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"Ours Was the Shining Future: The Story of the American Dream" by David Leonhardt is a comprehensive exploration of the multifaceted narrative of the American Dream, meticulously dissecting its hist……続きを見る

Rita Lee foi a compositora mais censurada do Brasil, e essa perseguição estendeu-se do período do estabelecimento da Ditadura Militar – 1964 – no de seu fortalecimento com a promulgação do Ato Insti……続きを見る

Uma análise esclarecedora do movimento anarquista brasileiro. Desafiando a tradição de uma história do movimento operário escrita por intelectuais e lideranças ligadas ao Partido Comunista, Margaret……続きを見る

On that fateful day in November 1963, America was forever changed. In "The Day that Shook America," we take you on a journey through the events surrounding the assassination of President John F. Ken……続きを見る

The Second World War was a watershed moment in US–South American relations. Yet the Good Neighbor Policyーthe driving force behind many of the changes during this timeーremains underanalyzed, especi……続きを見る

Paula Kolonitz, noble austriaca, integrante de las damas de compañía de Carlota y la única mujer en la Novara, fue una de los europeos acompañantes de Maximiliano durante el periodo en el cual gober……続きを見る

Finalist for the Pulitzer Prize in Nonfiction The poignant saga of Guatemala’s adoption industry: an international marketplace for children, built on a foundation of inequality, war, and Indigenous ……続きを見る

Raising Two Fists is a historically grounded ethnography of Afro-Colombian political mobilization after the multicultural turn that swept Latin America in the 1990s, when states began to recognize a……続きを見る

A severe social and political crisis in El Salvador during politicians, religious figures and activists through strikes but organized the Farabundo Marti National Liberation Front (FMNL) and launche……続きを見る

A severe social and political crisis in El Salvador during the 1970s resulted in widespread disturbance of daily life, political violence, repression and the outbreak of an insurgency. In March 1981……続きを見る

New scientific discoveries, technologies and techniques often find their way into the space and equipment of domestic and professional kitchens. Using approaches based on anthropology, archaeology a……続きを見る

Critique of Latin American Reason is one of the most important philosophical texts to have come out of South America in recent decades. First published in 1996, it offers a sweeping critique of the ……続きを見る

BANANA MAN, Peeling and Revealing, Life in the Tropics: Book 2 is a riveting narrative that traces the enduring legacy of banana pioneers. From the resilient second-generation 'banana kids,' who spe……続きを見る

BANANA MAN, Peeling and Revealing, Life in the Tropics, is a riveting narrative that traces the enduring legacy of banana pioneers. From the resilient second-generation 'banana kids,' who spent thei……続きを見る

BANANA MAN, Peeling and Revealing, Life in the Tropics: Book 3 is a riveting narrative that traces the enduring legacy of banana pioneers. From the resilient second-generation 'banana kids,' who spe……続きを見る

Hernán Cortés (1485-1547) fue un conquistador español que dirigió la conquista del Imperio azteca en México a partir de 1519. Tras tomar la capital azteca de Tenochtitlán en 1521, Cortés se convirti……続きを見る

Испано-американская война 1898 года записалась в истории Соединенных Штатов как символ отваги солдат и некомпетентности их командиров. Сан-Хуан, Эль-Каней, Манила, Сантьяго перешли в легенду америка……続きを見る

It has been a splendid little war, begun with the highest motives, carried on with magnificent intelligence and spirit, favoured by that fortune which loves the brave. (John Hay) 続きを見る

In dieser Ausgabe werden die außergewöhnlichen Geschichten und Lebenswege der berühmtesten Konquistadoren zum Leben erweckt. Es ist eine Chronik ihrer bahnbrechenden Seereisen, gewagten Expeditionen……続きを見る

The Rise of Universities is a historical survey on the foundation and progress of high education, whose origins can be traced to medieval times. Exploring the medieval universities, the author divid……続きを見る

In "The Panama Canal," Frederic J. Haskin delivers an exhaustive examination of one of the most monumental engineering feats of the 20th century, intertwining historical narrative with technical ins……続きを見る

Las Crónicas de América marcan el primer hito de la literatura hispanoamericana. La voz de los escritores españoles despierta, de súbito, en un mundo mágico y sorprendente. El milagro, el héroe, el ……続きを見る

An exemplary story of solidarity in action, Cultivating a Revolutionary Spirit conveys the exhilarating experience of being part of paradigm-changing revolutions. Bill Lankford visited Nicaragua in ……続きを見る

Una pieza ensayística fundamental en la obra del escritor salvadoreño, encabezada por un ensayo que intenta dar respuestas a la vida y la muerte del poeta revolucionario Roque Dalton. Roque Dalton e……続きを見る

Entre 1975 y 1978, en el marco de las dictaduras militares al sur del continente americano, una sucesión de feroces ataques contra políticos conmovieron al mundo. La muerte de Cecilia Fontana de Heb……続きを見る

Este libro es el resultado de la extraordinaria investigación y rescate de más de un centenar de recetarios de todos los tiempos. Después del éxito de La comida en la historia argentina, Daniel Balm……続きを見る

Sobre la conquista de América se ha escrito mucho y, a primera vista, es un tema conocido del que ya sabemos lo necesario: los conquistadores europeos, motivados por la ambición desmedida y gracias ……続きを見る

Declared a Highly Anticipated Book of 2024 by The Millions, Foreign Policy, and Alta "Absolutely remarkable... a profound contemplation on one of the major paradoxes of American lifeーand an homage ……続きを見る

Em "Liquidação de fim de século", o leitor encontra uma alegoria do mundo personalizado, em que se veem os males do mundo moderno do final do século XIX como os algozes da humanidade. Em "Uma surpre……続きを見る

"Meio homem" traz a triste história do engolidor de facas Faria, que na infância teve as pernas atrofiadas por doença e, para sobreviver, faz espetáculos dantescos, incluindo deixar-se picar por cob……続きを見る