Lord Griffin returns from the jungles of Brazil to claim his fiancee, only to find that she is betrothed to...

Written by a distinguished Brazilian academic with effective political experience in reforming the state, this is an innovative analysis of...

The Hardy brothers' search for the missing son of a wealthy industrialist leads them to Brazil and great danger....

Race and Multiraciality in Brazil and the United States: Converging Paths?...

"The one source that sets reference collections on Latin American studies apart from all other geographic areas of the world....

Despite great ethnic and racial diversity, ethnicity in Brazil is often portrayed as a matter of black or white, a...

Complete language courses that span the globe!From Danish to Spanish, Swahili to Brazilian Portuguese, the languages of the world are...

This hair-raising novel, set in turn-of-the-last-century Brazil, introduces Maia, an orphan, sent from England to live with unfamiliar cousins on...

Family and Frontier in Colonial Brazil was originally published by the University of California Press in 1992. Alida Metcalf has...

For followers of Brazilian jiu-jitsu, this guide offers 112 advanced positions for mastering the sports of submission grappling and no-holds-barred...

Traversing farflung Jewish communities in South Africa, Australia, Texas, Brazil, China, New Zealand, Quebec, and elsewhere, this collection explores the...

Deliciously sensuous and fascinating, Robb renders in vivid detail the intoxicating pleasures of Brazil's food, music, literature, and landscape as...

Luiz has just arrived in the United States from Brazil which he misses terribly. But the immigrant has a talent...

"The first [bibliography] dedicated to the often neglected postemancipation history of former slave-owning societies. . . . The editors present...

Jehan S. Rajab has produced an enchanting portrait of domestic life and cooking based on memories from a vanished world....

Now in paperback--Ibbotson's hair-raising novel introduces orphaned Maia, sent from England to Brazil in the early 1900s to live with...

Brazilian Folktales...

'In the mid-1930s, a young French ethnographer named Claude Levi-Strauss ventured by rail, truck, canoe, and horseback into the Brazilian...

In the early morning of March 31, 1970 in Belo Horizonte, Brazil, the annual birthday celebration of a prominent and...

Past, present, and future Brazil, with all its color, passion, and shifting realities, come together in a novel that is...

Children will happily embark on these "wild" word searches featuring creatures from alligators to zebras. Each puzzle contains at least...

Many martial artists mistakenly believe that high or intricate kicks cannot be effectively used for self-defense. Brazilian-born Andre Lima contends...

Dogs Are Better Than Men They never brag about their ex's stunning cleavage. They don't moan or sulk if you're...

Drawing on 15 years of research in Bahia, Rio de Janeiro, Suriname, and the Netherlands, Sansone explores the very different...

Introducing a major new voice in Brazilian letters. Set among a Lebanese immigrant community in the Brazilian port of Manaus,...

Brazil in the Making: Facets of National Identity...

Brazilians Working with Americans/Brasileiros Que Trabalham Com Americanos: Cultural Case Studies/Estudos de Casos Culturais...

John Updike's sixteenth novel takes place in a stylized Brazil where almost anything is possible, if you are young and...

Neither Black Nor White: Slavery and Race Relations in Brazil and the United States...

Caetana Says No: Women's Stories from a Brazilian Slave Society...

Economists have had much to say about what causes aggregate economic growth, but they have been more reticent about the...

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

In this bold, original and persuasive book, Anthony W. Marx provocatively links the construction of nations to the construction of...

The 2nd edition of the only dictionary of Latin American racial and ethnic terminology, thoroughly revised & updated to include...

Brazil and the Brazilians...

Originally published in Brazil as O Diabo e a Terra de Santa Cruz, this translation from the Portuguese analyzes the...

Oxford Anthology of the Brazilian Short Story...

Describes the geography, plants, animals, history, economy, culture, and people of Brazil...

Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu Self-Defense Techniques...

Born of Ibo parents in Nigeria, Buchi Emecheta is widely known for her multi-layered stories of black women struggling to...

Besides the well-known masters of the 20th century such as Barragan, Niemeyer, and Costa, there is a vibrant and surprisingly...

Brazilian Politics: Reforming a Democratic State in a Changing World...

A luminous fish appears in an impoverished village like a sign from God and proceeds to perform questionable miracles on...

From Slavery to Freedom in Brazil: Bahia, 1835-1900...

This volume sets out a new paradigm that increases our understanding of African culture and the forces that led to...

The Fire of Tongues is a study of the religious and social thought of the Jesuit Antonio Vieira (1608-97), one...

Candomble, an African religious and healing tradition that spread to Brazil during the slave trade, relies heavily on the use...

Claude Levi-Strauss, internationally known as a brilliant and sometimes controversial anthropologist, is also a skilled and sensitive photographer. Saudades do...

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

Describes the physical characteristics and behavior of such unusually disguised animals as the Malayan leaf insect, the stonefish, the Brazilian...

Ricardo Legorreta is without question Mexico's most famous living architect. Rizzoli published the first volume of his work in 1997,...

Isaura the Slave, Audio book dramatized in Spanish based on the famous story wrote during the abolitionist campaign of 1875...

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

This book explores the involvement of nineteen women in an emancipatory literacy program conducted under the administration of Paulo Friere...

Few Americans identify slavery with the cultivation of rice, yet rice was a major plantation crop during the first three...

Go-Betweens and the Colonization of Brazil: 1500-1600...

The popularity of capoeira continues to rise as more people discover how useful -- and fun -- it can be...

The Expansion of Tolerance: Religion in Dutch Brazil (1624-1654)...

These great-value guides cover destinations far and wide around the globe. Established in 1990, Nelles Guides sought to provide travelers...

More than 300 dazzling photographs and fascinating descriptions of Carnival celebrations in Spain, Italy, Switzerland, Bulgaria, Mexico, Bolivia, Brazil, Trinidad...

The most informed and meticulous study of the alluring paradoxes and extremes that characterize Brazilian culture. In The Brazilians, Page,...

The Breakthrough Trader's Guide On How to Spot--and Profit From--News-Driven Market SwingsThe hardcover edition of "If It's Raining in Brazil,...

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

Hispanic and Luso-Brazilian Detective Fiction: Essays on the Genero Negro Tradition...

The Fearless Gourmet is an epic journey for food lovers. Norman Koplas takes the reader along the highways and byways...

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

Collected from Brazil, China, Korea, Russia, Tibet, Africa, from Native Americans, and other lands, and chosen for the universality of...

The Accidental President of Brazil: A Memoir...

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

Animals. American History. Earth Science. Geography. Health. Space. True Books covers all this and more in photo-filled chapter books that...

This book, the second volume in the ongoing compilation of 20th century world poetry, contains poetry and biographical material on...

Tales from the Time Loop is the most comprehensive book yet written about the global conspiracy that is now unfolding...

"For vivid insight, lively narrative and persuasive use of life histories, this is o major piece of ethnography". -- David...

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

Crafting the Third World: Theorizing Underdevelopment in Rumania and Brazil...

This book takes a powerful new approach to a question central to comparative politics and economics: Why do some leaders...

This history and analysis examines fifteen great inflations--from Ancient Rome to the French Revolution to post-World War I Germany to...

"The Politics of Ethnic Consciousness criticizes essentialist and unitary notions of ethnicity and shows the complex interaction between historical processes,...

Discusses the parties, decorations, food, music, games, and presents found at Brazilian birthday celebrations....

A banking system emerged in Brazil during the early 20th century that was efficiently and productively supported by economic development....

This book examines the life and times of Getú lio Vargas, Brazilian dictator and president for most of the period...

This book examines the links between well-being and development, drawing on examples from low, middle and high-income countries. It examines...

He died in 1995, but his nautical adventure books continue to bring entertainment and escape to legions of fans worldwide....

A simple question-and-answer format offers a brief introduction to Brazil, discussing land features, government, housing, transportation, industries, sports, holidays, food,...

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

South America is home to about one-third of the world's bird species and twice as many endemic families of birds...

An all-star lineup of progressive voices respond to the election of 2004. Howard Dean, Donna Brazile, Lewis Lapham, Greg Palast,...

Describes the social conditions in northeastern Brazil, including high infant mortality and state-sponsored violence...

The 1990s represented for several Latin American countries, Brazil in particular, a remarkable period. New international scenario and changes in...

Lula and the Workers Party in Brazil...

Semler turned his family's business, the aging Semco corporation of Brazil, into the most revolutionary business success story of our...

The Human Tradition in Modern Brazil makes the last two centuries of Brazilian history come alive through the stories of...

The first comprehensive reference guide to national intelligence communities worldwide BRASSEY'S INTERNATIONAL INTELLIGENCE YEARBOOK includes detailed profiles of the intelligence...

In a now classic and profoundly influential study, Weschler probes the vexing issues facing fledging transitional democracies around the world,...

Venturing into the Brazilian Amazon to claim her share of her father's rubber plantation, Marilyn Bannon discovers a seething hotbed...

From 1964 until 1985, Brazil was ruled by a military regime that sanctioned the systematic use of torture in dealing...

As the socialist revolution closes in, a once-wealthy Portuguese family is accused of "economic sabotage". They must escape across the...

"The Deities Are Many is a lively and learned introduction to polytheism. Drawing from both his scholarly research and his...

Brazil Forging a Strategic Partnership for Results: An OED Evaluation of World Bank Assistance...