An unrivaled survey on the countries and territories of this immense region.
* Over 900 pages of in-depth analysis, up-to-date statistics and invaluable directory details
* Includes contributions from acknowledged authorities who examine topics of regional importance.
General Survey
* Thoroughly revised and updated analytical articles written by acknowledged experts covering issues of regional importance are examined by acknowledged authorities of the area, subjects covered include: "Religion in 21st Century Latin America; " "Indigenous Peoples in Latin America in the 21st...

For fans of Pseudonymous Bosch, Coraline, and Septimus Heap comes the first book in the award-winning, New York Times bestselling Books of Elsewhere series.

This house is keeping secrets . . .

When eleven-year-old Olive and her parents move into the crumbling mansion on Linden Street and find it filled with mysterious paintings, Olive knows the place is creepy--but it isn't until she encounters its three talking cats that she realizes there's something darkly magical afoot. Then Olive finds a pair of antique spectacles in a dusty drawer and discovers the most...

In the fourth volume of the New York Times bestselling Books of Elsewhere series, Olive thought she had uncovered all the house's secrets. She was wrong.

It's Halloween night when strangers come to Linden Street . . . and something absolutely vital to Olive goes missing. To what lengths will she go to get it back? Can she trust the strangers? Will she turn to a new and dangerous magic within the paintings of Elsewhere? Or will Olive put her faith in her own worst enemies to save the people and home she loves?

The stakes grow higher, the secrets more dangerous, and...

WINGATE BEACH is a novel about African American Detective Antone Wester, who moved from the Big Apple after taking down one of New York City's most notorious crime lords for a somewhat more peaceful and leisure lifestyle in the small town of Wingate Beach. Murder and kidnapping has disrupted the tranquility of this quiet beautiful beach town causing chaos and distrust among its residents. To further complicate matter, feisty Jaquisha Hawkins, the woman who found the body and, who happens to be a neighbor of the grieving widower makes her the perfect suspect. This bodacious suspect is causing...