Latin America category: 3090 books

DK Eyewitness Travel Guide: Top 10 Buenos Aires will lead you straight to the very best Buenos Aires has to offer. Whether you're looking for things not to miss at the Top 10 sights or want to find the top place to eat, this guide is the perfect companion, taking the best of the printed guidebook...

Written by locals, Fodor's travel guides have been offering expert advice for all tastes and budgets for 80 years. From the picturesque beaches of Rio de Janeiro to the majestic Iguaçu Falls to the wonders of the Amazon rainforest, Brazil offers something for every type of traveler--and Fodor's...

Cuando los pueblos han probado el sabor de la justicia, no hay manera de derrotarlos, no hay vuelta atrás. El peronismo es nuestra propia revolución nacional: significó la incorporación democrática de los trabajadores a la política, la incorporación del mundo del trabajo a la toma de decisiones...

This reader brings together more than 200 texts and images in a broad introduction to Guatemala's history, culture, and politics. In choosing the selections, the editors sought to avoid representing the country only in terms of its long experience of conflict, racism, and violence. And so, while offering...

Ready to make the most of your time in Lima? Stop endlessly researching or reading online reviews to figure out where you should go. Instead, learn about what's worthy from an experienced travel blogger. Peru's historic capital city has plenty to see and do, but if you only have a few...

There is no other place like these islands on earth! This unmatched archipelago is a world away from the mainland, yet it also helps define the identity of Ecuador. The Galápagos Islands captured the imagination of Charles Darwin and provided the catalyst for developing his theory of evolution, forever...

Our illustrated travel guide will take you to Ushuaia, Argentina. Situated on the Beagle Strait, Ushuaia is the largest city in Tierra del Fuego, and arguably the southernmost city in the world. In the past, the town has been a missionary base, penal colony and naval base for the Argentine...

World-renowned 'tell it like it is' guidebook Discover Guatemala with this comprehensive, entertaining, 'tell it like it is' Rough Guide, packed with comprehensive practical information and our experts' honest and independent recommendations. Whether you plan to explore the Mayan ruins...

Frommer’s guides aren’t written by committee, or by travel writers who simply pop in briefly to a destination and then consider the job done. Frommer’s authors Nicholas Gill and Caroline Lascom have been covering Colombia for over a decade and this book hits all the highlights, from the Amazon...

The Author, having no expectation that his reminiscences would be received with the kind indulgence of which this Second Edition is the proof, with diffidence ventured to tell so many tales connected with his own unimportant life as he has done. Emboldened by the reception his 'Tracks' have met with, he now adds a few stories which he trusts may further amuse its readers.  

If you like one-off stories about unusual people doing unusual things in the mud, here you go. This story recounts a trek led by an eccentric Costa Rican who, living in New York, managed to recruit a band of willing followers to fulfill his life-long dream of locating a remote tribe reputed to live...

Couchsurfer, hitchhiker, and rogue wanderer Jamie Maslin embarks on a couchsurfing adventure to the homeland of “firebrand,” “populist,” “anti-American” president Hugo Chavez: the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela. Alone in the crime capital of the world Maslin immediately finds himself in...

Definitively tracing the evolution of the Maya civilization from the arrival of migrating 'first peoples' to the end of the Pre-Columbian Mesoamerican World with the Spanish Conquest in the 16th century AD.  A span of some thousands of years are concisely covered in one volume in a thorough study...

Roatan is the largest of the Bay Islands of Honduras in the Caribbean. Situated just 40 miles north of the mainland, the island is the most popular tourist and cruise ship destination in Honduras. Roatan offers beautiful beaches, relaxed, friendly locals and a mild climate. Roatan is a small, narrow...