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Birder's Mexico
• Roland H. Wauer
NATURAL HISTORY •
1999 •
PAPER
• 304 PAGES
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. Wauer was for many years chief naturalist of Big Bend National Park.
(MEX14, $18.95) |
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Bordering on Chaos, Mexico's Roller-Coaster Journey to Prosperity
• Andres Oppenheimer
CULTURAL PORTRAIT •
1998 •
PAPER
• 379 PAGES
The author, a reporter with the Miami Herald, brings excellent journalism, insight and historical background to this outstanding analysis of modern Mexico. It focuses on events since the Chiapas uprising and political upheavals of 1994, including an analysis of NAFTA.
(MEX50, $19.99) |
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The Buried Mirror
• 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. Fuentes hosted a television series by the same name.
(SPN71, $29.95) |
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Conquest: Montezuma, Cortes and the Fall of Old Mexico
• Hugh Thomas
HISTORY •
1995 •
PAPER
• 812 PAGES
A prize-winning history of the conquest; entertaining, massively researched and definitive. A monumental work, the last 200 pages are devoted to lengthy appendices on everything from Aztec myths to the many wives of Cortes. It's rare to find a work of such scholarship and importance that is also so much fun to read.
(MEX06, $25.00) |
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Cortes and Montezuma
• Maurice Collis
HISTORY •
1999 •
PAPER
• 254 PAGES
A classic tale of the conquest of Mexico: vivid, scholarly -- and incorporating eyewitness reports, originally published in 1954.
(MEX95, $15.95) |
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Distant Neighbors, A Portrait of the Mexicans
• Alan Riding
CULTURAL PORTRAIT •
1989 •
PAPER
• 352 PAGES
This best-selling profile of the contemporary Mexico by the long-time New York Times bureau chief in Mexico covers politics, culture and economics. It includes insightful portraits of Mexico's recent presidents and leaders.
(MEX28, $19.95) |
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Field Guide to Mexican Birds
• Roger Tory Peterson
• Edward Chalif
FIELD GUIDE •
1973 •
PAPER
• 298 PAGES
This easy-to-carry field guide covers 1,000 birds that have been reported in Mexico, Belize and El Salvador but only illustrates those species not already included in one of the Peterson North American bird guides, which you may also want to carry. The guide also covers northwest Costa Rica.
(FG12, $22.00) |
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Field Guide to the Birds of Mexico and Adjacent Areas, Belize, Guatemala, and El Salvador
• Ernest Preston Edwards
FIELD GUIDE •
1998 •
PAPER
• 288 PAGES
• HARD TO FIND ELSEWHERE
This classic guide, in a third edition, illustrates all the regularly occurring birds of Mexico and neighboring areas. It gives details of distribution, abundance, habitat and identification features for 850 species.
(MEX47, $22.95) |
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First Stop in the New World
• David Lida
CULTURAL PORTRAIT •
2009 •
PAPER
• 336 PAGES
Lida captures the chaos, life and complexity of his adopted home in this savvy, street-level portait of Mexico City, "Capital of the 21st Century."
(MEX235, $16.00) |
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A Guide to the Birds of Mexico and Northern Central America
• Stephen Howell
• Sophie Webb
FIELD GUIDE •
1995 •
PAPER
• 849 PAGES
Serious birders will want this definitive guide to the 1,070 bird species found in Mexico, Guatemala, Belize, Honduras and western Nicaragua. It may be awkward to carry but it covers, in detail, all the birds you will see in the region in a single volume.
(FG15, $49.95) |
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Insight Guide Mexico
• 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) |
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Textiles from Mexico
• Chloe Sayer
ART & ARCHITECTURE •
2002 •
PAPER
• 88 PAGES
• COMING IN
A brief, illustrated survey of the techniques, styles and diversity of textiles produced in Mexico, featuring lively commentary and color photographs of 20 pieces from the British Museum. A compact, informative guide in the Fabric Folios series.
(MEX101, $24.95) |
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The Last City
• Jose Emilio Pacheco
• Pablo Ortiz Monasterio
CULTURAL PORTRAIT •
1995 •
HARD COVER
• 104 PAGES
A handsome collection of black-and-white photographs showing daily life -- and the contrast between ancient and modern -- in Mexico City. With an afterword by Jose Emilio Pacheco.
(MEX132, $50.00) |
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Life in Mexico
• Frances Calderon De La Barca
BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR •
1982 •
PAPER
• 548 PAGES
A wonderfully insightful, celebrated series of letters written by the Scottish wife of the Spanish Ambassador from Mexico, 1839-1842.
(MEX36, $28.95) |
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Many Mexicos
• 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. Fourth edition.
(MEX38, $27.95) |
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Mexican Days, Journeys into the Heart of Mexico
• Tony Cohan
TRAVEL NARRATIVE •
2007 •
PAPER
• 288 PAGES
In this sequel to On Mexican Time, Cohan ventures from San Miguel de Allende to explore the archaeological sites, colonial towns and cultures of Mexico from Vera Cruz to Oaxaca, the Yucatan and Guanajuato.
(MEX192, $15.99) |
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Mexican Writers on Writing
• Marg Peden
ANTHOLOGY •
2007 •
PAPER
• 320 PAGES
From Carlos Fuentes and Bernardo de Balbuena to Octavio Paz, this collection of literary works explores the viewpoints on writing and what defines literature.
(MEX203, $24.95) |
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Mexico in Mind
• Maria Finn
ANTHOLOGY •
2006 •
PAPER
• 235 PAGES
John Steinbeck, D.H. Lawrence, Graham Greene, Malcolm Lowry and others offer diverse impressions of the many Mexicos.
(MEX178, $14.95) |
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Mexico, Biography of Power, A History of Modern Mexico, 1810-1996
• Enrique Krauze
HISTORY •
1998 •
PAPER
• 896 PAGES
A widely praised, sweeping history of Mexico. Translated from the Spanish, this book is a beautifully written political and social history of the last two centuries.
(MEX52, $22.99) |
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Nothing to Declare
• Mary Morris
TRAVEL NARRATIVE •
1999 •
PAPER
• 250 PAGES
• FAVORITE
• COMING IN
An absorbing memoir of a woman traveling alone through Mexico and Central America. Morris, a favorite writer, evokes the people and places she visits on her travels in gritty immediate detail. Her travels include San Miguel de Allende, the Guatemalan Highlands, Bay Islands, and Nicaragua.
(CAM08, $15.00) |
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The People's Guide to Mexico, Wherever You Go, There You Are!
• Carl Franz
• Lorena Havens
GUIDEBOOK •
2006 •
PAPER
• 573 PAGES
Sans restaurant or hotel recommendations -- but with plenty of anecdotes and tips -- this is an informative, tell-all book on everything from Mexican slang to dealing with officialdom to buying a hammock. It's an imaginative alternative to the standard guidebook, aimed at low- or mid-budget travelers eager to explore Mexico on their own. Now in its 30th anniversary edition, this famous guide has legions of followers.
(MEX71, $24.95) |
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Popol Vuh, The Mayan Book of the Dawn of Life
• Dennis Tedlock
LITERATURE •
1996 •
PAPER
• 388 PAGES
The definitive, unabridged collection of creation myths and stories of the Quiche people, fundamental to understanding the worldview of the highland Maya. First transcribed into Latin in the 17th century, then revised and expanded in the 1990s by Dennis Tedlock, who consulted contemporary Maya. Carlos Fuentes called it "The Maya Bible."
(MYA14, $16.99) |
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Rough Guide Mexico
• Roger Norum
GUIDEBOOK •
2010 •
PAPER
• 912 PAGES
Neatly divided between practical information and a good roundup of culture, history and nature, this lively handbook provides a comprehensive guide to Mexico in the British series.
(MEX138, $26.99) |
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Travelers' Tales Mexico
• James O'Reilly
• Larry Habegger
ANTHOLOGY •
2001 •
PAPER
• 404 PAGES
• COMING IN
A diverse collection of excellent stories and essays, mostly modern. Organized by topic, the selection includes the Mexican novelist Carlos Fuentes, essayist Octavio Paz, New York writer Kate Simon along with excerpts from dozens of travelogues. It's a highly readable introduction to the cultural heritage, politics and people of Mexico.
(MEX03, $17.95) |
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