debret's picturesque collection of images are accompanied by the texts and essays of historians luiz felipe de alencastro and serge gruzinski, as well as novelist tierno monenenembo, whom all provide a considerable amount of exploratory prose - rich in both texture and content, rio de janeiro, cidade mestiça, is a noteworthy piece of artwork and interpretation of brazilian history. 

rio de janeiro, cidade mestiça is available in major bookstores, online via livraria da travessa and/or livraria cultura, or directly from the publisher here. 

the book rio, composed by photographer roberto rosa and published by versal in 2014, is a collection of 111 photos that display interesting perspectives into the way of life of the residents of rio de janeiro - the book is the product of a carefully-curated selection of photos from over 10,000 taken over the course of three years by rosa, originally an economist from são paulo.