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  • WHEN THE GROUND TURNS IN ITS SLEEP. by Sellers-Garcia, Sylvia
    Sellers-Garcia, Sylvia
    WHEN THE GROUND TURNS IN ITS SLEEP.

    Edition: Advance Reading Copy (trade paperback format. )

    New York Riverhead / Penguin Books 2007. First edition - The author's first novel, the story of a young man, born in Guatemala, but raised in the US by his immigrant parents, who travels from the states to a tiny town in Guatemala where is mistaken for a priest. Includes a section of questions and answers with the author, 321 pp.

    Condition: Very good in illustrated wrappers (some wear to covers, first page has comment "ok-good")

    Book ID: 60689
    Keywords: ARC, First book or first novel, guatemala, latin america, uncorrected proof
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  • Taibo, Paco Ignacio II
    AN EASY THING

    Edition: First US edition.

    New York: Viking, 1990. dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - First novel of Taibo to appear in English - praised by such diverse writers as Lawrence Block, Dorothy Salisbury Davis, Ross Thomas, etc. Introduces his jaded, one-eyed, half Basque detective, Hector Belascoran Shayne; set in Mexico City, this is a combination of irony, black humor and Latin fabulism. Translated from the Spanish by William I. Neuman. Recommended. SIGNED on the title page and dated in 2007. He has been awarded the International Dashiell Hammett prize for three of his novels. 231 pp. ISBN: 0-670-824623.

    Condition: Near fine in a near fine dustjacket (tight, clean copy, bookstore stamp on endpaper)

    Book ID: 4613
    Keywords: latin america, mexico city, Mystery - Suspense & Detective Fiction
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  • AN EASY THING by Taibo, Paco Ignacio II
    Taibo, Paco Ignacio II
    AN EASY THING

    Edition: First US edition.

    New York: Viking, 1990. dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - First novel of Taibo to appear in English - praised by such diverse writers as Lawrence Block, Dorothy Salisbury Davis, Ross Thomas, etc. Introduces his jaded, one-eyed, half Basque detective, Hector Belascoran Shayne; set in Mexico City, this is a combination of irony, black humor and Latin fabulism. Translated from the Spanish by William I. Neuman. Recommended. SIGNED on the title page and dated in 2007. 231 pp. ISBN: 0-670-824623.

    Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket. (as new, but with a remainder line.)

    Book ID: 3500
    Keywords: latin america, mexico city, Mystery - Suspense & Detective Fiction
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  • CURANDERO: A Life in Mexican Folk Healing, by Torres, Eliseo "Cheo" with Timothy L. Sawyer, Jr.
    Torres, Eliseo "Cheo" with Timothy L. Sawyer, Jr.
    CURANDERO: A Life in Mexican Folk Healing,

    Edition: Trade paperback.

    Albuquerque: University of New Mexico Press, (2005). From the cover: "Eliseo Torres, known as Cheo, grew up in the Corpus Christi area of Texas and knew, firsthand, the Mexican folk healing practiced in his home and neighborhood. Later in life, he wanted to know more about the plants and rituals of curanderismo. Torres's story begins with his experiences in the Mexican town of Espinazo, the home of the great curandero El Nino Fidencio (1899-1939), where Torres underwent life-changing spiritual experiences. He introduces us to some of the major figures in the tradition, discusses some of the pitfalls of teaching curanderismo, and concludes with an account of a class he taught in which curanderos from Cuernavaca, Mexico, shared their knowledge…

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    Albuquerque: University of New Mexico Press, (2005). From the cover: "Eliseo Torres, known as Cheo, grew up in the Corpus Christi area of Texas and knew, firsthand, the Mexican folk healing practiced in his home and neighborhood. Later in life, he wanted to know more about the plants and rituals of curanderismo. Torres's story begins with his experiences in the Mexican town of Espinazo, the home of the great curandero El Nino Fidencio (1899-1939), where Torres underwent life-changing spiritual experiences. He introduces us to some of the major figures in the tradition, discusses some of the pitfalls of teaching curanderismo, and concludes with an account of a class he taught in which curanderos from Cuernavaca, Mexico, shared their knowledge with students. Part personal pilgrimage, part compendium of medical knowledge, this moving book reveals curanderismo as both a contemplative and a medical practice that can offer new approaches to ancient problems." Illustrated with photographs. Selective bibliography, index. ix, 170 pp. ISBN: 0-82633640X.

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    Condition: Fine (a new copy)

    Book ID: 87997
    Keywords: curanderismo, Ethnobotany, folklore, latin america, medicine, memoir, mexico
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