For over four centuries the Catholic Church enjoyed a religious monopoly in Latin America in which potential rivals were repressed...

The utopian design and organization of Bras� dlia--the modernist new capital of Brazil--were meant to transform Brazilian society. In this...

Throughout the 1990s, numerous financial crises rocked the world financial sector. The Asian bubble burst, for example; Argentina and Brazil...

Letters from the Island of Tenerife, Brazil, Cape of Good Hope And the East Indies: Women's Travel Writing 1750-1850...

Meeting the Employment Challenge Argentina, Brazil And Mexico in the Global Economy...

For the third volume of the ongoing series of PIP anthologies of world poetry, the publisher of Green Integer decided...

Negotiating National Identity: Immigrants, Minorities, and the Struggle for Ethnicity in Brazil...

Bring avian flair to wallpaper and textiles, embroidery, applique work, and a host of other art and craft projects with...

Bringing the analysis of Brazil's economic performance up to date, Baer's classic text remains the only book in English to...

With only her exotic beauty, seductive innocence, pride, and fiery spirit, Leonie came from the provinces to find her future...

This study systematically examines how states implement and comply with international environmental accords. The culmination of a massive theoretically based...

Japanese Prayer Below the Equator: How Brazilians Believe in the Church of World Messianity...

Eight lessons introduce beginning students to conversational Brazilian Portuguese....

SPIRITED AMERICAN STORIES GATHERED TOGETHER FOR THE FIRST TIME From the coasts of Brazil to the borders of Tibet to...

Cacti: familiar symbols of prickly endurance on stark landscapes. But the family cactacae ranges from Argentina to Canada and includes...

Desperately needed to save the universe, Nathan Brazil does not want to be found. But Mavra Chang, the galaxy's greatest...

In Eisler's third novel, his romantic, conscientious Japanese-American hero-assassin, John Rain, has fled to Brazil to escape the killing business....

Race, Place, and Medicine: The Idea of the Tropics in Nineteenth-Century Brazilian Medicine...

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

A champion of the poor and advocate for women, Afro-Brazilian Senator Benedita de Silva shares the sometimes heart wrenching, always...

Three Milan editors, who have spent much time rewriting crackpot manuscripts on the occult, decide to have a little fun....

Learning her father has vanished on an expedition deep in the Brazilian jungle, Lanie Weber enlists the help of pilot...

Racism gathers readings that represent the major ways races and racism are explained. It includes works by major historical authors,...

Countries and Cultures books explore each nation in detail, including its climate, landforms, wildlife, history, government, economics, people, and traditions....

She can keep the doors locked. The lights on. Her fingers crossed. But she can't stop the memories of a...

Heart of darkness... In a plush Virginia office, a rich, angry old man is furiously rewriting his will. With his...

A fabulous lost Amazon city containing a rare red diamond. It sounded like a myth, but archaeologist Jillian Sherwood was...

When second generation Japanese-Brazilians move to Japan for economic opportunity, their homesickness for cultural identity is exacerbated by Japanese society's...

This biography profiles Olga Benrio Prestes, part German and Jewish, who became one of the most prolific Communist activists in...

A comprehensive survey of Bolivia's economic, social, cultural, and political evolution from the arrival of early man in the Andes...

Environmentalism: A Global History is an addition to the popular "Longman World History Series," edited by Michael Adas. Written by...

Bad-boy scientist Will Travers may have an Ivy League mind but he's got the spirit of the jungle in his...

It's more than a one-night stand for Brazilian heiress Terry Monteverde when she and FBI agent Mitch Barnes make love....

The Tribute of Blood- PB...

Eight lessons introduce beginning students to conversational Brazilian Portuguese....

Jeannette Lukasse was only six years old when she announced that she would open an orphanage in Brazil when she...

In this bestselling comedic follow-up to "Hornet's Nest" and "Southern Cross, " featuring police chief Judy Hammer and reporter-turned-cop Andy...

Capoeira: Roots of the Dance-Fight-Game covers a broad range of topics -- philosophy, history, training -- related to the increasingly...

The construction of the Three Gorges Dam on China's Yangtze River. The transformation of the Amazon into a site for...

"This startling book is based on ¨ conversations between the Cuban leader and a Brazilian priest. The talk is informal...

The only step-by-step audiotape that teaches how to play the most popular rhythms and percussion structures of Ghana, Cuba, Guinea,...

A sweeping, multifaceted tale of a young Native American pulled between the cherished traditions of a heritage on the brink...

Activist Faith: Grassroots Women in Democratic Brazil and Chile...

Includes the piece of journalism Norman was most proud of, an article on the devastation of Amerindian populations in Brazil,...

During the period 1870-1914, the Atlantic was a broad highway for migration. Unchecked by government restrictions, wars, or economic depressions,...

Martin and his friends are helping their parents turn an old Brazilian coffee plantation into an inn. They soon encounter...

The author of Memory of Fire presents a brilliant feat of storytelling inspired by the folklore of rural and urban...

The first anthology of its kind, Manifesto features over two hundred artistic and cultural manifestos from a wide range of...

Jorge Amado is simultaneously one of Brazil's most prolific and widely read novelists and one of its most controversial. Seeking...

Often conceived as one of the precursors to modernism, Argentine painter Emilio Pettoruti's work regularly refers to the maximums of...

For the first time, the work of contemporary Jewish women writers from throughout Latin America is gathered together in one...

This groundbreaking examination of death squads, which exist worldwide, provides a historical perspective of how governments use death squads and...

"In January 2001, in Porto Alegre, Brazil, 20,000 activists, students, filmmakers came together to share their experiences and exchange ideas...

Pulsating stories by the pioneer of Brazilian-Jewish writing evoking the heartwrenching plight of exile, immigration, and displacement....

The comparative studies in this volume examine the constitutional distribution of exclusive and shared powers and responsibilities among the national...

"This collection surveys U.S. relations with Central America, Peru, Brazil, Argentina, Mexico, Colombia, and Chile during the first half of...

The first full-length study of World War II from the Latin American perspective, this unique volume offers an in-depth analysis...

This book evaluates the contribution of third world multinational enterprises to the competitiveness of their home and host countries in...

Country-by-country protocols and customs International business musts and faux pas Dining, hosting, gift giving, and more Cross-cultural explorations Did you...

This book is the most comprehensive introduction to Brazil available in English. In his quest to understand the largest country...

Insight Guide Brazil includes a section detailing Brazil's history, 9 features covering the country's life and culture, ranging from its...

A ruthless group of corrupt cops is playing a lethal game of cat and mouse in the latest installment in...

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

Evelyn Waugh's 1935 novel is a mordantly funny vision of aristocratic decadence and ennui in England between the wars. It...

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

This marketing leading text focuses on comparisons between the three major types of economic systems in the world today -...

Bestselling language courses now with audio CDs!From Danish to Spanish, Swahili to Brazilian Portuguese, the languages of the world are...

Using case studies from the US, Japan, South Korea, Brazil and India, this work explains how and why the steel...

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

For weeks the people of the Brazilian town of Olinda have been sewing costumes, painting masks, and creating giant puppets--preparing...

They watched Danilo Silva for days before they finally grabbed him. He was living alone, a quiet life on a...

Presents alphabetically arranged categories and relates them to Brazil, including animals, food, history, and yearly festivals....

An examination of the long-ignored vicious side to the legend of Brazilian President Getulio Dornelles Vargas, this is the tale...

If there was one story that enthralled and captivated the surfing world in the past decade, it was the resurrection...

This classic work of on the history of 19th-century Brazil now includes a new chapter on women....

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

Race in Another America: The Significance of Skin Color in Brazil...

Tyson and his friends have made it to the Beyblade World Championships! They must now battle against the toughest Beybladers...

A melting pot of indigenous, African and European cultures, almost half the population of South America lives in Brazil. Individual...

The Atlantic Forest of Brazil, Paraguay, and Argentina is one of the most devastated and most highly threatened ecosystem on...

In this latest thriller by "New York Times bestselling Jonathan Kellerman, psychologist Dr. Alex Delaware confronts an almost unimaginably cruel,...

Waiting for Rain: The Politics and Poetry of Drought in Northeast Brazil...

Exhausted from his labors, a man chopping down a great kapok tree in the Brazilian rain forest puts down his...

Inflation Targeting, Debt, and the Brazilian Experience, 1999 to 2003...

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

Blessed Anastacia: Women, Race and Christianity in Brazil...

Full-color sticker illustrations of bullfrog, Brazilian horned frog, leopard frog, 9 other amphibians, plus descriptive text for each curious little...

Bestselling language courses now with audio CDs!From Danish to Spanish, Swahili to Brazilian Portuguese, the languages of the world are...

Slavery and Freedom in Colonial Brazil 2nd Edition...

Japanese migration to Latin America began in the late nineteenth century, and today the continent is home to 1.5 million...

Sunbathe in Tambaba, float down the Amazon on a riverboat, or dance to pulsing ax in Salvador--whatever one's dreams, they...

Take a journey on a giant raft with Joam Garral down 800 Leagues on the Amazon. Garral, a Brazilian, lives...

This book provides a general history of Latin America in the period 1492-1825....

"Study of Brazilian poetry from 1950-90 examines its 'seven faces' (a pun on Drummond's poem of the same name), phases,...

From the African-infused Creole cuisines of Cuba, Puerto Rico, and Jamaica, to South American flavors from Brazil, Peru, and Argentina,...

New Brazilian Gardens: The Legacy of Burle Marx...

Some legends endure the effects of time, reaching back to the mystery and the magic of a place and a...

Bestselling language courses now with audio CDs!From Danish to Spanish, Swahili to Brazilian Portuguese, the languages of the world are...

The United States is the only superpower in the world today. Although the media are filled with prescriptions for how...

The Amazonian territories of Brazil, Bolivia, and Ecuador encompass nearly half of the world's remaining tropical rainforest and contain a...