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Sombrero Books - books about Mexico
specializing in books about western Mexico, in English and Spanish Lake Chapala Through the Ages; an anthology of traveller...
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Review of Oaxaca, in the heart of Mexico - a multimedia CD
Unlike a lot of guides, which seem to be written in a somewhat distant, slightly formulaic manner, this multimedia CD reflects...
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Oaxaca, the spirit of Mexico
Review of "Oaxaca, The Spirit of Mexico" Photographs by Judith Cooper Haden, introduction by Phil Borges, text by Matthew Jaff...
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Society's fascination with the wild outsider
Immersed in the history of art and literature, weaved into the superstitions of the collective consciousness, and illumined by...
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Rolfe Schell at the gates of Tulum
"The great landscapes all belong to a tomorrow we have already lived." Fernando Pessoa, Livro do Desassossego I collect old...
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A writer's education from the mean streets of Mexico City
Plaza Garibaldi, 2 a.m., and the mean streets are bopping. Beers flowing. Flowing friends. Tequilas, too. Maybe a few too many...
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The city's "apocalypse" has come and gone
In the novel "Virtual Light," cyberpunk author William Gibson envisages a Mexico City of the near future where the air is a so...
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Star Snake - stories for a culture of peace
"Star Snake" is a short story about a young Aztec warrior and a short history of the rise of the Aztec Empire. It was written ...
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All booked up
"Mexico is an endless journey," the Tourism Secretariat boasts. Most visitors will need a roadmap. Fortunately, a plethora of ...
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Exploring the Yucatan, A Traveler's Anthology
Exploring the Yucatan - A Traveler's Anthology By Richard D. Perry. A Review Indispensable for anyone heading for the Mayan...
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Travel Advisory - a book review
For some years now, those of us norteamericanos who live in Mexico and sometimes love it, have read with some rueful cynicism ...
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Mexico Travelers' Tales by James O'Reilly and Larry Habegger
This is one of the really superior anthologies of articles and stories about Mexico. It's made up of some 48 items about the c...
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Accidental Paintings: Photographs by Carol Stein
Here's a most unusual collection of photographs and Mexico Connect is delighted to bring them to you. They are all, despite th...
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The Log from the Sea of Cortez by John Steinbeck
Back in 1940, just before Pearl Harbour, John Steinbeck and his marine biologist friend, Ed Rickets, chartered a fishing boat,...
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The Devil's Highway: A True Story by Luis Alberto Urrea
This is the story of a group of men who have become known as the Yuma 14. They are the fourteen illegal immigrants who died at...
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On Mexican Time: A New Life In San Miguel by Tony Cohan
"My editor wanted me to write about life here in the region where we live. At that time, San Miguel de Allende, Guanajuato and...
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The Guaymas Chronicles: La Mandadera by David E. Stuart
Although it's about Mexico, this one starts off in Ecuador in the 1960s where the author was doing doctoral fieldwork for a di...
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A House Far South in Mexico by Elaine Dandh
This is a reminiscence by Ms. Dandh about how she and her husband, Ken, retired and left their home in Massachusets and came a...
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Speaking Spanish like a Native by Brad Kim and Erika Dominguez
Here's a rather unusual approach to learning Spanish. It's not intended for beginners but rather for people who have already s...
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Queen of the South by Arturo Perez Reverte
The story line concerns a young Mexican girl, Teresa Mendoza, 23 years old, who is in love with a Chicano Cessna pilot who fli...
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The Best of San Miguel de Allende 2005 by Joseph Harmes
Here's a guidebook with a very definite difference. It doesn't just set out in the usual way to give you a rundown on the comm...
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Twilight on the Line: Underworlds and Politics at the U.S. - Mexico Border by Sebastian Rotella Norton
The action never stops at the border. There is no other place like it on the globe. The international boundary stretches for a...
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Western Mexico: A Traveller's Treasury by Tony Burton
This useful volume is back in a new and updated edition and it’s still as essential as ever. Whether you’re making a brief...
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Mexican Mornings: Essays South of the Border by Michael Hogan
Here's an interesting and entertaining collection of essays, mainly about Mexico, like "The Crawling Things of Paradise", a sm...
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In the Shadow of the Volcano: One Family's Baja Adventure by Michael Humfreville
This was not to be your usual sight-seeing trip, moving from one convenient accommodation to another. Their desire was to be i...
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