Preston, Douglas J.

Summary: Since the days of Cortés, rumors have circulated about a lost city of immense wealth hidden somewhere in the Honduran interior, called the White City or the Lost City of the Monkey God. In 1940 journalist Theodore Morde returned from the rainforest with hundreds of artifacts and an electrifying story of having found the Lost City-- but then committed suicide without revealing its location. In...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Grand Central Publishing 2017

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Preston, Douglas J

Summary: Recounts how the author and a team of scientists discovered a legendary sacred city, the Lost City of the Monkey God, hidden deep in the Honduran jungle.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Grand Central Publishing 2017

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Preston, Douglas J

Summary: "Since the days of conquistador Hern©Łn Cort©♭s, rumors have circulated about a lost city of immense wealth hidden somewhere in the Honduran interior, called the White City or the Lost City of the Monkey God...In 1940, swashbuckling journalist Theodore Morde returned from the rainforest with hundreds of artifacts and an electrifying story of having found the Lost City of the Monkey God-but then...

Format: sound recording-nonmusical

Publisher / Publication Date: Hachette Audio 2017

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Brown, Timothy C. (Timothy Charles)

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: University of Oklahoma Press 2001

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Permanent Peoples' Tribunal

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Synthesis Publications 1985

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 972.85 ONT

Rushdie, Salman.

Summary: In this portrait of the people, the politics, the land, and the poetry of Nicaragua, Rushdie brings to the forefront the palpable human facts of a country in the midst of a revolution. Rushdie went to Nicaragua in 1986, "harboring no preconceptions of what he might find." What he discovered was for him overwhelming: a culture of heroes who had turned into inanimate objects and of politicians...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Random House Trade Paperbacks

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 917.285 RUS

Stewart, Christopher S.

Summary: Relates the author's adventure deep inside "the little Amazon," the jungles of Honduras's Mosquito Coast, to expose the secrets of the fabled city of Ciudad Blanca, the White City, a place that has lured explorers for centuries.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Harper 2013

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Belli, Gioconda

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Alfred A. Knopf 2002

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Owings, Lisa.

Summary: Nicaragua is the largest country in Central America. Covered in thick forests, this tropical country was a part of the Spanish Empire for around 300 years. Become introduced to Nicaraguans and their way of life in this elementary title for young students.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Bellwether Media, Inc. 2014

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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 972.8 OWI

White, Jonathan W.

Summary: "The riveting story of Appleton Oaksmith, a swashbuckling sea captain whose life intersected with some of the most important moments, movements, and individuals of the mid-nineteenth century, from the California Gold Rush, filibustering schemes in Nicaragua, and Cuban liberation to the Civil War and Reconstruction"--

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Publisher / Publication Date: Rowman & Littlefield 2023

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 973.6092 WHI

Alegría, Claribel.

Summary: From the Publisher: Sorrow Claribel Alegria Sorrow is a remarkable collection of love poems which Alegria wrote for her recently deceased husband. The poems are not only a recollection of their past, but also meditations on the meaning of death and the pain of separation as well as reflections on their eventual reunion. Most of the poems are brief piercing lyrics which radiate strength and...

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Publisher / Publication Date: Curbstone Press 1999

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White, Randy Wayne.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Lyon's Press 1999

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Rohmer, Harriet.

Summary: A bilingual folk tale from Nicaragua about a well-meaning man who can't figure out how to make changes in his life until his niece, Ambrosia, show him how.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Children's Book Press 1989

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1 available in Juvenile Parent-Teacher Collection, Call number: J Spanish Rhomer

Mojica Rodríguez, Prisca Dorcas

Summary: "For generations, women of color have had to push against powerful forces of sexism, racism, and classism in this country, and too often, they have felt that they had to face these challenges alone. Through her writing, her activism, and through founding Latina Rebels, Prisca Dorcas Mojica Rodríguez fought to create community to help women fight together. Now her new book For Brown Girls with...

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Publisher / Publication Date: Seal Press 2021

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 305.48 MOJ

Summary: Central America is the thin section of land that links the continents of North and south America. It is made up of seven small mostly tropical countries that share a wealth of natural beauty, Mayan history and culture and stunning wildlife.

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: DVD Masters 2008

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 917.2804 ULT

Singleton, Chris

Summary: "It might be America's favorite pastime, but baseball isn't just an American sport! From Cuba to Japan, Australia to Italy, a diverse melting pot of countries and cultures have embraced the ole ballgame. In Baseball Around the World, you'll take a multicultural world tour to meet the nations and players who have pushed baseball to international popularity--with a twist, of course. Find out what...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Bushel & Peck Books 2022

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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: J796.357 SIN

Hall, Sam

Summary: On cover: The first person account of the former businessman and olympic athlete who became "a soldier of democracy," commanding world attention with his arrest as a spy in Nicaragua.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: D.I. Fine 1987

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 355.35 HAL