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Deep in the swampy heart of ancient Mexico, the Olmecs built a grand and influential civilization between 1800 and 400 BCE. The archaeological remains raise more questions than answers about the origins and legacy of this captivating Mesoamerican culture. How did the Olmecs carve and carry their famous colossal heads? Why did they live in flood-prone wetlands when better agricultural land was available? What are the secrets of their written language, and how can we unlock them?

With gripping detail and firsthand accounts that sound like a novel, renowned author Warren Carroll unveils the events that led up to the divine intervention in which Our Lady of Guadalupe was sent to an Aztec, known now as St. Juan Diego. Here is the untold story of the faith and valor of the Spanish as they encounter an early Aztec culture marked by an immorality and an idolatry of epic proportions, along with the hardships they endured in the face of unspeakable cruelty.

In 1541, the brutal conquistador Gonzalo Pizarro and his well-born lieutenant Francisco Orellana set off from Quito in search of La Canela, South America's rumored Land of Cinnamon, and the fabled El Dorado, "the golden man". Driving an enormous retinue of mercenaries, enslaved natives, horses, hunting dogs, and other animals across the Andes, they watched their proud expedition begin to disintegrate even before they descended into the nightmarish jungle, following the course of a powerful river.

In 1532, the 54-year-old Spanish conquistador Francisco Pizarro led a force of 167 men, including his four brothers, to the shores of Peru. Unbeknownst to the Spaniards, the Inca rulers of Peru had just fought a bloody civil war in which the emperor Atahualpa had defeated his brother, Huascar. Pizarro and his men soon clashed with Atahualpa and a huge force of Inca warriors at the Battle of Cajamarca.

For the first time, in Fifth Sun, the history of the Aztecs is offered in all its complexity based solely on the texts written by the indigenous people themselves. Camilla Townsend presents an accessible and humanized depiction of these native Mexicans, rather than seeing them as the exotic, bloody figures of European stereotypes.

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.

A Flower Traveled in My Blood is the rarest of nonfiction that reads like a novel and puts your heart in your throat. It is the product of years of extensive archival research and meticulous, original reporting. It marks the arrival of a blazing new talent in narrative journalism. In this audiobook, a regime tries to terrorize a country, but love prevails. The grandmothers’ stunning stories reveal new truths about memory, identity, and family.

The Outward Path refers to the central insight that our true desire as human beings is not really for "happiness," a fleeting mood. What we really want is a rich and worthwhile life, which we can only achieve by pursuing an outward path of engagement with other people.

Despite what Scarface might lead one to believe, violence was not the dominant characteristic of the cocaine business. It was corruption: the dirty cops, agents, lawyers, judges, and politicians who made the drug world go round. And no one managed that carousel of dangerous players better than Willy Falcon.

The city of Salinas, California, is the birthplace of John Steinbeck and the setting for his epic masterpiece East of Eden, but it is also the home of Nuestra Familia, one of the most violent gangs in the United States. Born in the prisons of California in the late 1960s, Nuestra Familia expanded to control drug trafficking and extortion operations throughout the northern half of the state and left a trail of bodies in its wake.

From the Pulitzer Prize-winning historian, the first comprehensive history of the Western Hemisphere, a sweeping five-century narrative of North and South America that redefines our understanding of both.

The most highly regarded and affordable history of Latin America for our times. Born in Blood and Fire, Fourth Edition has been extensively revised to heighten emphasis on current cultural analyses of Latin American society and facilitate meaningful connections between the Encounter and the present.

Sin lugar a duda, Moctezuma es de enorme importancia, no sólo para los mexicanos, sino para el mundo entero. Se trata de un personaje mencionado en los libros, artículos, libros, documentales, cursos y del cual prácticamente todas las personas han oído hablar. Por eso es importante, en medio de tan abundante información, la edición de esta obra, porque hace un acercamiento cuidadoso a su vida. Se detiene en su nombre, y lo reivindica: Motecuhzoma Xocoyotzin, muchas veces mal interpretado. Luego se acerca a su vida.

Nearly all of the Civil War's greatest soldiers - Grant, Lee, Sherman, Davis, and Jackson - were forged in the heat of the Mexican War. This is their story. At this fascinating juncture of American history, a group of young men came together to fight as friends - only, years later, to fight again as enemies.

Un tesoro marcado con sangre. Un amor unido por el tiempo y los secretos. Una historia quebrada por una tierra que se muestra implacable. Sinopsis Jael Schülz, una joven alemana, escapa de su país luego de finalizada la Segunda Guerra Mundial. Ella, junto a su familia, emprende un viaje al fin del mundo donde se labra un futuro, buscando unir ambas culturas. En su intento de surgir, conoce a Román Morales, un joven profesor que compartirá su particular visión del mundo y le enseñará, que en el lugar menos esperado el amor se abre paso. En esta historia, el amor, las casualidades, los...

The Path Between the Seas tells the story of the men and women who fought against all odds to fulfill the 400-year-old dream of constructing an aquatic passageway between the Atlantic and Pacific oceans. It is a story of astonishing engineering feats, tremendous medical accomplishments, political power plays, heroic successes, and tragic failures. McCullough expertly weaves the many strands of this momentous event into a captivating tale.

Presidentes Argentinos Volumen I: Una Mirada Íntima a los Líderes del País (1826-1880) "Presidentes Argentinos Volumen I: Una Mirada Íntima a los Líderes del País (1826-1880)" es una fascinante exploración de los líderes que forjaron el destino de Argentina en el siglo XIX. Este libro no solo recorre los acontecimientos políticos y las decisiones trascendentales, sino que también revela las vidas personales, las pasiones, los conflictos y los triunfos de los presidentes argentinos. Desde Bernardino Rivadavia hasta Nicolás Avellaneda, cada presidente es presentado con detalle, ...

Presidentes Argentinos Volumen II: Una Mirada Intima a los Líderes del País (1880-1904) El Volumen II de "Presidentes Argentinos" ofrece un fascinante recorrido por la vida y los tiempos de los presidentes que guiaron a Argentina durante la crucial Generación del 80. Desde Julio Argentino Roca hasta José Evaristo Uriburu, cada líder es presentado con detalle, explorando no solo sus logros políticos, sino también sus vidas personales, motivaciones y desafíos internos. A través de una exhaustiva investigación y el uso de fuentes primarias, este libro humaniza a estos líderes, ...

Presidentes Argentinos: Una Mirada Íntima a los Líderes del País (1944–1970) es un viaje revelador a través de uno de los períodos más convulsionados de la historia argentina. Desde los últimos años de la Década Infame hasta el auge y caída de Perón, pasando por dictaduras militares, gobiernos provisorios y breves ensayos democráticos, este libro ofrece un retrato profundo y humano de los hombres que ocuparon la Casa Rosada entre 1944 y 1970. Más allá de los hechos históricos, esta obra busca entender a los presidentes como personas: sus miedos, sus decisiones, sus ...

¿Cuál es el origen del Jiu-Jitsu Brasileño? ¿Es simplemente un derivado (un descendiente rebelde) del Judo? ¿Cuál era la naturaleza y el contenido del arte que Mitsuyo Maeda, también conocido como “Conde Koma”, y otros japoneses enseñaban en el Amazonas? ¿Era Judo? ¿Era Jiu-Jitsu? ¿Su propio estilo personal, que había probado en la lucha, construido sobre la base del Judo y enriquecido por sus docenas y docenas de combates en todo el mundo? ¿Cuál fue el puente entre el arte que aprendió en el Kodokan y el estilo brasileño que lo considera su padrino: un estilo que ahora ...