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1) Morris, Craig and Adriana von Hagen. The Incas. 2011. Thames & Hudson. Hardbound: 256 pages. Price: $34.95 U.S.

SUMMARY: This new survey provides the most up-to-date and authoritative account available of the ascendancy of the Incas, their politics, economics, religion, architecture, art and technology.
     Richly illustrated and written by leading experts, The Incas is the ideal introduction for the tourist, armchair traveller or student.
     The Incas built one of the largest empires of the ancient world. The sheer scale makes their achievement truly remarkable. At its zenith it extended northwards from the Inca capital Cusco along the Andes to embrace parts of modern Peru and Ecuador, and southwards into Bolivia, Chile and Argentina.
     Uniquely, the authors look in detail at Cusco and at the four parts of the empire, following the vast road system to explore not just famous sites such as Machu Picchu, but all the major regional settlements.
     This vivid portrait shows how the Incas ruled some peoples directly but allowed others to maintain their traditional leaders with little interference. The concluding chapter is devoted to the end of the empire: the arrival of the Spaniards, the assassination of the Inca ruler Atawallpa, and the final years of the rebellious, neo-Inca state in the tropical forest of Vilcabamba.
RECOMMENDATION: If you have an interest in the Incas, you'll want this book!