South category: 6019 books
Cetywayo and his White Neighbours
Remarks on Recent Events in Zululand, Natal, and the Transvaal
Language: English
Release Date: November 4, 2014
The writer on Colonial Affairs is naturally, to some extent, discouraged
by the knowledge that the subject is an unattractive one to a large
proportion of the reading public. It is difficult to get up anything
beyond a transient interest in the affairs of our Colonial dependencies;
indeed, I believe...
The Cusp of Dreadfulness
Fifteen Seasons in Tierra Del Fuego and Patagonia
Language: English
Release Date: February 5, 2016
It was December 1974 when Margaret Winslow arrived in Punta Arenas, the only city on the Strait of Magellan, prepared to begin her doctoral thesis project. With both excitement and dread, she looked forward to working on familiar rocks in a dynamic region and exploring Tierra del Fuego and Patagonia....
The Other Side of the Popular
Neoliberalism and Subalternity in Latin America
Language: English
Release Date: May 22, 2002
Drawing on deconstruction, postcolonial theory, cultural studies, and subaltern studies, The Other Side of the Popular is as much a reflection on the limitations and possibilities for thinking about the politics of Latin American culture as it is a study of the culture itself. Gareth Williams pays...
The Georgia Bulldogs Playbook
Inside the Huddle for the Greatest Plays in Bulldogs History
Language: English
Release Date: September 1, 2015
A detailed breakdown of the most memorable moments in Georgia football
For serious football fans wanting to relive the most unforgettable, extraordinary, and gut-wrenching moments in the University of Georgia’s football history, this account explores the team’s greatest plays, providing context,...
by David Ascanio, Gustavo Rodriguez, Robin Restall
Language: English
Release Date: February 23, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: February 23, 2017
Covering the sixth largest avifauna in the world, this important new guide is essential for anyone exploring the diverse habitats of this beautiful South American country. Birds of Venezuela - complete with authoritative text and superb colour plates - will ensure that this top birding destination...
by Terrance Zepke
Language: English
Release Date: May 11, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: May 11, 2017
One of the best adventure destinations in the world is Machu Picchu. But it's also one of the most visited places with close to 500,000 visitors annually, so the Peruvian government has just added more tourism regulations to protect it. Find out everything you need to know about visiting this UNESCO...
Farm Fresh Georgia
The Go-To Guide to Great Farmers' Markets, Farm Stands, Farms, U-Picks, Kids' Activities, Lodging, Dining, Dairies, Festivals, Choose-and-Cut Christmas Trees, Vineyards and Wineries, and More
Language: English
Release Date: March 15, 2014
The first guidebook of its kind for the Peach State, Farm Fresh Georgia leads food lovers, families, locals, and tourists on a lively tour of almost 400 farms and farm-related attractions, all open to the public and visited by travel writer Jodi Helmer. Here are irresistible opportunities to find...
Haunted Texas
Famous Phantoms, Sinister Sites, and Lingering Legends
Language: English
Release Date: June 1, 2017
Texas history buffs and travelers have an eerie need for this book, which offers an unusual twist to seeing the “sights” in the Lone Star state. Organized by region—Gulf Coast, Rio Grande Valley, South Texas, Central Texas, North Texas, and West Texas—this book is the complete guide for both...
by Tim Burford
Language: English
Release Date: October 18, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: October 18, 2017
This new, fully updated third edition of Bradt's Uruguay remains the only dedicated English-language guide to a country that's small yet bursting with character. Bradt's Uruguay provides in-depth coverage of the capital Montevideo, where the once-derelict colonial Old City is undergoing a historic...
Making Freedom
Apartheid, Squatter Politics, and the Struggle for Home
Language: English
Release Date: October 23, 2015
In Making Freedom Anne-Maria Makhulu explores practices of squatting and illegal settlement on the outskirts of Cape Town during and immediately following the end of apartheid. Apartheid's paradoxical policies of prohibiting migrant Africans who worked in Cape Town from living permanently within the...
by Elinor DeWire
Language: English
Release Date: March 8, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: March 8, 2018
This engaging and colorful guidebook brings alive the many lighthouses of the Sunshine State.
Some thirty Florida lighthouses guide ships south from the St. Marys River to the tip of the Keys, then north to Pensacola Bay. They comprise some of Florida's oldest and most historic structures and...
An Expedition to the Ranquel Indians
Excursion a los indios ranqueles
Language: English
Release Date: September 5, 2014
The encounter between Native American peoples and Europeans and their descendants has marked the history of every nation in the Americas, both North and South. Lucio Mansilla's Una excursión a los indios ranqueles, published in Argentina in 1870, is one of very few works in American letters that presents...
by Daniel Defoe
Language: English
Release Date: January 12, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: January 12, 2013
The full title of this book is : "A New Voyage Round the World, by a Course never Sailed before. Being a Voyage undertaken by some Merchants, who afterwards proposed the Setting up an East-India Company in Flanders" is a narrative fiction of a merchant ship’s captain who sails east via...
by Margaret Hebblethwaite
Language: English
Release Date: November 17, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: November 17, 2014
At the heart of South America, Paraguay is a bewildering blend of contrasts. The colonial capital, Asunción, now has a burgeoning bar and café scene, while its eastern counterpart, Ciudad del Este, is a neon-swathed boomtown. Yet dig a little deeper and a different picture emerges: Jesuit ruins...