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  • The Enlightenment Collection

    The Enlightenment included a range of ideas centered on the sovereignty of reason and the evidence of the senses as the primary sources of knowledge and advanced ideals such as liberty, progress, toleration, fraternity, constitutional government and separation of church and state. In France, the central doctrines of the Enlightenment philosophers were individual liberty and religious tolerance, in ... Read more

    $0.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • An Indian Among los Indígenas

    A Native Travel Memoir

    by Ursula Pike ...
    A gripping, witty memoir about indigeneity, travel, and colonialism."Ursula Pike's memoir is unlike any other I've read, with her perceptive, always-seeking, and lovely narrative voice." —Susan Straight, author of Mecca"This book is alive with a spirit that welcomed mine to meet it." —Elissa Washuta, author of White MagicWhen she was twenty-five, Ursula Pike boarded a plane to Bolivia and began ... Read more

    $18.99 USD

  • Sunshine State

    Essays

    by Sarah Gerard ...
    Longlisted for the PEN/Diamonstein-Spielvogel Award for the Art of the Essay • F****inalist for the Southern Book PrizeA *New York Times*Critics’ Best Books of the Year • An NPR Best Book of the Year • A NYLON Best Nonfiction Book of the Year • A Buzzfeed Best Nonfiction Book of the Year • An Entrophy Magazine Best Non-Fiction Book of t... ... Read more

    $7.99 USD

  • Amazon Extreme

    Three Men, A Raft and the World's Most Dangerous River

    The true story of three enthusiastic (but inexperienced) adventurers who attempt to become the first team to raft the entire length of the Amazon River–all 4,007 miles--and (barely) live to tell about it.To a trio of twenty-something adrenaline junkies, it sounded like an irresistible challenge: tackle the Amazon with nothing more than a rubber raft between them and fate. But when Colin Angus, Ben ... Read more

    $6.99 USD

  • At the Tomb of the Inflatable Pig

    Travels Through Paraguay

    by John Gimlette ...
    Series series Vintage Departures
    A wildly humorous account of the author's travels across Paraguay–South America's darkly fabled, little-known “island surrounded by land.”Rarely visited by tourists and barely touched by global village sprawl, Paraguay remains a mystery to outsiders. Think of this small nation and your mind is likely to jump to Nazis, dictators, and soccer. Now, John Gimlette’s eye-opening book–equal parts ... Read more

    $8.99 USD $4.99 USD

  • On a Hoof and a Prayer

    by Polly Evans ...
    The stampeding true story of one woman’s journey from timorous equestrian novice to wildly whooping cowgirl—a madcap ride through Argentina that will fascinate horse lovers, travelers, and armchair adventurers alike.As a girl, Polly Evans dreamed about learning to ride—and in her mid-thirties the obsession returned. Determined to finally bite the bullet and saddle up, she set off for Argentina, ... Read more

    $6.99 USD

  • 跟著閒妻遊巴西

    by 謝如欣 ...
    Series series STYLE
    愛上巴西,就從這裡開始!巴西台北商務辦事處主任 Fábio G. Franco、駐聖保羅台北經濟文化辦事處處長 王啟文、城邦出版首席執行長 何飛鵬、台北藝術大學教授、專欄作家 邱坤良、暢銷書作家 戴晨志‧熱情推薦巴西玩很大!里約、聖保羅同場拚瘋玩上山下海,24小時絕無冷場時而誘人,時而惱人,但絕不讓人無動於衷;或森巴,或波薩諾瓦,即使不會跳舞也能跟著起舞。這,就是巴西!  說到巴西,你想到什麼?貧民窟、槍殺、搶劫……,還是足球、嘉年華、亞馬遜雨林?是的,這些巴西統統都有,但你知道聖保羅是媲美紐約的金融與時尚之都嗎?你知道城市的夜裡除了有喧囂的酒吧,林立的小劇場也熱鬧滾滾嗎?你知道城市版、鄉下版、郵輪版嘉年華各是怎麼一回事嗎?飛行三十多個小時才能抵達的地球彼端,這個以葡萄牙為基調,融合了日本、非洲、歐美風情的國家,擁有豐富的自然景觀與資源,演繹出多采多姿的創作與迷人的生活藝術 ... Read more

    $8.99 USD $7.99 USD

  • My Invented Country

    A Nostalgic Journey Through Chile

    A highly personal memoir of exile and homeland by bestselling author Isabel AllendeIn My Invented Country Isabel Allende evokes the magnificent landscapes of her country, a charming, idiosyncratic Chilean people with a violent history and indomitable spirit, and the politics, religion, myth and magic of her homeland that she carries with her even today.The book circles around two life-changing ... Read more

    $14.99 USD

  • 20,000 Miles South

    A Pan American Adventure

    Helen and Frank Schreider were true adventurers.Their dream was to drive the length of the Americas, from the town of Circle, Alaska (just outside the Arctic Circle), to the world’s southernmost town, Ushuaia, in Tierra del Fuego. Dinah, their German shepherd, went with them. They are the first people in history to have made this trip. They came back with a whale of a story.The seagoing and ... Read more

    $4.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • The Rio de Janeiro Reader

    History, Culture, Politics

    Series series The Latin America Readers
    Spanning a period of over 450 years, The Rio de Janeiro Reader traces the history, culture, and politics of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, through the voices, images, and experiences of those who have made the city's history. It outlines Rio's transformation from a hardscrabble colonial outpost and strategic port into an economic, cultural, and entertainment capital of the modern world. The volume ... Read more

    $32.99 USD

  • Lonely Planet Chile & Easter Island

    Series series Travel Guide
    Lonely Planet: The world's leading travel guide publisherLonely Planet's Chile & Easter Island is your passport to the most relevant, up-to-date advice on what to see and skip, and what hidden discoveries await you. Strap on your pack and hike through winding forests to behold the granite mountain spires of Las Torres; watch sunset turn the Valle de la Luna intense purple, gold, pink and yellow; ... Read more

    $19.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • DK Brazil

    by DK Travel ...
    Series series Travel Guide
    Energetic cities, lush rainforests and more diverse wildlife than anywhere else on Earth – this is Brazil.Whether you want to spot jaguars on the Paraguay river, tuck into regional dishes in São Paulo or party all day at Rio de Janeiro's Carnival your DK Eyewitness travel guide makes sure you experience all that Brazil has to offer. From the Amazon jungle to the immense Iguaçu Falls, South America ... Read more

    $11.99 USD

  • Lonely Planet Argentina 13

    by Lonely Planet ...
    Series series Travel Guide
    Lonely Planet's local travel experts reveal all you need to know to plan the trip of a lifetime to Argentina.Discover popular and off the beaten track experiences from marvelling at Iguazú Falls jaw-dropping waterfalls with rainbows, to watching whales leap out of the water on Playa Las Canteras, and dancing the tango at a traditional Buenos Aires milonga.Build a trip to remember with <str... ... Read more

    $20.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Santiago's Children

    What I Learned about Life at an Orphanage in Chile

    Runner-up, Bronze Medal, Independent Publishers Book Awards: Memoir/Autobiography Category, 2009Unclear about his future career path, Steve Reifenberg found himself in the early 1980s working at a small orphanage in a poor neighborhood in Santiago, Chile, where a determined single woman was trying to create a stable home for a dozen or so children who had been abandoned or abused. With little more ... Read more

    $17.99 USD

  • Running After Paradise

    Hope, Survival, and Activism in Brazil's Atlantic Forest

    Series series Critical Green Engagements: Investigating the Green Economy and its Alternatives
    Brazil’s Atlantic Forest is a paradise to many. In Southern Bahia, surfers, billionaires, travelers, and hippies mingle with environmentalists, family farmers, quilombolas (descendants of formerly enslaved people), and nativos, or “locals.” Each of these groups has connections to the unique environment, culture, and character of this region as their home, their source of a livelihood, or perhaps ... Read more

    $23.99 USD

  • A Land of Ghosts

    The Braided Lives of People and the Forest in Far Western Amazonia

    The biologist and award-winning author journeys deep inside the Amazon rainforest in this eloquent and insightful look at one of earth’s last wild places.For thirty years, biologist David G. Campbell has been exploring the lush wilderness, of the western Amazon, which contains more species than ever existed anywhere on our planet. In A Land of Ghosts, Campbell takes readers on his latest venture ... Read more

    $12.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Desert Memories

    Desert Memories

    by Ariel Dorfman ...
    Series series Directions
    The Norte Grande of Chile, the world's driest desert, had ''engendered contemporary Chile, everything that was good about it, everything that was dreadful,'' writes Ariel Dorfman in his brilliant exploration of one of the least known and most exotic corners of the globe. For 10,000 years the desert had been mined for silver, iron, and copper, but it was the 19th-century discovery of nitrate that ... Read more

    $10.99 USD

  • Betty Boo

    Translated by Miranda France ...
    A tightly plotted mystery novel set in contemporary Argentina and recently made into a film (“Betibu”, directed by Miguel Cohan) acclaimed at the 2014 London Film Festival.The author has won the Clarin Prize and is South America’s bestselling crime novelist (selling over 250,000 copies per title). She is translated in French, Italian and German.A novelist and ex-journalist investigates a series of ... Read more

    $11.99 USD

  • Puna de Atacama

    The Andes - A Guide for Climbers and Skiers

    by John Biggar ...
    'The Andes - A Guide for Climbers' is the only comprehensive guidebook about the peaks of the Andes.This is the 5th English edition of the only complete guidebook to the peaks of the Andes. It covers many areas not described in any other source. Previous editions have been translated into French, Spanish, Polish and Czech. The author, John Biggar, is a very experienced high-altitude mountaineer ... Read more

    $6.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Manhunt

    The 12-Day Chase for Lincoln's Killer

    Now an Apple TV+ Series“A terrific narrative of the hunt for Lincoln’s killers that will mesmerize the reader from start to finish.”—Doris Kearns GoodwinThe murder of Abraham Lincoln set off the greatest manhunt in American history--the pursuit and capture of John Wilkes Booth. From April 14 to April 26, 1865, the assassin led Union cavalry troops on a wild, 12-day chase from the streets of ... Read more

    $15.99 USD

  • The Day the World Came to Town

    9/11 in Gander, Newfoundland

    by Jim DeFede ...
    The True Story Behind the Events on 9/11 that Inspired Broadway’s Smash Hit Musical Come from Away, Featuring All New Material from the AuthorWhen 38 jetliners bound for the United States were forced to land at Gander International Airport in Canada by the closing of U.S. airspace on September 11, the population of this small town on Newfoundland Island swelled from 10,300 to nearly 17,000. The ... Read more

    $12.99 USD $10.99 USD

  • Turn Right at Machu Picchu

    Rediscovering the Lost City One Step at a Time

    by Mark Adams ...
    **THE NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLING TRAVEL MEMOIRWhat happens when an unadventurous adventure writer tries to re-create the original expedition to Machu Picchu?**In 1911, Hiram Bingham III climbed into the Andes Mountains of Peru and “discovered” Machu Picchu. While history has recast Bingham as a villain who stole both priceless artifacts and credit for finding the great archeological site, Mark ... Read more

    $12.99 USD $9.99 USD

  • Needle in a Haystack

    by Ernesto Mallo ...
    Translated by Jethro Soutar ...
    Series series An Inspector Lascano Mystery
    "This is not simply a triumph of style; it is both a reflection on a time of bloodshed and a raw vision of human misery."-Guillermo Saccomanno, winner of the Argentine National Literature Prize"This man knows. He knows about guns, knows about women, knows about dead bodies. . . . But above all he knows how to narrate."-Ana María Shua, author of El peso de la tentaciónSuperintendent Lascano is a ... Read more

    $9.99 USD

  • The Unconquered

    In Search of the Amazon's Last Uncontacted Tribes

    by Scott Wallace ...
    NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • The extraordinary true story of a journey into the deepest recesses of the Amazon to track one of the planet's last uncontacted indigenous tribes.Even today there remain tribes in the far reaches of the Amazon rainforest that have avoided contact with modern civilization. Deliberately hiding from the outside world, they are the last survivors of an ancient culture that ... Read more

    $14.99 USD $10.99 USD