Mexico

Three noted Texan writers combine forces to tell the real story of the Alamo, dispelling the myths, exploring why they had their day for so long, and explaining why the ugly fight about its meaning is now coming to a head....

A gripping, sobering account of how Mexican drug gangs have transformed into a criminal insurgency that threatens the nation's democracy and reaches across to the United States.

Juan Miguel Zunzunegui disecciona múltiples aspectos sociales y políticos de eso que solemos llamar "México"; analiza las condiciones que han evitado su progreso y que lo han configurado como una nación repleta de traumas históricos....

In the 1860s, Napoleon III, intent on curbing the rise of American imperialism, persuaded a young Austrian archduke and a Belgian princess to leave Europe and become the emperor and empress of Mexico....

Bad Mexicans tells the dramatic story of the magonistas, the migrant rebels who sparked the 1910 Mexican Revolution from the United States....

The transporting account of an obsessive quest to find El Dorado, set against the backdrop of Elizabethan political intrigue and a competition with Spanish conquistadors for the legendary city’s treasure....

If you want to discover the captivating history of Mexico, then pay attention...Two captivating manuscripts in one audiobook: History of Mexico and The Mexican Revolution....

An extensive update to the authoritative introduction to Mexico's ancient civilizations.

The first biography of Cuervo, Tequila Wars uncovers the history of the man who would forever change not only the business of tequila, but international relations between Mexico and the United States.

El recuento de lo que significó el sexenio de la transformación histórica del país y de cómo el compromiso con la ciudadanía marcó el camino de una nueva...

In 1519, Hernando Cortés arrived in Mexico to investigate stories of a wealthy empire....

La historia no estudia el pasado, lo construye. Toda historia nacional es una mitología, y las mitologías sirven para estructurar la mente de un pueblo....

The Spanish Conquest: What really happened? If you like to use your drive time for education by audiobook, consider this audiobook for widening and deepening your view of an event you studied briefly in school - the Spanish conquest of the Americas....

Emerging from the ruins of Aztec civilization and from centuries of Spanish contact with indigenous people, Mexican culture followed the Spanish colonial frontier northward....

For hundreds of years, the history of the conquest of Mexico and the defeat of the Aztecs has been told in the words of the Spanish victors. In this updated edition of his classic The Broken Spears, Miguel León-Portilla has included accounts from native Aztec descendants across the centuries....

A dramatic rethinking of the encounter between Montezuma and Hernando Cortés that completely overturns what we know about the Spanish conquest of the Americas....

Caught in the crosshairs of Mexico's warring cartels, Juárez is the border city that most brutally exposes the lies that we tell ourselves about globalization, NAFTA, immigration, corruption, and the war on drugs.

The Mexican-American War played a crucial role in shaping the landscape of the continent, and had a long-lasting effect on both countries. Get ready to learn more about this short conflict that claimed the lives of more than 13,000 people, and how it changed the course of history....

Los secretos y escándalos del último gobierno del PRI. A través de entrevistas exclusivas con el propio Enrique Peña Nieto, quien durante años no había...

Noted Mexican American journalist Alfredo Corchado refuses to shrink from reporting on government corruption, murders in Juarez, or the ruthless drug cartels. Midnight in Mexico is the story of one man's quest to report the truth of his country - as he races to save his own life....

Al publicar México negro, nunca imaginé que, a 35 años de distancia, miles de lectores seguirían leyéndolo. Tampoco supuse la catástrofe que significaría la burocratización de la energía en México: Pemex es la única compañía petrolera quebrada en el mundo....

Tengo que morir todas las noches es una crónica excepcional sobre la ciudad de México durante los años ochenta; la cultura gay y los movimientos artísticos, literarios y musicales que se expresaban en los linderos de la sociedad....

Los protagonistas de la resistencia, de la república armada, fueron una generación de ciudadanos endiabladamente inteligentes, agudos, esforzados, laboriosos; personajes terriblemente celosos de su independencia y espíritu crítico, honestos hasta la absoluta pobreza....

Continue the journey through the history, adventure, tension, and dangers faced by the Conquistadors, led by Hernan Cortes - the Alexander of the Americas - as they continue their epic tale of conquest against the Mexican Empire....

Tres grandes autores reúnen sus plumas en un solo volumen para hacer un recorrido histórico, pero crítico, de la historia de México. Toman como punto de partida la época prehispánica hasta el siglo XX. Prólogo escrito por Francisco Martín Moreno....