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1	The Path Between the Seas: The Creation of the Panama Canal 1870-1914 more books like this by David McCullough Popular historian David McCullough tells the story of the building of the Panama Canal, which connected the Atlantic and the Pacific Oceans. He relates the engineering, the politics, and the human drama. THE PATH BETWEEN THE SEAS won a National Book Award in history. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $8.39! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
2	Maya more books like this by Michael D Coe "A clear and intelligent description of the development and organization of Maya civilization". -- Natural History The Maya has long been established as the best and most readable introduction to the New World's greatest ancient civilization. In these pages Michael D. Coe distills a lifetime'sscholarship for the general reader and student. Now, ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $7.99! \| first editions \| SVS
3	A Forest of Kings: The Untold Story of the Ancient Maya more books like this by Linda Schele, David Freidel For centuries, the true history of the Maya--one of the most mysterious cultures of the ancient world--has eluded archeologists. Now, thanks to a recent breakthrough in the decoding of Maya hieroglyphics, A Forest of Kings is able to provide the first full history of this ancient culture. 16 pages of color photos; 20 B&W photos; 250 illustrations; ... see all copies from $2.95! new only from $13.12! \| first editions \| SVS
4	The Country Under My Skin: A Memoir of Love and War more books like this by Gioconda Belli Gioconda Belli grew up in Managua, had a privileged childhood, married young, became a poet, and was in Nicaragua during the revolution as a Sandinista, after which she lived abroad in exile until the establishment of the Sandinista government, in which she held a prominent post. Looking back on her life. Belli sums up the effects on her personal ... see all copies from $5.87! new only from $8.95! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
5	The Mayan Prophecies: Unlocking the Secrets of a Lost Civilization more books like this by Adrian Gilbert, Maurice Cotterell The present world will end on December 22, 2012. So prophesied the Maya fifteen hundred years ago. These mysterious people and the inscriptions they left behind on their ruined temples have baffled scholars for centuries. Now, using their knowledge of sunspot cycles, the authors have decoded these ancient prophecies to provide a prophetic vision ... see all copies from $2.95! new only from $84.38! \| signed copies \| first editions
6	The Massacre at El Mozote more books like this by Mark Danner, Rk Danner see all copies from $5.25! new only from $9.37! \| first editions \| SVS
7	Salvador more books like this by Joan Didion Joan Didion spent two weeks in El Salvador in 1982, and used her observations and interviews as the basis for this bleak, vivid, and macabre portrait of the country in the grip of civil war. As she describes what it's like there for the average person who is simply struggling to live a normal life in the midst of chaos, Didion captures the mood of ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $3.75! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
8	Fire from the Mountain more books like this by Omar Cabezas see all copies from $1.99! new only from $85.98! \| signed copies \| first editions
9	The Darkest Jungle: The True Story of the Darien Expedition and America's Ill-Fated Race to Connect the Seas more books like this by Todd Balf Based on the vividly detailed log entries of the U.S. Darien Exploring Expedition, this is a rich, utterly compelling historical narrative that will thrill readers who enjoyed "Isaac's Storm," the accounts of the Shackleton expedition, and all similar sagas of adventure at the limits of endurance. see all copies from $9.00! new only from $38.00! \| first editions
10	Getting to Know the General: The Story of an Involvement more books like this by Graham Greene see all copies from $4.00! new only from $25.99! \| first editions
11	The World of the Ancient Maya more books like this by John S. Henderson Since it was first published in 1981, The World of the Ancient Maya has established itself as an extraordinarily accomplished -- comprehensive, elegantly written, and concise -- introduction to the rich Maya culture. In this edition, John S. Henderson has thoroughly revised the text and added a wealth of new photographs and drawings. Henderson ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $11.49! \| first editions \| SVS
12	Silence on the Mountain: Stories of Terror, Betrayal, and Forgetting in Guatemala more books like this by Daniel Wilkinson Written by a young human rights worker, "Silence on the Mountain" is a virtuoso work of reporting and a masterfully plotted narrative tracing the history of Guatemala's 36-year internal war, a conflict that claimed the lives of more than 200,000 people. see all copies from $5.00! new only from $21.29! \| first editions \| SVS
13 view cover	The Supergods more books like this by Maurice Cotterell The ancient Mayan people predicted that the world will end in 2012 and believed that we are living in the fifth, and final, age of the Sun. These mysterious beliefs are now being backed up by modern scientific findings. But where did this "super-knowledge" come from? Cotterell has journeyed to Palenque, to the tomb of the Mayan priest-king Lord ... see all copies from $3.75! signed copies \| first editions
14 view cover	Cuando Era Puertorriquena: When I Was Puerto Rican more books like this by Esmeralda Santiago Magic, sexual tension, high comedy, and intense drama move through an enchanted yet harsh autobiography, in the story of a young girl who leaves rural Puerto Rico for New York's tenements and a chance for success. see all copies from $5.74! new only from $8.91! \| SVS
15 view cover	Cocaine Politics: Drugs, Armies, and the CIA in Central America more books like this by Peter Dale Scott, Jonathan Marshall "This important, explosive report forcefully argues that the 'war on drugs' is largely a sham, as the U.S. government is one of the world's largest drug pushers. . . . (authors) Scott and Marshall call for immediate political action to end Washington's complicity. Their heavily documented book deserves a wide audience".--PUBLISHERS WEEKLY. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $14.42! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
16 view cover	The Ancient Maya more books like this by Robert J Sharer This book traces the evolution of Maya civilization through the Pre-Columbian era, a span of some 2,500 years from the origins of complex society within Mesoamerica to the end of the Pre-Columbian world with the Spanish Conquest in the sixteenth century. The sixth edition presents new archaeological evidence and historical studies and offers the ... see all copies from $9.90! new only from $28.96! \| SVS
17 view cover	Bitter Fruit: The Story of the American Coup in Guatemala more books like this by Stephen Schlesinger, Stephen Kinzer Bitter Fruit recounts in telling detail the CIA operation to overthrow the democratically elected government of Jacobo Arbenz of Guatemala in 1954. The 1982 book has become a classic, a textbook case study of Cold War meddling that succeeded only to condemn Guatemala to decades of military dictatorship. The authors make extensive use of U.S. ... see all copies from $5.85! new only from $18.11! \| SVS
18 view cover	Unfinished Conquest: The Guatemalan Tragedy more books like this by Victor Perera, Daniel Chauche (Photographer) Spanning thirty years of civil war in Guatemala, Unfinished Conquest portrays an embattled country and traces the subjugation of the Maya population from the Conquest to the present. Victor Perera weaves personal narrative with reportage and oral testimony to reveal a society torn apart by violence, poverty, and injustice. see all copies from $9.89! new only from $27.00! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
19 view cover	Children of Cain: Violence and the Violent in Latin America more books like this by Tina Rosenberg Award-winning journalist Tina Rosenberg spent five years in Latin America--drinking coffee with hit men and sunbathing with death-squad financiers--to understand people for whom violence is a way of life. Her six vivid and haunting portraits illuminate the human face of violence, not only in Latin America, but all over the world. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $8.50! \| first editions \| SVS
20	The Epic of Latin America more books like this by John Armstrong Crow see all copies from $1.99! new only from $9.25! \| first editions
21	Witness to War more books like this by Charles Clements see all copies from $1.99! new only from $85.98! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
22 view cover	The Blindfold's Eyes: My Journey from Torture to Truth more books like this by Dianna Ortiz, Sister, Patricia Davis Sister Dianna Ortiz, an American Ursuline nun working in Guatemala, was abducted and tortured by government security forces. She escaped and lived to tell of her ordeal, and her subsequent quest for truth and healing, in this memoir. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $7.95! \| signed copies \| first editions
23 view cover	The Art of Political Murder: Who Killed the Bishop? more books like this by Francisco Goldman Bishop Juan Gerardi, Guatemala's leading human rights activist, was bludgeoned to death in his garage on a Sunday night in 1998, two days after the presentation of a groundbreaking church-sponsored report implicating the military in the murders and disappearances of some two hundred thousand civilians. Realizing that it could not rely on police ... see all copies from $7.21! new only from $9.49! \| first editions \| SVS
24 view cover	Scribes, Warriors and Kings: The City of Copan and the Ancient Maya more books like this by William L Fash, Jr. Copán in modern Honduras was one of the great cities of the Classic Maya. Abandoned to the rain forest for nearly a thousand years, it was rediscovered in the early 1800s. Now, two centuries later, an international team of scholars is solving the puzzle of Copán and the ancient Maya. William Fash, himself one of the key contributors to ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $15.00! \| first editions \| SVS
25 view cover	Bitter Fruit more books like this by Stephen Kinzer, Stephen E Schlesinger see all copies from $1.99! new only from $9.99!

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