Since its U.S. debut a quarter-century ago, this brilliant text has set a new standard for historical scholarship of Latin America. It is also an outstanding political economy, a social and cultural narrative of the highest quality, and perhaps the finest description of primitive capital accumulation since Marx. Rather than chronology, geography, or political successions, Eduardo Galeano has organized the various facets of Latin American history according to the patterns of five centuries of exploitation. Thus he is concerned with gold and silver, cacao and cotton, rubber and coffee, fruit, hides and wool, petroleum, iron, nickel, manganese, copper, aluminum ore, nitrates, and tin. These are the veins which he traces through the body of the entire continent, up to the Rio Grande and throughout the Caribbean, and all the way to their open ends where they empty into the coffers of wealth in the United States and Europe. Weaving fact and imagery into a rich tapestry, Galeano fuses scientific analysis with the passions of a plundered and suffering people. An immense gathering of materials is framed with a vigorous style that never falters in its command of themes. All readers interested in great historical, economic, political, and social writing will find a singular analytical achievement, and an overwhelming narrative that makes history speak, unforgettably. This classic is now further honored by Isabel Allende's inspiring introduction. Universally recognized as one of the most important writers of our time, Allende once again contributes her talents to literature, to political principles, and to enlightenment.

An exploration of the deportation of Mexican military recruits and vagrants to the Philippines between 1765 and 1811.

It is time to truly explore the Word and discover what it says about the authentic ways of the Creator. Examine The God Culture rather than the culture of the gods which permeates our society today just as prophesied many times in scripture. This is not a debate nor a topic that can be broken into fragments out of context. If you are a believer, even a pastor, and you have not reviewed this case except fragments, this book will change your life. Is the Sabbath still applicable today? Why? When you learn Jesus kept and taught the Sabbath and ALL 10 commandments followed by His Apostles who kept and taught the Sabbath and ALL 10 commandments succeeded by the True Early Ekklesia who kept and taught the Sabbath and ALL 10 commandments, shock waves will vibrate. Learn about the Lord of the Sabbath and His ways which are higher than our ways and the doctrines of men. Study the overwhelmingly abundant scripture proving this as well as history. Explore Messiah's Great Sabbath Sermon which is mischaracterized yet explained as such in the New Testament in which the 7th Day Sabbath observance remained. That's what the Bible says and it is time to know. This extensive Bible case for Sabbath will arm you with the needed data to render a Biblical decision on this topic. Don't let this pass you by another day. Yah Bless.

The Development of an Extraordinary Species We human beings share 98 percent of our genes with chimpanzees. Yet humans are the dominant species on the planet -- having founded civilizations and religions, developed intricate and diverse forms of communication, learned science, built cities, and created breathtaking works of art -- while chimps remain animals concerned primarily with the basic necessities of survival. What is it about that two percent difference in DNA that has created such a divergence between evolutionary cousins? In this fascinating, provocative, passionate, funny, endlessly entertaining work, renowned Pulitzer Prize–winning author and scientist Jared Diamond explores how the extraordinary human animal, in a remarkably short time, developed the capacity to rule the world . . . and the means to irrevocably destroy it.