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March Book Recommendations from Mexico Book Club
 Ed Hutmacher
Spring is upon us, the season of renewal, which makes this a great time to refresh or satisfy your interest in Mexico and its people. Below are three good reads from our March book recommendations that we think you’ll enjoy.
An Explorer Drawn to, and Eventually Swallowed by, the Amazon
 Michiko Kakutani
Imagine a swashbuckling British version of Indiana Jones with a mustache and maybe a pith helmet and a fondness for talking about his “Destiny,” and you get a pretty good picture of Col. Percy Harrison Fawcett.
US Torture: Voices from the Black Sites - The New York Review of Books
 Mark Danner
ICRC Report on the Treatment of Fourteen "High Value Detainees" in CIA Custody by the International Committee of the Red Cross - 43 pp., February 2007
American Corporate Complicity Created Undeniable Nazi Nexus
 Edwin Black
Adolf Hitler was completely responsible for the Holocaust. But Hitler had help.
Cuba: For the Love of Libros - A Book Fair and a Fortress
 Marina Sitrin
Imagine yourself in front of a 16th century fortress facing the Malecon in Old Havana, Cuba. The fortress occupies a vast expanse of land with a wall that extends the length of the fortress, surrounded by a deep moat, once legend to have been filled with crocodiles.
Why I Love Vallarta's Los Mangos Library
 Gabriela Garcia
Because I believe so strongly in the importance of education and that our local library enforces it, I have assumed the responsibility of chairing the first benefit for the Los Mangos Library at Villa Mandarinas on April 4th, 2009.
Mexico Unconquered: Reviewing a People’s History of Power and Revolt
 Benjamin Dangl
From Spanish colonization to today’s state and corporate repression, Mexico Unconquered: Chronicles of Power and Revolt, by John Gibler, is written from the street barricades, against the Carlos Slims of the world, and alongside "the underdogs and rebels" of an unconquered country.
2009 Puerto Vallarta Restaurant Guide
 Gary R. Beck
Whether a Puerto Vallarta local, part-time resident or first-time visitor, most everyone loves to dine out. To learn more about Banderas Bay area restaurants, pick up the latest edition of the Puerto Vallarta Restaurant Guide, Beck's Best.
Yelapa Author Publishes New Novel
 PVNN
American writer Robert Hardin announces the publication of 'Worst Cases,' the latest book in his David Armstrong series. The author's first book signing will be held at Café Roma in Puerto Vallarta on Saturday, February 21st from 2:30 to 4 pm.
Mexico Book Club's February Book Recommendations
 Ed Hutmacher
Interested in a journalist's take on Mexicans' lifestyle? An adventure tale about the lost cities of the Mayans? Whatever your tastes in a good read, here's a handful of books that'll satisfy your curiosity about Mexico and its people.
Patterson, Master of All Genres, Tops UK Library List
 Mark Brown
James Patterson is less a novelist than a literary factory, and it seems the British public cannot get enough of him. The American is revealed today as the UK's most borrowed author from libraries, coming top for the second year, after his books were taken out more than 1.5m times between July 2007 and June 2008.
Floricanto Press New Titles
 Floricanto Press
Floricanto wishes you Happy Holidays and a collection of new books to kick off 2009 - Mexico style.
Pulp's Perilous Possibilities: Can Comic Books Teach Kids to Read?
 Ed Hutmacher
There was a time when parents warned their kids that reading comic books would rot their brains, but today’s parents might as zealously urge their kids to put down the Xbox controller and just read something!
El Paso Historian Fred Morales has Another Sensational Book
 Leon Metz
A few weeks ago, I acquired a book from historian Fred Morales that literally blew me away because of the incredible information it contains. The title is "History of the Union Plaza District."
Child Writer Donates Book Royalties to RISE
 Sudy Coy
Young Spencer Kawalek, who wrote the book I Love Coconuts when he was just 4 ½ years old, recently delivered a check in the amount of $13,020 pesos from the sale of his book and Ron Wennekes' If I Could Swim Like Fishes Do to R.I.S.E.
Hemingway's Cuba Papers Available Electronically
 Will Weissert
Cuba on Monday began accepting requests for electronic access to more than 3,000 documents from Ernest Hemingway's home on the island, including the unpublished epilogue of "For Whom the Bell Tolls" and coded messages the author sent when using his yacht to hunt for German submarines during World War II.
Kennedys, Castros, and Murder
 Mel Ayton
Gus Russo and Stephen Molton have produced a well-researched and compelling study of the role Cuban, Soviet, and American intelligence agencies played in keeping track of Lee Harvey Oswald, the self-styled revolutionary credited with the assassination of President John F. Kennedy, in the years before Dallas.
Mexico Book Club's January Book Recommendations
 Ed Hutmacher
A new year always brings a rededication to read more books. From the biography of a literary legend to a true-crime thriller to books for Mexico travelers, here are a handful of recommendations you might want to dig into this January.
 Video Interview: Edward Herman on Latin America & the US
 Hans Bennett
In this interview, longtime activist and author Edward Herman discusses the history of US influence in Latin America, and contextualizes this with what he says is an anti-democratic US policy throughout the Global South, designed to create a favorable investment climate for US corporations.
Book Review: 2666, by Roberto Bolaño
 Martha Kramer
Five years after his death and the publication of the novel in its nearly 900-page entirety, Bolaño's latest work has been recognized as one of the finest novels of 2008.
International Friendship Club Gives Books to Local Schools
 Mel Bornstein
With the help of the Puerto Vallarta International Friendship Club, Glenn Baron, a retired Veterinarian turned teacher from North Carolina, brought in 650 Spanish books and maps for distribution in 16 primary schools in the Banderas Bay area.
The Trial of Saddam Hussein
 Clarity Press
The trial of Saddam Hussein marks the first time since the UN was created that a head of state has been put on trial by an invading, occupying power. This book seeks to draw public attention to the threat this precedent poses to developing nations worldwide, and to its distortive influence on the further evolution of international law.
New Novel Spins Tale of Terrorism, International Intrigue and Suspense
 PRWeb
"Fireworks" by Paul J. Mila, features the return of SCUBA divers Terry Hunter and her husband, ex-NYPD detective Joe Manetta, in their third adventure, battling Al Qaeda terrorists in, and under, New York's waters.
Beyond Reach: Frida Kahlo and Salma Hayek
 Ed Hutmacher
"Frida Kahlo and Salma Hayek are otherworldly women. And when worlds collide, I start asking questions." How the 2002 movie Frida blurred the lines between Kahlo the eccentric woman artist and Frida the foxy feminist icon.
Guanajuato, Mexico: A Cultural Vacation
 Doug Bower
Doug Bower, an American freelance writer and author living in Guanajuato, shares excerpts from his latest book, A Walk Through México’s Crown Jewel: A Guanajuato Travelogue, with tourists who've grown weary of the typical Mexican vacation.
Tales of Retirement in Paradise - Revisited
 PVNN
If you've ever wondered what it'd be like to live or retire in Puerto Vallarta, Mexico, be sure to visit BanderasNews each week for a new chapter of the serialized and updated version of Polly G. Vicars' 1995 sell-out book, Tales of Retirement in Paradise.
Typing Without a Clue
 Timothy Egan
The unlicensed pipe fitter known as Joe the Plumber is out with a book this month, just as the last seconds on his 15 minutes are slipping away. I have a question for Joe: Do you want me to fix your leaky toilet?
Expatriate's Personal Story Gives Baby Boomers Insider Look at Life in Puerto Vallarta
 PVNN
Boomers in Paradise: Living in Puerto Vallarta by Robert Nelson describes how baby boomers now flooding to Mexico can realize rich, full and satisfying lives by moving to Puerta Vallarta.
New Book on Top 50 World Record Catches Captures the Imagination Too
 Pete Johnson
Angling author Mike Rivkin has teamed up with watercolorist Flick Ford to create BIG: The 50 Greatest World Record Catches, combining Rivkin’s narrative skills with Ford’s uncanny ability to reproduce game fish in their entire lifelike splendor.
December Book Recommendations from Mexico Book Club
 Ed Hutmacher
Covering everything from Hispanic American Christmas Stories to Mexico: A Traveler’s Literary Companion, Mexico Book Club's December picks serve up a handful of good reads that will inform, inspire or entertain you throughout the holiday season.
What if a Large Asteroid was Heading for Earth?
 Paul Comstock
Philip Plait is an astronomer who has written for magazines such as Astronomy and Sky & Telescope, as well as many national and international newspapers. His latest book is Death from the Skies!: These Are the Ways the World Will End... .
Family Feuds & Other Tales of Domesticity
 Ed Hutmacher
One generally doesn't read a book by Carlos Fuentes to be entertained. His stream-of-consciousness style of writing, irregular punctuation and regular doses of emotional and philosophical prose is more dizzying than dazzling.
A Posthumous Masterpiece
 J. S. Goldbach
In a 2003 interview with the Mexican edition of Playboy, which turned out to be one of his last, when asked what hell was like, Roberto Bolaño, the now-internationally celebrated Chilean-born poet, critic and novelist answered: "Like Ciudad Juarez, which is our curse and our mirror, the unquiet mirror of our frustrations and of our vile interpretation of freedom and our desires."
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