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Central America Inside Out

by Tom Barry

“A thorough, well-documented . . . investigation of the extend and consequences of North American government and business influence over Central American politics and economics.” –Kirkus Reviews…

Bananas

by Peter Chapman

…also, as Chapman shows, the concept and reality of the modern banana. [A] witty, energetic . . . breezy but insightful . . . narrative.” —New York Times Book Review…

Time Among the Maya

by Ronald Wright

…blends anthropology, archaeology, history, and politics with his own entertaining excursions and encounters, and . . . teaches us a lot about the way a culture endures.” –The New Yorker…

Monkey Boy

by Francisco Goldman

…the tale of Francisco Goldberg, a middle-aged writer who grapples with the challenges of family and love, legacies of violence and war, and growing up Guatemalan and Jewish in America…

Budapest

by Chico Buarque

“In an age of borders, Chico Buarque’s masterpiece Budapest dissolves frontiers, creating an odd new world, where everything is being constantly reborn: words, writing, language, loss, and, above all, love….

A Free Man of Color

by John Guare

“[A Free Man of Color] . . . might be a masterpiece. . . . one of the three or four most stirring new plays I’ve seen.” —Terry Teachout, The…

Jasmine

by Bharati Mukherjee

“A fable, a kind of impressionistic prose-poem, about being an exile, a refugee, a spiritual vagabond in the world today; Mukherjee has eloquently succeeded.” –The New York Times…

Into Tibet

by Thomas Laird

“A scrupulously documented account of Cold War intrigue. . . . [Provides] a detailed view into the CIA’s shadowy world and the havoc it wreaks on individual lives. . ….

The English Major

by Jim Harrison

“Harrison spins the common chaff of a road trip into gold. . . . peppered with his characteristic insights and asides. . . . After a long and idiosyncratic literary…

War Reporting for Cowards

by Chris Ayres

…of life during wartime circa two years ago, and the honor and steadfastness of the men and women who have to endure them.” –Gary Shteyngart, New York Times Book Review…