Books with title Latin America

The ninth edition of Colonial Latin America provides a concise study of the history of the Iberian colonies in the New World and their preconquest background to the wars of independence in the early nineteenth century. Colonial Latin America is indispensable for students who wish to gain a deeper understanding of the fascinating and often colorful history of the cultures, the people, and the struggles that have played a part in shaping Latin America.

Chapter 1: Latin America, Physical Geography - land, climate, natural resources. Chapter 2: Early Civilizations, European conquest, independence, issues today. Chapter 3: Cultures of Latin America, Central America, the Caribbean, South America. Chapter 4: Exploring Mexico and Central America. Chapter 5: Exploring the Caribbean. Chapter 6: Exploring South America.

When two young men begin a journey across Latin America on the back of a rundown motorcycle called The Mighty One, they have no idea how much the voyage will change their lives. Their interactions with the locals teach Che and Alberto that their continent is home to considerable suffering and poverty and a spark of rebellion is born in Che’s mind. While they assist patients in a leper colony in Peru, both men realize that if they allow the world to change them, they can, in turn, change the world.

For eighteen gritty years, a boy dodges the cracks in system in this “piercing, unforgettable novel” (Booklist) from E.R. Frank that Kirkus Reviews deemed “a work of sublime humanity.”America is mistaken for black, Asian, Native American, even white. He doesn’t seem to fit in anywhere, and, parentless, he is shunted for eighteen years from a foster home, to the street, and ultimately to the brink of despair. Can one doctor pull him back and bring America somewhere new—somewhere with a future? America was named a New York Times Notable Book of the Year and a YALSA Best Book for Young Adults and has received numerous other honors, and E.L. Frank’s extensive experience as a clinical social worker and therapist is why “the author’s ability to capture so much emotion in the details makes this book remarkable” (Publishers Weekly, starred review).

This new series teaches students about the most important geographic concepts and shows them how people are affected by and respond to economic, social, and political forces--at both the global and local scales. The authors are educators who have been trained to teach geography at the high school or college levels. This series meets national geography and social science standards.

Latin America (Regional Studies Series) Latin America is the vast area located south and southeast of the United States. it extends from the Northern border of Mexico, southward to the tip of South America, and includes the islands of the West Indies. Some of the Chapters in this book:- (1) The Land---what and where is Latin America? (2) The First Americans---The Great Migration, The Earliest Civilizations, The Maya (3) Colonization and independence---The Age of Exploration, The Conquistadors (4) People and Culture---Origins and Language, Daily Life, Urban and Rural Life (5) Mexico---The Land, People and Culture, The Economy (6) Caribbean America---Cuba, Puerto Rico, Jamaica (7) Central America---The Region, Costa Rica, Nicaragua, El Salvador (8) South America--Brazil, Colombia, Argentina (9) Latin America and the World and much more . . . . . .

"Where would you like to be five years from now?" Dr. B. asks."Nowhere," America answers.By age fifteen, America has already been nowhere. Been nobody. Separated from his foster mother, Mrs. Harper. A runaway living for weeks in a mall, then for months in Central Park. A patient at Applegate, the residential treatment facility north of New York City. And now at Ridgeway, a hospital.America is a boy, he thinks to himself, who gets lost easy and is not worth the trouble of finding.But Dr. B. takes the trouble. With abiding care, he nudges America's story from him. An against-the-odds story about America's shattered past with his mother and brothers. About Browning, a man in Mrs. Harper's house who saves America, then betrays him. About a bighearted, hardheaded girl named Liza, and Ty and Fish and Wick and Marshall and Ernie and Tom and Dr. B. himself who care more than America does about whether he lives or dies.