Latinamerika

Set against Argentina's turbulent years following the collapse of the corrupt Peronist regime, this is the story of Juan Salvador the penguin, rescued by Tom from an oil slick in …

In this compelling history, Peter Chapman shows how the United Fruit Company took bananas from the jungles of Costa Rica to the halls of power in Washington, D.C., with not just …

"The Backlands" is a translation of Euclide da Cunha's work "Os Sertoes", a non-fictional account of the War of Canudos in Brazil during the 1890s. The deadliest civil war in …

Argentinska berättelser utgår från Sandstedts vistelser i Buenos Aires. Dels från när han var där i mitten på 1970-talet och dels från återvändandet tjugofem år senare. Temat är …

This is the first book ever written on the anexos. Garcia, who spent a decade conducting fieldwork in Mexico City, wrestles with the question of why mothers turn to them as a site …

A Choice Outstanding Academic Book, 2002 As ideas, goods, and people move with increasing ease and speed across national boundaries and geographic distances, the economic changes …

Simon Yates is 'the one who cut the rope' in Joe Simpson's award-winning account of their epic struggle for survival in Touching the Void. After resting in a nearby town, they …

"Drabbar läsaren som ett knytnävsslag i magen Det är omöjligt att inte bli berörd av Diegos systers redogörelse: hennes berättelse vibrerar av sorg, skuldkänslor och maktlös ilska …

Che Guevara's dream was an epic one - to unite Latin America and the rest of the developing world through armed revolution, and to end once and for all the poverty, injustice and …