South America 17

Nascido em 1846 na Ligúria, ainda em tenra idade Edmondo De Amicis mudou-se com os pais para o Piemonte, no norte da Itália. Em 1863, aos dezessete anos, ingressou na Academia Militar de Módena. Com……続きを見る

O delicioso Guia secreto de Buenos Aires nos permite viajar e conhecer um pouco mais da maior cidade da Argentina sem sequer precisar de avião. A história, tal como acontece nos cemitérios portenhos……続きを見る

Em Um escritor no fim do mundo, Juremir Machado da Silva, um dos poucos amigos de Houellebecq, nos brinda com lampejos de sua personalidade visionária. A reserva do francês, paradoxalmente, se derre……続きを見る

**Si | No = Sim | Não Você entendeu estas primeiras palavras em Espanhol? Sim, entendeu!** Como? Porque as leu usando uma nova técnica: a leitura bilingue (texto paralelo). Como funciona? É simples:……続きを見る

Plan your trip, plan perfect days and discover how to get around - this pocket-sized guide, with new bi-lingual dictionary, is a convenient, quick-reference companion to discovering what to do and s……続きを見る

Insight Pocket Guides: ideal itineraries and top travel tips in a pocket-sized package. Plan your trip, plan perfect days and discover how to get around - this pocket-sized guide is a convenient, qu……続きを見る

While writing a novel set in South America, John Hopkins travelled back there to "reacquaint himself with the scene". In 1972-3, he travelled by train, bus and boat from Mexico City to the centre of……続きを見る

By the early 1930s America had one literary treasure that risked his life to please its readers. Richard Halliburton had already become a best-selling travel author and could have retired comfortabl……続きを見る

Originally published in 1950, The Epic of the Chaco is the fascinating memoir of the 34th President of Paraguay, Jose Felix Estigarribia, written between 1938-1939 in Washington, D.C., "whilst disch……続きを見る

Great mariner's thrilling, first-hand account of the wreck of his ship off the coast of South America, the 35-foot "brave little craft" he built from the wreckage, and its remarkable, danger-fraught……続きを見る

Este libro es un homenaje a veinte ilustres peruanos cuyas biografías edificantes e ideas han guiado y marcado la historia del país. Es una recopilación de ensayos redactados por reconocidos profesi……続きを見る

A TELEGRAPH THRILLER OF THE YEAR 'A wild ride' Ian Rankin 'Tough and uncompromising: you'll be glad you read it' Lee Child 'Hilarious, gripping, poetic. I loved it' Adrian McKinty, author of The Cha……続きを見る

Squeezed in between a vast ocean and the longest mountain range on earth, Chile is 2,600 miles long and never more than 110 miles wide - not a country which lends itself to maps, as Sara Wheeler fou……続きを見る

One man goes in search of the lost cities of the Amazon in the Inca heartland. The lost cities of South America have always exercised a powerful hold on the popular imagination. The ruins of the Inc……続きを見る

Travessia ilegal da fronteira com o Peru, uma descrição detalhada de como entrar escondido em Machu Picchu com um cão, revelações psicodélicas depois de provar ayahuasca, tudo sobre a caminhada até ……続きを見る

A funny and poignant account of life in Buenos Aires, by a young prize-winning writer. In 1993 Miranda France moved to South America, drawn to Buenos Aires as the intellectual hub of the continent, ……続きを見る

This new, thoroughly updated second edition of Bradt's Falkland Islands remains the only standalone guide to this British Overseas Territory and is ideal for both independent and cruise visitors ali……続きを見る

Bradt's Paraguay was the first stand-alone guide to Paraguay published outside of Paraguay itself and still remains the most comprehensive guide available, covering the whole country from the best-k……続きを見る

After moving to Argentina on a whim, Brian Winter, a young American reporter, embarks on a crusade to learn that devilishly difficult dance that demands both discipline and passion: the tango. While……続きを見る

The definitive field guide to the rich avifauna of Ecuador. This comprehensive yet portable guide to the birds of mainland Ecuador is a valuable resource for anyone exploring the mountains, forests ……続きを見る

The Drive follows Teresa Bruce on her 2003 road trip through Mexico and onto the Pan American Highway, in a rickety camper with her old dog and new husband in tow. Bruce first set off on the exact s……続きを見る

Questo libro costituisce la summa di venticinque anni di studi dell’Autrice sulla cultura e gli insegnamenti tradizionali andini, un patrimonio sapienziale che getta una luce nuova sul rapporto fra ……続きを見る

Colombia has a spectacular and variant landscape, embracing tropical beaches, highland plateaus, the rugged, snow-capped peaks of the Andes, arid deserts, and dense Amazonian jungle. Colombian socie……続きを見る

This entertaining combination of history, biography, and travel adventure is “a bracingly fresh portrait [of] Darwin . . . Nothing less than exhilarating” (Michael Pollan, New York Times–bestselling……続きを見る

* Otimizado para leitura digital * Capistrano de Abreu foi um dos primeiros grandes historiadores do Brasil, produziu ainda nos campos da etnografia e da linguística. Sua obra mais importante é Capí……続きを見る

Hemmed in by the vast, arid Chaco to the west and, for most of its history, impenetrable jungles to the east, Paraguay has been defined largely by its isolation. Partly as a result, there has been a……続きを見る

Tristan da Cunha is both a remote group of volcanic islands in the south Atlantic Ocean and the main island of that group. It is the most remote inhabited archipelago in the world, lying approximate……続きを見る

This is the biography of one of the most colourful and dashing young monarchs who ever lived. His shortcomingsーimpulsiveness, quick temper, weakness for womenーwere offset by his truly generous nat……続きを見る

The Horses of the Conquest is one of those rare books which, within a brief period, attain the status of classics. First published in England in 1930, then translated into Spanish and published in A……続きを見る

Typee is a fast-moving adventure tale, an autobiographical account of the author's Polynesian stay, an examination of the nature of good and evil, and a frank exploration of sensuality and exotic ri……続きを見る