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Adventure Guide to Costa
Rica, 4th Ed.
by Bruce Conord, June Conord List Price: $17.95 Price: $12.57 Availability: Usually ships within 24 hours Edition: Paperback
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Paperback: 400 pages; Dimensions
(in inches): 1.03 x 8.94 x 6.06
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Written by the authors of our award-winning Yucatán Adventure
Guide, this book offers comprehensive coverage of Costa Rica and
its people. Travel to the major national parks and preserves; hike
in rain forests. Explore the island’s vibrant history, culture
and wildlife. Firsthand advice on travel in the country’s
various environments – mountain, jungle, beach, city. Plant
and animal life, archeology, history, attractions on and off the
regular tourist path. Staggering detail. Lively text and plenty
of interesting art. Over 40 maps. Color photos.
The Butterflies
of Costa Rica and Their Natural History, Vol. II
by Philip J. DeVries List Price: $42.50 Price: $35.27 Availability: Usually ships within 24 hours Edition: Paperback
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Paperback: 288 pages; Dimensions
(in inches): 0.93 x 9.01 x 6.05
Publisher: Princeton Univ Pr;
(March 17, 1997)
ISBN: 0691028893
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With habitats ranging from sea level to over 3,800 meters, the small
Neotropical country of Costa Rica encompasses more than fifteen
distinct life zones and contains a large percentage of all the butterfly
species known from Central America. In this field guide, a sequel
to the volume on Papilionidae, Pieridae, and Nymphalidae, Philip
DeVries provides the first detailed treatment of over 250 species
of Costa Rican butterflies in the family Riodinidae. Drawing from
his extensive fieldwork, museum research, and surveys of scientific
literature, DeVries presents the means to identify riodinid butterflies
to the species level and gives an overview of their natural history.
This guide illustrates nearly all of the Costa Rican species in
color and provides a large sample of detailed line drawings and
scanning electron micrographs of riodinid early stages for the first
time ever. The book's coverage makes it useful for identifying riodinids
throughout Mexico, Central America, and substantial portions of
South America.
The introductory chapter brings together a large
body of material that applies directly to understanding riodinid
butterflies in general. The taxonomy, distribution, and natural
history of each taxon is discussed in detail. The author also provides
sections on ecology, evolution, behavior, symbioses with ants, caterpillar
acoustical calls, systematics, collecting and preserving, hostplant
relationships, and the comparative diversity of riodinid butterfly
faunas. A section on butterfly biologists of the last century provides
a historical perspective to the basis of our understanding of Neotropical
butterflies.
Insight Guide Costa Rica
(Costa Rica, 1999)
by Paul Murphy, Insight Guides List Price: $22.95 Price: $16.07 Availability: Usually ships in 24 hours Edition: Paperback
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Paperback: Dimensions (in inches):
0.66 x 8.80 x 5.98
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One of over 400 titles in the Insight series, Insight Guide Costa
Rica. This 298-page book includes a section detailing Costa Rica's
history, 8 features covering the country's life and culture, ranging
from the spectacular plant life to the best coffee in the worldallegedly,
a region by region visitor's guide to the sights, and a comprehensive
Travel Tips section packed with essential contact addresses and
numbers. Plus 283 impressive photographs and 7 maps, including a
National Parks and Reserves map.
Costa
Rica (Ulysses Travel Guides) by Francis Giguere, Yues Seguin,
Stephane G. Marceau List Price: $19.95 Price: $13.97 Availability: Usually ships within 24 hours Edition: Paperback
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Paperback: 416 pages; Dimensions
(in inches): 0.73 x 8.25 x 5.23
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With over one quarter of its magnificent scenery protected by parks
and reserves, Costa Rica has a well-deserved, international reputation
for its ecotourism opportunities. This guide takes you from the
dense rainforest of Monteverde with its cascading waterfalls and
fascinating fauna, through the marshy jungle of Corcovado and Tortuguero,
to the tropical dry forest of Santa Rosa and on further to the beaches
of Manuel Antonio.
Discover Costa Rica's natural and cultural splendors
with Ulysses through a host of exciting outdoor activities and a
variety of informative strolls through the country's charming villages
and cities.
In this guide you will find detailed descriptions
of all the attractions, including numerous national parks and reserves,
star-rated so you can spot the must-sees at a glance. There are
suggestions for a wealth of outdoor activities, from hiking and
canopy tours to rafting on the Pacuare and Reventazon rivers and
scaling impressive Mount Chirripo. You will find comprehensive reviews
of hotels and restaurants, from family-style "cabinas"
and humble "sodas" to luxury hotels and gourmet dining
establishments as well as nearly 40 maps and city plans to steer
you on the right course.
Costa Rica Pocket Guide by Berlitz List Price: $8.95 Price: $8.95 Availability: This title usually ships within 2
to 3 days. Please note that special order titles occasionally go
out of print, or publishers run out of stock. These hard-to-find
titles are not discounted and are subject to an additional charge
of $1.99 per book due to the extra cost of ordering them. We will
notify you within 2-3 weeks if we have trouble obtaining this title. Edition: Paperback
Product Details
Paperback: 144 pages; Dimensions
(in inches): 0.25 x 6.25 x 4.25
Publisher: Berlitz Travel Guide;
(March 1999)
ISBN: 2831570077
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Packed with stunning photographs, easy-to-use maps, and all the
information you really need to get the most from your visit! In
this compact guide, our writers help you plan itineraries for short
and longer stays. Complete with must-see sights on and off the beaten
track as well as current hotel and restaurant recommendations. And
the convenient size of the guide allows you to take it along in
your pocket or handbag. Take the world in your pocket next time
and travel with this handy Berlitz guide.
Lonely
Planet Costa Rica: Incluye Guia de la Fauna Salvaje (Lonely Planet
Spanish Language Guides)
by Rob Rachowiecki List Price: $26.99 Price: $18.89 Availability: Usually ships within 24 hours Edition: Paperback
Product Details
Paperback: 520 pages ; Dimensions
(in inches): 0.86 x 7.76 x 5.10
Publisher: Lonely Planet; (October
2003)
ISBN: 8408043420
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Many Costa Rica guides provide hotel, restaurant, and arrival information,
but Lonely Planet's stands out from the pack. Written by Rob Rachowiecki,
an award-winning travel writer and naturalist, this guide delves
into Costa Rica's flora, fauna, and nature reserves like no other.
Rachowiecki's Costa Rica includes a 36-page color wildlife guide,
contacts, and details on outdoor activities from kayaking to scuba
diving, and bird watching to surfing. There are 54 maps of cities,
towns, regions, and parks, plus a comprehensive e-mail and Web site
directory, and scads of eating and accommodations options, from
budget to upscale. With its rainforests, wildlife, volcanoes, and
beaches, Costa Rica is among the most beautiful destinations, and
Rachowiecki's guide prepares you to explore and enjoy. --This
text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
D&B Export Guide: Costa
Rica [DOWNLOAD: PDF]
by D&B List Price: $60.00 Price: $60.00 Availability: Available for download now Edition: e-doc (Adobe Reader)
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D&B Export Guides are your guide to global
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