South America category: 2208 books
Other Septembers, Many Americas
Selected Provocations, 1980-2004
Language: English
Release Date: January 4, 2011
"Let me tell you, America, of the hopes I had for you," Dorfman writes after the fall of the Twin Towers, remembering back to an earlier September 11 in 1973, when he was on the staff of Salvador Allende, then president of Chile, the day he was removed from office and murdered in a coup...
by José Carlos Mariátegui
Language: English
Release Date: March 19, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: March 19, 2014
Jose Carlos Mariátegui was one of the leading South American social philosophers of the early twentieth century. He identified the future of Peru with the welfare of the Indian at a time when similar ideas were beginning to develop in Middle America and the Andean region. Generations of Peruvian and...
Long Road from Quito
Transforming Health Care in Rural Latin America
Language: English
Release Date: March 30, 2019
Long Road from Quito presents a fascinating portrait of David Gaus, an unlikely trailblazer with deep ties to the University of Notre Dame and an even more compelling postgraduate life. Gaus is co-founder, with his mentor Rev. Theodore M. Hesburgh, C.S.C., of Andean Health and Development (AHD), an...
Odyssey to Ushuaia
A Motorcycling Adventure from New York to Tierra del Fuego
Language: English
Release Date: May 1, 2002
What makes a man sell all he owns and ride a motorcycle 22,000 miles from his hometown in upstate New York to the southernmost tip of South America? Some call it craziness; Latinos call it “cojones.” This funny, fast-paced narrative follows a young man in his search for meaning, adventure, and...
Americans All
Good Neighbor Cultural Diplomacy in World War II
Language: English
Release Date: December 1, 2012
Cultural diplomacy—"winning hearts and minds" through positive portrayals of the American way of life—is a key element in U.S. foreign policy, although it often takes a backseat to displays of military might. Americans All provides an in-depth, fine-grained study of a particularly successful instance...
On a Wing and a Prayer
One Woman's Adventure into the Heart of the Rainforest
Language: English
Release Date: May 21, 2015
As a young child, Sarah Woods imagined going on epic voyages to exotic, illusory lands filled with bizarre creatures, intoxicating rhythms, vibrant colours and other-worldly forests. As soon as she was old enough she packed a bag and set off to see the world for real, leaving friends and family behind...
Big Water
The Making of the Borderlands Between Brazil, Argentina, and Paraguay
Language: English
Release Date: April 10, 2018
Big Water explores four centuries of the overlapping histories of Brazil, Argentina, and Paraguay (the Triple Frontier), and the colonies that preceded them. Examining an important area that includes some of the first national parks established in Latin America and one of the world’s largest hydroelectric...
Revolutionaries, Rebels and Robbers
The Golden Age of Banditry in Mexico, Latin America and the Chicano American Southwest, 1850-1950
Language: English
Release Date: October 2, 2015
This volume delivers a comprehensive study of banditry in Latin America and of its cultural representation. In its scope across the continent, looking closely at nations where bandit culture has manifested itself forcefully ― Mexico (the subject of the case study), the Hispanic south-west of the...
by Thomas Walsh
Language: English
Release Date: March 7, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: March 7, 2015
Tim is a successful business executive in the twilight of his career. During a flight to Sydney, Australia he becomes embroiled in self introspection and questions what gave him pleasure in his career. What made all the hard work and weeks away from home worth it besides the status, power and wealth...
Tschiffely's Ride
Ten Thousand Miles in the Saddle from Southern Cross to Pole Star
Language: English
Release Date: September 3, 2013
**“**Ask anyone to name the most inspirational equestrian travel book ever written and they will respond, Tschiffely’s Ride” (The Long Riders’ Guild).
From the southeast coast of South America through an expanse of Peruvian sands en route to the West Coast, then onward through Central...
Feeding on Dreams
Confessions of an Unrepentant Exile
Language: English
Release Date: September 27, 2011
“A beautifully crafted, searing memoir” about fleeing Chile after the Pinochet coup, and the exile’s yearning for home (Kirkus Reviews).
“A multifaceted journey that is geographical, personal and political . . . A complex, nuanced view of United States–Latin American politics and relations...
Tropical Nature
Life and Death in the Rain Forests of Central and
Language: English
Release Date: May 24, 2011
Seventeen marvelous essays introducing the habitats, ecology, plants, and animals of the Central and South American rainforest.
A lively, lucid portrait of the tropics as seen by two uncommonly observant and thoughtful field biologists. Its seventeen marvelous essays introduce the habitats,...
Armies of the War of the Pacific 1879–83
Chile, Peru & Bolivia
Language: English
Release Date: January 20, 2016
The Pacific War was the greatest and bloodiest war ever fought in the Andean region, and is one of the most important conflicts in South American history. It is also known as the 'Saltpeter War' or the 'Guano War' because the possession of these two highly profitable nitrates was the main cause of...
by Sara Humphreys, Steph Dyson, Todd Obolsky
Language: English
Release Date: October 1, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: October 1, 2018
Discover this fascinating South American country with the most incisive and entertaining guidebook on the market. Whether you plan to go wildlife-spotting in the jungle, explore lofty Inca citadels or indulge in a pisco sour (or three), The Rough Guide to Peru will show you the ideal places to sleep,...