (Map p337 [..] ) is a glorious community ecolodge in
its own patch of paradise [..] cabins with mahogany wood floors, separate
bathrooms and beds covered by silky mosquito nets. [..] community consists of around 230 inhabitants
who’ll be happy to show you their traditional agricultural methods or weaving
and wood-carving. [..] What the guides
lack in English, they make up for in their enthusiasm and knowledge. [..] ”
Because of copyright we cannot quote the full text,
you will have to buy the book or the downloadable individual chapter # 10: 'Amazon
Basin'. (PDF file, 37 pages).
Links to examples of internet
bookshops:
Amazon.com: www.amazon.com and www.amazon.co.uk
NHBS Environment
Bookstore: www.nhbs.com Supplier of wildlife, science and natural
history books. Worldwide delivery.
Links to online / internet
travel guides and encyclopedias:
Wikitravel (The free
world-wide travel guide): http://wikitravel.org/en
Wikipedia (The Free
Encyclopedia): http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki
Revised 2007-09-20 and
2008-02-25