The River Sea: The Amazon by Marshall De Bruhl Has a terrific historical summary for in introduction, followed by chronologically ordered chapters. I am pondering going on a trip with a group this coming January. (If funds permit)

Melissa good point, I do find myself searching for fiction while studying, and non-fiction while on break.

Hello folks, My name is Kurt. I am a second year engineering student from Massachusetts at age 41. I find it difficult to choose my favorite reading genre because reading fills a void for me, it satisfies a craving, and these things change with time. I will tend to gravitate toward hearing a persons...