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Labyrinth of Solitude and Other Writings ((Rev)85 Edition) by Octavio Paz Publisher Comments 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) List Price $14.50 Your price: $8.00 Used - Trade Paper 
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Mountains Beyond Mountains: The Quest of Dr. Paul Farmer, a Man Who Would Cure the World by Tracy Kidder Staff Pick 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) List Price $16.00 Your price: $4.95 Used - Trade Paper
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A Concise History of Mexico (Cambridge Concise Histories) by Brian R Hamnett Publisher Comments The 2006 second edition of this accessible study of Mexico includes two new features, an examination of cultural developments since Independence from Spain in 1821 and a discussion of contemporary issues up to the time of publication. Several new plates... (read more) List Price $28.99 Your price: $6.75 Used - Trade Paper
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I, Rigoberta Menchu: An Indian Woman in Guatemala by Rigoberta Menchu Publisher Comments Her story reflects the experiences common to many Indian communities in Latin America today. Rigoberta suffered gross injustice and hardship in her early life: her brother, father and mother were murdered by the Guatemalan military. She learned Spanish... (read more) List Price $26.25 Your price: $5.95 Used - Trade Paper
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The Path Between the Seas: The Creation of the Panama Canal, 1870-1914 by David McCullough Publisher Comments 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) List Price $20.00 Your price: $9.50 Used - Trade Paper
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Che for Beginners by Sergio Sinay Publisher Comments Che for Beginners recounts the life of this Argentinean doctor and self-proclaimed "Latin American patriot." Che Guevara for Beginners is the ideal choice not only to satisfy curiosity, but to reveal Che's importance. Illustrations.... (read more) List Price $11.00 Your price: $6.95 Used - Trade Paper
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The Brazil Reader: History, Culture, Politics (Latin America Readers) by Robert M Levine Publisher Comments Bordering all but two of South America’s other nations and by far Latin America’s largest country, Brazil differs linguistically, historically, and culturally from Spanish America. Its indigenous peoples share the country with descendants of... (read more) List Price $28.95 Your price: $12.50 Used - Trade Paper
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The Smithsonian Atlas of the Amazon by Michael Goulding Publisher Comments The Amazon River flows more than 4,000 miles through the world's greatest rainforest, into the Amazon delta, and finally into the Atlantic Ocean. This extraordinary atlas is the first comprehensive view of not only the Amazon River but also its thirteen... (read more) List Price $39.95 Your price: $26.00 Used - Hardcover
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When I Was Elena by Ellen Urbani Hiltebrand Publisher Comments When I Was Elena is an extraordinary account of a young American woman's sojourn in the guerrilla-infested mountains of Guatemala. Shattering the concept of a typical memoir, the author's personal story is interlaced, chapter-for-chapter, with tales told... (read more) List Price $28.00 Your price: $9.95 Used - Hardcover
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The Country Under My Skin: A Memoir of Love and War by Gioconda Belli Publisher Comments 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) List Price $16.00 Your price: $10.95 Used - Trade Paper
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Blackness and Race Mixture: The Dynamics of Racial Identity in Colombia (Johns Hopkins Studies in Atlantic History and Culture) by Peter Wade Publisher Comments Drawing on extensive anthropological fieldwork, Peter Wade shows how the concept of blackness and discrimination are deeply embedded in different social levels and contexts -- from region to neighborhood, and from politics and economics to housing... (read more) List Price $33.25 Your price: $13.50 Used - Trade Paper
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Marijuana Time by Ken Lukowiak Synopsis "In Soldier's Song", Ken Lukowiak described the nightmare of war in the Falklands. "Marijuana Time" recalls the years after the war, in which Lukowiak struggled to come to terms with what he had experienced.... (read more) Your price: $5.50 Used - Trade Paper
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The Motorcycle Diaries: Notes on a Latin American Journey by Ernesto Che Guevara Publisher Comments The book of the popular movie STARRING GAEL GARCIA BERNAL NOW A NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER The young Che Guevara’s lively and highly entertaining travel diary, now a popular movie and a New York Times bestseller. This new, expanded... (read more) List Price $14.95 Your price: $9.95 Used - Trade Paper
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Global Perspectives #1: Perspectives on the Caribbean: A Reader in Culture, History, and Representation by Philip Scher Publisher Comments Presenting a broad understanding of the complex region of the Caribbean, Perspectives on the Caribbean: A Reader in Culture, History, a[HG1] nd Representation provides a variety of viewpoints on the rich spectrum of Caribbean culture. Essays... (read more) List Price $44.95 Your price: $19.50 Used - Trade Paper
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The Killing Zone: The United States Wages Cold War in Latin America by Stephen G Rabe Publisher Comments The Killing Zone: The United States Wages Cold War in Latin America is a comprehensive yet concise analysis of U.S. policies in Latin America during the Cold War. Author Stephen G. Rabe, a leading authority in the field, argues that the sense of joy and... (read more) List Price $19.95 Your price: $14.95 Used - Trade Paper
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Art of Political Murder: Who Killed the Bishop? (08 Edition) by Francisco Goldman Synopsis Bishop Juan Gerardi, Guatemalas leading human rights activist, was bludgeoned to death in his garage on a Sunday night in 1998, two days after the presentation of a groundbreaking church-sponsored report implicating the military in the murders and... (read more) List Price $15.00 Your price: $8.00 Used - Trade Paper
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Fidel:: A Critical Portrait by Tad Szulc Publisher Comments Never before has any biographer had such close access to Fidel Castro as did Tad Szule. The outcome of a long, direct relationship, this riveting portrait reveals astonishing and exclusive information about Cuba, the revolution, and the notorious... (read more) List Price $17.95 Your price: $9.50 Used - Trade Paper
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Viewpoints / Puntos de Vista #11: A History of the Cuban Revolution by Aviva Chomsky Publisher Comments Few historical events are as little understood -- or continue to stir such emotions -- as the revolution guided by Fidel Castro that overthrew the Batista government of Cuba in 1959. A History of the Cuban Revolution journeys beyond the fiery political... (read more) List Price $22.95 Your price: $12.50 Used - Trade Paper
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Racial Revolutions: Antiracism and Indigenous Resurgence in Brazil (Latin America Otherwise) by Jonathan W Warren Publisher Comments Since the 1970s there has been a dramatic rise in the Indian population in Brazil as increasing numbers of pardos (individuals of mixed African, European, and indigenous descent) have chosen to identify themselves as Indians. In Racial Revolutions&mdash... (read more) List Price $31.25 Your price: $7.95 Used - Trade Paper
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The Mapmaker's Wife: A True Tale of Love, Murder, and Survival in the Amazon by Robert Whitaker Publisher Comments 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) List Price $16.00 Your price: $5.95 Used - Trade Paper
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