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1	Woman Hollering Creek and Other Stories: And Other Stories more books like this by Sandra Cisneros From the author of the widely acclaimed The House on Mango Street comes a story collection of breathtaking range and authority, whose characters give voice to the vibrant and varied life on both sides of the Mexican border. The women in these stories offer tales of pure discovery, filled with moments of infinite and intimate wisdom. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $6.50! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
2	The Border Trilogy: All the Pretty Horses, the Crossing, Cities of the Plain more books like this by Cormac McCarthy (Book Jacket Status: Jacketed) Available together in one volume for the first time, the three novels of Cormac McCarthy's award-winning and bestselling "Border Trilogy "constitute a genuine American epic. Beginning with "All the Pretty Horses" and continuing through "The Crossing" and "Cities of the Plain," McCarthy chronicles the lives of two ... see all copies from $22.35! new only from $22.74! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
3	Edge of Battle more books like this by Dale Brown Jason Richter and his high-tech unit Task Force TALON are charged with securing the Mexican border, where a terrorist band has been operating with impunity and enflaming the passions of the population. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| first editions \| SVS
4	Down by the River: Drugs, Money, Murder, and Family more books like this by Charles Bowden Offers an illuminating tour of the drug war, revealing the dark, troubling recesses of drug lords, high-level corruption, and ultra-violence that respects no borders. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $9.23! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
5	Borderlands/La Frontera: The New Mestiza, Second Edition more books like this by Gloria E Anzaldua, Sonia Saldivar-Hull (Introduction by), Sonia Saldc-Var-Hull (Introduction by) Prose and poetry exploring the frontiers between Chicano and Anglo culture. see all copies from $7.00! new only from $13.95!
6	Borderlands/La Frontera, the New Mestiza: Third Edition more books like this by Gloria Anzaldua Rooted in Gloria Anzalda's experience as a Chicana, a lesbian, an activist, and a writer, the groundbreaking essays and poems in this volume profoundly challenged how we think about identity. Borderlands/La Frontera remapped our understanding of what a "border" is, seeing it not as a simple divide between here and there, us and them, but as a ... see all copies from $11.86! new only from $16.44! \| SVS
7	Borderlands/La Frontera (Old Edition) more books like this by Gloria E Anzaldua Prose and poetry exploring the frontiers between Chicano and Anglo culture. see all copies from $2.94! new only from $74.50!
8	Woman Hollering Creek and Other Stories more books like this by Sandra Cisneros From the author of the widely acclaimed The House on Mango Street comes a story collection of breathtaking range and authority, whose characters give voice to the vibrant and varied life on both sides of the Mexican border. The women in these stories offer tales of pure discovery, filled with moments of infinite and intimate wisdom. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $9.90! \| signed copies \| first editions
9	The General and the Jaguar: Pershing's Hunt for Pancho Villa: A True Story of Revolution and Revenge more books like this by Eileen Welsome On March 9, 1916, a band of Mexican marauders led by Pancho Villa crossed the border and raided the tiny town of Columbus, New Mexico. A military expedition was hastily organized to go into Mexico and capture Villa, suspects were rounded up, trials were held, and a virulent backlash against persons of Mexican origin erupted on the local and ... see all copies from $4.99! new only from $11.42! \| first editions \| SVS
10	El Arroyo de La Llorona: Woman Hollering Creek--Spanish-Language Edition y Otros Cuentos more books like this by Sandra Cisneros, Liliana Valenzuela (Translator) The highly acclaimed short story collection by the author of "The House on Mango Street" brings to life an astonishing array of characters and promises to become a book that will be cherished around the world. see all copies from $2.89! new only from $7.44!
11 view cover	The Deliverance more books like this by Richard S Wheeler In this newest of the Barnaby Skye chronicles, Skye and his Crow Indian wife drift south to Mexican territory. Skye agrees to help a mysterious Cheyenne woman locate her two children, who were kidnapped by Ute Indians several years before and sold into bondage in Mexico. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $3.00! \| first editions \| SVS
12 view cover	Jericho's Road more books like this by Elmer Kelton When the young Texas Ranger Andy Pickard is assigned to the Texas-Mexico border, he learns the meaning of this ominous notice on the edge of a great tract of ranch land above the Rio Grande. It is Jericho Jackson's country-and Jackson is at war with a similarly ruthless cattle baron on the Mexican side of the river, Guadalupe Chavez. Jackson hates ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| signed copies \| first editions
13 view cover	Borderlands: Short Fictions more books like this by James Carlos Blake The scrublands of South Texas, the warm coastland of the Gulf of Mexico, a cinderblock flophouse near the produce fields of South Florida: all are borderlands of mixed blood and spilled blood, of generations forged in fight, failure, and hope. In this extraordinary collection of short fictions, the acclaimed author of IN THE ROGUE BLOOD and RED ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
14 view cover	Tijuana Straits more books like this by Kem Nunn Like most of Kem Nunn's novels, surfing is part of the atmosphere of TIJUANA STRAITS. His hero Sam Fahey's background includes surfing, among other things (some much less savory), and the novel is set in Southern California. The story begins with a Mexican activist named Magdalena, who has been beaten nearly to death for her efforts on behalf of ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $5.25! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
15 view cover	Guardians more books like this by Ana Castillo (Read by) From American Book Award-winning author Ana Castillo comes a suspenseful, moving new novel about a sensuous, smart, and fiercely independent woman. Eking out a living as a teacher's aide in a small New Mexican border town, Tia Regina is also raising her teenage nephew, Gabo, a hardworking boy who has entered the country illegally and aspires to ... see all copies from $2.88! new only from $7.20! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
16 view cover	Invasion USA: Border War more books like this by William W Johnstone, J a Johnstone Not since the days of the infamous Pancho Villa, has a foreign force raided American soil for plunder. And when a busload of American schoolgirls is hijacked and taken across the border into Mexico, the repercussions prove to be deadly. The gang of kidnappers is led by the ruthless crime lord Alphonso Guerrerro, whose daughter is on that bus. His ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $3.49! \| first editions \| SVS
17 view cover	Desert Blood: The Juarez Murders more books like this by Alicia Gaspar de Alba It's the summer of 1998 and for five years over a hundred mangled and desecrated bodies have been found dumped on the Chihuahua desert outside of Juarez, Mexico, just across the river from El Paso, Texas. The perpetrators of the ever-rising number of violent deaths target poor young women, terrifying inhabitants of both sides of the border. El ... see all copies from $3.73! new only from $17.81! \| signed copies \| first editions
18 view cover	El Gran Pueblo: A History of Greater Mexico more books like this by Colin M MacLachlan, William H Beezley For courses in Mexican History, 20th Century Mexican History, and Chicano Studies. Based on the belief that people--not institutions--make history, this narrative examines the challenges that the Mexican people have faced since independence, and tells the story of their resiliency and creative character during the years of political and economic ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $2.48! \| first editions
19 view cover	Twilight on the Line: Underworlds and Politics at the U.S.-Mexican Border more books like this by Sebastian Rotella A grisly portrait of life on the Mexican-American border from the point of view of the drug smugglers and DEA agents who fight over it daily. Rotella, the Los Angeles Times bureau chief for South America, starts by depicting the depth of the problem and focuses on the frustration of Mexican reformers attempting to address the situation. see all copies from $2.77! new only from $5.99! \| first editions
20 view cover	Bordertown: The Odyssey of an American Place more books like this by Dr. Benjamin Heber Johnson, Jeffrey Gusky (Photographer), Luis Alberto Urrea (Foreword by) Mexico and America have met for eight generations on their shared border. In this compelling book, photographer Jeffrey Gusky and historian Benjamin Johnson capture this encounter through their mesmerizing portrayal of Roma, Texas. European culture left its mark here, but it was brought by mixed-race, Spanish-speaking pioneers who practiced Muslim ... see all copies from $25.00! new only from $31.98! \| SVS
21 view cover	The Reaper's Line: Life and Death on the Mexican Border more books like this by Lee Morgan, II A former federal agent pens this true story of violence, drugs, human smuggling, and dirty politicians along the Mexican/American border. see all copies from $13.97! new only from $14.91! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
22 view cover	Death of a Myth Maker more books like this by Allana Martin Trading post owner Texana Jones is once again immersed in a mystery, as she is drawn in the case of a murdered Mexican photographer and its connection to the shooting death of a "myth maker", a confidence trickster who had been wooing once of the sisters of the powerful Seven Sisters Ranch. Martin's Press. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| first editions
23 view cover	The wonderful country more books like this by Tom Lea Tom Lea's The Wonderful Country opens as mejicano pistolero Martin Bredi is returning to El Puerto [El Paso] after a fourteen-year absence. Bredi carries a gun for the Chihuahuan warlord Cipriano Castro and is on Castro's business in Texas. Fourteen years earlier - shortly after the end of the Civil War - when he was the boy Martin Brady, he ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $15.25! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
24 view cover	Contrabando: Confessions of a Drug-Smuggling Texas Cowboy more books like this by Don Henry Ford Don Henry Ford, Jr. is a Texas cowboy, rancher and farmer. In the late 1970s, he was foreman of his father's ranch and farm in West Texas along the Pecos River. The ranch was going broke. The bankers were knocking at the door. Don went to his Mexican hands, the same guys who were the connection for his own marijuana--smoking inclinations, and they ... see all copies from $4.10! new only from $4.83! \| first editions \| SVS
25 view cover	No One Is Illegal: Fighting Racism and State Violence on the U.S.-Mexico Border more books like this by Justin Akers Chacon, Mike Davis, Julian Cardona (Photographer) "A rare combination of an author, [Mike Davis is] Rachel Carson and Upton Sinclair all in one."-Susan Faludi "[Davis' writing is] perceptive and rigorous."-David Montgomery, "The Nation" "[Davis' work is] brilliant, provocative, and exhaustively researched."-"The Village Voice" "[Davis' work is] eloquent and passionate."-Tariq Ali "No One Is ... see all copies from $8.48! new only from $8.84! \| SVS

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