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City of Fortune, How Venice Ruled the Seas

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A Pig in Provence: Good Food and Simple Pleasures in the South of France

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The Log from the Sea of Cortez

John Steinbeck

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Across a Hundred Mountains, A Novel


by Reyna Grande

  • LITERATURE
  • 2007
  • PAPER
  • 266 PAGES

This novel set in a small town in Mexico, California and a jail in Tijuana addresses issues of poverty, loss, family and immigration. (MEX161, $14.00)

Ancient Maya, New Perspectives


by Heather McKillop

  • HISTORY
  • 2006
  • PAPER
  • 460 PAGES

An overview for the general reader. (MYA46, $22.95)

Blue Guide Mexico


by John Collins | David Jones

  • GUIDEBOOK
  • 1996
  • PAPER

A thorough overview of Mexico focusing on history, archaeology and culture. (MEX55, $25.00)

Bordering on Chaos, Mexico's Roller-Coaster Journey to Prosperity

Bordering on Chaos, Mexico's Roller-Coaster Journey to Prosperity


by Andres Oppenheimer

  • CULTURAL PORTRAIT
  • 1998
  • PAPER
  • 379 PAGES

An outstanding analysis of modern Mexico since the Chiapas uprising in 1994. (MEX50, $19.99)

The Buried Mirror

The Buried Mirror


by Carlos Fuentes

  • CULTURAL PORTRAIT
  • 1999
  • PAPER
  • 399 PAGES

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)

Chasing Monarchs, A Migration with the Butterflies of Passage

Chasing Monarchs, A Migration with the Butterflies of Passage


by Robert Michael Pyle

  • NATURAL HISTORY
  • 2001
  • PAPER
  • 307 PAGES

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)

The Code of Kings, The Language of Seven Sacred Maya Temples and Tombs

The Code of Kings, The Language of Seven Sacred Maya Temples and Tombs


by Linda Schele | Peter Mathews

  • ARCHAEOLOGY
  • 1999
  • PAPER
  • 432 PAGES

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)

A Concise History of Mexico


by Brian Hamnett

  • HISTORY
  • 2006
  • PAPER
  • 368 PAGES

A chronological and thematic history of Mexico, including cultural developments and contemporary issues, through Vincente Fox's presidency. (MEX162, $28.99)

Cortes and Montezuma


by Maurice Collis

  • HISTORY
  • 1999
  • PAPER
  • 254 PAGES

A vivid tale of the bloody conquest of Mexico, originally publsihed in 1954. (MEX95, $15.95)

Crafts of Mexico


by Margarita de Orellana | Albert Ruy Sanchez

  • ART & ARCHITECTURE
  • 2004
  • HARD COVER
  • 360 PAGES

An abundantly illustrated guide to Mexico's crafts, including textiles, jewelry, ceramics, furniture and more. (MEX144, $45.00)

Discovery and Conquest of Mexico


by Bernal Diaz del Castillo | A.P. Maudslay | Hugh Thomas

  • HISTORY
  • 2004
  • PAPER
  • 478 PAGES

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)

Distant Neighbors, A Portrait of the Mexicans


by Alan Riding

  • CULTURAL PORTRAIT
  • 1989
  • PAPER
  • 352 PAGES

With insightful portraits of Mexico's recent presidents and leaders, this best-selling profile of the contemporary Mexico and its people covers politics, culture and economics. (MEX28, $19.95)

The Food and Life of Oaxaca, Traditional Recipes from Mexico's Heart

The Food and Life of Oaxaca, Traditional Recipes from Mexico's Heart


by Zarela Martinez

  • FOOD
  • 1997
  • HARD COVER
  • 342 PAGES

A cultural history of the region as interpreted through its food, this book mixes 150 recipes with a fascinating discussion of ingredients, daily rituals and regional celebrations. (MEX42, $35.00)

Insight Guide Mexico


by Insight Guides

  • GUIDEBOOK
  • 2010
  • PAPER
  • 456 PAGES

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, $22.99)

Insurgent Mexico


by John Reed

  • TRAVEL NARRATIVE
  • 1990
  • PAPER
  • 292 PAGES

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)

The Lawless Roads

The Lawless Roads


by Graham Greene | David Rieff

  • TRAVEL NARRATIVE
  • 2006
  • PAPER
  • 240 PAGES

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, $15.00)

Legends of the Plumed Serpent, Biography of a Mexican God


by Neil Baldwin

  • HISTORY
  • 1998
  • HARD COVER
  • 240 PAGES

This magnificently illustrated book mingles history, travelogue and social commentary. (MEX56, $37.50)

Like Water for Chocolate


by Laura Esquivel

  • LITERATURE
  • 1994
  • PAPER
  • 256 PAGES

This lovely novel uses elements of magical realism to portray themes of family, duty, sacrifice love and freedom. (MEX37, $15.00)

Many Mexicos

Many Mexicos


by Lesley Byrd Simpson

  • HISTORY
  • 1983
  • PAPER
  • 389 PAGES

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, $27.95)

Maya, Divine Kings of the Rain Forest


by Nikolai Grube

  • ARCHAEOLOGY
  • 2008
  • HARD COVER
  • 450 PAGES
  • OUT OF PRINT

Comprehensive and well-illustrated, this overview of the culture, history and archaeology of the Maya makes great reading. (MYA37, $49.95)

Mexico Map

Mexico Map


by National Geographic

  • 2011
  • MAP

A convenient, double-sided map of Mexico at a scale of 1:2,425,000. (MEX20, $11.95)

Millions of Monarchs, Bunches of Beetles: How Bugs Find Strength in Numbers

Millions of Monarchs, Bunches of Beetles: How Bugs Find Strength in Numbers


by Gilbert Waldbauer

  • SCIENCE
  • 2001
  • PAPER
  • 272 PAGES

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)

Moon Handbook Cabo

Moon Handbook Cabo


by Nikki Goth Itoi

  • GUIDEBOOK
  • 2009
  • PAPER
  • 288 PAGES

A great resource for the independent traveler, this guidebook features a good introduction to land, history and culture, as well as practical detail on getting around, where to go, and where to stay. With personality, detailed local maps, glossary and suggested itineraries. (MEX143, $17.95)

Moon Handbook Pacific Mexico

Moon Handbook Pacific Mexico


by Bruce Whipperman

  • GUIDEBOOK
  • 2007
  • PAPER
  • 811 PAGES

A comprehensive guide to the Pacific coast of Mexico from Mazatlan to Oaxaca, including Puerto Vallarta, Guadalajara, Acapulco, Oaxaca and Puerto Escondido. (MEX76, $23.95)

National Parks of Northern Mexico

National Parks of Northern Mexico


by Richard D. Fisher

  • NATURAL HISTORY
  • 2001
  • PAPER
  • 129 PAGES

Veteran travel guide and photographer Richard Fisher has put together a stunning selection of color photographs for this slim, oversize paperback. (MEX15, $16.95)

Pedro Paramo

Pedro Paramo


by Margaret Sayers Peden | Juan Rulfo

  • LITERATURE
  • 1994
  • PAPER
  • 124 PAGES

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)

Pimsleur Quick & Simple Spanish

Pimsleur Quick & Simple Spanish


by Pimsleur Language Method

  • LANGUAGE & PHRASEBOOKS
  • 2005
  • AUDIO CD

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)

The Power and the Glory

The Power and the Glory


by Graham Greene

  • LITERATURE
  • 2003
  • PAPER
  • 221 PAGES

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, $15.00)

Rain of Gold


by Victor Villasenor

  • LITERATURE
  • 1994
  • PAPER
  • 562 PAGES

An epic tale of three generations of a Mexican family. (MEX29, $18.00)

Oaxaca Journal

Oaxaca Journal


by Oliver Sacks

  • TRAVEL NARRATIVE
  • 2012
  • PAPER
  • 160 PAGES

Talented essayist and neurologist Oliver Sacks shows his wide-ranging intellectual curiosity in this transporting tale, interweaving observations and travels with history, nature and culture of Oaxaca. Happily back-in-print with original fern drawings by Dick Reuh. The trip, we should mention, was with the American Fern Society, just one of the good doctor's many interests. That's him, writing under the shade of a nopal cactus, on the cover. He may be writing about the history of chocolate or chili peppers, his ferny childhood at Kew Gardens, the gentle capybara, the violent colonization of Mexico, or its glorious pre-Conquest architecture. Or perhaps he is musing on botanical hallucinogens or the strange habits of fern devotees and birders scouting for new species. As the NY Times put it, "Sacks's boundless curiosity is always a reward." Did anyone say the perfect Mother's Day present? (MEX100, $14.95)

The Rarest of the Rare, Vanishing Animals, Timeless Worlds

The Rarest of the Rare, Vanishing Animals, Timeless Worlds


by Diane Ackerman

  • NATURAL HISTORY
  • 1996
  • PAPER
  • 208 PAGES

This collection of six marvelous essays includes Ackerman's visit to the Poco 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)

Sea Turtles


by Jeff Ripple

  • SCIENCE
  • 2002
  • PAPER
  • 85 PAGES
  • OUT OF PRINT

An illustrated overview of the eight species of sea turtles. (OCE61, $17.95)

Seven Myths of the Spanish Conquest


by Matthew Restall

  • HISTORY
  • 2004
  • PAPER
  • 272 PAGES

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)

South Mexico Map


by ITMB

  • MAP

A double-sided map covering Mexico from Mexico City to Merida at a scale of 1:1:350,000. (MEX65, $10.95)

Travelers' Tales Mexico

Travelers' Tales Mexico


by James O'Reilly | Larry Habegger

  • ANTHOLOGY
  • 2001
  • PAPER
  • 404 PAGES
  • OUT OF PRINT

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)

The Treasure of the Sierra Madre

The Treasure of the Sierra Madre


by B. Traven

  • LITERATURE
  • 2010
  • PAPER
  • 320 PAGES

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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