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After spending years rejecting the system, her loose goal is to find her way to a simple lifestyle abroad where she can live indefinitely. When she buys a little piece of paradise with her husband-to-be in a sleepy Panamanian village, she is shocked to discover that “living the dream” is not at all what she had imagined it to be.

The astounding true story of a young woman’s courage and persistence despite threats, extortion and her own kidnapping, to save lives during Guatemala’s brutal civil war and postwar, to establish a thriving help organization fueling the rural Maya’s struggle for self-reliance. If you’ve ever despaired at the state of the world or doubted the power we each have to profoundly change lives for the better, you must listen to the story of how Leslie Baer Dinkel and a handful of like-minded friends changed the course of tens of thousands of lives in Guatemala.

This audio guide offers an introduction to the dialect of Spanish spoken in Panama. It includes an overview of the language and culture and lots of words and phrases that can be put to daily use. Topics covered include slang, money, transportation, cuisine, history, and other topics, as well as all the core vocabulary that you would expect from a language course. Learning is split across 10 sessions, including learning new vocabulary, pronunciation tips and tricks, cultural sections, and review of content already covered to help make it stick and build fluency.

This guide provides an overview of the the Guatemalan language and culture. The audio course covers key vocabulary for use in Guatemala including commonly used words and phrases such as greetings, questions, numbers, and colors as well as many other topics.

Costa Rica is renowned for its tropical beauty and for the warmth of its inhabitants—the "Ticos." With an infectious enthusiasm for life, the Ticos are a proud people who cherish their democracy in a region that has seen generations of political unrest. Culture Smart! Costa Rica explores the complexities of modern life in this lush coastal country. It introduces you to the key historical events that have shaped who the Ticos are today, and describes the values, attitudes, customs, and traditions that you are likely to encounter.

Ben and Helen Harrison set aside their comfortable life in San Francisco and headed to Costa Rica to build a 38-foot sailboat. They had never built a boat before...Then they had to get it down a mountainside to the water, and from there sail to Key West, where they now live. It was a dauntless task and a challenge that put their marriage, their sanity, and their very lives on the line. A real-life adventure that will make you feel like you’ve got a berth on La Dulce Mujer Pintada, the Sweet Painted Lady.

Are you excited about planning your next trip? Do you want an edible experience? Would you like some culinary guidance from a local? If you answered yes to any of these questions, then this Eat Like a Local book is for you. Culinary tourism is an important aspect of any travel experience. Food has the ability to tell you a story of a destination, its landscapes, and culture on a single plate.

Greater than a Tourist: Manaus Amazonas Brazil, by Jarvin Quijano, offers the inside scoop on Manaus. Most travel books tell you how to travel like a tourist. Although there is nothing wrong with that, as part of the Greater than a Tourist series, this book will give you travel tips from someone who has lived at your next travel destination.

Golf resorts - it's a niche for a group that knows what it wants. What they want is golf, so the Nicols have devoted minutes of attention to yardage and par, green fees, and special course features for hundreds of golf courses in Mexico. Included are Cancún, Yucatan, Baja Sur, Cabo San Lucas, and beyond. But there are other facets to consider as well, because the point here is to take a vacation, a golf vacation where you get to luxuriate in your scenic vistas, eat your sumptuous meals, and play your 18 holes, too.

He inspires awe with his colorful costumes and helps ordinary people find a Voice and without a doubt, CeeLo Green is a superhero of soul-and every superhero has an origin story. This story begins in The Dirty South, where South Atlanta's native son transformed himself into the Abominable...

Fifteen thousand years before Europeans stepped foot in the Americas, people had already spread from tip to tip and coast to coast. Like all humans, these Native Americans sought to understand their place in the universe, the nature of their relationship with the divine, and the origin of the world into which their ancestors had emerged. The answers lay in their sacred stories. This collection of those stories - from nations and cultures across two continents, what the Aztecs called the Sea-Ringed World, from the edge of Argentina all the way up to Alaska - is a treasure.

Quince mil años antes de que los Europeos pisarán las Américas, la gente ya se había propagado de punta a punta y de costa a costa. Como todos los humanos, estos Nativos Americanos buscaban comprender su lugar en el universo, la naturaleza de su relación con lo divino, y el origen del mundo en el que habían emergido sus antepasados.Las respuestas se encuentran en sus historias sagradas.

“A riveting tale told with care and expertise.” —David Simon, creator of The Wire The former federal prosecutor and founder of Justice Innovation Lab tells the story of his struggle to unravel the cover-up of a police shooting, and subsequent incineration of the shooting victim, in...

A dynamic collection of essays and reportage, The Green Season illustrates daily life in Costa Rica, a tiny Central American nation dedicated to peace and teeming with tropical life. With his trademark humor and observation, Robert Isenberg describes the people, culture, and biodiversity that make Costa Rica so unique, from a centuries-old indigenous ceremony to a remote jungle crisscrossed by crocodile-filled canals.

After exploring the Eastern Caribbean for several years on their 34-foot Creekmore, Connie McBride, her husband, and their 16-year-old son sailed away from their adopted home of St. Croix, west across the Caribbean to Bocas del Toro, Panama. What they found there will delight the reader as the archipelago comes alive in Eurisko Sails West: A Year in Panama. Howler monkeys, red frogs, and sloths in the jungle are accompanied by a symphony of parrots, oro pendula, toucans, and macaws.

The largest and most populous Central American country, Guatemala is a land of contrasts and contradictions. It offers great physical beauty alongside ancient Mayan ruins and a conglomeration of diverse peoples and cultures. It is also unique in Central America in that more than half its population is of Mayan Indian origin. Today the country reflects a combination of ancient Mayan heritage, Spanish colonialism, and modern Western influences, mainly from the United States.

Laura Pariani è andata per la prima volta a 15 anni in Argentina e in Patagonia, in un viaggio folgorante alla ricerca di un nonno che si era trasferito là. Su questo palinsesto i ritorni si sono accumulati come fonte inesauribile di scoperte di sé e della vita. Nella sua Patagonia il paesaggio del Fin del Mundo è segnato dalle ferite immedicabili dello sterminio indio. C'è uno spaesante contrasto tra la "discrezione dei manufatti umani", spesso definiti "arrugginiti", e la "densa vitalità" della natura.

Ruthie Mizrahi y su familia emigraron recientemente de la Cuba de Castro a la ciudad de Nueva York. Justo cuando finalmente comienza a ganar confianza en su dominio del inglés y disfruta de su reinado como la reina de la rayuela de su vecindario, un horrible accidente automovilístico la deja enyesada y la confina en su cama para una larga recuperación. A medida que el mundo de Ruthie se encoge debido a su incapacidad para moverse, su poder de observación y su corazón se hacen más grandes y llega a comprender cuán frágil es la vida, y cuán vulnerables somos como seres humanos.

Riesige Städte, gewaltige Pyramiden und die berühmten Goldschätze: Das Reich der Azteken gehörte zu den größten Zivilisationen der Weltgeschichte – voller Wunder und voller Grauen. Montezuma, der Gottkönig, herrschte über Millionen und opferte den Göttern das Blut seiner Gefangenen. Doch Montezuma wurde von düsteren Vorahnungen gepeinigt. Und als die fremden Heere aus dem fernen Spanien an der Küste Südamerikas landeten, auf der Jagd nach Gold und Macht, war es für Montezumas Reich der Anfang vom Ende.

The story of Argentine Malbec is an intriguing one. It is a tale with many twists and turns and fascinating characters over the centuries, from its ancient roots to its present-day stardom. In this book, you will travel back in time to learn where Malbec first started to grow and how this popular varietal wine has faced oblivion numerous times over its long history.