34 books in History - South America
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Fortifications of the Incas
1200-1531
Written by H. W. Kaufmann
Illustrated by Adam Hook
Format: eBook, 64 pages
On Sale: June 19, 2012
Price: $13.95
The greatest period of Inca expansion occurred during the reigns of Pachacuti (1438–71), Tupa Inca (1471–93), and Huayna Capac (1493–1527). From the mountain stronghold of Cuzco, they subjugated the surrounding kingdoms and territories, absorbing their civilizations and their peoples. By 1525, they dominated much of the west of the continent, relying... Read more >
1200-1531
Written by H. W. Kaufmann
Illustrated by Adam Hook
Format: eBook, 64 pages
On Sale: June 19, 2012
Price: $13.95
The greatest period of Inca expansion occurred during the reigns of Pachacuti (1438–71), Tupa Inca (1471–93), and Huayna Capac (1493–1527). From the mountain stronghold of Cuzco, they subjugated the surrounding kingdoms and territories, absorbing their civilizations and their peoples. By 1525, they dominated much of the west of the continent, relying... Read more >
Also available as a
trade paperback.
The Falklands 1982
Ground operations in the South Atlantic
Written by Gregory Barnes
Illustrated by Graham Turner
Format: eBook, 96 pages
On Sale: May 22, 2012
Price: $15.95
On the night of 1-2 April 1982, the Argentinian Junta led by Gen. Leopoldo Galtieri made its move against the Falkland Islands. On 3 April British Prime Minister Mrs. Margaret Thatcher faced an appalled and furious House of Commons to announce that Argentine armed forces had landed on British sovereign territory... Read more >
Ground operations in the South Atlantic
Written by Gregory Barnes
Illustrated by Graham Turner
Format: eBook, 96 pages
On Sale: May 22, 2012
Price: $15.95
On the night of 1-2 April 1982, the Argentinian Junta led by Gen. Leopoldo Galtieri made its move against the Falkland Islands. On 3 April British Prime Minister Mrs. Margaret Thatcher faced an appalled and furious House of Commons to announce that Argentine armed forces had landed on British sovereign territory... Read more >
The Hold Life Has
Coca and Cultural Identity in an Andean Community
Written by Catherine J. Allen
Format: eBook, 312 pages
On Sale: January 11, 2012
Price: $21.95
This second edition of Catherine J. Allen's distinctive ethnography of the Quechua-speaking people of the Andes brings their story into the present. She has added an extensive afterword based on her visits to Sonqo in 1995 and 2000 and has updated and revised parts of the original text. The book focuses... Read more >
Coca and Cultural Identity in an Andean Community
Written by Catherine J. Allen
Format: eBook, 312 pages
On Sale: January 11, 2012
Price: $21.95
This second edition of Catherine J. Allen's distinctive ethnography of the Quechua-speaking people of the Andes brings their story into the present. She has added an extensive afterword based on her visits to Sonqo in 1995 and 2000 and has updated and revised parts of the original text. The book focuses... Read more >
Also available as a
trade paperback.
Savages
Written by Joe Kane
Format: eBook, 304 pages
On Sale: January 4, 2012
Price: $11.99
Savages is a firsthand account, by turn hilarious, heartbreaking, and thrilling, of a small band of Amazonian warriors and their battle to preserve their way of life. Includes eight pages of photos.
From the Trade Paperback edition. Read more >
Written by Joe Kane
Format: eBook, 304 pages
On Sale: January 4, 2012
Price: $11.99
Savages is a firsthand account, by turn hilarious, heartbreaking, and thrilling, of a small band of Amazonian warriors and their battle to preserve their way of life. Includes eight pages of photos.
From the Trade Paperback edition. Read more >
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The Chaco War 1932-35
South America's Greatest War
Written by Alejandro Quesada
Illustrated by Ramiro Bujeiro
Format: Trade Paperback, 48 pages
On Sale: November 22, 2011
Price: $17.95
Often over-shadowed by contemporary events in China and Japan, the Chaco War (1932-1935) was a massive territorial war between Bolivia and Paraguay, which cost almost 100,000 lives. It was sparked by Bolivia's attempts to capture a stretch of the Paraguay River to gain access to the Atlantic. An old fashioned territorial... Read more >
South America's Greatest War
Written by Alejandro Quesada
Illustrated by Ramiro Bujeiro
Format: Trade Paperback, 48 pages
On Sale: November 22, 2011
Price: $17.95
Often over-shadowed by contemporary events in China and Japan, the Chaco War (1932-1935) was a massive territorial war between Bolivia and Paraguay, which cost almost 100,000 lives. It was sparked by Bolivia's attempts to capture a stretch of the Paraguay River to gain access to the Atlantic. An old fashioned territorial... Read more >
Also available as an
eBook.
The Chaco War 1932-35
South America's greatest modern conflict
Written by Alejandro Quesada
Illustrated by Ramiro Bujeiro
Format: eBook, 48 pages
On Sale: November 22, 2011
Price: $13.95
Often over-shadowed by contemporary events in China and Japan, the Chaco War (1932-1935) was a massive territorial war between Bolivia and Paraguay, which cost almost 100,000 lives. It was sparked by Bolivia's attempts to capture a stretch of the Paraguay River to gain access to the Atlantic. An old fashioned territorial... Read more >
South America's greatest modern conflict
Written by Alejandro Quesada
Illustrated by Ramiro Bujeiro
Format: eBook, 48 pages
On Sale: November 22, 2011
Price: $13.95
Often over-shadowed by contemporary events in China and Japan, the Chaco War (1932-1935) was a massive territorial war between Bolivia and Paraguay, which cost almost 100,000 lives. It was sparked by Bolivia's attempts to capture a stretch of the Paraguay River to gain access to the Atlantic. An old fashioned territorial... Read more >
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trade paperback.
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Brazil on the Move
Written by John Dos Passos
Format: eBook, 205 pages
On Sale: November 16, 2011
Price: $14.99
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Written by John Dos Passos
Format: eBook, 205 pages
On Sale: November 16, 2011
Price: $14.99
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At the Devil's Table
The Untold Story of the Insider Who Brought Down the Cali Cartel
Written by William C. Rempel
Format: Hardcover, 368 pages
On Sale: June 21, 2011
Price: $27.00
In this riveting and relentless nonfiction thriller, award-winning investigative reporter William C. Rempel tells the harrowing story of former Cali cartel insider Jorge Salcedo, an ordinary man facing an extraordinary dilemma—a man forced to risk everything to escape the powerful and treacherous Cali crime syndicate.
Colombia in the 1990s is... Read more >
The Untold Story of the Insider Who Brought Down the Cali Cartel
Written by William C. Rempel
Format: Hardcover, 368 pages
On Sale: June 21, 2011
Price: $27.00
In this riveting and relentless nonfiction thriller, award-winning investigative reporter William C. Rempel tells the harrowing story of former Cali cartel insider Jorge Salcedo, an ordinary man facing an extraordinary dilemma—a man forced to risk everything to escape the powerful and treacherous Cali crime syndicate.
Colombia in the 1990s is... Read more >
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eBook.
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At the Devil's Table
The Untold Story of the Insider Who Brought Down the Cali Cartel
Written by William C. Rempel
Format: eBook
On Sale: June 21, 2011
Price: $13.99
In this riveting and relentless nonfiction thriller, award-winning investigative reporter William C. Rempel tells the harrowing story of former Cali cartel insider Jorge Salcedo, an ordinary man facing an extraordinary dilemma—a man forced to risk everything to escape the powerful and treacherous Cali crime syndicate.
Colombia in the 1990s is... Read more >
The Untold Story of the Insider Who Brought Down the Cali Cartel
Written by William C. Rempel
Format: eBook
On Sale: June 21, 2011
Price: $13.99
In this riveting and relentless nonfiction thriller, award-winning investigative reporter William C. Rempel tells the harrowing story of former Cali cartel insider Jorge Salcedo, an ordinary man facing an extraordinary dilemma—a man forced to risk everything to escape the powerful and treacherous Cali crime syndicate.
Colombia in the 1990s is... Read more >
Also available as a
hardcover.
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At the Devil's Table
The Untold Story of the Insider Who Brought Down the Cali Cartel
Written by William Rempel
Read by Fred Sanders
Format: Unabridged Compact Disc
On Sale: June 21, 2011
Price: $35.00
In this riveting and relentless nonfiction thriller, award-winning investigative reporter William C. Rempel tells the harrowing story of former Cali cartel insider Jorge Salcedo, an ordinary man facing an extraordinary dilemma—a man forced to risk everything to escape the powerful and treacherous Cali crime syndicate.
Colombia in the 1990s is a... Read more >
The Untold Story of the Insider Who Brought Down the Cali Cartel
Written by William Rempel
Read by Fred Sanders
Format: Unabridged Compact Disc
On Sale: June 21, 2011
Price: $35.00
In this riveting and relentless nonfiction thriller, award-winning investigative reporter William C. Rempel tells the harrowing story of former Cali cartel insider Jorge Salcedo, an ordinary man facing an extraordinary dilemma—a man forced to risk everything to escape the powerful and treacherous Cali crime syndicate.
Colombia in the 1990s is a... Read more >
Also available as an
unabridged audiobook download.
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At the Devil's Table
The Untold Story of the Insider Who Brought Down the Cali Cartel
Written by William Rempel
Read by Fred Sanders
Format: Unabridged Audiobook Download
On Sale: June 21, 2011
Price: $20.00
In this riveting and relentless nonfiction thriller, award-winning investigative reporter William C. Rempel tells the harrowing story of former Cali cartel insider Jorge Salcedo, an ordinary man facing an extraordinary dilemma—a man forced to risk everything to escape the powerful and treacherous Cali crime syndicate.
Colombia in the 1990s is... Read more >
The Untold Story of the Insider Who Brought Down the Cali Cartel
Written by William Rempel
Read by Fred Sanders
Format: Unabridged Audiobook Download
On Sale: June 21, 2011
Price: $20.00
In this riveting and relentless nonfiction thriller, award-winning investigative reporter William C. Rempel tells the harrowing story of former Cali cartel insider Jorge Salcedo, an ordinary man facing an extraordinary dilemma—a man forced to risk everything to escape the powerful and treacherous Cali crime syndicate.
Colombia in the 1990s is... Read more >
Also available as an
unabridged audio CD.
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The Loss of El Dorado
A Colonial History
Written by V.S. Naipaul
Format: eBook, 400 pages
On Sale: March 16, 2011
Price: $12.99
The history of Trinidad begins with a delusion: the belief that somewhere nearby on the South American mainland lay El Dorado, the mythical kingdom of gold. In this extraordinary and often gripping book, V. S. Naipaul–himself a native of Trinidad–shows how that delusion drew a small island into the vortex of... Read more >
A Colonial History
Written by V.S. Naipaul
Format: eBook, 400 pages
On Sale: March 16, 2011
Price: $12.99
The history of Trinidad begins with a delusion: the belief that somewhere nearby on the South American mainland lay El Dorado, the mythical kingdom of gold. In this extraordinary and often gripping book, V. S. Naipaul–himself a native of Trinidad–shows how that delusion drew a small island into the vortex of... Read more >
Also available as a
trade paperback.
Exorcising Terror
The Incredible Unending Trial of General Augusto Pinochet
Written by Ariel Dorfman
Format: eBook
On Sale: January 4, 2011
Price: $11.95
Renowned author Ariel Dorfman, obsessed for twenty-five years with the malignant shadow General Pinochet cast upon Chile and the world, followed every twist and turn of the four year old trial in Great Britain, Spain and Chile as well as in the U.S., the country that had created Pinochet. Told as... Read more >
The Incredible Unending Trial of General Augusto Pinochet
Written by Ariel Dorfman
Format: eBook
On Sale: January 4, 2011
Price: $11.95
Renowned author Ariel Dorfman, obsessed for twenty-five years with the malignant shadow General Pinochet cast upon Chile and the world, followed every twist and turn of the four year old trial in Great Britain, Spain and Chile as well as in the U.S., the country that had created Pinochet. Told as... Read more >
Also available as a
trade paperback.
Fidel
An Illustrated Biography of Fidel Castro
Written by Nestor Kohan
Illustrated by Nahuel Scherma and Miracle Jones
Translated by Elise Buchman
Format: eBook
On Sale: January 4, 2011
Price: $14.95
In the United States, ninety miles from Cuban shores, tempers flare on the subject of Fidel Castro: some say he is a liberator, some say a dictator. In Fidel, Nestor Kohan and Nahuel Scherma present one of the towering figures of the twentieth-century as he is seen by Latin Americans: as... Read more >
An Illustrated Biography of Fidel Castro
Written by Nestor Kohan
Illustrated by Nahuel Scherma and Miracle Jones
Translated by Elise Buchman
Format: eBook
On Sale: January 4, 2011
Price: $14.95
In the United States, ninety miles from Cuban shores, tempers flare on the subject of Fidel Castro: some say he is a liberator, some say a dictator. In Fidel, Nestor Kohan and Nahuel Scherma present one of the towering figures of the twentieth-century as he is seen by Latin Americans: as... Read more >
Also available as a
trade paperback and a
trade paperback.
Masters of War
Latin America and U.S. Agression From the Cuban Revolution Through the Clinton Years
Written by Clara Nieto
Translated by Chris Brandt
Foreword by Howard Zinn
Format: eBook
On Sale: January 4, 2011
Price: $24.95
In Masters of War, Clara Nieto adeptly presents the parallel histories of the countries of Latin America, histories that are intertwined, each reflecting the United States’ "coherent policy of intervention" set into motion by the Monroe Doctrine. As the value of this continued policy comes increasingly into question, Nieto argues for... Read more >
Latin America and U.S. Agression From the Cuban Revolution Through the Clinton Years
Written by Clara Nieto
Translated by Chris Brandt
Foreword by Howard Zinn
Format: eBook
On Sale: January 4, 2011
Price: $24.95
In Masters of War, Clara Nieto adeptly presents the parallel histories of the countries of Latin America, histories that are intertwined, each reflecting the United States’ "coherent policy of intervention" set into motion by the Monroe Doctrine. As the value of this continued policy comes increasingly into question, Nieto argues for... Read more >
Also available as a
trade paperback.
The Nanny and the Iceberg
A Novel
Written by Ariel Dorfman
Format: eBook
On Sale: January 4, 2011
Price: $14.95
Conceived the night of Che Guevara’s burial in 1967, Gabriel McKenzie is inextricably bound up in the history and politics of his native Chile. Twenty-four years on, and still a virgin, Gabriel returns from Manhattan exile to confront his legacy: a Don Juan father and a country preparing for the five-hundredth... Read more >
A Novel
Written by Ariel Dorfman
Format: eBook
On Sale: January 4, 2011
Price: $14.95
Conceived the night of Che Guevara’s burial in 1967, Gabriel McKenzie is inextricably bound up in the history and politics of his native Chile. Twenty-four years on, and still a virgin, Gabriel returns from Manhattan exile to confront his legacy: a Don Juan father and a country preparing for the five-hundredth... Read more >
Also available as a
trade paperback.
Other Septembers, Many Americas
Selected Provocations, 1980-2004
Written by Ariel Dorfman
Foreword by Tom Engelhardt
Format: eBook
On Sale: January 4, 2011
Price: $16.95
"Let me tell you, America, of the hopes I had for you," Dorfman writes after the fall of the Twin Towers, remembering back to an earlier September 11 in 1973, when he was on the staff of Salvador Allende, then president of Chile, the day he was removed from office and... Read more >
Selected Provocations, 1980-2004
Written by Ariel Dorfman
Foreword by Tom Engelhardt
Format: eBook
On Sale: January 4, 2011
Price: $16.95
"Let me tell you, America, of the hopes I had for you," Dorfman writes after the fall of the Twin Towers, remembering back to an earlier September 11 in 1973, when he was on the staff of Salvador Allende, then president of Chile, the day he was removed from office and... Read more >
Also available as a
trade paperback.
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Fidel
Written by Nestor Kohan
Illustrated by Nahuel Scherma and Miracle Jones
Format: Trade Paperback, 192 pages
On Sale: September 7, 2010
Price: $13.95
En los Estados Unidos, a noventa millas de las costas cubanas, el tema de Fidel Castro enciende a la gente: algunos dicen que es un dictador, otros dicen que es un libertador. En Fidel, Néstor Kohan y Nahuel Scherma presentan a una de las figuras sobresalientes del siglo veinte desde la... Read more >
Written by Nestor Kohan
Illustrated by Nahuel Scherma and Miracle Jones
Format: Trade Paperback, 192 pages
On Sale: September 7, 2010
Price: $13.95
En los Estados Unidos, a noventa millas de las costas cubanas, el tema de Fidel Castro enciende a la gente: algunos dicen que es un dictador, otros dicen que es un libertador. En Fidel, Néstor Kohan y Nahuel Scherma presentan a una de las figuras sobresalientes del siglo veinte desde la... Read more >
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eBook and a
trade paperback.
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Clandestine in Chile
The Adventures of Miguel Littin
Written by Gabriel Garcia Marquez
Preface by Francisco Goldman
Translated by Asa Zatz
Format: Trade Paperback, 160 pages
On Sale: July 6, 2010
Price: $14.00
In 1973, the film director Miguel Littín fled Chile after a U.S.-supported military coup toppled the democratically elected socialist government of Salvador Allende. The new dictator, General Augusto Pinochet, instituted a reign of terror and turned Chile into a laboratory to test the poisonous prescriptions of the American economist Milton Friedman... Read more >
The Adventures of Miguel Littin
Written by Gabriel Garcia Marquez
Preface by Francisco Goldman
Translated by Asa Zatz
Format: Trade Paperback, 160 pages
On Sale: July 6, 2010
Price: $14.00
In 1973, the film director Miguel Littín fled Chile after a U.S.-supported military coup toppled the democratically elected socialist government of Salvador Allende. The new dictator, General Augusto Pinochet, instituted a reign of terror and turned Chile into a laboratory to test the poisonous prescriptions of the American economist Milton Friedman... Read more >
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Fidel
An Illustrated Biography of Fidel Castro
Written by Nestor Kohan
Illustrated by Nahuel Scherma and Miracle Jones
Translated by Elise Buchman
Format: Trade Paperback, 192 pages
On Sale: June 1, 2010
Price: $14.95
In the United States, ninety miles from Cuban shores, tempers flare on the subject of Fidel Castro: some say he is a liberator, some say a dictator. In Fidel, Nestor Kohan and Nahuel Scherma present one of the towering figures of the twentieth-century as he is seen by Latin Americans: as... Read more >
An Illustrated Biography of Fidel Castro
Written by Nestor Kohan
Illustrated by Nahuel Scherma and Miracle Jones
Translated by Elise Buchman
Format: Trade Paperback, 192 pages
On Sale: June 1, 2010
Price: $14.95
In the United States, ninety miles from Cuban shores, tempers flare on the subject of Fidel Castro: some say he is a liberator, some say a dictator. In Fidel, Nestor Kohan and Nahuel Scherma present one of the towering figures of the twentieth-century as he is seen by Latin Americans: as... Read more >
Also available as an
eBook and a
trade paperback.
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La ciudad perdida de Z
Written by David Grann
Format: Trade Paperback, 432 pages
On Sale: April 27, 2010
Price: $15.95
La fascinante historia de la última expedición en busca de El Dorado
En 1925, el legendario explorador británico Percy Fawcett se adentró en la selva del Amazonas, en busca de una legendaria civilización situada en lo más profundo de la mortal jungla. Nunca regresó. En esta obra maestra de la no-ficción narrativa... Read more >
Written by David Grann
Format: Trade Paperback, 432 pages
On Sale: April 27, 2010
Price: $15.95
La fascinante historia de la última expedición en busca de El Dorado
En 1925, el legendario explorador británico Percy Fawcett se adentró en la selva del Amazonas, en busca de una legendaria civilización situada en lo más profundo de la mortal jungla. Nunca regresó. En esta obra maestra de la no-ficción narrativa... Read more >
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Beyond Bogota
Diary of a Drug War Journalist in Colombia
Written by Garry Leech
Format: Trade Paperback, 280 pages
On Sale: February 1, 2010
Price: $20.00
Independent journalist Garry Leech has spent the last eight years working in the most remote and dangerous regions of Colombia. Unlike other Western reporters, most of whom rarely leave Bogotá, Leech learns the truth about conflicts and the U.S. war on drugs directly from the source: farmers, male and female guerrillas... Read more >
Diary of a Drug War Journalist in Colombia
Written by Garry Leech
Format: Trade Paperback, 280 pages
On Sale: February 1, 2010
Price: $20.00
Independent journalist Garry Leech has spent the last eight years working in the most remote and dangerous regions of Colombia. Unlike other Western reporters, most of whom rarely leave Bogotá, Leech learns the truth about conflicts and the U.S. war on drugs directly from the source: farmers, male and female guerrillas... Read more >
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The Lost City of Z
A Tale of Deadly Obsession in the Amazon
Written by David Grann
Format: Trade Paperback, 448 pages
On Sale: January 26, 2010
Price: $16.95
A New York Times, USA Today, Wall Street Journal, Washington Post, Boston Globe, San Francisco Chronicle, Los Angeles Times, and Denver Post Bestseller
In 1925, the legendary British explorer Percy Fawcett ventured into the Amazon jungle, in search of a fabled civilization. He never returned. Over the years countless perished trying to... Read more >
A Tale of Deadly Obsession in the Amazon
Written by David Grann
Format: Trade Paperback, 448 pages
On Sale: January 26, 2010
Price: $16.95
A New York Times, USA Today, Wall Street Journal, Washington Post, Boston Globe, San Francisco Chronicle, Los Angeles Times, and Denver Post Bestseller
In 1925, the legendary British explorer Percy Fawcett ventured into the Amazon jungle, in search of a fabled civilization. He never returned. Over the years countless perished trying to... Read more >
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The Lost City of Z
A Tale of Deadly Obsession in the Amazon
Written by David Grann
Format: Hardcover, 352 pages
On Sale: February 24, 2009
Price: $27.50
A grand mystery reaching back centuries. A sensational disappearance that made headlines around the world. A quest for truth that leads to death, madness or disappearance for those who seek to solve it. The Lost City of Z is a blockbuster adventure narrative about what lies beneath the impenetrable jungle canopy... Read more >
A Tale of Deadly Obsession in the Amazon
Written by David Grann
Format: Hardcover, 352 pages
On Sale: February 24, 2009
Price: $27.50
A grand mystery reaching back centuries. A sensational disappearance that made headlines around the world. A quest for truth that leads to death, madness or disappearance for those who seek to solve it. The Lost City of Z is a blockbuster adventure narrative about what lies beneath the impenetrable jungle canopy... Read more >
Also available as an
unabridged audio CD,
unabridged audiobook download,
eBook and a
trade paperback.
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The Lost City of Z
A Tale of Deadly Obsession in the Amazon
Written by David Grann
Format: eBook, 352 pages
On Sale: February 24, 2009
Price: $11.99
A New York Times, USA Today, Wall Street Journal, Washington Post, Boston Globe, San Francisco Chronicle, Los Angeles Times, and Denver Post Bestseller
In 1925, the legendary British explorer Percy Fawcett ventured into the Amazon jungle, in search of a fabled civilization. He never returned. Over the years countless perished trying to... Read more >
A Tale of Deadly Obsession in the Amazon
Written by David Grann
Format: eBook, 352 pages
On Sale: February 24, 2009
Price: $11.99
A New York Times, USA Today, Wall Street Journal, Washington Post, Boston Globe, San Francisco Chronicle, Los Angeles Times, and Denver Post Bestseller
In 1925, the legendary British explorer Percy Fawcett ventured into the Amazon jungle, in search of a fabled civilization. He never returned. Over the years countless perished trying to... Read more >
Also available as an
unabridged audio CD,
unabridged audiobook download,
hardcover and a
trade paperback.
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