Mexico category: 1477 books
Imperial Dreams
Tracking the Imperial Woodpecker Through the Wild Sierra Madre
Language: English
Release Date: April 16, 2013
Explorer and naturalist Tim Gallagher is obsessed with rare birds. A decade ago, Gallagher was one of the rediscoverers of the legendary ivory-billed woodpecker, which most scientists believed had been extinct for more than half a century—an event that caused an international stir. Now, in Imperial...
by Manuel Handy
Language: Spanish
Release Date: September 28, 2014
Language: Spanish
Release Date: September 28, 2014
El término de chamanismo abunda en lo que concierne a la espiritualidad de los Indios de Amazonia o de Norteamérica, pero es poco utilizado para describir las antiguas sociedades elaboradas de Mesoamérica.
Sin embargo, algunos conceptos como el Espíritu Custodio animal, el viaje espiritual...
Forgotten Dead
Mob Violence against Mexicans in the United States, 1848-1928
Language: English
Release Date: April 19, 2013
Mob violence in the United States is usually associated with the southern lynch mobs who terrorized African Americans during the Jim Crow era. In Forgotten Dead, William D. Carrigan and Clive Webb uncover a comparatively neglected chapter in the story of American racial violence, the lynching of persons...
The Fifth Sun
Aztec Gods, Aztec World
Language: English
Release Date: February 19, 2014
The ancient Aztecs dwelt at the center of a dazzling and complex cosmos. From this position they were acutely receptive to the demands of their gods. The Fifth Sun represents a dramatic overview of the Aztec conception of the universe and the gods who populated it—Quetzalcoatl, the Plumed Serpent;...
ALL INCLUSIVE
Mayan Ruins, Xenotes, And... Kaoties!
Language: English
Release Date: July 17, 2014
In her fourth book Bea W Meyer takes the reader on a resort-style vacation to Mexico's Yucatan peninsula. Funny episodes alternate with useful information about sights to see and things to do in an area full of natural wonders and ancient Mayan history. This is not your everyday travel book but rather an entertaining log of a two week vacation in a region well worth while visiting.
by Dianne Rein
Language: English
Release Date: July 19, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: July 19, 2011
Whether you are on a limited budget or can afford to be in the lap of luxury, this new
guide will help you find your way. “Smile In Cozumel” is geared to give the traveler choices in all categories and at all price points so his/her trip can be individually tailored based on a budget or a whim.
With...
Angels Are Active In Puerto Vallarta
My Life With A Broken Wing
Language: English
Release Date: March 7, 2016
This book is inspired by my experiences in Puerto Vallarta Mexico in the years I lived there. Most of these stories are about my friends. Some of the names of the places and people have been changed. I am not a writer in the true sense, I am a story teller. My friends kept hounding me to put these stories...
The Princess and the Warrior
A Tale of Two Volcanoes
Language: English
Release Date: September 20, 2016
Award-winning author Duncan Tonatiuh reimagines one of Mexico’s cherished legends. Princess Izta had many wealthy suitors but dismissed them all. When a mere warrior, Popoca, promised to be true to her and stay always by her side, Izta fell in love. The emperor promised Popoca if he could defeat...
Why You No Scream Viva?! My Big Mexican Adventure that Taught Me How to Live, Love, and Laugh Again.
Why You No Scream Viva?! My Big Mexican Adventure that Taught Me How to Live, Love, and Laugh Again.
Language: English
Release Date: July 11, 2013
There is life after a broken heart-but you have to go out and find it! When you're in the middle of a break-up, the last thing you probably feel is strong, capable, and able to move on with your life. Why You No Scream Viva?! chronicles the sometimes hilarious adventures Brooke Martellaro experiences....
The Beast
Riding the Rails and Dodging Narcos on the Migrant Trail
Language: English
Release Date: October 8, 2013
One day a few years ago, 300 migrants were kidnapped between the remote desert towns of Altar, Mexico, and Sasabe, Arizona. A local priest got 120 released, many with broken ankles and other marks of abuse, but the rest vanished. Óscar Martínez, a young writer from El Salvador, was in Altar soon...
When Montezuma Met Cortes
The True Story of the Meeting that Changed History
Language: English
Release Date: January 30, 2018
A dramatic rethinking of the encounter between Montezuma and Hernando Cortés that completely overturns what we know about the Spanish conquest of the Americas
On November 8, 1519, the Spanish conquistador Hernando Cortés first met Montezuma, the Aztec emperor, at the entrance to the capital...
Conquest
Cortes, Montezuma, and the Fall of Old Mexico
Language: English
Release Date: April 16, 2013
Drawing on newly discovered sources and writing with brilliance, drama, and profound historical insight, Hugh Thomas presents an engrossing narrative of one of the most significant events of Western history.
Ringing with the fury of two great empires locked in an epic battle, Conquest captures...
by Adolph Francis Alphonse Bandelier
Language: English
Release Date: February 18, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: February 18, 2018
A history of Mexico and Central America, and how the Spaniards and the Natives met and interacted. Quite a thrlling history.
Goddess of Grass
The Story of La Malinche
Language: English
Release Date: June 24, 2013
Hernan Cortes conquered the land we now know of as Mexico - ruled by the mighty and feared Aztec Empire, with less than 500 men and a few horses and cannon. What was his secret weapon? A 17 year old slave girl named Malinalli, who would be come to be known as La Malinche.