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Brazil and Amazon
Brazil Travel Books
The Amazon and the rain forest
Books and DVD's for kids
Amazon rain forest and animals: books for kids
Brazil culture
Brazil History
Cuisine of Brazil
Brazil Carnival
Rio de Janeiro, Sao Paulo, Salvador da Bahia
Rio de Janeiro
Sao Paulo
Brazilian Literature and Language books
Brazilian prose
Brazilian poetry
Language books: Learning Portuguese
There are many travel guide books about Brazil.
To obtain a list of them, and ratings and comments, try the link below.
List of travel books about Brazil:
Travel books about Brazil
THE AMAZON AND THE RAIN FOREST
The literature about the Amazon rainforest, and the problematic situation of the rainforests in general, is very abundant. To obtain a list of books, with ratings and comments, try the links below.
List of books about the Amazon rainforest:
The Brazilian Amazon
The rainforest and its problematic
AMAZON RAINFOREST AND ANIMALS: BOOKS FOR KIDS
If you are interested in books for kids related with the Amazon forest issue and its fauna, try the links below.
Books about the Amazon and its fauna:
The Amazon fauna
The Amazon parrots
The Amazon dolphins
HISTORY
If you are interested in books about the history of Brazil and comments and ratings about them, try the link below.
Books - History of Brazil:
Brazil History Books
CUISINE
For a good book about Brazilian cuisine and recipes, see Brazil: A Cook's Tour, by Christopher Idone. For comments and ratings, or for buying this book, try the link below.
Brazilian cuisine books:
Book about Brazilian cuisine and recipes
BRAZIL: CARNIVAL BOOKS
For books in English about Brazilian/Rio de Janeiro Carnival, and for comments and ratings, try the link below.
Books about the Carnival in Brazil/Rio de Janeiro:
Book about Brazilian cuisine and recipes
BOOKS ABOUT RIO DE JANEIRO
For books about Rio de Janeiro, and for comments and ratings, try the link below.
List of books about Rio de Janeiro:
Books about Rio de Janeiro
BOOKS ABOUT SAO PAULO
For books about Sao Paulo, and for comments and ratings, try the link below.
Travel books Sao Paulo:
Books about Brazil: Sao Paulo
BRAZILIAN LITERATURE AND WRITERS
For books in English related with brazilian literature and writers - and for comments and ratings - try the links below.
Books of great Brazilian writers:
Clarice Lispector
Euclides Cunha
Jorge Amado
Machado de Assis
Moacyr Scliar
Rubem Fonseca
BRAZILIAN POETRY
The best way for an English introduction to Brazilian poetry and its authors is probably a good anthology. Try the link below for such examples.
Brazil poetry: anthologies:
Anthologies and books about brazilian poetry
Brazilians speak Portuguese, with their own accent and small differences in some expressions. The differences between the European Portuguese and the Brazilian Portuguese are very similar to those between the British and the American English. Try the links below for books, dictionaries and audio CDs. Also, for a small sample of key portuguese expressions see: Sample of key Portuguese words and expressions
Language books and CDs:
Audio-CDs, language books and dictionaries of Brazilian Portuguese-English