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The Cuban Revolution: Years of Promise
by Teo A. Babun  Publisher Comments With vivid, unfiltered, photographs, an insider tells the story of the Cuban Revolution as it unfolds. Teofilo Babún Sr., a wealthy Santiago de Cuba businessman and logging camp owner, sensed that the small skirmish near his sawmill...
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So That All Shall Know/Para Que Todos Lo Sepan: Photographs by Daniel Hern?ndez-Salazar [Fotograf?as Por Daniel Hern?ndez-Salazar]
by Daniel (pht) Hernandez-salazar Publisher Comments Introduced by Nobel Peace Laureate Rigoberta Mench? Tum, So That All Shall Know is a moving testament to the horrors of genocide and the power of art to give voice to the silenced and presence to the disappeared....
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El Corazon de La Morte: Altars and Offerings for Days of the Dead
by Rafael Jesus (int) Gonzalez Publisher Comments This is a dual-language book with text in English and Spanish. This is an art book that presents the colorful and magical altars and shrines built to honor the dead in the old Mexican tradition. The Oakland Museum has invited artists to create these...
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Landscapes in Argentinian Photographic Postcards of the 20th Century
by Carlos Masotta Publisher Comments From 1900-1930, the gauchos, or gypsy cowboys, of Argentina produced thousands of documentary photographs of the national landscape as they roamed the plains and settled virgin territories. These images were turned into postcards, which showed the world...
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Havana Then and Now (Then and Now Series)
by Llilian Llanes Publisher Comments Dozens of archival photographs from Havana's mid-20th-century heyday as a posh vacation spot are featured opposite contemporary photographs, portraying a beautiful city undergoing restoration and struggling to regain its glory days....
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Viva Colores: A Salute To The Indomitable People Of Guatemala
by Paola Gianturco Synopsis The joyful cacophony of color that envelops visitors to Guatemala may seem misplaced at first. After all, the nation has only recently emerged from a 36-year civil war that destroyed its infrastructure and claimed more than a million lives. But to the...
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Amazonia: The Land, the Wildlife, the River, the People
by Alfonso Jr Capelas Synopsis A panoramic look at Earth's most diverse ecosystem. The Amazon river is fed by 1,000 named tributaries and as many anonymous ones. The river system spans the South American continent from the Atlantic Ocean to within 100 miles of the Pacific and drains...
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Gauchos in Argentinian Photographic Postcards of the 20th Century
by Carlos Masotta Publisher Comments This charming, gift-worthy 6 x 6-inch paperback presents a wide selection of beautifully tinted photographic postcards of and by Argentine cowboys, or gauchos, in the early 1900s. Often reproduced with stamps, postmarks and handwriting perfectly...
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Latin America
by Olivier (pht) Follmi Publisher Comments A hymn to beauty, Latin America celebrates the profound and incredibly diverse South American continent and its neighboring islands in all their color and gaiety. This title presents in a large format the richest images from photographer Olivier Fö...
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Realm of the Incas
by Max Milligan Publisher Comments Realm of the Incas is a celebration of the extraordinary diversity at the heart of Tihuantinsuyo, or 'Land of the Four Quarters,' as the Inca Empire was known before its conquest in 1533. Max Milligan's book charts a journey of breathtaking beauty, from...
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Mexico (Exploring Countries of the WOR)
by Marco Moretti Publisher Comments From the Olmecs to the Toltecs, from the Mayans to the Aztecs, from the Conquistadores to the great generals who liberated the land, Mexico is a crossroads of cultures and artistic expressions. Packed with colorful photographs supplemented by a lively...
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In the Eye of the Sun: Mexican Fiestas
by Geoff Winningham Publisher Comments In The Eye Of The Sun Mexican Fiestas is an illustrated book on the preparations and rituals of Mexican fiestas. From costume preparation to wood carving and flower weaving, to animal selection and its sacrifice....
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Graffiti Brasil
by Tristan Manco Publisher Comments Here is a report from the trenches on the most exciting and original graffiti scene to emerge in the past decade. From extraordinary creative extremes generated amidst urban deprivation to crafted murals at their most elaborate, Graffiti Brasil offers...
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Cuba: Picturing Change
by E Wright Ledbetter Publisher Comments Large format photographs help define Cuba as seen through this photographer's lens over a four-year period. Eloquent essays accompany the images....
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Shifting Tides: Cuban Photography After the Revolution
by Tim B Wride Synopsis The first comprehensive survey of post-revolutionary Cuban photography....
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Our Culture Is Our Resistance: Repression, Refuge, and Healing in Guatemala
by Jonathan Moller Publisher Comments Our Culture Is Our Resistance: Repression, Refuge, and Healing in Guatemala is a stunning document of this tiny Central American country, revealing stories of life and death, of hope and despair, and of struggles for survival, respect, and truth. For the...
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Street Graphics Cuba
by Barry Dawson Publisher Comments Capturing the vibrant street gallery that lines the avenues and alleys of Havana and beyond, this book profiles the pre-revolution signs for Coke, Crystal beer and Cohiba cigars, plus the musical imagery of the Buena Vista Social Club and the abundance...
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Havana, La Habana
by Nancy Stout Publisher Comments The cultural and architectural history of Havana are evoked in inspired photographs that show the remarkable variety of the city's styles: the academic classicism of aristocratic homes, rococo residential interiors, art deco and art nouveau buildings...
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Patagonia: Nature's Last Frontier
by Tomas Eloy Martinez Publisher Comments This inspiring, nearly mystical, photographic journey through one of the most spectacular landscapes in the world traverses the whipped plateau and the extreme coasts, the transparent sea and the highest peaks, and the creatures of the profoundly...
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Walker Evans: Cuba
by Walker Evans Publisher Comments In 1933, Walker Evans traveled to Cuba to take photographs for The Crime of Cuba, a book by the American journalist Carleton Beals. Beals's explicit goal was to expose the corruption of Cuban dictator Gerardo Machado and the long, torturous relationship...
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