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El Sumario de la natural historia de las Indias fue uno de los primeros documentos impresos sobre la flora y la fauna americanas. Escrita por el madrileño Gonzalo Fernández de Oviedo y publicada en ……続きを見る

Historia verdadera de la conquista de la Nueva España relata la experiencia americana de Díaz del Castillo. En 1514, cuando Bernal Díaz embarcó hacia el Nuevo Mundo, no había cumplido veinte años, y……続きを見る

Rising literary star Deb Olin Unferth offers a new twist on the coming-of-age memoir in this utterly unique and captivating story of the year she ran away from college with her Christian boyfriend a……続きを見る

When Europeans and North Americans listen to music by Latin American composers, what do they hear? What, for that matter, do these composers' compatriots hear? The answer, historically, has been the……続きを見る

Chronicle of the Narváez Expedition is a firsthand account by Álvar Núñez Cabeza de Vaca, detailing his journey through the Gulf Coast and the interior of what is now the southern United States and ……続きを見る

How the heck do you cook in this country? This "How-to" guide contains information about preparing food on a budget in Costa Rica. Many people who move here or who visit for long periods of time hav……続きを見る

You know you've done it. You've dreamed about living in a tropical paradise. You've imagined yourself spending your days in the blissful hammock of your jungle home with the sounds of the wild out y……続きを見る

A Washington Post Best Nonfiction Book of 2025 From acclaimed and prize-winning historian Paul Gillingham, a rich and vibrant history of one of the world’s most diverse, politically ground-breaking,……続きを見る

Buckle up because we're about to go behind the badge and into the heart of the action. The life of an FBI agent and his covert operations where stakes are high, and the adrenaline is even higher. Th……続きを見る

Guadalupe ha escrito este testimonio con el corazón, con el sufrimiento acumulado por tantos años de convivencia con la muerte, de tragarse ríos de llanto cuando era necesario hacer absoluto silenci……続きを見る

En un mundo donde es dificil encontrar un mentor sincero, Steve Cerna encontró uno en medio de una granja, en el centro de El Salvador, el pais más pequeño del hemisferio occidental. 続きを見る

Underneath picturesque views of palm trees, fruity cocktails in hotel lounges, and day trips to preserved colonial zones lies a history of tourism design that intersects with larger projects of deve……続きを見る

At its peak, the Spanish Empire had colonies on almost every continent in the world. One of the regions most affected by Spanish colonialism was Latin America. In The Revenge of History: Reflections……続きを見る

In the mid-1990s, Patricia Foxen traveled back and forth between the Guatemalan highlands and Providence, Rhode Island, to understand the migration paths of K'iche' Mayan Indians who had fled the Gu……続きを見る

He Listened to Us is a memoir by Maya community leader Juan Ajtzip in Santiago Atitlan, Guatemala, focusing on his relationship with Blessed Stanley Rother, who was martyred there in 1981. Rother, a……続きを見る

A Wall Street banker, a mysterious shaman, and the psychedelic history of mushrooms that changed the world. In 1955, R. Gordon Wasson, a vice president of J.P. Morgan & Co., ventured deep into the m……続きを見る

Les civilisations ancestrales qui ont peuplé les Amériques émerveillent par la diversité et la richesse de l’héritage qu’elles ont laissé. Cet atlas invite ainsi à découvrir ces cultures – des socié……続きを見る

Following Hernando Cortés's conquest of Tenochtitlan in 1521, the Aztec empire became the center of the largest European colony in the Americas. It has long been assumed that Indigenous people's per……続きを見る

From colonial rule to revolution and beyond, this concise history of Nicaragua unpacks the political struggles, economic transformations, and social movements that have shaped the modern nation, off……続きを見る

A true story of violence and punishment that illuminates a transformative moment in Guatemalan history On the morning of July 1, 1800, a surveyor and mapmaker named Cayetano D√≠az opened the window ……続きを見る

In Caribbean Blood Pacts**, Aaron Coy Moulton argues that the CIA's Operations PBFORTUNE and PBSUCCESS derived from the longstanding efforts of dictators, reactionaries, the United Fruit Company, an……続きを見る

A seleção haitiana sempre caminhou entre glórias e sombras, refletindo a própria história nacional. O auge ー a classificação para a Copa do Mundo de 1974 ー foi celebrado como um triunfo de toda a ……続きを見る

¿Salvador o Dictador? La historia definitiva sobre el fenómeno político que sacude a América Latina. El Salvador ha pasado de ser la capital mundial de los homicidios a uno de los países más seguros……続きを見る

A fiercely poetic, tenderly observed portrait of young women’s travels on the fringes of Mexico and the United States, by the Pulitzer-Prize winning author of Liliana’s Invincible Summer In this new……続きを見る

In their acclaimed book The Water Defenders, Robin Broad and John Cavanagh told the story of activists in San Isidro, El Salvador, who fought multinational mining corporation OceanaGold and wonーpro……続きを見る

Una novela intensa y conmovedora que da voz a las víctimas olvidadas de la violencia política uruguaya de los años 70. «Cuando se hace el primer disparo, nunca se sabe cuándo será el último». A las ……続きを見る

Over the past century, landscapes across South American fundamentally changed. As forests were felled, cities and highways built, and agricultural land was managed, national governments set aside pr……続きを見る

Welkom in de fascinerende wereld van Meso-Amerikaanse legendes met deze meeslepende verkenning van precolumbiaanse Mexicaanse folklore. Ontdek de epische verhalen over goddelijke krijgers, kosmische……続きを見る

Willkommen in der faszinierenden Welt der mesoamerikanischen Legenden! Tauchen Sie ein in die präkolumbianische Folklore Mexikos und entdecken Sie die epischen Geschichten von göttlichen Kriegern, k……続きを見る

Bienvenue dans l'univers fascinant des légendes mésoaméricaines grâce à cette exploration immersive du folklore mexicain précolombien. Découvrez les récits épiques de guerriers divins, de batailles ……続きを見る