Latin America category: 3090 books
Maras
Gang Violence and Security in Central America
Language: English
Release Date: December 1, 2011
Sensational headlines have publicized the drug trafficking, brutal violence, and other organized crime elements associated with Central America's mara gangs, but there have been few clear-eyed analyses of the history, hierarchies, and future of the mara phenomenon. The first book to look specifically...
by Kit Ronallo
Language: English
Release Date: December 13, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: December 13, 2012
Our illustrated travel guide will take you to Punta del Este, Uruguay the sun-kissed paradise of South America.
Punta del Este (known as the St. Tropez of South America) has miles of beautiful, pristine beaches. It attracts the rich and famous of South America and far beyond and is the vacation...
by Rebecca Kaye
Language: English
Release Date: July 29, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: July 29, 2015
Belize is located in Central America to the south of Mexico and is an English-speaking country with a diverse and fun culture. This former colony of British Honduras offers lush jungles, beautiful beaches, attractive reefs, delicious food and splendid ancient Mayan ruins.
by Life Remotely
Language: English
Release Date: October 2, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: October 2, 2012
So what's this all about? In case the title isn't clear (blame Jessica) it's a guide for people who want to travel by car in Mexico and Central America. It is filled with information we gained during our eight-month journey from Seattle to Panama. It also contains advice for planning and preparing...
by Denver Michaels
Language: English
Release Date: September 14, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: September 14, 2016
"A truly fascinating read...an intriguing and well-written study of lake monsters and shouldn't be missed!" --Liz Konkel, Readers' Favorite
Cannibalistic snakes exceeding one hundred feet in length that cause the earth to tremble. Large cats with twelve-inch fangs thought to be extinct. Sauropod...
by Jorge Sotirios
Language: English
Release Date: March 1, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: March 1, 2012
Lonesome George, Cest Moi! is a travel adventure and comedy of epic proportions. In his mock heroic quest of self-discovery ending in a confrontation with his alter ego, a giant lovelorn tortoise on the Galapagos Islands, author Jorge Sotirios illuminates the rugged beauty of the South American landscape,...
by Barry Pomeroy
Language: English
Release Date: October 22, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: October 22, 2017
My latest trip to South America resulted from a collision between my schedule and the timing of my friend Silvio’s latest project. I flew to Santiago, Chile to travel in the RV he has spent two years building on the frame of a Mercedes truck.Perhaps because we didn’t have a firm destination in...
by Barry Pomeroy
Language: English
Release Date: January 4, 2019
Language: English
Release Date: January 4, 2019
My latest trip to South America was meant to be much more than just a return to the continent. Silvio had readied his RV for the three-country excursion, and more importantly, planned particularly enticing meetings with alligators and presidents.
After arriving in Buenos Aires we almost immediately...
Mining North America
An Environmental History since 1522
Language: English
Release Date: July 3, 2017
Over the past five hundred years, North Americans have increasingly relied on mining to produce much of their material and cultural life. From cell phones and computers to cars, roads, pipes, pans, and even wall tile, mineral-intensive products have become central to North American societies. As...
A Great Fear
Luís de Onís and the Shadow War against Napoleon in Spanish America, 1808–1812
Language: English
Release Date: January 8, 2019
An exploration of the Spanish colonial reaction to the threat of Napoleonic subversion
A Great Fear: Luís de Onís and the Shadow War against Napoleon in Spanish America, 1808–1812 explores why Spanish Americans did not take the opportunity to seize independence in this critical period when...
Marching Powder
A True Story of Friendship, Cocaine, and South America's Strangest Jail
Language: English
Release Date: May 1, 2004
Rusty Young was backpacking in South America when he heard about Thomas McFadden, a convicted English drug trafficker who ran tours inside Bolivia's notorious San Pedro prison. Intrigued, the young Australian journalist went to La Paz and joined one of Thomas's illegal tours. They formed an instant...
by Evan Riley
Language: English
Release Date: July 18, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: July 18, 2012
Our illustrated travel guide will take you to Panama City in Central America. Panama City is a multicultural place, with inhabitants from many different parts of the world. Spanish is spoken by most, and many speak some form of English. Panamanians are for the most part extremely friendly and helpful...
Buzzards and Bananas
Fragments from my Journals Across South America - Peru, the Amazon, Chile and Bolivia 1977-78
Language: English
Release Date: January 15, 2016
Join George and Mary Ayers in the late seventies when South America was a little rougher and a little wilder, for an incredible journey through Peru, the Amazon, Chile, and Bolivia. Fusing together details scoured from their personal journals, photos, and letters home, Buzzards and Bananas captures the...
by Michael Jacobs
Language: English
Release Date: May 1, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: May 1, 2011
A “captivating” journey through the landscape, history, and diverse cultures of one of the world’s most majestic mountain ranges: “A modern travel classic” (Jon Lee Anderson).
For centuries, the Andes of South America have caught the imagination of travelers, inspiring fear and wonder....