Mexico category: 1477 books
Delirio—The Fantastic, the Demonic, and the Réel
The Buried History of Nuevo León
Language: English
Release Date: January 1, 2010
Striking, inexplicable stories circulate among the people of Nuevo Len in northern Mexico. Stories of conversos (converted Jews) who fled the Inquisition in Spain and became fabulously wealthy in Mexico. Stories of women and children buried in walls and under houses. Stories of an entire, secret city...
The Life Within
Local Indigenous Society in Mexico's Toluca Valley, 1650-1800
Language: English
Release Date: January 9, 2013
The Life Within provides a social and cultural history of the indigenous people of a region of central Mexico in the later colonial period—as told through documents in Nahuatl and Spanish. It views the indigenous world from the inside out, focusing first on the household—buildings, lots, household...
by Brian Ward
Language: English
Release Date: July 8, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: July 8, 2011
Faridy, my Mexican love interest, was into doing what made her feel the most joy in any given moment.
“Do you want to go out to eat?” I’d ask.
“No, but I’ll go with you if you want,” Faridy replied.
Once the tamales arrived, she decided that they smelled good and would eat mine. I didn’t...
The Mixtecs of Oaxaca
Ancient Times to the Present
Language: English
Release Date: August 15, 2013
The Mixtec peoples were among the major original developers of Mesoamerican civilization. Centuries before the Spanish Conquest, they formed literate urban states and maintained a uniquely innovative technology and a flourishing economy. Today, thousands of Mixtecs still live in Oaxaca, in present-day...
by Allen MacDiarmid
Language: English
Release Date: August 19, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: August 19, 2013
This is an article on my experiences with having the Mexicans think I was a drug user in La Paz, BCS, Mexico. I was there on my Freedom 28 Cat Ketch sailboat. Of interest to sailors who might want to cruise to Mexico or anyone who has been falsely charged with drugs or has friends who have.
by Noah Saint-Just
Language: English
Release Date: August 1, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: August 1, 2015
A specific shamanic initiation allowed governing elite or medicine men to communicate with nature deities.
Banned by evangelic oppression as a satanic witchcraft, the shamanic ritual became a secret cult or disappeared. It was only briefly mentioned in indian chronicles, unwilling to draw...
On the Plain of Snakes
A Mexican Journey
Language: English
Release Date: October 8, 2019
Legendary travel writer Paul Theroux drives the entire length of the US–Mexico border, then goes deep into the hinterland, on the back roads of Chiapas and Oaxaca, to uncover the rich, layered world behind today’s brutal headlines.
Paul Theroux has spent his life crisscrossing the globe...
In the Lands of Fire and Sun
Resistance and Accommodation in the Huichol Sierra, 1723–1930
Language: English
Release Date: May 1, 2018
The Huichols (or Wixárika) of western Mexico are among the most resilient and iconic indigenous groups in Mexico today. In the Lands of Fire and Sun examines the Huichol Indians as they have struggled to maintain their independence over two centuries. From the days of the Aztec Empire, the history...
Solamente en San Miguel
A Literary Celebration
Language: English
Release Date: December 1, 2017
Solamente en San Miguel: A Literary Celebration Volume III offers a dazzling array of short stories, poetry and personal essays by fifty authors including Tony Cohan, Merilyn Simonds, C.M. Mayo, Óscar Plazola, Maruja González, Manuel Carranza and Judyth Hill. From tales of a secret tunnel beneath...
Conquistador Voices (vol I)
The Spanish Conquest of the Americas as Recounted Largely by the Participants
Language: English
Release Date: November 2, 2015
The Spanish Conquest: What Really Happened?
Columbus discovered America, Cortés conquered the Aztecs, Pizarro the Incas. Soto had something to do with the Mississippi. And Cabeza de Vaca? Well, your teacher never mentioned him.
For most Americans, this is the extent of our knowledge about...
by Sophie De Mullenheim
Language: French
Release Date: October 24, 2016
Language: French
Release Date: October 24, 2016
Parmi les ordures de la décharge géante qui jouxte la ville de Mexico, Rafael a trouvé ce qu’il cherchait : un livre. Un vieux livre à la couverture rouge et usée. Voilà qui fera un cadeau idéal pour l’anniversaire de Pablo, son grand frère qui rêve de devenir médecin et qui fait tout...
Count Me In
A Parade of Mexican Folk Art Numbers in English and Spanish
Language: English
Release Date: December 18, 2012
Practice your numbers in English and Spanish when you count the beautiful dancers, playful musicians, and happy children of Oaxaca as the Guelaguetza parade goes by! Pronounced Gal-a-get-zah, the lively celebration—full of traditional dancing and music—takes place every July deep in the heart...
Gifts of Our Lady of Guadalupe
Patroness of Latin America
Language: English
Release Date: June 1, 2018
Just before dawn on Saturday the 9th of December, 1531, Juan Diego was on his way to Mass near Mexico City. He came to a hill known as Tepeyac just as day broke. He could hear the singing of many beautiful birds, but then the singing suddenly stopped. As he looked towards the top of the hill he heard...
by Odie Hawkins
Language: English
Release Date: February 12, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: February 12, 2013
The Matador Negro Azucar (Black Matador, Sugar), is the story of a young African-American man, born and raised on the Southside of Chicago, who is obsessed by the idea of becoming a matador. Chester Simmons is opposed by his parents. Bullfighting!? Get serious about yourself, Chester! Dondisha Phillips,...