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Now available in paperback, Rare and Commonplace Flowers tells the story of two fascinating and controversial women. Elizabeth Bishop, the...

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Harvard-trained rogue scientist Will Travers reluctantly agrees to ferry Dr. Annie Parrish deep into the Brazilian rainforest in search of...

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In the dozen years Carolina Maria de Jesus (1914-1977) lived in a Sao Paulo, Brazil, shanty slum, she survived by...

Spanning three generations, A True Life portrays bourgeoisie of 4 countries: France, Romania, Brazil and the U.S. In it, the...

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

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In this groundbreaking study of the Workers' Party-the first legal mass party on the left in Brazil's recent history-Margaret E....

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Kidnapped from her parents during the Portuguese Inquisition, 12-year old Isobel BenLazar was sent to work as a slave at...

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A simple jeep accident and the end to a military career, enough to send a man into a permanent funk....

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Sustainability has become a buzzword in the last decade, but its full meaning is complex, emerging from a range of...

In his deliciously sensuous and fascinating, Peter Robb renders in vivid detail the intoxicating pleasures of Brazil's food, music, literature,...

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This comprehensive survey introduces an exceptionally rich, fascinating, and complex art that has gained great popularity in recent years. Edward...

Galloping Ghosts of the Brazilian Coast: United States Naval Air Operations in the South Atlantic During World War II is...

When droughts hit northeastern Brazil, thousands of rural workers are forced to abandon their homes for the cities in search...

The Southern Cone Model identifies a new and distinctive model of regional capitalist development emerging in the Southern Cone Countries...

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In this collection of compelling short stories set in Jamaica and the United States, female characters struggle in a world...

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Sharon K. Garner ( River of Dreams ) returns with a new adventure romance! A double cross that keeps on...

This book brings together the diverse disciplines that study nitrogen fixation and describes the most recent advances made in various...

Garral, a Brazilian, lives on a thriving plantation in the Peruvian frontier. His daughter's imminent marriage to a Brazilian army...

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By the time he was twenty-five the future president of the United States was already a published author. From The...

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