Mao important Chico Mendes was to the dispossessed of Acre and the Amazon, one must
understand that he sought to free landless rubber tappers from the relentless savagery of …

A close associate of Chico Mendes, Gomercindo Rodrigues witnessed the struggle between
Brazil's rubber tappers and local ranchers—a struggle that led to the murder of Mendes …

The Amazon rain forest covers more than five million square kilometers, amid the territories
of nine different nations. It represents over half of the planet's remaining rain forest. Is it truly …

Most readers of George Washington Cable's The Grandissimes have noted the apparent
discrepancy between the name of his rebellious black prince and the African's physical …

Chico Mendes talks of his life's work in the last major interview conducted a few weeks
before his assassination on 22 December 1988. Chapters cover his first political activities …

In the Newbery Medal and Coretta Scott King Award–winning Bud, Not Buddy, Bud met a
girl named Deza Malone in a Hooverville. This is her story.“We are a family on a journey to a …

The" heart-stopping"(The Millions)," richly layered"(Brooklyn Rail)," haunting,
beautiful"(BuzzFeed) story of an escaped captive and the killer hound that pursues him" …

The most important book of them all will be the long-researched biography from Jon Lee
Anderson, guerrilla chronicler and archaeologist, who has spent several years in Havana …

'In We Dream Together'Anne Eller breaks with dominant narratives of conflict between the
Dominican Republic and Haiti by tracing the complicated history of Dominican emancipation …

Towards the end of his analysis of Walter Benjamin's city portraits, Peter Szondi tells the
following anecdote:'At that time a story was circulating in the emigrant community about a …