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| Mexico and Latin America:
Fact and Fiction
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Mexican Slang: A Guide, by Linton H.
Robinson
Want to learn to say
all those things you shouldn't say? Want to know what folks are really saying
about you at the bar? Get this book. |
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Cassell's Colloquial Spanish: A Handbook of
Idomatic Usage
For folks who
want to look at the language more seriously, this is a great help. Shows the
difference between how "Spanish" is spoken in all parts of the world.
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Across the Wire: Life and Hard Times on the
Mexican Border, by Luis Alberto Urrea
An honest and compassionate look at the poverty of life on the
other side of the border. |
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Love in the Time of Cholera, by Gabriel Garcia
Marquez
Unrequited love that
lasts half a century, written by one of the world's best storytellers. Funny
and magic, with rich characters, drama and passion. You won't be able to put it
down. |
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Like Water for Chocolate: A Novel in Monthly
Installments, With Recipes, Romances and Home Remedies, by Laura
Esquivel
During the Mexican
revolution, Tita must conceal her love for Pedro. Pouring her passions into her
incredible cooking, she affects the emotions of all who partake. A lively,
enchanting novel, filled with lust. And it includes Tita's recipes - just add
your own emotions! |
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Eva Luna, by Isabel Allende
If you love stories and magic, if you secretly
wish you lived with Scheherazade, you will love this book. There is imagination
and joy and rich imagery, but best of all, stories upon stories of an amazing
life. |
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