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Across a Hundred Mountains, A Novel
• Reyna Grande
• LITERATURE
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(MEX161, $23.00)
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Ancient Maya, New Perspectives
• Heather McKillop
• HISTORY
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(MYA46, $22.95)
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The Aztecs
• Richard F. Townsend
• HISTORY
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This entry in the "Ancient Peoples and Places" series follows the Aztec civilization from its origins in the 12th century to its defeat at the hands of Cortes.
(MEX54, $24.95)
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Birder's Mexico
• Roland H. Wauer
• NATURAL HISTORY
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A personal, informative account of travels in Mexico. It's a wonderful introduction to the natural history of this diverse country, including the northern deserts, Baja California, Oaxaca, Palenque, and the Yucatan.
(MEX14, $18.95)
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Blue Guide Mexico
• John Collins
• David Jones
• GUIDEBOOK
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A thorough overview of Mexico focusing on history, archaeology and culture.
(MEX55, $25.00)
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Bordering on Chaos, Mexico's Roller-Coaster Journey to Prosperity
• Andres Oppenheimer
• CULTURAL PORTRAIT
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An outstanding analysis of modern Mexico since the Chiapas uprising in 1994.
(MEX50, $19.99)
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Breaking Out of Beginner's Spanish
• Joseph Keenan
• LANGUAGE & PHRASEBOOKS
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Idioms, common mistakes in word usage, and other helpful advice on tackling spoken Spanish. You'll need some foundation to take full advantage of this book -- but even a complete novice will appreciate the author's playful sense of humor.
(CAM06, $18.95)
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The Broken Spears: The Aztec Account of the Conquest of Mexico
• Miguel Leon Portilla
• HISTORY
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The view of the vanquished, this is a good antidote/compliment to Spanish chronicles.
(MEX57, $18.00)
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The Buried Mirror
• Carlos Fuentes
• CULTURAL PORTRAIT
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A fascinating, illustrated survey of Latin American culture and history by the great Mexican author Carlos Fuentes. With hundreds of color illustrations.
(SPN71, $29.95)
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Chasing Monarchs, A Migration with the Butterflies of Passage
• Robert Michael Pyle
• NATURAL HISTORY
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A memoir of Lepidoptery, combing the entomologist-author's considerable knowledge of butterflies and their biology with a rambling road trip from British Columbia through the Southwest to Mexico.
(MEX62, $14.00)
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The Cloud People, Divergent Evolution of the Zapotec and Mixtec Civilizations
• Kent V. Flannery
• HISTORY
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This collection of scholarly review articles, an update of the 1983 edition, is an essential resource on the development of the two pre-Columbian civilizations in the Oaxaca Valley.
(MEX233, $43.50)
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The Code of Kings, The Language of Seven Sacred Maya Temples and Tombs
• Linda Schele
• Peter Mathews
• ARCHAEOLOGY
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A vivid guided tour of seven Maya sites, including Palenque, Tikal and Chichen Itza. This outstanding book features photos and line drawings throughout, and introductory chapters with a succinct introduction to Maya history and culture.
(MYA13, $22.00)
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Colonial Mexico, A Guide to Historic Districts and Towns
• Chicki Mallan
• Oz Mallan
• GUIDEBOOK
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A practical guidebook to colonial sites throughout central Mexico, with a focus on the wonderful architectural heritage of places such as Acapulco, Guadalajara, Merida, Mexico City, Morelia, Patzcuaro, Queretaro, San Cristobal de las Casas, San Miguel de Allende, Taxco, Veracruz and Zacatecas.
(MEX104, $21.95)
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A Concise History of Mexico
• Brian Hamnett
• HISTORY
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(MEX162, $25.99)
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Conquest of the Sierra, Spaniards and Indians in Colonial Oaxaca
• John Chance
• HISTORY
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A scholarly history of the Zapotecs, which focuses on the impact of Spanish colonization on local communities and culture.
(MEX94, $24.95)
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Cortes and Montezuma
• Maurice Collis
• HISTORY
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A vivid tale of the bloody conquest of Mexico, originally publsihed in 1954.
(MEX95, $14.95)
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The Days of the Dead, Mexico's Festival Communion with the Departed
• John Greenleigh
• Rosalind Rosoff
• ART & ARCHITECTURE
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A collection of color photographs and essays (in both English and Spanish) celebrating Mexico's Day of the Dead.
(MEX149, $25.00)
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Digging the Days of the Dead
• Juanita Garciagodo
• CULTURAL PORTRAIT
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Subtitled "A Reading of Mexico's Dias de Muertos," this in-depth study of the Day of the Dead traces the development of this important cultural event from its pre-Hispanic origins to modern celebration.
(MEX79, $27.95)
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Distant Neighbors, A Portrait of the Mexicans
• Alan Riding
• CULTURAL PORTRAIT
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A best-selling profile of the contemporary Mexico and its people covering politics, culture and economics, by the long-time New York Times bureau chief in Mexico.
(MEX28, $15.00)
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Frida Kahlo, The Brush of Anguish
• Martha Zamora
• ART & ARCHITECTURE
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A handsome biography with 75 color paintings, archival photographs and accompanying text.
(MEX121, $24.95)
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Frida Kahlo, The Paintings
• Hayden Herrera
• ART & ARCHITECTURE
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A survey of Kahlo's work by her art historian biographer with ith 80 full color and many black-and-white illustrations.
(MEX120, $34.95)
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Frida, A Biography of Frida Kahlo
• Hayden Herrera
• BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR
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An intelligent, vivid biography of the artist.
(MEX119, $24.95)
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Handbook for Butterfly Watchers
• Sarah Anne Hughes
• Robert Michael Pyle
• NATURAL HISTORY
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A field guide and primer on butterflies and butterfly-watching by a foremost lepidopterist, with 200 illustrations and a foreword by Roger Tory Peterson.
(BST77, $15.00)
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Insight Guide Mexico
• Insight Guides
• GUIDEBOOK
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A profusely illustrated overview of Mexico, featuring concise essays by well regarded authors on history, politics and culture, hundreds of photos and maps, and some limited practical information.
(MEX35, $22.95)
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Insurgent Mexico
• John Reed
• TRAVEL NARRATIVE
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The author of Ten Days That Shook the World travels through Northern Mexico with Pancho Villa and his men. Written with revolutionary zeal.
(MEX59, $7.95)
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The Lawless Roads
• Graham Greene
• David Rieff
• TRAVEL NARRATIVE
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A riveting account of Graham's journeys through Tabasco and Chiapas in the 1930s, including his time in San Cristobal de Las Casas and Palenque. Greene was in Mexico investigating the impact of the anti-Church policies of President Calles.
(MEX164, $14.00)
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Legends of the Plumed Serpent, Biography of a Mexican God
• Neil Baldwin
• HISTORY
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This magnificently illustrated book mingles history, travelogue and social commentary.
(MEX56, $37.50)
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Like Water for Chocolate
• Laura Esquivel
• LITERATURE
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This lovely novel uses elements of magical realism to portray themes of family, duty, sacrifice, love, and freedom.
(MEX37, $13.95)
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Lonely Planet Mexico
• John Noble
• GUIDEBOOK
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A comprehensive, practical guide
(MEX107, $26.99)
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Mexico Map
• World Mapping Project
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A convenient, double-sided map of Mexico at a scale of 1:2,250,000. It includes an inset of the region around Mexico City.
(MEX20, $10.95)
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Mexico, Biography of Power, A History of Modern Mexico, 1810-1996
• Enrique Krauze
• HISTORY
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A beautifully written political and social history of Mexico. Translated from the Spanish, this is a widely praised, sweeping history.
(MEX52, $22.95)
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Millions of Monarchs, Bunches of Beetles: How Bugs Find Strength in Numbers
• Gilbert Waldbauer
• SCIENCE
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A fascinating collection of essays by a spirited entomologist on the occasional gathering of monarchs, ladybugs, locusts and other not-so-social insects. Delightful and instructive.
(BUG10, $16.95)
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The Mixtecs of Colonial Oaxaca, Nudzahui History, Sixteenth Through Eighteenth Centuries
• Kevin Terraciano
• HISTORY
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Readable and highly informative, this scholarly overview of the Mixtecs during the colonial period makes excellent use of original documents, showing the organization and culture as recorded by contemporary peoples.
(MEX234, $29.95)
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Moon Handbook Cabo
• Joe Cummings
• GUIDEBOOK
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An informative guide in the popular series.
(MEX143, $16.95)
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Moon Handbook Pacific Mexico
• Bruce Whipperman
• GUIDEBOOK
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A comprehensive guide to the Pacific coast of Mexico from Mazatlan to Oaxaca, including Puerto Vallarta, Guadalajara, Acapulco, Oaxaca and Puerto Escondido.
(MEX76, $21.95)
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National Parks of Northern Mexico
• Richard D. Fisher
• NATURAL HISTORY
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Veteran travel guide and photographer Richard Fisher has put together a stunning selection of color photographs for this slim, oversize paperback.
(MEX15, $16.95)
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Pedro Paramo
• Margaret Sayers Peden
• Juan Rulfo
• LITERATURE
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This poetic novel is an early, great example of magic realism set in Rulfo's native Jalisco. In a complicated series of flashbacks, the prodigal son returns to his birthplace, now an abandoned village haunted by ghosts. Originally published in Mexico in 1955.
(MEX09, $14.00)
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The People's Guide to Mexico, Wherever You Go, There You Are!
• Carl Franz
• Lorena Havens
• GUIDEBOOK
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A classic, entertaining guide to travel in Mexico, the original hippie handbook and still a treasure trove of practical and cultural detail.
(MEX71, $24.95)
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Pimsleur Quick & Simple Spanish
• Pimsleur Language Method
• LANGUAGE & PHRASEBOOKS
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Four audio CDs with eight 30-minute lessons in basic Spanish, covering elementary vocabulary and phrases used in travel and everyday situations.
(SPN257, $19.95)
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The Power and the Glory
• Graham Greene
• LITERATURE
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Redolent with vultures, the blazing sun, corruption and other Mexican cliches, this classic novel is set in Villahermosa -- and based on Greene's own travels by mule throughout the state of Tabasco.
(MEX05, $14.00)
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Rain of Gold
• Victor Villasenor
• LITERATURE
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An epic tale of three generations of a Mexican family.
(MEX29, $18.00)
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The Rarest of the Rare, Vanishing Animals, Timeless Worlds
• Diane Ackerman
• NATURAL HISTORY
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This collection of six marvelous essays includes Ackerman's visit to the Poço das Antas Biological Reserve, home to the world's only remaining population of wild golden lion tamarin. She also includes chapters on the Hawaiian monk seal, short-tailed albatross and monarch butterfly.
(BST26, $12.95)
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Seven Myths of the Spanish Conquest
• Matthew Restall
• HISTORY
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In this provocative book, Restall tackles Columbus, Cortes, Pizarro and the misconceptions surrounding them. The conquisadores most certainly did not conquer the Americas with a handful of men, nor were they received as gods.
(SAM52, $19.99)
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Shadows of Tender Fury
• Subcomandante Marcos
• Leslie Lopez
• BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR
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The collected letters and communiques of the leader of the Zapatista rebels, speaking out on behalf of the indigenous peoples of Chiapas.
(MEX93, $15.00)
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South Mexico map
• ITMB
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A double-sided map covering Mexico from Mexico City to Merida at a scale of 1:1:350,000.
(MEX65, $10.95)
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Travelers' Tales Mexico
• James O'Reilly
• Larry Habegger
• ANTHOLOGY
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Outstanding stories and essays on the culture, politics and people of Mexico. A highly readable introduction to the country, organized by topic and featuring Carlos Fuentes, Octavio Paz and excerpts from dozens of travelogues.
(MEX03, $17.95)
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The Treasure of the Sierra Madre
• B. Traven
• LITERATURE
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First published in 1927, this atmospheric novel of three desperate men searching for gold in the mountains of Mexico was the basis for the classic American movie. The true identity of this author, who contributed so much to the pop mythology of the Wild West, is still unknown.
(MEX18, $16.00)
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