Latin America
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The Undocumented Americans
$28.00 Add to cartNATIONAL BOOK AWARD FINALIST – One of the first undocumented immigrants to graduate from Harvard reveals the hidden lives of her fellow undocumented Americans in this deeply personal and groundbreakin… [more below]
- Author: Cornejo Villavicencio, Karla
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 208
- Publish Date: March 24 2020
- ISBN10: 0399592687
- Language: English
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Havana Nocturne: How the Mob Owned Cuba…and Then Lost It to the Revolution
$19.99 Add to cartIn modern-day Havana, the remnants of the glamorous past are everywhere–old hotel-casinos, vintage American cars & flickering neon signs speak of a bygone era that is widely familiar & often romantic… [more below]
- Author: English, T. J.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 432
- Publish Date: June 09 2009
- ISBN10: 0061712744
- Language: English
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Masters of the Lost Land: The Untold Story of the Amazon and the Violent Fight for the World’s Last Frontier
$24.99 Add to cart“Gripping. … Araujo’s accretion of detail has a powerful effect, demonstrating how deeply the culture of violence has seeped into the social fabric of Amazonia — and how hard it will be to eradicat
- Author: Araujo, Heriberto
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 432
- Publish Date: January 16 2024
- ISBN10: 0063024276
- Language: English
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Silver, Sword, and Stone: Three Crucibles in the Latin American Story
$22.00 Add to cartWinner, American Library Association Booklist’s Top of the List, 2019 Adult Nonfiction
Acclaimed writer Marie Arana delivers a cultural history of Latin America and the three driving forces that have- Author: Arana, Marie
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 496
- Publish Date: August 18 2020
- ISBN10: 1501105019
- Language: English
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The Aztecs: A Very Short Introduction
$12.99 Add to cartThis Very Short Introduction employs the disciplines of history, religious studies, and anthropology as it illuminates the complexities of Aztec life. Readers meet a people highly skilled in sculpture… [more below]
- Series: Very Short Introductions
- Author: Carrasco, David
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 152
- Publish Date: December 14 2011
- ISBN10: 0195379381
- Language: English
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Mexican History: A Captivating Guide to the History of Mexico and the Mexican Revolution
$29.99 Add to cartIf you want to discover the captivating history of Mexico, then keep reading…
Two captivating manuscripts in one book:
- History of Mexico: A Captivating Guide to Mexican History, Starting from the Ris
- Author: History, Captivating
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 210
- Publish Date: June 30 2020
- ISBN10: 1647488222
- Language: English
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Zapatista Stories for Dreaming an Other World
$16.95 Add to cartIn this gorgeous collection of allegorical stories, Subcomandante Marcos, idiosyncratic spokesperson of the Zapatistas, has provided “an accidental archive” of a revolutionary group’s struggle against
- Series: Kairos
- Author: Marcos, Subcomandante
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 160
- Publish Date: October 25 2022
- ISBN10: 1629639702
- Language: English
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What You Have Heard Is True: A Memoir of Witness and Resistance
$18.00 Add to cart2019 National Book Award Finalist
“Reading it will change you, perhaps forever.” —San Francisco Chronicle “Astonishing, powerful, so important at this time.” –Margaret Atwood What You Have Heard is- Author: Forché, Carolyn
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 400
- Publish Date: February 11 2020
- ISBN10: 0525560394
- Language: English
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Brazil: A Biography
$30.99 Add to cartA sweeping and absorbing biography of Brazil, from the sixteenth century to the present
For many Americans, Brazil is a land of contradictions: vast natural resources and entrenched corruption; extrao- Author: Schwarcz, Lilia M.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 816
- Publish Date: April 07 2020
- ISBN10: 0374538484
- Language: English
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The Last Emperor of Mexico: The Dramatic Story of the Habsburg Archduke Who Created a Kingdom in the New World
$30.00 Read moreThe true operatic tragedy of Maximilian and Carlota, the European aristocrats who stumbled into power in Mexico–and faced bloody consequences.
In the 1860s, Napoleon III, intent on curbing the rise o- Author: Shawcross, Edward
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 336
- Publish Date: October 19 2021
- ISBN10: 1541674197
- Language: English
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People of the Ucayali: The Shipibo and Conibo of Peru
$31.95 Add to cartThis book describes the cultures of two closely related language groups in the Peruvian Amazon: the Shipibo and Conibo. It shares personal observations of their subsistence and economic, social, and p
- Series: Publication / International Museum of Cultures
- Author: Eakin, Lucille
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 74
- Publish Date: February 28 1986
- ISBN10: 0883121638
- Language: English
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The Mexican Revolution: A Very Short Introduction
$12.99 Add to cartThe Mexican Revolution defined the sociopolitical experience of those living in Mexico in the twentieth century. Its subsequent legacy has provoked debate between those who interpret the ongoing myth … [more below]
- Series: Very Short Introductions
- Author: Knight, Alan
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 144
- Publish Date: April 01 2016
- ISBN10: 019874563X
- Language: English
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A Short Account of the Destruction of the Indies
$16.00 Add to cartBartolom? de Las Casas was the first and fiercest critic of Spanish colonialism in the New World. An early traveller to the Americas who sailed on one of Columbus’s voyages, Las Casas was so horrified… [more below]
- Series: Penguin Classics
- Author: Las Casas, Bartolom? de
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 192
- Publish Date: November 03 1992
- ISBN10: 0140445625
- Language: English
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Mesoamerican History: A Captivating Guide to Four Ancient Civilizations that Existed in Mexico – The Olmec, Zapotec, Maya and Aztec Civiliza
$29.99 Add to cartIf you want to discover the captivating history of Mesoamerica, then keep reading…
Four captivating manuscripts in one book:
- Olmecs: A Captivating Guide to the Earliest Known Major Ancient Civiliza
- Author: History, Captivating
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 262
- Publish Date: January 10 2020
- ISBN10: 1647483158
- Language: English
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Angels with Dirty Faces: How Argentinian Soccer Defined a Nation and Changed the Game Forever
$21.99 Add to cartThe Masterful, Definitive History of Argentinian Soccer
Lionel Messi, Diego Maradona, Alfredo Di St’fano: in every generation Argentina has uncovered a uniquely brilliant soccer talent. Perhaps it’s- Author: Wilson, Jonathan
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 448
- Publish Date: August 23 2016
- ISBN10: 1568585519
- Language: English
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The Aztec Empire: An Enthralling Overview of the History of the Aztecs, Starting with the Settlement in the Valley of Mexico
$29.99 Add to cartIf you are curious about how the extraordinary Aztecs lived and ran their empire, then keep reading!
The remarkable Aztecs formed a vast, organized empire renown for military prowess, expansive trade,
- Author: History, Enthralling
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 254
- Publish Date: July 28 2021
- ISBN10: 195629600X
- Language: English
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Maya Ruins Revisited: In the Footsteps of Teobert Maler
$60.00 Add to cartThis stunning, substantial volume documents William Frej’s forty-five year search for remote Maya sites primarily in Guatemala and Mexico, inspired in large part by his discovery of the work of German… [more below]
- Author: Frej, William
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 240
- Publish Date: October 20 2020
- ISBN10: 0578639211
- Language: English
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Bimbo. Estrategia de Éxito Empresarial: X
$20.95 Add to cart- Author: Servitje S., Roberto
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 248
- Publish Date: July 24 2023
- ISBN10: 6075576010
- Language: Spanish
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La Caída de Tenochtitlan / The Fall of Tenochtitlan
$25.95 Read moreAdem?s de preparar el terreno para el encuentro final entre espa?oles y mexicas, este tercer volumen de La ca?da de Tenochtitlan ofrece el relato de los hechos que convirtieron a Malinalli, una noble … [more below]
- Author: Pescador, Jos? Luis
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 256
- Publish Date: May 23 2023
- ISBN10: 6073826605
- Language: Spanish
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El Cielo Árido / The Arid Sky
$13.95 Read moreXXVIII Premio Jaén de novela.
«Ésta es la historia de un hombre que sin saberlo fue su siglo y la de un lugar que se condensa aquí en un nombre propio; Germán Alcántara Carnero. Una histo- Author: Monge, Emiliano
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 224
- Publish Date: March 21 2023
- ISBN10: 6073820631
- Language: Spanish
