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The Americas

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Most Read This Week Tagged "The Americas"

The CIA Book Club: The Secret Mission to Win the Cold War with Forbidden Literature
Cuba: An American History
Disunited Nations: Succeeding in a World Where No One Gets Along
Rebels at Sea: Privateering in the American Revolution
Conquistadores: A New History of Spanish Discovery and Conquest
Fear Is Just a Word: A Missing Daughter, a Violent Cartel, and a Mother's Quest for Vengeance
Magdalena: River of Dreams
Fresh Dirt From the Grave
Voyage of Mercy: The USS Jamestown, the Irish Famine, and the Remarkable Story of America's First Humanitarian Mission
The Last Emperor of Mexico: The Dramatic Story of the Habsburg Archduke Who Created a Kingdom in the New World
A Brutal Reckoning: Andrew Jackson, the Creek Indians, and the Epic War for the American South
Where There Was Fire
Season of the Swamp
The Last Taxi Driver
American Republics: A Continental History of the United States, 1783-1850
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The Americas Books

1491: New Revelations of the Americas Before Columbus
One Hundred Years of Solitude
Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee: An Indian History of the American West
To Kill a Mockingbird
1493: Uncovering the New World Columbus Created
A People’s History of the United States: 1492 - Present
The Great Gatsby
Fifth Sun: A New History of the Aztecs
Empire of the Summer Moon: Quanah Parker and the Rise and Fall of the Comanches, the Most Powerful Indian Tribe in American History
Open Veins of Latin America: Five Centuries of the Pillage of a Continent
Of Mice and Men
The Lost City of Z: A Tale of Deadly Obsession in the Amazon
How to Hide an Empire: A History of the Greater United States
Between the World and Me
The Warmth of Other Suns: The Epic Story of America's Great Migration
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To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper LeeRomance of Three Kingdoms by Luo GuanzhongPicnic at Hanging Rock by Joan LindsayFrom Samoa With Love? by Hilke Thode-AroraVolcanic Adventures in Tonga - Species Conservation on Tin Ca... by Ann Göth
Around the World in 80 (or More) Books
27 books — 5 voters
City of Bones by Cassandra ClareThe Iron King by Julie KagawaBeastly by Alex FlinnThe Iron Daughter by Julie KagawaThe Time Traveler's Wife by Audrey Niffenegger
Best Books Read in 2010
151 books — 27 voters

Fur, Fortune, and Empire by Eric Jay DolinThe Potato by Larry ZuckermanSalt by Mark KurlanskyA Naked View of the Trans-Pacific Partnership by Timothy BarnesThe Archaeology of the North American Fur Trade by Michael S. Nassaney
Trade and Resources
143 books — 13 voters
The Three-Body Problem by Liu CixinBinti by Nnedi OkoraforThe Windup Girl by Paolo BacigalupiLagoon by Nnedi OkoraforBattle Royale by Koushun Takami
Non US-Centric Science Fiction
83 books — 31 voters

The Freedom Writers Diary by Erin GruwellDiary of a Freedom Writer by Darrius GarrettA Child Called "It" by Dave PelzerA Man Named Dave by Dave PelzerThe Lost Boy by Dave Pelzer
JPGS Y10 RAW Americas - Non-fiction
10 books — 3 voters
Beyond Mere Belief by Greg Van ArsdaleConspiracy U by Scott A. ShayForty-Ninth by Boris PronskyOn The Trail of Delusion by Fred LitwinBad Love Tigers by Kevin L. Schewe
Best Conspiracy Theories Books
26 books — 29 voters

Quotes Tagged “The Americas”

Abel Posse
“ Les predijo el futuro que se avecinaba con autoridad de visionario profesional: —¡Oh, son seres maravillosos, los que llegan! Hijos de la mutación. ¡Generosos! Una infinita bondad los desgarra: se quitarán el pan de la boca para saciar el hambre de nuestros hijos. Sé que su dios humano les manda amar al otro como a sí mismo. Serán incapaces de traernos muerte: detestan la guerra. Respetarán nuestras mujeres, porque su dios —infinitamente benigno— les manda no desear otra mujer que no sea la prop ...more ”
― Abel Posse
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Hendrith Vanlon Smith Jr.
“ Being Bahamian, Panamanian and US American allows me to have a very unique perspective on the Americas, on the world, and on global commerce. I think big and I think holistically. And I've embedded that way of thinking into Mayflower-Plymouth. ...more ”
― Hendrith Vanlon Smith Jr
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Groups Tagged "The Americas"

Underground Knowledge — A discussion group This global discussion group has been designed to encourage debates about important and underrep…more
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Silent World — A discussion group A place to discuss all the unique aspects of Deaf culture as highlighted in the thriller Silent …more
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