Quito: FLACSO, Abya-Yala, (Serie Atrio), 2018. First Edition. Paperback. xvii, 319p., illus., tables, wrps. "Comunidad, estado y subjetividad" is a study on the reproduction of inequality and collective efforts to combat it from an ethnographic perspective, specifically examining indigenous women and their social and democratic participation in Ecuador. The work... More
Ecuador: Editorial El Conejo, 2017. First Edition. Paperback. 327p., photos, wrps. "Antología bilingüe del cuento ecuatoriano de inicios del siglo XXI" is an anthology of stories by Ecuadorian authors during the beginning of the 21st century, written in both English and Spanish. This work provides a panoramic view of the... More
Quito: Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú, 2016. First Edition. Paperback. 160p., photos, bibl., wrps. "Construcción visual de lo social: Fotografía contemporánea en el Ecuador" presents work by Ecuadorian photographers on the social construction of culture. Features work by Armando Salazar Raul Chacon, Maria Teresa Garcia and Eduardo Valenzuela, among others. Presenta... More
Quito: Casa de la Cultura Ecuatoriana Benjamín Carrión, 2016. First Edition. Paperback. 200p., wrps. "Río de sombras" is a novel by award-winning Ecuadorian novelist and essayist Jorge Velasco Mackenzie. He is also the author of “No tanto como todos los cuentos” (2004), “La mejor edad para morir” (2006) and "Hallado... More
Quito: Ediciones Abya-Yala, 2017. First edition. Paperback. 361p., maps, facsimiles, tables, bibl., wrps. "Sociedades indígenas de la alta Amazonía" explores the phenomena of innovation and survival in several ethnic groups in the high Amazon, with special emphasis on the societies in the Napo River region and its tributaries in Ecuador... More
Medellín: Ediciones UNAULA (Ser. Tierra Baldía), 2014. 2nd Edition. Paperback. 217p., wrps. Novel. Columnist, politician, novelist and essayist Álvarez Gardeazábal has most recently published "La resurrección de los malditos" (2007). He is best known for his novels "Cóndores no entierran todos los días" (1971, Premio Manacor) and "El Divino" (1986)... More
Colombia: Envigado, Institución Universitaria de Envigado, 2017. First Edition. Paperback. 337p., wrps. "Todos los caminos conducen a Maximiliano" is a life story full of humor, sarcasm, beauty, joy, and sorrow that takes place in Antioquia, Medellín, Villanueva, Bogotá, and Caracas. The story, which inlcudes moments from Venezuela and Colombia's national... More
Medellín: Alcaldía de Medellín, Hilo de Plata Editores, 2017. First edition. Paperback. 152p., illus., wrps. "Ahora solo queda la ciudad" is a collection of stories that take place in ruined and desolate cities, old Gothic mansions, subway cars, dark forests, psychiatric shelters, and lost corners. A pervasive unreality invades and... More
Bogotá: Ediciones Aurora (Novela Histórica), 2017. First Edition. Paperback. 452p., wrps. "El as de corazones" is a historical novel on WWI, written as an autobiographical account of a German pilot. The narrative opens in the bucolic rural Germany of the early twentieth century, then illustrates dreadful scenes from the Western... More
Bogotá: Ediciones Aurora, 2017. First Edition. Paperback. 442p., wrps. "Caminando en el tiempo" is a historical novel on the Spanish conquest and indigenous resistance, particularly recounting the conquest of what would be called the New Kingdom of Granada, and Gonzalo Jiménez de Quesada's founding of Santa Fe de Bogotá on... More
Medellín: Editorial Renacuajo Dorado, 2016. First Edition. Paperback. 193p., wrps. "Conspiración África" is a moving love story starring the audacious mixed race descendant of a member of one of the most powerful English families and one of his slaves. The narrative relives tragic events that marked the evolution of the... More
México, D.F. Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, David Moreno Soto, 2017. First Edition. Paperback. 247p., maps, tables, graphics, bibl., wrps. "Factores de vulnerabilidad en la construcción del riesgo" examines vulnerable factors in the construction of risk, particularly examining how environmental and social risks have increased due to climate change and... More
Hermosillo, Sonora: El Colegio de Sonora, Coecyt, 2017. First Edition. Paperback. 278p., wrps. "Cambio tecnológico en la industria automotriz de México" is a study on the production and export of assembled cars in Mexico and the profound technological changes of the industry: digital devices are replacing the mechanical systems of... More
México, D.F. Penguin Random House (Debate), 2017. First Edition. Paperback. 338p., photos, wrps. In "Aliados y adversarios TLCAN 1988-2017" former president of Mexico Carlos Salinas de Gortari narrates the story of the North American Free Trade Agreement from its inception to its implementation, specifically recalling the strategic importance of the... More
Bogotá: Universidad de los Andes, Facultad de Administración, Ediciones Uniades, 2017. First Edition. Paperback. 165p., tables, graphics, bibl., wrps. "Empresas familiares de América, Europa y Asia" is a study on family businesses in America, Europe, and Asia, aiming to provide a quantitative approach based on statistical records of the largest... More
Santiago de Chile: RIL editores, 2015. First Edition. Paperback. 179p., illus., wrps. "Chile Gay" contains forty testimonies by gay men in Chile, providing an intimate glimpse into their experiences of love and pain, and their feelings, realities and struggle for rights and equality. Journalist and author Juan Pablo de la... More
Buenos Aires: Madreselva, 2015. 1st Edition. Paperback. 80p., photos, facsimiles, wrps. "El sotano de San Telmo" is a historical analysis of a group of lesbian activists who clandestinely gathered in Argentina under the dictatorship during the 1970s, exploring the minutes of their meetings, letters, recordings, photographs, posters, diaries, fanzines, and... More
La Habana: [np], 1835. First printing. Pamphlet. 1p., signed. A decree which issues regulations on cock-fighting in Havana, Cuba, which requires participants in the sport to be licensed or face a fine. Issued by Captain General of Cuba Miguel Tacon. Rare, no holdings on World Cat. More
Santafé de Bogotá: Convenio INDERENA- Universidad Nacional de Colombia, 2007. First edition. Paperback. 472p., maps, photos, illus., tables, graphics, bibl., wrps. An imense collection of ecological studies on the foothills of the mountain range of Serranía de Perijá, considered a sanctuary for flora and fauna. More
Santafé de Bogotá: Convenio INDERENA- Universidad Nacional de Colombia, 2007. First edition. Paperback. 472p., maps, photos, illus., tables, graphics, bibl., wrps. An imense collection of ecological studies on the peaks of Serranía de Perijá, considered a sanctuary for flora and fauna. More
Santiago de Chile: Simplemente Editores, 2018. First edition. Paperback. 155p., wrps. "Bucear en su alma" is a collection of stories by Juan Mihovilovich that represent a metaphysical restlessness, a spiritual search, and a desire for otherness and an ethical imperative. More
Santiago: RIL Editores, Universidad de los Lagos, Editorial, 2018. First edition. Paperback. 264p., maps, photos, tables, wrps. "Empresariado y política" is a study on economic development in Chile between the Pacific War and the beginning of the First World War, specifically analyzed from the perspective of German immigrants and businessmen... More
Santiago: Instituto Respublica, 2018. First edition. Paperback. 165p., bibl., wrps. "La democracia asediada" is a collection of studies on democracy, populism, and social democratic utopia in Latin America, specifically examining Argentina, Venezuela, and Chile. Contents include: "El incierto futuro de la democracia: el debate contemporáneo", "Dilemas de la democracia: con... More
Santiago: RIL Editores, 2018. First edition. Paperback. 257p., wrps. "Internacionalismo y anticomunismo" studies foreign policy, security, and ideology of Gabriel González Videla's government, which has gone down in history for its ban on communism. The work also investigates regional integration, developmentalism as an ideology of the period and of the... More
Santiago: Historia Chilena, 2018. First edition. (324) 322p., bibl., index, wrps. "Los comunismos en América Latina" is a two-volume study on communism in Latin America between 1917 and 1955, particularly focusing on leadership hegemonies, collaborations with leftist parties or factions of militants, and public participation and reception. The works also... More
