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Brazil's Dance With the Devil : Fight for Democracy (9781608464333) by Zirin Dave
mobi, epub |eng | 2014-04-08 | Author:Zirin, Dave [Zirin, Dave]

These days, if you want to find creativity in Brazilian soccer, you’d be much better off looking at an area of Brazil’s soccer world that has actually benefited from segregation ...
( Category: Brazil July 15,2014 )
Incredible Incas by Deary Terry
epub |eng | 2012-06-03 | Author:Deary, Terry

1572 The last Incan rebel stronghold is captured and emperor Tupac Amaru, son of Manco, is beheaded. Without a head the new Incan Empire is finished – and without a ...
( Category: Peru July 4,2014 )
Golazo! by Andreas Campomar
epub |eng | 2014-05-05 | Author:Andreas Campomar

Earthquakes in Chile For a country that had adopted the game so early, Chile’s record in international competition had been poor. The Andean republic had been the second country on ...
( Category: Aztec June 22,2014 )
Brazil on the Move by John Dos Passos
epub, mobi |eng | 1963-01-01 | Author:John Dos Passos [Passos, John Dos]

A Rainforest Economy The only practical way of reaching Iquitos is by air. The head of ocean navigation of the Amazon is still an island inaccessible by road. After flitting ...
( Category: Travel June 6,2014 )
Tree of Rivers: The Story of the Amazon by John Hemming
epub |eng | 2012-10-23 | Author:John Hemming [Hemming, John]

CHAPTER SEVEN The Black Side of Rubber The rubber bonanza exacted a heavy price – but the victims were human, not environmental. Fortunately, tapping does not destroy rubber trees. Seringueiros’ ...
( Category: Ecology March 26,2014 )
River of Darkness by Buddy Levy
epub, mobi |eng | 2011-02-22 | Author:Buddy Levy [Levy, Buddy]

* The mouth of the Madeira, at its confluence with the Amazon, is more than five hundred miles from the Atlantic Ocean. * Historian Antonio de Herrera says that this ...
( Category: Central America March 26,2014 )
The Loss of El Dorado by V.S. Naipaul
epub |eng | 2011-03-15 | Author:V.S. Naipaul [Naipaul, V.S.]

ON TUESDAY the 29th Begorrat was very busy. On that day his poisoning commission passed its first sentences; and on that day the sentences were carried out. The Negro called ...
( Category: Trinidad and Tobago March 26,2014 )
The Lost City of Z: A Tale of Deadly Obsession in the Amazon by David Grann
mobi, epub, pdf |eng | 2010-01-05 | Author:David Grann

THAT FEBRUARY, Fawcett left again for South America, in the hope of securing funding from the Brazilian government. Dr. Rice, whose 1916 journey had ended prematurely owing to the entry ...
( Category: South America March 25,2014 )
Bolivar: American Liberator by Arana Marie
epub, mobi |eng | 2013-04-08 | Author:Arana, Marie [Arana, Marie]

THERE ARE FEW LANDSCAPES AS magnificent or unforgiving as the geologic exuberance that lies between Huaraz and Huánuco. The mighty peaks of Huascarán and Yerupajá pierce the skies and send ...
( Category: Military March 25,2014 )

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