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1	Maya more books like this by Michael D Coe add to wishlist In this revised and expanded introduction to the Maya, Professor Coe incorporates the latest ideas and research in a fast-changing field. Spectacular tomb discoveries at the city of Copan reveal some of the early artistic and architectural splendours at this major site. New finds here and elsewhere entail a complete reinterpretation of the ... see all copies from £1.24! new only from £6.37! \| first editions
2	109 East Palace: Robert Oppenheimer and the Secret City of Los Alamos more books like this by Jennet Richards Conant add to wishlist In 1943, Robert Oppenheimer, the brilliant, charismatic head of the Manhattan Project, recruited scientists to live as virtual prisoners of the U.S. government on a barren mesa thirty-five miles outside Santa Fe, New Mexico. Los Alamos was a secret city, a primitive barbed-wire-enclosed encampment whose makeshift dormitories and labs housed ... see all copies from £1.93! new only from £1.93! \| signed copies \| first editions
3	The Conquest of New Spain more books like this by Bernal Diaz, Bernal Diaz Del Castillo, John M Cohen (Introduction by) add to wishlist Vivid, powerful and absorbing, this is a first-person account of one of the most startling military episodes in history: the overthrow of Montezuma's doomed Aztec Empire by the ruthless Hernan Cortes and his band of adventurers. Bernal Diaz del Castillo, himself a soldier under Cortes, presents a fascinatingly detailed description of the Spanish ... see all copies from £4.12! new only from £7.33! \| first editions
4	A Forest of Kings: The Untold Story of the Ancient Maya more books like this by Linda Schele, David Freidel add to wishlist The mystique of the pre-Columbian Maya has prompted much speculation about the nature of this sophisticated people. With the breaking of their elaborate hieroglyphic code, Schele and Freidel, Mayan scholars of note, provide a new look at the Maya. Structured on sound scholarly principles, their presentation abounds in notes, references, indexes, ... see all copies from £5.88! new only from £13.59! \| first editions
5	Ambivalent Conquests: Maya and Spaniard in Yucatan, 1517-1570 more books like this by Inga Clendinnen add to wishlist This is both a specific study of conversion in a corner of the Spanish Empire, and a work with implications for the understanding of European domination and native resistance throughout the colonial world. Dr Clendinnen explores the intensifying conflict between competing and increasingly divergent Spanish visions of Yucatan and its destructive ... see all copies from £5.57! new only from £17.17! \| first editions
6	Art of Mesoamerica: From Olmec to Aztec more books like this by Mary Ellen Miller add to wishlist This up-to-date account of the art and architecture of ancient Mesoamerica evocatively summarizes the artistic achievements of the high pre-Columbian civilizations--Olmec, Maya, Teotihuacan, Toltec, and Aztec--as well as of their less-famous contemporaries. see all copies from £1.24! new only from £1.24! \| first editions
7	Seven Myths of the Spanish Conquest more books like this by Matthew Restall add to wishlist Here is an intriguing exploration of the ways in which the history of the Spanish Conquest has been misread and passed down to become popular knowledge of these events. The book offers a fresh account of the activities of the best-known conquistadors and explorers, including Columbus, Cortes, and Pizarro. Using a wide array of sources, historian ... see all copies from £9.26! new only from £11.71! \| signed copies \| first editions
8	Once They Moved Like the Wind: Cochise, Geronimo, and the Apache Wars more books like this by David Roberts add to wishlist Of the many tales of conflict and warfare between the US government and the Indian tribes, perhaps none is more dramatic or revealing than the story of the Apache wars. They were the final episode in the subjugation of the indigenous peoples: the surrender of Geronimo in 1886 effectively ended the Indian wars. Featuring not only Gerinimo, but ... see all copies from £4.08! new only from £12.25! \| first editions
9	The Broken Spears: The Aztec Account of the Conquest of Mexico more books like this by Miguel Leon-Portillo add to wishlist A new expanded version of the classic account of the Spanish conquest of Mexico, as told by Aztec voices--with a new Postscript by the editor For hundreds of years, the history of the conquest of Mexico and the defeat of the Aztecs has been told in the words of the Spanish victors. Miguel Leon-Portilla has long been at the forefront of expanding ... see all copies from £9.40! new only from £9.40!
10	The Year of Decision, 1846 more books like this by Bernard Augustine DeVoto add to wishlist The Year of Decision is the first volume in Bernard DeVoto's monumental trilogy that brilliantly, boldly, and evocatively tells the story of the antebellum American West. see all copies from £1.49! new only from £8.16! \| first editions
11 view cover	The Comanche Empire more books like this by Pekka Hamalainen add to wishlist In the eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries, at the high tide of imperial struggles in North America, an indigenous empire rose to dominate the fiercely contested lands of the American Southwest, the southern Great Plains, and northern Mexico. This powerful empire, built by the Comanche Indians, eclipsed its various European rivals in ... see all copies from £8.90! new only from £11.19!
12 view cover	The Broken Spears: The Aztec Account of the Conquest of Mexico more books like this by Miguel Leon-Portilla add to wishlist In this updated edition of his classic "The Broken Spears", Leon-Portilla has included accounts from native Aztec descendants across the centuries. These texts bear witness to the extraordinary vitality of an oral tradition that preserves the viewpoints of the vanquished instead of the victors. see all copies from £5.57! new only from £10.74! \| first editions
13 view cover	A History of Mexico more books like this by Henry B Parkes add to wishlist The book begins with an examination of Indian Mexico and continues with the Spanish Conquest, New Spain, the War of Independence, the age of Santa Anna, the reform, the reign of Diaz, the revolution, and the period of reconstruction. see all copies from £4.92! new only from £8.98! \| first editions
14 view cover	Gringos in Paradise: An American Couple Builds Their Retirement Dream House in a Seaside Village in Mexico more books like this by Barry Golson add to wishlist In a lighthearted, uplifting, yet practical account, Golson details the year he and his wife spent building their dream house in Mexico for this first fun and informative chronicle of the new trend of retiring south of the border. Photos. see all copies from £5.42! new only from £5.42! \| signed copies \| first editions
15 view cover	The Mexico Reader: History, Culture, Politics more books like this by Gilbert M Joseph (Editor), Timothy J Henderson (Editor) add to wishlist The Mexico Reader is a vivid introduction to muchos Mexicos-the many Mexicos, or the many varied histories and cultures that comprise contemporary Mexico. Unparalleled in scope and written for the traveler, student, and expert alike, the collection offers a comprehensive guide to the history and culture of Mexico-including its difficult, uneven ... see all copies from £11.67! new only from £16.31!
16 view cover	So Far from God: The U.S. War with Mexico, 1846-1848 more books like this by John S D Eisenhower add to wishlist Eminent military historian John S.D. Eisenhower has written a highly readable and expert account of a war which--though frequently overlooked--turned out to be the training ground for the American Civil War. 32-page black-and-white photograph insert. see all copies from £6.34! new only from £7.43! \| signed copies \| first editions
17 view cover	Mexico: From the Olmecs to the Aztecs more books like this by Michael D Coe add to wishlist An introduction to Mexico's ancient civilizations. This companion volume to the author's book "The Maya" has been completely revised and expanded. Enlarged sections are included on early village life and the rise of Olmec civilization. Recent discoveries - such as the stela from La Mojarra inscribed in the mysterious Isthmian script or the mass ... see all copies from £5.57! new only from £9.65!
18 view cover	The Spell of New Mexico more books like this by Tony Hillerman add to wishlist A rich gathering of essays that evoke the unique and mysterious appeal that New Mexico has had for some of the twentieth century's best known writers. Included here are selections by Mary Austin, Oliver La Farge, Conrad Richter, D. H. Lawrence, C. G. Jung, Winfield Townley Scott, John DeWitt McKee, Ernie Pyle, Harvey Fergusson, and Lawrence Clark ... see all copies from £5.06! new only from £5.06! \| signed copies \| first editions
19 view cover	The Exploration of the Colorado River and Its Canyons more books like this by John W Powell add to wishlist In 1869, Civil War veteran John Wesley Powell and nine other men undertook a hazardous three-month excursion down the unmapped Colorado River. Three of them survived famine, Indian attacks, mutiny, and dangerous rapids, and Powell told their harrowing story in this 1874 account. see all copies from £1.24! new only from £6.88! \| first editions
20 view cover	A Perfect Red: Empire, Espionage, and the Quest for the Color of Desire more books like this by Amy Butler Greenfield add to wishlist This colorful account is a richly researched, dramatic, enthralling look thatportrays the color red as a driving force in history and empire since ancienttimes. 8-page color insert. see all copies from £6.74! new only from £10.27! \| first editions
21 view cover	Aztecs: An Interpretation more books like this by Inga Clendinnen add to wishlist In 1521, the city of Tenochtitlan, magnificent centre of the Aztec empire, fell to the Spaniards and their Indian allies. Inga Clendinnen's account of the Aztecs recreates the culture of that city in its last unthreatened years. It provides a vividly dramatic analysis of Aztec ceremony as performance art, binding the key experiences and concerns ... see all copies from £3.06! new only from £6.81! \| first editions
22 view cover	Agent of Destiny: The Life and Times of General Winfield Scott more books like this by John S D Eisenhower add to wishlist A biography of General Winfield Scott, hero of the Mexican War and architect of the Union Army that defeated the Confederacy, written by the son of Dwight Eisenhower. A "New York Times" Notable Book for 1998. see all copies from £5.57! new only from £11.75! \| signed copies \| first editions
23 view cover	Ancient Mexico & Central America: Archaeology and Culture History more books like this by Susan Toby Evans add to wishlist In recent decades, archaeologists have made enormous progress in revealing the prehistory of the rich and varied civilizations of ancient Mesoamerica. This textbook captures the excitement and rich details of these ancient peoples, surveying every aspect of pre-Columbian Mesoamerica from Paleoindian times (c.1800 BC) to the European intrusion in ... see all copies from £16.10! new only from £18.39! \| first editions
24 view cover	Victors and Vanquished: Spanish and Nahua Views of the Conquest of Mexico more books like this by Stuart B Schwartz add to wishlist How did a small band of Spanish conquistadors overthrow a mighty Aztec empire in 16th century Mexico? Using excerpts primarily drawn from Bernal Diaz's 1632 account of the Spanish victory and testimonies - many recently uncovered - of indigenous Nahua survivors gathered by Bernardino de Sahagun, "Victors and Vanquished" demonstrates how personal ... see all copies from £6.80! new only from £11.88! \| first editions
25 view cover	The Pirates Laffite: The Treacherous World of the Corsairs of the Gulf more books like this by William C Davis add to wishlist At large during the most colourful period in American history, from just after the Louisiana Purchase in 1803, through the War of 1812, privateers Jean and Pierre Laffite made life hell for Spanish merchants on the Gulf. Pirates to the U.S. Navy officers who chased them, heroes to the private citizens who shopped for contraband at their well ... see all copies from £4.95! new only from £5.57! \| signed copies \| first editions

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