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Patagonia
Oxford University Press, USA 2008; US$ 18.99Forming a vast triangle at the southern tip of South America, Patagonia is a landscape of barren steppes, soaring peaks, and fierce wind, inspiring generations of travelers and artists. From the empty plans to the crashing seas, from the giant dinosaur fossils to the massive glacial sculptures, Chris Moss introduces readers to Patagonia's dramatic... more...
South America and the Treaty of Versailles
Haus Publishing 2011; US$ 25.00The Peace Conferences afforded several South American countries their first involvement in world affairs. more...
1915: The Death of Innocence
Penguin Books Ltd 1997; Not AvailableBy the end of 1914, the battered British forces were bogged down, yet hopeful that promised reinforcements and spring weather would soon lead to a victorious breakthrough. A year later, after appalling losses at Aubers Ridge, Loos, Neuve Chapelle, Ypres and faraway Gallipoli, fighting seemed set to go on for ever. Drawing on extensive interviews, letters... more...
I Swear I Saw This
University of Chicago Press 2011; US$ 16.00I Swear I Saw This records visionary anthropologist Michael Taussig’s reflections on the fieldwork notebooks he kept through forty years of travels in Colombia. Taking as a starting point a drawing he made in Medellin in 2006—as well as its caption, “I swear I saw this”—Taussig considers the fieldwork notebook as a... more...
The Ship, the Lady and the Lake
Bene Factum Publishing 2012; US$ 19.99An extraordinary account of one woman's single-minded campaign to restore a Victorian steamship to her former glory and make her an Andean attraction Here is a vivid account of Meriel Larken's incredible quest to restore the Yavari steamship against the odds?a ship that is now celebrating its 150 year anniversary in 2012. In 1862 the English-built... more...
Ricardo Palma's Tradiciones
Bucknell University Press 2012; US$ 64.99Ricardo Palma?s Tradiciones is the first comprehensive and critically up-to-date study of Ricardo Palma in English. Its interdisciplinary approach, particularly its examination of gender, radically reinvigorates our understanding of Palma's significance and provides fresh ways of thinking about the intersections between the discourses of sexual... more...
Short Walks from Bogotá
Penguin Books Ltd 2012; Not AvailableFor decades, Colombia was the 'narcostate'. Now travel to Colombia and South America is on the rise, and it's seen as one of the rising stars of the global economy. Where does the truth lie? Writer and journalist Tom Feiling, author of the acclaimed study of cocaine The Candy Machine , has journeyed throughout Colombia, down roads that were... more...
The Ship, The Lady and The Lake
Bene Factum Publishing 2012; US$ 21.86Meriel Larken's successful mission to restore the Victorian British built steamship, the Yavari, that had fallen into disrepair by 1985 on Lake Titicaca, Peru. more...
Peoples of the Earth
Lexington Books 2012; US$ 34.95This book explores the culture of indigenous peoples in Latin America, the fundamental challenges they offer to traditional Euro-American notions of democracy, citizenship and develop the interface of these topics. It also explores the relevant themes on human rights and the environment, with questions of security and the risks implicit in the adoption... more...









