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by Stephanie Duckworth
Language: English
Release Date: July 30, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: July 30, 2015
The Galapagos Islands, an archipelago of 19 islands in the Pacific Ocean, are a remote part of Ecuador. They are located 625 miles to the west of the mainland in South America. The islands are known for their wildlife which was an inspiration for the “Theory of Natural Selection” by Charles...
The Coming Revolution
Julius Malema and the Fight for Economic Freedom
Language: English
Release Date: October 1, 2014
What do the Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) stand for? How do they propose to nationalize mines, banks, and land? Is Julius Malema, the founder of the EFF, equipped to legislate or to lead? These tough questions are asked in The Coming Revolution: Julius Malema and the Fight for Economic Freedom....
Moon Medellín
Including Colombia's Coffee Region
Language: English
Release Date: July 3, 2017
**Moon Travel Guides: Your World, Your Way
Lush mountains, gorgeous haciendas, and perfect weather: explore Colombia's coffee country with Moon Medellín.**
Strategic plans for your trip with an adaptable week-long itinerary of the best of Medellín, a walking tour of the city, and highlights...
Enjoying San Diego’s Magnificence
Explore And Experience San Diego’s Grandeur With This Handbook And Get Amazing Ideas On San Diego Attractions Including Pacific Beach San Diego, Old Town San Diego, Sea World, Cabrillo Park San Diego And A Whole Lot More!
Language: English
Release Date: October 1, 2012
Considering how San Diego is one of the best cities in the United States, its really easy to tell how popular the city is for tourists. Among the many accomplishments behind San Diego, let's take a look at several facts behind this amazing city.
Fact 1 Inside the city limits of San...
Moonshine Nation
The Art of Creating Cornbread in a Bottle
Language: English
Release Date: July 15, 2014
Moonshine is corn whiskey, traditionally made in improvised stills throughout the Appalachian South. While quality varied from one producer to another, the whiskey had one thing in common: It was illegal because the distiller refused to pay taxes to the US government. Many moonshiners were descendants...
by David Hilton-Barber
Language: English
Release Date: January 16, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: January 16, 2014
Here is an idiosyncratic view of one of South Africa’s loveliest districts. History is certainly revealed, but the book is much more than dry-as-dust fact and chronologies. The mountains and valleys and abundant vegetation of the northern Drakensberg have inspired many people. Their stories enliven...
by Kathy Stewart
Language: English
Release Date: November 10, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: November 10, 2014
On 15 November 1899, near the start of the Anglo-Boer War, an armoured train manned by British soldiers and containing a young British journalist named Winston Churchill ground its way towards Chieveley in the misty hinterland of Natal, South Africa. The Boers, those fearsome, brave Afrikaner farmers...
by David Fleminger
Language: English
Release Date: April 14, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: April 14, 2017
The Kruger National Park is an internationally renowned wildlife sanctuary and one of South Africa’s top tourist attractions. However, this wasn’t always the case. For the first 30 years of the park’s existence, it was very unpopular and many people downright hated the idea of a reserve dedicated...
by José Victorino Lastarria
Language: English
Release Date: February 10, 2000
Language: English
Release Date: February 10, 2000
Novelist, scholar, journalist, statesman, and leading member of Chile's "Generation of 1842"--an intellectual movement so named for the founding of the National University--José Victorino Lastarria (1811-1888) lived his life at the forefront of nineteenth-century Chilean and Spanish American culture,...
Spectacular Wealth
The Festivals of Colonial South American Mining Towns
Language: English
Release Date: December 13, 2016
Bridging print culture and performance, Spectacular Wealth draws on eighteenth-century festival accounts to explore how colonial residents of the silver-mining town of Potosí, in the viceroyalty of Peru, and the gold-mining region of Minas Gerais, in Brazil, created rich festive cultures that refuted...
by Cecily McMillan
Language: English
Release Date: June 30, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: June 30, 2014
"By all odds the best all-purpose guide to one of the most magical regions." —John Berendt, author of Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil
Charleston has become the most compelling destination in the coastal south for people who are serious about food and cooking, and this new...
Post-Conflict Literature
Human Rights, Peace, Justice
Language: English
Release Date: April 20, 2016
This book brings together a variety of perspectives to explore the role of literature in the aftermath of political conflict, studying the ways in which writers approach violent conflict and the equally important subject of peace. Essays put insights from Peace and Conflict Studies into dialog with...
by Roxanne Vargas, Maruchi Mendez
Language: English
Release Date: May 15, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: May 15, 2014
100 Things to Do in Miami Before You Die Get ready to take in the rich flavor and diversity of Miami, one of the most vibrant cities in the country and a place with something for everyone! Whether you’re planning to explore our shores, indulge in our international cuisine, or check out the swampy...
Trials of the Monkey
An Accidental Memoir
Language: English
Release Date: April 1, 2007
"When Darwin called his second book The Descent of Man instead of The Ascent of Man he was thinking of his progeny."
So declares Darwin's great-great grandson Matthew Chapman as he leaves behind his stressful career as a Hollywood screenwriter and travels to Dayton, Tennessee where...