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One of the 20th century's enduring works, Marquez's masterpiece is the ultimate achievement in a Nobel Prize- winning career. Alternately reverential and comical, this novel weaves the political, personal, and spiritual to bring a new consciousness to storytelling.

"An Indigenous environmental scientist breaks down why western conservationism isn't working--and offers Indigenous models informed by case studies, personal stories, and family histories that center the voices of Latin American women and land protectors"--

In a work of striking originality and power, acclaimed writer Marie Arana tells the story of Latin America through the three driving forces that have shaped the region: exploitation (silver), violence (sword), and religion (stone). She further sharpens her focus by exploring each of these characteristics through the lives of three contemporary Latin Americans: A Peruvian woman working the high-altitude gold mines much as her ancestors did; a Cuban...

Entre 1992 y 2013, Martín Weber preguntó a personas por toda América Latina que escribieran sus sueños en una pizarra de madera. Una década después, buscó a las mismas personas para ver si sus sueños se hicieron realidad. Between 1992 and 2013, Martín Weber asked people throughout Latin America to write their dreams on a wooden blackboard. A decade later, he searched for the same people to see if their dreams came true.

"This clear, compact phrase book for travellers is packed with key words and phrases to help conversation. The pocket-sized Latin American Spanish phrasebook and dictionary from Berlitz's language experts (with free app) is a trusty travel companion. It's all you need to make yourself understood - and to understand others - when you're out and about. - Over 8,000 words and phrases: communicate with ease in every situation - Colour-coded sections organised...

Now fully updated to 2009, this acclaimed history of Latin America tells its turbulent story from Columbus to Chavez. Beginning with the Spanish and Portuguese conquests of the New World, it takes in centuries of upheaval, revolution and modernization up to the present day, looking in detail at Argentina, Mexico, Brazil, Chile and Cuba, and gives an overview of the cultural developments that have made Latin America a source of fascination for the...

"The poems in Paul Hlava Ceballos's debut collection banana [ ] reveal the extractive relationship the United States has with the Americas and its people through poetic portraits of migrants, family, and personal memories. At the heart of the book is a long poem that traces the history of bananas in Latin America using only found text from sources such as history books, declassified CIA documents, and commercials. The book includes collage, Ecuadorian...