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“ina von binzer”

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  • The Joys and Disappointments of a German Governess in Imperial Brazil

    by Ina von Binzer ...
    Translated by Gabriel Trop ...
    This complex account by a German governess examines households, families, and slavery in Brazil, and bears witness to how “the world the slaveholders made” would soon collapse.Ina von Binzer’s letters, published in German in 1887 and translated into English for this book, offer a rare view of three very different elite family households during the twilight years of Brazil’s Second Empire. Her ... Read more

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  • This Gulf of Fire

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  • Brazil - An Interpretation

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  • The Interesting Tales of the Jose Rizal Family

    by Jensen DG. Mañebog ...
    One of the humble aims of this book is to introduce one interesting aspect in Rizal's life, that is, his so-called family life. In light of recent findings, this book discusses what happened to Rizal's parents, siblings, and some nephews and nieces after his martyrdom. Clarifying various historical controversies and discrepancies, it deals with issues like the 'secrets' of Rizal family (e.g. ... Read more

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  • The Sugar King of Havana

    The Rise and Fall of Julio Lobo, Cuba's Last Tycoon

    by John Paul Rathbone ...
    "Fascinating...A richly detailed portrait." -Michiko Kakutani, The New York TimesKnown in his day as the King of Sugar, Julio Lobo was the wealthiest man in prerevolutionary Cuba. He had a life fit for Hollywood: he barely survived both a gangland shooting and a firing squad, and courted movie stars such as Joan Fontaine and Bette Davis. Only when he declined Che Guevara's personal offer to become ... Read more

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  • Rio de Janeiro

    A City on Fire

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    Ruy Castro delves into the past and present of Rio, where even in periods of comparative calm there has always been a palpable excitement in the air - the feeling of a city on fire.In this spellbinding fifth entry in Bloomsbury's The Writer and the City series, Rio de Janeiro's vibrant history unfolds. While stiff-collared poets flirted with prim young ladies in coffeehouses during the belle ... Read more

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  • Faces and Masks

    by Eduardo Galeano ...
    Series Book 2 - Memory of Fire
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    Containing over one hundred selections—most of them published in English for the first time—The Colombia Reader presents a rich and multilayered account of this complex nation from the colonial era to the present. The collection includes journalistic reports, songs, artwork, poetry, oral histories, government documents, and scholarship to illustrate the changing ways Colombians from all walks of ... Read more

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  • José Clemente Orozco

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    The artistic eminence of José Clemente Orozco (1883–1949) is such that he has been called “the greatest painter the Americas have produced.” In his Autobiography he also attains literary distinction. He is a writer who recounts the history of his period from a personal point of view and yet scarcely mentions himself. He is an observer who writes about the history of his country and of his country ... Read more

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  • Jose Rizal: The First Filipino Phenom

    by Jensen DG. Mañebog ...
    It is the thesis of this book that if one want a good, if not necessarily perfect, embodiment of the term 'phenom' (and even 'prodigy'), then Jose Rizal is an ideal choice.This book follows the author's tradition of 'wackily' presenting history by incorporating new researches, clarifying some controversies and discrepancies, and including cool analyses, comments, and applications.Among other ... Read more

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