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1	Modern Latin America more books like this by Professor Thomas E Skidmore, Peter H Smith This interpretive history of Latin America has been brought up to date in all areas, including the ongoing war against international drug trafficking, the difficulties and promises of NAFTA, the increasing trend toward democratic and pluralist politics, and the large-scale immigration of Latin Americans into the United States. As in earlier ... see all copies from £1.36! new only from £11.73! \| first editions
2	Bruchko more books like this by Bruce R Olson What happens when a nineteen-year-old boy and heads into the jungles to evangelize a murderous tribe of South American Indians? For Bruce Olson it meant capture and torture, but what he discovered revolutionized the world of missions. see all copies from £4.03! new only from £7.31! \| signed copies \| first editions
3	History of Christianity more books like this by Paul Johnson In this accessible history of Christianity, Johnson examines his subject in conjunction with Western European intellectual, social, and political events. see all copies from £3.04! new only from £12.97! \| first editions
4	Colonial Latin America more books like this by Mark A Burkholder, Lyman L Johnson Burkholder and Johnson's interpretive survey of colonial Latin America up to the 1850s is both historiographically up-to-date and accessible to students in the first half of the undergraduate Latin American history survey, which is given by virtually all major American colleges. The text incorporates new research in social and economic theory ... see all copies from £5.46! new only from £7.02! \| first editions
5	The Conquest of New Spain more books like this by Bernal Diaz, Bernal Diaz Del Castillo, John M Cohen (Introduction by) The defeat of the Aztecs by Hernan Cortes and his small band of adventurers is one of the most startling military feats in history. Fifty years after the event Bernal Diaz (c. 1498-1580), who served under Cortes, wrote this account of the march from the coast, Montezuma's death, the massacre of the Spaniards and the eventual capture of the capital ... see all copies from £4.23! new only from £9.21! \| first editions
6	Death Without Weeping: Violence of Everyday Life in Brazil more books like this by Nancy Scheper-Hughes When lives are dominated by hunger, what becomes of love? When assaulted by daily acts of violence and untimely death, what happens to trust? Set in the lands of Northeast Brazil, this is an account of the everyday experience of scarcity, sickness and death that centres on the lives of the women and children of a hillside "favela". Bringing her ... see all copies from £7.82! new only from £10.14! \| first editions
7	A Death in Brazil: A Book of Omissions more books like this by Peter Robb Robb's chronicle flashes from intimate present day Brazil to a richly detailed and often dangerous past, enhanced by the gorgeous climate, lush landscapes and cobalt-blue waters. see all copies from £2.01! new only from £2.11! \| first editions
8	The Last Days of the Incas more books like this by Kim MacQuarrie In 1532, the fifty-four-year-old Spanish conquistador Francisco Pizarro led a force of 167 men, including his four brothers, to the shores of Peru. Unbeknownst to the Spaniards, the Inca rulers of Peru had just fought a bloody civil war in which the emperor Atahualpa had defeated his brother Huascar. Pizarro and his men soon clashed with Atahualpa ... see all copies from £2.01! new only from £2.01! \| first editions
9	Until Death Do Us Part: My Struggle to Reclaim Colombia more books like this by Ingrid Betancourt This memoir by a Colombian presidential candidate in the upcoming elections reads like a fast-paced political thriller. "Until Death Do Us Part" recounts Betancourt's struggle against the omnipotent drug cartels of the country--an international bestseller that is a powerful and gripping evocation of a country in crisis. 8-page photo insert. see all copies from £5.46! new only from £9.69! \| first editions
10	A History of Latin America more books like this by Benjamin Keen A best seller for the introductory Latin American history course, this text presents an account of pre-historical times to the present through its integrated framework of the dependency theory. The authors emphasize the economic relationship between Latin American nations and wealthier nations, particularly the United States. A chronological ... see all copies from £5.46! new only from £37.18!
11 view cover	The Peru Reader: History, Culture, Politics more books like this by Orin Starn (Editor), Carlos I Degregori (Editor), Robin Kirk (Editor) Sixteenth-century Spanish soldiers described it as a land filled with gold and silver, a place of untold wealth. Nineteenth-century travellers wrote of soaring Andean peaks plunging into luxuriant Amazonian canyons of orchids, pythons, and jaguars. The early-twentieth-century American adventurer Hiram Bingham told of the raging rivers and the wild ... see all copies from £6.66! new only from £16.42!
12 view cover	Americas: The Changing Face of Latin America and the Caribbean more books like this by Peter Winn Stunning in its sweep, "Americas "is the most authoritative history available of contemporary Latin America and the Caribbean. From Mexico to Tierra del Fuego, and from Cuba to Trinidad and Tobago, "Americas "examines the historical, demographic, political, social, cultural, religious, and economic trends in the region. For this new edition Peter ... see all copies from £5.46! new only from £14.23! \| first editions
13	Floreana: A Woman's Pilgrimage to the Galapagos more books like this by Margaret Wittmer, Margret Wittmer, Oliver Coburn (Translator) This title presents a Woman's Pilgrimage to the Galapagos. It is a breath-taking firsthand account of Wittmer's successful attempt to settle the island of Floreana. see all copies from £5.46! first editions
14 view cover	News of a Kidnapping more books like this by Gabriel Garcia Marquez, Edith Grossman (Translator) Garcia Márquez writes about the kidnapping of several prominent Colombians by the kingpin of the Medellin cocaine cartel in 1990 and 1991, in an attempt to bargain his way out of being extradited to the United States for trial. Two of the hostages were killed. see all copies from £1.36! new only from £7.38! \| signed copies \| first editions
15 view cover	Latinoamerica: Su Civilizacion y Su Cultura more books like this by Eugenio Chang-Rodriguez Discover the richness and complexity of Latin American culture, with "LatinoAmerica". Featuring a thematic organization supported by comprehension questions, expansion questions, timelines, chapter summaries, photos, illustrations, Internet activities, video suggestions, and maps, the text takes you on a 20-chapter tour of the progression of Latin ... see all copies from £5.46! new only from £21.15! \| first editions
16 view cover	Running the Amazon more books like this by Joe Kane In 1986 a party of 12 explorers attempted to travel the full length of the Amazon. Joe Kane's original role was as a writer and observer but he ended up as one of the only two members of the original group to complete the entire journey, the only expedition ever to travel the entire 4200 mile Amazon river from its source high in the Andes to its ... see all copies from £1.87! new only from £5.46! \| signed copies \| first editions
17 view cover	Child of the dark; the diary of Carolina Maria de Jesus. more books like this by Carolina Maria de Jesus This new edition of the powerful firsthand account of life in the streets of Sao Paulo from 1955 to 1960 that drew international attention to the plight of the poor includes eight pages of photos and a new Afterword. see all copies from £5.97! new only from £7.05! \| first editions
18 view cover	Tristes Tropiques more books like this by Claude Levi-Strauss "Tristes Tropiques" records Lévi-Strauss's search for "a human society reduced to its most basic expression", and focuses on the tribes of the Caduvco, Bororo, Nambikwara, and Tupi-Kawahib of the Amazon basin and the upland jungles of Brazil. Lévi-Strauss draws fascinating comparisons and parallels among the tribes and human societies at large, ... see all copies from £5.90! new only from £8.53! \| first editions
19 view cover	Lost City of the Incas more books like this by Hiram Bingham In 1911 Hiram Bingham, a pre-historian with a love of exotic destinations, set out to Peru in search of the legendary city of Vilcabamba, capital city of the last Inca ruler, Manco Inca. With a combination of doggedness and good fortune he stumbled on the perfectly preserved ruins of Machu Picchu perched on a cloud-capped ledge 2000 ft above the ... see all copies from £3.53! new only from £4.78!
20	Inside the Company CIA Diary more books like this by Philip Agee see all copies from £7.50! first editions
21 view cover	History of the conquest of Peru more books like this by William Hickling Prescott Originally published in 1847, HISTORY OF THE CONQUEST OF PERU, a companion volume to William H. Prescott's masterly HISTORY OF THE CONQUEST OF MEXICO, continues his vivid chronicle of Spanish exploits in the New World. The book's commanding vision of Pizarro's tumultuous overthrow of the Inca empire has secured its reputation as a classic in the ... see all copies from £1.36! new only from £4.35! \| signed copies \| first editions
22 view cover	The conquest of the Incas more books like this by John Hemming Wayward daughters. Missing husbands. Philandering partners. If you've got a problem, and no one else can help you, then pay a visit to Precious Ramotswe, Botswana's only female private detective. Her methods may not be conventional, but she's got warmth, wit and canny intuition on her side. see all copies from £4.52! new only from £10.08! \| first editions
23 view cover	History of the Conquest of Mexico & History of the Conquest of Peru more books like this by William Hickling Prescott Available in one volume, these two works represent both a triumph over personal adversity and an unsparing saga of religious imperialism. see all copies from £6.04! new only from £9.79! \| first editions
24 view cover	The Spanish seaborne empire more books like this by John H Parry The Spanish empire in America was the first of the great seaborne empires of western Europe; it was for long the richest and the most formidable, the focus of envy, fear, and hatred. Its haphazard beginning dates from 1492; it was to last more than three hundred years before breaking up in the early nineteenth century in civil wars between rival ... see all copies from £1.53! new only from £6.04! \| signed copies \| first editions
25 view cover	A Short Account of the Destruction of the Indies more books like this by Bartolome De Las Casas, Bartolome De Las Casas, Bartolome de Las Casas Bartolome de las Casas was born in Sevilla in 1474. At the age of 18 he left Spain for the new world, where he managed his father's ranch and subsequently became a priest. After many years of witnessing the ravages and atrocities of Spanish colonial policy and experiencing the failure of his own attempts at the peaceful colonization of Cumana, he ... see all copies from £3.16! new only from £8.53!

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