Caribbean Latin America category: 2022 books

South America is epic. Home to the world’s highest waterfall, the longest mountain range and the largest rainforest – this continent will baffle you with its enormity. While cities like Rio de Janeiro swing to the sounds of samba, locals jostle around market stalls in Cuzco and indigenous farmers...

**“**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...

Scoprite Salvador, la chiave che apre lo scrigno dei tesori di Bahia! Il Sud America. Il Brasile. Wow! Bahia... Salvador de Bahia. Basta il nome per cominciare a sognare, non è vero? Al solo pronunciarlo sentiamo il vento dell'esotismo che ci invita a partire, il fuoco della samba che...

Enough books have been written about Cuba to fill an entire library, but few take the approach Chen Lizra does with "My Seductive Cuba." Deeply personal and always engaging, Lizra - an Israeli-born dance instructor and entrepreneur now living in Canada - fuses history and politics with...

Publicize to major dailies, weeklies, literary publications, alternative publications. Major radio and television push. Very strong fiction debut. Akashic's promotion will have a strong social media component Strong candidate for B&N Discover Program. Promote to a general literary audience, but also to African American and Carirbbean-themed media venues.

As a first-hand account of the weird mysteries and horrors of voodoo, Tell My Horse is an invaluable resource and fascinating guide. Based on Zora Neale Hurston's personal experiences in Haiti and Jamaica, where she participated as an initiate rather than just an observer of voodoo practices during...

Children love to explore and are very inquisitive when it comes to their environment. As they learn about where they live, they also think beyond and wish to know more about what is out there, the different places that exist on our planet. The Popular Places On The Planet Picture Book is a great way...

The essential terms you need to communicate with the nation’s 8-plus million Haitian Creole speakers If you are travelling to Haiti to help with the relief effort or to aid in its rebuilding, Haitian Creole Phrasebook is your must-have resource. In addition to featuring content specifically...

Isadora Tattlin is the American wife of a European energy consultant posted to Havana in the 1990s. Wisely, the witty Mrs. Tattlin began a diary the day her husband informed her of their new assignment. One of the first entries is her shopping list of things to take, including six gallons of shampoo....

An unbeatable, pocket-sized guide to Cuba, packed with insider tips and ideas, color maps and top 10 lists --all designed to help you see the very best of Cuba. Admire the spectacular architecture of Havana's modern metropolis, step back in time and wander through the cobbled streets of La...

“Havana knew me by my shoes,” begins Tom Miller's lively and entertaining account of his sojourn for more than eight months traveling through Cuba, mixing with its literati and black marketers, its cane cutters and cigar rollers. Granted unprecedented access to travel throughout the country, the...

Drawing on the same standards of accuracy as the acclaimed DK Eyewitness Travel Guides, the DK Top 10 Guides use exciting and excellent photography and excellent cartography to provide a reliable and useful travel companion. Dozens of Top 10 lists provide vital information on each destination, aswell...

Change looms in Havana, Cuba's capital, a city electric with uncertainty yet cloaked in cliché, 90 miles from U.S. shores and off-limits to most Americans. Journalist Julia Cooke, who lived there at intervals over a period of five years, discovered a dynamic scene: baby-faced anarchists with Mohawks...