Santiago de Chile: LOM Ediciones, (Colección Memorias), 2016. First Edition. Paperback. 162p., photos, wrps. "Reforma agraria y revuelta campesina: Seguido de un homenaje a los campesinos desaparecidos" is a historiography of Chile's Agrarian Reform Law, recognized as one of the most significant legal measures in the country's modern history. Published... More
México, D. F. Universidad Autónoma de Nayarit : Juan Pablos Editor, 2016. First Edition. Paperback. 178p., tables, graphics, bibl., wrps. "Para ayudar mi comunidad : adolescencia indígena y telesecundaria" is a study on telesecundaria, a system of distance education programs for secondary and high school students created by the government... More
Mexicali: Universidad Autónoma de Baja California, 2016. First Edition. Paperback. 386p., facsimiles, tables, bibl., wrps. "Gramáticas jesuíticas del Noroeste novohispano (siglos XVII-XVIII)" is an analysis on Jesuit grammatical studies and their translations of indigenous languages in the northwest of New Spain from two theoretical-methodological positions: linguistic historiography and discourse analysis... More
Managua: Fondo Editorial para Niños, 2009. First Edition. Paperback. 130p., color plates, illus., wrps. "Popol Vuh. Visiones y versión" is a mythical account of the death, life, time, destiny and universe of the Maya people. More
Venezuela: Editorial Nosotros Mismos, 2016. First Edition. Paperback. 177p., tables, graphics, bibl., wrps. "La mano visible del mercado" provides in-depth insight into the structural features of the Venezuelan economy. Author Pasqualina Curcio Curcio specifically presents statistical analysis on the nation's contemporary reality, and examines how imperialism has contributed to social... More
México, D.F: Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (Colección heterodoxos), 2016. First Edition. Paperback. 173p., wrps. "Crónicas súbitas" is a collection of unedited work by Mexican journalist and writer Marco Aurelio Carballo López, who passed away in 2015. These chronicles dissect political, cultural, and social aspects of Mexico throughout contemporary history... More
México, D.F. Ediciones Cal y Arena, 2016. First Edition. Paperback. 166p., wrps. "Desde la isla" is an anthology of short fiction by contemporary Cuban writers, providing a panoramic overview of the new Cuban narrative. Features works by Legna Rodríguez Iglesias, Susana Haug Morales, Yunier Riquenes García, Osdany Morales, Anisley Negrín... More
México, D.F: UNAM, 2015. 1st ed. Paperback. 180p., wrps. "Liber Scivias" is a collection of poetry by Claudia Posadas, centering around themes such as hate, fear, and abandonment, as well as light, music, hope and redemption. Posadas won the Jaime Sabines International Poetry Prize for this work in 2009. She... More
La Habana: Ruth Casa Editorial, Editorial de Ciencias Sociales, 2015. First Edition. Paperback. 259p., illus., tables, graphics, bibl., wrps. "Cuba: los correlatos socioculturales del cambio económico" is an analysis of social, cultural, economic, environmental, and ethical aspects of Cuba, linking social and economic policies as complimentary phenomenons. Features discussion on... More
San Luis Potosi: Universidad Autónoma de San Luis Potosí, 2016. First Edition. Paperback. 190p., maps, graphics, bibl., wrps. "Organización de la Unidad Africana - Unión Africana : 50 años después: seguridad, conflictos y liderazgos" is a critical study on the history of the Organiztion of African Unity and its replacement... More
México, D.F. Editorial Planeta Mexicana, 2015. First Edition. Paperback. 355p., maps, wrps. "Ayotzinapa. El rostro de los desaparacídos" is the complete and intimate testament of Tryno Maldonado on the events of the 2014 Iguala mass kidnapping in which 43 students from the Ayotzinapa Rural Teachers' College went missing in Iguala... More
Bogotá: Universidad de los Andes, Facultad de Derecho, Centro de Investigaciones Sociojurídicas; Ediciones Uniandes, 2011. First Edition. Paperback. 235p., maps, photos, tables, graphics, bibl., wrps. More
La Paz, Bolivia: Plural Editores, 2016. First Edition. Paperback. 82p., wrps. "Lino Martínez y la espalda de Dios" is a novel based on the unknown circumstances of Eastern Airlines Flight 980, which crashed on Mount Illimani on January 1st 1985, ending the lives of 19 passengers and 10 crew members... More
La Paz, Bolivia: Observatorio del racismo, Fundación de la Cordillera, Universidad de la Cordillera, 2016. 1st Edition. Paperback. 140p., maps, tables, bibl., wrps. "¿De 'salvajes' a indígenas?" explores the contradictions between colonialism and multiculturalism from the perspective of indigenous people, specifically the Yuracarés. Author Arian Laguna also analyzes the unique... More
Buenos Aires: Ediciones Corregidor, 2016. First Edition. Paperback. 336p., bibl., wrps. "Relatos de cautivos en las américas desde Canadá a la Patagonia. Siglos XVI al XX" is an approach to the history of capture of Whites, Mestizos, Mulatos, Creoles, and others by Aboriginal societies. Through their capture and captivitiy, the... More
México, D.F: Universidad Iberoamericana, 2016. First Edition. Paperback. 96p., photos, bibl., wrps. "El maíz se sienta para platicar" analyzes the cultural contact that occurred between the Nahuas and the Spaniards, based on the study of two objects: the tonalamatl (a pre-Hispanic Nahua codex) and the European book. The study traces... More
Monterrey, Mexico: Universidad Autónoma de Nuevo León, 2016. First Edition. Paperback. 437p., photos, illus., wrps. "Cuerpos sin duelo: Iconografías y teatralidades del dolor" is a study on the body, art, violence and mourning, examining the representations of the violated body within Mexican and Colombian contexts, with references to other Latin... More
México, D.F. Editorial Terracota, (Col. La Escritura Invisible ; 42), 2016. Second Edition. Paperback. 329p., notes. [Essays. By Mexican short story writer, novelist and screenwriter Serna, whose most recent novel, "La sangre erguida" (2010), was awarded the Premio de Narrativa Antonin Artaud. He has also received the Premio Bellas Artes... More
Bogotá: Universidad de los Andes, Facultad de Ciencias Sociales, Ediciones Uniandes: Universidad del Valle, 2014. First Edition. Paperback. 604p., tables, bibl., wrps. "Obra selecta: El narcotráfico en la sociedad colombiana volumen IV" commemorates the memory of Colombian sociologist Álvaro Camacho Guizado with a collection of critical, interdisciplinary studies on drug... More
Málaga: Centro Cultural Generación del 27, (Colección del 27 ; 25), 2015. First Edition. Paperback. 209p., bibl., wrps. "Conocimiento y humanismo en las narraciones de Pedro Salinas" is a critical essay on Pedro Salinas, an exiled Spanish poet and member of the generation of '27. Writer Natalia Vara Ferrero particularly... More
Bogotá: Universidad de Bogotá Jorge Tadeo Lozano. Departamento de Humanidades. Maestría en Semiótica, 2015. First Edition. Paperback. 264p., graphics, bibl., wrps. "Narratología cognitiva" is an analysis of Manuel Zapata Olivella's novel "En Chimá nace un santo", viewed through the lens of Barbara Dancygier's narrative theory. Written by Pedro Luis Serna... More
México, D.F: Siglo XXI Editores (Biblioteca Eduardo Galeano), 2016. First Edition. Paperback. 272p., photos, illus., bibl., wrps. "El cazador de historias" is a posthumous publication of short writings by Uruguayan journalist, writer and novelist Eduardo Galeano, most known for his works "Las venas abiertas de América Latina" (1971) and "Memoria... More
México, D.F: Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (Textos de Difusión Cultural Serie Diagonal), 2015. First Edition. Paperback. 251p., wrps. "Imperfecta semejanza" is a study and investigation on the translation of literature in México, using Emily Dickinson, Marian Moore, Elizabeth Bishop, Fanny Howe and Hilda Doolittle as case studies. Written by... More
Madrid: Tusquets Editores, (Colección Andanzas), 2016. First Edition. Paperback. 182p., wrps. "Furias divinas" is a novel about a diverse group of unemployed people who, with both frustration and humor, empower each other to fix their situation. Written by award-winning Spanish author Eduardo Mendicutti, who has published over fifteen works, including... More
Madrid: Alianza Editorial, 2016. First Edition. Paperback. 334p., bibl., wrps. "La vida de Lazarillo de Tormes, y de sus fortunas y adversidades" is a fully annotated version of the controversial Spanish novella "Lazarillo de Tormes", written by 16th century chancellor and humanist Alfonso de Valdés. Includes a detailed introduction by... More