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Author
Publisher
North Atlantic Books
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
"An Indigenous environmental scientist breaks down why western conservationism isn't working--and offers Indigenous models informed by case studies, personal stories, and family histories that center the voices of Latin American women and land protectors."--
Author
Series
Publisher
PowerKids Press
Pub. Date
[2019]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.2 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Christmas is a major holiday celebrated in many different ways from culture to culture, and even from family to family. This book takes readers on a colorful adventure through the way different countries in Latin America celebrate this holiday.
Author
Publisher
Harper Perennial
Pub. Date
2011
Language
English
Description
A former NPR correspondent takes you into his own ghost-filled life as he reports on a region in turmoil. Gerry Hadden was training to become a Buddhist monk when opportunity came knocking: the offer of a dream job as NPR's correspondent for Latin America. Arriving in Mexico in 2000 during the nation's first democratic transition of power, he witnesses both hope and uncertainty. But after 9/11, he finds himself documenting overlooked yet extraordinary...
Author
Publisher
Zed Books
Pub. Date
2017.
Language
English
Description
Providing the definitive oral history of the Cuban revolution, tells the powerful story of Cuba's struggle for liberation from the Batista dictatorship, its transition to socialism, and its evolving relationship with the rest of Latin American and the Caribbean. Drawing on a vast array of original testimonies, including interviews with more than seventy Cuban officials and former combatants, Dirk Kruijt examines the pivotal role of veterans and the...
Author
Publisher
Crown, an imprint of Random House
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
"An anthropologist working with forensic teams and victims' families to investigate crimes against humanity in Latin America explores what science can tell us about the lives of the dead in this haunting account of grief, the power of ritual, and a quest for justice. "Exhumation can divide brothers and restore fathers, open old wounds and open the possibility of regeneration-of building something new with the pile of broken mirrors that is loss and...
Author
Publisher
PowerKids Press
Pub. Date
2010.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.6 - AR Pts: 1
Language
Español
Description
In the days leading up to Lent, cities around the world come alive for carnival. Parades of costumed revelers and elaborate floats fill the streets, and people, young and old, dance to the sound of samba and calypso.
Sumario en español: En los días previos a la Cuaresma, las ciudades de todo el mundo cobre vida para el carnaval. Desfiles de juerguistas disfrazados y carrozas llenan las calles, y las personas, jóvenes y viejos, bailan al ritmo...
73) The expendables
Publisher
Lions Gate Films
Pub. Date
c2010
Language
English
Description
The Expendables are a tight-knit team of skilled combat vets turned mercenaries. Hired by a powerful covert operator, the team jets off to a small South American country to overthrow a ruthless dictator. Once there, they find themselves caught in a deadly web of deceit and betrayal. Using every weapon at their disposal, they set out to save the innocent and punish the guilty in this blistering action-packed thriller.
74) The expendables
Language
English
Formats
Description
The Expendables are a tight-knit team of skilled combat vets turned mercenaries. Hired by a powerful covert operator, the team jets off to a small South American country to overthrow a ruthless dictator. Once there, they find themselves caught in a deadly web of deceit and betrayal. Using every weapon at their disposal, they set out to save the innocent and punish the guilty in this blistering action-packed thriller.
Author
Publisher
Penguin Books
Language
English
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Description
"A sweeping history of the Latinx experience in the United States. The first new edition in ten years of this important study of Latinos in U.S. history, Harvest of Empire spans five centuries--from the European colonization of the Americas to the 2020 election. Latinos are now the largest minority group in the United States, and their impact on American culture and politics is greater than ever. With family portraits of real-life immigrant Latino...