mexico

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mexico

Mexico

2008
A guide to the customs and etiquette of Mexico, providing information on the land and people, local traditions, religion and politics, business practices, communication, and other topics.

Diego Rivera

2003
Examines the life and work of early twentieth-century Mexican artist Diego Rivera, best known for his murals in government offices, schools, and other public buildings.

Pancho Villa

2003
Examines the life and career of Mexican revolutionary leader Pancho Villa, discussing why he became an outlaw, his fight against the dictatorship of Porfirio Diaz, his battle with the United States, and his retirement to the life of a rancher.

Frida Kahlo

2003
A biography of the Mexican painter who survived a near-fatal bus accident at the age of eighteen, learned to paint as a form of therapy, had a stormy marriage with Diego Rivera, and became a world-famous artist.

Vicente Fox

2003
Profiles the life of Vicente Fox, the first president of Mexico elected in opposition to the Institutional Revolutionary Party.

Salma Hayek

2002
Profiles the Mexican-born actress whose pet project, a biographical film based on the life of Mexican artist Frida Kahlo, is now in production due in large part to Salma's initiative.

By the light of my father's smile

a novel
1998
Susannah and her family move to the Sierras in Mexico, and while they are there, their lives are forever changed by the Mundo people who live there.

Seven wonders of ancient North America

2009
Presents photographs, paintings and descriptions of seven early North American civilizations, from Viking ruins in Newfoundland to ancient Mexico.

Hern?n Cort?s

2004
An introduction to the life of sixteenth-century Spanish explorer Hernando Cort?s, who conquered the Aztec Empire of Mexico.

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