Focusing on the conflicts between the United States and Brazilian governments over Brazil's efforts to develop a local computer industry,...

The Muslim slave uprising in Bahia in 1835, though unsuccessful in winning freedom for the rebels, had national repercussions, making...

Here are handsome line renderings of 45 colorful, varied and exotic specimens: Cannonball Tree (Brazil and Trinidad); Bird-of-Paradise Flower (South...

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

Racial Politics in Contemporary Brazil...

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

Little Star of Bela Lua: Stories from Brazil...

Provides a comprehensive overview of the history of Brazil from ancient times to the present, placing Brazil's current political, economic,...

Deep within the remote backlands of 19th-century Brazil sits Canudosa libertarian paradise. Home of prostitutes, bandits, beggars, Canudos embodies the...

Lucia Nagib here presents the first comprehensive critical survey of Brazilian film production since the mid-1990s, which has become known...

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

In many countries of the world, including Canada, arguments are made for a private-public mix in the financing and provision...

Throughout Latin America, indigenous peoples are responding to state violence and pro-democracy social movements by asserting their rights to a...

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The silent rage that seizes a matriarch whose family is feting her eighty-ninth year.The tangle of emotions felt by a...

Soil Biodiversity in Amazonian and Other Brazilian Ecosystems...

Through a steamy rain forest in Brazil, along a river in Papua New Guinea, across a frozen inlet in the...

Explorations of the Highlands of Brazil: With a Full Account of the Gold & Diamond Mines...

The Tribute of Blood-CL...

This wide-ranging book presents the first comprehensive and comparative account of the slave trade "within the" nations and colonial systems...

Biomat 2005: Proceedings of the International Symposium on Mathematical and Computational Biology, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, 3 - 8 De...

The story of one man's dedicated passion for the people of Brazil is a compelling reminder that God restores broken...

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

Not just one of Brazil's most influential and beloved composers and musicians, Chico Buarque has won high praise as a...

Ambition, Federalism, and Legislative Politics in Brazil...

Prepared by World Resources Institute Tightening global timber supplies and rising concerns over the loss of natural forests are fueling...

In the last ten to fifteen years, the Latin American and Caribbean region has undergone the most significant transformation of...

"To view Brazil's struggle over land through the life and death of a man like Padre Josimo Morais Tavares is...

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

Adventure travel, whether in the rain forests of Brazil or the jungles of Belize, can be filled with risk and...

From Brazil to Manitoba, Las Vegas to Miami Beach, 1999 MacArthur Fellow Campbell McGrath charts a poetics of place and...

Magic from Brazil: Recipes, Spells & Rituals...

Moacyr Scilar, one of today's most recognized Brazilian authors, delights us with a tale full of fantasy, humor and satire....

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

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

Global Dimensions of the African Diaspora collects selected essays from the First and Second African Diaspora Institutes and other essays....

The Unified Black Movement in Brazil, 1978-2002...

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

Examines the fundamental role of rural labor in the making of modern Brazil.Until the 1960s, rural laborers and peasants composed...

The paragon of physical perfection and a sparkling example of Earth's forces at work, the diamond has fascinated all realms...

In Good Government in the Tropics, Judith Tendler argues against widely prevailing views about why governments so often do badly...

Brazil Company Handbook 2006/2007...

In dazzling, jazzlike prose that pulses with the rhythm of the street, Nelson Eubanks traces the influences on and evolution...

Rufin presents two conflicting views of man and nature as he tells the story of two orphaned children who are...

Completely redesigned for today's young investigative reader, True Books are an indispensable addition to any collection. Each book guides readers...

Expanding Bank Outreach Through Retail Partnerships: Correspondent Banking in Brazil...

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

The Brazilian's Blackmailed Bride...

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

It's 1963 and thirteen-year-old Georgia decides to pretend that JFK is her father, certain that he won't let her down...

All too often, travel writers plunge into seemingly obscure parts of the globe with little knowledge of where they are,...

An examination of the court of Don Pedro II considers its social and political significance, his rise in the face...

Working with Children on the Streets of Brazil: Politics and Practice...

"Tropical Capitalism traces the rise of Brazil's second largest industrial center, a planned city created in the 1890s as the...

Beyond Racism: Race and Inequality in Brazil, South Africa, and the United States...

In this book Ernest Wilson provides a clear, nuanced analysis of the major transformations resulting from the global information revolution....

Race in Contemporary Brazil: From Indifference to Inequality...

Indigenous Struggle @ Heart of...

God Is Brazilian: Charles Miller: The Man Who Brought Football To Brazil...

The rain forests of Peru, Brazil and other countries yield some of the most sought-after natural remedies of our time....

Two amorous actresses are out to capture the affections of a wealthy Paris producer. The wily Micheline spreads the rumor...

The year is 2001, and American businessman Roger Gordian has extended his reach into space. His company has become the...

Brazilian architect Oscar Niemeyer (b. 1907) is one of the architectural masters of the twentieth century and a pioneer of...

A recent speech by Gary Bauer from the conservative Family Research Council decried the decline of traditional family values as...

Die If You Must: Brazilian Indians in the Twentieth Century...

This book provides a sweeping, up-to-date, and boldly critical account of the financial crises that rocked East Asia and other...

Advances in Spatial And Temporal Databases: 9th International Symposium, Sstd 2005, Angra Dos Reis, Brazil, August 22-24, 2005, Proceedings...

Fabio Moon and Gabriel Bá are Brazilian twins who share an award-winning talent for comics and an abiding love of...