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The Galápagos archipelago is often viewed as a last foothold of pristine nature. For 60 years, conservationists have worked to restore this evolutionary Eden after centuries of exploitation at the hands of pirates, whalers, and island settlers. This book tells the story of the islands' namesakes - the giant tortoises - as coveted food sources, objects of natural history, and famous icons of conservation and tourism. By doing so, it brings into stark relief the paradoxical, and impossible, goal of conserving species by trying to restore a past state of prehistoric evolution.

Juan Manuel Santos shares the lessons he learned about war and peace and how to build a successful negotiation process in the context of a nation which had all but resigned itself to war and the complexities of 21st-century international law and diplomacy. While Santos is clear that there is no handbook for making peace, he offers conflict-tested guidance on the critical parameters, conditions, and principles as well as rich detail on the innovations that made it possible for his nation to find common ground and a just solution. 

Samuel Piracún es un abogado colombiano, descendiente de los indígenas muiscas. Él se ha propuesto mostrar a la luz pública la historia poco conocida del genocidio que se cometió contra los pueblos amerindios luego de la llegada de los españoles a estas tierras. Junto a su mejor amigo y un equipo extraordinario de profesionales trabaja para demandar a la corona española por crímenes de lesa humanidad y el aniquilamiento de 70 millones de personas durante su desbocada y ambiciosa carrera por hacerse de los tesoros americanos.

A Era da Informação, que mudou radicalmente nosso dia a dia, provocou também alterações enormes nas guerras, tanto nas declaradas quanto naquelas que se desenrolam nas cidades violentas. A comunicação se tornou rápida e eficiente, e se isso vale para as forças da lei vale também para os que vivem à margem da lei, criando, às vezes, um estado paralelo dentro do Estado. Claro que os militares precisam acompanhar a expansão tecnológica e o fluxo rápido de informações, para não ficarem atrás das organizações criminosas.

As guerras já não são mais as mesmas. Em vez da confrontação militar formal, o mundo vem assistindo a uma série de guerras "irregulares", como terrorismo, guerrilha, insurreição, movimentos de resistência e conflitos assimétricos em geral. Alessandro Visacro, profundo estudioso do assunto, nos oferece um amplo panorama dos movimentos que alimentam essas guerras: embasamento político, estratégia, táticas e resultados obtidos.

Cuando se cumplen 500 años del inicio de la aventura andina de Francisco de Pizarro, sin que se esperen grandes actos de conmemoración, aquellos hechos siguen rodeados de mitos y propaganda. El colapso del convulso mundo indígena, la hazaña de un puñado de españoles y las posteriores luchas entre conquistadores integran una de las mayores epopeyas de la humanidad que, sin embargo, la leyenda negra y el olvido han distorsionado.

A dramatic tale of explorers of the 1930s racing to find and harvest a poisonous Amazon vine, and how their work plundered local tribes and spurred the invention of new medicines. In the fall of 1938, a young, frail American explorer set off down a river in the western Amazon in search of curare...

At once an incredible adventure narrative and a penetrating biographical portrait, The River of Doubt is the true story of Theodore Roosevelt’s harrowing exploration of one of the most dangerous rivers on earth. The River of Doubt—it is a black, uncharted tributary of the Amazon that snakes...

The explosive memoir of legendary DEA agents and the subject of the hit Netflix series Narcos, Steve Murphy and Javier F. Peña In the decades they spent at the DEA, Javier Peña and Steve Murphy risked their lives hunting large and small drug traffickers. But their biggest challenge was the...

The internationally acclaimed last work by the legendary Latin American writer Master storyteller Eduardo Galeano was unique among his contemporaries (Gabriel Garcia Marquez and Mario Vargas Llosa among them) for his commitment to retelling our many histories, including the stories of those who...

In the deserts and highlands of Peru, ancient remains have raised questions that refuse to disappear. Elongated skulls unlike known human variation. Burial sites tied to persistent indigenous memory. Monumental landscapes aligned with the sky, appearing suddenly in the archaeological record. For over a century, these anomalies have been cataloged, classified, and explained—yet never fully resolved. The Silent Visitors is not a book that claims answers. It is a book that examines why certain questions remain unasked.

Argentina is a vast land that occupies a huge area of South America and boasts of jungles, plains, deserts, mountains, swamps, and a hundred other environments. While the land itself is impressive, the history of it is just as extraordinary. From pre-Columbian times to its discovery by European adventurers, it has had its share of highs and lows and continues to make its mark today.

The book explores the centrality of slavery to every aspect of life in nineteenth century Rio and its long legacy through to the current day, illuminating both the city's grinding inequality and violence, as well as its triumphant cultural expressions. Rio de Janeiro is a unique and fascinating city, and through ten pivotal moments, McCann reveals its boundless creativity and contradictions, and shows how it has been continually remade by newcomers, strivers, and tricksters.

Bloomsbury presents Lula!: The Man, The Myth and a Dream of Latin America by Richard Lapper read by David Thorpe Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva’s extraordinary career spans five decades. He has gone beyond ‘a Brazilian politician’ and become one of the most fascinating political operators of...

Este audiolivro conta a história da mais violenta e esquecida guerra urbana do país. Em São Paulo, 5 de julho de 1924, explodiu uma revolução. Oficiais do Exército, Marinha e Força Pública queriam implantar uma ditadura, fazer reformas e acabar com a corrupção. Era a segunda intentona dos tenentes rebeldes. Dois anos antes, no mesmo dia 5 de julho, rebelaram-se no Forte de Copacabana, mas o levante foi rapidamente sufocado.

Historia de la dominación española en el Uruguay, de Francisco Bauzá, es una crónica magistral que desentraña tres siglos de rivalidades coloniales en la Banda Oriental, desde el descubrimiento por Solís en 1516 hasta la independencia en 1810. Bauzá, con rigor histórico y narrativa vibrante, pinta un Uruguay primitivo, habitado por tribus nómadas como charrúas y guaraníes, transformado por la pugna entre España y Portugal por el control del Río de la Plata.

Se cumplen cuatro décadas de la peor tragedia con origen natural del siglo XX, no solo en Colombia sino en el mundo entero, y este audiolibro periodístico es un homenaje a las víctimas, un impresionante ejercicio de reconstrucción y memoria, y una impactante revelación.

La Sabaneta: Venezuela’s Infamous Hellhole exposes the brutal reality of one of the world’s most violent prisons. Ruled by gangs and neglected by the state, La Sabaneta became a lawless microcosm of corruption, cruelty, and survival. Through firsthand accounts and investigative reporting, this book reveals a system where inmates ran the prison, justice was forgotten, and death was routine. From the rise of the powerful pranes to the 2013 massacre that shocked the world, this is a haunting portrait of institutional collapse—and the human cost of it.

Die Maya schufen eine erstaunliche Gesellschaft voller Überraschungen, die uns rätseln lassen, wie diese Menschen entstanden sind und warum genau ihre Zivilisation unterging. Es gibt viele Theorien und archäologische Entdeckungen, die uns sowohl verwirren als auch inspirieren, aber eines bleibt: Ihre Geschichte ähnelt unserer jüngsten Vergangenheit viel mehr, als Sie sich jemals vorstellen können!

Perú es una tierra que, para muchos, parece lejana y distante. Incluso para quienes viven relativamente cerca geográficamente, Perú puede parecer fuera de su alcance. Después de todo, Perú está situado en lo alto de los Andes, en la costa occidental de Sudamérica. Los que se atreven a vivir a esta altitud han aprendido a vivir a su manera.