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BrazilBrazil is an exciting and diverse country that's home to many peoples and animals. This book introduces readers to the amazing Amazon Rain Forest, as well as the challenges Brazilians face in protecting it. Readers will learn about the history of Brazil and how...
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La Increíble Y Triste Historia de la Cándida Eréndira Y de Su Abuela Desalmada / The Incredible and Sad Tale of Innocent Eréndira and Her Heartless GrEste libro excepcional re ne la novela corta que le otorga su t tulo y otros seis relatos m s, de los que todos menos uno pertenecen a la etapa de plena madurez del escritor. Fueron los a os en los que Macondo le...
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Tiny Travelers Colombia Treasure QuestInspire children to fall in love with the world they live in with Tiny Travelers! The Tiny Travelers Treasure Quest Series takes its readers on a fun-filled journey to discover what makes each country special with search-and-find features on every spread. In Tiny Travelers...
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Stranger to the MoonThe renowned Colombian writer Evelio Rosero has never been one to shy away from the darker aspects of his nation's history and society. His magnificent novel Stranger to the Moon portrays a world that seems to exist outside time and place but taps into...
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Love in the Time of Cholera: Introduction by Nicholas ShakespeareFrom the Nobel Prize-winning author of One Hundred Years of Solitude comes a masterly evocation of an unrequited passion so strong that it binds three people's lives together for more than fifty years. In the story of Florentino Ariza, who waits more than half...
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Travel to Brazil: The Cookbook - Recipes from Throughout the Country, and the Stories of the People Behind ThemIt's 2020, and you own a travel agency, promoting your home country. Once travelers stop booking and borders are shut, how do you keep interest in your destination alive? Polyana de Oliveira's solution was to write a book. A cookbook. As a travel entrepreneur,...
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Lost in the Jungle: A Harrowing True Story of Adventure and SurvivalFour travelers meet in Bolivia and set off into the heart of the Amazon rainforest, but what begins as a dream adventure quickly deteriorates into a dangerous nightmare, and after weeks of wandering in the dense undergrowth, the four backpackers split up into two...
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We Make the Road by Walking: Conversations on Education and Social ChangeThis dialogue between two of the most prominent thinkers on social change in the twentieth century was certainly a meeting of giants. Throughout their highly personal conversations recorded here, Horton and Freire discuss the nature of social change and empowerment and their individual literacy...
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El Corazón del Daño / The Heart of HarmEl corazón del daño, este dispositivo literario abierto y complejo, recupera el diccionario doméstico de injurias y amenazas, donde las palabras proyectan desde la lejana casa familiar su poder de presagio y convierten el sueño en pesadilla. La obra de María Negroni huye de...
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Harsh TimesThe true story of Guatemala's political turmoil of the 1950s as only a master of fiction can tell it Guatemala, 1954. The military coup perpetrated by Carlos Castillo Armas and supported by the CIA topples the government of Jacobo rbenz. Behind this violent act...
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Los Hechos Casuales / Casual EventsJuan Carlos Botero regresa a la ficción con una novela sobre la violencia, la culpa y el poder del azar. «La prosa de Botero es de una precisión quirúrgica: narra los acontecimientos como si fuera un escalpelo abriendo la piel de la realidad ....
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PeruThis book brings readers on a journey through Peru, from the ruins of Machu Picchu to the bustling city of Lima. Readers will learn about the amazing Inca civilization and how Peru's history still affects culture today. This book highlights the incredible ways in...
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La Naturaleza del Deseo / The Nature of Desire«No hay delirio más voraz que el deseo. Se alimenta de lo que sabe y no sabe, crece mejor en las sombras, en los santuarios prohibidos, en las distancias insalvables. S es una escritora que vive en Londres. Ha perdido a un hijo y...
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The VortexPublished in 1924 and widely acknowledged as a major work of twentieth-century Latin American literature, Jos Eustasio Rivera's The Vortex follows the harrowing adventures of the young poet Arturo Cova and his lover Alicia as they flee Bogot and head into the wild and...
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Portuguese for Beginners: A Comprehensive Guide to Learning the Portuguese Language FastIf you want to learn the Portuguese language without any previous knowledge, then keep reading...Are you... quite busy and in need of a precise, but thorough, resource to learn Portuguese? traveling to or working in a Portuguese-speaking country? Or do you... want to connect...
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Family Album: StoriesFamily Album is Ecuadorian author Gabriela Alemán's rollicking follow-up to her acclaimed English-language debut, Poso Wells.Alemán is known for her spirited and sardonic take on the fatefully interconnected--and often highly compromised--forces at work in present-day South America, and particularly in Ecuador. In this collection...
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The Sunflower"It has been said, 'Seek not your destiny for it is seeking you.'" So begins this new and powerful novel from Richard Paul Evans, #1 bestselling author of The Christmas Box, The Walk series, and more. In the wake of personal tragedy, two people...
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Inca Gold (Rev) (Rev)Inca Gold by Jim Becket takes YOU on a magical, detective-style adventure through the deep jungles of Peru. 9-12 year old readers will seek out the ancient and legendary Lost City of Gold, rumored to have been created by the Incas, and come face-to-face...
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BonsáiAuthor: Alejandro ZambraPublisher: Editorial AnagramaPublished: 10/11/2022Pages: 96Binding Type: PaperbackWeight: 0.35lbsSize: 8.50h x 5.43w x 0.39dISBN: 9788433999559Language: Spanish
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Mantra (Spanish Edition)LA NOVELA MEXICANA DE RODRIGO FRESÁN Una radiografía de México D.F., ciudad novela, vista a través de los ojos de sus frenéticos protagonistas encabezados por Martín Mantra, director de cine y miembro de una demencial familia mexicana abducida por una telenovela. «Pocas novelas tan...
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