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Open Veins of Latin America: Five Centuries of the Pillage of a Continent
by Eduardo Galeano
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Since its U.S. debut a quarter-century ago, this brilliant text has set a new standard for historical scholarship of Latin America. It is also an outstanding political economy, a social and cultural narrative of the highest quality, and perhaps the... ( read more)
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The Path Between the Seas: The Creation of the Panama Canal, 1870-1914
by David McCullough
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From the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of Truman, here is the national bestselling epic chronicle of the creation of the Panama Canal. In The Path Between the Seas, acclaimed historian David McCullough delivers a first-rate drama of the sweeping human... ( read more)
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The Mexican Shock: Its Meaning for the U. S.
by Jorge G Castaneda
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The Mexican Shock is acclaimed critic Jorge Castenada's examination of the key issues in Mexico in recent years and their effects on the United States: emigration, the relationship between politics and economics, the assassination of Luis Colosio, and... ( read more)
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Guerrilla Warfare
by Che Guevara
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This indispensable book includes three of Che Guevara’s most influential essays describing his tactical philosophy of fighting a guerrilla war in Latin America. Guerrilla Warfare, written in 1960, outlines Guevara’s doctrine for guerrilla... ( read more)
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The Mapmaker's Wife: A True Tale of Love, Murder, and Survival in the Amazon
by Robert Whitaker
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A True Tale of Love, Murder, and Survival in the Amazon The year is 1735. A decade-long expedition to South America is launched by a team of French scientists racing to measure the circumference of the earth and to reveal the mysteries of a little-known... ( read more)
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Remedios: Stories of Earth and Iron from the History of Puertorriquenas
by Auro Levins Morales
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Full of medical folklore and healing tales, Remedios presents the history of the many women-and cultures-who have met at the crossroads of the islands of Puerto Rico. Beginning with the First Mother in sub-Saharan Africa more than 200,000 years ago... ( read more)
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I, Rigoberta Menchu: An Indian Woman in Guatemala
by Elisa Burgos Debray
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Illuminated by the enduring courage and passionate sense of justice of an extraordinary woman, I, Rigoberta Menchu recounts experiences common to many Indian communities in Latin America today.... ( read more)
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Bitter Fruit: The Story of the American Coup in Guatemala, Revised and Expanded (David Rockefeller Center Series on Latin American Studies, H)
by Stephen Schlesinger
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Bitter Fruitis a comprehensive and insightful account of the CIA operation to overthrow the democratically elected government of Jacobo Arbenz of Guatemala in 1954. First published in 1982, this book has become a classic, a textbook case of the... ( read more)
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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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The Conquest of New Spain
by B Diaz Del Castillo
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Fifty years after the startling defeat of the Aztecs by Hernán Cortés and his small band of adventurers, Díaz writes a magnificent account on his experience as a soldier in CortésÆs army.... ( read more)
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Havana Nocturne: How the Mob Owned Cuba.and Then Lost It to the Revolution
by T J English
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To underworld kingpins Meyer Lansky and Charles Lucky Luciano, Cuba was the greatest hope for the future of American organized crime in the post-Prohibition years. In the 1950s, the Mob--with the corrupt, repressive government of brutal Cuban dictator... ( read more)
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Fidel Castro: The Declarations of Havana (Revolutions)
by Fidel Castro
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In response to the American administration's attempt to isolate Cuba, Fidel Castro delivered a series of speeches designed to radicalize Latin American society. As Latin America experiences more revolutions in Venezuela and Bolivia, and continues to... ( read more)
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The Labyrinth of Solitude
by Octavio Paz
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Octavio Paz has long been acknowledged as Mexico's foremost writer and critic. In this international classic, Paz has written one of the most enduring and powerful works ever created on Mexico and its people, character, and culture. Compared to Ortega y... ( read more)
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A Continent of Islands: Searching for the Caribbean Destiny
by Mark Kurlansky
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In this richly detailed portrait of the individual countries and peoples of the Caribbean, Mark Kurlansky brings to life a society and culture often kept hidden from foreigners—the arts, history, politics, and economics of the region, as well as... ( read more)
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Human Rights Series #6: An Absence of Shadows
by Marjorie Agosin
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This collection of poems by Marjorie Agosin, noted poet and editor, is presented in both Spanish and English. Published to celebrate the 50th Anniversary of the United Nation's Declaration of Human Rights, this book joins two of Agosin's most acclaimed... ( read more)
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Cuba and the Road to Socialism
by Ernesto Guevara
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Exchanges from the early 1960s and from today on the relevance of the political and economic perspectives defended by Ernesto Che Guevara.... ( read more)
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Amazonia: The Land, the Wildlife, the River, the People
by Alfonso Jr Capelas
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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... ( read more)
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Don't Be Afraid, Gringo: A Honduran Woman Speaks from the Heart: The Story of Elvia Alvarado
by Elvia Alvarado
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"Elvia Alvarado tells the story of her life and the life of the people of Honduras. Read it and understand the struggle against tyranny of the poor. Read it and act."--Alice... ( read more)
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Waiting for Snow in Havana: Confessions of a Cuban Boy
by Carlos Eire
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This haunting memoir of the Cuban Revolution, seen through the eyes of a small boy, is the heartbreaking story of the author's privileged childhood in pre-Revolution Havana, and how he lost everything, including his father.... ( read more)
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The Land That Never Was: Sir Gregor MacGregor and the Most Audacious Fraud in History
by David Sinclair
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Once upon a time, in the heart of Central America, there was a country named Poyais. It was exceptionally rich in resources, civilization, and culture and was ruled by the brave and enlightened Scottish soldier, Sir Gregor MacGregor, who became its ruler... ( read more)
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