Skip to main content

Shopping Cart

You're getting the VIP treatment!

Item(s) unavailable for purchase
Please review your cart. You can remove the unavailable item(s) now or we'll automatically remove it at Checkout.
itemsitem
itemsitem

Recommended For You

Loading...

Central America eBooks

If you like Central America eBooks, then you'll love these top picks.
Showing 1 - 24 of 904 Results
Skip side bar filters
  • "Greytown is no more!"

    The 1854 Razing of a Central American Port, the U.S. Businesses Behind Its Demise, and the Lasting Foreign Policy Legacy

    by Will Soper ...
    The Central American port of Greytown was destroyed by the U.S. Navy in 1854 to "avenge an insult to the American Minister to Nicaragua," according to official history. Two weeks later, the New York Tribune reported the intrigues that really doomed the port: Greytown had been a hindrance to the supremacy of a U.S.-owned steamboat company and to the colonization plans of American land speculators. ... Read more

    $24.99 USD

  • "Para que estén a punto con sus armas para lo que se ofreciere"

    Indios en la defensa del suroriente cubano, siglos XVI-XVIII

    Sobre la base de las perspectivas conceptuales y metodológicas aportadas por la historia social, en este libro presentamos una visión renovada del indígena cubano más allá del siglo XVI. Con el establecimiento y consolidación de los pueblos de indios entre los primeros siglos coloniales (siglos XVI y XVIII), como localidades anexas a las principales villas del oriente cubano de Santiago de Cuba y ... Read more

    $4.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • 10 Historical Events That Molded Latin America

    There are over 20 sovereign nations that compose Latin America. Over 603 million people live in this sub-region. While many languages are spoken, the predominant languages are the Romantic languages of Spanish, Portuguese and French. However, in this vast melting pot of culture, you may find people speaking any language from English and Dutch to Native American.Today, the region covers the land ... Read more

    $2.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • 12 claves para construir nuestra guatemalidad

    Más allá del Bicentenario

    A 200 años de la independencia de España, la mayor parte de los guatemaltecos todavía no tienen claros los elementos clave que constituyen la base de su guatemalidad, es decir, de su pertenencia a un país que, por coincidencias históricas y quizás también por azares del destino llegó a llamarse Guatemala. Existen múltiples causas que explican esta situación, pero sin duda la más importante es la ... Read more

    $19.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • 1492

    by Mary Johnson ...
    1492 is a Christopher Columbus biography in the form of a classic work of biographical fiction by Mary Johnson that tells the entire story of that fateful year and the voyage of the great Italian explorer, Christopher Columbus and his fleet across the ocean in search of India and the riches of the orient. Columbus never found those Eastern riches, but the New World was waiting unbeknownst to him ... Read more

    $1.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • 1519. Los europeos en Mesoamérica

    El arribo de los europeos a Mesoamérica en 1519 desató complejos procesos históricos que, debido a su importancia, han sido estudiados profunda y afanosamente por varias generaciones de historiadores. A lo largo de los diez capítulos que integran esta obra de divulgación se presentan los principales conocimientos y tendencias de interpretación establecidos durante las últimas décadas sobre las ... Read more

    $7.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • 1964

    O golpe que marcou a ferro uma geração

    1964 – 0 golpe que marcou a ferro uma geração constitui importante fonte documental para se conhecer um dos mais terríveis períodos da história do Brasil. Nem por isso é um livro sisudo. Tem momentos de humor e texto leve, que se lê com prazer, como convém a uma obra que se propõe a chegar aos jovens. Trata-se das memórias de um jovem que sonhava com um país melhor e mais justo. Seus ideais o ... Read more

    $6.99 USD

  • 2012 and the End of the World

    The Western Roots of the Maya Apocalypse

    Did the Maya really predict that the world would end in December of 2012? If not, how and why has 2012 millenarianism gained such popular appeal? In this deeply knowledgeable book, two leading historians of the Maya answer these questions in a succinct, readable, and accessible style. Matthew Restall and Amara Solari introduce, explain, and ultimately demystify the 2012 phenomenon. They begin by ... Read more

    $12.99 USD

  • 2nd Grade History: The Mayan Civilization

    Second Grade Books

    Series series Children's Ancient History Books
    Learning about the Mayan Civilization can become quite boring when you're just reading about it. There is little interaction with texts compared to seeing pictures. That is why this educational book has carefully selected images to complement textbook learning. If you're having trouble explaining what life was during the Mayan Civilization, then it's best you get a copy of this book today! ... Read more

    $4.99 USD

  • 365 Dias Que Mudaram A História Do Brasil

    Uma maneira interessante de aprender história Os 365 dias deste livro reúnem conhecimento e curiosidades imprescindíveis. Um acontecimento por dia, todos os dias do ano, sem exceção, que podem ser lidos aleatoriamente, sem ordem cronológica. Uma maneira atraente de aprender mais sobre a história do país em seus mais de 500 anos de existência. A seção "Você sabia?" enriquece e amplia, com notas ... Read more

    $7.99 USD

  • 43 Años de Dictadura Dinástica

    Desde el golpe de Estado de 1936 hasta su muerte en 1956, Anastasio Somoza García gobernó 20 años a Nicaragua y le impuso el sello de sus propias ambiciones. Ese período está dividido en dos etapas históricas de diez años cada uno. En este II tomo de 43 Años de Dictadura Dinástica, se condensan los acontecimientos acaecidos en esa segunda etapa de la dictadura somocista.Después del golpe de Estado ... Read more

    $2.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • 4th Grade History Book: Mayans and Incas of South America

    Fourth Grade Books Ancient Civilizations

    Series series Children's Ancient History Books
    The Mayans and Incas of South America were influential people in the region's culture and tradition. Learn about them through this attention-grabbing educational book. By using more pictures and only a few select texts, children are able to understand and absorb historical information better. This is a book your child needs to get better grades in history. Grab a copy today! ... Read more

    $4.99 USD

  • 4th Grade History: Ancient Civilizations

    Fourth Grade Books for Kids

    Series series Children's Ancient History Books
    Ancient civilizations is one 4th grade subject that can be quite difficult to understand just be reading texts. The good news is history picture books exist and they are a joy to study. Pictures provide visual representations of the past. They're easy to remember compared to blocks of text that may not be as descriptive as photos. Order your copy today! ... Read more

    $4.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • 59 curiosità sui conquistadores

    I capi delle spedizioni militari spagnole nel Nuovo Mondo si autodefinirono in un primo tempo "conquistadores", conquistatori, come a definire un preciso ruolo esercitato in nome del regno di Castiglia. La maggior parte dei conquistadores erano in realtà poveri, nobili (hidalgos) decaduti o cadetti dediti alle armi le cui prospettive in Spagna dopo il 1492, anno dell'unificazione del paese a ... Read more

    $1.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • 6th Grade History: First Civilizations

    Ancient Civilizations for Kids Sixth Grade Books

    Series series Children's Ancient History Books
    Going back to the past is both scary and exciting, with it being mysterious and all. But this picture book provides just the right sneak peek into forgotten times. Here, you get to see for yourself how ancient civilizations lived and how their lives are so tightly knitted with ours. This is an exciting book to keep, so make sure you get a copy now! ... Read more

    $3.99 USD

  • A Astronomia Indígena

    by Luiz Galdino ...
    Eram os índios astrônomos? Gravuras rupestres, pilares e itacoatiaras ajudam a recompor parte da história dos mais antigos habitantes do Brasil. Movidos pela curiosidade e pela necessidade, esses povos deixaram marcas visíveis de suas crenças em monumentos como a impressionante Itacoatiara do Ingá, na Paraíba. Estes monumentos assinalavam os pontos cardeais e apontavam para as posições do nascente ... Read more

    $8.99 USD

  • A batalha de Monte Caseros

    Trechos selecionados de Rio da Prata e Paraguai: Quadros Guerreiros

    Series series MiniPops
    Neste texto selecionado do livro "Rio da Prata e Paraguai: Quadros Guerreiros", o historiador Moreira de Azevedo retrata a vitória brasileira na batalha de Monte Caseros, destacando a abertura da navegação no rio da Prata e os ajustes fronteiriços entre o Brasil e os Estados do Prata. ... Read more

    $3.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • A batalha de Tuiuti

    Trechos selecionados de Rio da Prata e Paraguai: Quadros Guerreiros

    Series series MiniPops
    Dentre as batalhas da Guerra do Paraguai, a de Tuiuti é tida como a mais sangrenta. Nesse texto selecionado do livro "Rio da Prata e Paraguai: Quadros Guerreiros", do historiador Moreira de Azevedo, o leitor toma conhecimento desse acontecimento que movimentou mais 55 mil homens no sudoeste do Paraguai, na região de Tuiuti, notória pelo terreno pantanoso, de difícil locomoção. ... Read more

    $3.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • A batalha do Riachuelo

    Trechos selecionados de Rio da Prata e Paraguai: Quadros Guerreiros

    Series series MiniPops
    A batalha naval do Riachuelo está no foco deste texto selecionado do livro "Rio da Prata e Paraguai: Quadros Guerreiros", do historiador Moreira de Azevedo. Ele narra aqui o famoso combate de junho de 1865 junto arroio Riachuelo, afluente do rio Paraná, na Argentina, que foi um verdadeiro marco da vitória brasileira na Guerra do Paraguai. ... Read more

    $3.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • A Beauty that Hurts

    Life and Death in Guatemala

    When A Beauty That Hurts first appeared in 1995, Guatemala was one of the world’s most flagrant violators of human rights. An accord brokered by the United Nations brought a measure of peace after three decades of armed conflict, but the country’s troubles are far from over. George Lovell revisits Guatemala to grapple once again with the terror inflicted on its Maya peoples by a military-dominated ... Read more

    $20.99 USD

  • A Blessing and a Curse

    Oil, Politics, and Morality in Bolivarian Venezuela

    by Matt Wilde ...
    A Blessing and a Curse examines the lived experience of political change, moral uncertainty, and economic crisis amid Venezuela's controversial Bolivarian Revolution. Drawing on ethnographic research conducted in an urban barrio over the course of a decade, Matt Wilde argues that everyday life in this period was intimately shaped by a critical contradiction: that in their efforts to capture a ... Read more

    $26.99 USD

  • A Book of North Wales

    CONCERNING the purpose and scope of this little book I have but to repeat what I have said in the prefaces to my other works of the same nature—A Book of the West, A Book of Dartmoor, A Book of Brittany—that it is not intended as a Guide, but merely as an introduction to North Wales, for the use of intending visitors, that they may know something of the history of that delightful land they are ... Read more

    $2.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • A Brief History of Communism According to the CIA

    by anonymous ...
    Many formerly classified CIA documents show very that communism is radically humanistic. There is blatant acknowledgement of quite dramatic improvements to the quality of life and standard of living of the population. Rapid economic and wage growth, reduction in the cost of living and unemployment rates, dramatic improvements to the standards of health, education, social, political and economic ... Read more

    Free

  • A Camera in the Garden of Eden

    The Self-Forging of a Banana Republic

    by Kevin Coleman ...
    In the early twentieth century, the Boston-based United Fruit Company controlled the production, distribution, and marketing of bananas, the most widely consumed fresh fruit in North America. So great was the company’s power that it challenged the sovereignty of the Latin American and Caribbean countries in which it operated, giving rise to the notion of company-dominated “banana republics.”In A ... Read more

    $26.99 USD