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1	Dark Alliance: The CIA, the Contras, and the Crack Cocaine Explosion more books like this by Gary Webb Drawing on declassified CIA documents and extensive interviews with drug dealers and drug lords, Webb reports on the corruption and ultimate responsibility of the CIA for the drug trafficking that plagues the United States. see all copies from $14.95! new only from $15.92! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
2	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 $5.95! new only from $8.64! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
3	Lonely Planet Nicaragua & El Salvador more books like this by Paige Penland, Gary Chandler, Liza Prado Forged by the spirit of poetry and revolution, Nicaragua and El Salvador are Central America's hot up-and-comers, offering volcano treks, rip-roaring surf spots and tons of seldom-visited cultural and ecological treasures. Now, years after the guns were silenced, both countries are opening their doors to the world. And packed with expert advice, ... see all copies from $14.45! new only from $14.45! \| SVS
4	Tycoon's War: How Cornelius Vanderbilt Invaded a Country to Overthrow America's Most Famous Military Adventurer more books like this by Stephen Dando-Collins When he died in 1877, Cornelius Vanderbilt, founder of the Vanderbilt dynasty, was wealthier than the U.S. Treasury. But he had nearly lost his fortune in 1856, when William Walker, a young Nashville genius, set out to conquer Central America and, in the process, take away Vanderbilt's most profitable shipping business. To win back his empire, ... see all copies from $15.00! new only from $15.00! \| SVS
5	Out of Control: The Story of the Reagan Administration's Secret War in Nicaragua, the Illegal... more books like this by Leslie Cockburn In a compelling account that tracks the behind-the-scenes dealings of this wide-ranging cast of characters, Cockburn details how mercenaries were recruited and trained by the CIA; how money was obtained; and weapons were procured and sent to the contras. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $10.68! \| first editions \| SVS
6	The Jaguar Smile more books like this by Salman Rushdie Salman Rushdie's portrait of Nicaragua, written after his trip there in 1986, reveals the hidden heart of a tiny, beleaguered country. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $6.44! \| signed copies \| first editions
7	The Jaguar Smile: A Nicaraguan Journey more books like this by Salman Rushdie In this brilliantly focussed and haunting portrait of the people, the politics, the land, and the poetry of Nicaragua, Salman Rushdie brings to the forefront the palpable human facts of a country in the midst of revolution. Rushdie went to Nicaragua in 1986. What he discovered was overwhelming: a land of difficult, often beautiful contradictions, ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $3.98! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
8	Life is Hard: Machismo, Danger, and the Intimacy of Power in Nicaragua more books like this by Roger N Lancaster 'Rambo took the barrios by storm: Spanish videotapes of the movie were widely available, and nearly all the boys and young men had seen it, usually on the VCRs of their family's more affluent friends...As one young Sandinista commented,' Rambo is like the Nicaraguan soldier. He's a superman. And if the United States invades, we'll cut the marines ... see all copies from $4.72! new only from $22.95! \| first editions \| SVS
9	Nicaragua: Living in the Shadow of the Eagle more books like this by Thomas W Walker Fourth edition of a highly acclaimed text on a Central American country that has recently experienced both revolution and democratic change. . This new and thoroughly revised edition of Nicaragua details the countrys unique history, culture, social reality, economics, foreign relations, and politics. Its historical coverage considers Nicaragua ... see all copies from $21.95! new only from $29.52! \| SVS
10	Savage Shore: Life and Death with Nicaragua's Last Shark Hunters more books like this by Edward Marriott A compelling story of sharks, the men who hunt them, and a primeval world on the edge of destruction. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $2.98! \| first editions \| SVS
11	With the Contras: A Reporter in the Wilds of Nicaragua more books like this by Christopher Dickey On the seventeenth of July, 1979, the dictator Anastasio Somoza left Nicaragua after forty-five years. Finally, the family that had ruled and owned the country was gone. It took its money, which was much of the money the country had. The dictator left. The generals left. The colonels. They fled by helicopter and airplane, by car and on foot. By ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $18.95! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
12	A Naturalist in Nicaragua more books like this by Thomas Belt "The best of all natural history journals which have ever been published."--Charles Darwin, 1874. Beautifully illustrated and a pleasure to read, this classic book describes the geography, geology, ecology, flora, fauna, and native inhabitants of Nicaragua in the nineteenth century. Many of Belt's detailed and accurate observations were not ... see all copies from $12.56! new only from $15.42! \| first editions \| SVS
13 view cover	The Sharks of Lake Nicaragua: True Tales of Adventure, Travel, and Fishing more books like this by Randy Wayne White Whether he's engaging in aerial combat or riding an Ididarod sled, Randy Wayne White is one of America's most adventurous travelers. He studies antiterrorist driving techniques, dives for golf balls in a pond at a country club, hunts his fellow man with a paint gun, ice fishes for walleye with X-ray-stunned nightcrawlers, and poaches Panamanian ... see all copies from $3.79! new only from $4.95! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
14	Fire from the Mountain more books like this by Omar Cabezas see all copies from $1.99! new only from $78.99! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
15 view cover	Firewall: The Iran-Contra Conspiracy and Cover-Up more books like this by Lawrence E Walsh The story of one of the most famous breaches of American presidential authority since Watergate. The Iran-Contra conspiracy gave rise to a constitutional confrontation that pitted the executive, legislative and judicial branches of US government against one another. The conflict reached into the White House itself and two presidents were involved ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $10.72! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
16 view cover	A Guide to the Birds of Panama: With Costa Rica, Nicaragua, and Honduras more books like this by Robert S Ridgely, John A Gwynne This is the first paperback version of the second edition of the popular A Guide to the Birds of Panama. In the second edition, published in 1989, the authors expanded information on the birds of Costa Rica, Nicaragua, and Honduras: approximately 200 new species were added to the material in the 1976 edition. Over 300 additional species, some of ... see all copies from $34.99! new only from $42.96! \| first editions \| SVS
17 view cover	Moon Living Abroad in Nicaragua more books like this by Randall Wood, Joshua Berman If you have always dreamed of living in Nicaragua and are ready to take that step of actually moving there, nowhere else will you find a book that accomplishes everything you need to know in a smart, organized, and straightforward manner. Joshua Berman and Randy Wood both left the U.S. to make homes in Nicaragua. With their expertise, you'll ... see all copies from $10.19! new only from $11.11! \| first editions \| SVS
18 view cover	The Stars at Noon more books like this by Denis Johnson Set in Nicaragua in 1984, "The Stars at Noon" is a story of passion, fear, and betrayal told in the voice of an American woman whose mission in Central America is as shadowy as her surroundings. Is she a reporter for an American magazine as she sometimes claims, or a contact person for Eyes of Peace? And who is the rough English businessman with ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
19	Nicaragua Betrayed more books like this by Jack Cox, Anastasio Somoza see all copies from $1.99! new only from $99.00! \| signed copies \| first editions
20 view cover	Blood of Brothers more books like this by Stephen Kinzer In 1976, at age 25, Stephen Kinzer arrived in Nicaragua as a freelance journalist and became a witness to history. He revisited the country many times, eventually opening the first New York Times bureau in Managua, which he headed for six years. Here is his dramatic story of the centuries-old power struggles that culminated in the fall of the ... see all copies from $4.79! new only from $80.60! \| first editions \| SVS
21 view cover	Sandino's Daughters: Testimonies of Nicaraguan Women in Struggle more books like this by Margaret Randall First published in 1981 in the wake of the Sandinista National Liberation Front (FSLN) revolution in Nicaragua, Sandino's Daughters can now be seen not as a triumph of revolutionary ideals, but as a triumph of the spirit. Through a series of interviews with participants at all levels in the resistance, Margaret Randall recounts the lives of ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
22 view cover	Dreams of the Heart: The Autobiography of President Violeta Barrios de Chamorro of Nicaragua more books like this by Violeta Barrios De Chamorro, Vileta Barrios De Chamorro, Guido Fernandez The story of the widow who became President of Nicaragua in 1990, ending a decade of rule by the Sandinistas. Chamorro tells of her youth, her husband's death, and her years of political activism, as well as her time as president. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $20.00! \| first editions \| SVS
23 view cover	Nicaragua's Conservative Republic, 1858-93 more books like this by Arturo J Cruz, Jr., Arturo J Cruz S Arturo J.Cruz, Jr argues that political learning, trust building, and institutional innovation by political elites broke Nicaragua's post colonial cycle of anarchy and petty despotism, leaving in its place an increasingly inclusive oligarchic democracy that made possible state led economic development for the next thirty years. Subsequent economic ... see all copies from $47.40! new only from $99.40!
24 view cover	Hummingbird House more books like this by Patricia Henley When Kate Banner, an American midwife in Nicaragua, loses another patient -- a young Nicaraguan woman who had given birth only the night before on the bottom of a swamped wooden boat -- she knows it is time to go home. Because to care for the children of war, you have to cut off pieces of your heart. But traveling home leads her to Guatemala, ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
25 view cover	Blood of Brothers: Life and War in Nicaragua more books like this by Stephen Kinzer, Professor Merilee S Grindle (Foreword by) In 1976, at age twenty-five, Stephen Kinzer arrived in Nicaragua as a freelance journalist - and became a witness to history. He returned many times during the years that followed, becoming Latin America correspondent for The Boston Globe in 1981 and joining the foreign staff of "The New York Times" in 1983. That year he opened the Times' Managua ... see all copies from $18.95! new only from $18.95!

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