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THE HOSTAGE marks the return of Charley Castillo, an army major attached to Homeland Security who answers directly to the...

An antique wooden bed makes the rounds of a Brazilian city, passing from one household to another, and having an...

A study of Argentina`s military dictatorship that makes an original contribution to the broader understanding of regime structure, regime change,...

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While helping his parents transform an old Brazilian coffee plantation into an inn, Martin and his friends encounter the ghost...

Sunday Simmons, the sultry Brazilian-French movie star, and Charlie Brick, the charismatic British comic actor, fall desperately in love, but...

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Tells the story of the impact of deforestation on the Brazilian rain forest from the point of view of Remaema,...

What is it like to govern one of the world's most notoriously ungovernable, most vibrant countries? Brazil's former president--in office...

The first comprehensive, cross-national study of foreign policies to be published in the aftermath of the Cold War. Using a...

Explores how the history, climate, geography, and religion of Brazil have shaped the customs and practices of modern daily life...

Text and photographs portray Brazil's geography and climate, city and rural life, industry, and transportation, focusing especially on the Amazon...

Winner of the Victor Turner Prize in Ethnographic Writing "Succeeds as an innovative ethnography. . . . Intriguing and scintillating...

de: Tales: Stories from Urban Brazil...

The many different animals that live in a great kapok tree in the Brazilian rainforest try to convince a man...

This volume provides a survey and synthesis of current knowledge of the more than 650 species of land and marine...

"Race and Nation" is the first book to compare the racial and ethnic systems that have developed around the world....

Over the last fifteen years the world's largest developing countries have initiated market reforms in their electric power sectors from...

Historical thinking on the subject of empire is naturally controversial as is shown by this survey of the first four...

A welcome addition to the field, this rigorous, scholarly book departs from the traditional viewpoint of educational systems and structural...

Vargas And Brazil: New Perspectives...

Oxford Anthology of the Brazilian Short Story...

"Women's Police Stations "examines the changing and complex relationship between women and the state, and the construction of gendered citizenship....

A study of Argentina's military dictatorship that makes an original contribution to the broader understanding of regime structure, regime change,...

Secrets, Gossip, and Gods: The Transformation of Brazilian Candomble...

"Claiming the Virgin" explores a particularly vivid example of liberation theology--a religious and political movement that flourished in Latin America...

Death Is a Festival: Funeral Rites and Rebellion in Nineteenth-Century Brazil...

The Brazilian Amazon Rainforest: Global Ecopolitics, Development, and Democracy...

Freedoms Given, Freedoms Won: Afro-Brazilians in Post-Abolition Sao Paolo and Salvador...

Learning Capoeira: Lessons in Cunning from an Afro-Brazilian Art...

"In the Amazon Basin the greatest violence sometimes begins as a flicker of light beyond the horizon. There in the...

Tells the stories of a group of Japanese immigrants that arrived in Brazil aboard the Brazil-Maru in 1925...

Every January millions of people crowd the seashore to receive the blessings of Iemanja, goddess of the sea. All year...

"Cry of the Earth, Cry of the Poor" represents Leonardo Boff's most systematic effort to date to link the spirit...

Fodor's Brazil...

External Liberalization in Asia, Post-Socialist Europe, and Brazil...

In June 1862, just days before the epic clash at Gettysburg, a small party of the Confederate Navy mounted a...

Troy Phelan is a self-made billionaire, one of the richest men in the United States. He is also eccentric, reclusive,...

They meet by chance on Copacabana Beach: Tristao Raposo, a poor black teen from the Rio slums, surviving day to...

Agents of Orthodoxy: Honor, Status, and the Inquisition in Colonial Pernambuco, Brazil...

Democracy in Latin America examines the processes of democratization in Latin America over the past twenty years. It provides a...

Presents a collection of short stories, including "Brother Beetle" and "The Jew from Babylon" along with ten previously unpublished stories....

At Home in the Street: Street Children of Northeast Brazil...

"Went the Day Well? is one of the most unusual pictures Ealing Studios produced, a distinctly unsentimental war film made...

Women's grassroots activism in Latin America combines a commitment to basic survival for women and their children with a challenge...

The "Oxford Picture Dictionary is the ultimate pictorial reference for everyday vocabulary. There are twelve bilingual editions: Spanish, Chinese, Vietnamese,...

Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu Black Belt Techniques...

The "Oxford Picture Dictionary is the ultimate pictorial reference for everyday vocabulary. There are twelve bilingual editions: Spanish, Chinese, Vietnamese,...

Enamelized is a book about down and dirty graffiti in the Streets! This lush international survey looks at what's really...

Radical Women in Latin America is a collection of original essays by scholars from a variety of disciplines -- anthropology,...

"JoC#o Cabral de Melo Neto is one of Brazil's most acclaimed poets . . . From his early days, Mr....

The Sorcery of Color: Identity, Race, And Gender in Brazil...

A Brazilian child introduces the reader to a new culture through a brief look at daily life in Brazil. Includes...

"Race and Nation" is the first book to compare the racial and ethnic systems that have developed around the world....

Secret Dialogues uncovers an unexpected development in modern Latin American history: the existence of secret talks between generals and Roman...

A summary of the development, methods, and application of the Relative Risk Model (RRM), Regional Scale Ecological Risk Assessment demonstrates...

The latest work by Guy Lafranchi: the topics treated being projects for Brazil, Switzerland, Egypt and Hawaii as well as...

The many different animals that live in a great kapok tree in the Brazilian rainforest try to convince a man...

The Unpast: Elite Violence and Social Control in Brazil, 1954-2000...

The United States and Brazil: A Long Road of Unmet Expectations...

This book looks at some of the important issues involved in building up a democracy and keeping it working....

"Get to know Kids Around the Worldtheir culture, their history, and their daily livesin the latest additions to this growing...

Nova Blair--code name, Dove--is known as the ultimate, tough-as-nails agent who always gets her man. So when ten prominent American...

Published first in Brazil as Suastica sobre o Brasil, Stanley Hilton's examination of the rise and fall of German espionage...

Secrets, Gossip, and Gods: The Transformation of Brazilian Candomble...

Brazil Through the Eyes of William James: Letters, Diaries, and Drawings, 1865-1866...

- Vocabulary & Pronunciation Guide- Maps- Charts- Statistics- Timeline- Safe websites at www.FactHound....

Bestselling language courses!From Danish to Spanish, Swahili to Brazilian Portuguese, the languages of the world are brought within the reach...

Kimberley Townsend's little boy is in danger, and the only person who can help is his father, Brazilian billionaire Luc...

The advent of digital technologies and the growing availability of affordable communication satellites has transformed the global media landscape. Because...

Arguing that an anthropology that confronts the politics of academic knowledge can transcend its colonial origins to challenge enthnocentrism, Power...

Bestselling language courses!From Danish to Spanish, Swahili to Brazilian Portuguese, the languages of the world are brought within the reach...

Historical thinking on the subject of empire is naturally controversial as is shown by this survey of the first four...

Carioca Fletch Fletch's trip to Brazil wasn't exactly planned. But it's Carnival time in Rio and he has plenty of...

"A Street-Smart Song" delves into the boundless philosophical depths of capoeira, the fascinating synthesis of Brazilian dance and self-defense. Drawing...

City of Walls presents a comprehensive analysis of the way in which crime, fear, and violation of citizenship rights in...

"New Religions in Global Perspective" is the first truly worldwide account of the new religious movements that are currently the...

Brazilian Adventure...

When countries become more democratic, new opportunities arise for individuals and groups to participate in politics and influence the making...

?Jesus made no secret about his feelings toward women, ? Joanne Turpin says. ?He gifted them with his healing touch,...

An investor’ s guide to capitalizing on opportunities in the fixed income markets of emerging economies The fixed income market...

In direct response to indefinite delays on the national transplantation waitlists and an inadequate supply of organs, a growing number...

Destructive patterns of Amazonian evolution are now endangering Northern Brazil--driven by the gold rush and demographic and economic forces from...

From the cult of Saint Anne to the devotees of the Virgin of Guadalupe, from Saint Anthony who competed with...

Experimental And Efficient Algorithms: Third International Workshop, Wea 2004, Angra Dos Reis, Brazil, May 25-28, 2004, Proceedings...

"New Religions in Global Perspective" is the first truly worldwide account of the new religious movements that are currently the...

Features: Maps- Fun Facts- Country Facts- Glossary- Index- Book List- Reading ConsultantsStandards: Geography for Life. National Geography Standards 1994. National...

From the cult of Saint Anne to the devotees of the Virgin of Guadalupe, from Saint Anthony who competed with...

Many North Americans are unaware of the history and politics of Latin America, and Latin American Heroes goes a long...

Successfully communicating with people from another culture requires learning more than just their language. While fumbling a word or phrase...

Through this colorfully illustrated series of books, you will travel through 13 countries, from giant Brazil to small Suriname. On...

Foreword by Victor J. MenezesChairman and CEO, Citibank N.A.From the Foreword"If multinational firms and their suppliers are to achieve and...

These photos, taken on the King Ranches in South Texas, Brazil, Argentina, and Australia, capture an era when people lived...

Through this colorfully illustrated series of books, you will travel through 13 countries, from giant Brazil to small Suriname. On...

During World War II, a group of German expatriates trapped in Brazil must sail across 5,000 miles of tempestuous waters...

In this anthology, comic artists from Spain and Latin America tell stories that relate to the legacy of Gandhi, the...