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Cervantes
Há mais de 250 anos, pesquisadores do mundo todo tentam decifrar a existência do autor de D. Quixote. Jean Canavaggio não é apenas mais um deles. Seu Cervantes é reconhecidamente a mais importante biografia da atualidade sobre o gênio espanhol, recebeu o prêmio Goncourt em sua categoria e já foi traduzido para vários idiomas.
The Pride of Havana
From the first amateur leagues of the 1860s to the exploits of Livan and Orlando "El Duque" Hernandez, here is the definitive history of baseball in Cuba. Roberto Gonzalez Echevarria expertly traces the arc of the game, intertwining its heroes and their stories with the politics, music, dance, and literature of the Cuban people. What emerges is more than a story of balls and strikes, but a richly detailed history of Cuba told from the unique cultural perch of the baseball diamond. Filling a void created by Cuba's rejection of bullfighting and Spanish hegemony, baseball quickly became a crucial stitch in the complex social fabric of the island. By the early 1940s Cuba had become major conduit...
Herencia
A major anthology of Hispanic writing in the U.S., ranging from the early Spanish explorers to the present day.
The Wars Inside Chile's Barracks
A new perspective on Pinochet's repressive regime and its aftermath in Chile, looking at the ambiguous experiences and memories of army draftees who became both criminals and victims in an era of brutality.
The Conquest and Settlement of Venezuela
This classic in the literature of the European exploration and settlement of the New World has never until now been available in the English language. Its author, born in 1671, was descended from a noble Spanish family and was a learned and influential member of Caracas society. His Historia de la conquista y poblacion de la provincia de Venezuela is widely regarded as a literary masterpiece and a major historical work. It has been read and acclaimed throughout the world. Jeannette Varner's sensitive translation will be welcomed by English-speaking Latin Americanists everywhere. The work is an accurate and absorbing narration of the early history of Venezuela, from Christopher Columbus's arr...
