Central America category: 775 books
by Mauricio A. Font
Language: English
Release Date: July 9, 2010
Language: English
Release Date: July 9, 2010
Coffee and Transformation in São Paulo, Brazil advances a distinctive interpretation of the dynamism of the São Paulo region since the latter part of the nineteenth century. Large and entrepreneurial coffee landlords opened the frontier to the west of the state capital, playing a key role in making...
by Fabián Escalante Font
Language: Spanish
Release Date: August 3, 2018
Language: Spanish
Release Date: August 3, 2018
Operación Calipso da continuidad a la tetralogía que su autor, Fabián Escalante Font, ha denominado La Guerra Secreta. El escenario es ahora la región centroamericana, en particular, Nicaragua, donde el gobierno imperialista de los Estados Unidos desató una guerra sucia contra el gobierno del...
Unfinished Revolution
Daniel Ortega and Nicaragua's Struggle for Liberation
Language: English
Release Date: June 24, 2010
The first full-length biography of Daniel Ortega in any language, this exhaustive account draws from a wealth of untapped sources to tell the story of Nicaragua’s continuing struggle for liberation through the prism of the Revolution’s most emblematic yet enigmatic hero. It traces Ortega’s life...
The Boiling River
Adventure and Discovery in the Amazon
Language: English
Release Date: February 16, 2016
In this exciting adventure mixed with amazing scientific study, a young, exuberant explorer and geoscientist journeys deep into the Amazon—where rivers boil and legends come to life.
When Andrés Ruzo was just a small boy in Peru, his grandfather told him the story of a mysterious legend:...
by William H. Prescott
Language: English
Release Date: June 5, 2019
Language: English
Release Date: June 5, 2019
The Aztec Empire was one of the most remarkable civilizations to have ever existed.
In 1519, Hernándo Cortés landed on the Gulf Coast, and two years later the Aztec civilization was a shadow of its former self.
The Spanish must have appeared invincible, with their Tlascalan allies,...
The Black Christ of Esquipulas
Religion and Identity in Guatemala
Language: English
Release Date: January 1, 2016
On the eastern border of Guatemala and Honduras, pilgrims and travelers flock to the Black Christ of Esquipulas, a large statue carved from wood depicting Christ on the cross. The Catholic shrine, built in the late sixteenth century, has become the focal point of admiration and adoration from New...
Gringos,contras y sandinistas
Testimonio de la guerra civil en Nicaragua
Language: English
Release Date: December 7, 2017
La revolución sandinista de 1979 no consiguió instaurar un régimen pacífico capaz de redimir a Nicaragua. Muy pronto, después de haber tomado el poder, los sandinistas enajenaron el carácter democrático de la revolución y participaron con los cubanos en conflictos armados como el de El Salvador,...
Havana Gold
The Havana Quartet
Language: English
Release Date: June 1, 2008
The previous three Padura novels, Havana Red, Havana Black, and Havana Blue were widely praised in the US and the UK and are in their third reprints. They are Bitter Lemon’s best selling titles with sales of over 50,000. 2. An insiders view: Padura lives in Cuba, writes often scathing novels about...
La nación expuesta
Cultura visual y procesos de formación de la nación en América Latina
Language: Spanish
Release Date: October 1, 2014
Esta obra reúne once ensayos originales acerca de la función de las imágenes en los procesos de formación de la nación en América Latina, incluyendo contribuciones de especialistas de Europa, Estados Unidos, América Latina e Israel. Inspirados por el reciente "giro pictorial" en las...
by Michael McCaughan
Language: English
Release Date: January 4, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: January 4, 2011
In August 2004, the Venezuelan public came out in record numbers to deliver an overwhelming vote of confidence. After many attempts to unseat him, Hugo Chåvez, the former military man who took the country first by coup and then by ballot, again emerged as the people’s choice. It was, in his words,...
by The Florida Hoosier
Language: English
Release Date: November 14, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: November 14, 2011
Visit Belize,Land of the Maya.A personal account of one's journey back in time to a land of mystery.The search for the site where the famous Mitchell-Hedges crystal skull was discovered led to a journey of self discovery and intrigue.
by James Fenimore Cooper
Language: French
Release Date: January 14, 2014
Language: French
Release Date: January 14, 2014
Chaque homme est plus ou moins le jouet du hasard, et je ne sache pas que les auteurs soient nullement exempts de cette influence humiliante. Voici le troisième de mes romans[2], et il dépend de deux conditions incertaines que ce soit le dernier : l’une est l’opinion publique, et...
Who Counts?
The Mathematics of Death and Life After Genocide
Language: English
Release Date: November 5, 2015
In Who Counts? Diane M. Nelson explores the social life of numbers, teasing out the myriad roles math plays in Guatemalan state violence, economic exploitation, and disenfranchisement, as well as in Mayan revitalization and grassroots environmental struggles. In the aftermath of thirty-six years of...
Letters to My Mother
A Message of Love, A Plea for Freedom
Language: English
Release Date: December 31, 2010
On December 1, 2007, during the arrest of several guerillas in Bogotá, the Colombian police confiscated a short video clip of political hostage Ingrid Betancourt. Accompanying the video was a twelve-page letter, dated October 24, 2007, written by Betancourt to her mother and family.
Kidnapped...