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O Brasil está entre os países que mais lincham no mundo. Nos últimos 60 anos, mais de um milhão de brasileiros participou de ações de justiçamento de rua. Neste audiolivro oportuno e inquietante, o sociólogo José de Souza Martins busca, além dos motivos próximos, as raízes profundas dessa antiga prática, verdadeiro ritual de loucura coletiva.

Este libro, que atiende a la diversidad latinoamericana, ayuda a jóvenes y adultos, alumnos y docentes a crear espacios de creación y recreación. Con este libro usted tendrá una compilación de las leyendas mas representativas de la región. Descargue ya este libro y conozca estos míticos relatos de la cultura latinoamericana

Audiolivro objetivo e ágil, engajado e muito bem documentado, trata das questões centrais da História da Escravidão no Brasil. A obra de Jaime Pinsky aborda temas como o tráfico, a vida cotidiana dos escravos no trabalho e na senzala, a vida sexual e a resistência oferecida pelos negros contra a opressão. O autor, não aceita, contudo, a ideia, defendida por certos historiadores, de que a escravidão permitia relações harmoniosas entre senhores e escravos: no audiolivro, ele revela o caráter cruel da escravidão e sua influência perversa na formação de nossa sociedade.

"Fue en una de aquellas jornadas, que en la memoria se te empastaba como un continuo sin descansos y donde las anécdotas se te apelmazaban en el recuerdo, todo perseguido por un sueño que nunca llegaba, que te descubriste, al pie de un cañón y animando a los artilleros a que corrigieran la alzada, tomando la mano de un muerto. Retiraste la mano suavemente, soltando los dedos helados con cariño, como si temieras turbar su sueño y distraer tus pesadillas."

Esta obra clássica, foi revisitada por seu autor, José de Souza Martins, que incorporou novos trechos e atualizou a discussão sobre as questões tratadas. O cativeiro da terra é a matriz estrutural e histórica da sociedade que somos hoje. Ele condenou a nossa modernidade e a nossa entrada no mundo capitalista a uma modalidade de coerção do trabalho. Aí encontramos a explicação de nossa lentidão histórica e a postergação da ascensão social dos condenados à servidão.

El 21 de diciembre de 2012 llegará el fin del mundo. O, al menos, eso es lo que algunos afirman que profetizaron los mayas. Muchos han teorizado con que la Tierra quedará asolada por el paso de devastadores tsunamis, erupciones volcánicas y terremotos de gran magnitud. Otros tantos creen en la existencia de señales apocalípticas que vienen ocurriendo desde hace meses. Las empresas negocian con productos especialmente diseñados para el trágico evento, incluso han surgido decenas de sectas y grupos que esperan el apocalipsis.

Trots att aztekerna var ökända för sin blodtörst tog de generöst emot de bleka främlingar som 1519 kom till staden Tenochtitlan. Aztekernas kung Motecuhzoma II lät till på köpet främlingarnas ledare, spanjoren Hernán Cortés, bo i sitt palats. Det fick han ångra. Snart var Motecuhzoma fånge i sitt eget hem och kunde bara maktlös se på, när conquistadorerna skövlade hans land. När spanjorerna inte längre behövde honom som marionett dödade de honom och förstörde Tenochtitlan. Aztekernas rike var krossat.

Desde hace casi treinta años, Enrique Krauze ha propuesto un panorama inquietante, detallado y de conjunto, de nuestro pasado: su obra es una auténtica biografía de México. En este audiolibro, los personajes de Krauze no son los hombres del poder sino los del saber. Construido como un texto polifónico, el audiolibro aborda los temas fundacionales de la historia mexicana (el mundo prehispánico, la Conquista, el Virreinato) y alrededor de ellos estudia la actitud histórica de varios historiadores y escritores que vivieron el turbulento siglo XIX.

"Siglo de caudillos" es, en realidad, una biografía colectiva, porque fueron los caudillos en su conjunto los que, en el siglo XIX, encarnaron -para bien y para mal- las tensiones históricas de México. Liberales y conservadores asumieron su posición con tonos de guerra santa. Su biografía colectiva es una clave maestra para comprender la peculiar construcción histórica de México, un país proyectado hacia el futuro por un lado, "castellano y morisco, rayado de azteca" por otro.

C'era una volta un'Argentina ricca e felice, quella che fu "Lamerica" per tanti italiani emigrati. Come oggi vadano le cose in quel paese, dopo gli anni di Peron, la dittatura militare e la presidenza di Menem, è davanti agli occhi di tutti. Laura Pariani è andata in Argentina non solo come scrittrice, ma come testimone capace di dar conto del mutamento, o meglio, della catastrofe annunciata. Incontrando argentini ed ex immigrati ricostruisce la storia di un paese che oggi pare senza memoria.

In 1961, at the height of the Cold War, the United States severed diplomatic relations with Cuba, where a momentous revolution had taken power three years earlier. For more than half a century, the stand-off continued—through the tenure of ten American presidents and the fifty-year rule of Fidel Castro. His death in 2016, and the retirement of his brother and successor Raúl Castro in 2021, have spurred questions about the country’s future. Spanning more than five centuries, Cuba provides us with a front-row seat as we witness the evolution of the modern nation.

As the heyday of the Chicano Movement of the late 1960s to early '70s fades further into history and as more and more of its important figures pass on, so too does knowledge of its significance. Thus, Chicano Movement for Beginners is an important attempt to stave off historical amnesia. It seeks to shed light on the multifaceted civil rights struggle known as "El Movimiento" that galvanized the Mexican American community, from laborers to student activists, giving them not only a political voice to combat prejudice and inequality, but also a new sense of cultural awareness....

The Mexican drug trade has inspired prejudiced narratives of a war between north and south, White and Brown; between noble cops and vicious kingpins, corrupt politicians and powerful cartels. In this first comprehensive history of the trade, historian Benjamin T. Smith tells the real story of how and why this one-peaceful industry turned violent. He uncovers its origins and explains how this illicit business essentially built modern Mexico, affecting everything from agriculture to medicine to economics - and the country’s all-important relationship with the United States.

Many scholars have come to think of the European Christian mission to the Americas as an inevitable success. But in its early period it was very much on the brink of failure. In 1576, Indigenous Mexican communities suffered a catastrophic epidemic that took almost two million lives and simultaneously left the colonial church in ruins. In the crisis and its immediate aftermath, Spanish missionaries and surviving pueblos de indios held radically different visions for the future of Christianity in the Americas.

Juan Manuel Santos shares the lessons he learned about war and peace and how to build a successful negotiation process in the context of a nation which had all but resigned itself to war and the complexities of 21st-century international law and diplomacy. While Santos is clear that there is no handbook for making peace, he offers conflict-tested guidance on the critical parameters, conditions, and principles as well as rich detail on the innovations that made it possible for his nation to find common ground and a just solution.

Returning to his days as a reporter for El Espectador, Gabriel García Márquez chronicles, with consummate skill, the period in late 1990 when Colombian security forces mounted a nationwide manhunt for Pablo Escobar, the ruthless and elusive head of the Medellin cartel. Ten men and women were abducted by Escobar’s henchmen and used as bargaining chips against extradition to the United States. From the testimonies and diaries of the survivors, García Márquez reconstructs their bizarre ordeal with cinematic intensity, breathtaking language, and rigor.

American Brujeria is about the fascinating blend of American and Mexican folk magic currently used by those living in the US but whose roots are steeped in Mexican culture. This type of Mexican American folk magic, which the author calls “American brujeria”, features its own unique saints and spirits as well as familiar ones, such as the infamous Santa Muerte.

Un audiolibro de crónicas cubanas de la mano de doce de los más prestigiosos periodistas y escritores de nuestro tiempo que abarca política y arte, música y béisbol, presente y pasado, y nos ofrecen una excepcional instantánea de la particular encrucijada en la que se encuentra la sociedad cubana.

This is a concise history, intended for travellers, but of inestimable value to anyone looking for an overview of the Caribbean and its mainland coastal states, with a focus on the past few centuries. The history of the Caribbean does not make much sense without factoring in the cities - Pensacola, New Orleans, Galveston - and the ambitions of the states on its continental shores, notably the United States. This account is grounded in a look at the currents and channels of the sea, and its constraints, followed by the history of 'pre-contact' civilisations.

In this dual polemic and manifesto, Julissa dives into and tears apart the lie that assimilation leads to belonging. She combs through history and her own story to break down this myth, arguing that assimilation is a moving finish line designed to keep Black and brown Americans and immigrants chasing racist American ideals. She talks about the Lie of Success, the Lie of Legality, the Lie of Whiteness, and the Lie of English - each promising that if you obtain these things, you will reach acceptance and won’t be an outsider anymore.