READING GUIDE MEXICO o enhance your travel experience, we’ve compiled a selection of favorite, new, and hard-to-find books Tabout your destination. Feel free to visit your local bookstore or library for your reading materials. ESSENTIAL ALSO RECOMMENDED

Megan O’Neil, Mary Ellen Miller Sian Hughes Maya Art and Architecture Culture Smart! Mexico 2014, PAPER, 256 PAGES 2017, PAPER, 168 PAGES An illustrated overview of the art and A concise, no-nonsense guide to local customs, architecture of the Maya, making use of the etiquette and culture with a short overview of latest discoveries at Tikal, Copan and Palenque the land and people along with practical travel to demonstrate the range of Maya artistic advice. influence. Revised and updated, this new edition includes color illustrations throughout. Rafael Carmona Lonely Planet Mexican Spanish Octavio Paz Phrasebook The Labyrinth of Solitude 2016, PAPER, 272 PAGES 1994, PAPER, 398 PAGES A portable, handy phrasebook with essential These essays by the Nobel Prize-winning vocabulary for travelers. poet address Mexican culture and character. The chapters on the Mexican celebration of Carl Franz, Lorena Havens (Editor) the Day of the Dead and the conquest are The People’s Guide to Mexico, especially memorable. Wherever You Go, There You Are! Barbara Kingsolver 2012, PAPER, 573 PAGES The Lacuna A classic, entertaining guide to travel in Mexico, the original hippie handbook and still a treasure 2010, PAPER, 507 PAGES Involving Diego Rivera, Frida Kahlo, trove of practical and cultural detail. Leon Trotsky, J. Edgar Hoover and more, Lonely Planet Kingsolver’s wide-ranging novel takes in the momentous events of the 1930s and 1940s Lonely Planet from the Source Mexico in Mexico and the US. Winner of the Orange 2017, HARD COVER, 288 PAGES Alongside beautiful photographs, Lonely Prize, and a New York Times Notable Book. Planet presents 60 of Mexico’s most authentic Eyewitness Guides contemporary dishes, direct from the kitchens where they were perfected. From street food Eyewitness Guide Mexico vendors to star chefs, the culinary personalities 2017, PAPER, 392 PAGES showcase their favorite Mexican recipes. This superb guide to all of Mexico features color photography, dozens of excellent local Diana Kennedy maps and a region-by-region synopsis of the country’s attractions. My Mexico, A Culinary Odyssey with Recipes National Geographic 2013, HARD COVER, 487 PAGES Mexico Adventure Map This personal, culinary exploration of the 2011, MAP home cooks, local ingredients and traditional Printed on tear- and water-resistant paper, this recipes of Mexican cuisine was penned by colorful map shows topography, sites, cities Diana Kennedy, the “Julia Child of Mexican and roads from at a scale of 1:2,425,000. cooking.” Includes more than 300 recipes and stories, rolling out the red carpet for travelers and eager gastronomes alike. Kenneth Pearce William Carlsen A Traveller’s History of Mexico Jungle of Stone 2003, PAPER, 416 PAGES 2017, PAPER, 544 PAGES This wide-ranging, accessible and effectively Alongside his own 2,500-mile journey through condensed Mexican history book marches Central America, William Carlsen retraces the confidently through the 1990s with useful Catherwood-Stephens Expedition, one of chronology and historical gazetteer. the first excursions to the Mayan temples of present-day Honduras, Guatemala and Mexico. Hugh Thomas Conquest: Montezuma, Cortes and the Laura Esquivel Fall of Old Mexico Like Water for Chocolate 1995, PAPER, 812 PAGES 1995, PAPER, 256 PAGES An entertaining and monumental tome on the Perhaps one of the most famous works of conquest of Mexico. It’s rare to find a work of Mexican literature, this story is set in turn- such scholarship and importance that is also an of-the-century Mexico. This great novel uses enjoyable read. elements of magical realism to portray themes of family, duty, sacrifice, love and freedom. Francisco Goldman The Interior Circuit C. M. Mayo (Editor) 2015, PAPER, 352 PAGES Mexico, A Traveler’s Literary Taking us deep into Mexico City, Goldman Companion explores his relationship with the megacity of 2005, PAPER, 256 PAGES 22 million souls, comparing its approaches to A who’s who of contemporary Mexican death, friendship and grief with attitudes in the authors from Carlos Fuentes and Laura United States. Esquivel to Agustin Cadena and other young stars. MacDuff Everton The Modern Maya, Incidents of Travel Michael Nava and Friendship in Yucatan The City of Palaces 2012, HARD COVER, 352 PAGES 2014, HARD COVER, 362 PAGES In his superb photo essay on the lives of the Set in Mexico City on the eve of the Mexican modern Maya, Everton, who spent more than Revolution, this heavily researched historical four decades living among the Maya, updates novel follows the life of a 9-year-old boy our perception of the people by revealing how named Jose. As lonely and destitute as a child the Maya live, work and preserve their rich in a fairy tale, the boy watches as the ruthless culture today. president of Mexico is overthrown.

James Oles Alfred MacAdam (Translator), Carlos Fuentes Art and Architecture in Mexico The Death of Artemio Cruz 2013, PAPER, 432 PAGES 2009, PAPER, 307 PAGES Art historian and curator Oles interprets 500 A voyage into the soul of modern Mexico, this years of Mexican art spanning the Spanish dramatic novel is considered a masterpiece Conquest to the 21st century. A book as rich of Mexican literature. From his death bed, in poetic and historical context as it is in newspaper magnate and land baron Artemio scholarship. Cruz replays episodes from his life and his rise to power. Myron Echenberg Ernest Preston Edwards Humboldt’s Mexico 2017, HARD COVER, 288 PAGES Field Guide to the Birds of Mexico and A noted biography of the most gifted scientist Adjacent Areas before Darwin. Von Humboldt (1769-1859) 1998, PAPER, 288 PAGES traveled all over Mexico in one daunting year, This classic guide illustrates all the regularly investigating colonial silver mines, volcanoes, occurring birds of Mexico and neighboring secret Spanish archives in Mexico City, and areas, including details of distribution, archaeological sites. abundance, habitat and identification features for 850 species. Valeria Luiselli Sidewalks 2014, PAPER, 110 PAGES Luiselli’s unhurried observations of Mexico City’s architecture, streets and sidewalks create a powerful impression in this masterful collection of essays.