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NEW ~ Hardcover edition. Edicion bilingue: espanol - aymara. Bilingual edition: Spanish - Aymara. Traduccion Felino Garcias. Edition of 1000 / 1000 ejemplares. 28 pp.

NEW ~ With CD. Music composed by Juan Manuel Torreblanca. ALSO ISBN: 9786078461006. Prologo Mardonio Carballo. Coleccion Yolkakilizlli. Poetry by Rubi Huerta. Bilingue: purepecha - castellano.

NEW ~ 134 pp. Critical Reflections on Latin America Series. Edited by Richard Graham. Essays: "Dom Casmurro: Realism and Intentionalism Revisited," John Gledson; "Dom Casmurro: Simulacrus and Allegory," Joao Adolfo Hansen; "Dependents Play Chess: Political Dialogues in Machado de Assis," Sidney Chalhoub; "Machado in English," Daphne Patai.

NEW ~ 134 pp. Critical Reflections on Latin America Series. Edited by Richard Graham. Essays about the work of this great nineteenth-century Brazilian fiction writer: "Dom Casmurro: Realism and Intentionalism Revisited," John Gledson; "Dom Casmurro: Simulacrus and Allegory," Joao Adolfo Hansen; "Dependents Play Chess: Political Dialogues in Machado de Assis," Sidney Chalhoub; "Machado in English," Daphne Patai.

NEW ~ 134 pp. Critical Reflections on Latin America Series. Edited by Richard Graham. Essays on the great nineteenth-century Brazilian fiction writer: "Dom Casmurro: Realism and Intentionalism Revisited," John Gledson; "Dom Casmurro: Simulacrus and Allegory," Joao Adolfo Hansen; "Dependents Play Chess: Political Dialogues in Machado de Assis," Sidney Chalhoub; "Machado in English," Daphne Patai.

NEW ~ Essays on the great nineteenth-century Brazilian author Machado de Assis: "Dom Casmurro: Realism and Intentionalism Revisited," John Gledson; "Dom Casmurro: Simulacrus and Allegory," Joao Adolfo Hansen; "Dependents Play Chess: Political Dialogues in Machado de Assis," Sidney Chalhoub; "Machado in English," Daphne Patai. Critical Reflections on Latin America Series edited by Richard Graham. In stock. Usually ships in three days.

A detailed history of the fascinating mid-nineteenth century Maya revolt, or Caste War (guerra de las castas), in Mexico's Yucatan Peninsula by anthropologist Don Dumond. Maps, notes, bibliography, index. In English. 2.5 lbs.

NEW ~ "Es una amplia y profunda investigacion sobre la cultura Macua, etnia a la cual pertenecieron los ultimos esclavos que entraron en Cuba a finales del Siglo pasado y de los cuales hay descendencias en Brasil, Ecuador y otros paises de este continente." History, religion, beliefs, and practices of the Macua ethnic group of Mozambique, who were among the final enslaved people to arrive in Cuba in the nineteenth century, by Cuban researcher, government functionary, and diplomat. Bibliography. Glossary. 277 pp. En espanol / Spanish. Minor shelf wear. In stock ~ usually ships in 1-3 business days.

NEW ~ 226 pp. Illus. Well documented with B&W photographs. An in-depth study of marimba music in the Mexican state of Chiapas based on 1985-86 fieldwork supported by a Fulbright grant. The author received his Ph.D. in Music Arts from the University of Michigan. Appendices. Bibliography. EN ESPANOL / IN SPANISH 10 oz.

NEW ~ 226 pp. Illus. Documented with B&W photographs. Serie: Nuestros Pueblos. In-depth study of the Chiapas marimba based on Fulbright-funded fieldwork in Mexico, 1985-86. The author, Laurence Kaptain, received his Ph.D. in Musical Arts from the University of Michigan. EN ESPANOL / IN SPANISH 10 oz.

NEW ~ Taylor's monumental study of the Catholic Church in eighteenth-century Mexico that highlights everyday relationships among priests and parishioners. Based on extensive archival research. Illustrations. Notes. Bibliography. Minor shelf wear: dust jacket spine faded, a few lower page corners bent. 868pp. In stock. Usually ships in three days. Weight may incur additional international shipping.

NEW ~ First published in 1969, this enduring Portuguese novel by Maria Velho da Costa (Lisboa, 1938) is written in short mini-"profiles" that sketch out a woman, silenced in a male world. Prefacio de Eduardo Lourenco. 240pp. Minor shelf wear. Priced accordingly. Em portugues / Portuguese. In stock. Usually ships in three days.

NEW ~ Anthropologist Dominique Tilkin Gallois' groundbreaking study of Indigenous Waiapi oral histories and the Portuguese colonial fort at Macapa, on the north side of the Amazon River in Brazil. Of interest to historians and anthropologists. 91pp. Maps. Photographs. Bibliography. Portuguese / Portugues. New copy in original plastic wrap. In stock. Usually ships in three days.

NEW ~ Historian John Tutino argues for the primacy of the Americas, especially the rich agricultural region of the Bajio, Mexico, in the flow of silver and the rise of global capitalism around 1800. Economic history returns. 698pp. Maps, charts, illustrations. Bibliography. In English. New book. In stock. Usually ships in three days.

NEW ~ Coleccion Tiempo Detenido. Con la colaboracion de Virginia Mellado. Bibliografia. Apendices. 177 pp. "...Como se describen el mal de ojo, enpacho, susto, caida de mollera y disenteria en algunas comunidades nahuas, mixes y totonacas? En este libro se explican estas enfermidades que son percibidas y vividas como tales por various millones de mexicanos y latinoamericanos...."

NEW ~ 245 pp. Asturias' second to last novel about the Maya-Quiche prior to Spanish conquest. EN ESPANOL / IN SPANISH 10 oz. Subjects : LITERATURA LITERATURE TEATRO THEATER THEATRE HISTORY HISTORIA GUATEMALA LEYENDAS LEGENDS NOVEL NOVELA INDIGENA

NEW ~ Compilation of some sixty "cronicas" from the Riodoce weekly column "Malayerba" by Javier Valdez Cardenas, Sinaloa journalist and correspondent for La Jornada. Prologo de Carlos Monsivais, who called it a "gran cronica fragmentada" of the narco world. Serie: Contemporaneos. 240 pp. Front end paper bent. En espanol / Spanish.

NEW ~ Spanish-language version of Camila Townsend's revisionist study that reveals the complex character and role of Malintzin (Nahuatl), or Dona Marina, interpreter for Hernan Cortes during the conquest period in Mexico. Ethnohistorian and philologist Camilla Townsend has won numerous awards for her well-written works. 347pp. En espanol / Spanish. In original plastic wrap. In stock. Usually ships in three days.

NEW ~ Literary magazine published in Mexico City and New York. Texts in Spanish / English. Photographs. Vol. II, #1. 220 pp.

NEW ~ Twentieth edition of this classic novel by Portugal's Vergilio Ferreira (1916-1996) finished in 1953 at Evora. 217pp. Em portugues / Portuguese. Shelf wear: front cover bent. Priced accordingly. In stock. Usually ships in three days.