Chica da Silva: A Brazilian Slave of the Eighteenth Century (New Approaches to the Americas)
By: Júnia Ferreira Furtado
3.47
Format: 348 pages, Hardcover
Júnia Ferreira Furtado offers a fascinating study of the world of a freed woman of color in a small…
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1. Seven Myths of the Spanish Conquest
By: Matthew Restall
3.92
Format: 240 pages, Paperback
Here is an intriguing exploration of the ways in which the history of the Spanish Conquest has been… read more
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2. Recreating Africa: Culture, Kinship, and Religion in the African-Portuguese World, 1441-1770
By: James H. Sweet
4.20
Format: 228 pages, Paperback
Exploring the cultural lives of African slaves in the early colonial Portuguese world, with an emph… read more
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3. Quarto de Despejo: Diário de Uma Favelada
By: Carolina Maria de Jesus , None
4.47
Format: 199 pages, Paperback
O diário da catadora de papel Carolina Maria de Jesus deu origem à este livro, que relata o cotidia… read more
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"Why is it that the saints of June are honored with fire?"-Carolina Maria de Jesus, Quarto de Despejo: Diário de Uma Favelada
"A noite está tépida. O céu está salpicado de estrelas. Eu que sou exótica gostaria de recortar um pedaço do céu para fazer um vestido"-Carolina Maria de Jesus, Quarto de Despejo: Diário de Uma Favelada
"Eskiden unlu maddeler pahalı idi. Şimdi de pirinç ve fasulye onları gölgede bıraktı.Yeni zenginler gibi asillerin tarafına geçtiler. Demek siz de, fasulye ve pirinç, bizi terkettiniz?"-Carolina Maria de Jesus, Quarto de Despejo: Diário de Uma Favelada
"Skeçler yazıp sirk müdürüne götürdüm. Bana, "Ne yazık ki zencisiniz." diye cevap verdiler. Kıvırcık saçlarımla, esmer tenimi ne kadar sevdiğimi unutuyorlar halbuki. Hatta zencilerin saçlarını beyazla…"-Carolina Maria de Jesus, Quarto de Despejo: Diário de Uma Favelada
4. Between Two Fires
By: Christopher Buehlman
4.27
Format: 432 pages, Hardcover
The year is 1348. Thomas, a disgraced knight, has found a young girl alone in a dead Norman village… read more
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"The only thing I say to God is my daughter's names; and it is not a prayer, it's a rebuke."-Christopher Buehlman, Between Two Fires
"He was being kissed now by his own mouth, not as lovers kiss, with tongues, but as true lovers kiss, sharing breath."-Christopher Buehlman, Between Two Fires
"A dark-haired little boy just in pants stood bewildered near the blaze, saying, as if there had been some mistake, "We live here. We live here."-Christopher Buehlman, Between Two Fires
"But it will be harder for you if you remember. Love is always harder. Love means weathering blows for another’s sake and not counting them. Love is loss of self, loss of other, and faith in the death…"-Christopher Buehlman, Between Two Fires
5. The Other Slavery: The Uncovered Story of Indian Enslavement in America
By: Andrés Reséndez
4.25
Format: None pages, Hardcover
A landmark history -- the sweeping story of the enslavement of tens of thousands of Indians across … read more
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6. The Grapes of Wrath
By: John Steinbeck
4.07
Format: 112 pages, Hardcover
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7. Memórias Póstumas de Brás Cubas
By: Machado de Assis
4.25
Format: 176 pages, Paperback
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"Quem escapa do perigo vive a vida com outra intensidade."-Machado de Assis, Memórias Póstumas de Brás Cubas
"Em verdade vos digo que toda a sabedoria humana não vale um par de botas curtas."-Machado de Assis, Memórias Póstumas de Brás Cubas
"Diz que o homem tem “uma grande vantagem sobre o resto do universo: sabe que morre, ao passo que o universo ignora-o absolutamente"-Machado de Assis, Memórias Póstumas de Brás Cubas
"هر دوره زندگی چاپ جدیدی است که چاپ قبلی را تصحیح میکند و خودش هم در چاپ بعدی تصحیح میشود، تا برسد به چاپ متن نهایی که ناشر به کرم ها تقدیم میکندش."-Machado de Assis, Memórias Póstumas de Brás Cubas
8. The Conquest of New Spain
By: Bernal Díaz del Castillo , John Michael Cohen
3.67
Format: 542 pages,
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9. Tides of Revolution: Information, Insurgencies, and the Crisis of Colonial Rule in Venezuela (Diálogos Series)
By: Cristina Soriano
4.28
Format: 336 pages, Hardcover
Winner of the 2019 Bolton-Johnson Prize from the Conference on Latin American History This is a bo… read more
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10. Chica da Silva: A Brazilian Slave of the Eighteenth Century (New Approaches to the Americas)
By: Júnia Ferreira Furtado
3.47
Format: 348 pages, Hardcover
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11. Transatlantic Obligations: Creating the Bonds of Family in Conquest-Era Peru and Spain
By: Jane E. Mangan
4.23
Format: 264 pages, Hardcover
The sixteenth-century changes wrought by expansion of Spanish empire into Peru shaped the ways of b… read more
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