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Caribbean

Rather than treating the Caribbean as a single destination, Michener uses the sweep of historical fiction to move among its islands and across centuries.

Historical fiction

Open Veins of Latin America: Five Centuries of the Pillage of a Continent

Eduardo Galeano

Galeano follows commodities across five centuries, offering a passionate political interpretation of how Latin America's riches were extracted and carried elsewhere.

History

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Islands: Worlds Apart

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Open Veins of Latin America: Five Centuries of the Pillage of a Continent

Your first journey. Your own pace.