Cultural Region/Latin America
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Long Life, Honey in the Heart: A Story of Initiation and Eloquence from the Shores of a Mayan Lake
$18.95 Add to cartMart n Prechtel continues the narrative of his unique life in Santiago, Atitlan in Long Life, Honey in the Heart, an eloquent memoir replete with the subtle intelligence and sophistication of Mayan c… [more below]
- Author: Prechtel, Martín
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 368
- Publish Date: October 20 2004
- ISBN10: 155643538X
- Language: English
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Judas at the Jockey Club and Other Episodes of Porfirian Mexico
$19.95 Add to cartFeaturing a new preface by the author, this brilliant and eminently readable cultural history looks at Mexican life during the dictatorship of Porfirio D?z, from 1876 to 1911. At that time the moderni… [more below]
- Author: Beezley, William H.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 210
- Publish Date: June 01 2018
- ISBN10: 1496206908
- Language: English
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Santa Tarantula
$18.00 Add to cartThe poems in Santa Tarantula grant an urgent and haunting voice to the voiceless, explore ancient narratives, delve into Cuban history and identity, and confront trauma and violence.
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- Series: Andr駸 Montoya Poetry Prize
- Author: Pérez, Jordan
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 80
- Publish Date: February 01 2024
- ISBN10: 0268207526
- 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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Voyaging: Southward from the Strait of Magellan
$19.95 Read moreThe 75th anniversary printing of the captivating story of Kent’s journey to Tierra del Fuego.
Rockwell Kent is one of America’s most famous graphic artists. He was also an avid traveler. Kent was espec
- Author: Kent, Rockwell
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 202
- Publish Date: March 10 2000
- ISBN10: 0819564095
- Language: English
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Eating Peru: A Gastronomic Journey
$24.95 Add to cartToday, Peru is recognized as one of the top food destinations on the planet. But twenty-five years ago, the world’s foodies focused their attention elsewhere–except for wine merchant-turned-archaeolo… [more below]
- Author: Bradley, Robert C.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 292
- Publish Date: September 05 2023
- ISBN10: 080619278X
- Language: English
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Planet Taco: A Global History of Mexican Food
$26.99 Add to cartAs late as the 1960s, tacos were virtually unknown outside Mexico and the American Southwest. Within fifty years the United States had shipped taco shells everywhere from Alaska to Australia, Morocco … [more below]
- Author: Pilcher, Jeffrey M.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 320
- Publish Date: March 01 2017
- ISBN10: 0190655771
- Language: English
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American Tapestry: The Story of the Black, White, and Multiracial Ancestors of Michelle Obama
$16.99 Add to cartA remarkable history of First Lady Michelle Obama’s mixed ancestry, American Tapestry by Rachel L. Swarns is nothing less than a breathtaking and expansive portrait of America itself.
In this extraordi
- Series: P.S.
- Author: Swarns, Rachel L.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 432
- Publish Date: April 09 2013
- ISBN10: 0061999873
- Language: English
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Pocket Guide to the Mammals of Costa Rica
$31.95 Add to cartPocket Guide to the Mammals of Costa Rica is the first guide to provide comprehensive coverage of every currently known mammal species found in Costa Rica. From the Central American Silky Anteater to
- Series: Zona Tropical Publications
- Author: Reid, Fiona A.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 296
- Publish Date: November 15 2022
- ISBN10: 1501766961
- Language: English
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Te Abraza Con Todo Fervor Revolucionario: Epistolario de Un Tiempo 1947-1967
$22.95 Read moreLa primera edición de las cartas del Che Guevara, la mayorÃa nunca antes publicadas en inglés.
“El Che no era solamente un intelectual, era el ser humano más completo de nuestra época.” — Jean- Series: The Che Guevara Library
- Author: Guevara, Ernesto Che
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 368
- Publish Date: October 03 2023
- ISBN10: 1925756394
- Language: Spanish
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Life and Death in the Andes: On the Trail of Bandits, Heroes, and Revolutionaries
$20.99 Add to cart“A thoughtfully observed travel memoir and history as richly detailed as it is deeply felt” (Kirkus Reviews) of South America, from Butch Cassidy to Che Guevara to cocaine king Pablo Escobar to Charle… [more below]
- Author: MacQuarrie, Kim
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 448
- Publish Date: December 13 2016
- ISBN10: 1439168903
- 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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Hurricane Dancers: The First Caribbean Pirate Shipwreck
$11.99 Add to cartQuebrado has been traded from pirate ship to ship in the Caribbean Sea for as long as he can remember. The sailors he toils under call him el quebrado–half islander, half outsider, a broken one. Now
- Author: Engle, Margarita
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 176
- Publish Date: March 25 2014
- ISBN10: 1250040108
- Language: English
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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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Solito, Solita: Crossing Borders with Youth Refugees from Central America
$24.95 Add to cartThey are a mass migration of thousands of young people from Central America, yet each one travels alone: solito, solita.
- Series: Voice of Witness
- Author: Mayers, Steven
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 336
- Publish Date: April 16, 2019
- ISBN10: 1608466183
- Language: English
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The Argentina Reader: History, Culture, Politics
$30.95 Add to cartExcessively European, refreshingly European, not as European as it looks, struggling to overcome a delusion that it is European. Argentina-in all its complexity-has often been obscured by variations o… [more below]
- Series: Latin America Readers
- Author: Nouzeilles, Gabriela
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 600
- Publish Date: December 25 2002
- ISBN10: 082232914X
- Language: English
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The Maya: A Very Short Introduction
$13.99 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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And after All: Poems
$19.95 Add to cartRhina P. Espaillat’s And after All meditates on the passage of time. The perspective sweeps from the panorama of foreign landmarks to the close view of a lover’s feet in failing health, held and cared
- Author: Espaillat, Rhina P.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 130
- Publish Date: April 26 2019
- ISBN10: 1773490222
- 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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How to Get Really Good at Spanish: Learn Spanish to Fluency and Beyond
$8.99 Add to cartMillions of people learn Spanish but only a very small percentage of learners can actually speak it fluently. Why is that?
People in general are quick to point out that some are naturally built more
- Author: Polyglot, Language Learning
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 88
- Publish Date: January 18 2019
- ISBN10: 1950321002
- Language: English
