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  • For All of Humanity

    Mesoamerican and Colonial Medicine in Enlightenment Guatemala

    by Martha Few ...
    Smallpox, measles, and typhus. The scourges of lethal disease—as threatening in colonial Mesoamerica as in other parts of the world—called for widespread efforts and enlightened attitudes to battle the centuries-old killers of children and adults. Even before edicts from Spain crossed the Atlantic, colonial elites oftentimes embraced medical experimentation and reform in the name of the public ... Read more

    $26.69 USD

  • Centering Animals in Latin American History

    Edited by Zeb Tortorici, Martha Few, PhD ...
    Centering Animals in Latin American History writes animals back into the history of colonial and postcolonial Latin America. This collection reveals how interactions between humans and other animals have significantly shaped narratives of Latin American histories and cultures. The contributors work through the methodological implications of centering animals within historical narratives, seeking ... Read more

    $22.29 USD

  • Women Who Live Evil Lives

    Gender, Religion, and the Politics of Power in Colonial Guatemala

    by Martha Few ...
    Women Who Live Evil Lives documents the lives and practices of mixed-race, Black, Spanish, and Maya women sorcerers, spell-casters, magical healers, and midwives in the social relations of power in Santiago de Guatemala, the capital of colonial Central America. Men and women from all sectors of society consulted them to intervene in sexual and familial relations and disputes between neighbors and ... Read more

    $23.79 USD

  • Baptism Through Incision

    The Postmortem Cesarean Operation in the Spanish Empire

    by Martha Few, Zeb Tortorici, Adam Warren ...
    Translated by Nina M. Scott ...
    Series series Latin American Originals
    In 1786, Guatemalan priest Pedro José de Arrese published a work instructing readers on their duty to perform the cesarean operation on the bodies of recently deceased pregnant women in order to extract the fetus while it was still alive. Although the fetus’s long-term survival was desired, the overarching goal was to cleanse the unborn child of original sin and ensure its place in heaven. Baptism ... Read more

    $17.09 USD

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    Translated by Peter Bush ...
    Series series Mario Conde Investigates
    Scorching novel from a star of Cuban fiction. The fourth of the Havana Quartet series. ... Read more

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  • Breaking the Maya Code

    by Michael D. Coe ...
    The inside story of one of the great intellectual breakthroughs of our time—the first great decipherment of an ancient script—now revised and updated.In the past dozen years, Maya decipherment has made great strides, in part due to the Internet, which has made possible the truly international scope of hieroglyphic scholarship: glyphic experts can be found not only in North America, Mexico, ... Read more

    $18.89 USD

  • Looking for History

    Dispatches from Latin America

    by Alma Guillermoprieto ...
    From theesteemed New Yorker correspondent comes an incisive volume of essays and reportage that vividly illuminates Latin America’s recent history. Only Alma Guillermoprieto, the most highly regarded writer on the region, could unravel the complex threads of Colombia’s cocaine wars or assess the combination of despotism, charm, and political jiu-jitsu that has kept Fidel Castro in power for more ... Read more

    $4.99 USD

  • Mirabilis

    A Carnival of Cryptozoology and Unnatural History

    by Karl P.N. Shuker ...
    Welcome to a carnival unlike anything that you have ever read about, visited, or even imagined before. Here, before your very eyes, you will encounter bizarre, anomalous creatures of every conceivable (and inconceivable!) kind—a veritable menagerie of cryptozoological mysteries to dazzle and delight, tantalize and terrify. For this is Mirabilis—a realm of marvels, wonders, miracles...and monsters ... Read more

    $9.95 USD

  • Anna in the Tropics (TCG Edition)

    by Nilo Cruz ...
    Winner of the 2003 Pulitizer Prize for Drama. . . there are many kinds of light.The light of fires. The light of stars.The light that reflects off rivers.Light that penetrates through cracks.Then there’s the type of light that reflects off the skin.—Nilo Cruz, Anna in the TropicsThis lush romantic drama depicts a family of cigar makers whose loves and lives are played out against the backdrop of ... Read more

    $12.99 USD

  • Adiós Muchachos

    A Memoir of the Sandinista Revolution

    by Sergio Ramírez ...
    Translated by Stacey Alba D. Skar ...
    Series series American encounters/global interactions
    Adiós Muchachos is a candid insider’s account of the leftist Sandinista revolution in Nicaragua. During the 1970s, Sergio Ramírez led prominent intellectuals, priests, and business leaders to support the Sandinista National Liberation Front (FSLN), against Anastasio Somoza’s dictatorship. After the Sandinistas overthrew the Somoza regime in 1979, Ramírez served as vice-president under Daniel ... Read more

    $25.19 USD

  • Oscar López Rivera

    Between Torture and Resistance

    by Oscar López Rivera ...
    The story of Puerto Rican leader Oscar López Rivera is one of courage, valor, and sacrifice. A decorated Viet Nam veteran and well-respected community activist, López Rivera now holds the distinction of being one of the longest held political prisoners in the world. Behind bars since 1981, López Rivera was convicted of the thought-crime of “seditious conspiracy,” and never accused of causing ... Read more

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  • 4th Grade History Book: Mayans and Incas of South America

    Fourth Grade Books Ancient Civilizations

    by Baby Professor ...
    Series series Children's Ancient History Books
    The Mayans and Incas of South America were influential people in the region's culture and tradition. Learn about them through this attention-grabbing educational book. By using more pictures and only a few select texts, children are able to understand and absorb historical information better. This is a book your child needs to get better grades in history. Grab a copy today! ... Read more

    $4.99 USD