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"In 2008, nine mountaineers failed to return from a winter backpacking trip in the New Mexico mountains. At their final campsite, searchers found a bizarre scene: something had appeared at the door of their tent so terrifying that it impelled them to slash their way out and flee barefoot to certain death in a blizzard. Despite a diligent search, only six bodies were found, two violently crushed and inexplicably missing their eyes. The case, given...
2) The reunion
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In Cancún, Mexico, the Mayweather family gathers for a family reunion to bring them all together, but each brings their own agenda, old grudges, and dangerous secrets that ultimately lead to murder.
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"In 1964, when Jaime Sonoro, Mexico’s most renowned actor and singer, discovers a book telling of the multitude of horrific crimes committed by his ancestors, he must pay for their crimes unless he can uncover the truth about his grandfather, the legendary bandido El Tragabalas, The Bullet Swallower"--
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"The conquest of Mexico is over, and Juan de Toñanes is just one of the many inglorious soldiers eking a small existence on the land he helped conquer. When he receives one last mission, to hunt down a renegade Indian who calls himself the Padre and preaches a dangerous heresy, Juan realizes it may be his last chance to create the future he's always dreamed of. But as he moves deep into the unexplored northern territory, hot on the Padre's trail,...
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"Montserrat has always been overlooked. She's a talented sound editor, but she's left out of the boys' club running the film industry in '90s Mexico City. And she's all but invisible to her best friend, Tristán, a charming if faded soap opera star, though she's been in love with him since childhood. Then Tristán discovers his new neighbor is the cult horror director Abel Urueta, and the legendary auteur claims he can change their lives--even if...
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"Rival archaeologists must team up on a secret Aztec expedition, or it could leave their careers-and hearts-in ruins. Archaeologist Dr. Socorro "Corrie" Mejía has a bone to pick. Literally. It's been Corrie's life goal to lead an expedition deep into the Mexican jungle in search of the long-lost remains of her ancestor, Chimalli, an ancient warrior of the Aztec empire. But when she is invited to join an all-expenses-paid dig to do just that, Corrie...
9) Dane's mark
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"Katy Chavos refilled coffee cups and made her way around the small diner in Broken Butte, New Mexico heading for that last table at the far corner, placed before two plate glass windows that looked out on the lower end of the main street and the sheriff's office. There were rumors that one of the occupants took that table for the sole purpose of catching sight of the sheriff's wife. But what man would do that while flirting with only her and no one...
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From New York Times bestselling author Anne Hillerman, a thrilling and moving chapter in the Leaphorn, Chee & Manuelito series involving several emotionally complex cases that will test the detectives in different ways. Joe Leaphorn may be long retired from the Navajo Tribal Police, but his detective skills are still sharp, honed by his work as a private detective. His experience will be essential to solve a compelling new case: finding the birth...
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"Fifteen-year old crown prince Acolmiztli wants nothing more than to see his city-state of Tetzcoco thrive. A singer, poet, and burgeoning philosophical mind, he has big plans about infrastructure projects and cultural initiatives that will bring honor to his family and help his people flourish. But the two sides of his family, the kingdoms of Mexico and Acolhuacan, have been at war his entire life - after his father risked the wrath of the Tepanec...
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"It's the summer after junior year of college, and Grace is looking forward to going to LA with her boyfriend, Josh. When he unexpectedly dumps her, she's left with a hole in her heart and in her summer schedule. Her (very wealthy) best friend, Tiff, along with their new friend, Camille, a French foreign exchange student, come to the rescue and whisk her away to a beach house in Cancun for a week of RR. Little do Tiff and Camille know, though, that's...
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"Lola Espinoza parece llevar una especie de maldición en el amor, aunque quizás no sea una maldición ... la magia no existe, ¿verdad? Sin embargo, cuando Lola viaja para pasar el verano con su abuela en la Ciudad de México y conoce a Río, un joven atractivo y coqueto, descubre una verdad sorprendente: la magia sí existe, y lo que siempre había considerado mala suerte resulta ser que era... una verdadera maldición."--
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Best friends Eddie and MJ can't wait for their big costume party. But when they are transported to Mexico during the Día de los Muertos celebrations, they find themselves in the middle of a new mystery involving a missing secret molé recipe. It's up to Eddie and MJ to use their word skills to save the day.
16) Pedro Páramo
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"A masterpiece of the surreal that influenced a generation of writers in Latin America, Pedro Páramo is the otherworldly tale of one man's quest for his lost father. That man swears to his dying mother that he will find the father he has never met--Pedro Páramo--but when he reaches the town of Comala, he finds it haunted by memories and hallucinations. There emerges the tragic tale of Páramo himself, and the town whose every corner holds the taint...
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"Mexicanas. Trece narrativas contemporáneas reúne una visión compartida de los problemas a los que nos enfrentamos las mujeres en México. A través de sus historias, las autoras representan la realidad y la complejidad de las relaciones no sólo amorosas, sino de amistad e incluso familiares a las que han intentado someternos." --
18) Mar de piedra
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"Ciudad de México, 2025. Antes una de las avenidas más transitadas, Madero está ocupada por las estatuas de los cientos de mujeres, hombres y hasta de niños desaparecidos día tras día. Este insólito fenómeno coincide con la propagación de los mattangs --mapas que, según los creyentes, revelan el destino a quien sepa leerlos-- y cuyo culto se ha apoderado de los capitalinos. Cuando la escéptica maestra Sofía encuentre en uno...
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"When Daniel de La Luna arrives as a scholarship student at an elite East Coast university, he bears the weight of his family's hopes and dreams, and the burden of sharing his late uncle's name. Daniel flounders at first--but then Sam, his roommate, changes everything. As their relationship evolves from brotherly banter to something more intimate, Daniel soon finds himself in love with a man who helps him see himself in a new light. But just as their...
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"Domingo, un solitario recolector de basura que vive en la calle, trata de sobrevivir en una ciudad indiferente y amenazadora cuan una hastiada vampiresa a la fuga aparece en su vida. Atl, descendiente de bebedores de sangre aztecas, es inteligente, preciosa y peligrosa, y Domingo queda hipnotizado. Atl necesita escapar rápidamente de la ciudad, lejos del clan narco-vampírico rival que la persigue sin descanso. También requiere de un ayudante...