Caribbean Latin America category: 2022 books
by Keeran Jacobson
Language: English
Release Date: June 29, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: June 29, 2018
Costa Rica and the Republic of Costa Rica (Republic of Costa Rica), is a country in Central America, bordered by Nicaragua to the north, Panama to the east and south, the Pacific Ocean to the west and south and the Caribbean Sea to the east. The name Costa Rica means "rich coast." Costa...
From Many Cultures, One Nation
Ethnicity and Nationalism in Belizean Children
Language: English
Release Date: February 22, 2018
Children possess national and ethnic identity, whether or not we want them to, and often that identity includes elements of their own devising.
Since independence, the Belizean government has sought to promote a national Belizean identity by recognizing the cultures of its multiple ethnic groups,...
Salt & Silver
Travel, Surf, Cook
Language: English
Release Date: April 26, 2016
Salt & Silver traces the journey of Johannes Riffelmacher and Thomas Kosikowski as they travel through Central and South America—reporting on all the best surfing locations, chronicling the stories of local surfers and restaurant owners, and compiling recipes representative of each area. The...
Great Treks Colombia
The Gringo Guide to Colombia's National Parks
Language: English
Release Date: May 28, 2014
A comprehensive guide to the routes, attractions, seasons, and inhabitants of Colombia's 56 national parks located throughout the country, from the Caribbean to the Pacific, and the eastern plains to the fabulous Andes. Lists flora and fauna, medicinal plants, indigenous and campesino communities,...
Jamaica - Naturally
A Guide for Today's Active Travelers
Language: English
Release Date: August 1, 2013
Jamaica – Naturally, A Guide for Today’s Active Travelers, richly illustrated with over 50 color photographs, is the first e-book of a series, entitled The Caribbean – Naturally: Island Guides for Active Travelers. Over the last decade and even the last few years demand from active travelers and...
by Collectif Ulysse
Language: French
Release Date: September 25, 2016
Language: French
Release Date: September 25, 2016
Le chapitre Haïti du guide Ulysse Explorez les Caraïbes présente Haïti avec ses principaux attraits tels que Port-au-Prince avec son Marché en Fer, sa place du Champ de Mars et sa statue du Marron inconnu, Cap-Haïtien (ville sage et accueillante), la citadelle Laferrière (inscrite sur la Liste...
by Kit Ronallo
Language: English
Release Date: August 30, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: August 30, 2012
Our illustrated travel guide will take you to Buenos Aires, the capital of Argentina. This beautiful city is often referred to as the “Paris of South America”.
Buenos Aires is a major Latin American tourist attraction and offers a large choice of cultural events,...
Aya Awakenings
A Shamanic Odyssey
Language: English
Release Date: November 5, 2013
Experiential journalist Rak Razam sets out to document the thriving business of 21st-century hallucinogenic shamanism starting with a trip to the annual Amazonian Shaman Conference in Iquitos, Peru, where he meets a motley crew of "spiritual tourists," rogue scientists, black magicians,...
Santiago's Children
What I Learned about Life at an Orphanage in Chile
Language: English
Release Date: November 29, 2012
Unclear about his future career path, Steve Reifenberg found himself in the early 1980s working at a small orphanage in a poor neighborhood in Santiago, Chile, where a determined single woman was trying to create a stable home for a dozen or so children who had been abandoned or abused. With little...
Nobody Rides for Free
A Drifter's Guide to the Americas
Language: English
Release Date: May 1, 2012
Nobody Rides For Free: A Drifter in the Americas chronicles former bike courier John Hughes' rambles through Latin America on a bicycle. In this gripping mosaic-travellogue, readers are introduced to banditos, artists, grifters, would-be wives, dope fiends and attacking monkeys: a cast of characters...
Pillaging the Empire
Global Piracy on the High Seas, 1500-1750
Language: English
Release Date: July 24, 2015
Between 1500 and 1750, European expansion and global interaction produced vast wealth. As goods traveled by ship along new global trade routes, piracy also flourished on the world’s seas. Pillaging the Empire tells the fascinating story of maritime predation in this period, including the perspectives...
Chasing Che
A Motorcycle Journey in Search of the Guevara Legend
Language: English
Release Date: July 13, 2011
Intrepid journalist Patrick Symmes sets off on his BMW R80 G/S in search of the people and places in Ernesto "Che" Guevara's classic Motorcycle Diaries, seeking out his own adventure as well as the legacy of the icon Che would become, Symmes retraces the future revolutionary's path. And...
Chile - Culture Smart!
The Essential Guide to Customs & Culture
Language: English
Release Date: September 1, 2017
Chile is a land of contrast and surprise, flanked by the Pacific Ocean on the west, the Andes to the east, the forbidding salt basins of the Atacama Desert to the north—with a verdant Central Valley and Cape Horn at its southern extremity. The Chilean people, too, are surprising: on one hand reserved,...
Colombia - Culture Smart!
The Essential Guide to Customs & Culture
Language: English
Release Date: April 1, 2011
Colombia is a magical country, full of spectacular varied landscapes, rare ecosystems, succulent tropical fruits, salsa and cumbia music, and kind, fun-loving people. The modern culture is a synthesis of Spanish, indigenous, and African traditions, evident in the music, the food, and Barranquilla's...