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The painter Hans Hofmann (1880-1966) is one of the most important figures in postwar American art. In his lifetime, he...

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

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

Diversity is the spice of life, and the highly regarded Cultures of the World series celebrates just that in fully...

Brazilian Women Speak: Contemporary Life Stories...

To Myself is the autobiography of the late nineteenth century French artist Odilon Redon. Composed of his personal notes and...

This book challenges the established, neoclassical view of industrial success in developing countries. Free Shipping....

less familiar folk tales from the American Indians, Australian Bushmen, African Kaffirs and from Persia, Lapland, Brazil, and India. Different...

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

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

The first volume of Holm's major survey of pidgins and creoles provide an up-to-date and readable introduction to a field...

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The Slave Girl; A Novel...

Hal Leonard is proud to present an incredible series entitled The Best Ever . Each of these books represents the...

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

Welcome to the comical, ironical, and multiple worlds of one Violet Pansy Proudlock (a ventriloquist), who is also known as...

Brazil has the tragic distinction of having endured the longest military-authoritarian regime in South America. Yet the country is distinctive...

Through the interweaving of dramatic and deeply emotional photographs, aphorisms, short essays and stories, plus quotations on poverty from saints...

This sequel to Skidmore's highly acclaimed Politics in Brazil, 1930-1964 offers the first analysis of more than two decades of...

The Joys of Motherhood; A Novel...

Women through Women's Eyes draws from ten insightful accounts by female visitors to Latin America in the nineteenth century. Organized...

In this Catch-22 for a new generation, a conspiracy theorist unravels his own wife's suspicious death on a plane en...

Atlantis is a legendary continent that is said to have disappeared sometime in the ancient past. Lewis Spence presents evidence...

Here is a new edition of the book generally acclaimed as the best single-volume history of Brazil. It has been...

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A handy collection of 90 great Latin favorites, including: Amor -- Aquellos Ojos Verdes (Green Eyes) -- Besame Mucho --...

Wide-ranging and deeply personal, this anthology explores the Iranian-American community's continuing struggle to understand what it means to be Iranian...

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

Oscar Niemeyer, one of the most prolific architects of the 20th century, has long been considered a pioneer of modern...

Nathan Brazil, a cargo ship-for-hire owner, detours from his route to answer a distress call. A hidden stargate hurls him...

Until now there has never been a monograph devoted to the Pantanal, the world's largest wetland. The subject has received...

It is a truth universally acknowledged . . . that a single woman in possession of a good character but...

This volume features some of the finest examples of illuminated pages from medieval and Renaissance Books of Hours. A bestseller...

This book seeks to increase our understanding of those non-educational contexts and informal circumstances in which people learn. Adult educators,...

This first of all is a story about mountaineering, accident and paralysis. About coming to terms with losing movement and...

The Larousse Mini Dictionaries have been updated with revisedcultural notes and reworked conversation guides as well as 40,000translations. Available in...

Manz captures one of the most tragic periods of Guatemalan history with truly extraordinary insight, intimacy and brilliance. Myrna Mack,...

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

Eccentric billionaire Troy Phelan is dying, and his children each want to be first in line to collect his inheritance....

Slocum's first book about his trip from Brazil to America on the Liberadade, a 35-foot cross between a dory and...

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

Na Gira Do Exu - The Brazilian Cult of Quimbanda. Free Shipping....

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

The product of an intimate 23-hour conversation between Fidel Castro and Brazilian liberation theologist Frei Betto, this was a Simon...

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

Aesthetics of Equilibrium is the first book-length comparative analysis of the theoretical prose by two major Latin American vanguardist contemporaries,...

Focuses on obesity from a number of perspectives and features international articles from the UK, USA, Canada, Australia and Brazil....

A Brazilian Mystic: Being the Life and Miracles of Antonio Conselheiro...

The Exclamation Point! is an amazing phenomenon! The Exclamation Point! begins in a colonial square in the Bahia region of...

In the conflicted worlds of gemstones and diamonds, no one is who they seem to be... When a dashing former...

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Jerzy was a young, Polish migrant. His journey took him through Russia, China, Hong Kong, Thailand, Singapore, Indonesia, Korea, India,...

This book explores new approaches to the measurement and interpretation of the linkages between economic activity flows and income flows...

In Upstaged, the second book in the LeGarde Mystery Series, Gus LeGarde is in for another wild ride as he...

A Question of Survival for the Indians of Brazil...

Through a thorough examination of political repression in Brazil, Chile, and Argentina, Anthony Pereira illuminates the ways in which the...

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

Assessing Financial Access in Brazil...

When he graduated to Formula 1 in 1993 Rubens Barrichello looked a potential star. By 1996 - still grieving the...

Renata Pallottini has been a national treasure in Brazilian literature since the early 1950's. Her poetry is a mirror of...

In this wide-ranging book Paul Christopher Johnson explores the changing, hidden face of the Afro-Brazilian indigenous religion of Candomble. Despite...

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In this contemporary classic of gay literature, Frank Browning looks at the effect that geography has on the definition of...

Giancarlo Neri was born in Naples, Italy in 1955. He moved to New York in 1978 to play professional football....

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Soaring images, rhythmic language, and wry humor come together in these three narrative poems that explore travel from an African...

This lavishly illustrated book presents photographs and useful information on 365 of the world's greatest and most scenic golf courses...

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Since 1990, major banking and current crises have occurred in many countries throughout the world -- including Mexico and Latin...

Using a comprehensive array of primary and secondary sources and in-depth company case studies, this book examines how one vitally...

Ben Schneider's comparative historical analysis of the incorporation of business into politics in Latin America examines business organization and political...

The first full-scale English translation of one of Brazil's-and the world's-most influential avant-garde literary voices A generous introduction to one...

Renowned sailor and author Webb Chiles, whose adventures were previously chronicled in A Single Wave, returns with a beautifully written...

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

One of the first works to focus on gender in anthropology, this book remains an important teaching tool on gender...

Crucial Needs, Weak Incentives studies the politics of efforts to reform education and health services in Latin America in the...

BC Starkson, blinded by Retinitis Pigmentosa, graduated with his Master's degree in 1983, and he was ready to work and...

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

The author of the Kate Greenaway Medal-winning novel Pirate Diary presents this beautifully illustrated story of a Brazilian rainforest tribe...

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

In the jungle of Puerto Rico, next to a giant aluminum telescope bowl, we meet astronomers Peter Backus and Jill...

Only slightly smaller in size than the United States...

Following the great diaspora out of Africa to the Caribbean and the Americas, percussionist Sule Greg Wilson draws from rhythms...

a rich and fitting tribute. -PUBLISHERS WEEKLY With previously unpublished journal entries and letters, this volume captures the original mountain...

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This is the first truly comparative study of the relationship between social movements and citizenship rights. Focusing on the experiences...

During the first half of the twentieth century, Japanese immigrants entered Brazil by the tens of thousands. In more recent...

This fake book is a cornerstone for many musicians' libraries. With over 1200 songs in all styles of music, this...

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