Books

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Title Authors Description OpenBook ID
Botero: La corrida Botero: La corrida Fernando Botero,Erica Jong,Rudy Chiappini "Catalog of artist's most recent exhibition at MACCSI, including a donation of 15 sculptures, five works already in the collection of the museum, and 20 new color drawings on canvas. Beautifully illu… OL1744402W
Gabriel Garcia Moreno and conservative state formation in the Andes Gabriel Garcia Moreno and conservative state formation in the Andes Peter V. N. Henderson "This book explores the life and times of Ecuador's most controversial nineteenth-century politician within the broader context of the new political history. Eschewing the traditional polemics associ… OL18356408W
The girl with no name The girl with no name Marina Chapman A young girl who is abducted and abandoned in the Colombian jungle. She spends five years living with a family of monkeys before being found and sold in to slavery. This is her truly astonishing stor… OL19962619W
Eliza Lynch Eliza Lynch 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. OL27061886W
Doris Salcedo Doris Salcedo Charles Merewether,Doris Salcedo,Dan Cameron In her series "Tabula Rasa I-IV", Salcedo tackles the subject of rape, something that many women became the victim of during the Colombian civil conflicts and the continuing tyranny in that country. … OL2772794W
Miracle in the Andes Miracle in the Andes Nando Parrado In the first hours there was nothing, no fear or sadness, just a black and perfect silence.Nando Parrado was unconscious for three days before he woke to discover that the plane carrying his rugby te… OL5829619W