Latin America category: 3090 books
by Grace Burke
Language: English
Release Date: August 4, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: August 4, 2015
One of the highest cities in the world (at 2,850 meters above sea level), the breathtaking city of Quito is the capital of Ecuador. The city is known for its natural beauty and has one of the most well preserved historical city centres in Latin America despite experiencing earthquakes in 1797, 1859...
by Sarah Woods
Language: English
Release Date: September 21, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: September 21, 2015
With its jagged, volcanic peaks; sands of gold, black and silver; palm-trimmed Pacific and Caribbean coastlines; tufted fields of coffee; dense jungles, snow-capped mountains and idyllic islands; numerous indigenous cultures and exciting buzzing cities, Colombia is 'ten countries in one': a diverse...
Dominica, Caribbean Travel Guide
Sightseeing, Hotel, Restaurant & Shopping Highlights
Language: English
Release Date: June 15, 2015
The Commonwealth of Dominica is a beautiful island paradise set in the Caribbean Sea. Discovered by Christopher Columbus on a Sunday in 1493, he named the island Dominica, meaning Sunday in Latin. With lush green forests, picturesque waterfalls, miles of hiking trails, volcanic mountains, thermal...
Nicaragua - Culture Smart!
The Essential Guide to Customs & Culture
Language: English
Release Date: January 2, 2019
More and more travelers are discovering the delights of Nicaragua—a land of lakes and volcanoes. The image has persisted of a country racked by revolution and war, but the reality awaiting travelers couldn't be more different. The largest country in Central America, Nicaragua is also one of the...
Latino Stars in Major League Baseball
From Bobby Abreu to Carlos Zambrano
Language: English
Release Date: June 16, 2017
Some of the best players in Major League Baseball were born outside the United States, with Latino players representing one of the fastest growing ethnicities in the league. Current and former stars such as Albert Pujols, Rod Carew, and Miguel Cabrera all found incredible success in MLB. They have...
Beyond Civilization and Barbarism
Culture and Politics in Postrevolutionary Argentina
Language: English
Release Date: December 12, 2013
Beyond Civilization and Barbarism examines how various cultural forms promoted competing political projects in Argentina during the decades following independence from Spain. This turbulent period has long been characterized as a struggle between two irreconcilable forces: the dictatorship of Juan...
by John Waggoner
Language: English
Release Date: September 13, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: September 13, 2013
We travel to grow - our Adventure Guides show you how. Experience the places you visit more directly, freshly, intensely than you would otherwise - sometimes best done on foot, in a canoe, or through cultural adventures like art courses, cooking classes, learning the language, meeting the people....
Cuba Roundtrip
A Photo Travel Guide to Photo Shot Spots Using Google Maps Locating
Language: English
Release Date: June 17, 2018
Blurb: Cuba is a fascinating country that is very different from the other countries in Latin America. Many people who think of Cuba, spontaneously have sugar cane, palm trees, salsa, coffee, rum, cigars, orchids, sun and crystal clear water in front of their eyes. But the island offers much more....
by Waggoner, John
Language: English
Release Date: April 12, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: April 12, 2011
We travel to grow our Adventure Guides show you how. Experience the places you visit more directly, freshly, intensely than you would otherwise sometimes best done on foot, in a canoe, or through cultural adventures like art courses, cooking classes, learning the language, meeting the people. This...
The Chile Reader
History, Culture, Politics
Language: English
Release Date: November 29, 2013
The Chile Reader makes available a rich variety of documents spanning more than five hundred years of Chilean history. Most of the selections are by Chileans; many have never before appeared in English. The history of Chile is rendered from diverse perspectives, including those of Mapuche Indians...
Exploring the World: Adventures of a Global Traveler
Volume Iv: the Dynamics of Asia and the Middle East
Language: English
Release Date: March 20, 2014
Professor Howard J. Wiarda, a leading academic expert on foreign policy, comparative politics, and international affairs, is the author of more than eighty books. Wiarda has traveled to many of the worlds most troubled and exciting places. Now, in the more personal accounts of his global travels,...
Garcilaso Inca de la Vega
An American Humanist, A Tribute to José Durand
Language: English
Release Date: May 22, 1998
Widely read and translated, Garcilaso is a key figure for understanding the development of mestizo culture in Latin America and his works have sparked many heated debates. This new collection of articles advances that discussion through contributions by twelve distinguished scholars who review central...
by Michael F. Kastre, Veronica K. El-Showk
Language: English
Release Date: June 12, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: June 12, 2014
Walking in the Clouds is a true story about events experienced by an American writer who lived and worked in Colombia in the 1980s, a painful period of political upheaval, violent cocaine wars, and leftist guerrilla uprisings. As a freelancer, Michael Kastre's livelihood depended on finding relevant...
Cuban Foreign Policy
Transformation under Raúl Castro
Language: English
Release Date: April 27, 2018
This volume illustrates the sweeping changes in Cuban foreign policy under Raúl Castro. Leading scholars from around the world show how the significant shift in foreign policy direction that started in 1990 after the implosion of the Soviet Union has continued, in many ways taking totally unexpected...