Modern Brazil: Elites and Masses in Historical Perspective. Free Shipping....

Traditionally, Non-Indian societies in Brazilian Amazonia - 'caboclo' - are treated by anthropologists as relics of the haphazard development of...

A woman whose function it once was to read books aloud to Marie-Antoinette is haunted by the memory of her...

Richard Long: Walking in Circles. Free Shipping....

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

The authors examine popular religion as a vital source of new values and experiences as well as a source of...

Watching from the edge of the Brazilian rain forest, Wilson reflects on the crucible of evolution--how the living world became...

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

A comprehensive anthology of the work of Langston Hughes, one of America's best-loved poets....

Challenging prevailing theories of development and labor, Gay Seidman's controversial study explores how highly politicized labor movements could arise simultaneously...

This award winning and tragically timely book examines religion's strained and often violent role in some fourteen countries around the...

Marc Chagall's magnificent stained-glass windows installed in the synagogue of the Hadassah-Hebrew Medical Center in Jerusalem are no doubt among...

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

The complete Cambridge History of Latin America presents a large-scale authoritative survey of Latin America's unique historical experience from the...

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

- Information-packed volumes provide comprehensive overviews of each nation's people, geography, history, government, economy, and culture- Abundant full-color illustrations guide...

From its initial publication in September 1995, Emotional Intelligence made headlines. It was the subject of cover stories in Time,...

When a hunter captures Turtle and takes her home for turtle stew, her only hope for escape is the hunter's...

Many North Americans are unaware of the history and politics of Latin America, and Latin American Heroes goes a long...

Brazil, 1980's...Peoples of conscience in Brazil, from government officials to hacienda owners such as Ramon and Rosie Cortez, are trying...

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

Graham's welcome study underscores the powerful and often-neglected potential of myths and myth-telling for the creation of cultural identity and...

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

Uses the Portuguese words for the numbers from one to ten to introduce the land, history, and culture of Brazil....

The remarkable Tarot of the Orishas employs, for the first time ever, the powerful energies of Brazilian Candomble. Candomble originated...

Looking back on a happy lifetime spent as a Catholic priest, Kenneth Payne presents an inspired biographical work that discusses...

Traveling to a foreign country and learning how other people live can be fun, as well as educational. Through athoritative,...

Sonia Delaunay: Art Into Fashion...

An environmental explanation of Brazil's repeated failures to re-establish itself as a leading rubber producer. Free Shipping....

This book shows how the three most important countries in South America have responded to the challenges of globalization since...

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

Drawing on both English and Spanish sources, this critical study examines the history, method, and doctrines of Liberation Theology. Sigmund...

In this book, two well-known scholars of critical educational studies provide a compelling introduction to the thoughts of Brazilian educator...

Every January millions of people crowd the seashore to receive the blessings of Iemanja, goddess of the sea. All year...

This book investigates how and why a country (Brazil) facing issues that needed to be tackled nationwide chose to decentralize...

Travel, Adventure: An American couple's adventurous 125 days and 24,876 miles of exploration while driving a Mercury coupe from Anchorage...

Modern social sciences have, over the past forty years, been committed to the improvement of public policy. More recently, however,...

This collection brings together classic, previously-published articles and new research to present the emerging field of ethnomathematics from a critical...

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

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

This book adds an important new dimension to the worldwide history of the Jewish refugees during the Holocaust. --Jonathan D....

In Ecuador, every year since 1990 Indian protestors have brought the country to a standstill; in Mexico, Zapatista indigenous guerillas...

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The Rough Guide to Brazil is the most comprehensive and detailed guide to the largest country in South America. Filled...

For over forty years, Let's Go travel guides have brought budgetsavvy travelers closer to the world. In 2003, a range...

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A comprehensive and readable account of 500 years of Brazilian history....

In Southern Cross, her follow-up to Hornet's Nest, Cornwell takes us even closer to the sometimes zany (but always threatening)...

On his way to hunt jaguars in the Brazilian jungle, a professional hunter is marooned on remote island inhabited by...

Politics of Technology Policy in Latin America examines the political conditions affecting science and technology capability in this region of...

At the age of fifty-five, former president Theodore Roosevelt took part in an expedition to the far reaches of the...

Wie begegnet man dem Mythos Brasiliens, wie der monumentalen Arbeit Oscar Niemeyers? Im Jahresprogramm des Studio Lainer erfolgte die Annherung...

Charles Levenstein's poems have become increasingly cranky and impatient as he ages. He would like you to spend some time...

The Forbidden Lands: Colonial Identity, Frontier Violence, and the Persistence of Brazil's Eastern Indians, 1750-1830. Free Shipping....

Edna Hibel, best known for her Mother and Child series of paintings, has earned international acclaim as an artist of...

In Barcelona, an aging Brazilian prostitute trains her dog to weep at the grave she has chosen for herself. In...

Describes the Roosevelt-Rondon Scientific Expedition into the Brazilian jungle in 1913. By the 26th President of the United States, popularly...

Full Circle: Escape from Baghdad and the return chronicles a prosperous Iraqi Jewish family's escape frompersecution through the journey of...

Oxford Anthology of the Brazilian Short Story. Free Shipping....

This is an angry and a hopeful book, and, like everything Dr. Farmer has written, it has both passion and...

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

In this thought-provoking reader of mostly new chapters, an international group of scholars link ethnicity to language, nationalism, localism, religion,...

Indispensable for anyone trying to stop the global AIDS epidemic. --Mark Schoofs In powerful, in-depth field reports from Cuba, Brazil,...

Needs of the Heart: A Social and Cultural History of Brazil's Clergy and Seminaries. Free Shipping....

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

For Better, for Worse: To the Brazilian Jungles and Back Again...

Politics of Latin America, Second Edition, explores both the evolution and the current state of the political scene in Latin...

From Welsh poet Lewis comes her memoir of how she and her husband survived the strains and joys of a...

1921. Illustrated with unusual photographs by the author, with a map showing the route. Contents: The South American Metropolis; On...

In a world intent on turning our children to witchcraft and wizardry, Dread Champions of the King - The Humble...

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

During a wild and indulgent holiday in Brazil, sensuous young travellers, Gwen and Fiona, fall into the hands of the...

Chess Story, also known as The Royal Game, is the Austrian master Stefan Zweig's final achievement, completed in Brazilian exile...

In June 1862, just days before the epic clash at Gettysburg, a small party of the Confederate Navy mounted a...

The Pantanal, a huge flood plain extending over parts of Brazil, Bolivia and Paraguay, is largest wetland in the world....

1869. A collection of verse from Whittier, American Quaker poet and reformer. He was a pioneer in regional literature as...

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

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

In order to alleviate poverty, people-oriented projects (those dealing with activities such as institutional development, health, family planning, education, and...

This exceptionally well-produced book, written by the leading authorities on shark systematics and conservation, is the only stand-alone field guide...

Basic laws and regulations for Southern Common Market-MERCOSUR. Free Shipping....

Brazilian Ju-Jitsu master Gene Simco reveals the keys to every aspect of no-holds-barred fighting, from standing attacks to brutal ground...

Minor Transnationalism moves beyond a binary model of minority cultural formations that often dominates contemporary cultural and postcolonial studies. Where...

From Belize to Brazil, the forests of the American neotropics are home to an astonishing array of birds--over 3,700 different...

Major advances in our understanding of the history of life on Earth have been achieved through the study of exceptionally...

Diana Millay has played colorful characters on dozens of classic TV shows and several films. In Tarzan and the Great...

Brazil's Modern Architecture. Free Shipping....

Portugal, the 'ancient ally', is a country easily accessible, with an enviable climate, welcoming inhabitants and famous beaches. English and...

The proven concept of the first edition has been continued in the second editionIncluding many new entries and completely revised ...

From the Publisher: The world's most exciting, fastest-growing new market? It's where you least expect it: at the bottom of...

Scrumptious, healthy, crowd-pleasing recipes for people with diabetes and their loved ones The editors of Diabetic Gourmet Magazine understand that...

This book shows how the Brazilian new unionism has changed the system of labor relations and assertion of workers' citizenship....

Brazil's Indians and the Onslaught of Civilization: The Yanomami and the Kayapo...

A rich brew of more than 40 traditional Brazilian tales from the country's diverse cultural traditions. Free Shipping....

To Inherit the Earth: The Landless Movement and the Struggle for a New Brazil...

A magnificent compilation of over 240 standards of jazz repertoire in easy-to-read authentic hand-written jazz engravings. This unique collection also...

Asphalt Angels centers around a boy named Alex, a street child of 13 in Brazil, who has been kicked onto...