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1491, New Revelations of Americas Before Columbus
• Charles C. Mann
• HISTORY
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Mann portrays the successes and failures of the complex societies of the Mississippi River, central Mexico, the Andes and the Amazon in this thought-provoking speculative history of the Americas before the arrival of Europeans.
(WLD61, $15.95)
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Across a Hundred Mountains, A Novel
• Reyna Grande
• LITERATURE
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(MEX161, $23.00)
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Amphibians and Reptiles of Northern Guatemala, the Yucatan, and Belize
• Jonathan A. Campbell
• FIELD GUIDE
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A photo identification guide.
(CAM106, $39.95)
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The Ancient Maya
• Robert Sharer
• ARCHAEOLOGY
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A scholarly reference on everything Maya, including individual site descriptions, maps, and much else of interest to the serious student of Maya history and culture.
(MYA07, $35.95)
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Ancient Maya, New Perspectives
• Heather McKillop
• HISTORY
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(MYA46, $22.95)
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An Archaeological Guide to Northern Central America
• Joyce Kelly
• ARCHAEOLOGY
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The clear descriptions, site plans, maps and photographs of 38 archeological sites and 25 museums throughout Central America make this book an ideal travel companion.
(MYA04, $24.95)
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Archaeological Mexico: A Traveler's Guide to Ancient Cities and Sacred Sites
• Andrew Coe
• GUIDEBOOK
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A guide to 52 of the largest and best-known sites throughout Mexico.
(MEX63, $21.95)
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The Art of Mesoamerica, from Olmec to Aztec
• Mary Ellen Miller
• ART & ARCHITECTURE
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An excellent survey of Mesoamerican art and architecture from 1500 BC to the Spanish conquest. Compact and profusely illustrated, it includes drawings, photographs and site plans.
(MYA09, $21.95)
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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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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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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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Cancun, Cozumel & the Riviera Maya Alive!
• Bruce & June Conord
• GUIDEBOOK
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The practical lowdown on the coast and islands of the Yucatan.
(MEX147, $16.99)
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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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Collapse, How Societies Choose to Fail or Succeed
• Jared Diamond
• HISTORY
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Diamond tackles nothing less than the history and fate of civilization in this compelling book in which he offers case studies, present and past, of societies that work and societies that do not, devoting 100 carefully reasoned pages, for example, to the fate of the Norse settlements in Greenland (climatic change, Inuit) and another big section on Easter Island (deforestation, hubris).
(GEN324, $18.00)
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The Columbian Exchange, Biological and Cultural Consequences
• Alfred W. Crosby
• NATURAL HISTORY
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Crosby, a historian with an ecological perspective, explores the impact of Columbus' voyage on the ecosystems -- and people -- of the New World in this lively and provocative study.
(GEN21, $33.95)
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A Concise History of Mexico
• Brian Hamnett
• HISTORY
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(MEX162, $24.99)
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Crafts of Mexico
• Margarita de Orellana
• Albert Ruy Sanchez
• ART & ARCHITECTURE
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An abundantly illustrated guide to Mexico's crafts, including textiles, jewelry, ceramics, furniture and more.
(MEX144, $45.00)
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Discovery and Conquest of Mexico
• Bernal Diaz del Castillo
• A.P. Maudslay
• Hugh Thomas
• HISTORY
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A vivid eyewitness account from a soldier's perspective. Diaz attempts to set the story straight and his classic first-person account is a richly detailed, well written and essential narrative of the Spanish conquest of Mexico.
(MEX32, $24.00)
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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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Field Guide to Mexican Birds
• Roger Tory Peterson
• Edward Chalif
• FIELD GUIDE
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An easy-to-carry field guide with 1,000 species reported in Mexico, Belize and El Salvador, covering also northwest Costa Rica.
(FG12, $22.00)
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A Field Guide to the Amphibians and Reptiles of the Maya World
• Julian C. Lee
• FIELD GUIDE
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A nicely illustrated, complete guide.
(CAM104, $36.95)
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Footprint Mexico & Central America Handbook
• Sarah Cameron
• Ben Box
• GUIDEBOOK
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The classic, comprehensive guide to the region.
(MEX64, $24.95)
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Frommer's Cancun, Cozumel & the Yucatan
• David Baird
• GUIDEBOOK
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A practical travel guide featuring excellent annotated listings of what to do and where to eat and sleep. With one-color maps and suggested excursions.
(MEX208, $18.99)
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Frommer's Day by Day Cancun & the Yucatan
• Irene Sunley
• GUIDEBOOK
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A slim travel guide featuring excellent annotated listings of what to do and where to eat and sleep. With one-color maps and suggested excursions.
(MEX209, $12.99)
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Genesis (Memory of Fire Trilogy, Part 1)
• Cedric Belfrage
• Eduardo Galeano
• HISTORY
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Brief, lyrical vignettes and anecdotes from pre-Columbian myths through the conquest and early colonial period. A crash course in the history of the New World.
(MYA18, $16.95)
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A Guide to Ancient Maya Ruins
• C. Bruce Hunter
• GUIDEBOOK
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A compact, accessible guide to archaeological sites in Mexico, Guatemala and Honduras.
(MYA23, $19.95)
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An Illustrated Dictionary of the Gods and Symbols of Ancient Mexico and the Maya
• Karl Taube
• Mary Miller
• ARCHAEOLOGY
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A comprehensive guide to the mythology of ancient Mesoamerican civilizations.
(CAM109, $19.95)
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Incidents of Travel in Central America, Chiapas and Yucatan: Volume Two
• John Lloyd Stephens
• ARCHAEOLOGY
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Stephen's classic account of archeological discovery, originally published in 1843. This second volume covers Stephens and Catherwood's further adventures, including the Yucatan and Palenque.
(MYA05, $14.95)
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Insight Guide Guatemala, Belize & the Yucatan
• Insight Guides
• GUIDEBOOK
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This handsome guide gives a profusely illustrated overview of Guatemala, Belize and the Yucatan Peninsula, featuring concise essays by well regarded authors on natural history, politics and culture.
(CAM113, $23.95)
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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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Jungle of the Maya
• Douglas Goodell
• Jerry Barrack
• Jim Wright
• Archie Carr
• NATURAL HISTORY
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A handsome survey of the wildlife and habitats of the Selva Maya, the tropical forest that spreads through Belize, Guatemala and the Yucatan.
(MYA51, $34.95)
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Karen Brown's Mexico: Exceptional Places to Stay & Itineraries
• Karen Brown
• GUIDEBOOK
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A survey of inns and other lodging of character, along with itineraries and highlights of the region.
(MEX116, $19.95)
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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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Life in Mexico
• Frances Calderon De La Barca
• BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR
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A wonderfully insightful, celebrated series of letters written by the Scottish wife of the Spanish Ambassador from Mexico, 1839-1842.
(MEX36, $22.95)
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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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Many Mexicos
• Lesley Byrd Simpson
• HISTORY
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This widely known popular history of Mexico, first published in 1941, stands as an enjoyable, well-written introduction to the country and its history.
(MEX38, $25.95)
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Maya Cosmos, Three Thousand Years on the Shaman's Path
• Joy Parker
• Linda Schele
• David Freidel
• ARCHAEOLOGY
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This book finds coherence in 3000 years of Central American religious history.
(MYA32, $23.95)
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Maya Glyphs
• S.D. Houston
• HISTORY
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A concise survey of ancient Maya language and writing.
(MYA24, $15.95)
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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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Moon Handbook Cabo
• Joe Cummings
• GUIDEBOOK
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An informative guide in the popular series.
(MEX143, $16.95)
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National Audubon Society Field Guide to Tropical Marine Fishes: Caribbean, the Gulf of Mexico, Florida, the Bahamas and Bermu
• C. Lavett Smith
• FIELD GUIDE
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A photographic guide to coral reef fishes found in the Caribbean, Florida, the Bahamas and Bermuda. This portable, pocket-size book features 417 excellent color photographs, each with a range map and description.
(FG24, $19.95)
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Nothing to Declare
• Mary Morris
• TRAVEL NARRATIVE
• FAVORITE
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An absorbing memoir of a woman traveling alone throughout Mexico and Central America. Morris, a favorite writer, evokes the people and places she visits in gritty immediate detail.
(CAM08, $14.00)
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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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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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Scribes, Warriors and Kings: The City of Copan and the Ancient Maya
• William L Fash
• ARCHAEOLOGY
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A comprehensive, illustrated overview of the great city of Copan, its rise to power, history and mysterious collapse in the ninth century. Fash pays particular attention to the role of recently deciphered inscriptions in our changing understanding of the Maya.
(MYA11, $24.95)
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Secrets of the Maya
• Archaeology Magazine
• Peter Young
• ANTHOLOGY
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An anthology of articles on the Maya, originally published in Archaeology. With photographs, a timeline, and a key to Maya hieroglyphs.
(MYA48, $15.95)
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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, $16.95)
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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, $16.95)
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A Short History of Progress
• Ronald Wright
• HISTORY
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These succint essays, originally presented as a radio broadcast, analyze the rise and fall of great societies, including Maya, Roman, Sumerian, Ancient Chinese and Easter Island.
(WLD62, $14.95)
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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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T. Rex and the Crater of Doom
• Walter Alvarez
• NATURAL HISTORY
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A new edition of Alvarez's landmark account of the famous impact crater found in the Yucatan.
(CAM68, $16.95)
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Three Weeks With My Brother
• Micah Sparks
• Nicholas Sparks
• TRAVEL NARRATIVE
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This remarkable account of family, friendship and travel takes as its point of departure a three-week around the world odyssey by private jet.
(TVL34, $13.99)
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The World of the Ancient Maya
• George S. Henderson
• HISTORY
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A comprehensive survey of the Maya from early settlement to the Spanish invasion. With descriptions of Maya rulers, architecture, art, language, and daily life, photographs and maps.
(MYA21, $29.95)
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