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A new translation and introduction to an invaluable source of information on the last and largest empire to develop in the indigenous Americas.
The History of the Incas may be the best description of Inca life and mythology to survive Spanish colonization of Peru. Pedro Sarmiento de Gamboa, a well-educated sea captain and cosmographer of the viceroyalty, wrote the document in Cuzco, the capital of the Inca Empire, just forty years after the...
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All of human experience flows from bodies that feel, express emotion, and think about what such experiences mean. But is it possible for us, embodied as we are in a particular time and place, to know how people of long ago thought about the body and its experiences? In this groundbreaking book, three leading experts on the Classic Maya (ca. AD 250 to 850) marshal a vast array of evidence from Maya iconography and hieroglyphic writing, as well as archaeological...
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"The one and only book that treats the nineteenth-century Cuban figure José Martí as a human instead of an idol, an apostle, or an unblemished personality." -Tom Miller, author of Revenge of the Saguaro
José Martí (1853–1895) was the founding hero of Cuban independence. In all of modern Latin American history, arguably only the "Great Liberator" Simón Bolívar rivals Martí in stature and legacy. Today he is revered by both the Castro...
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Just about everyone loves Mexican food, but should you eat it if you want to manage your weight or diabetes? Absolutely! There are countless authentic Mexican dishes that are naturally healthy-moderate in calories, fat, and sugar-and completely delectable. “Naturally Healthy Mexican Cooking” presents some two hundred easy recipes with exceptional nutrition profiles.
Substitutions that alter the taste and pleasure of food have no place here. Instead,...
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An "engaging" study of Machu Picchu's transformation from ruin to World Heritage site, and the role a National Geographic photo feature played (Latin American Research Review).
When Hiram Bingham, a historian from Yale University, first saw Machu Picchu in 1911, it was a ruin obscured by overgrowth whose terraces were farmed by a few families. A century later, Machu Picchu is a UNESCO World Heritage site visited by more than a million tourists annually....