A New York Times Notable Book of the year.Acclaimed around the world and a national best-seller, this is the definitive work on Che Guevara, the dashing rebel whose epic dream was to end poverty and injustice in Latin America and the developing world through armed revolution.Jon Lee Anderson’s biography traces Che’s extraordinary life, from his comfortable Argentine upbringing to the battlefields of the Cuban revolution, from the h...

Brought to you by Penguin.He became a myth in his own lifetime and an international martyr-figure upon his death; he was a revolutionary fighter, a military strategist, a social philosopher, an economist, a medical doctor, and a friend and confidant of Fidel Castro. Che Guevara's dream was an epic one - to unite Latin America and the rest of the developing world through armed revolution, and to end once and for all the poverty, injustice and petty nationalisms that...

An in-depth look at Brazilian culture in the series that collects the best new writing, photography, art, and reportage from around the world.In the second half of the twentieth century Brazil made extraordinary contributions to music, sport, architecture. From bossa nova to acrobatic soccer to the daring architecture of Oscar Niemeyer and Lúcio Costa, the country seemed to embody a new, original vision of modernity, at once fluid, agile, and complex.Seen fro...

Jon Lee Anderson first reported from Afghanistan in the late 1980s, covering the US-backed mujahideen's insurrection against the Soviet-backed regime in Kabul. Within days of the 9/11 attacks, he was again on the ground as an early eyewitness to the new war launched by the US against the Taliban and their Al Qaeda allies. At the time, the American military had prevailed on the battlefield, and the newfound peace seemed to offer a precious space for Afghan society to restore itself and to f...

This audiobook is narrated by a digital voice.When it all comes tumbling down!It was all so sickeningly familiar. Arrive with superior technology, decimate the indigenous population with disease and murder, then build your new world on top of their old.Worldwide events spin out of control for Jenn, Rick, and a small group of survivors of an extinction-level pandemic. Caused by an alien species, they must survive a plague of zombies, the rise of homi...

Life sucked, and then the apocalypse.He knew he shouldn't get involved, but he always scratched an itch, and now he had pissed off bikers, Euro-trash drug smugglers, a goth zombie girl, and a homicidal psychopath, all trying to catch him. Oh yeah, don't forget the hurricane of the century and a zombie-making alien pandemic bearing down on them.

This audiobook is narrated by a digital voice.First Contact Gone Wrong!They arrive every 16 years. They examine, study, and catalog the human species and then murder and eviscerate anyone they encounter. Thaddeus Millan fought them off for years, and now it's Cal's turn. Unfortunately, a mutated virus drives them insane, causing order to collapse. Trapped on an isolated mountain with an inexperienced group, Cal must navigate crazed aliens, a hostile milit...

This audiobook is narrated by a digital voice.Life sucked, and then the apocalypse.He knew he shouldn't get involved, but he always scratched an itch, and now he had pissed off bikers, Euro-trash drug smugglers, a goth zombie girl, and a homicidal psychopath, all trying to catch him. Oh yeah, don't forget the hurricane of the century and a zombie-making alien pandemic bearing down on them.

Jon Lee Anderson first reported from Afghanistan in the late 1980s, covering the US-backed mujahideen's insurrection against the Soviet-backed regime in Kabul. Within days of the 9/11 attacks, he was again on the ground as an early eyewitness to the new war launched by the US against the Taliban and their Al Qaeda allies. Soon, the American military had prevailed on the battlefield, and the newfound peace seemed to offer a precious space for Afghan society to restore itself and to forge a ...

When it all comes tumbling down!It was all so sickeningly familiar. Arrive with superior technology, decimate the indigenous population with disease and murder, then build your new world on top of their old.Worldwide events spin out of control for Jenn and Rick and a small group of survivors of an extinction-level pandemic. Caused by an alien species, they must survive a plague of zombies, the rise of homicidal monarchs, and a cataclysmic hurricane. Then wh...

First Contact Gone Wrong!They arrive every 16 years. They examine, study, and catalog the human species and then murder and eviscerate anyone they encounter. Thaddeus Millan fought them off for years, and now it's Cal's turn. Unfortunately, a mutated virus drives them insane, causing order to collapse. Trapped on an isolated mountain with an inexperienced group, Cal must navigate crazed aliens, a hostile military, and his past to save as many as possible. Meanwhile...

The Classic of Modern War, now with a new introduction from the author‘There are few better guides to the new geopolitics and the incongruous, elusive, demanding realities on the ground’ Rory Stewart‘A resourceful, intrepid, piece of reportage . . . A book of unusual immediacy, one that has the unmistakable ring of authenticity’ Washington Post_______Passionate, idealistic, defiant, g...