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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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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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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 Motorcycle Diaries (Movie Tie-In)
by Ernesto Che Guevara
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Special movie tie-in edition of Che Guevara's youthful travel diaries to coincide with the Fall release of Redford &Salles's film of the book. Says director Walter Salles: "If the film reaches a younger audience, I hope it will inspire people to read The... ( read more)
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Victors and Vanquished: Spanish and Nahua Views of the Conquest of Mexico (Bedford Series in History & Culture)
by Stuart B Schwartz
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In 1519 Hernán Cortés and a small band of Spanish conquistadors overthrew the mighty Mexican empire of the Aztecs. Using excerpts primarily drawn from Bernal Diaz's 1632 account of the Spanish victory and testimonies many recently uncovered of... ( read more)
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Blood and Debt: War and the Nation-State in Latin America
by Miguel Ange Centeno
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Blood and Debt looks at the role war plays in political development by examining the differences between wars and their political consequences in Western Europe and Latin America.... ( read more)
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Hurricanes and Society in the British Greater Caribbean, 1624--1783 (Early America: History, Context, Culture)
by Matthew Mulcahy
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Hurricanes created unique challenges for the colonists in the British Greater Caribbean during the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries. These storms were entirely new to European settlers and quickly became the most feared part of their physical... ( read more)
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Latin America and the United States: A Documentary History
by Robert H Holden
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"This is a superb collection of material covering nearly 200 years, with succinct introductions that put each document in context. But it is especially excellent on the past century as Latin American as well as U.S. views and policies are given... ( 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 Death in Brazil: A Book of Omissions (John MacRae Books)
by Peter Robb
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Combining travel, history, culture, and his own memories of twenty years of Brazilian life, the author of Midnight in Sicily delves into the past and present of a country that affects our imagination like few other places on earth From his own near... ( read more)
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Golden Dream: Seekers of El Dorado
by Robert Silverberg
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With a historian's attention to fact and a novelist's gift for the dramatic, Silverberg brings the legend of El Dorado to life once more.... ( read more)
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Zapatistas: the Chiapas Revolt and What It Means for Radical Politics (06 Edition)
by Mihalis Mentinis
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The Zapatista Army for National Liberation burst onto the world stage on January 1, 1994. Zapatista commander Subcomandante Marcos announced a revolution and declared war on the Mexican government and global capitalism. Since then, the Zapatistas have... ( read more)
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The Third Wave of Democratization in Latin America: Advances and Setbacks
by Frances Hagopian
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An ambitious and comprehensive overview of the post-1978 wave of democratization in Latin America.... ( read more)
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Tania: Undercoverwith Che Guevara_in Bolivia
by Ulises Estrada
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"Tania" recovers the history of the extraordinary woman who fought and died--at the age of 30--alongside Che Guevara in Bolivia. Author Ulises Estrada's personal photos and correspondence with Tania as well as testimonies from other guerrillas who fought... ( read more)
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Costa Rica : a Traveler's Literary Companion (94 Edition)
by Barbara Ras
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Table of Contents Northern Zone: Carmen Naranjo "Believe It or Not" Jose Leon Sanchez "The Girl Who Came from the Moon" Mario Gonzalez Feo "Bucho Vargas, Healer and Medicine Man" San Jose and the Central Valley: Yolanda Oreamuno "The Lizard with the... ( read more)
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Flight from Chile: Voices of Exile
by Thomas Wright
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The first oral history of those who fled the brutality unleashed by the coup over tewnty-five years ago.... ( read more)
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Corruption in Cuba: Castro and Beyond
by Sergi Diaz Briquets
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While Fidel Castro maintains his longtime grip on Cuba, revolutionary scholars and policy analysts have turned their attention from how Castro succeeded (and failed), to how Castro himself will be succeeded--by a new government. Among the many questions... ( read more)
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Charreria Mexicana: An Equestrian Folk Tradition
by Kathleen Sands
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Charreria celebrates an equestrian tradition whose roots are in sixteenth-century Spain but which developed into a unique form of horsemanship in the physical and cultural landscapes of the New World. It is an enormously popular tradition in Mexico... ( read more)
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That Infernal Little Cuban Republic: The United States and the Cuban Revolution
by Lars Schoultz
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Cuba has regularly given Washington a headache, Lars Schoultz observes in his comprehensive chronicle of U.S. policy toward the Cuban Revolution. Seeking relief, even the most patient U.S. officials have often been tempted to repeat what an exasperated... ( read more)
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Modern Latin America 6TH Edition
by Thomas E Skidmore
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Now in its sixth edition, Modern Latin America is a lively interpretive history and the leading text in the field. Thoroughly updated and revised, the book includes a new chapter on the history of Colombia from the wars of independence to the violent... ( read more)
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