The Amaryllis
The amaryllis is a tender, flowering bulb, originally from the Andes Mountains of Chile and Peru. The plant was named after a shepherdess in Greek mythology. The word actually means "sparkling" and refers to the attractive bloom. The amaryllis . [... more]
University of Saskatchewan |
Andean Tragedy: Fighting the War of the Pacific, 1879-1884
 DIVThe year 1879 marked the beginning of one of the longest, bloodiest conflicts of nineteenth-century Latin America. The War of the Pacific pitted Peru and Bolivia against Chile in a struggle initiated over a festering border dispute. The conflict saw [... more]
$60.95
A1 Books |
Across South America: An Account of a Journey from ...
1911. By Way of Potosi With notes on Brazil, Argentina, Bolivia, Chile, and Peru and 80 illustrations and maps. Contents: Pernambuco and Bahia; Rio, Santos, and Brazilian Trade; Buenos Aires; Argentine Independence and Spanish-American Solidarity; The [... more]
$26.15
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The Catholic Church And Democracy In Chile And Peru ...
The Latin American Church is extremely significant in global Catholicism, accounting for a substantial percentage of the World s total Catholic population. Demonstrating remarkable vitality, the Latin American Church has played a major role in local [... more]
$46.95
A1 Books |
The Catholic Church and Democracy in Chile and Peru
The Catholic Church and Democracy in Chile and Peru [... more]
$49.95
A1 Books |
Andean Tragedy
The year 1879 marked the beginning of one of the longest, bloodiest conflicts of nineteenth-century Latin America. The War of the Pacific pitted Peru and Bolivia against Chile in a struggle initiated over a festering border dispute. The conflict saw [... more]
$60.00
eBooks |
Soldier and the State in South America
After a long era of military rule, the South American nations have been working on the construction of a new democratic order. This book provides a long-term historical assessment of the main features of civil-military relations in this region, from [... more]
$90.00
eBooks |
Large Mines and the Community
For centuries, communities have been founded or shaped based upon their access to natural resources and today, in our globalizing world, major natural resource developments are spreading to more remote areas. Mining operations are a good example: they [... more]
$30.00
eBooks |
Chile and Peru are gatekeepers for Bolivia's export ...
Binding: Digital Format: HTML Number Of Pages: 3 Publication Date: 2001-08-30 Release Date: 2005-07-28 [... more]
$5.95
Amazon.com |
The Rough Guide to Argentina 2 (Rough Guide Travel Guides)
Best Argentina Country Guide: The Rough Guide to Argentina (2nd edition published in January of 2005) is the best guide available for the entire country. I phrased it this way because Time Out Buenos Aires (published July 2006) is by far and away the [... more]
$25.99
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Plunder Of The Sun (Hard Case Crime)
An underrated noir crime-fiction novel brought back from obscurity: I am not sure how one goes about the process of having a particular institution declared a national treasure, but I would love to get the ball rolling today for the Hard Case Crime [... more]
$6.99
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Admiral Hornblower in the West Indies (Hornblower Saga)
Five Desperate Adventures in the Twilight of Hornblower's Career: This, the last in C. S. Forester's Hornblower series, is very unlike the novels which proceeded it. This book is segmented into five stand-alone short stories, the first four of which [... more]
$13.99
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