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On Mexican Time: A New Life in San Miguel
by Tony Cohan
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We walk the dimly lit town, along its Moorish walls of roseate hues. In the small, thronged central plaza, we sit on an iron bench gazing up at a quirky dripcastle church, its spires embedded in full complement of stars. Drop it, something whispers. Just... ( read more)
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The Path Between the Seas: The Creation of the Panama Canal, 1870-1914
by David McCullough
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From the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of Truman, here is the national bestselling epic chronicle of the creation of the Panama Canal. In The Path Between the Seas, acclaimed historian David McCullough delivers a first-rate drama of the sweeping human... ( read more)
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Che Guevara: A Revolutionary Life
by Jon Lee Anderson
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Che Guevara's face can seem ubiquitous these days. Knowing very little about him, I decided to pick up this rather hefty biography by Jon Lee Anderson. I was planning on scanning the 832-page book for the highlights, but after only twenty pages I was... ( read more)
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Waiting for Snow in Havana: Confessions of a Cuban Boy
by Carlos Eire
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This haunting memoir of the Cuban Revolution, seen through the eyes of a small boy, is the heartbreaking story of the author's privileged childhood in pre-Revolution Havana, and how he lost everything, including his father.... ( read more)
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The Motorcycle Diaries (Movie Tie-In)
by Ernesto Che Guevara
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Special movie tie-in edition of Che Guevara's youthful travel diaries to coincide with the Fall release of Redford and Salles's film of the book. Says director Walter Salles: "If the film reaches a younger audience, I hope it will inspire people to read... ( read more)
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The Motorcycle Diaries: Notes on a Latin American Journey
by Ernesto Che Guevara
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These travel diaries capture the essence and exuberance of the young legend, Che Guevara. In January 1952, Che set out from Buenos Aires to explore South America on an ancient Norton motorcycle. He encounters an extraordinary range of people-from native... ( read more)
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Killing Pablo: The Hunt for the World's Greatest Outlaw
by Mark Bowden
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A tour de force of investigative journalism-this is the story of the violent rise and fall of Pablo Escobar, the head of the Colombian Medellin cocaine cartel. Escobar's criminal empire held a nation of thirty million hostage in a reign of terror that... ( read more)
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Bolivian Diary Authorized Edition
by Ernesto Che Guevara
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This is Che Guevara's last diary, compiled from the notebooks found in his knapsack when he was captured by the Bolivian army in October 1967 and subsequently executed. It is the basis of a new biopic directed by Steven Soderbergh (Traffic, Ocean's... ( read more)
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I, Rigoberta Menchu: An Indian Woman in Guatemala
by Elisa Burgos Debray
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Illuminated by the enduring courage and passionate sense of justice of an extraordinary woman, I, Rigoberta Menchu recounts experiences common to many Indian communities in Latin America today.... ( read more)
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Mexican Days: Journeys Into the Heart of Mexico
by Tony Cohan
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Told with the intimate, sensuous insight and broad sweep that captivated readers of "On Mexican Time," this is both a celebration of the joys and revelations to be found in this inexhaustibly interesting country and a searching investigation of the... ( read more)
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Es Cuba: Life and Love on an Illegal Island
by Lea Aschkenas
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This poignant and passionate travel memoir is about falling in love with a country and one of its compatriots. Aschkenas never strays from her acute awareness that there is no way to separate her foreignness (intensified by U.S.-Cuba relations) from the... ( read more)
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The Massacre at El Mozote
by Mark Danner
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In December 1981 soldiers of the Salvadoran Army's select, American-trained Atlacatl Battalion entered the village of El Mozote, where they murdered hundreds of men, women, and children, often by decapitation. Although reports of the massacre -- and... ( read more)
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Evita, First Lady: A Biography of Eva Peron
by John Barnes
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Eva Peron was a star and a legend during her lifetime, one of the most alluring women of the twentieth century. Through the hit Broadway musical Evita by Andrew Lloyd Webber, her story became famous, and with the release of the film starring Madonna as... ( read more)
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Companero: The Life and Death of Che Guevara
by Jorge G Castaneda
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Drawing on archival documents from two continents and on interviews with Che Guevara's family and associates, one of Latin America's foremost political scientists gives us our finest biography yet of the man who became synonymous with the insurrectionist... ( read more)
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Argentina Reader : History, Culture, Politics (02 Edition)
by Gabriela Nouzeilles
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Excessively European, refreshingly European, not as European as it looks, struggling to overcome a delusion that it is European. Argentina?in all its complexity?has often been obscured by variations of the "like Europe and not like the rest of Latin... ( read more)
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Looking for History: Dispatches from Latin America
by Alm Guillermoprieto
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From the esteemed New Yorker correspondent comes an incisive volume of essays and reportage that vividly illuminates Latin America’s recent history. Only Alma Guillermoprieto, the most highly regarded writer on the region, could unravel the complex... ( read more)
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The Thief at the End of the World: Rubber, Power, and the Seeds of Empire
by Joe Jackson
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The story of one man's journey down the Amazon and how it changed history. In 1876, a man named Henry Wickham smuggled seventy thousand rubber tree seeds out of the rainforests of Brazil and delivered them to Victorian England's most prestigious... ( read more)
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The Mapmaker's Wife: A True Tale of Love, Murder, and Survival in the Amazon
by Robert Whitaker
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A True Tale of Love, Murder, and Survival in the Amazon The year is 1735. A decade-long expedition to South America is launched by a team of French scientists racing to measure the circumference of the earth and to reveal the mysteries of a little-known... ( read more)
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Becoming Campesinos: Politics, Identity, and Agrarian Struggle in Postrevolutionary Michoacan, 1920-1935
by Christopher R Boyer
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“...a well-written and compelling study...”—American Historical Review “...a wonderful and compelling account of the politics of agrarismo in Michoacan.”—The... ( read more)
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Regime of Anastasio Somoza, 1936-1956
by Knut Walter
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To many observers, Anastasio Somoza, who ruled Nicaragua from 1936 until his assassination in 1956, personified the worst features of a dictator. While not dismissing these characteristics, Knut Walter argues that the regime was in fact more notable for... ( read more)
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