mexico

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mexico

The adventures of Augie March

1999
A young boy in Depression-era Chicago begins a career marked by failure until he finally achieves his success.

The rowdy, rowdy ranch

2003
On the first visit to El Rancho Grande in Mexico, a Mexican American boy hears the stories of how his grandfather bought it "for a song.".

The boys from little Mexico

a season chasing the American dream
2010
Chronicles the 2005 Woodburn High soccer season, where an all-Hispanic team, led by their Irish-descended white coach, sought to finally defeat the wealthy suburban schools in their district.

Ancient cities of Mexico

1974
Text and photographs describe seven ancient cities and what they reveal of the civilizations that produced them.

Against All Enemies

2012
For years, ex-Navy SEAL Maxwell Moore has worked across the Middle East and behind the scenes for the Special Activities Division of the CIA, making connections, extracting valuable intelligence, and facing off against America's enemies at every turn. When Moore arrives at a rendezvous to take charge of a high-ranking Taliban captive, the meeting takes a horrific turn.

Cracking the Maya code

2008
The ancient Maya civilization of Central America left behind an intricate and mysterious hieroglyphic script carved on monuments and painted on pottery and bark books. This program highlights the ingenious breakthroughs that cracked the code, unleashing a flood of dramatic new insights about the ancient civilization.

Rumbo al hermoso norte

una novela
2009
Nayeli, a taqueria worker in a poor coastal Mexican town, spends her time serving tacos and tries to help her aunt Irma get elected as mayor, but as drug gangsters take over the town, which is largely devoid of men, Nayeli travels north to find seven Mexican men to protect the community.

Song of the hummingbird

1996
From Aztec princess to slave and concubine, Huitzitzilin recounts her life during the Spanish conquest of Mexico. As she relates her tale to Father Benito, she forces him to see the conquest through the eyes of the conquered.

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