Latin America category: 3090 books
by John Biggar
Language: English
Release Date: November 16, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: November 16, 2015
'The Andes - A Guide for Climbers' is the only comprehensive guidebook about the peaks of the Andes.
This is the 4th English edition of the only comprehensive climbing guidebook to the peaks of the Andes. It covers many areas not described in any other source. This new edition has expanded...
by Vivien Lougheed
Language: English
Release Date: April 12, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: April 12, 2011
Full color photographs and maps throughout. This region is one of the top destinations for America travelers. That means five-star resorts and fancy restaurants, of course, but so much more as well. Dive in Los Arcos, bird-watch in the Marietas Islands, whale-watch in the local waters (a UNESCO site)....
PANAMA CANAL BY CRUISE SHIP – 6th Edition
The Complete Guide to Cruising the Panama Canal
Language: English
Release Date: May 1, 2019
One of the greatest peacetime epics of human endeavor, the creation of the Panama Canal captured, for decades, the world's imagination. Now a major cruise destination, the Canal was the 'moon launch' of its day, plunging France into near financial and political ruin before becoming the crowning achievement...
by John Biggar
Language: English
Release Date: November 16, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: November 16, 2015
'The Andes - A Guide for Climbers' is the only comprehensive guidebook to the peaks of the Andes.
This is the 4th English edition of the only comprehensive climbing guidebook to the peaks of the Andes. It covers many areas not described in any other source. This new edition has expanded coverage...
Key Facts on Brazil
Essential Information on Brazil
Language: English
Release Date: March 14, 2013
Learn everything you need to about the exotic country of Brazil! The Key Facts on Brazil provides readers with essential statistical and business information on South America’s largest country, including:
-Background of Brazil -Geography of Brazil -People and Society of Brazil -Government...
by Thomas Austin
Language: English
Release Date: July 21, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: July 21, 2015
Trinidad and Tobago in the Caribbean has a charm and friendliness quite unlike any other. Urban Trinidad has many South America influences, a handful of the Caribbean’s best beaches and a thriving oil and gas industry. Its capital, Port-of-Spain, is a cosmopolitan city with echoes of its colonial...
by Stephanie Duckworth
Language: English
Release Date: July 30, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: July 30, 2015
The Galapagos Islands, an archipelago of 19 islands in the Pacific Ocean, are a remote part of Ecuador. They are located 625 miles to the west of the mainland in South America. The islands are known for their wildlife which was an inspiration for the “Theory of Natural Selection” by Charles...
Moon Medellín
Including Colombia's Coffee Region
Language: English
Release Date: July 3, 2017
**Moon Travel Guides: Your World, Your Way
Lush mountains, gorgeous haciendas, and perfect weather: explore Colombia's coffee country with Moon Medellín.**
Strategic plans for your trip with an adaptable week-long itinerary of the best of Medellín, a walking tour of the city, and highlights...
by Robert Wilson
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2009
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2009
According to Wikipedia: "The Roman Catholic Church, officially known as the Catholic Church is the world's largest Christian church, representing over half of all Christians and one-sixth of the world's population. The Catholic Church is a communion of 23 sui juris particular churches. Among these are...
by Sheri Kretzschmar
Language: English
Release Date: May 9, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: May 9, 2013
Be prepared to visit Chichicastenango, Guatemala without losing precious time. Many visitors are only in Chichi for a few hours, so it is best to know what you would like to do before you arrive. Gain more knowledge about the Mayan History and life. Know what to expect in the largest market in Central...
Masculinity after Trujillo
The Politics of Gender in Dominican Literature
Language: English
Release Date: November 23, 2016
"Provides an insightful look at the persistent power of masculinism in Dominican post-dictatorship politics and literature."--Ignacio López-Calvo, author of God and Trujillo "The ideas about masculinization of power developed by Horn are important not only to Dominican scholarship...
Sounds of Belonging
U.S. Spanish-language Radio and Public Advocacy
Language: English
Release Date: October 17, 2014
How Spanish-language radio has influenced American and Latino discourse on key current affairs issues such as citizenship and immigration.
Winner, Book of the Year presented by the American Association of Hispanics in Higher Education
Honorable Mention for the 2015 Latino Studies Best...
Our Indigenous Ancestors
A Cultural History of Museums, Science, and Identity in Argentina, 1877–1943
Language: English
Release Date: August 21, 2015
Our Indigenous Ancestors complicates the history of the erasure of native cultures and the perceived domination of white, European heritage in Argentina through a study of anthropology museums in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. Carolyne Larson demonstrates how scientists, collectors,...
Breakfast for Alligators
Quests, Showdowns, and Revelations in the Americas
Language: English
Release Date: August 18, 2016
A sharp-shooting SWAT team, a Venezuelan producer of alcoholic love potions, and an audacious subway rat are among the cast of characters award-winning author Darrin DuFord encounters in Breakfast for Alligators: Quests, Showdowns, and Revelations in the Americas. Through such mediums as public transit,...