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by Germán Arciniegas
Language: Spanish
Release Date: May 13, 2019
Language: Spanish
Release Date: May 13, 2019
EN la conquista que de una parte de la América hace España hay hombres de extraordinaria personalidad, como Cortés, los Pizarros, Alvarado, Belalcázar o Quesada. Y al lado de ellos, y también como un personaje, donde la gran empresa del siglo XVI alcanza todo dramatismo, está la ciudad. La ciudad...
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....
by James Gardner
Language: English
Release Date: December 1, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: December 1, 2015
Buenos Aires, Argentina, recognized for its European-style architecture and lively theater scene, is a truly special place. The second-largest city in South America, it has been the home of such renowned cultural and historical figures as Jorge Luis Borges and Astor Piazzola, Che Guevara and Eva Peron....
Assassination of a Saint
The Plot to Murder Óscar Romero and the Quest to Bring His Killers to Justice
Language: English
Release Date: January 24, 2017
"A tale told well that provides valuable insights into the motives and modus operandi of the death squads in El Salvador, and of the financiers who commissioned and facilitated such crimes. It also highlights the difficulties that face those who pursue such cases many years after the crimes...
PERE BOADAS
Pioneer of the anarcho-syndicalist action groups in 1920s Barcelona
Language: English
Release Date: August 9, 2015
Boadas i Rivas was born in Barcelona in 1894 and died in Montevideo, Uruguay in 1972. Together with Medir Mart and Pere Vandellós, he was one of the leaders of the first anarcho-syndicalist action group organised in Catalonia from late 1917 onwards, before the six-year period of “pistolerismo”...
Asian Slaves in Colonial Mexico
From Chinos to Indians
Language: English
Release Date: June 23, 2014
During the late sixteenth and seventeenth centuries, countless slaves from culturally diverse communities in the Indian subcontinent and Southeast Asia journeyed to Mexico on the ships of the Manila Galleon. Upon arrival in Mexico, they were grouped together and categorized as chinos. Their experience...
Havana without Makeup
Inside the Soul of the City
Language: English
Release Date: August 29, 2017
Havana without Makeup is the ultimate insider’s view of Havana, a wide-ranging exploration of its complex facets as seen by few. Its aim is to capture the soul of a city and a society that have evolved on their own terms at the moment before they face inevitable transformations.
Opening on...
Rituals of Rule, Rituals of Resistance
Public Celebrations and Popular Culture in Mexico
Language: English
Release Date: May 1, 1994
This book presents readers with scholarship on public celebrations and popular culture throughout Mexican history. Leading scholars from the Americas and Great Britain discuss aspects of Mexico's popular culture from the seventeenth century to the present. The vast range of Mexican expression is examined,...
The Caribbean Policy of the Ulysses S. Grant Administration
Foreshadowing an Informal Empire
Language: English
Release Date: November 30, 2017
From 1869 to 1877, the United States found itself deeply involved in the Caribbean as Washington sought to replace European influence and colonialism with an informal American empire. The Ulysses S. Grant administration primarily dealt with an uprising in Spanish Cuba known as the Ten Years’ War...
Cuba - Culture Smart!
The Essential Guide to Customs & Culture
Language: English
Release Date: July 1, 2016
Cuba is a land of contradictions that is easy to enjoy but difficult for first-time visitors to decipher. The largest island in the Caribbean, it is a tropical paradise that Christopher Columbus called "the most beautiful land that human eyes have ever seen." It is famous for the romantic...
CultureShock! Cuba
A Survival Guide to Customs and Etiquette
Language: English
Release Date: August 1, 2010
CultureShock! Cuba offers an insight into a highly contradictory country, where there are more grey areas than black and white. Here is a balanced account of Cubas current realities, a useful guide for people who wish to visit or do business in Cuba. Learn from the locals how they survive in Cuba with...
From Mango Cuba to Prickly Pear America
An American’s Journey to Castro’s Cuba and Back
Language: English
Release Date: March 28, 2018
In March 2014, award-winning journalist Melinda Voss headed to the Miami airport to travel to Cuba, a country that had fascinated her since she was a girl growing up amid animated dinner conversations about the Cuban revolution, Castro’s leadership, and the missile crisis. After her plane landed,...
by Tiki Travel
Language: English
Release Date: September 20, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: September 20, 2012
Haiti 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.
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Cilin Ii: a Solo Sailing Odyssey
The Closest Point to Heaven
Language: English
Release Date: November 17, 2011
In 1986, seventy-one-year-old Edgar Whitcomb faced a crossroads in his life; he needed a new direction. Th at venture became an epic journey, as this retired Indiana governor embarked on what would be a solo, 30,000-mile, six-year sailing trip. With virtually no previous sailing experience, he and...