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Los Cabos is a colorful and beautiful area that can satiate your senses, enhance your intellect and simply leave you with a nourished soul. My experience while living in Los Cabos region has been a life changing experience. Every day is a new adventure. I found out that the Los Cabos people are a very happy, friendly, giving people. I feel that I know so much more about Los Cabos, the peoples of Los Cabos, and myself while living here over the years.
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"In 1895, Antonio Sonoro is the latest in a long line of ruthless men. He's good with his gun and is drawn to trouble but he's also out of money and out of options. A drought has ravaged the town of Dorado, Mexico, where he lives with his wife and children, and so when he hears about a train laden with gold and other treasures, he sets off for Houston to rob it -- with his younger brother Hugo in tow. But when the heist goes awry and Hugo is killed...
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Get the Summary of Jeff Guinn's War on the Border in 20 minutes. Please note: This is a summary & not the original book. "War on the Border" by Jeff Guinn provides a detailed account of the complex and often tumultuous relationship between the United States and Mexico in the 19th and early 20th centuries. The narrative begins with the early interactions between the two nations following Mexico's independence from Spain and the subsequent territorial...
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The only substantive study of Plutarco Elías Calles and the Mexican Revolution, this book traces the remarkable life story of a complex and little-understood, yet key figure in Mexico's history. Jürgen Buchenau draws on a rich array of archival evidence from Mexico, the United States, and Europe to explore Calles's origins and political trajectory. He hailed from Sonora, a border state marked by fundamental social and economic change at the turn...
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Celebrating Mexico with Poetry belongs to the Celebrating Nations Book Series by Walter the Educator. Collect them all at WaltertheEducator.com. Creating a poetry book celebrating the country of Mexico is a powerful way to honor its culture, history, and people. Mexico is a country rich in diversity, vibrant traditions, and a profound sense of identity. Through poetry, one can capture the essence of Mexico's landscapes, its folklore, its struggles,...
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Lonely Planet's Mexico is our most comprehensive guide that extensively covers all the country has to offer, with recommendations for both popular and lesser-known experiences. Discover ancient Mayan ruins at Palenque, dive world-class sites at Cabo Pulmo, and tour murals in Mexico City]; all with your trusted travel companion.
Inside Lonely Planet's Mexico Travel Guide:
Lonely Planet's Top Picks - a visually inspiring collection of the...
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As a travel agent, travel enthusiest and a very experienced cruiser, I found that first time cruisers asked good questions. However, I felt they weren't asking the right questions. Embark on an exciting voyage of discovery with "Setting Sail" a comprehensive and easy-to-follow guide tailored for first-time cruisers that includes very relavant links to real time websites for all your additional questions. Inside, you'll find everything you need to...
8) Historia maya para niños: Una guía fascinante de la civilización maya, desde los olmecas hasta la co
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¡Prepare su equipo de Indiana Jones para esta aventura! Nos vamos de viaje a las selvas de Mesoamérica (América Central) para visitar los asombrosos lugares que dejó tras de sí la antigua sociedad del pueblo maya. Le esperan secretos en este viaje tan especial, así que siga leyendo...¿Sabía que los egipcios no fueron los únicos en construir pirámides? Hace unos 2.000 años, los mayas construyeron pirámides para albergar a sus dioses y enterrar...
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"My breasts stopped growing when my grandfather touched them," confides 'Elisa', a young woman who recounts the traumatic incest and sexual abuse she experienced in childhood. In Family Secrets, Gloria González-López tells the life stories of 60 men and women in Mexico who, like Elisa, saw their lives irrevocably changed in the wake of childhood and adolescent incest. In Mexico, a patriarchal, religious society where women are expected to make themselves...
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"A remarkable experience of little reported events.
The Second Empire of France was, by the early 1860's in good health. France had acquitted itself well in the Crimea and in the war against Austria. The idea of a European monarch on the throne of Mexico was not a new one. France was attracted to the idea of a 'Latin' influence in America and thus the opening chords were struck of what would eventually be-to quote the author-'A Dance of Doom', the...
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The Olmecs are renowned for their massive carved stone heads and other sculptures, the first stone monuments produced in Mesoamerica. Seven decades of archaeological research have given us many insights into the lifeways of the Olmecs, who inhabited parts of the modern Mexican states of Veracruz and Tabasco from around 1150 to 400 BC, and there are several good books that summarize the current interpretations of Olmec prehistory. But these formal...
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"Scouting Expeditions of McCulloch's Texas Rangers, by Samuel C. Reid...is the most entertaining work of the kind that has come under our view...gives an accurate account of the scouting expeditions of McCulloch's Rangers...including the skirmishes with the Indians...sketches of the lives of those celebrated partisan chiefs, Hays, McCulloch, and Walker." -Natchez Weekly Courier, March 22, 1848
"Samuel Chester Reid...joined Captain Ben McCulloch's...
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Jade está a punto de comenzar el octavo grado en una nueva ciudad––Atlanta. Ella solo quiere regresar a Chicago, donde están sus amigos y donde vive su abuela. Pero Jade disfruta caminar a su nueva escuela por el camino en el bosque detrás de su casa, donde las flores florecen y las hojas se mueven debajo de sus pies. En el bosque, Jade se siente segura, como si el bosque la estuviera escuchando. Es ahí donde Jade conoce a Itztli, un cuentacuentos...
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The author of Say Her Name shares a deeply personal memoir of grieving the loss of his wife-and confronting the troubled city where she grew up. Five years after his wife's untimely death, Francisco Goldman decided to overcome his fear of driving in Mexico City. The widower and award-winning writer wanted to symbolize his love and enduring grief by fully embracing his late wife's childhood home and the city that came to mean so much to them.
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A young readers' companion to the adult memoir Kid Quixotes by Stephen Haff.
Narrated by one extraordinary ten-year-old girl, this inspiring memoir tells the story of a daughter of Mexican American immigrants who finds her voice through the power of words and performance of Cervantes' Don Quixote.
When a shy girl named Sarah Sierra first joins an after-school program in her neighborhood, she never expects to travel back in time and discover...
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The Mexicans is a multifaceted portrait of the complex, increasingly turbulent neighbor to our south. It is the story of a country in crisis -- poverty, class tensions, political corruption -- as told through stories of individuals.
From Augustín, an honest cop, we learn that many in the Mexican police force use torture as their number-one-crime-solving technique; from Julio Scherer Garcia, a leading newspaper editor, we learn how kidnapping and...
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As you embark on your journey through Mexico, allow yourself to be captivated by its enchanting landscapes, immersed in its rich history, and embraced by its warm culture. With its diverse attractions and hospitable people, Mexico promises an unforgettable experience that will leave you yearning to return time and time again.Remember, this is just a glimpse into the wonders that await you in Mexico. Each chapter of this guide will delve deeper into...
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The capital of the Aztec empire, Tenochtitlan, was, in its era, one of the largest cities in the world. Built on an island in the middle of a shallow lake, its population numbered perhaps 150,000, with another 350,000 people in the urban network clustered around the lake shores. In 1521, at the height of Tenochtitlan's power, which extended over much of Central Mexico, Hernando Cortés and his followers conquered the city. Cortés boasted to King...
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Published for the first time in the U.S.-one of the two diaries on which the movie The Motorcycle Diaries is based-the moving and at times hilarious account of Che Guevara and Alberto Granado's eight-month tour of South America in 1952.
In 1952 Alberto Granado, a young doctor, and his friend Ernesto Guevara, a 23-year-old medical student from a distinguished Buenos Aires family, decided to explore their continent. They set off from Cordoba in Argentina...