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Rooted in two vastly different cultures, a young man struggles to understand himself, find his place in the world, and reconnect with his mother - and her remote tribe in the deepest jungles of the Amazon rainforest - in this powerful memoir that combines adventure, history, and anthropology.

Brazil has a rich and complicated history that few outside South America know about. It leads the world in some of the most profitable exports (gold, sugar, oil, and coffee), yet Brazil has one of the largest wealth disparities in the world, being known for crime and poverty.

Argentina tiene una historia larga y compleja. Durante cientos de años, Argentina estuvo habitada por grupos de cazadores-recolectores. En su mayor parte, estos grupos de personas se llevaban bien entre sí. Con el tiempo, el Imperio inca ascendió y se apoderó de las comunidades argentinas una por una. Los españoles llegaron unos veinte años después, trayendo una nueva ola de invasión a los habitantes nativos. El pueblo argentino no declararía su independencia hasta 1816, y después se enfrentó a una guerra civil tras otra.

A detailed examination of the controversial expeditions to the Tayos Cave complex in Ecuador and the treasures glimpsed in its depths.

In this compelling new book, relying on original reporting from the most dangerous corners of Rio to the halls of power in Washington, DC, Dave Zirin examines how sports and politics are colliding in remarkable fashion in Brazil, opening up an international conversation on the culture, economics, and politics of sports.

Sir Walter Ralegh was a favorite of Queen Elizabeth. She showered him with estates and political appointments. He envisioned her becoming empress of a universal empire. She gave him the opportunity to lead the way. In Walter Ralegh, Alan Gallay shows that, while Ralegh may be best known for founding the failed Roanoke colony, his historical importance vastly exceeds that enterprise. Inspired by the mystical religious philosophy of hermeticism, Ralegh led English attempts to colonize in North America, South America, and Ireland.

By the time Christopher Columbus started setting east from the New World, he had explored San Salvador in the Bahamas (which he thought was Japan), Cuba (which he thought was China), and Hispaniola, the source of gold. As the common story goes, Columbus, en route back to Spain from his first journey, called in at Lisbon as a courtesy to brief the Portuguese King John II of his discovery of the New World.

Uma conspiração maquiavélica que beira as raias do absurdo. Mais do que duas forças políticas, duas elites disputando um ardiloso jogo de xadrez. Um tsunami prestes a engolir os donos do poder. E você, de que lado estaria? Para entender o Brasil de hoje é preciso entender os bastidores de uma disputa pelo poder que começa em 1831 e envolve nada mais, nada menos que alguns dos principais personagens da nossa história.

In the land of the Southern Hemisphere, where the Andes Mountains towered high and the Pampas stretched far and wide, there once existed a country of great and turbulent history. This country was known as Argentina, and its tale is as epic and enchanting as any told in Latin America. Come journey through the ages with this audibook. From the early indigenous civilizations to the arrival of Spanish conquistadors, from the heroic struggle for independence to the rise and fall of Peronism, this chronicle is rich with heroes, villains, triumphs, and tragedies.

En la línea de su exitosa saga de divulgación histórica, el escritor Jorge Baradit observa aquellos episodios más escabrosos de la historia de Chile y nos relata de qué modo la maldad se ha hecho parte de procesos políticos y sociales desde el origen de la república.

Trained by his uncle, an assassin, and initiated in murder at 17 years of age, Julio Santana proved to be a natural. Without moralizing about mass murder, The Name of Death attempts to show how such a career can be not so very different from other ordinary working lives. The portrait that emerges in this riveting narrative based on seven years of phone conversations. Describing in detail only a handful of the almost 500 murders Santana carried out, Cavalcanti reveals just how lawless much of the interior of Brazil has been for the past 50 years.

In the hot, steamy world of Brazil's history, secrets lurk around every corner, and the ghosts of the past still haunt the present. Our latest book is an exploration of Brazil's rich and complex history, a story of love and loss, triumph, and tragedy.

Considerada en algún momento la patria "más suiza de América", este bello país bañado por las aguas del Atlántico es el corolario de una fascinante historia de empuje, tesón y esfuerzo por sobresalir. Hoy, a casi 200 años de su fundación, la nación uruguaya inicia con esperanza un nuevo período económico que haga olvidar el caos y desastre al que de común incurrieron su sociedad y gobernantes sobre todo en la segunda mitad del siglo XX.

Garibaldi foi o mais heroico dentre os heróis românticos do século XIX. O jornalista e escritor Maurício Oliveira oferece neste audiolivro uma visão panorâmica, desmistificadora e deliciosamente bem escrita de um dos maiores guerreiros que o mundo conheceu.

While Americans have been deeply absorbed with the topic of immigration for generations, emigration from the United States has been almost entirely ignored. Following the US Civil War, an estimated 10,000 Confederates left the US South, most of them moving to Brazil, where they became known as Confederados, Portuguese for “Confederates”. These Southerners were the largest organized group of White Americans to ever voluntarily emigrate from the United States.

Es común que los pueblos tumben los monumentos de héroes antiguos. Pero, para Nicolás Pernett, el problema no está en las estatuas, sino en los pedestales, donde se escriben las exageradas alabanzas que elevan a las figuras del pasado por encima del resto de mortales. En este riguroso y divertido libro de historia de Colombia, el autor nos invita a bajar del pedestal de la memoria a los presidentes de la nación, cuestionando su legado con datos que suelen omitirse en la historia tradicional, desde antes de la Independencia hasta nuestros días.

¿Cuál fue el origen de la división política que llevó al golpe de Estado de 1973? ¿Cuándo y de qué manera se gestó el bombardeo a La Moneda? ¿Cuál fue la agenda oculta para refundar Chile durante la dictadura de Pinochet? ¿Cuáles fueron las operaciones del régimen militar y de la resistencia que marcaron los destinos del país? Con su distinguible estilo narrativo y el aura de Historia secreta de Chile, Baradit responde estas preguntas y retrata no solo los secretos y la ferocidad del régimen.

Until the 1930s, nationalism had always tended to be a phenomenon of the right-wing or the immigrant anarchists and Bolsheviks. Now, however, the emphasis shifted to the middle ground, and ironically, one of the issues driving Argentine nationalism was the outsized British presence in Argentine affairs, stoked recently by the preferential trade agreement. Perhaps most importantly, the seizure by the British in 1833 of the Islas Malvinas (or as the British termed them, the Falkland Islands) remained a sore point.

The crash of a U.S. reconnaissance plane into the Colombian jungle on February 13, 2003, set off a series of events that, five years later, would bring three South American countries on a collision course toward war, pit a giant government contractor against its employer - the U.S. government - and catapult a 40-year-old guerrilla army to the international stage as one of the most active and successful terrorist organizations in the world.

The History of Uruguay: A Fascinating Guide is a complete guide for every person who wants to learn more about this amazing country, from its history to the most beautiful places to visit. The purpose of this audiobook is to explain to people what they didn't know about Uruguay and make it as convenient as possible, so every time some questions pop out, you can just listen to this guide and use it.