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Brazil
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Fordlandia: The Rise and Fall of Henry Ford's Forgotten Jungle City
Fordlandia: The Rise and Fall of Henry Ford's Forgotten Jungle City
by Greg Grandin
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The stunning, never before told story of the quixotic attempt to recreate small-town America in the heart of the Amazon In 1927, Henry Ford, the richest man in the world, bought a tract of land twice the size of Delaware in the Brazilian Amazon. His... (read more)

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Haiti
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Mountains Beyond Mountains: The Quest of Dr. Paul Farmer, a Man Who Would Cure the World
Mountains Beyond Mountains: The Quest of Dr. Paul Farmer, a Man Who Would Cure the World
by Tracy Kidder
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Beautifully told, and entirely inspiring, Mountains Beyond Mountains is an exceptional look at the heroic life of Dr. Paul Farmer. Providing health care for hundreds of thousands in a remote, impoverished region of Haiti, Farmer's incomparable dedication... (read more)

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Cuba
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The Autobiography of Fidel Castro
The Autobiography of Fidel Castro
by Norberto Fuentes
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Prize-winning author and journalist Norberto Fuentes was once a revolutionary: a writer with privileged access to Fidel Castro's inner circle during some the most challenging years of the revolution. But in the late 1990s, as the regime began sending its... (read more)

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Mexico
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God's Middle Finger: Into the Lawless Heart of the Sierra Madre
God's Middle Finger: Into the Lawless Heart of the Sierra Madre
by Richard Grant
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Twenty miles south of the Arizona-Mexico border, the rugged, beautiful Sierra Madre mountains begin their dramatic ascent. Almost 900 miles long, the range climbs to nearly 11,000 feet and boasts several canyons deeper than the Grand Canyon. The rules of... (read more)

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Bolivia
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Whispering in the Giant's Ear: A Frontline Chronicle from Bolivia's War on Globalization
Whispering in the Giant's Ear: A Frontline Chronicle from Bolivia's War on Globalization
by William Powers
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An intimate and powerful account of living in Bolivia during a time of crisis and change. Long the obscure “Tibet of South America,” Bolivia emerged as a world flashpoint during the four years William Powers lived there as an aid worker. CNN... (read more)

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Colombia
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Killing Pablo: The Hunt for the World's Greatest Outlaw
Killing Pablo: The Hunt for the World's Greatest Outlaw
by Mark Bowden
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Killing Pablo is the story of the fifteen-month manhunt for Colombian cocaine cartel kingpin Pablo Escobar, whose escape from his lavish, mansionlike jail drove a nation to the brink of chaos. In a gripping, up-close account, acclaimed journalist Mark... (read more)

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Nicaragua
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The Country Under My Skin: A Memoir of Love and War
The Country Under My Skin: A Memoir of Love and War
by Gioconda Belli
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An electrifying memoir from the acclaimed Nicaraguan writer ("A wonderfully free and original talent" — Harold Pinter) and central figure in the Sandinista Revolution. Until her early twenties, Gioconda Belli inhabited an upper-class cocoon... (read more)

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General
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Gringo: A Coming of Age in Latin America
Gringo: A Coming of Age in Latin America
by Chesa Boudin
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Gringo charts two journeys, both of which began a decade ago. The first is the sweeping transformation of Latin American politics that started with Hugo Chavez's inauguration as president of Venezuela in 1999. In that same year, an eighteen-year-old... (read more)

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Varieties of Liberalism in Central America: Nation-States as Works in Progress
Varieties of Liberalism in Central America: Nation-States as Works in Progress
by Forrest D Colburn
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Why do some countries progress while others stagnate? Why does adversity strengthen some countries and weaken others? Indeed, in this era of unprecedented movement of people, goods, and ideas, just what constitutes a nation-state? Forrest Colburn and... (read more)

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Insurgent Collective Action and Civil War in El Salvador (Cambridge Studies in Comparative Politics)
Insurgent Collective Action and Civil War in El Salvador (Cambridge Studies in Comparative Politics)
by Elisabeth Jean Wood
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Wood??'s model places emotions and morals at the heart of collective action.... (read more)

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