south america

Set in the Spanish colonial era, a doomed love affair takes place between a young girl who is thought to be possessed and the priest who is sent to oversee her exorcism.

Manolito de la Cruz, a Carpathian man close to turning into a vampire, lures MaryAnn Delaney, a counselor for battered women, to South America to seduce her, sensing that she is to be his life mate.

A multicultural group of American students, touring South America with Brazilian pilot Marcos Santos, learn about the culture, history, and geography of Brazil while visiting the city of Rio de Janeiro.

A multicultural group of American students, touring South America with Brazilian pilot Marcos Santos, learn about the culture, history, and geography of Brazil while visiting the city of Manaus and taking a river boat ride on the Amazon.

Abel, a poet and political exile, arrives at a savage village in South America where he becomes a naturalist, and he falls in love with a mysterious girl in the forest.

A party from England--two professors, a nobleman, and a journalist--set out to explore a plateau in South America where prehistoric animals and ancestral hominids are very much alive. Includes explanatory notes and an introduction by novelist Michael Crichton.

Retells the story of Christianity in North and South America from 1492 through the end of the 18th century.

Contains alphabetically arranged entries devoted to the culture of the predominantly Spanish-speaking countries of South America, covering the areas of architecture, art, cinema, dance, history and politics, literature, music, newpapers and magazines, photography, popular culture, radio and television, and theater.

Chronicles the life of Simon Bolivar, one of the most influential and enigmatic figures in Latin American history, focusing on his extensive military career.

Presents the essays, proclamations, and letters of Sim?n Bol?var, the liberator of South America in the early nineteenth century, and details the problems of the region and his ideas on political organization.