A sweeping narrative of two 19th century charismatic leaders and their powerful armies on the Brazil/Uruguay border....

This book looks at very high inflations, exemplified by those suffered by Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Israel, Mexico, and Peru in...

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

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

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

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

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

Published first in Brazil as Suastica sobre o Brasil, Stanley Hilton's examination of the rise and fall of German espionage...

Futsal is a fast-paced, attractive and spectacular sport made popular by Brazilian soccer superstars Ronaldo, Zico, Rivaldo, Ronaldinho and Peli...

Deputy Chief Virginia West of the Charlotte, North Carolina police force isn't pleased about riding with Andy Brazil, a pushy...

During the later half of the nineteenth century, a majority of Brazilian women worked, most as domestic servants, either slave...

During the later half of the nineteenth century, a majority of Brazilian women worked, most as domestic servants, either slave...

Did you ever look carefully at a spider's web? If their purpose simply to catch flies, why do spiders weave...

Can you imagine a world without night? No moonbeams? No stars? No time to rest in your bed? This story...

An In Search of Excellence for social change, showing how ordinary people are having extraordinary success in solving the world's...

Human Pressure on the Brazilian Amazon Forests...

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

Global financial markets are part of a much larger world, a world of fluid government policies, political unrest, and other...

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

Over the course of history, materials such as concrete and steel revolutionized architecture. Immaterial/Ultramaterial, the second volume in the Millennium...

Notorious for its recent military dictatorships, South America is less well known for its wars. But since the dawn of...

The Amazon is not what it seems. As Hugh Raffles shows us in this captivating and innovative book, the world's...

Robert Rubin was sworn in as the seventieth U.S. Secretary of the Treasury in January 1995 in a brisk ceremony...

In Darkness and Secrecy brings together ethnographic examinations of Amazonian assault sorcery, witchcraft, and injurious magic, or dark shamanism. Anthropological...

An important argument against overregulating financial markets. Although significant financial crises worldwide--in Japan, Mexico, Thailand, Indonesia, Russia, and Brazil--have affirmed...

Indigenism: Ethnic Politics in Brazil...

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

Indigenous Struggle @ Heart of...

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

The construction of the Three Gorges Dam on China's Yangtze River. The transformation of the Amazon into a site for...

Inequality and Economic Development in Brazil...

Inequality and Economic Development in Brazil is part of the World Bank Country Study series. These reports are published with...

Barbara Browning follows the trail of infectious rhythm from the ecstatic percussion of a Brazilian carnival group to the eerily...

Inflation targeting -- when central bank policies set specific inflation rate objectives -- is widely used by both developed and...

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

This book identifies cases of technological dynamism across a range of countries and industries, from the recent growth of the...

Inside The Brazilian Rhythm Section Book/CD set, instruments: Rhythm Section...

Insight Guide Brazil. This is a Pre-Order item....

Take an insightful look into Brazil with the well-respected travel guide that will become your most valuable travel companion.Includes a...

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Successfully communicating with people from another culture requires learning more than just their language. While fumbling a word or phrase...

Facing the challenges of globalization and ecology, the standards for economic, social and environmental performance of companies are becoming more...

This special issue offers insightful articles on current practices in teaching psychology at the university level written by experts form...

This collection describes the preconditions, processes, and results of well-managed interdisciplinary research projects from the United States, Canada, Israel, Japan,...

Explore the Pantanal, an area of wetlands roughly the size of New England, which covers about 84,000 square miles of...

An investor’ s guide to capitalizing on opportunities in the fixed income markets of emerging economies The fixed income market...

Presents a collection of short stories, including "Brother Beetle" and "The Jew from Babylon" along with ten previously unpublished stories....

In this bestselling comedic follow-up to Hornet's Nest and Southern Cross, featuring police chief Judy Hammer and reporter-turned-cop Andy Brazil,...

In this bestselling comedic follow-up to "Hornet's Nest" and "Southern Cross, " featuring police chief Judy Hammer and reporter-turned-cop Andy...

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

From Danish to Spanish, Swahili to Brazilian Portuguese, the languages of the world are brought within the reach of any...

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

The compelling sequel to Thunder Cave vividly portrays the beauty and drama of the Brazilian rainforest in the context of...

Japanese Prayer Below the Equator: How Brazilians Believe in the Church of World Messianity. This is a Pre-Order item....

With this book you hold an artist's spirit in your hands. Each page reveals deeply felt ideas, years of dedication...

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

A collection of twenty-two short works by the author of Coastliners and Chocolat takes place at different times in history...

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

Lerman, a young artists with autism, seized the attention of the art world at the 2002 Outsider Art Fair. This...

Jorge Amado is simultaneously one of Brazil's most prolific and widely read novelists and one of its most controversial. Seeking...

Some of the oldest art in the world is the subject of this riveting and beautiful book. Paul Bahn and...

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...

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...

In 1925, anthropologist William McGovern was attempting to lead a routine life in London when a friend asked him to...

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

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

This book is an extraordinary introduction to the wellness tradition of Brazilian Spiritists. Dr. Bragdon captured the essence of this...

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

Taking aim at central bankers, bureaucrats, unions, do-gooders, and politicians from Brazil, Japan, Russia, and other scenes of financial disaster,...

What better way to learn about the people of a foreign country than to celebrate one of their favorite holidays?...

What better way to learn about the people of a foreign country than to celebrate one of their favorite holidays?...

Get to know Kids Around the Worldtheir culture, their history, and their daily livesin the latest additions to this growing...

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Stunning, fresh, and very visual. -- Bride's Magazine From the stately charm of palazzos standing guard on the Grand Canale...

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

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

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

An antique wooden bed makes the rounds of a Brazilian city, passing from one household to another, and having an...

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

Deep within the remote backlands of 19th century Brazil sits Canudos, a libertarian's paradise. Home of prostitutes, bandits, and beggars,...

Judy Hammer, head of the Richmond police, and Andy Brazil, her righthand man, must go after a gang of delinquents...

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

Brazilian novelist Coelho retells the biblical story of Elijah. Copyright (C) Muze Inc. 2005. For personal use only....

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

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