South America
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The Pinochet File: A Declassified Dossier on Atrocity and Accountability
$40.83 Add to cartRevised and updated: the definitive primary-source history of US involvement in General Pinochet’s Chilean coup–“the evidence is overwhelming” (The New Yorker).
Published to commemorate the fortiet- Author: Kornbluh, Peter
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 624
- Publish Date: September 11 2013
- ISBN10: 1595589120
- Language: English
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Salvador
$17.00 Add to cart“Terror is the given of the place.” The place is El Salvador in 1982, at the ghastly height of its civil war. Didion “brings the country to life” (The New York Times), delivering an anatomy of a parti… [more below]
- Series: Vintage International
- Author: Didion, Joan
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 112
- Publish Date: April 26 1994
- ISBN10: 0679751831
- Language: English
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The Book of Embraces
$16.95 Read moreEduardo Galeano’s is considered a passionate literary voice. In The Book of Embraces, he employs parable and paradox, anecdote and dream, and fragments of autobiography to construct a passionate, iron… [more below]
- Series: Norton Paperback
- Author: Galeano, Eduardo
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 288
- Publish Date: April 17 1992
- ISBN10: 0393308553
- Language: English
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Bananas: How the United Fruit Company Shaped the World
$17.00 Read moreIn this compelling history, Peter Chapman shows how the United Fruit Company took bananas from the jungles of Costa Rica to the halls of power in Washington, D.C., with not just clever marketing, but … [more below]
- Author: Chapman, Peter
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 240
- Publish Date: July 12 2022
- ISBN10: 1838857877
- Language: English
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Something Fierce: Memoirs of a Revolutionary Daughter
$21.00 Read more#1 NATIONAL BESTSELLER (The Globe and Mail)
A Globe and Mail Best Book 2011]
A Quill & Quire Book of the Year 2011]
A National Post Best Book 2011]
A BBC Radio Book of the Week October 2011]
One of … [more below]- Author: Aguirre, Carmen
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 304
- Publish Date: March 25 2014
- ISBN10: 0345813820
- Language: English
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Blood on the River: A Chronicle of Mutiny and Freedom on the Wild Coast
$28.32 Add to cartThe winner of the 2021 Cundill History Prize and the 2021 Frederick Douglass Book Prize
Named one of the best books of the year by NPR, Blood on the River also won two of the highest honors for works
- Author: Kars, Marjoleine
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 384
- Publish Date: September 06 2022
- ISBN10: 162097780X
- Language: English
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La Plata, La Espada Y La Piedra: Tres Pilares Cruciales En La Historia de Améric a / Silver, Sword, and Stone: The Story of Latin America
$28.94 Read moreUna lectura necesaria para comprender el tumultuoso pasado de América Latina y la complejidad de su identidad.
«Trazar el alma de un continente es una hazaña extraordinaria, y Marie Arana lo h… [more below]- Author: Arana, Marie
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 576
- Publish Date: July 18 2023
- ISBN10: 8418006218
- Language: Spanish
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Motherland: A Memoir
$28.99 Read moreFrom Venezuelan reporter Paula Ram comes a powerful memoir about one woman’s complicated relationship with her family as her beloved homeland collapses into ruin.
In the span of a generation, oil-ri
- Author: Ramón, Paula
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 251
- Publish Date: October 31 2023
- ISBN10: 1542036909
- Language: English
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The Rough Guide to Colombia: Travel Guide with Free eBook
$26.99 Read moreThis Colombia guidebook is perfect for independent travellers planning a longer trip. It features all of the must-see sights and a wide range of off-the-beaten-track places. It also provides detailed
- Series: Rough Guides Main
- Author: Guides, Rough
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 392
- Publish Date: July 16 2024
- ISBN10: 1839059966
- Language: English
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Into the Amazon: The Life of C?ndido Rondon, Trailblazing Explorer, Scientist, Statesman, and Conservationist
$19.99 Read moreC?ndido 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 hi
- Author: Rohter, Larry
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 496
- Publish Date: July 30 2024
- ISBN10: 1324076208
- Language: English
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South America (Rookie Read-About Geography: Continents)
$5.95 Read moreAn incredible variety of climates and biomes span the territory of South America. As a result, the continent contains some of the greatest biodiversity on Earth.
Rookie Read-About: Continents series gi… [more below]
- Series: Rookie Read-About Geography (Paperback)
- Author: Hirsch, Rebecca
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 32
- Publish Date: September 07 2012
- ISBN10: 0531292819
- Language: English
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Moon Ecuador & the Galápagos Islands: Outdoor Adventure, Indigenous Culture, Sustainable Travel
$24.99 Read moreCanoe through the Amazon, explore the bustling capital of Quito, snorkel in the Gal?pagos, or kick back on the coast: Embark on an unforgettable adventure with Moon Ecuador & the Gal?pagos Islands. In… [more below]
- Series: Moon Latin America & Caribbean Travel Guide
- Author: Pitts, Bethany
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 568
- Publish Date: September 24 2024
- ISBN10: 9798886470307
- Language: English
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The Rough Guide to South America on a Budget: Travel Guide with Free eBook
$29.99 Add to cartThis South America on a Budget guidebook is perfect for independent travellers planning a longer trip. It features all of the must-see sights and a wide range of off-the-beaten-track places. It also p
- Series: Rough Guides Main
- Author: Guides, Rough
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 960
- Publish Date: August 20 2024
- ISBN10: 1835290108
- Language: English
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The Rough Guide to Peru: Travel Guide with Free eBook
$27.99 Add to cartThis Peru guidebook is perfect for independent travellers planning a longer trip. It features all of the must-see sights and a wide range of off-the-beaten-track places. It also provides detailed prac
- Series: Rough Guides Main
- Author: Guides, Rough
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 520
- Publish Date: July 16 2024
- ISBN10: 1839059982
- Language: English
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Mars on Earth: Wanderings in the World’s Driest Desert
$32.00 Add to cartAn utterly unique travel memoir about a gay expat searching an otherworldly place for a deeper understanding of his partner and his adoptive homeland.
Embark on an extraordinary odyssey through the he
- Author: Johanson, Mark
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 304
- Publish Date: October 08 2024
- ISBN10: 1771606762
- Language: English
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Moon Machu Picchu: With Lima, Cusco & the Inca Trail
$19.99 Read moreMystical, timeless, and full of adventure: embark on the trip of a lifetime to the jewel of Peru with Moon Machu Picchu. Inside you’ll find:
- Strategic trekking guides, including two to four days on t
- Series: Travel Guide
- Author: Dubé, Ryan
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 264
- Publish Date: December 01 2020
- ISBN10: 1640499393
- Language: English
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Tales from Silver Lands
$12.99 Read moreAtmospheric woodcuts illustrate this Newbery Award-winning collection of 19 South American folktales. Charles J. Finger heard the tales firsthand from native storytellers, whose fables of talking anim… [more below]
- Author: Finger, Charles J.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 256
- Publish Date: October 18 2017
- ISBN10: 0486820939
- Language: English
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634 Maneras de Matar a Fidel: Planes de la CIA Y La Mafia Para Asesinar a Fidel Castro
$18.95 Read moreExpansivo recuento de los diversos, creativos, frecuentemente extraños y sin embargo increÃblemente inquietantes intentos de asesinar a Fidel Castro.
Fabián Escalante, el fundador de los servicios de- Author: Escalante, Fabian
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 304
- Publish Date: April 23, 2024
- ISBN10: 1925756343
- Language: Spanish
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Inca Apocalypse: The Spanish Conquest and the Transformation of the Andean World
$42.99 Add to cartA major new history of the Spanish conquest of the Inca Empire, set in a larger global context than previous accounts
Previous accounts of the fall of the Inca empire have played up the importance of- Author: Covey, R. Alan
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 592
- Publish Date: July 01 2020
- ISBN10: 0190299126
- Language: English
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A Concise History of Brazil
$35.00 Add to cartThe second edition of A Concise History of Brazil offers a sweeping yet accessible history of Latin America’s largest country. Boris Fausto examines Brazil’s history from the arrival of the Portuguese… [more below]
- Series: Cambridge Concise Histories
- Author: Fausto, Boris
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 472
- Publish Date: August 11 2014
- ISBN10: 1107635241
- Language: English
