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"Rival archaeologists must team up on a secret Aztec expedition, or it could leave their careers--and hearts--in ruins. Archaeologist Dr. Socorro "Corrie" Mejía has a bone to pick. Literally. It's been Corrie's life goal to lead an expedition deep into the Mexican jungle in search of the long-lost remains of her ancestor, Chimalli, an ancient warrior of the Aztec empire. But when she is invited to join an all-expenses-paid dig to do just that, Corrie...
Series
Criterion collection volume 1060
Publisher
The Criterion Collection
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
Español
Description
"Sending shock waves through the Mexican film industry and the world, this blistering feature film debut from Alejandro G. Iñárritu brought the director's electrifying visual style and bravura multistrand storytelling to the screen with the heart-stopping impact of a primal scream. In Mexico City, the lives of three strangers--a young man mixed up in the gritty underworld of dogfighting, a glamorous woman who seems to have it all, and a mysterious...
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Series
Publisher
Debolsillo
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
Español
Description
" Las historias aquí contenidas, si bien evocan formas y temas que se antojan familiares (un ensayo etnográfico, un cuento policiaco, un relato de ciencia ficción, un poema erótico), desafían las convenciones impuestas a cada una de ellas. A la manera de un micelio, conforman juntas una red de significados que se extienden y filtran entre sí. De este modo se retroalimentan y disipan sus fronteras para ampliar el universo mismo de la literatura....
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Publisher
Riverhead Books
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
Description
"From a visionary Mexican author, a hallucinatory, revelatory, colonial revenge story that reimagines the fall of Tenochtitlan. One morning in 1519, conquistador Hernán Cortés entered the city of Tenochtitlan - today's Mexico City. Later that day, he would meet the emperor Moctezuma in a collision of two worlds, two empires, two languages, two possible futures. Cortés was accompanied by his nine captains, his troops, and his two translators: Friar...
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Publisher
Abrams Appleseed
Pub. Date
[2024].
Language
English
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"A celebratory bilingual concept picture book, this book of colors features a street fiesta with green avocados, yellow tortillas, purple dance dresses, and brown charro pants--concluding with a double gatefold finale reveal."--Amazon.
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Publisher
Lonely Planet
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
Lonely Planet's Mexico is your passport to the most relevant, up-to-date advice on what to see and skip, and what hidden discoveries await you. Discover the ancient Maya world at Palenque, explore the world-class diving reef at Cabo Pulmo, and tour the most important works of Mexico's top muralists around Mexico City; all with your trusted travel companion. Get to the heart of Mexico and begin your journey now.
Publisher
Cinema Guild
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
Español
Description
Winner of a Special Jury Prize at the Sundance Film Festival, Dos Estaciones follows iron-willed businesswoman María García (Teresa Sánchez), the owner of Dos Estaciones, a once-majestic tequila factory now struggling to stay afloat. The factory is the final holdover from generations of Mexican-owned tequila plants in the highlands of Jalisco, the rest having folded to foreign corporations. Once one of the wealthiest people in town, María knows...
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Publisher
HarperCollins México
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
Español
Description
Un secuestro detona la reaparición de hechos olvidados por la mente de Mariano. Su captura se torna doble: física y emocional. El recorrido a pie del Estado de México a Guerrero es también un andar duplicado.
A kidnapping triggers the reappearance of events forgotten by Mariano's mind. His capture becomes twofold: physical and emotional. The journey on foot from the State of Mexico to Guerrero is also a double walk.
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Publisher
The Belknap Press of Harvard University Press
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
"The gripping story of the trailblazing Zelia Nuttall, whose decoding of Aztec cosmology, rigorous fieldwork, and passion for collecting helped shape our understanding of Mexico's pre-Columbian past"--
10) Adán en Edén
Author
Publisher
Debolsillo
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
Español
Description
En Adán en Edén encontramos una nueva narración que tiene mucho de ensayo sobre el México de hoy, montada sobre símbolos que se encarnan en personajes. Un poderoso empresario decide llevar adelante su propia lucha contra el tráfico de droga y los narcos, y ganarles la partida con su mismo juego, siendo más criminal que ellos. En esta novela de Carlos Fuentes, como a veces en la realidad, todo se derrumba.
In Adam in Eden we find a new narrative...
Author
Publisher
Planeta
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
Español
Description
"Armando Fuentes Aguirre "Catón", es el columnista más leído de México. Sus artículos "De política y cosas peores" y "Mirador" hacen reír y pensar cada día a cientos de miles de lectores. Sus reflexiones acerca del panorama nacional son a un tiempo amenas y profundas, y sus meditaciones en torno del mundo y de la vida poseen filosofía trascendente. Ahora conocemos otra faceta de "Catón", la del hombre que estudia la historia mexicana y nos...
Author
Publisher
Bantam Books
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Description
"Tom Kedrick earned his stripes during the Civil War, fought Apaches, and even soldiered overseas. But in the high desert country of New Mexico, the battle-hardened Kedrick is entangled in a different kind of war, fueled by greed and deception. Hired by Alton Burwick to drive a pack of renegades and outlaws off the government land recently set aside for an Indian reservation, Kedrick begins to notice that things are not as they seem. As his suspicions...
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Publisher
Debate
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
Español
Description
"Con esta obra se presenta un mosaico que ayuda a esclarecer la dinámica migratoria partiendo de una visión global, enfatizando la dinámica regional y poniendo el reflector sobre México como país de origen, tránsito, destino y retorno. Los artículos que integran el libro analizan cuestiones específicas que brindan una radiografía de las fallas y oportunidades que tiene nuestro sistema de gestión de los movimientos de población y que impactan...
14) Dos horas de sol
Author
Publisher
DEBOLSILLO
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
Español
Description
"Un editor yuppie y su socio visitan Acapulco con el pretexto de escribir un reportaje sobre los lugares oscuros del puerto y buscando pasa un buen rato. Pero sus deseos se pierden en la frialdad inexcusable del destino cuando un huracán arrasa el puerto y los obliga a modificar sus planes. La tormenta desnuda lo que permanecía escondido: mientras uno reniega de la situación, el otro se hunde en la vida cotidiana de Acapulco. Narrada con la soltura...
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Series
Publisher
MTV Books
Pub. Date
[2024]
Language
English
Description
"It's the summer after junior year of college, and Grace is looking forward to going to LA with her boyfriend, Josh. When he unexpectedly dumps her, she's left with a hole in her heart and in her summer schedule. Her (very wealthy) best friend, Tiff, along with their new friend, Camille, a French foreign exchange student, come to the rescue and whisk her away to a beach house in Cancun for a week of RR. Little do Tiff and Camille know, though, that's...
Author
Series
Posadas County mysteries volume 26
Publisher
Severn House
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
Description
"The morning after his eighty-seventh birthday bash, former Posadas County sheriff Bill Gastner drives past a couple of vehicles stopped on the highway shoulder. It's not an unusual sight: a sheriff's patrol unit, emergency lights ablaze, pulled in behind a pickup truck. The female deputy hasn't radioed for backup. But there's something about the scene that makes him feel uneasy. The next day, Undersheriff Estelle Reyes-Guzman is called to a rather...
17) Dane's mark
Author
Series
Breeds volume 32
Publisher
Berkley
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
Description
"Katy Chavos refilled coffee cups and made her way around the small diner in Broken Butte, New Mexico heading for that last table at the far corner, placed before two plate glass windows that looked out on the lower end of the main street and the sheriff's office. There were rumors that one of the occupants took that table for the sole purpose of catching sight of the sheriff's wife. But what man would do that while flirting with only her and no one...
18) Pedro Páramo
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Publisher
Grove Press
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
A masterpiece of the surreal that influenced a generation of writers in Latin America, Pedro Páramo is the otherworldly tale of one man's quest for his lost father. That man swears to his dying mother that he will find the father he has never met--Pedro Páramo--but when he reaches the town of Comala, he finds it haunted by memories and hallucinations. There emerges the tragic tale of Páramo himself, and the town whose every corner holds the taint...
Author
Publisher
Weldonowen, an imprint of Insight Editions
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
"Taste your way through a year of holidays with Yvette Marquez-Sharpnack, creator of the popular food blog Muy Bueno. You'll discover how to show your love on Valentine's Day with Heart-Shaped Berry Empanadas, celebrate Mother's Day with Guava Mimosas, whip up Chile Braised Pork Ribs for Día de los Muertos; make a big batch of Red Chile and Chicken Tamales for the December holidays, and much more. Included along with the over 100 delicious, seasonal...
20) Three amigos
Publisher
HBO Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2011]
Language
English
Description
The Three Amigos, a silent screen comedy act, arrive in a remote Mexican hamlet for what they think is a lucrative personal appearance, only to discover that they are expected to save the village from a terrorizing gang of bandits.
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