Latin category: 3540 books

A trip to Cuba will take you back to the Latin America of a bygone age. American motorcars from the 1960s drive the streets and Fidel Castro’s brand of communism survives. Pictures of the revolutionary Che Guevara adorn huge buildings. The American embargo partially continues. Meanwhile, the friendly...

The epic story of the forgotten Irish men and women who changed the face of Latin America forever. In the early nineteenth century, thousands of volunteers left Ireland behind to join the fight for South American independence. Lured by the promise of adventure, fortune and the opportunity to...

In November of 1959, Ron Bowman quit his job as a newspaper reporter, sold his car and bought a 150cc Lambretta scooter. He intended to ride it from his hometown of Thorold, Ontario, Canada all the way to Peru. As far as he knew, no one had ever made such a journey, but he was going to try. Three...

Muslims have been shaping the Americas and the Caribbean for more than five hundred years, yet this interplay is frequently overlooked or misconstrued. Brimming with revelations that synthesize area and ethnic studies, Crescent over Another Horizon presents a portrait of Islam’s unity as it evolved...

In the present work Professor Glendinning sets out to convey some idea of the richness of the Christian experience in the poetry—hymn lyrics and other verse forms—from Late Antiquity and the Middle Ages, CE 300-1300. It is the period sometimes called the Age of Faith, when the purpose of life was...

<h1>Eat Healthy Without Sacrificing Taste and Texture.</h1> You can eat healthy, and still make amazing fluffy pancakes that taste absolutely scrumptious! We will even reveal to you our secret ingredient which we have discovered to help compensate the difference between wheat and...

REVISED EDITION: NOW IT'S SAFE TO BRING TO WORK! (well, kinda). The original Adventures Of The Traveling Sex Bunnies was too graphic in nature. Despite the popularity of the original, we decided to tone it down for all mature readers. We tamed the beast but did not lose its essence....

Un beau livre nous raconte les deux siècles du Royaume lombard d'un point de vue autre que la franco papale.  Il contient également l'Origo et le Chronicon d'Andrea de Bergame. Cet eBook a le seul but de Dieu pour rendre le texte latin de Paolo Deacon facilement utilisables. Le livre contient une...

Sixteen solo for keyboard accordion on folk songs from Venezuela, Haiti, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, the Dominican Republic, Honduras, Panama, Paraguay, and Peru.

Experience from practical life, recommendations and 20 pieces of useful advice. This publication is intended primarily for South American visitors who travel on the continent "on their own" or those who wish to take advantage of a long-term stay – simply, those in Latin America...

Travelling the world, generally speaking, gives a human being an opportunity to free himself from prejudice and to regard the world as it is rather than the way it ‘ought to be’. If that is not in itself reason enough to travel, it also gives him stories to tell. It is my hope that the reader...

Speaking at a 1913 National Geographic Society gala, Hiram Bingham III, the American explorer celebrated for finding the "lost city" of the Andes two years earlier, suggested that Machu Picchu "is an awful name, but it is well worth remembering." Millions of travelers have since followed Bingham's...

Good-bye, rational culture! Let Guatemalan writer Alan Mills welcome you to the philosophy of tricksters. Follow him on a tour through indigenous mythology, classical education, and the literary canon, thoroughly mixed with hacking theory and with popular culture-from Star Wars and Breaking Bad to...

In this hugely praised narrative, New York Times reporter Larry Rohter takes the reader on a lively trip through Brazil's history, culture, and booming economy. Going beyond the popular stereotypes of samba, supermodels, and soccer, he shows us a stunning and varied landscape--from breathtaking tropical...