Tanaka attempts to portray Cortez's invasion of Mexico from the persective of the Aztecs. Illustrations are vivid and there is lots of information and food for discussion in these pages. Minor discrepancies exist, but overall an excellent book to help balance the Western view of history.

I love this book! I first read it, no, utterly devoured it, when it was published a decade ago. I was 17 at the time and was supposed to be studying another novel for English class (a novel, it is fair to say, of a different, more classical caliber) - decidedly an element which made me feel I was being just a little bit wicked for reading it. Not that Love & Desire & Hate needs any added spice. Mainly set in the post-World War II Hollywood and British film industry - Collins has dealt with the setting in a highly convincing manner - it had everything I wanted in a juicy read: a lusty leading man reminiscent of Ronald Colman (but with more than a touch of Errol Flynn), a French beauty with a tumultuous past in occupied France, a young starlet-nymphomanic, and an emotionally scarred woman with haunting, tragic memories, bent on vengence and desire. And those are only some of the scandalous and evil characters you will meet in this dishy "potboiler". A long-standing fan of Joan's sister, Jackie , I defintely say - without a doubt - that Love & Desire & Hate equals anything she wrote, perhaps surpassing it, the tone being more "romantic soap opera" than "hard-core Hollywood". It has a delightfully colorful cast, foreboding atmosphere, and thrilling suspense. Once you have read it, you won't soon forget it.

I bought this book as a present for a friend from New Mexico and ended up wanting to keep it.The pictures and stories are rather amazing and anyone with a thing for cars should check out this book.

This colorful book tells of the making of guitars in Paracho, a tiny village in the state of Michoacán in Mexico. I enjoyed the bright collage photos on every page, which were made from corrugated cardboard, fabric, tissue paper, etc. The message of the very high quality guitars made in Paracho was very touching and informative. The book includes a few Spanish phrases which are always easily understood, and it even includes translations on the back page. Some pages include signs in Spanish and English mixed into the collages. This is a very nice book to read to children for global awareness, plus it is very informative. I really liked this book. (I'm a librarian and I see lots of books.)

Of course, you need to be able to read spanish to understand this, but I am bilingual and I was needing a book that actually approached "magia" in Mexico from a historical and anthropological view. Lilian has published other books and I reviewed several of them as well as reading this one and I am comfortable that she is a scholar and not a "whole cloth" inventer. Having grown up in Mexico I could cross-correlate many things she said to end up convinced that the work is indeed scientifically sound.
It's also well written and organized and extensively bibliographed.

The artist herself bills her work "Taos Expressionism", and this collection of her various artistic achievements provides many dramatic full-color reproductions of her works. New Mexico author Dispenza provides the biographical introduction to Frank's life, opening for a revealing, involving gathering of her achievements.

This book allows readers to see a significant segment of the history of religion in Mexico as never before. William B. Taylor's research into the lives of priests, natives and mestizo parishoners in 18th century Mexico presents a largely innovative and exciting understanding of religious change, church authority and the primordial power of Catholic ritual in the lives of all three. It also reveals the intense and ongoing negotiations for who would interpret sacred space, religious experience and Christian identity during these years of change and continuity in Mexico. Especially valuable for students of syncretism, cultural change and Indian religious identity is the excellent chapter three on religious change and ritual transformations brought about by Indians and priests.
By the way, this book won several of the most prestigious history prizes given by historians.

"The Making of Toro" is one of those books (like, say, "A Confederacy of Dunces") that may not make much of a splash when it first appears, but that is destined to be passed from hand to hand and reader to reader until a small cult builds around it and its author.

For starters, this book is flat-out hilarious. But it also marks the arrival of a writer who is bound to make a huge impact. Comparisons with Eggers and Sedaris aren't out of line: Sundeen blurs the line between memoir and fiction with the requisite postmodern relish. "Toro" is a tale told by a narrator so charmingly unreliable and self-deluded that we actually can't help rooting for him.

But the writer Sundeen most resembles is probably Mark Twain (seriously!). In "Toro" (and in his earlier book "Car Camping"), Sundeen shows the same dry wit, the same trust that the reader will actually get the joke, and the same faith that sometimes the naive, deluded bumbler might see truths that more worldly types do not. And, like Twain, Sundeen conceals genuine depth beneath light humor. "Toro" begins as a comedy, but by the end it deepens into a surpringly poignant coming of age story.

So buy this book--it's funny and original and thoroughly enjoyable--then pass it on.

This is the story of my own great grandmother and grandfather. The storys are humorous and if you enjoy hearing about the old days this book is for you. It is full of great family history.

When I moved to Mexico one year ago to run a division for my company, I read many books -- this one is the best!

It clearly outlines differing cultural norms and pitfalls.

I did feel some of the "case study" scenarios were a bit contrived and awkward, but this book nails the central issues facing American managers in Mexico.

Mexico can be a great place to work and live, particularly if you are sensitive to the business culture and its nuances.

Experience is the only true teacher, but this book makes the lessons far less painful.

Enjoy!