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A Death In Brazil

A Death In Brazil

Author:Peter Robb
Publisher:Bloomsbury
Catalogue number:135755
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LONGLISTED FOR THE 2005 SAMUEL JOHNSON PRIZE FOR NON-FICTION
Delving into Brazil’s baroque past, Peter Robb’s “A Death in Brazil” looks at its history of slavery and the richly multicultural but disturbed...

Brazil: Life, Blood, Soul

Brazil: Life, Blood, Soul

Author:John Malathronas
Publisher:Summersdale Publishers
Catalogue number:116428
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As John Malathronas writes in “Brazil: Life, Blood, Soul”:
‘In Brazil the motto seems to be: if you’ve got it, flaunt it, and if you don’t, flaunt it even more’
An eclectic nation that evokes images...

The War of the End of the World

The War of the End of the World

Author:Mario Vargas Llosa
Publisher:Faber and Faber
Catalogue number:143252
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“The War of the End of the World” is one of the great modern historical novels- tragic, compelling and incredible to read.
Inspired by a real episode in Brazilian history, Mario Vargas Llosa tells...

A Concise History of Brazil

A Concise History of Brazil

Author:Boris Fausto
Publisher:Cambridge University Press
Catalogue number:81353
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From the arrival of the Portuguese to the transition to democracy this is an excellent introduction Brazilian history. Special emphasis is placed upon influential topics such as the destruction of Indian...

Amazon

Amazon

Author:Bruce Parry
Publisher:Penguin
Catalogue number:169744
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Bruce Parry’s "Amazon" tells the story of Parry’s trip down the world’s greatest river. As seen on BBC TV, Parry follows the length of the Amazon river from the High Andes, through Coca Country, joins...

The Naturalist on the River Amazons

The Naturalist on the River Amazons

Author:Henry Walter Bates
Series:Stanfords Travel Classics
Publisher:Stanfords Books
Catalogue number:163866
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“The Naturalist on the River Amazons” is a classic piece of travel literature. Henry Walter Bates and his co-naturalist Alfred Russel Wallace embarked together in 1848 on an expedition to the forests...

Ultimate Jungle Sticker Book

Ultimate Jungle Sticker Book

Publisher:Dorling Kindersley
Catalogue number:156074
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A collection of over 60 stickers to help you make your own jungle scenes. You can use these stickers to decorate your books or for project work at school.

The Amazon Journal of Roger Casement

The Amazon Journal of Roger Casement

Author:Roger Casement
Publisher:Anaconda Editions
Catalogue number:68985
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This massive volume contains a complete record of Roger Casement's 1910 journey up the Amazon to investigate the atrocities carried out against the Indians by rubber companies at the beginning of the...

Tree of Rivers - The Story of the Amazon

Tree of Rivers - The Story of the Amazon

Author:John Hemming
Publisher:Thames & Hudson
Catalogue number:164726
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“Tree Of Rivers - The Story of the Amazon” is a riveting account of man’s exploration of the Amazon, as told by John Hemming, a historian and traveler of this magnificent place.
Amazonia is one of the...

A Simple Brazilian Song

A Simple Brazilian Song

Author:James Woodall
Publisher:Abacus
Catalogue number:69540
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James Woodall's love of Brazilian music takes him to Rio, the home of the Samba. Because of his friendship with legendary Brazilian singing star, Chico Buarque, he is able write with great insight about...

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