Central America category: 775 books

Idée d’itinéraire - Le tour de l’Équateur est un court extrait en format numérique tiré du beau livre Ulysse « Amérique latine et Caraïbes – 50 itinéraires de rêve ». Il suggère brièvement un itinéraire de 11 jours à travers les principales régions touristiques du pays depuis...

Idée d’itinéraire - Le Panamá, du Pacifique aux Caraïbes est un court extrait en format numérique tiré du beau livre Ulysse « Amérique latine et Caraïbes – 50 itinéraires de rêve ». Il suggère brièvement un itinéraire de 7 jours dans les superbes régions naturelles de l’ouest du pays, depuis le Golfo de Chiriquí jusqu’à Silico Creek, en passant par le volcan Barú.

Cinema and Inter-American Relations studies the key role that commercial narrative films have played in the articulation of the political and cultural relationship between the United States and Latin America since the onset of the Good Neighbor policy (1933). Pérez Melgosa analyzes the evolution...

Our illustrated travel guide will take you to the Galapagos Islands. The Galapagos Islands are a small archipelago of islands belonging to Ecuador in the eastern Pacific Ocean. The islands are quite remote and isolated, lying some 1000 km (620 miles) west of the South American continent. The Galapagos...

Our illustrated travel guide will take you to the Cayman Islands, an island group in the Caribbean Sea, ninety miles south of Cuba. The outstanding coral reefs and beautiful clear waters have made the Cayman Islands a favorite destination of divers. Great beaches, fine restaurants and resorts make...

Our illustrated travel guide will take you to the island nation of the Dominican Republic, the Caribbean country that occupies the eastern two-thirds of the island of Hispaniola.  Our guide will help you to plan your vacation as well as while reading on the beach! Finding Internet access when...

For many travelers, exploring the Amazon is the dream of a lifetime. Within this wet, breathing biomass is one-fifth of the worlds fresh ground water. There are close to four million square miles of rainforest in the Amazon, much larger than many countries of the world. On the Brazilian side alone, three-fifths...

Full color photographs and maps throughout. This region is one of the top destinations for America travelers. That means five-star resorts and fancy restaurants, of course, but so much more as well. Dive in Los Arcos, bird-watch in the Marietas Islands, whale-watch in the local waters (a UNESCO site)....

One of the greatest peacetime epics of human endeavor, the creation of the Panama Canal captured, for decades, the world's imagination. Now a major cruise destination, the Canal was the 'moon launch' of its day, plunging France into near financial and political ruin before becoming the crowning achievement...

Discover one of Latin America's most diverse and compelling countries with the definitive travel guide to Costa Rica, researched by Rough Guides' expert authors. In-depth coverage of Costa Rica's awe-inspiring scenery guides you to the most rewarding destinations - both big-hitters and low-key,...

The Commonwealth of Dominica is a beautiful island paradise set in the Caribbean Sea. Discovered by Christopher Columbus on a Sunday in 1493, he named the island Dominica, meaning Sunday in Latin. With lush green forests, picturesque waterfalls, miles of hiking trails, volcanic mountains, thermal...

A sharp-shooting SWAT team, a Venezuelan producer of alcoholic love potions, and an audacious subway rat are among the cast of characters award-winning author Darrin DuFord encounters in Breakfast for Alligators: Quests, Showdowns, and Revelations in the Americas. Through such mediums as public transit,...

Blurb: Cuba is a fascinating country that is very different from the other countries in Latin America. Many people who think of Cuba, spontaneously have sugar cane, palm trees, salsa, coffee, rum, cigars, orchids, sun and crystal clear water in front of their eyes. But the island offers much more....

A twenty eight page book that serves as your personal guide to these Mexican sports events. Describing the tradition, the culture, and the mechanics of the events to promote understanding of them.