Latin America category: 3090 books
Readings in Caribbean History and Culture
Breaking Ground
Language: English
Release Date: December 8, 2011
This collection of eleven essays is designed to highlight some important new voices who have been doing research on the general subject areas of the history and culture of the Caribbean. The essays in this volume also address a number of themes which are critical to developing an understanding of...
The Costa Rica No One Talks About
Politically Incorrect Facts And Information About Pura Vida From A Long Time Resident Of Costa Rica
Language: English
Release Date: July 25, 2016
What is The Costa Rica No One Talks About?
The Costa Rica No One Talks About is NOT about trying to sell you Costa Rica or depicting Costa Rica as an idyllic place—there are multiple websites and sources of information that are happily already doing that.
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Brazil - Culture Smart!
The Essential Guide to Customs & Culture
Language: English
Release Date: April 1, 2014
For many people Brazil conjures up images of football, Carnaval and fine coffee, but it is much more than beaches and bossa nova. If you could choose only one word to describe Brazil, it would be diversity. The variety of racial types, lifestyles, wealth, landscape and climate is enormous. Jeitinho...
Empire's Crossroads
A History of the Caribbean from Columbus to the Present Day
Language: English
Release Date: November 11, 2014
A “wide-ranging, vivid” narrative history of one of the most coveted and complex regions of the world: the Caribbean (The Observer).
Ever since Christopher Columbus stepped off the Santa Maria and announced that he had arrived in the Orient, the Caribbean has been a stage for projected...
by Bartolomé de las Casas
Language: English
Release Date: June 4, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: June 4, 2016
A Brief Account of the Destruction of the Indies by the Spanish Dominican friar, Bartolomé de las Casas.This book is about the mistreatment of and atrocities committed against the indigenous peoples of the Americas in colonial times.
by Kenneth Coates
Language: English
Release Date: December 13, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: December 13, 2012
Our illustrated travel guide will take you to Saint Lucia.
Saint Lucia is a British Commonwealth country that is an island in the Caribbean, off the coast of Central America. It lies between the Caribbean Sea and North Atlantic Ocean, north of Trinidad and Tobago.
The twin Pitons...
The Old Patagonian Express
By Train Through the Americas
Language: English
Release Date: November 18, 2014
Starting with a rush-hour subway ride to South Station in Boston to catch the Lake Shore Limited to Chicago, Theroux winds up on the poky, wandering Old Patagonian Express steam engine, which comes to a halt in a desolate land of cracked hills and thorn bushes. But with Theroux the view along the...
CultureShock! Ecuador
A Survival Guide to Customs and Etiquette
Language: English
Release Date: August 1, 2009
CultureShock! Ecuador is a must for anyone wishing to visit or settle in Ecuador. Packed with essential information, resource guides and language tips, this book covers every practicality, and provides an in-depth understanding of the people and culture of this diverse country which is also known for...
Colombia
A Rosen-Cooney Travel Story—No Passports Required: Bogota, the Coffee Zone, Cartagena, and Tayrona National Park
Language: English
Release Date: December 19, 2012
The country of Colombia, emerging from the fog of its violent past, has been shedding its reputation as a dangerous place. For travel, it is still a little on the edge, with many of the countrys sites as yet undiscovered by tourists. In this travelogue, author Alexandra Rosen shares her experiences...
by Tiki Travel
Language: English
Release Date: September 20, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: September 20, 2012
Honduras Travel Guide - Tiki Travel
The Tiki Travel guides use the text from WikiTravel.org, a complete and reliable worldwide travel guide written and edited by Wikitravellers from around the globe. An active table of contents enables users to jump directly to the section selected....
Eight Feet in the Andes
Travels with a Mule in Unknown Peru
Language: English
Release Date: October 30, 2016
Traveller Dervla Murphy and her nine-year-old daughter Rachel, accompanied by an endearing mule named Juana, clambered the length of Peru with only the most basic supplies to sustain them, spending most of their time above 10,000 feet. Their gruelling journey was marked by discomfort and danger, though...
CutlureShock! Argentina
A Survival Guide to Customs and Etiquette
Language: English
Release Date: February 1, 2011
CultureShock! Argentina brings you more than a few steps closer to the country, the people and the culture. Most importantly, it is your survival guide to living there. Argentina is more than just footballer Diego Maradona or beautiful Buenos Aires which is often featured in travel brochures and magazines....
by Joanie Sanchez
Language: English
Release Date: December 12, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: December 12, 2013
This guide is drawn from our larger book on Mexico's Gulf Coast, but here we focus on Tabasco, Oaxaca, Villahermosa, Chiapas & Palenque. We travel to grow – our Adventure Guides show you how. Experience the places you visit more directly, freshly, intensely than you would otherwise – sometimes...
by Polly Evans
Language: English
Release Date: April 29, 2008
Language: English
Release Date: April 29, 2008
The stampeding true story of one woman’s journey from timorous equestrian novice to wildly whooping cowgirl—a madcap ride through Argentina that will fascinate horse lovers, travelers, and armchair adventurers alike.
As a girl, Polly Evans dreamed about learning to ride—and in her mid-thirties...