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Experience the fascinating history of Peru with this classic work by Miguel Cabello de Balboa. Learn about the ancient Incan empire, the Spanish conquest, and the cultural and political developments that shaped modern-day Peru. This book is a must-read for anyone interested in South American history.This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it.This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work.Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.

This book provides a firsthand account of Brazilian life and culture as experienced by a British naval officer in the 19th century. In particular, it explores the institution of slavery and the slave trade in Brazil and its impact on the country's economy and culture.This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it.This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work.Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.

A prolific poet as a child, Barbara Drake-Vera loved writing almost as much as she adored her father, a moody postal employee with an elaborate comb-over and a fondness for Mahler. But when her successes sparked his rage, Barbara silenced her voice for years, terrified even to see her name in print. By age forty-nine, she was a professional journalist living in Peru and collaborating with her husband, a Peruvian-born photographer, to report on melting glaciers in the Andes, far from the reach of her father. Melted Away recounts what happens after her father is diagnosed with advancing Alzheimer's and Barbara takes him into her home in Lima, beginning a process of self-discovery that uncovers a path toward personal and family healing. A diverse group of allies support her on this quest: a trio of caregiving women from the provinces, who serve as home-health aides; a mischievous, Cervantes-quoting, nonagenarian suitor; and a stubborn alpaca herder who lives beneath a long-worshipped, life-sustaining Andean glacier now melting from rapid climate change. Candid, poignant, and deeply researched, Melted Away is the true story of how a writer at midlife reclaims her agency, and an ardent plea to care for the planet by embracing collectivism and mutual aid.

Step into the enchanting world of H. W. Hudson's captivating memoir, "Far Away and Long Ago." In this beautifully written narrative, Hudson takes you on a timeless journey back to his childhood in the wilds of South America.Amidst the lush landscapes of Argentina's Pampas region, a young Hudson explores the wonders of nature, forming a deep connection with the animals and the indigenous people who inhabit this remote land. His vivid and poetic prose transports you to a bygone era, where every day is an adventure and every encounter with the natural world is a source of wonder.As you accompany Hudson on his explorations, you'll witness the unfolding of a unique coming-of-age story, where the author's keen observations and boundless curiosity shape his understanding of the world. From thrilling encounters with wildlife to the heartwarming bonds he forms with the local Gauchos, Hudson's narrative is a testament to the power of nature and the enduring spirit of childhood."Far Away and Long Ago" is a timeless classic that continues to captivate readers with its lyrical prose, vivid descriptions, and a profound love for the beauty and mysteries of the natural world. Join H. W. Hudson on this unforgettable journey into the heart of South America, where the past comes to life, and the spirit of adventure knows no bounds.

"As long as land is in sight, our eyes linger on the blue line of mountains, which speaks to us of the country which, in spite of the revolving screw, our hearts refuse to leave." "But let us say at once that in these countries where the blood is hot misconduct is rare. Men marry young, and the demands of a civilisation as yet untouched by decadence leaves little energy for pleasure that must be sought elsewhere than on the strait path. I will not say but what the great attraction of Paris for many South Americans is precisely the pleasure of the novelty it offers in this respect. It is sufficient for me to set down what came under my notice: happy homes and regular habits; a tranquil enjoyment of a life of virtue. The living-rooms are always grouped around a patio with its colonnade bright with trees and flowers, and here their occupants enjoy the utmost privacy with an absence of street noises." "A perfectly healthy city. No expense has been spared to satisfy the demands of a good system of municipal sanitation. Avenues planted with trees, gardens and parks laid out to ensure adequate reserves of fresh air, are available to all, and lawns exist for youthful sports. The zoölogical and botanical gardens are models of their kind. A fine racecourse, surrounded by the green belt of foliage of the Argentine Bois de Boulogne, is known as Palermo." "We are pleased to judge them more or less lightly. Let us not forget that we in our turn are judged by them. And while we waste our time quarrelling about individuals and names, they are directing a steady effort toward taking from each country of Europe what it has of the best, in order to build up over yonder on a solid base a new community which will some day be so much the more formidable that its own economic force will perhaps have as a counterbalance the complications of a European situation that is not tending toward solution."

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Καλώς ήλθατε στο βιβλίο μαγειρικής ΤΟ ΑΠΟΛΥΤΟ ΒΙΒΛΙΟ ΜΑΓΕΙΡΙΚΗΣ ΑΜΕΡΙΚΑΝΙΚΩΝ ΤΥΡΙΩΝ.Αν αγαπάτε το τυρί και όλα τα αμερικάνικα, τότε είστε έτοιμοι για μια απόλαυση. Σε αυτό το βιβλίο, θα εξερευνήσουμε τους πολλούς νόστιμους τρόπους με τους οποίους το αμερικάνικο τυρί μπορεί να χρησιμοποιηθεί στη μαγειρική και στο ψήσιμο σας, από κλασικά φαγητά άνεσης όπως μακαρόνια και τυριά και σάντουιτς με ψητό τυρί μέχρι πιο γκουρμέ δημιουργίες όπως σουφλέ τυριών και φοντί. Είτε είστε έμπειρος σεφ είτε αρχάριος στην κουζίνα, αυτό το βιβλίο έχει κάτι για όλους.Σε όλο αυτό το βιβλίο, θα βρείτε εύκολες συνταγές που θα σας βοηθήσουν να δημιουργήσετε εκπληκτικά πιάτα με αμερικάνικο τυρί. Θα σας παρέχουμε επίσης συμβουλές και κόλπα για την εργασία με τυρί, όπως πώς να το λιώσετε σωστά, ποιοι τύποι τυριών λειτουργούν καλύτερα για διαφορετικά πιάτα και πώς να αποθηκεύετε το τυρί για να το διατηρείτε φρέσκο. Μέχρι το τέλος αυτού του βιβλίου, θα γίνετε ειδικός στα τυριά και θα έχετε μια εντελώς νέα εκτίμηση για το αμερικανικό τυρί.Ετοιμαστείτε, λοιπόν, να βουτήξετε στον κόσμο του αμερικανικού τυριού και ας ξεκινήσουμε το μαγείρεμα!

Agustin Blazquez's THE KILLER FLIES OF LUXOR, a novel about an artist's escape from Cuba into a dream-world of art and movies, in the picaresque style of Don Quixote and magical realism of Alejo Carpentier combined with the cinematic surrealism of Luis Buñuel.

A reporter embarks on an investigation of a string of unconnected suicides—which then leads into an exploration of the phenomenon of suicide itself—in this elegant existential novel, the third and final volume of Antonio Di Benedetto’s Trilogy of Expectation.A reporter’s boss assigns him to cover three unconnected suicides. The news agency wants to syndicate the story to color magazines, “For the blood, so the red is visible.” All he’s given to go on are photos of the faces of the dead.As he starts to investigate, other suicides happen. An archivist colleague, a woman, supplies factoids from history, anthropology, biology, and philosophy: suicide by men, women, families, animals; thoughts on suicide from Diogenes, the Tosafists, Hume, Schopenhauer, Durkheim, Mead.A photographer assigned to work with him—also a woman—snaps pictures of the bodies and the family members of the dead, who speak of subterfuge, hypochondria, madness, a secret society, a body exhumed to be mutilated. During one of the interviews, in a widow’s tiny apartment, a huge dog hurls himself against a plate glass window again and again, lunging at the birds beyond.The Suicides is the third volume of Antonio Di Benedetto’s Trilogy of Expectation, called “one of the culminating moments of twentieth-century narrative fiction in Spanish” by Juan José Saer. Following Zama (set during the final decade of the 18th century) and The Silentiary (set during the 1950s), the trilogy’s final work takes place in a provincial city at the end of the 1960s, which is also when it was written and published, as Argentina plummeted towards the Dirty War. Its protagonist, once again, is a man in his early thirties, stymied and in search of an elsewhere.

"Three generations of fiercely strong and stubborn Mexican American women face grief head-on as they attempt to shed generational trauma and discover the true meaning of home in this lyrical novel that features magical realism in the tradition of The Inheritance of Orquâidea Divina and The House of the Spirits"--

"Ernesto Vega has lived many lives, from pig farmer to construction worker to famed luchador El Rey Coyote, yet he has always worn a mask. He was discovered by a local lucha libre trainer at a time when luchadores -- Mexican wrestlers donning flamboyant masks and capes -- were treated as daredevils or rock stars. Ernesto found fame, rapidly gaining name recognition across Mexico, but at great expense, nearly costing him his marriage to his wife Elena. Years later, in East Los Angeles, his son, Freddy Vega, is struggling to save his father's gym while Freddy's own son, Julian, is searching for professional and romantic fulfillment as a Mexican American gay man refusing to be defined by stereotypes. With alternating perspectives, Ernesto and Elena take you from the ranches of Michoacàn to the makeshift colonias of Mexico City. Freddy describes life in the suburban streets of 1980s Los Angeles and the community their family built, as Julian descends deep into our present-day culture of hook-up apps, lucha burlesque shows, and the dark underbelly of West Hollywood."--

Through vivid accounts, readers gain an insight into the complex dynamics that force religious activities into narrow state-defined confines. The book is a call to action, prompting reflection and inspiring action by the readers.

"There are many women like Belén whose names we don't know, but whose stories are just as important. An uplifting chronicle of one woman's fight for justice."--Kirkus Reviews (starred review)Foreword by Margaret AtwoodThe heartbreaking true story of an Argentinian woman imprisoned for having a miscarriage--an injustice that galvanized a feminist movement and became a global rallying cry in the fight for reproductive rights.In 2014, Belén, a twenty-five-year-old woman living in rural Argentina, went to the hospital for a stomachache--and soon found herself in prison. While at the hospital she had a miscarriage--without knowing she was pregnant. Because of the nation's repressive laws surrounding abortion and reproductive rights, the doctors were forced to report her to the authorities. Despite her protestations, Belén was convicted and sentenced to two years for homicide.Belén's imprisonment is a glaring example of how women's health care has become increasingly criminalized, putting the most vulnerable--BIPOC, rural, and low-income--women at greater risk of prosecution. Belén's cause became the centerpiece of a movement to achieve greater protections for all women. After two failed attempts to clear her name, Belén met feminist lawyer Soledad Deza, who quickly rallied Amnesty International and ignited an international feminist movement around #niunamas--not one more--symbolized by thousands of demonstrators around the globe donning white masks, the same kind of mask Belén wore when leaving prison. The #niunamas movement was instrumental in pressuring Argentine president Alberto Fernández to decriminalize abortion in 2021. In this gripping and personal account of the case and its impact on local law, Ana Correa, one of Argentina's leading journalists and activists, makes clear that what happened to Belén could happen to any woman--and that we all have the power to raise our collective voices and demand change.Translated by Julia Sanches

OF PISCO AND PERU is a 'Fear and Loathing in Lima' meets 'Heart of Darkness' gonzo travelogue.On the advice of his booze-addled life coach, ne'er-do-well Doug ghosts his job and heads to Peru, where he meets Auntie M, a singing tour guide who's everything he's not. As the odd couple traverse the beaches, Andes and byways, Doug's South American dream lurches into a New World nightmare, and that's when things take a turn towards the insane.

"The extraordinary rediscovered novel from the Nobel Prize-winning author of Love in the Time of Cholera and One Hundred Years of Solitude. Sitting alone beside the languorous blue waters of the lagoon, Ana Magdalena Bach contemplates the men at the hotel bar. She has been happily married for twenty-seven years and has no reason to escape the life she has made with her husband and children. And yet, every August, she travels by ferry here to the island where her mother is buried, and for one night takes a new lover. Across sultry Caribbean evenings full of salsa and boleros, lotharios and conmen, Ana journeys further each year into the hinterland of her desire and the fear hidden in her heart. Constantly surprising, joyously sensual, Until August is a profound meditation on freedom, regret, self-transformation, and the mysteries of love--an unexpected gift from one of the greatest writers the world has ever known."--

Examine the fascinating details of the daily lives of the ancient Aztecs through this innovative study of their social history, culture, and continuing influence, written from the perspective of the history of religions.Utilizing insights from the discipline known as the history of religions, as well as new discoveries in archaeology, pictorial manuscripts, and ritual practices, Daily Life of the Aztecs, Second Edition weaves together a narrative describing life from the bottom of the Aztec social pyramid to its top. This new and surprising interpretation of the Aztecs puts a human face on an ancient people who created beautiful art and architecture, wrote beautiful poetry, and loved their children profoundly, while also making war and human sacrifice fundamental parts of their world.The book describes the interaction between the material and the imaginative worlds of the Aztecs, offering insights into their communities, games, education, foodways, and arts, as well as the sacrificial rituals they performed. The authors also detail the evolution of the Aztec state and explores the continuity and changes in Aztec symbols, myths, and ritual practices into the present day.

"El Descubrimiento de las Islas Galápagos" es un fascinante relato que nos transporta a una época de valentía y exploración, donde el mar era un misterio por descubrir y la tierra prometía secretos inimaginables. En este apasionante libro, Fray Tomás de Berlanga nos narra su asombroso viaje accidental a un paraíso oculto en el vasto océano Pacífico.Imagina embarcarte en una travesía inesperada junto a este intrépido obispo, cuyas aventuras nos llevan más allá de las fronteras conocidas. A través de sus vividas palabras, nos sumergimos en la sorpresa y el asombro que experimentó al descubrir las Islas Galápagos, un archipiélago único en su género, donde la naturaleza deslumbra con su diversidad y singularidad.Las páginas de este libro nos invitan a contemplar la belleza de estas islas a través de los ojos de Fray Tomás de Berlanga, quien nos describe con admiración las criaturas y los paisajes que encontró. Es como abrir una ventana al pasado y presenciar el primer encuentro entre el ser humano y este paraíso natural, un encuentro que marcó un hito en la historia de la exploración."El Descubrimiento de las Islas Galápagos" nos recuerda que incluso los errores pueden llevarnos a descubrimientos sorprendentes y que la curiosidad y la valentía pueden abrir puertas a mundos desconocidos. Es una historia que sigue inspirándonos a explorar, a maravillarnos ante la grandeza de la naturaleza y a preservar estos tesoros naturales para las generaciones futuras.

Ecuador, a land of enchanting landscapes and vibrant culture, is a hidden gem nestled in the heart of South America. This diverse country offers visitors a mesmerizing blend of breathtaking natural wonders, rich history, and warm hospitality. From its awe-inspiring Andean peaks to its lush Amazon rainforests and pristine beaches, Ecuador truly has something for every traveler seeking an unforgettable adventure.

What do you call a woman who has lost her child? Piedad tells of her son's death as she candidly recounts the tragedy in an account that reveals the fragility behind each breath we take.

A new edition of Lisa St Aubin de Teráns first novel (first published 1982 by Jonathan Cape), winner of the Somerset Maugham Award (1983).

Agustin Blazquez's THE KILLER FLIES OF LUXOR, a novel about an artist's escape from Cuba into a dream-world of art and movies, illustrates Braque's insight that "Art is a wound turned into light."