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Pancho Villa
ABC-CLIO 2012; US$ 37.00Providing both an analysis of the Mexican Revolution and a compelling story of the notorious Pancho Villa, this book describes this historical period from the perspective of its most iconic figure. more...
Black Corona
Princeton University Press 2011; US$ 32.95In Black Corona , Steven Gregory examines political culture and activism in an African-American neighborhood in New York City. Using historical and ethnographic research, he challenges the view that black urban communities are "socially disorganized." Gregory demonstrates instead how working-class and middle-class African Americans construct and... more...
Singing the Turtles to Sea
University of California Press 2003; US$ 45.00The Comcáac, or Seri Indians, are a native people living in the starkly beautiful and biologically rich desert of Sonora, Mexico. Reptiles of all kinds?lizards, crocodiles, snakes, and turtles?play a large role in Seri culture. Unfortunately, the long-term survival of the Comcáac and the future of many of these animals are uncertain. This book, written... more...
From Harlem with Love
Lantern Books 2012; US$ 9.99As a diplomat's son, star athlete, and Harvard Law School graduate, in the early 1980s, Joseph Holland had a world of opportunities awaiting him on Wall Street and in corporate America. Instead, Holland moved to the inner city, driven by a divine calling full of unfolding mystery and challenge. He found himself in Harlem during the nadir of its... more...
The Rough Guide to New York City
Rough Guides 2012; US$ 22.99Full-colour throughout, The Rough Guide to New York is the ultimate travel guide to one of the world's most iconic cities. With 30 years experience and our trademark 'tell it like it is' writing style Rough Guides cover all the basics with practical, on-the-ground details, as well as unmissable alternatives to the usual must-see sights. At the top... more...
Return to Centro Histórico
Rutgers University Press 2011; US$ 24.95Inspired by a stirring e-mail exchange with his father, award-winning essayist and cultural commentator , Ilan Stavans decided to do something bizarre: revisit his hometown, Mexico City, accompanied by a tour guide. With the same linguistic verve and insight that has made him one of the most distinguished voices in American literature today,... more...
More New York Stories
NYU Press 2010; US$ 65.00What do Francine Prose, Suketu Mehta, and Edwidge Danticat have in common? Each suffers from an incurable love affair with the Big Apple, and each contributed to the canon of writing New York has inspired by way of the New York Times City Section, a part of the paper that once defined Sunday afternoon leisure for the denizens of the five boroughs.... more...
New York Stories
NYU Press 2005; US$ 75.00“There are eight million stories in the Naked City.” This famous line from the 1948 film The Naked City has become an emblem of New York City itself. One publication cultivating many of New York City's greatest stories is the City section in The New York Times . Each Sunday, this section of The New York Times , distributed only in papers... more...
Mexico Today
ABC-CLIO 2012; US$ 173.00This comprehensive encyclopedia examines modern Mexican life, providing over 200 entries on politics, government, economics, society, culture, and much more. more...









