Now in paperback, the intimate and highly revealing life story of the world's longest-serving, most charismatic, and contro- versial head of state in modern times.Numerous attempts have been made to get Fidel Castro to tell his own story. But it was only as he stepped down after five decades in powe[...]

"Fidel's devotion to the word is almost magical."--Gabriel Garcia Marquez The most comprehensive selection of the most famous speeches of Fidel Castro is now available in the original Spanish language. An articulate and incisive, if controversial, political figure on the world stage for five decades[...]

The iconoclastic Brazilian anthropologist and theoretician Eduardo Viveiros de Castro, well known in his discipline for helping initiate its "ontological turn," offers a vision of anthropology as "the practice of the permanent decolonization of thought." After showing that Amazonian and other Am[...]

"Marine Biology" covers the basics of marine biology with a global approach, using examples from numerous regions and ecosystems worldwide. This introductory, one-semester text is designed for non-majors. Authors Castro and Huber have made a special effort to include solid basic science content need[...]

Marine Biology covers the basics of marine biology with a global approach, using examples from numerous regions and ecosystems worldwide. This introductory, one-semester text is designed for non-majors. Authors Castro and Huber have made a special effort to include solid basic science content needed[...]

"Marine Biology" covers the basics of marine biology with a global approach, using examples from numerous regions and ecosystems worldwide. This introductory, one-semester text is designed for non-majors. Authors Castro and Huber have made a special effort to include solid basic science content need[...]

Gramatica basica del estudiante de espanol presents Spanish grammar with clear and comprehensive explanations in simple Spanish language. This text is enhanced with illustrations that exhibit the appropriate use of the material in real and cultural contexts. Gramatica focuses on breaking down the mo[...]

The World Cup Finals, Sweden 1958. Brazil vs the fearsome USSR. In the opening three minutes - 'the greatest three minutes in the history of football' - one man wrote himself into the record books alongside the game's greatest players, men like Pele, Di Stefano, Puskas and Maradona. Brazil went on t[...]

In this riveting Cold War history, highly acclaimed author Brian Latell offers us a new and surprising look at Fidel Castro. Latell draws his narrative on personal interviews with high level defectors from Cuba's intelligence, many of whom have not spoken out for over nearly five decades. The result[...]