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61) Amuleto
Author
Publisher
Vintage Español, una división de Penguin Random House LLC
Pub. Date
2017.
Language
Español
Description
"Auxilio Lacouture, "madre de todos los mexicanos", uruguaya de nacimiento y residente en México D. F., está abonada a los trabajos humildes y esporádicos durante el día e incansablemente inmersa en la bohemia de la ciudad durante la noche. Todo cambia para ella el 18 de septiembre de 1968, cuando el ejército toma posesión del campus de la Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México y ella queda encerrada en los baños de la facultad de filosofía...
62) Bitter trail
Author
Language
English
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Description
In Bitter Trail, Kelton tells the story of a tough teamster named Frio Wheeler whose wagons haul cotton from Texas to Mexico. Sounds like a peaceable enterprise. The problem is that the Civil War is raging throughout the South and Wheeler's cotton is to be sold for gold, gold used to buy guns and ammunition for the Confederate army.
And, added to his balky mules, the broiling heat, and killing drought of the Mexican dessert, Wheeler has even more...
64) Cuna de lobos
Series
Publisher
Distributed by Xenon Pictures
Pub. Date
c2007
Language
Español
Description
Catalina Creel es la esposa de Carlos Larios, cabeza del consorcio farmacéutico Lar Creel la cual envenena a su esposo para tomar control de las empresas. Pero el testamento de Carlos específica que las empresas serán de cualquiera de sus hijos Alejandro y Jose Carlos, el que produzca un heredero primero. La esposa de Alejandro, Vilma, no puede tener hijos así que Alejandro se casa en secreto con Leonora Navarro. Ella queda embarazada y cuando...
65) Flint
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Language
English
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Description
He left the West at the age of seventeen, leaving behind a rootless past and a bloody trail of violence. In the East he became one of the wealthiest financiers in America—and one of the most feared and hated.
Now, suffering from incurable cancer, he has come back to New Mexico to die alone. But when an all-out range war erupts, Flint chooses to help Nancy Kerrigan, a local rancher. A cold-eyed speculator is setting up the land swindle
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Series
Publisher
HarperCollins
Language
English
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Description
"Since his retirement from the Navajo Tribal Police, Joe Leaphorn has occasionally been enticed to return to work by former colleagues who seek his help when they need to solve a particularly puzzling crime. They ask because Leaphorn, aided by officers Jim Chee and Bernie Manuelito, always delivers. But this time the problem is with an old case of Joe's -- his 'last case, ' unsolved, is one that continues to haunt him. And with Chee and Bernie just...
Author
Series
Publisher
Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
2006
Language
Español
Description
Mexico City filmmaker Gabriel grabs his camera and sets off in search of the thieves who stole his ex-wife's new car while it was in his care; janitor Juan Vargas is elected to replace the corrupt mayor who was recently lynched, and the power goes to hishead.
Author
Publisher
Fodor's Travel
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
"Our time. This new edition has been fully-redesigned with an easy-to-read layout, fresh information, and beautiful color photos. Fodor's Los Cabos travel guide includes: AN ILLUSTRATED ULTIMATE EXPERIENCES GUIDE to the top things to see and do MULTIPLE ITINERARIES to effectively organize your days and maximize your time MORE THAN 19 DETAILED MAPS to help you navigate confidently COLOR PHOTOS throughout to spark your wanderlust! HONEST RECOMMENDATIONS...
Author
Publisher
Wisdom Tales
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Description
"In this beautiful retelling of the Marian story by award-winning author, Demi, find out how the astonishing miracles of the Virgin of Guadalupe persuaded the bishop in Mexico City to build a church dedicated to her; how ten million Aztecs converted to Catholicism within just eight years; and why the basilica dedicated to Our Lady of Guadalupe today receives 20 million pilgrims per year, making it the most popular Christian pilgrimage site in the...
70) The Chili Queen
Author
Publisher
St. Martin's Press
Pub. Date
2002
Language
English
Description
This Literary Guild and Doubleday Book club alternate by best-selling author Sandra Dallas features a bank robber, a mail-order bride, and a cathouse madam joining forces on a quest for happiness in 1880s New Mexico.
Author
Publisher
Umbriel
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
Español
Description
"Domingo, un solitario recolector de basura que vive en la calle, trata de sobrevivir en una ciudad indiferente y amenazadora cuan una hastiada vampiresa a la fuga aparece en su vida. Atl, descendiente de bebedores de sangre aztecas, es inteligente, preciosa y peligrosa, y Domingo queda hipnotizado. Atl necesita escapar rápidamente de la ciudad, lejos del clan narco-vampírico rival que la persigue sin descanso. También requiere de un ayudante...
72) Shutter
Author
Series
Language
English
Description
"Rita Todacheene is a forensic photographer working for the Albuquerque police force. Her excellent photography skills have cracked many cases--she is almost supernaturally good at capturing details. In fact, Rita has been hiding a secret: she sees the ghosts of crime victims who point her toward the clues that other investigators overlook. As a lone portal back to the living for traumatized spirits, Rita is terrorized by nagging ghosts who won't...
Author
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
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Description
In modern Mexico, Sitlali is all alone after the death of her beloved abuela. Targeted by a dangerous gang member, she flees to the United States. As a memento, she takes with her an ancient conch shell. In 1521, Calizto is trapped in the Aztec city of Tenochtitlan. He has fought valiantly for his people against Spanish invaders, but hope is fading. Desperate, he takes up a sacred conch and sounds a plea to the gods. The conch holds magic neither...
Author
Series
Hardy Boys mystery stories volume 13
Publisher
Grosset & Dunlap
Pub. Date
1992, c1967
Language
English
Description
The search for a stolen boat leads the Hardy brothers to Mexico where they become involved with a band of Indians and a strange smuggling operation.
Author
Publisher
Literatura Random House
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
Español
Description
Estas memorias imprevisibles y despiadadas se remontan a 1997, antes de que Vann triunfara con su primera novela Sukkwand Island. Por aquel entonces, David Vann era un profesor de treintaiún años que se ganaba la vida impartiendo clases de escritura creativa en Stanford y organizando chárters náuticos educativos en su propio barco como una apuesta al futuro. En una travesía el barco se estropeó y quedó anclado ante las costas de Puerto Chiapas,...
Author
Publisher
Debolsillo
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
Español
Description
Controversial details regarding the capture of notorious criminal drug trafficker Joaquín Guzmán Loera reveal how officials handled the investigation, while shedding further light on the political implications attached to the case. Mexico, 216pp.
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