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Combining on-the-ground reporting and in-depth discussions with people on the frontlines of Mexico's drug war, To Die in Mexico tells behind-the-scenes stories that address the causes and consequences of Mexico's multibillion dollar drug trafficking business. John Gibler looks beyond the myths that pervade government and media portrayals of the unprecedented wave of violence now pushing Mexico to the breaking point.

On April 6, 1940, explorer and future World War II spy Theodore Morde (who would one day attempt to assassinate Adolf Hitler), anxious about the perilous journey that lay ahead of him, struggled to fall asleep at the Paris Hotel in La Ceiba, Honduras. Nearly seventy years later, in the same hotel, acclaimed journalist Christopher S. Stewart wonders what he's gotten himself into.

Indígenas do Brasil apresenta um mergulho respeitoso nas culturas e histórias dos povos originários do Brasil, explorando suas tradições, lutas e resistências. Com enfoque na conexão profunda desses povos com a terra e seus esforços contínuos para preservar suas terras e culturas frente às adversidades e políticas governamentais, o livro oferece uma visão abrangente sobre a diversidade e riqueza cultural indígena.

¿En la Isla de Pascua hubo una revolución dirigida por una vidente? ¿Es verdad que esclavos africanos pelearon en la Independencia de Chile? ¿Hubo un exorcismo público en Santiago? ¿Cuáles son los misterios que esconde la Antártica? ¿Cuáles son los secretos oscuros detrás de la vida y terrible muerte de José Miguel Carrera? ¿Qué nos han ocultado de nuestro Premio Nobel, Gabriela Mistral?

"Siglo de caudillos" es, en realidad, una biografía colectiva, porque fueron los caudillos en su conjunto los que, en el siglo XIX, encarnaron -para bien y para mal- las tensiones históricas de México. Liberales y conservadores asumieron su posición con tonos de guerra santa. Su biografía colectiva es una clave maestra para comprender la peculiar construcción histórica de México, un país proyectado hacia el futuro por un lado, "castellano y morisco, rayado de azteca" por otro.

In the decade before the onset of the Civil War, groups of Americans engaged in a series of longshot - and illegal - forays into Mexico, Cuba, and other Central American countries in hopes of taking them over. These efforts became known as filibustering, and their goal was to seize territory to create new independent fiefdoms, which would ultimately be annexed by the still-growing United States. Most failed miserably. William Walker was the outlier. Soft-spoken with no military background, in 1856 he managed to install himself as president of Nicaragua.

Desde hace casi treinta años, Enrique Krauze ha propuesto un panorama inquietante, detallado y de conjunto, de nuestro pasado: su obra es una auténtica biografía de México. En este audiolibro, los personajes de Krauze no son los hombres del poder sino los del saber. Construido como un texto polifónico, el audiolibro aborda los temas fundacionales de la historia mexicana (el mundo prehispánico, la Conquista, el Virreinato) y alrededor de ellos estudia la actitud histórica de varios historiadores y escritores que vivieron el turbulento siglo XIX.

San Martín es dado por muerto cuatro años antes de fallecer. Avellaneda sale al balcón de la Casa Rosada para enfrentar a una multitud y lo ovacionan como si fuera Perón. La madre de un presidente le impone una novia que él no quiere. Un ministro parece haber muerto en circunstancias muy comprometedoras, y un empresario cambió su testamento cuando ya estaba muerto.

If you're looking for a captivating collection of Inca myths, then pay attention.... This audiobook includes four captivating manuscripts: Maya Mythology, Aztec Mythology, Inca Mythology, and Central American Mythology.

Fue una terrible lucha armada librada entre el gobierno mexicano y la Iglesia Católica entre 1926 y 1929. Durante esta, se produjeron severos enfrentamientos entre el gobierno de los presidentes Plutarco Elías Calles, y el de su sucesor, Emilio Portes Gil, contra numerosos grupos de laicos, presbíteros y religiosos, contrarios a las políticas que buscaban restringir la autonomía eclesiástica.

This book tells the story, for the first time, of the United States government's response to Guevara's ill-starred insurgency in Bolivia in 1967. Henry Butterfield Ryan argues that Guevara's life must be re-evaluated in light of secret documents only recently released by the CIA, the State Department, the Pentagon, and the National Security Council.

Spanning more than 200 years, An African American and Latinx History of the United States is a revolutionary, politically charged narrative history arguing that the "Global South" was crucial to the development of America as we know it. Ortiz challenges the notion of westward progress, and shows how placing African American, Latinx, and Indigenous voices unapologetically front and center transforms American history into the story of the working class organizing against imperialism.

Where do human societies come from? The drive to answer this question took on a new urgency in the nineteenth century, when a generation of archaeologists began to look beyond the bible for the origins of different cultures and civilizations. Zelia Nuttall threw herself into the study of Aztec customs and cosmology, eager to use the tools of the emerging science of anthropology to prove that modern Mexico was built over the ruins of ancient civilizations.

This is the riveting true story of grave robbers who discovered and plundered Sipan Temple, and Dr. Walter Alva, the resourceful, strong-willed archaeologist who attempts to excavate the remains of the site while under siege by smugglers and collectors. Archaeology buffs as well as adventure-novel listeners will delight in this true-crime thriller.

¿Por qué negamos el pasado andino de Lima? o ¿por qué seguimos creyendo que la bandera es producto del sueño de san Martin? son algunas preguntas que Fred Rohner responde en una serie de ensayos afilados y no carentes de humor.

Apartheid Tropical conta a história de como, após abolição da escravatura, o Estado brasileiro escondeu em sua leis mecanismos sofisticados de segregação racial com o objetivo de eliminar a população negra do país, se estruturando a partir de micro-histórias que ajudam a reconstruir uma história maior. Cada episódio tem um eixo-temático e pelo menos um personagem negro como fio condutar da narrativa que ajuda a explicar os mecanismos legais de segregação do Brasil. Essas são as “micro-histórias”.

When the cocaine kingpin Pablo Escobar escaped his lavish, custom built prison in Colombia, the fallout drove the nation to the brink of chaos. In Killing Pablo, acclaimed journalist Mark Bowden tells the story of the US military’s fifteen-month mission to find him. Drawing on unprecedented access to the soldiers, field agents, and officials involved in the chase, as well as hundreds of pages of top-secret documents and transcripts of Escobar’s intercepted phone conversations, Bowden creates a narrative that reads as if it were torn from the pages of a Tom Clancy thriller.

This audiobook History of the Guianas: A Fascinating Guide to French Guiana, Guyana, and Suriname will help you learn about the three small but beautiful South American countries you definitely want to know more about. Have you even heard about these three small countries? With a total population of a little more than 1.5 million people, French Guiana, Guyana, and Suriname are definitely not one of the biggest countries in the world or South America.

Having had unparalleled access to the Chilean mine disaster, award-winning journalist Jonathan Franklin takes readers to the heart of a remarkable story of human endurance, survival, and historic heroism. 33 Men is the groundbreaking, authoritative account of the Chilean mine disaster, one of the longest human entrapments in history.

Pablo Escobar was a mama’s boy who cherished his family and sang in the shower, yet he bombed a passenger plane and formed a death squad that used genital electrocution. Most Escobar biographies only provide a few pieces of the puzzle, but this action-packed 1000-page book reveals everything about the king of cocaine.