Cultural Region/Latin America
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Don’t Be Afraid, Gringo: A Honduran Woman Speaks from the Heart: The Story of Elvia Alvarado
$16.99 Add to cart“Here is a voice seldom heard, the voice of Latin America’s majority, those who bear the burdens of society. If we are to understand Honduras, Central America, or, for that matter, Latin America, we m
- Author: Benjamin, Medea
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 208
- Publish Date: July 19 1989
- ISBN10: 006097205X
- Language: English
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A Sinking Ship is Still a Ship
$18.00 Add to cartIn Ariel Francisco’s Miami, invasive lionfish are sympathetic creatures, the beach succumbs to sea-level rise, and “305 till I die” is a cry for help. The speakers in these hilarious and melancholy po
- Author: Francisco, Ariel
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 146
- Publish Date: January 01 2021
- ISBN10: 1941681514
- Language: English
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Archipelagos
$17.95 Read moreThis is poetry written in the time of onrushing global disaster, of a racist and still imperial USA and of Black Lives Matter. Philp’s powerful and elegant poems span past and present, with a call to … [more below]
- Author: Philp, Geoffrey
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 62
- Publish Date: April 13 2023
- ISBN10: 1845235509
- Language: English
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Chronicle of the Guayaki Indians
$27.95 Read moreChronicle of the Guayaki Indians is Pierre Clastres’s account of his 1963-64 encounter with this small Paraguayan tribe, a precise and detailed recording of the history, ritual, myths, and culture of
- Series: Zone Books
- Author: Clastres, Pierre
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 352
- Publish Date: January 29 2001
- ISBN10: 0942299787
- Language: English
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Lost Cities and Ancient Mysteries of South America
$16.95 Read moreChildress takes the reader on journeys deep into deadly jungles, windswept mountains, and scorching deserts in search of lost civilisations and ancient mysteries. Explore stone cities high in mountain… [more below]
- Series: Lost Cities Series
- Author: Childress, David Hatcher
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 375
- Publish Date: October 03 1995
- ISBN10: 093281302X
- Language: English
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The Chile Reader: History, Culture, Politics
$30.95 Add to cartThe Chile Reader makes available a rich variety of documents spanning more than five hundred years of Chilean history. Most of the selections are by Chileans; many have never before appeared in Englis… [more below]
- Series: Latin America Readers
- Author: Hutchison, Elizabeth Quay
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 640
- Publish Date: November 29 2013
- ISBN10: 0822353601
- Language: English
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The Paraguay Reader: History, Culture, Politics
$30.95 Add to cartHemmed in by the vast, arid Chaco to the west and, for most of its history, impenetrable jungles to the east, Paraguay has been defined largely by its isolation. Partly as a result, there has been a d… [more below]
- Series: Latin America Readers
- Author: Lambert, Peter
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 488
- Publish Date: December 31 2012
- ISBN10: 0822352680
- Language: English
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The Mexico Reader: History, Culture, Politics
$31.95 Add to cartThe Mexico Reader is a vivid introduction to muchos M?xicos-the many Mexicos, or the many varied histories and cultures that comprise contemporary Mexico. Unparalleled in scope and written for the tra… [more below]
- Series: Latin America Readers
- Author: Joseph, Gilbert M.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 808
- Publish Date: January 16 2003
- ISBN10: 0822330423
- Language: English
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A Forest of Kings: The Untold Story of the Ancient Maya
$32.50 Add to cartThe recent interpretation of Maya hieroglyphs has given us the first written history of the New World as it existed before the European invasion. In this book, two of the first central figures in the
- Author: Freidel, David
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 552
- Publish Date: December 09 2020
- ISBN10: 0688112048
- Language: English
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Derek Walcott Collected Poems 1948-1984
$34.99 Add to cartThis remarkable collection, which won the 1986 Los Angeles Times Book Prize for Poetry, includes most of the poems from each of Derek Walcott’s seven prior books of verse and all of his long autobiogr
- Author: Walcott, Derek
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 515
- Publish Date: January 01 1987
- ISBN10: 0374520259
- Language: English
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Honey and Salt
$16.00 Add to cartIn this outstanding collection of seventy-seven poems, Sandburg eloquently celebrates the themes that engaged him as a poet for more than half a century of writing- life, love, and death. Strongly lyr… [more below]
- Author: Sandburg, Carl
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 132
- Publish Date: March 10 2011
- ISBN10: 0156421658
- Language: English
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Ordinary Beast: Poems
$16.99 Add to cartONE OF PUBLISHERS WEEKLY’S TOP 10 POETRY BOOKS OF FALL 2017
NPR’S MOST ANTICIPATED POETRY BOOKS OF 2017
A striking, full-length debut collection from Virgin Islands-born poet Nicole Sealey
The existentia
- Author: Sealey, Nicole
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 80
- Publish Date: September 04 2018
- ISBN10: 0062688812
- Language: English
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The Aztecs: Lost Civilizations
$43.50 Read moreIn this rich and surprising book, Frances F. Berdan shines fresh light on the enigmatic ancient Aztecs. She casts her net wide, covering topics as diverse as ethnicity, empire-building, palace life, e… [more below]
- Series: Lost Civilizations
- Author: Berdan, Frances F.
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 208
- Publish Date: July 07 2021
- ISBN10: 1789143608
- Language: English
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Dragonflies and Damselflies of Costa Rica: A Field Guide
$34.95 Add to cartAmong the largest of all insects, dragonflies and damselflies are conspicuous. Active during the day, often brightly colored, and extremely photogenic–something about their appearance and dashing fli
- Series: Zona Tropical Publications / Antlion Media
- Author: Paulson, Dennis R.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 416
- Publish Date: May 15 2021
- ISBN10: 1501713167
- Language: English
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Study Guide to One Hundred Years of Solitude by Gabriel Garcia Marquez
$12.95 Add to cartA comprehensive study guide offering in-depth explanation, essay, and test prep for by Gabriel Garc a M rquez’s One Hundred Years of Solitude, considered a classic due to its effective use of magical … [more below]
- Series: Bright Notes
- Author: Intelligent Education
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 164
- Publish Date: February 10 2020
- ISBN10: 1645421449
- Language: English
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Chat ‘Bout!: An Anthology of Jamaican Conversations
$11.99 Add to cartChat ‘Bout : An Anthology of Jamaican Conversations Jamaicans love to ‘tek bad tings mek laugh’ and Chat ‘Bout lets you get in on the conversation. Written in Patwa or Patois, Chat ‘Bout celebrates … [more below]
- Author: Sykes-Coley, Shelley
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 112
- Publish Date: April 30 2018
- ISBN10: 1982200952
- Language: English
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The Return of Comrade Ricardo Flores Magón
$45.00 Read moreIn this long-awaited study, Claudio Lomnitz tells an unprecedented story about the experience and ideology of American and Mexican revolutionary collaborators of the Mexican anarchist Ricardo Flores M
- Series: Zone Books
- Author: Lomnitz, Claudio
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 598
- Publish Date: April 29 2014
- ISBN10: 1935408437
- Language: English
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Narcoland: The Mexican Drug Lords and Their Godfathers
$26.95 Read moreThe definitive history of drug cartels, this “investigative magnum opus” takes readers to the frontlines of the ‘war on drugs’ in Latin America (Los Angeles Times)
The product of five years’ investig- Author: Hernández, Anabel
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 416
- Publish Date: September 09 2014
- ISBN10: 1781682968
- Language: English
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Everyday Mexican Instant Pot Cookbook: Regional Classics Made Fast and Simple
$16.99 Add to cartThe Everyday Mexican Instant Pot Cookbook is the definitive Instant Pot cookbook for real Mexican home cooking made fast and simple.
The Instant Pot is not your abuelita’s pressure cooker. In the firs
- Author: Limón, Leslie
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 170
- Publish Date: October 30 2018
- ISBN10: 1641522194
- Language: English
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False Tongues and Sunday Bread: A Guatemalan and Mayan Cookbook
$22.95 Add to cart300 delicious recipes that explore the fascinating Mayan cuisine and heritage in Guatemala and its surrounding countries by celebrated food historian and cook Copeland Marks.
- Author: Marks, Copeland
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 408
- Publish Date: March 03 2014
- ISBN10: 1590772768
- Language: English
