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INSIDE CENTRAL AMERICA
INSIDE CENTRAL AMERICA
Written by Phillip Berryman
Format: eBook
ISBN: 9780307831637
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INSIDE CENTRAL AMERICA
The Essential Facts Past and Present on El Salvador, Nicaragua, Honduras, Guatemala, and Costa Rica
Written by Phillip Berryman


Format: eBook, 176 pages
On Sale: February 20, 2013
Price: $15.99

Since 1979, United States policy in Central America has been based on an assumption that revolutionary movements led by Marxists must represent a serious threat to U.S. interests and security. On this point, the difference between liberals and conservatives is merely one of emphasis or accent.

Such an assumption is not shared... Read more >
Sin Fidel
Sin Fidel
Written by Ann Louise Bardach
Format: Trade Paperback
ISBN: 9780307947758
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Sin Fidel
Los ultimos anos de Fidel Castro, sus enemigos y el futuro de Cuba
Written by Ann Louise Bardach


Format: Trade Paperback, 496 pages
On Sale: September 25, 2012
Price: $15.95

 
Un esclarecedor relato del último capítulo de la vida de Fidel Castro: su cercano encuentro con la muerte en 2006, sus enemigos y la planeada sucesión de su hermano Raúl.
 
Desde 1959, Fidel Castro ha presidido uno de los más controversiales y combativos gobiernos del mundo, enfrentando a los Estados Unidos... Read more >
The Battle of Venezuela

Written by Michael McCaughan


Format: eBook
On Sale: January 4, 2011
Price: $12.95

In August 2004, the Venezuelan public came out in record numbers to deliver an overwhelming vote of confidence. After many attempts to unseat him, Hugo Chåvez, the former military man who took the country first by coup and then by ballot, again emerged as the people’s choice. It was, in his... Read more >
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Colombia and the United States
War, Unrest and Destabilization
Written by Mario A. Murillo


Format: eBook
On Sale: January 4, 2011
Price: $10.95

Every year the United States spends millions of dollars to help the war-ravaged country of Colombia. But help it with what? In Colombia and the U.S. Mario Murillo explores the misdirected and devastating impact that U.S. military "aid" continues to have on the war torn-people of Colombia. Beginning with a brief... Read more >
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Looking for History
Looking for History
Written by Alma Guillermoprieto
Format: eBook
ISBN: 9780307426673
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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: $13.99

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 >
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Stealing Benefacio's Roses
Stealing Benefacio's Roses
Written by Martin Prechtel
Format: Trade Paperback
ISBN: 9781556435874
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Stealing Benefacio's Roses
A Mayan Epic
Written by Martin Prechtel


Format: Trade Paperback, 392 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 Battle of Venezuela
The Battle of Venezuela
Written by Michael McCaughan
Format: Trade Paperback
ISBN: 9781583226803
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The Battle of Venezuela

Written by Michael McCaughan


Format: Trade Paperback, 240 pages
On Sale: June 7, 2005
Price: $12.95

In August 2004, the Venezuelan public came out in record numbers to deliver an overwhelming vote of confidence. After many attempts to unseat him, Hugo Chåvez, the former military man who took the country first by coup and then by ballot, again emerged as the people’s choice. It was, in his... Read more >
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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 >
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The Darkest Jungle
The Darkest Jungle
Written by Todd Balf, Read by Scott Brick
Format: Unabridged Audiobook Download
ISBN: 9781415901328
Our Price: $17.95

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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 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.
Colombia and the United States
Colombia and the United States
Written by Mario A. Murillo
Format: Trade Paperback
ISBN: 9781583226063
Our Price: $10.95
 Quantity: 1 
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Colombia and the United States
War, Unrest and Destabilization
Written by Mario A. Murillo


Format: Trade Paperback, 232 pages
On Sale: September 2, 2003
Price: $10.95

Every year the United States spends millions of dollars to help the war-ravaged country of Colombia. But help it with what? In Colombia and the U.S. Mario Murillo explores the misdirected and devastating impact that U.S. military "aid" continues to have on the war torn-people of Colombia. Beginning with a brief... Read more >
Also available as an eBook.
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