Recommended reading: Costa Rica

Wavelength Magazine Oct/Nov '96 issue
An article written by a client "Costa Rica - The Osa Peninsula"
Read it at Wavelength Magazine's site. 

Costa Rica by Paul Glassman
Excellent, succinct, professional

Costa Rica National Parks by Mario A. Boza
Costa Rica's National Parks and Reserves by Joseph Franke
Beautiful pictorial surveys of the parks system.

A Neotropical Companion by John C. Kricher, Princeton University Press
A great introduction to rain forest ecology

Costa Rica, A Travel Survival Kit by Rob Rochoweicki
A Lonely Planet guide book

The Costa Ricans by Richard and Karen Biesanz
An interesting historical and cultural background

A Guide to the Birds of Costa Rica by Gary Stiles and Alexander F. Skutch
The bible for bird lovers heading south 

Explore Magazine Sept/Oct '99 issue
An article on our Costa Rican trips