Rio de Janeiro! #5

Rio de Janeiro! #5
Author: Giada De Laurentiis
Publisher: Grosset & Dunlap
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2015
Genre: Adventure and adventurers
ISBN: 9780448482057

Includes an excerpt from the next title in the series, Recipe for adventure, Hawaii!

DK Top 10 Rio de Janeiro

DK Top 10 Rio de Janeiro
Author: DK Travel
Publisher: Penguin
Total Pages: 205
Release: 2023-11-28
Genre: Travel
ISBN: 0744095212

Famous around the globe for its riotous Carnaval, Rio de Janeiro offers visitors everything from beautiful beaches and natural wonders, to fine Latin art and spectacular samba shows. Make the most of your trip to this incredible city with DK Eyewitness Top 10. Planning is a breeze with our simple lists of ten, covering the very best that Rio de Janeiro has to offer and ensuring that you don't miss a thing. Best of all, the pocket-friendly format is light and easily portable; the perfect companion while out and about. Inside DK Eyewitness Top 10 Rio de Janeiro you will find: -Up-to-date information with insider tips and advice for staying safe. -Top 10 lists of must-sees, including Corcovado, Sugar Loaf Mountain, Museu Nacional de Belas Artes, and Jardim Botânico -Rio de Janeiro's most interesting areas, with the best places for sightseeing, food and drink, and shopping. -Themed lists, including the best beaches, bars and nightclubs, children's activities, things to do for free, and much more. -Easy-to-follow itineraries, perfect for a day trip, a weekend, or a week. -A laminated pull-out map of Rio de Janeiro, plus six full-colour area maps. Looking for more on culture, history and attractions? Try our DK Eyewitness Brazil.

Fodor's Rio de Janeiro's 25 Best

Fodor's Rio de Janeiro's 25 Best
Author: Fodor's
Publisher: Fodors Travel Publications
Total Pages: 177
Release: 2012-06-26
Genre: Travel
ISBN: 0876371454

A travel guide to Rio de Janeiro provides recommendations on hotels, restaurants, shopping, local transportation, points of interest, and nightlife.

Time Out Rio de Janeiro

Time Out Rio de Janeiro
Author: Editors of Time Out
Publisher: Time Out Guides
Total Pages: 260
Release: 2007
Genre: Travel
ISBN: 1846700450

Time Out's resident team helps you get the best out of the capital of carnival, giving you the inside track on local culture plus hundreds of independent venue reviews. As well as covering visitor essentials, Time Out Rio de Janeiro shows you the best places to sunbath e, shop, samba and (if you really have to) sleep.

Rio de Janeiro

Rio de Janeiro
Author: Luiz Eduardo Soares
Publisher: Penguin UK
Total Pages: 282
Release: 2016-05-05
Genre: Social Science
ISBN: 014197625X

A book as rich and sprawling as the seductive metropolis it evokes, Rio de Janeiro builds a kaleidoscopic portrait of this city of extremes, and its history of conflict and corruption. Award-winning novelist, ex-government minister and sociologist, Luiz Eduardo Soares tells the story of Rio through the everyday lives of its people: gangsters and police, activists, politicians and struggling migrant workers, each with their own version of the city. Taking us on a journey into Rio's intricate world of favelas, beaches and corridors of power, Soares reveals one of the most extraordinary cities in the world in all its seething, agonistic beauty.

Favela

Favela
Author: Janice Perlman
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Total Pages: 445
Release: 2010-06-10
Genre: Social Science
ISBN: 0199709556

Janice Perlman wrote the first in-depth account of life in the favelas, a book hailed as one of the most important works in global urban studies in the last 30 years. Now, in Favela, Perlman carries that story forward to the present. Re-interviewing many longtime favela residents whom she had first met in 1969--as well as their children and grandchildren--Perlman offers the only long-term perspective available on the favelados as they struggle for a better life. Perlman discovers that while educational levels have risen, democracy has replaced dictatorship, and material conditions have improved, many residents feel more marginalized than ever. The greatest change is the explosion of drug and arms trade and the high incidence of fatal violence that has resulted. Yet the greatest challenge of all is job creation--decent work for decent pay. If unemployment and under-paid employment are not addressed, she argues, all other efforts will fail to resolve the fundamental issues. Foreign Affairs praises Perlman for writing "with compassion, artistry, and intelligence, using stirring personal stories to illustrate larger points substantiated with statistical analysis."

Porous City

Porous City
Author: Bruno Carvalho
Publisher: Liverpool University Press
Total Pages: 252
Release: 2017-09-25
Genre: History
ISBN: 1786948591

A timely and original cultural history of Rio de Janeiro.

Frommer's Rio de Janeiro Day by Day

Frommer's Rio de Janeiro Day by Day
Author: Alexandra de Vries
Publisher: *Frommers
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2011-05-03
Genre: Travel
ISBN: 9780470881576

Frommer's first edition Rio de Janeiro Day by Day is your personal tour guide to the sizzling city of Rio. Specialized tours cater to art and architecture fans or those traveling with kids, while entertainment and nightlife reviews will tell you the best places to sip a caipirinha and listen to samba. Whether you're an outdoor adventurer or a partier in search of a good time, Rio de Janeiro Day by Day will help you plan a memorable trip. With complete coverage of Carnaval and the city's beaches, extensive hotel, restaurant, and shopping listings, and information on day trips to Paraty, Petropolis, and Buzios, Frommer's Rio de Janeiro Day by Day is the premier guide to the Brazilian city.

Dutra's World

Dutra's World
Author: Zephyr L. Frank
Publisher: UNM Press
Total Pages: 252
Release: 2004
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 9780826334114

The impact of slavery in 19th century Brazil is examined through the life of one typical slave owner who was also a former slave.

Drugs & Democracy in Rio de Janeiro

Drugs & Democracy in Rio de Janeiro
Author: Enrique Desmond Arias
Publisher: Univ of North Carolina Press
Total Pages: 303
Release: 2006
Genre: Political Science
ISBN: 0807830607

Taking an ethnographic approach to understanding urban violence, Enrique Desmond Arias examines the ongoing problems of crime and police corruption that have led to widespread misery and human rights violations in many of Latin America's new democracies.