a rare book detailing the history of ilha do governador through pictures and documents, and accounting for everything that happened on the island from the time it was occupied by the indigenous maracajá / temiminó to the period the land was property of rio's governor mem de sá's family, to the modern days.

written by cybelle de ipanema, the book história da ilha do governador, can be purchased on this link.

unique and truly interesting, the book 'feira de são cristóvão - a história de uma saudade' (são cristóvão fair - history of a nostalgia), by historian sylvia nemer tells the story of the fair in poems.