Central America category: 775 books
Broken Government
How Republican Rule Destroyed the Legislative, Executive, and Judicial Branches
Language: English
Release Date: September 11, 2007
The concluding volume of The New York Times bestselling trilogy
One of today's most outspoken and respected political commentators asks: How can our democracy function when the key institutions of government no longer operate as intended by the Constitution? Stepping back to assess three decades...
Colombia and the United States
War, Unrest and Destabilization
Language: English
Release Date: January 4, 2011
Every year the United States spends millions of dollars to help the war-ravaged country of Colombia. But help it with what? In Colombia and the U.S. Mario Murillo explores the misdirected and devastating impact that U.S. military "aid" continues to have on the war torn-people of Colombia....
by Donald Barr Chidsey
Language: English
Release Date: July 13, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: July 13, 2016
"The Panama Canal: An Informal History of Its Concept, Building, and Present Status" relates the struggles, conflicts, obstacles, and achievement involved in the construction of the canal. Originally published in 1970, this ebook edition retains all of the photos, drawings, and illustrations of the original edition. A fascinating and detailed history of the Panama Canal!
by Jean Piel
Language: Spanish
Release Date: April 24, 2013
Language: Spanish
Release Date: April 24, 2013
Estudio sobre la historia de San Andrés Sajcabajá, un pueblo indígena quiché del altiplano guatemalteco, desde su fundación por los españoles en el siglo XVI hasta 1964, para situarlo en sus relaciones con el medio geográfico, étnico, lingüístico, sociológico y político y así establecer...
by Marianne Bélard, Philippe Verrier
Language: Spanish
Release Date: April 24, 2013
Language: Spanish
Release Date: April 24, 2013
Acervo de ex votos recopilados en San Juan de Los Lagos, que nos muestran el valor histórico, el aprecio y el agradecimiento a la divinidad, en cumplimiento de una promesa hecha con el fin de obtener un beneficio más allá de los medios naturales.
by Leonardo Padura
Language: English
Release Date: May 1, 2009
Language: English
Release Date: May 1, 2009
Padura’s best novel. Assured in pace and style. A suspenseful mystery, a cruel family saga and an ode to literature and his beloved island, all rolled into one. 2. The titles in the Havana Quartet, Havana Red, Havana Black, Havana Blue and Havana Gold were widely praised in the US and the UK and are...
by Michael Fleet, Brian H. Smith
Language: English
Release Date: November 15, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: November 15, 2015
Recent changes imposed by the Vatican may redefine the Chilean and Peruvian Church's involvement in politics and social issues. Fleet and Smith argue that the Vatican has been moving to restrict the Chilean and Peruvian Church's social and political activities. Fleet and Smith have gathered documentary...
Across the Wire
Life and Hard Times on the Mexican Border
Language: English
Release Date: December 1, 2010
Luis Alberto Urrea's Across the Wire offers a compelling and unprecedented look at what life is like for those refugees living on the Mexican side of the border—a world that is only some twenty miles from San Diego, but that few have seen. Urrea gives us a compassionate and candid account of his...
Panama Fever
The Epic Story of the Building of the Panama Canal
Language: English
Release Date: March 10, 2009
The Panama Canal was the costliest undertaking in history; its completion in 1914 marked the beginning of the “American Century.” Panama Fever draws on contemporary accounts, bringing the experience of those who built the canal vividly to life. Politicians engaged in high-stakes diplomacy in order...
The Mayan Empire - Uncovering The Mysteries of The Maya
Forgotten Empires Series, #2
Language: English
Release Date: November 14, 2015
The Mayan Empire
Uncovering The Mysteries of Maya (Forgotten Empires Series)
The Mayan culture is utterly fascinating and holds many mysterious secrets. In this book you will discover all about the advances that were made by the Mayan civilization, as well as the possibilities that they knew...
by Michael D. Coe, Stephen D. Houston
Language: English
Release Date: June 16, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: June 16, 2015
"The gold standard of introductory books on the ancient Maya." —Expedition
The Maya has long been established as the best, most readable introduction to the New World’s greatest ancient civilization. Coe and Houston update this classic by distilling the latest scholarship for the general...
Overcoming Obstacles to Peace
Local Factors in Nation-Building
Language: English
Release Date: February 4, 2013
Following on a series of RAND Corporation studies of nation-building, this monograph analyzes the impediments that local conditions pose to successful outcomes in these interventions. It examines how external actors and local leaders in a variety of societies modified or worked around those conditions to promote enduring peace.
Vestiges of the Mayas
Or, facts tending to prove that Communications and Intimate Relations must have existed, in very remote times, between the inhabitants of Mayab and Those of Asia and Africa
Language: English
Release Date: January 20, 2013
Havana Black
A Lieutenant Mario Conde Mystery
Language: English
Release Date: June 1, 2006
The first book in this series, Havana Red, is the best selling Bitter Lemon title. Prize winning novel. Beautiful, sexy rendition of life in Cuba in mystery format. But also a deep, cutting, yet uncensored critique of the Cuban regime from within. Padura has elected to stay, remains in love with his...