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  • INTO THE BEAUTIFUL NORTH. by Urrea, Luis Alberto.
    Urrea, Luis Alberto.
    INTO THE BEAUTIFUL NORTH.

    Edition: 1st trade paperback printing.

    New York & Boston: Little Brown - Back Bay Books (2010). SIGNED - The story of nineteen year old Nayeki who lives in a remote village in Mexico, a town where many of the men, including her father, have left for the US. SIGNED on the title page. . 338 pp. ISBN: 978-0316025263.

    Condition: Good overall (wear to the covers)

    Book ID: 60754
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  • THE HUMMINGBIRD'S DAUGHTER. by Urrea, Luis Alberto.
    Urrea, Luis Alberto.
    THE HUMMINGBIRD'S DAUGHTER.

    Edition: First printing.

    Boston: Little Brown, (2005.) dj. Hardcover first edition - An epic novel, set in late 19th century revolutionary Mexico, and based on stories of the author's great aunt Teresita, who had the gift - and the burden - of healing. Urrea notes that he spent 20 years in researching this book. SIGNED on the title page. 499 pp. ISBN: 0-314-745464.

    Condition: Fine in a very near fine dust jacket.

    Book ID: 61937
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  • THE DEVIL'S HIGHWAY: A True Story. by Urrea, Luis Alberto.
    Urrea, Luis Alberto.
    THE DEVIL'S HIGHWAY: A True Story.

    Edition: Trade paperback.

    Boston: Back Bay Books / Little Brown, (2005). SIGNED - 'In May 2001, a group of 26 men. . . attempted to cross the Mexican border into the desert of southern Arizona through a deadly region known as the Devil's Highway. Only 12 of them would survive.' An eloquent and moving book, SIGNED on the title page. Index. 239 pp. plus a conversation with Urrea and a reading group guide. ISBN: 0-316746711.

    Condition: Near fine.

    Book ID: 72509
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  • GHOST SICKNESS. by Urrea, Luis Alberto.
    Urrea, Luis Alberto.
    GHOST SICKNESS.

    Edition: First printing, a trade paperback, not issued in hardcover.

    El Paso, TX: Cinco Puntos Press, (1997). SIGNED first edition - Award-winning writer's second collection of poems - he "has captured the grief of a parent's passage in death, multiplied ten-fold by violence" (Denise Chavez) SIGNED on the title page. Includes a translation of the poems which are in Spanish. 95 pp. ISBN: 0-938317-30X.

    Condition: Very near fine in illustrated wrappers (light crease to lower corner of back cover).

    Book ID: 61191
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  • Urrea, Luis Alberto.
    THE HUMMINGBIRD'S DAUGHTER.

    Edition: Trade paperback.

    Boston: Back Bay / Little Brown, (2006). An epic novel, set in late 19th century revolutionary Mexico, and based on stories of the author's great aunt Teresita, who had the gift - and the burden - of healing. Urrea states that he spent 20 years in researching this book. 499 pp. plus a reading group guide. ISBN: 978-0316154529.

    Condition: Very good.

    Book ID: 78500
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  • INTO THE BEAUTIFUL NORTH. by Urrea, Luis Alberto.
    Urrea, Luis Alberto.
    INTO THE BEAUTIFUL NORTH.

    Edition: First printing.

    New York & Boston: Little Brown, (2009 dj. Hardcover first edition - The story of nineteen year old Nayeki who lives in a remote village in Mexico, a town where many of the men, including her father, have left for the US. 338 pp. ISBN: 978-0316025270.

    Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket.

    Book ID: 86921
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  • INTO THE BEAUTIFUL NORTH. by Urrea, Luis Alberto.
    Urrea, Luis Alberto.
    INTO THE BEAUTIFUL NORTH.

    Edition: First printing.

    New York & Boston: Little Brown, (2009 dj. Hardcover first edition - The story of nineteen year old Nayeki who lives in a remote village in Mexico, a town where many of the men, including her father, have left for the US. 338 pp. ISBN: 978-0316025270.

    Condition: Very near fine in a fine dustjacket. (remainder line)

    Book ID: 86922
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  • PUERTO VALLARTA SQUEEZE. by Waller, Robert James.
    Waller, Robert James.
    PUERTO VALLARTA SQUEEZE.

    Edition: Advance Reading Copy (trade paperback format. )

    New York: Warner, (1995). First edition - Novel by the author of 'Bridges of Madison County.' An American author in Mexico is dealing with writer's block as his money runs low. But then "he was in the right place, or the wrong one, to be the sole witness when a shooter gunned down an American naval officer. At a cafe table with Luz, Danny Pastor saw it all, and saw the possibility of a story, a surefire, prizewinning account that could restore his pride and make him famous. And when the killer approached him, the only other Anglo around, and asked for a ride across the border, Danny, bold with tequila, said yes." 214 pp.

    Condition: Fine in glossy illustrated wrappers.

    Book ID: 84347
    Keywords: arc, Fiction, mexico, proof, thriller
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  • GRASSROOTS DEVELOPMENT IN LATIN AMERICA AND THE CARIBBEAN: Oral Histories and Social Change by Wasserstrom, Robert.
    Wasserstrom, Robert.
    GRASSROOTS DEVELOPMENT IN LATIN AMERICA AND THE CARIBBEAN: Oral Histories and Social Change

    Edition: 1st trade paperback printing.

    New York: Praeger Publishers Inc., (1985). Includes oral histories of participants in seven different Inter-American Foundation supported organizations - among them a textile manufacturer in urban Ecuador, small farmer co-operatives in eastern Paraguay and women's theater in Jamaica - as it shows that "impoverished people will use rural credit and other resources in ways not anticipated by development planners, and that these recipients often know how to make more efficient use of aid than the planners do."Map frontispiece, photographs. Bibliography, index. vii, 197 pp. ISBN: 0-030016924.

    Condition: Near fine in glossy illustrated wrappers - inscription on first page,

    Book ID: 84514
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  • FOUR DAYS TO VERACRUZ. by West, Owen.
    West, Owen.
    FOUR DAYS TO VERACRUZ.

    Edition: First printing.

    New York: Simon & Schuster, (2003) dj. Hardcover first edition - The author's second novel (his first won the Boyd literary award for best military novel), an adventure-thriller. An out of bounds kayaking adventure in Mexico for Darren Phillips and his new wife Kate North lands them on the private beach of a violent drug dealer. 371 pp. ISBN: 0-743205421.

    Condition: Near fine in near fine dust jacket.

    Book ID: 67738
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  • TRUST THE LIAR. by Zannos, Susan.
    Zannos, Susan.
    TRUST THE LIAR.

    Edition: First printing.

    New York: Walker, (1988) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - The author's first novel, a mystery which pairs a high-school attendance monitor, a young widow, with a 14 year old boy with an active imagination and of "dubious veracity" in a search to Mexico for a killer. SIGNED on the title page with the inscription "Happy Birthday, You have a delightful charming daughter" (not personalized). 179 pp. ISBN: 0-802756972.

    Condition: Very near fine in a fine dustjacket (usual light toning to the pages) Uncommon signed..

    Book ID: 64774
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