Frank Carlson Library

Couchsurfer, hitchhiker, and rogue wanderer Jamie Maslin embarks on a couchsurfing adventure to the homeland of "firebrand," "populist," "anti-American" president Hugo Chavez: the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela. Alone in the crime capital of the world Maslin immediately finds himself in trouble-arrested by knife-wielding police officers and inoculated with an unwanted vaccination. After a terrifying start in Caracas, he soon leaves the teeming city...

In the first published account of the massive U.S. covert intervention in British Guiana between 1953 and 1969, Stephen G. Rabe uncovers a Cold War story of imperialism, gender bias, and racism. When the South American colony now known as Guyana was due to gain independence from Britain in the 1960s, U.S. officials in the Kennedy and Johnson administrations feared it would become a communist nation under the leadership of Cheddi Jagan, a Marxist...

The colorful story of one couple's journey across the world to build their dream home in the heart of the Amazon In 1989, as their mid-life crises approached, concert pianist Binka Le Breton and her husband Robin, an agricultural economist, decided to uproot themselves from their home in Washington, D.C. and start a new life in Brazil. Where the Road Ends is their story of building a house, a rainforest research center, and a new dream. Since then,...

Después de sobrevivir a un secuestro y violación, una joven comenzó su viaje de mochilera por el mundo, pero sus recuerdos y adicciones intentaron detenerla. En el camino, fue capaz de hacer nuevas conexiones, encontrar la sanación y aprender a valerse por sí misma, encontrando su verdadero yo a pesar de todos los obstáculos. Viaja con ella por los seis países que conoció en Sudamérica, mientras viajó adentro de sí misma para abrir el camino...

A detailed account of the cruel hardships and daily struggles endured by the Uruguayans whose airplane crashed in the Andes in October, 1972.

A blip of prosperity at the turn of the 20th century brought American trout to Patagonia, then for a half-century they were forgotten to fight wars and build a nation. Rediscovered by fishermen a half-century later, the fish had grown to epic proportions. In Chasing Rumor, Cameron Chambers chronicles his modern-day pilgrimage to the rivers of Patagonia in pursuit of these legendary 20-pound trout. What started as a trip focused on catching fish became...

In this book from the critically acclaimed, multimillion-copy bestselling Little People, BIG DREAMS series, discover the life of Pelé, Brazil's all-time King of Football. With a sock full of rags for a ball, Pelé honed his skills in a poor neighborhood in Brazil. He believed that, one day, he would lead his country to World Cup victory — and he was right! With Pelé and his super skills on the team, Brazil lifted the trophy three times. Today,...

Roundy and Friends is the story of a group of friends who travel and learn about the towns where soccer is played around the world. It started in the United States and Canada and this time they travelled to Brazil. We hope kids around the world enjoy it!

Interweaving three centuries of transatlantic religious and social history with historical and present-day ethnography, Luis Nicolau Pares traces the formation of Candomble, one of the most influential African-derived religious forms in the African diaspora, with practitioners today centered in Brazil but also living in Europe and elsewhere in the Americas. Originally published in Brazil and not available in English, The Formation of Candomble reveals...

La fabuleuse et incroyable histoire de Lucas Bridge, né et élevé au milieu d'un peuple indien aujourd'hui disparu La première édition en 1948 de Aux Confins de la Terre, la merveilleuse chronique de E. Lucas Bridges sur la Terre de Feu, fut accueillie avec un immense enthousiasme et s'est imposée depuis soixante ans comme le grand classique littéraire sur la Terre de Feu et la culture peu connue des Indiens fuégiens. Lucas Bridges naît...