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Looking for History
Looking for History
Written by Alma Guillermoprieto
Format: eBook
ISBN: 9780307426673
Our Price: $14.95
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Looking for History
Dispatches from Latin America
Written by Alma Guillermoprieto


Format: eBook, 320 pages
On Sale: December 18, 2007
Price: $14.95

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 threads of Colombia’s cocaine wars or assess the combination of despotism, charm, and political jiu-jitsu... Read more >
Also available as a trade paperback.
Stealing Benefacio's Roses
Stealing Benefacio's Roses
Written by Martin Prechtel
Format: Trade Paperback
ISBN: 9781556435874
Our Price: $18.95
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Stealing Benefacio's Roses
A Mayan Epic
Written by Martin Prechtel


Format: Trade Paperback, 384 pages
On Sale: June 7, 2006
Price: $18.95

Following the acclaimed Secrets of The Talking Jaguar and Long Life, Honey in the Heart, this is an expansive, lyrical novel in the tradition of indigenous oral storytelling. Based on the author's many years of living in a Guatemalan village, Stealing Benefacio's Roses interweaves dramatic recountings of village life and the... Read more >
The Darkest Jungle
The Darkest Jungle
Written by Todd Balf, Read by Ray Childs
Format: Abridged Audiobook Download
ISBN: 9780739303535
Our Price: $14.95

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The Darkest Jungle
The True Story of the Darien Expedition and America's Ill-Fated Race to Connect the Seas
Written by Todd Balf
Read by Ray Childs


Format: Abridged Audiobook Download
On Sale: December 30, 2003
Price: $14.95

“Commit yourself to the Virgin Mary, for in her hands is the way into the Darién—and in God’s is the way out.”

The Darkest Jungle tells the harrowing story of America’s first ship canal exploration across a narrow piece of land in Central America called the Darién, a place that loomed large... Read more >
Also available as an unabridged audiobook download.
The Darkest Jungle
The Darkest Jungle
Written by Todd Balf, Read by Scott Brick
Format: Unabridged Audiobook Download
ISBN: 9781415901328
Our Price: $17.95

For more information about downloading this audiobook
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The Darkest Jungle
The True Story of the Darien Expedition and America's Ill-Fated Race to Connect the Seas
Written by Todd Balf
Read by Scott Brick


Format: Unabridged Audiobook Download
On Sale: September 3, 2003
Price: $17.95

“Commit yourself to the Virgin Mary, for in her hands is the way into the Darién—and in God’s is the way out.”

The Darkest Jungle tells the harrowing story of America’s first ship canal exploration across a narrow piece of land in Central America called the Darién, a place that loomed large... Read more >
Also available as an abridged audiobook download.
Looking for History
Looking for History
Written by Alma Guillermoprieto
Format: Trade Paperback
ISBN: 9780375725821
Our Price: $14.95
 Quantity: 1 
Buy From a Local Store

Looking for History
Dispatches from Latin America
Written by Alma Guillermoprieto


Format: Trade Paperback, 320 pages
On Sale: March 12, 2002
Price: $14.95

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 threads of Colombia’s cocaine wars or assess the combination of despotism, charm, and political jiu-jitsu... Read more >
Also available as an eBook.
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