This volume traces the development of Costa Rica's culture and institutions. The authors describe how Costa Rica's economy, government, educational and health-care systems, family structures, religion, and other institutions have evolved, and how this has affected the people's lives.

The Ticos: Culture and Social Change in Costa Rica

"Graced with bounteous natural beauty, a stable democratic government, and friendly citizens, Costa Rica has become a popular destination for travelers from all over the world. Birds play a prominent role in attracting visitors, too. The shimmering quetzals, gaudy macaws, and comical toucans only begin to hint at the impressive avian diversity to be found throughout this small country."--from the Introduction This is the one field guide the novice or experienced birder needs to identify birds in the field in the diverse habitats found in Costa Rica. It features descriptions and illustrations of more than 820 resident and neotropical migrant species found in Costa Rica, all in a compact, portable, user-friendly design. The detailed full-color illustrations show identifying features--including plumage differences among males, females, and juveniles--and views of birds in flight wherever pertinent. Additional features of this all-new guide include: o	166 original color plates depicting more than 820 species. o	Concise text that describes key field marks for positive identification, as well as habitat, behavior, and vocalizations. o	Range maps and texts arranged on opposing pages from illustrations for quick, easy reference. o	The most up-to-date bird list for Costa Rica. o	A visual guide to the anatomical features of birds with accompanying explanatory text. o	Quick reference to vultures and raptors in flight.

The Birds of Costa Rica: A Field Guide

Discover the mysterious and fascinating ways in which animals, plants and people interact with one another in the rainforests of Costa Rica. Author and naturalist Jack Ewing shares a wealth of observations and experiences,gathered from more than three decades of living in southwestern Costa Rica, home to some of the most prolific and diverse ecosystems on Earth.

Monkeys Are Made of Chocolate: Exotic and Unseen Costa Rica

From pristine beaches and jungle waterfalls to high-altitude coffee plantations, award-winning author and photographer James Kaiser shows readers the best of Costa Rica, including the country's stunning collection of national parks. Filled with rich details and hundreds of high-quality color photographs, this guide, which provides fascinating chapters on the country's unique history, culture, ecology, and wildlife, is sure to appeal to anyone looking for more than just restaurant and hotel reviews. Giving travelers everything they need to plan an unforgettable trip, this resource also includes a "Top 10 Ways to Avoid a Cultural Misunderstanding" that helps visitors avoid common, and potentially embarrassing, cultural mistakes.

Costa Rica: The Complete Guide, Eco-Adventures in Paradise

Journey into the Costa Rican imagination through twenty-six remarkable stories, selected and organized regionally for the curious traveler. Here, for the first time in English, the best of Costa Rica's writers conjure the country's allure and vitality, its coffee fields and palm groves, cicadas and songbirds, shrouded mountains and blazing savannas, while telling stories unique to Costa Rican life. Contributors include Alfredo Aguilar, Fernando Durán Ayanegui, Alfonso Chase, Quince Duncan, Fabián Dobles, Louis Ducoudray, Carlos Luis Fallas, Mario Gonzáles Feo, Joaquín Gutiérrez, Carlos Salazar Herrera, Max Jiménez, Carmen Lyra, Carmen Naranjo, Yolanda Oreamuno, Abel Pacheco, Julieta Pinto, Uriel Quesada, Samuel Rovinski, José León Sánchez, and Rima de Vallbona.

Costa Rica: A Traveler's Literary Companion

This full-color field guide is an indispensable companion to the most popular neotropical ecotourism destination: Costa Rica. Featuring all the mammals, birds, reptiles, amphibians, and arthropods that one is likely to see on a trip to the rainforest (as well as those secretive creatures such as the jaguar that are difficult to glimpse), "The Wildlife of Costa Rica" is the guide to have when encountering trogons, tapirs, and tarantulas.In addition to providing details for identifying animals along with interesting facts about their natural history, this guide offers tips for seeing them in the wild. Costa Rica, a peaceful nation with many and diverse animal species, is one of the best places in the world for wildlife watching and nature study. It has an excellent system of national parks and reserves, a wide choice of ecolodges, and many professionally trained tourist guides. It is possible to leave the capital city of San Jos� and, just a few hours later, visit a high-elevation cloud forest, dense rainforest, savanna-like plain, or coastal habitat, each with a unique collection of animal species.This new lightweight field guide provides nature enthusiasts visiting Costa Rica with the best introduction to the country's amazing diversity of wildlife. It is the first general field guide to Costa Rica to combine the most sought-after features: -treatment of all major phyla in the country;-coverage of the animals most likely and most desirable to be seen;-more than 600 detailed illustrations integrated with the text (the preferred method of animal identification in the wild);-full species accounts including ID points, range and habitat, size, and behaviors;-a wealth of natural history information, including more than 20 photographic natural history features; and-tips for seeing animals.

The Wildlife of Costa Rica: A Field Guide

TWO PLANE TICKETS, NO PLAN, ONE DREAM

Happier Than A Billionaire shares one couple's celebration of risking it all for the dream of living a happier life.

In this humorous and witty account, Nadine Pisani shares what it is like to follow her dream of quitting her job and starting a new life under the sunny skies of Costa Rica. Along the way, she finds reliable utilities are not that reliable, quirky neighbors are unavoidable, and tackling red tape takes the strength of a linebacker. 

But with all its challenges, you'll learn why Costa Rica is ranked as one of the happiest places on earth. If you've ever considered risking it all to start over in a tropical place—or just enjoy a little armchair travel—this is the book for you.

Happier Than a Billionaire: Quitting My Job, Moving to Costa Rica, and Living the Zero Hour Work Week

Wondering why Costa Rica is so different from the other vacation sun spots you've visited over the years? Trying to figure out how a tiny tropical country relying on coffee and banana exports became Latin America's most stable democracy? Interested in knowing where Costa Rica's big middle class came from, and why every village has a tidy schoolhouse? Or are you just curious about the background of the people you've met or the places you've visited?

"The History of Costa Rica", written by two leading historians of this country, will answer your questions. The only book of its kind in English, each page is illustrated with delightful photos, paintings, portraits, maps and quotes from Costa Rica's extraordinary past. A complete index allows you to use the book as a handy reference work before, during and after you read the compelling story of "the Switzerland of Central America".

The History of Costa Rica

A TRAVELOGUE WITH A GUIDEBOOK TWIST

Have you ever been attacked by monkeys, hiked in one of the most biologically diverse places on earth, or had your wallet stolen, then given back? Matthew Houde and Jennifer Turnbull share these adventures and more in the book, Two Weeks in Costa Rica.

In a style that is part narrative, part guidebook, these seasoned travelers bring us along as they trek through lush jungle, brave the local bus, and explore far-off towns. They introduce us to the vibrant culture of Costa Rica and teach us how this jewel of Central America is best traveled.

But this book isn’t just another travel story. Through their journey, Matt and Jenn learn that life is about more than the daily grind and discover what it means to live pura vida.

Two Weeks in Costa Rica

Tropical Nature: Life and Death in the Rain Forests of Central and South America

2016 Edition


The Costa Rica Escape Manual is your guide for moving, traveling through, &amp; living in Costa Rica. New chapters include the logistics on starting a business in Costa Rica, examples of successful business owners and how they got started, and traveling for less using buses, staying in hostels, and eating at sodas. Things change quickly in Costa Rica, and there is updated information throughout the new edition.


In this perfect blend of information and entertainment, Nadine Hays Pisani answers all of your questions in her patented comedic style.


Nadine introduces you to her colorful cast of characters as you laugh your way through reading about how to obtain residency, avoid crime, get a driver’s license, meet a trustworthy attorney, find quality healthcare, choose an area that is right for you, and much much more.


She interviews friends and experts on a wide variety of topics that are sure to be of interest to any aspiring expatriate. You’ll never have so much fun while learning the steps it takes to move or travel to one of the happiest countries on earth.

The Costa Rica Escape Manual: Your How-To Guide on Moving, Traveling Through, & Living in Costa Rica

"Maybe It's You" picks up where "
  You Are a Badass 
"leaves off -- this no-nonsense, practical manual to help readers figure out not just what they want out of life, but how to actually get there. 

 In "Maybe It's You", life coach Lauren Handel Zander walks readers through the innovative step-by-step process that has transformed the lives of tens of thousands of her clients, and explains how anyone can achieve amazing things when we stop lying and finally start keeping the promises we make to ourselves. Whether readers want to find love, succeed at work, fix a fractured relationship, or lose weight, Zander's method will offer a road map to finally get there. Filled with practical exercises, inspiring client stories, and Lauren's own hard-won lessons, this book enables readers to identify, articulate, and account for their own setbacks so they can transform them into strengths.

Maybe It's You: Cut the Crap. Face Your Fears. Love Your Life.


Make Your Move!

In many ways, Costa Rica is an expat paradise - known for its slower pace of life, peaceful and happy people, and raw wilderness. If you've imagined yourself creating a new life abroad, but don't know where to start, "Moon Living Abroad in Costa Rica" has the honest and practical answers you need. 

"Moon Living Abroad in Costa Rica "provides:
Practical information on setting up the essentials, including visas, finances, employment, education, and healthcare

What you need to know about Costa Rica's culture and language before making your move

Necessary tips on finding a place to live that fits your needs, whether you're a renter or a buyer

A thorough survey of the best areas to live and why

A deep exploration of the geography, politics, and environment that defines Costa Rica

Interviews with other expats who share their personal experiences building successful lives abroad

Special tips for those with children or pets

Firsthand insight from someone who's done it all
"Moon Living Abroad in Costa Rica" provides honest advice and essential tools to create a new life abroad, and make Costa Rica feel like home. Making a life-changing move has never been easier. 




Moon Living Abroad Costa Rica

Through personal journeys both interior and across the globe, Alden Jones investigates what motivates us to travel abroad in search of the unfamiliar. By way of explorations to Costa Rica, Bolivia, Nicaragua, Cuba, Burma, Cambodia, Egypt, and around the world on a ship, Jones chronicles her experience as a young American traveler while pondering her role as an outsider in the cultures she temporarily inhabits. Her wanderlust fuels a strong, high-adventure story and, much in the vein of classic travel literature, Jones's picaresque tale of personal evolution informs her own transitions, rites of passage, and understandings of her place as a citizen of the world. With sharp insight and stylish prose, Jones asks: Is there a "right" or "wrong" way to travel? "The Blind Masseuse" concludes that there is, but that it's not always black and white.

 Gold Winner for Travel Essays, "Foreword" Books of the Year

 Gold Medal for Travel Essays, Independent Publisher Book Awards

 Winner, Bisexual Book Awards, Bisexual Biography/Memoir Category

 Finalist, Housatonic Book Awards

 Longlist of eight, PEN/Diamonstein Spielvogel Award for the Art of the Essay

 Finalist, Travel Book or Guide Award, North American Travel Journalists Association


The Blind Masseuse: A Traveler's Memoir from Costa Rica to Cambodia

El gran naturalista Alexander Skutch, estadounidense radicado en Pérez Zeledón por más de 60 años (1941-2004), quien se dedicó al estudio de las aves, escribió este libro en 1977 con el propósito de presentarle al público general una muestra de la rica avifauna del país. Quería compartir la belleza de los pájaros e invitar a la gente a disfrutarlos y a despertar interés en su protección. Sin duda, este libro cumple ese propósito. 
Es un libro histórico porque es el primero que se publica en el país y en castellano sobre las aves de Costa Rica y que se orienta al público general. Además, ganó el Premio Aquileo J. Echeverría del año 1977. No obstante el tiempo que ha pasado desde la primera edición, la información presentada sigue vigente y, por tanto, tiene un inmenso valor educativo.

Aves de Costa Rica

Where Tapirs and Jaguars Once Roamed: Ever-Evolving Costa Rica

Costa Rica is renowned for its tropical beauty, the warmth and charm of the “Ticos”—its people’s own name for themselves—and its political stability. This “Switzerland of the Americas” is widely regarded as an oasis of democracy in turbulent Central America. Since the first edition of "Culture Smart! Costa Rica "was published in 2005, however, there have been some important changes and, with rapid economic development, some growing pains. Over the past few years there has been a movement of population to the towns of the Central Valley. Higher education is now the norm for young Ticos, and the middle class has expanded—but so has the gap between rich and poor. Tourism took a dive after the 2009 recession, and the national debt has grown, while the arrival of multinationals and significant Chinese investment has been welcomed. Unemployment has risen, people are prepared to go on strike more readily, and there is a general disillusionment with politicians. In the face of mounting difficulties the Ticos remain remarkably peaceable, relaxed, and fun-loving. Their enthusiasm for life is seen as much in their passion for soccer as in their demonstrations in support of human and political rights." Culture Smart! Costa Rica" explores and explains the complex human realities of modern Costa Rican life. Armed with this information, you will be better equipped to understand your hosts and to enjoy your visit to this beguiling and beautiful country to the full.

Costa Rica - Culture Smart!: The Essential Guide to Customs  Culture

This phrasebook gives an essential guide to mastering the local Spanish idiom, and includes an extensive section on the flora and fauna of Costa Rica. It covers food, accommodation and getting around, and gives a guide to grammar and punctuation.

Lonely Planet Costa Rica Spanish Phrasebook

A tiny rufous-tailed hummingbird hovers before the bright inflorescence of a heliconia. Undetected by the foraging bird a golden eyelash viper is curled motionless around the plant. An instant later, this subtle configuration of flora and fauna is shattered by the snake's sudden strike.

Portraits of the Rainforest explores the precarious contingencies that determine the nature of tropical life, and award-winning Adrian Forsyth approaches his subject with a "mixture of hope and trepidation." A biologist who has spent 20 years working in the rainforest, Forsyth has observed firsthand the ravaging effects of agricultural, economic and environmental policies on an ecosystem under siege.

Yet in this collection of essays, he has chosen to celebrate the rainforest rather than to lament its loss. The rainforest plays a variety of roles -- as a genetic reservoir, a pharmacy of natural products and a carbon dioxide exchange system -- but for Forsyth, its true value rests with something less functional. The rainforest, he argues, represents the pinnacle of biological diversity and evolutionary sophistication on this planet.

Forsyth draws on his own extensive experience in the rainforest to make this fascinating habitat tangible for his readers. The result is a creative, anecdotal text that in each chapter follows a thread of adaptive Darwinian logic through some part of the rainforest. The exquisite photography of Michael and Patricia Fogden helps to make Portraits of the Rainforest an unforgettable journey.

Portraits of the Rainforest

A Kid's Guide to Costa Rica takes young readers on an exciting and colorful adventure to the amazing country of Costa Rica, where they will learn about the country's history, culture, wildlife, and more. Designed primarily for recreational, high-interest reading, the book is also a great resource for students to use to research geography topics or writing assignments. It is one in a series of books about countries and cultures around the world published by Curious Kids Press.

A Kid's Guide to Costa Rica

Can we prevent the destruction of the world's tropical forests? In the fire-scarred hills of Costa Rica, award-winning science writer William Allen found a remarkable answer: we can not only prevent their destruction--we can bring them back to their former glory.
 In "Green Phoenix", Allen tells the gripping story of a large group of Costa Rican and American scientists and volunteers who set out to save the tropical forests in the northwestern section of the country. It was an area badly damaged by the fires of ranchers and small farmers; in many places a few strands of forest strung across a charred landscape. Despite the widely held belief that tropical forests, once lost, are lost forever, the team led by the dynamic Daniel Janzen from the University of Pennsylvania moved relentlessly ahead, taking a broad array of political, ecological, and social steps necessary for restoration. They began with 39 square miles and, by 2000, they had stitched together and revived some 463 square miles of land and another 290 of marine area. Today this region is known as the Guanacaste Conservation Area, a fabulously rich landscape of dry forest, cloud forest, and rain forest that gives life to some 235,000 species of plants and animals. It may be the greatest environmental success of our time, a prime example of how extensive devastation can be halted and reversed.
 This is an inspiring story, and in recounting it, Allen writes with vivid power. He creates lasting images of pristine beaches and dense forest and captures the heroics and skill of the scientific teams, especially the larger-than-life personality of the maverick ecologist Daniel Janzen. It is a book everyone concerned about the environment will want to own.


Green Phoenix: Restoring the Tropical Forests of Guanacaste, Costa Rica

Aurora Night is a travel writer and photographer for See!, the world’s top adventure magazine. Aurora thinks her latest trip, to tropical Costa Rica, will be a routine assignment. But everything changes after she arrives. In between a chocolaty spa treatment, an all-too-exciting raft trip, and a romantically-charged cultural dance, Aurora falls into a mystery. Now, a strange disappearance and a suspicious death lead Aurora on an adventurous journey through the jungle and through her past. Along the way, Aurora uncovers more than the elusive identity of a villain. She also discovers the elusive spirit of a place and the elusive nature of a hero.

See Before You Die: Costa Rica (Aurora Night, #1)

Costa Rica Curious: Redefining the American Dream

With illustrations and vocabulary the kids can understand, this book provides an easy way for the kids to understand the story (of Peter Pan). It is a must for any children's book collection.

Walt Disney's Peter Pan

With over 25 percent of its land set aside in national parks and other protected areas, Costa Rica is renowned worldwide as "the green republic." In this very readable history of conservation in Costa Rica, Sterling Evans explores the establishment of the country's national park system as a response to the rapid destruction of its tropical ecosystems due to the expansion of export-related agriculture.

Drawing on interviews with key players in the conservation movement, as well as archival research, Evans traces the emergence of a conservation ethic among Costa Ricans and the tangible forms it has taken. In Part I, he describes the development of the national park system and "the grand contradiction" that conservation occurred simultaneously with massive deforestation in unprotected areas. In Part II, he examines other aspects of Costa Rica's conservation experience, including the important roles played by environmental education and nongovernmental organizations, "campesino" and indigenous movements, ecotourism, and the work of the National Biodiversity Institute.

The Green Republic: A Conservation History of Costa Rica

This is the first interpretive history of Central America by a Central American historian to be published in English. Anyone with an interest in current events in the region will find here an insightful and well-written guide to the history of its five national states—Guatemala, Honduras, El Salvador, Nicaragua, and Costa Rica. Traces of a common past invite us to make generalizations about the region, even to posit the idea of a Central American nation. But, as Hector Perez-Brignoli shows us, we can learn more from a comparative approach that establishes both the points of convergence and the separate paths taken by the five different countries of Central America.

The author offers a concise overview of the region's history from the sixteenth century to the present, beginning with human and cultural geography in the first chapter and ending with the present crisis in the last. He deals with the fundamental themes and problems of the area: the characteristics of the colonial heritage, independence and the crisis of the Federal Republic, the formation of nation-states during the nineteenth century, and the development of export agriculture based on coffee and bananas. The narrative moves finally into the twentieth century to look at the growing impoverishment that multiplies inequalities and leads to the shipwreck of liberal democracy. The case of Costa Rica, exceptional in more ways than one, receives special attention.

A Brief History of Central America

Cozy up with adorable baby sloths in this irresistible photographic picture book.Hang around just like a sloth and get to know the delightful residents of the Avarios Sloth Sanctuary in Costa Rica, the world’s largest sloth orphanage. You’ll fall in love with bad-boy Mateo, ooh and ahh over baby Biscuit, and want to wrap your arms around champion cuddle buddy Ubu!

From British filmmaker and sloth expert Lucy Cooke comes a hilarious, heart-melting photographic picture book starring the laziest—and one of the cutest—animals on the planet.

A Little Book of Sloth

This is a comprehensive field guide to the amphibians and reptiles of Costa Rica. The guide presents detailed descriptions and colour photographs for the majority of the country's species, along with descriptions of orders and families. Information is provided on members of all orders of the Costa Rican herpetofauna: caecilians, salamanders, frogs &amp; toads, crocodilians, turtles, lizards and snakes.

A Guide to Amphibians and Reptiles of Costa Rica

Live in a beautiful tropical paradise for less than $30 a day, make money, enjoy the good life and even find romance. We've been doing it for years! Find out how in "The New Golden Door to Retirement and Living in Costa Rica".



Confronted with the spiraling cost of living in the United States, people from all walks of life (including baby boomers and seniors) are searching for an affordable place to live or retire without sacrificing their current lifestyles. Costa Rica, Latin America's best-kept secret, just might be the country these people are seeking.



The updated and expanded 1999 -2000 10th edition of "The New Golden Door to Retirement and Living in Costa Rica" offers invaluable assistance to anyone looking for a safe, affordable place to live outside of the United States. This useful book contains all the ins and outs and do's and don'ts and much more indespensable insider information about all areas of living in Costa Rica.

The New Golden Door to Retirement and Living in Costa Rica

Finally, a book on Costa Rica that gives a "slice of life" view of this tropical, Central American country. Real world examples of what to expect at: the bank, the grocery store, the restaurant, the restroom, when driving, and more. The book is written in a lighthearted, humorous way and answers questions such as: - What are 3 things you can do as a customer at a bank in the U.S. that you will get your hand slapped for in Costa Rica? - What app would a wise person visiting Costa Rica put on their cell phone for use in the restroom? - What is considered rude in a U.S. restaurant but is a necessity to ensure you get to enjoy a hot entree in Costa Rica? These observations and over 100 more (yes, there are some extras thrown in) are covered to help you get the most out of your visit or move to Costa Rica. No one famous ever said: "I look forward to a day when books are not judged by the number of characters in their content, but the content of those characters." But they should have. Living in and Vistiting Costa Rica is comprised of just over 31,000 words that will positively impact your research of Costa Rica, whether you are a tourist or a potential expat."

Living in and Visiting Costa Rica: 100 Tips, Tricks, Traps, and Facts

Marked by its superb natural beauty, Costa Rica has the greatest percentage of preserved land of any nation worldwide; nearly a third of the country is protected in national parks, reserves, and refuges. The wildlife that abounds in these tropical areas includes a stunning diversity of more than 820 bird species. In A Bird-Finding Guide to Costa Rica, Barrett Lawson offers detailed information that makes it easy for both expert and novice birders to plan and enjoy an exciting trip to this birders' paradise.

Lawson describes fifty-three of the best birding destinations in Costa Rica. Birders will appreciate the detailed descriptions of how to bird each area, as well as the site-specific lists: Target Birds and Species to Expect. The site descriptions are structured for ease of use and clarity; each provides a general introduction, exact driving directions, road maps, and lodging information. Other important elements include a general introduction to Costa Rica, an overview of tropical birds, sample itineraries, a comprehensive checklist to the birds of the country, and information about the best locations to find endemics and other sought-after species. The sites are grouped into six regions that reflect general patterns of avian distribution; this helps readers understand Costa Rica's complex bird diversity as well as plan a dynamic trip.

This useful handbook includes numerous features:

- details on fifty-three top birding locations from across the country;
- Species to Expect lists inform readers of birds that can be found at featured sites; especially common birds are presented in bold;
- Target Birds lists alert birders to rare and exciting species;
- all bird lists include plate references to the two most respected field guides, A Guide to the Birds of Costa Rica by F. Gary Stiles and Alexander F. Skutch and The Birds of Costa Rica: A Field Guide by Richard Garrigues and Robert Dean (both also published by Cornell);
- eight sample itineraries and 107 maps are accompanied by information-birding times, driving times, and road indications-that will help readers customize their own itineraries;
- a complete checklist to the birds of the country with abundance ratings for eight representative sites.

A Bird-Finding Guide to Costa Rica

Latin American food is steeped in history and tradition. From Peru's spicy and citrusy ceviche to hearty Colombian beef, pork, and seafood stews to Argentina's silky, sweet dulce le leche desserts, cooks of all skill levels are invited to discover what make this region's cuisine incomparable. Complete with four-color photographs, expertly crafted recipes and additional insight on the background and customs of each country featured, budding chefs and seasoned experts alike will be enticed by this authentic and unique compilation.

A Taste of Latin America: Culinary Traditions and Classic Recipes from Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Mexico, Peru, Puerto Rico & Venezuela

A series of murders committed with dreadful sadism by a psychopathic killer shakes Costa Rica like one of the earth tremors that periodically bedevil Central America. The police and press compete to uncover the murderer's grisly trail - leading to a passionate encounter between a detective and an astonishing female reporter whose charms are her most powerful investigative tool. In a groundbreaking work of fiction that explores the sharp dilemmas faced by both policemen and journalists alike, Costa Rican writer Oscar Nunez Olivas explores just how close - and how far - from the truth reporters and detectives on the trail of a lunatic can be.Published by Aflame Books, "Cadence of the Moon" is a tale of intrigue and human frailty based on the real story of Costa Rica's first ever case of a serial killer. Nunez Olivas draws upon the details of a notorious unsolved crime that horrified this small country to weave a plot that examines the dilemmas faced by journalists driven by a professional ethic yet living by the rules of the real world. Translated by Joanna Griffin from the Spanish-language original ("En clave de luna"), "Cadence of the Moon" explores how the police and press investigations reinforced and contradicted each other and the political and financial pressures that compromised both. Nunez Olivas says: "Objectivity in journalism is a vacuous concept. There does not nor has there ever existed objectivity in the act of scrutinising, interpreting and transmitting human experience."

Costa Rica

The Ticos: Culture and Social Change in Costa Rica

Mavis Hiltunen Biesanz

The Birds of Costa Rica: A Field Guide

Richard Garrigues

Monkeys Are Made of Chocolate: Exotic and Unseen Costa Rica

Jack Ewing

Costa Rica: The Complete Guide, Eco-Adventures in Paradise

James Kaiser

Costa Rica: A Traveler's Literary Companion

Barbara Ras

The Wildlife of Costa Rica: A Field Guide

Fiona A. Reid

Happier Than a Billionaire: Quitting My Job, Moving to Costa Rica, and Living the Zero Hour Work Week

Nadine Hays Pisani

The History of Costa Rica

Iván Molina Jiménez

Two Weeks in Costa Rica

Matthew Houde

Tropical Nature: Life and Death in the Rain Forests of Central and South America

Adrian Forsyth

The Costa Rica Escape Manual: Your How-To Guide on Moving, Traveling Through, & Living in Costa Rica

Nadine Hays Pisani

Maybe It's You: Cut the Crap. Face Your Fears. Love Your Life.

Lauren Handel Zander

Moon Living Abroad Costa Rica

Erin Van Rheenen

Moon Living Abroad Costa Rica

Erin Van Rheenen

The Blind Masseuse: A Traveler's Memoir from Costa Rica to Cambodia

Alden Jones

Aves de Costa Rica

Alexander F. Skutch

Where Tapirs and Jaguars Once Roamed: Ever-Evolving Costa Rica

Jack Ewing

Costa Rica - Culture Smart!: The Essential Guide to Customs Culture

Jane Koutnik

Lonely Planet Costa Rica Spanish Phrasebook

Lonely Planet

Portraits of the Rainforest

Adrian Forsyth

A Kid's Guide to Costa Rica

Jack L. Roberts

Green Phoenix: Restoring the Tropical Forests of Guanacaste, Costa Rica

William Allen

See Before You Die: Costa Rica (Aurora Night, #1)

J.E. Leigh

Costa Rica Curious: Redefining the American Dream

Greg Seymour

Walt Disney's Peter Pan

Eugene Bradley Coco

The Green Republic: A Conservation History of Costa Rica

Sterling Evans

A Brief History of Central America

Héctor Pérez-Brignoli

Moon Living Abroad Costa Rica

Erin Van Rheenen

A Little Book of Sloth

Lucy Cooke

A Guide to Amphibians and Reptiles of Costa Rica

Twan Leenders

The New Golden Door to Retirement and Living in Costa Rica

Christopher A. Howard

Living in and Visiting Costa Rica: 100 Tips, Tricks, Traps, and Facts

Greg Seymour

A Bird-Finding Guide to Costa Rica

Barrett Lawson

A Taste of Latin America: Culinary Traditions and Classic Recipes from Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Mexico, Peru, Puerto Rico & Venezuela

Patricia Cartin

Cadence of the Moon

Óscar Núñez Olivas