Central America
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DÃganle a mi madre que estoy en el paraÃso: Memorias de una prisionera polÃtica
$17.99 Add to cartDÃganle a mi madre que estoy en el paraÃso recoge las memorias de una joven salvadoreña de espÃritu curioso y rebelde, que la lleva a recorrer el mundo. Al regresar a su patria, se inserta en las
- Author: Gasteazoro, Ana Margarita
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 288
- Publish Date: October 15 2022
- ISBN10: 1736231650
- Language: Spanish
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Where There Was Fire
$17.99 Add to cartA lush and atmospheric novel about three generations of a Costa Rican family wrestling with a deadly secret, from rising literary star John Manuel Arias
“An exciting new voice with a prowess for lyrici- Author: Arias, John Manuel
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 288
- Publish Date: September 17 2024
- ISBN10: 1250817390
- Language: English
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The Conquest of New Spain
$22.99 Add to cartVivid, powerful and absorbing, this is a first-person account of one of the most startling military episodes in history: the overthrow of Montezuma’s doomed Aztec Empire by the ruthless Hernan Cortes … [more below]
- Author: Bernal Diaz Del Castillo, Diaz Del Casti
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 416
- Publish Date: November 28 2009
- ISBN10: 1607961806
- Language: English
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The Fascinating Origin of the Dominican Republic
$22.95 Add to cartA story of fratricidal rivalries, cruel confrontations and battles, unexpected betrayals, unlikely alliances, tragic decisions, and shared ideals. It’s a story of slavery and race and how both so dist… [more below]
- Author: Redolad, Esteve
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 274
- Publish Date: November 23 2021
- ISBN10: 1977248454
- Language: English
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A Cruising Guide to the Northwest Caribbean
$64.95 Add to cartCruising Guide to The Northwest Caribbean, 2nd ed details the waters of the Northern Coast of Jamaica, the Cayman Islands, Honduras and the Bay islands, and Guatemala including the R o Dulce. With ful… [more below]
- Author: Pavlidis, Stephen J.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 312
- Publish Date: August 23 2015
- ISBN10: 1892399385
- Language: English
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Popol Vuh: The Sacred Book of the Ancient Quiche Maya
$21.95 Add to cartThis is the first complete version in English of the “Book of the People” of the Quiche Maya, the most powerful nation of the Guatemalan highlands in pre-Conquest times and a branch of the ancient May
- Series: Civilization of the American Indian (Paperback)
- Author: Recinos, Adrien
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 288
- Publish Date: November 13 2020
- ISBN10: 0806122668
- Language: English
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Rutilio Grande: A Table for All
$14.95 Add to cartIn Rutilio Grande: A Table for All, veteran journalist Rhina Guidos explores the inspiring life and ministry of the Salvadoran priest whose killing changed the church in El Salvador and the life of hi
- Series: People of God
- Author: Guidos, Rhina
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 136
- Publish Date: March 16 2018
- ISBN10: 081464564X
- Language: English
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All Mankind Is One: A Study of the Disputation Between Bartolomé de Las Casas and Juan Ginés de Sepúlveda in 1550 on the Intellectual and
$22.00 Add to cartA Study of the Disputation between Bartlome de Las Casas and Juan Gines de Sepulveda on the religious and iltellectual capacity of the American Indians.
- Author: Hanke, Lewis
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 221
- Publish Date: August 01 1994
- ISBN10: 0875805639
- Language: English
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El PaÃs Bajo Mi Piel / The Country Under My Skin
$22.95 Add to cartTras casarse muy j?ven y ser madre, Gioconda Belli se uni? al clandestino y emergente movimiento Sandinista, sustituyendo su deseo de ser una buena esposa por la necesidad de vivir una vida plena y co… [more below]
- Author: Belli, Gioconda
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 448
- Publish Date: October 14 2003
- ISBN10: 1400034396
- Language: Spanish
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Tropical Plants of Costa Rica: A Guide to Native and Exotic Flora
$34.95 Add to cartTropical Plants of Costa Rica is the essential guide to Costa Rica’s native and exotic plant species. In this comprehensive volume, Willow Zuchowski introduces readers to an array of the country’s daz
- Series: Zona Tropical Publications
- Author: Zuchowski, Willow
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 560
- Publish Date: March 15 2022
- ISBN10: 1501763075
- Language: English
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The Maya: A Very Short Introduction
$12.99 Add to cartThe Maya forged one of the greatest societies in the history of the ancient Americas — and in all of human history. Long before contact with Europeans, Maya communities built spectacular cities with … [more below]
- Series: Very Short Introductions
- Author: Restall, Matthew
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 152
- Publish Date: October 21 2020
- ISBN10: 0190645024
- Language: English
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The Path Between the Seas: The Creation of the Panama Canal 1870-1914
$40.00 Add to cartThe National Book Award-winning epic chronicle of the creation of the Panama Canal, a first-rate drama of the bold and brilliant engineering feat that was filled with both tragedy and triumph, told by… [more below]
- Author: McCullough, David
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 704
- Publish Date: June 01 2004
- ISBN10: 0743262131
- Language: English
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Unforgettable Journeys the Americas
$32.00 Add to cartRegarding unforgettable travel experiences, journeys through the Americas top our bucket list.
Imagine a road trip across the US, cruising along the Amazon, or taking an epic train ride through the C- Author: Dk Eyewitness
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 256
- Publish Date: April 09 2024
- ISBN10: 0744095123
- Language: English
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Pocket Guide to the Insects of Costa Rica
$27.95 Add to cartThe Pocket Guide to the Insects of Costa Rica reveals the sheer number and diversity of insects and arthropods of the tropics. Every square meter of rainforest and cloud forest in Costa Rica offers up
- Series: Zona Tropical Publications / Antlion Media
- Author: Hanson, Paul E.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 208
- Publish Date: October 15 2021
- ISBN10: 1501760971
- Language: English
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For Such a Time as This: Flavors and Recipes from My Honduras
$25.00 Add to cartWhen Heidy was just a little girl, she started learning about baking from her grandmother Andrea.Her bread was legendary in the small village and Heidy would go door-to-door selling it.
If Heidy closes
- Author: Kohnle, Sarah
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 86
- Publish Date: February 13 2020
- ISBN10: 1942168322
- Language: English
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The Banana Wars: A Captivating Guide to the Interventions of the United States in Central America, Mexico, and the Caribbean
$23.99 Add to cartThe United States Marine Corps once fought for God, country, and bananas.
This book is about the Banana Wars that lasted from the end of the Spanish-American War in 1898 until Franklin Roosevelt’s Good
- Author: History, Captivating
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 102
- Publish Date: August 21 2023
- ISBN10: 1637168802
- Language: English
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Amphibians of Costa Rica: A Field Guide
$35.00 Add to cartAmphibians of Costa Rica is the first in-depth field guide to all 206 species of amphibians known to occur in Costa Rica or within walking distance of its borders. A diminutive nation with abundant na
- Series: Zona Tropical Publications
- Author: Leenders, Twan
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 544
- Publish Date: November 04 2016
- ISBN10: 1501700626
- Language: English
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Silence on the Mountain: Stories of Terror, Betrayal, and Forgetting in Guatemala
$26.95 Add to cartnew in paperback
Silence on the Mountain is a virtuoso work of reporting and a masterfully plotted narrative tracing the history of Guatemala’s thirty-six-year internal war, a conflict that claimed the… [more below]- Series: American Encounters/Global Interactions
- Author: Wilkinson, Daniel
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 392
- Publish Date: August 20 2004
- ISBN10: 0822333686
- Language: English
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The Other Side: Stories of Central American Teen Refugees Who Dream of Crossing the Border
$11.99 Add to cartAward-winning Mexican author Juan Pablo Villalobos explores illegal immigration with this emotionally raw and timely nonfiction book about ten Central American teens and their journeys to the United S
- Author: Villalobos, Juan Pablo
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 160
- Publish Date: November 08 2022
- ISBN10: 1250802652
- Language: English
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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
