Web Links, Books on Mexico
Traveling & Living in Mexico
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"This isn't a travel guide. It helps you to be travel savy in Mexico, with tips on everything from how to select and purchase a proper hammock, to pointers on how to deal with corrupt cops. "
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"Modern retirees who want to get the most out of shrinking retirement benefits will want to look at CHOOSE MEXICO FOR RETIREMENT, appearing in its 9th updated edition to provide the latest facts on local real estate, costs, medical care, business opportunities and more. "
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"This book fairly comprehensively reviews the practical issues involved in expatriating to Mexico in a very casual, conversational style. As in a real conversation, there is repetition and some tangential editorializing, but this does not significantly
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Non-Fiction
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Mexican Cookbooks
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"Words cannot do justice to my high opinion of this outstanding cooking resource. Ms. Diana
Kennedy (whom I already held in high esteem as the Julia Child of authentic Mexican cuisine) has outdone herself."
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Nature & Wildlife
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"This provides a links to a book about Where & How to Dig, Pan and Mine Your Own Gems and Minerals at Powell.com"
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"Gerry Has Done it again! The crusing guides on CD-ROM is a must have!! This easy to navagate program has proven itself to be a permanant crusing companion. The many COLOR photographs, accurate GPS positions, &
much more make this CD-ROM invaluable!"
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"It is intended to give you an overview on what is known about the fishes of this region AND for the experienced snorkeler or diver or fisherman, it truly is an excellent guide in identification to species.
I have worked as an ichthyologist in the region numerous times and the book was invaluable."
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"This book is very in depth with excellent drawings and photos but is almost entirely about the Baja peninsula side of the Sea of Cortez - if you are looking for the mainland side SOc info, the Cunningham
books are bibles for that territory."
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A Guide to the Common Fishes and Invertebrates Baja California to Panama (Paperback) available on Amazon.com
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"To explore Mexico is to walk through rain forests and along tropical beaches, to traverse vast deserts and gaze at snow-capped volcanoes, and to walk..."
This book is available through Amazon.com.
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The Sea of Cortez is an ideal place for cruising under sail. There are over 270 anchorages among its islands, bays, and beaches.
Gerry Cruising Charts give you the most boating information in 3 cruising guides and 15 navigation charts.
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A Guide to the Birds of Mexico and Northern Central America
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Birds of Mexico and Central America
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"This is the ideal book to take along on trips to the Sonora Desert. Whether it is the Cailfornian , including Baja, Arizonian(it actually covers five states) or Mexican portions of the vast and diverse Sonara Desert,
the details and complexities of this eco system are truly amazing."
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This is a guide to the Shrubs & Trees of the Southwest Deserts.
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by Bill Broyles (Author), George H. H. Huey (Author) "This is organ pipe cactus country, land where edges meet..."
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A Field Guide to the Common Wildflowers of the Sonoran Desert, Including Anza-Borrego Desert State Park, Saguaro National Park, Organ Pipe National Monument, Ironwood Forest National Monument, and the Sonoran Portion of Joshua Tree National Park.
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by Carol Ann Bassett (Author), Michael Hyatt (Photographer).
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Culture & History
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This collection of essays by Carlos Fuentes, Mexican intellectual, man of letters and erstwhile diplomat, seeks to place his
country's current convulsive state in a wider historical perspective. He discusses the Mexican Revolution of 1910 as a liberating moment
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This is an attempt to understand Mexico's steep descent into turmoil, which happened rapidly after the uprising in Chiapas on New Year's Day, 1994.
Following the assassinations of a presidential candidate and then the congressional leader, President Carlos Salinas de Gortari had barely left office when the peso collapsed.
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The Challenge of Institutional Reform in Mexico
The Challenge of Institutional Reform in Mexico
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former Mexico City bureau chief for the New York Times, Riding shows himself to be a sympathetic, informed observer of the complex changes wracking Mexican society & is
especially insightful about recent political and economic turbulence & the tension between the Mexican majority & the "Americanized" minority.
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"Mexicans are an exceptionally emotional people, expressing themselves in a variety of ways which have become an integral part of their culture, from their songs..."
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"All of us, at some moment, have had a vision of our existence as something unique, untransferable and very precious..."
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Underclass Poverty and Labor Market Change in Mexico
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"This is a practical analysis of Mexican culture, as it compares with North American culture, geared slightly toward the needs and interests of persons doing business there."
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"This is a required purchase for Mexican History enthusiasts. The latest edition represents a significant improvement in coverage of "peripheral" regions. Mexican narrative histories in any language
tend to privilege the central valley (Aztecs, Mexico City, etc.)"
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"Mexico, September 1910, and a double cause for celebration: the cente of the War of Independence and the eightieth birthday of President Porfirio Diaz..."
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Ancient Mexico and Central America: Archaeology and Culture History
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This collection of essays by Carlos Fuentes, Mexican intellectual, man of letters and erstwhile diplomat, seeks to place his
country's current convulsive state in a wider historical perspective. He discusses the Mexican Revolution of 1910 as a liberating moment
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Activities
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"John Vigor's credentials are indeed extremely impressive. His book contains a plethora of valuable information about pocket cruisers. Unquestionably he knows boats."
