Silver, Sword and Stone. The Story of Latin America in Three Extraordinary Lives, Hardback - Marie Arana

A thousand years of Latin American history, told through the three obsessions that have held the region tightly in its grip.

A thousand years of Latin American history, told through the three obsessions that have held the region tightly in its grip.

Reducere. Winner, American Library Association Booklist's Top of the List, 2019 Adult Nonfiction Acclaimed writer Marie Arana delivers a cultural history of ...

Reducere. Contributor(s): Author: Elizabeth MannIllustrator: Alan Witschonke This is the story of a people's struggle for absolute security in a violent and ...

The past decade has seen major political upheaval in Latin America--from Brazil to Chile to Venezuela to Bolivia--but to understand what happened, ...

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Reducere. In 1980, the celebrated new wave band Blondie headed to Los Angeles to record a new album and along with it, the cover song "The Tide Is High, " or...

With Latin America home to some of the most draconian bans on abortion in the world, abortion rights is one of the most controversial and hotly-con...

Publisher: University of California PressAuthor(s): Bob BlaunerNumber of pages: 408Publication date: 2022Dimensions: 153 x 227 x 30Cover type: Pape...

The dramatic life of the revolutionary hero Bolivar, who liberated South America - a sweeping narrative worthy of a Hollywood epic.

This book confronts the question of who and what is a Nikkei, that is, a person of Japanese descent, by presenting 18 case studies from throughout ...

This book charts the lives and service careers of the three Muller-Rowland brothers. All three flew RAF low-level operations and all three gave the...

It has become a commonplace to say that the Latin Fathers did not really hold a doctrine of deification. Indeed, it is often asserted that Western ...

Gripping account of heroism in the face of near certain disaster. Includes first person accounts from the sailors aboard the Marblehead. Written by...

This book shows how and why politicians and police actors confront, negotiate with, or protect drug dealers to contain criminal violence in urban a...

This book explores the significance of remembering the rescuers denouncing human rights crimes and protecting targeted victims-including the dead-d...

Historical figures whose lives help explain today's global economy. From Silk to Silicon presents a future full of human possibility.Publisher: Amb...

Margarita Fajardo tells the story of the cepalinos, Latin American economists and policymakers, and their dependentista critics, whose ideas about ...

Beyond the Megacity reconnects to the Latin American tradition of theorizing urbanization from the margins, moving urban theory closer to the compl...

Publisher: Oxford University Press IncAuthor(s): Alec M. (Former Sainsbury Orchid Fellow, Former Sainsbury Orchid Fellow, Royal Botanic Gardens, Ke...

Peter Paul Rubens (1577-1640) never crossed the Atlantic himself, but his impact in colonial Latin America was profound. This volume excavates his ...

The extraordinary memoir of a childhood spent in the 'Children of God' cult.

DescriptionOn New Year's Day 2013, two-time Pulitzer Prize-winner Gene Weingarten asked three strangers to, literally, pluck a day, month, and year...

Reducere. Contributor(s): Author: Annette McGivneyPure Land is the story of the most brutal murder in the history of the Grand Canyon and how McGivney's ques...

In 1955 The Museum of Modern Art staged Latin American Architecture, since 1945, a landmark survey of modern architecture in Latin America. This bo...

The Lives of Latin Texts collects papers presented at a 2018 conference in the Department of the Classics at Harvard University in honor of Richard...

An exploration of the culture of public speaking in the Iberian world, which places the classical rhetorical tradition within the context of Iberia...

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Reducere. DescriptionHow silver influenced two hundred years of world history, and why it matters todayThis is the story of silver's transformation from soft...

A fascinating look at the hidden life of antsIllustrations: 15 B&W illustrations

Combining cross-national quantitative research covering the entire region and in-depth case studies based on field research, Human Capital versus B...

Teachers inspire and nurture children. Never has this been more evident than during Covid-19, where teachers risk their own health and wellbeing to...

Publisher: The Crowood Press LtdAuthor(s): Andrew NoakesIllustration(s): 285 Halftones, colorNumber of pages: 192Publication date: 2022Dimensions: ...

This biography of Beatriz Allende - revolutionary doctor and daughter of Salvador Allende - portrays what it means to live, love, and fight for cha...

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Celebrating the extraordinary lives of twelve remarkable people

Publisher: Princeton University PressAuthor(s): The Perils of Interpreting Henrietta HarrisonIllustration(s): 1 map. 36 b/w illus.Number of pages: ...

Reducere. Since its U.S. debut a quarter-century ago, this brilliant text has set a new standard for historical scholarship of Latin America. It is also an o...

Publisher: De GruyterAuthor(s): W. Charles SawyerIllustration(s): 18 Illustrations, black and white; 44 Tables, black and whiteNumber of pages: 262...

Together, learning from each other, they save and change lives - the lives of millions of people just like Waheed. For readers of Educated and War ...

A unique and worthwhile examination of EU relations with South America in the first decades of the twenty-first century, focusing in particular on ...

Brings to life the previously overlooked lives of Jack the Ripper's victims.

New paperback edition - The interweaving lives of Ida John, Sophie Brzeska and Fernande Olivier: three mould-breaking women who forged modern relat...

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Reducere. Latin edition of J.K. Rowling's classic, reissued with the stunning new Jonny Duddle covers to captivate a new generation of Latin learners