Cultural Region/Latin America
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School of Instructions: A Poem
$26.00 Read moreA stunning memorial work that excavates the forgotten experience of West Indian soldiers during World War I.
Deep-dyed in language both sensuous and biblical, Ishion Hutchinson’s School of Instruction- Author: Hutchinson, Ishion
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 112
- Publish Date: November 21, 2023
- ISBN10: 0374610266
- Language: English
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Juego de Libertad: Mestre Bimba Y El Arte de la Capoeira (Game of Freedom Spanish Edition)
$19.99 Add to cartEn esta biograf?a impactante y vibrante, el galardonado creador Duncan Tonatiuh echa luz sobre el legado de un legendario capoeirista, Mestre Bimba, quien se resisti? a la opresi?n racial a trav?s del… [more below]
- Author: Tonatiuh, Duncan
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 48
- Publish Date: October 24 2023
- ISBN10: 1419768506
- Language: Spanish
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Peru: The Cookbook
$54.95 Add to cartThe definitive Peruvian cookbook, featuring 500 traditional home cooking recipes from the country’s most acclaimed and popular chef, Gast? Acurio.
One of the world’s most innovative and flavorful cuisi
- Author: Acurio, Gastón
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 432
- Publish Date: May 18 2015
- ISBN10: 0714869201
- Language: English
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Mystery of the Maya
$7.99 Add to cartMystery of the Maya by R. A. Montgomery takes YOU on a daring adventure to Mexico to find your lost friend! 9-12 year old readers can travel back in time to search for their friend Tom, becoming a gre… [more below]
- Series: Choose Your Own Adventure #005
- Author: Montgomery, R. a.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 144
- Publish Date: May 01 2006
- ISBN10: 1933390050
- Language: English
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Plátanos Go with Everything
$18.99 Add to cartPaletero Man meets Fry Bread in this vibrant and cheerful ode to pl?tanos, the star of Dominican cuisine, written by award-winning poet Lissette Norman, illustrated by Sara Palacios, and translated by
- Author: Norman, Lissette
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 32
- Publish Date: January 31 2023
- ISBN10: 006306751X
- Language: English
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Owls of the Eastern Ice: A Quest to Find and Save the World’s Largest Owl
$18.00 Add to cartA New York Times Notable Book of 2020
Longlisted for the National Book Award
Winner of the PEN/E.O. Wilson Literary Science Writing Award and the Minnesota Book Award for General Nonfiction
A Finalist fo- Author: Slaght, Jonathan C.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 368
- Publish Date: June 1, 2021
- ISBN10: 125079871X
- Language: English
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Chesapeake Requiem: A Year with the Watermen of Vanishing Tangier Island
$19.99 Add to cartTHE NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER
A brilliant, soulful, and timely portrait of a two-hundred-year-old crabbing community in the middle of the Chesapeake Bay as it faces extinction.
A BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR
- Author: Swift, Earl
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 448
- Publish Date: February 18 2020
- ISBN10: 006266140X
- Language: English
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Still Life with Bones: Genocide, Forensics, and What Remains
$28.00 Add to cartNew York Times Book Review Editors‘ Choice – An anthropologist working with forensic teams and victims’ families to investigate crimes against humanity in Latin America explores what science can tell … [more below]
- Author: Hagerty, Alexa
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 320
- Publish Date: March 14, 2023
- ISBN10: 0593443136
- Language: English
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Turtles of the Midnight Moon
$17.99 Read moreWhen poachers threaten the island they love, two girls team up to save the turtles–and each other. An eco-mystery with an unforgettable friendship story at its heart from a fresh new voice in middle … [more below]
- Author: Fitzgerald, MarÃa José
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 320
- Publish Date: March 14, 2023
- ISBN10: 0593488709
- Language: English
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Stinkbird Has a Superpower
$18.99 Add to cartA hilarious and factual introduction to the Amazonian hoatzin–or stinkbird–and its surprising, incredible superpower. (Spoiler alert: it’s more than just the stink!)
Stinkbirds have a lot in common- Author: Esbaum, Jill
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 32
- Publish Date: May 16, 2023
- ISBN10: 0593529529
- Language: English
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Macuna?a: The Hero with No Character
$17.95 Read moreHere at last is an exciting new edition of the Brazilian modernist epic Macuna?a: The Hero with No Character, by Mç–µio de Andrade. This landmark 1928 novel follows the adventures of the shapeshifting M
- Author: de Andrade, Mário
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 224
- Publish Date: April 04, 2023
- ISBN10: 0811227022
- Language: English
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Pelé: The King of Soccer
$16.99 Add to cartEdson Arantes do Nascimento, known to his schoolmates as Pel?, grew up in poverty in the Sao Paulo region of Brazil. He was too poor to afford a real soccer ball, so he played with a ball of newspaper
- Author: Simon, Eddy
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 144
- Publish Date: October 24 2017
- ISBN10: 1626727554
- Language: English
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Discourses of the Elders: The Aztec Huehuetlatolli a First English Translation
$25.00 Add to cartWestern philosophers have long claimed that God, if such a being exists, is a personal force capable of reason, and that the path to a good human life is also the path to a happy one. But what if thes
- Author: Purcell, Sebastian
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 240
- Publish Date: August 29, 2023
- ISBN10: 132402058X
- Language: English
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Island Snow
$6.99 Add to cartIn the sixth Isla of Adventure chapter book, a chilly breeze comes to the island of Sol!
Cool winds are sweeping through Sol, and everyone is loving the change in weather! Well, everyone except for Is- Series: Isla of Adventure #6
- Author: Costa, Dela
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 128
- Publish Date: November 21, 2023
- ISBN10: 1665939729
- Language: English
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Into the Amazon: The Life of Cândido Rondon, Trailblazing Explorer, Scientist, Statesman, and Conservationist
$38.00 Add to cartCândido Rondon is by any measure the greatest tropical explorer in history. Between 1890 and 1930, he navigated scores of previously unmapped rivers, traversed untrodden mountain ranges, and hacked h
- Author: Rohter, Larry
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 480
- Publish Date: 30-May-23
- ISBN10: 1324021268
- Language: English
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The Critter Café
$6.99 Add to cartIn the fifth Isla of Adventure chapter book, Isla discovers a surprising competition hosted by the animals of Sol!
Isla’s grandparents, the reigning pastry champions, are once again participating in t- Series: Isla of Adventure #5
- Author: Costa, Dela
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 128
- Publish Date: 26-Sep-23
- ISBN10: 1665939699
- Language: English
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Lonely Planet Guatemala
$24.99 Add to cartLonely Planet’s Guatemalais our most comprehensive guide that extensively covers all the country has to offer, with recommendations for both popular and lesser-known experiences. Visit Tika’s monum
- Series: Travel Guide
- Author: Bartlett, Ray
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 256
- Publish Date: 3-Oct-23
- ISBN10: 1788684311
- Language: English
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The Sculptors of Light: Poems about Cuban Women Artists
$19.95 Read moreFrom folk art to photography, architecture to painting, sculpture to music, female Cuban artists have long gone unnoticed on a global scale. This poetry collection highlights the lives and legacies of… [more below]
- Author: Engle, Margarita
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 32
- Publish Date: October 10 2023
- ISBN10: 1478879602
- Language: English
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Welcome to the Island
$6.99 Read moreMeet the ever-curious Isla Verde, a young girl with a secret–she can speak with animals–in the first book of an all-new chapter book series!
Welcome to the adventurous island of Sol! For eight-year-- Series: Isla of Adventure #1
- Author: Costa, Dela
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 128
- Publish Date: 27-Dec-22
- ISBN10: 1665926538
- Language: English
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Galápagos: Islands Born of Fire – 10th Anniversary Edition
$37.00 Add to cartAward-winning photographer Tui De Roy’s sumptuous look at the Galapagos
Ever since Charles Darwin visited there in 1835, the Galapagos have fascinated us like no other spot on Earth. This richly illus- Author: de Roy, Tui
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 168
- Publish Date: February 21 2010
- ISBN10: 0691146373
- Language: English
