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Vivos bajo tierra
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"The story of the thirty-three trapped miners in the San Jose mine in the middle of the Chilean desert is an epic in the classic sense, filled with real heroes, blessings from God, and the curse of m… |
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Brazil
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Neill Lochery |
"In The Fortunes of War, acclaimed historian Neill Lochery reveals the secret history of Brazil's involvement in World War II, showing how the cunning politicians who ran the country extracted enormo… |
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Dancing with the devil in the City of God
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Juliana Barbassa |
Rio de Janeiro is a city of extremes: from Carnaval's hedonistic delights, to the poverty of the favelas, to the softly seductive samba beat. But there's a dark side to this beautiful city: for years… |
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Life and death in the Andes
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Kim MacQuarrie |
"Kim MacQuarrie tells great stories of South America's history, from Butch Cassidy to Che Guevara to cocaine king Pablo Escobar to the last survivor of an Indian tribe, all of these stories set in th… |
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Eliza Lynch
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Michael Lillis |
'Eliza Lynch: Queen of Paraguay' is the story of the most infamous woman in South America, the Cork-born beauty and lover of the nineteenth-century Paraguayan dictator Francisco Solano López. |
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Daily life of the Aztecs
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David Carrasco |
"Examine the fascinating details of the daily lives of the ancient Aztecs through this innovative study of their social history, culture, and continuing influence, written from the perspective of the… |
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