Brazil

  • Brazil
    By Connie Roop, Peter Roop

    Describes many aspects of the largest country in South America, including its land, landmarks, homes, food, clothes, schools, sports, celebrations, and arts.

  • Brazil
    By Connie Roop, Peter Roop

    Peter Roop, Connie Roop. A VISIT TO Brazil REVISED AND UPDATED EUROPE NORTH AMERICA ASIA AFRICA BRAZIL SOUTH AMERICA AUSTRALIA Peter and Connie Roop This one Heinemann Library Chicago , Illinois CQQX - 7FJ - N6DL © 2008 Heinemann ...

  • Brazil: The Rough Guide
    By Rough Guides, David Cleary, Dilwyn Jenkins

    Describes the sights, museums, restaurants, and accommodations of Brazil, with sections on history, geography, and language

  • Brazil
    By Katja Sassmannshausen

    It is difficult to define Brazil as a country; it is rather the sum of countries with very different characteristics such as the Amazon region with the longest river and the largest rainforest in the world, and Rio de Janeiro, with its ...

  • Brazil: Five Centuries of Change
    By Thomas E. Skidmore

    This second edition offers an unparallelled look at Brazil in the twentieth century, including in-depth coverage of the 1930 revolution and Vargas's rise to power; the ensuing unstable democratic period and the military coups that followed; ...

  • Brazil
    By John Updike

    Brazil

  • Brazil: Modern Architectures in History
    By Richard J. Williams

    But these well-known works are not fully reflective of the built environment of Brazil, and with this volume, Richard Williams unearths the rich architectural heritage of Brazil.

  • Brazil
    By Paul McAuley

    Widely believed to be Terry Gilliam's best film, Brazil's brilliantly imaginative vision of a retro-futuristic bureaucracy has had a lasting influence on genre cinema.

  • Brazil: Reversal of Fortune
    By Alfred P. Montero

    Once deemed a “dysfunctional” democracy with a “feckless” set of political institutions and a “drunk” economy, today’s Brazil has undergone a complete reversal of fortune.

  • Brazil
    By Ann Heinrichs

    Describes the geography, plants, animals, history, economy, culture, and people of Brazil.

  • Brazil

    Shows works by contemporary artists of Brazil. Includes works by Antonio Henrique Amaral, Ruth Bess, Danilo di Prete, Djanira, Marcelo Grassmann, Manabu Mabe, Candido Portinari, Firmino Fernades Saldanha, and Albert...

  • Brazil: Financial Sector Assessment Program-Technical Note on Supervision and Oversight of Financial Market Infrastructures
    By International Monetary Fund. Monetary and Capital Markets Department

    Brazilian post-trading services are integrated. The entities providing securities settlement services also provide other post-trade processing, acting both as a clearing house, and a CSD or as a trade repository (TR).

  • Brazil: Tax Expenditure Rationalization Within Broader Tax Reform
    By Maria Delgado Coelho

    The excessive complexity and burden of the Brazilian tax system, riddled by cumulative indirect taxes and heavy payroll contributions, have led to an accumulation of fiscal incentives aimed at reducing its burden on taxpayers and productive ...

  • Brazil: Media from the Country of the Future
    By Laura Robinson, Apryl Williams, Jeremy Schulz

    “Seguindo a canc ̧a ̃o: Engajamento polı ́tico e indu ́stria cultural na MPB (1959-1969) [Following the song: Political engagement and cultural ... Cultura brasileira & identidade nacional [Brazilian culture & national identity].

  • Brazil: The Beautiful Game
    By Christopher Pillitz

    Having photographed football in Brazil for two decades, no one understands the country's passion for the sport better than Christopher Pillitz.

  • Brazil
    By Adam Vaitilingam, Polly Thomas, Polly Rodger Brown

    The Rough Guide to Brazil is the ultimate handbook to this exhilarating country.

  • Brazil: Boom, Bust, and the Road to Recovery
    By Mr.Antonio Spilimbergo, Mr.Krishna Srinivasan

    Brazil is at crossroads, emerging slowly from a historic recession that was preceded by a huge economic boom.

  • Brazil: Travel Guide for Men Travel Brazil Like You Really Want to
    By Christopher Street

    Internet forums will speak in codes and never give you the right information, other travel guides skirt around the topic, and all the juiciest tips to be found aren't in English. This is where this Brazil travel guide for men comes in.

  • Brazil: A New Regional Power in the World Economy
    By Bertha K. Becker, Claudio A. G. Egler

    Becker and Egler examine and review the process of Brazil's entry into the capitalist world-economy.

  • Brazil: The Once and Future Country
    By Marshall C. Eakin

    Explaining the relationship between sex and carnival presents more difficulties . Increasingly , the sexual side of carnival has become more pronounced and graphic . In the parades , topless female dancers have become commonplace ...