Books by Our Associated Writers
Listed below are other works from our writer friends from San Miguel PEN. The Chicago Network for Justice and Peace is not endorsing the opinions or views expressed in the books, nor are we responsible for the information provided by the author or the publisher about how to obtain them.
Wild & Wonderful: Nature Up Close in the Botanical Garden 'El Charco del Ingenio', San Miguel de Allende
El Charco is a continent and a garden. One may crisscoss its mesa and cling to rocks in its canyon, rewarding the curiosity of layman and professional alike. Of nature wild in El Charco: 110 varieties of butterflies have been sighted, but there are more ; 156 species of birds have been seen but the bird count is not final ; the list of vacular plants, now standing at 535 species, will grow. These are merely numbers; what is interesting are the stories that we can tell about individual birds, plants and other creatures. This is a book is a peek at what we do know and a prompt to learn more.
Local book stores, The Missouri Botanical Garden Shop or direct from the publisher: Walter & Wendy Publishing, Calle Agua 22, Col. Atascadero, San Miguel de Allende, GTO. 37740, Mexico. wmeagher@gmail.com Mexico: www.wildwonderfulnature.com US: www.columbiatrading.com
SLEEPING WITH BAD BOYS: A Juicy Tell-All of Literary New York in the 1950s and 1960s
My struggle to be a novelist when male writers were gods and women couldn't get jobs. Steamy sex with James Dean, Norman Mailer, Hugh Hefner, Philip Roth, and William Gaddis. Only Playmate with fiction in the same issue. "Wry, gossipy, poignant,feminist." Sunday New York Times Book Review, full page, 11/19/06.
A genuinely subversive book that shows how we make flawed celebrities into icons that determine literary standards." Rain Taxi, Review of Books, Minneapolis, Spring 2008.
Barnes & Noble, Amazon, and B & N.com $14.95 trade paper
Falling…in Love with San Miguel: Retiring to Mexico on Social Security
Two women on mid-range Social Security share their first four years of retirement in the central Mexico art colony of San Miguel de Allende, finding a far better way of life than they could afford in the U.S., in a country with roots a thousand years before Columbus.
On Amazon.com, www.salsaverdepress.com, and Carol's and Norma's informational website and forums about San Miguel, www.fallinginlovewithsanmiguel.com
The Maya Gateway
The Maya Gateway weaves authentic Mayan history and mythology into a tale of shamanic visions and high technology. “A fascinating exploration into a mythic past and a technological future,” wrote N. Katherine Hayles, Hillis Professor of Literature, UCLA
See The Maya Gateway, download an excerpt and author comments, http://www.playsonideas.com/02booksMGpage.html
Payshapes and the Bear
a children's book by Lucina Kathmann. Payshapes, a man who lives in a forest somewhere in Latin America, and the Bear, his best friend (who is a bear) have many lighthearted adventures with a recurring cast of characters including a few dragons. Elements appealing to all ages.
Text in Spanish followed by English translation. This volume available only through the author at lucina.kathmann@gmail.com. $10 dollars includes postage to US addresses. Query for other countries.
You Can Be Free: An Easy-to-Read Handbook for abused women
This expanded edition of You Can Be Free is designed for women who read English as a second language or who are in crisis. It includes chapters for teens, lesbians, immigrants, deaf and rural women and those with disabilities, as well as information on child custody and visitation and an emotional safety plans.
Getting Free is available from bookstores including most online stores (be sure to order the 2006 edition). www.abusedwomen.org enables readers to order from Powell's Books.
Getting Free: You Can End Abuse and Take Back Your Life
This expanded edition of Getting Free, helps women abused by intimate partners find safety, whether they stay with the partner or leave. Included are chapters for lesbians, teens, immigrant women and those facing religious challenges, as well as information about men who batter and how to enhance children's resilience under difficult circumstances.
Ginny's website www.abusedwomen.org enables readers to order from Powell's books. Getting Free is available from most bookstores including most online stores (be sure to order the 2004 edition).
Numele tău/Your Name: Poems, by Dona Roşu
bilingual edition of poems by the Romanian writer, Dona Roşu
MY DARLING FROM THE LIONS
Passionate conflict between Grace, a young painter, and Carl, her macho composer husband, exploring the horror of obsessive love. "When Miss Denham is being lyrical, she is capable of some really incredible language." New York Times Book Review.
BACKinprint.com at iUniverse --$17.95 or Amazon.com—probably cheaper.
Reading Faster and Understanding More, Book Two (Fifth Edition)
This all-inclusive developmental reading text is designed for students at a higher level than Book 1 in the series. Integrating vocabulary and study skills throughout, it is packed with captivating readings for college students not yet reading at college level. Every chapter offers strategies for improving comprehension and reading rate, plus ample opportunity for practicing those skills with exercises, quizzes and mastery tests. For reading levels K-L-M.