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El murmullo de las abejas tiene todos los ingredientes esenciales para convertirse en un clásico de la literatura mexicana contemporánea.
El murmullo de las abejas, nombrada "La mejor novela del 2015" por iTunes.
La autora que despierta la historia de México y recupera su lugar en nuestros corazones.
En Linares, al norte del país, con la Revolución mexicana como telón de fondo, un buen día, la vieja nana de la familia abandona sorpresivamente...
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[2012]
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Christopher Marlowe Cobb, an early 20th-century newspaper war correspondent, travels to Mexico during that country's civil war and the American invasion of Vera Cruz. However, covering the war in enemy territory isn't enough of a challenge for Cobb. Soon he's falling in love with a young Mexican laundress who may not be as innocent as she seems, and he's also trying to track down a sniper and figure out why important German officials are coming into...
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2006.
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Recounts the story of the love affair between the conquistador Hernan Cortez and Malinalli, his Indian intepreter during the conquest of the Aztec empire, describing her role as a mediator between two very different languages and cultures.
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2016.
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The Mexican Revolution defined the sociopolitical experience of those living in Mexico in the twentieth century. Its subsequent legacy has provoked debate between those who interpret the ongoing myth of the Revolution and those who adopt the more middle-of-the-road reality of the regime after 1940. Taking account of these divergent interpretations, this Very Short Introduction offers a succinct narrative and analysis of the Revolution. Using carefully
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Jack and Annie are taking the magic tree house to the 1970 World Cup in Mexico City! They are sure the famous soccer player Pelé will tell them a secret of greatness. The game is nonstop action, and the stands are packed. But how will they find Pelé in a crowd of 100,000 soccer fans? Will the answer come when they least expect it?
9) Mexico
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Pulitzer Prize–winning author James A. Michener, whose novels hurtle from the far reaches of history to the dark corners of the world, paints an intoxicating portrait of a land whose past and present are as turbulent, fascinating, and colorful as any other on Earth. When an American journalist travels to report on the upcoming duel between two great matadors, he is ultimately swept up in the dramatic story of his own Mexican ancestry—from...
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Petra Luna volume 1
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"Based on a true story, the tale of one girl's perilous journey to cross the U.S. border and lead her family to safety during the Mexican Revolution"--
11) The hacienda
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2022.
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"Mexican Gothic meets Rebecca in this debut supernatural suspense novel, set in the aftermath of the Mexican War of Independence, about a remote house, dark secrets, and the woman pulled into their clutches... In the overthrow of the Mexican government, Beatriz's father is executed and her home destroyed. When handsome Don Rodolfo Solórzano proposes, Beatriz ignores the rumors surrounding his first wife's sudden demise, choosing instead to seize...
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Originally published in serialized form in a border-town newspaper, Mariano Azuela's The Underdogs is a gripping tale that recounts the personal and political havoc that surrounded the Mexican Revolution. Equal parts action-packed war novel and philosophical meditation on the costs of conflict, The Underdogs is a must-read for fans of historical fiction or Hispanic literature buffs.
13) Malinche
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Cuando Malinalli conoce a Cortés asume que se trata del propio Dios Quetzalcóatl que regresa a liberar a su pueblo. Los dos se enamoran apasionadamente, pero este amor pronto es destruido por la desmedida sed de conquista, poder y riqueza de Cortés.
A lo largo de la historia de México Malinalli/Malinche ha sido conocida por su traición al pueblo indio. Pero recientes investigaciones históricas han mostrado que Malinalli fue la mediadora
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Zima Entertainment
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2014.
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José Doroteo Arango Arámbula, mejor conocido como Francisco Villa, caudillo de la Revolución Mexicana, del cual existen muchos enigmas que rodean su vida militar y personal. Un recorrido por lost sucesos que lo llevaron a escapar de su casa cuando niño hasta convertirse en el héroe-villano que conocemos el día de hoy. ¿Pancho Villa fue hijo ilegítimo de un hacendado extranjero? ¿Su carisma superó la estrategia militar? ¿Rogó por su vida...
16) Mexico
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Big Buddy Books, an imprint of Abdo Publishing
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2023.
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"Welcome to Mexico--home of the Sierra Madre mountains, Teotihuacan, the Riviera Maya, and Chichen Itza! Informative, easy-to-read text and oversize scenic photos draw in readers as they learn about Mexico's history, government, major cities, land features, natural resources, culture, and more! Maps, a timeline with photos, and a facts page that includes major statistics complement the text."
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Big Book Club Palate Cleansers
For Fans of Encanto: Adult
I Read Canadian: Adults
Read-Alikes for Mexican Gothic
For Fans of Encanto: Adult
I Read Canadian: Adults
Read-Alikes for Mexican Gothic
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The Jazz Age is in full swing, but Casiopea Tun is too busy cleaning the floors of her wealthy grandfather's house to listen to any fast tunes. Nevertheless, she dreams of a life far from her dusty small town in southern Mexico. A life she can call her own. Yet this new life seems as distant as the stars, until the day she finds a curious wooden box in her grandfather's room. She opens it-and accidentally frees the spirit of the Mayan god of death,...
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Melville House
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2022.
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"Six-and-a-half-year-old Peter reads, dreams, and plays with his friends. He is a nascent explorer, artist, philosopher, mystic, and scientist...And the actual world around him is a unique one in history: a community of leftist emigrés who have found refuge in Mexico from the Nazi and fascist regimes of Europe...But the emigrés long for home...slowly, Peter begins to comprehend that his world may be turned upside down"--
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"As the daughter of a rancher in 1840s Mexico, Nena knows a thing or two about monsters--her home has long been threatened by tensions with Anglo settlers from the north. But something more sinister lurks near the ranch at night, something that drains men of their blood and leaves them for dead. Something that once attacked Nena nine years ago. Believing Nena dead, Néstor has been on the run from his grief ever since, moving from ranch to ranch working...
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