Death Is Waiting In Sonora

Author : Alfred Bekker
Publisher : Uksak E-Books
ISBN 13 : 3738918892
Total Pages : 100 pages
Book Rating : 4.92/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Death Is Waiting In Sonora written by Alfred Bekker and published by Uksak E-Books. This book was released on 2018-03-28 with total page 100 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: DEATH IS WAITING IN SONORA By Alfred Bekker The volume of this book corresponds to 40 pocket pages. The American West in the years after the Civil War: Jeff Kane has fled from the law by crossing the border to Mexico and meets men unwilling to accept that the war is over. Men celebrating the assassination of President Lincoln and preparing for a resumption of the fight ... Cover: Edward Martin

Author : Philip Jowett
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1472833538
Total Pages : 371 pages
Book Rating : 4.32/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Liberty or Death written by Philip Jowett and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2019-08-22 with total page 371 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From the Banana Wars of the early 20th century through to the Football War of 1969, South and Central America has been a hotbed of revolutions, rebellions and conflicts as diverse as they are numerous. Some were small-scale affairs involving the poorly armed forces of Central American armies with rifles, machetes and a few aged machine guns. Others were full-scale conflicts involving sophisticated armies equipped with tanks, artillery and aircraft, and hundreds of thousands of troops. These wars often went largely unreported in the West, which was preoccupied with its own problems in fighting two world wars and dealing with Cold War tensions. Fully illustrated with a wealth of rare photographs, this fascinating story sheds light on seven decades of a continent in conflict that is rarely covered in English.

Author : Lucha Corpi
Publisher : Arte Publico Press
ISBN 13 : 1611921112
Total Pages : 248 pages
Book Rating : 4.13/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Death at Solstice: A Gloria Damasco Mystery written by Lucha Corpi and published by Arte Publico Press. This book was released on 2009-01-01 with total page 248 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Chicana detective Gloria Damasco has a ñdark gift,î an extrasensory prescience that underscores her investigations and compels her to solve numerous cases. This time, the recurring vision haunting her dreams contains two pairs of dark eyes watching her in the night, a phantom horse and rider, and the voice of a woman pleading for help. But most disquieting of all is GloriaÍs sensation of being trapped underwater, unable to free herself, unable to breathe. When Gloria is asked to help the owners of the Oro Blanco winery in CaliforniaÍs Shenandoah Valley, she finds herself on the road to the legendary Gold Country. And she canÍt help but wonder if the ever-more persistent visions might foreshadow this new case that involves the theft of a family heirloom, a pair of antique diamond and emerald earrings rumored to have belonged to MexicoÍs Empress Carlota. Soon Gloria learns that thereÍs more to the case than stolen jewelry. Mysterious accidents, threatening anonymous notes, the disappearance of a woman believed to be a saint, and a ghost horse thought to have belonged to notorious bandit JoaquÕn Murrieta are some of the pieces Gloria struggles to fit together. A womanÍs gruesome murder and the discovery of a group of young women from Mexico being held against their will in an abandoned house send Gloria on a fateful journey to a WitchesÍ Sabbath to find the final pieces of the puzzle before someone else is killed. Corpi weaves the rich cultural history of CaliforniaÍs Gold Country with a suspenseful mystery in this latest installment in the Gloria Damasco Mystery series.

Author : Ananda Rose
Publisher : OUP USA
ISBN 13 : 0199890935
Total Pages : 195 pages
Book Rating : 4.34/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Showdown in the Sonoran Desert written by Ananda Rose and published by OUP USA. This book was released on 2012-06 with total page 195 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book offers reflections on a daunting and controversial ethical question: How should we treat the strangers who enter this country illegally? To understand the experience of those directly confronted by this problem, Ananda Rose traveled to the Sonoran desert at the border between the U.S. and Mexico. There she gathered opinions from Minutemen, Border Patrol agents, Catholic nuns, humanitarian air workers, left-wing protestors, ranchers, and other ordinary citizens in southern Arizona. She depicts the results of these interviews as two starkly opposed ideological perspectives: that of religious activists who embrace a biblically-inspired model of hospitality that stresses love of strangers and a "borderless" compassion; and that of law enforcement, which is concerned with safety, security, and strict respect for international borders.

Author : John O'Hara
Publisher : Turtleback Books
ISBN 13 : 9780613170864
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.65/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Appointment in Samarra written by John O'Hara and published by Turtleback Books. This book was released on 1982 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : John Annerino
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 308 pages
Book Rating : 4.88/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Dead in Their Tracks written by John Annerino and published by . This book was released on 2009-02-27 with total page 308 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: It is America’s killing field, and the deaths keep mounting. As the political debate has intensified and demonstrators have taken to the streets, more and more illegal border-crossers die trying to cross the desert on their way to what they hope will be a better life. The Arizona border is the deadliest immigrant trail in America today. For the strong and the lucky, the trail ends at a pick-up on an Interstate highway. For far too many others, it ends terribly—too often violently—not far from where they began. Dead in Their Tracks is a first hand account of the perils associated with crossing the desert on foot. John Annerino recounts his experience making that trek with four illegal immigrants—and his return trips to document the struggles of those who persist in this treacherous journey. In this spellbinding narrative, he takes readers into the “empty quarter” of the Southwest to meet the migrant workers and drug runners, the ranchers and Border Patrol agents, who populate today’s headlines. Other writers have documented the deaths; few have invited readers to share the experience as Annerino does. His feel for the land and his knowledge of surviving in the wilderness combine to make his account every bit as harrowing as it is for the people who risk it every day, and in increasing numbers. Each book includes an In Memorium card recognizing an immigrant, refugee, border agent, local, or humanitarian who has died in America's borderlands." The desert may seem changeless, but there are more bodies now, and Annerino has revised his original text to record some of the compelling stories that have come to light since the book’s first publication and has updated the photographs and written a new introduction and afterword. Dead in Their Tracks is now more timely than ever—and essential reading for the ongoing debate over illegal immigration. For information on First Serial Rights, Book Club, Film, Television, & Options, visit the Author's Web site.

Author : Jonathan Beck Monroe
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 1108498256
Total Pages : 267 pages
Book Rating : 4.58/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Framing Roberto Bolaño written by Jonathan Beck Monroe and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2019-10-03 with total page 267 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is one of the first books to trace the development of Roberto Bolaño's work from the beginning to the end of his career. It will appeal to graduates and researchers working on Bolaño and Latin American Literature generally, particularly the novel, and twentieth- and twenty-first-century literature.

Author : Raquel Rubio-Goldsmith
Publisher : University of Arizona Press
ISBN 13 : 081653456X
Total Pages : 317 pages
Book Rating : 4.62/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Migrant Deaths in the Arizona Desert written by Raquel Rubio-Goldsmith and published by University of Arizona Press. This book was released on 2016-10-25 with total page 317 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Winner of the 2017 International Latino Book Award for Best Nonfiction – Multi-Author Migrant Deaths in the Arizona Desert addresses the tragic results of government policies on immigration. The contributors consist of a multidisciplinary group who are dedicated to the thousands of men, women, and children who have lost their lives while crossing the desert in search of a better life. Each chapter in this important new volume seeks answers to migrant deaths, speaking to the complexity of this tragedy via a range of community and scholarly approaches. The activists, artists, and scholars included in this volume confront migrant deaths and disappearances in the U.S.-Mexico borderlands as they reflect on the startling realities of death, migration, and public policy. Chapters touch on immigration and how it is studied, community responses to crisis, government policy, definitions of citizenship, and the role of the arts and human expression in response to state violence. Collectively the contributions throw a spotlight on the multivocal, transdisciplinary efforts to address the historical silence surrounding this human tragedy. Despite numerous changes in the migration processes and growing attention to the problem, many people who attempt border crossings continue to disappear and die. This book offers a timely exploration of the ways that residents, scholars, activists, and artists are responding to this humanitarian crisis on their doorstep.

Author : Darrell James
Publisher : Llewellyn Worldwide
ISBN 13 : 0738732710
Total Pages : 180 pages
Book Rating : 4.18/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Sonora Crossing written by Darrell James and published by Llewellyn Worldwide. This book was released on 2012-09-08 with total page 180 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: After the death of her former lover, Ed Jeski, Tucson investigator Del Shannon is hesitant to take on the case of a missing child. But six-year-old Aurea Lara is rumored to possess prophetic visions, and Del discovers she may know something about Jeski's death. Plunging across the Mexican border, Del joins forces with La Banda, a group fighting to infiltrate the compound of Aurea's violent drug-lord uncle. Desert shootouts and cruel betrayals make Del question whether Aurea's dark visions might just be coming true. Praise: "Del Shannon is a character you'd like to continue to follow. She's smart, sexy, tough and adventurous—a female P.I. who doesn't depend on men. And James has her engaged in situations with some interesting psychological implications."—Tucson Weekly "Darrell James demonstrates many skills in his well-crafted second novel, Sonora Crossing. The descriptive writing of place is good. The characters are well drawn, even if they aren't particularly complex. Most of all, James manages a fast plot well. This plot-driven book keeps the reader turning the pages to find out what happens next."—U-T San Diego "James surrounds the passionate and determined Del, who comfortably occupies center stage, with plenty of interesting characters and a plot to severely test her will and ingenuity."—Publishers Weekly "This is a truly exciting plot which makes for a great read. Del is a very strong and competent main character that lovers of suspense, western, and mystery books will absolutely enjoy!"—Suspense Magazine A finalist for The Rocky Award for best mystery novel set in the Left Coast Crime Geographical Region

Author : Michael Deibert
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
ISBN 13 : 1493010654
Total Pages : 337 pages
Book Rating : 4.53/5 ( download)

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Download or read book In the Shadow of Saint Death written by Michael Deibert and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 2014-06-03 with total page 337 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: With the war between the Mexican state and the drug traffickers operating within its borders having claimed over 70,000 lives since 2006, noted journalist and author Michael Deibert zeroes in on the story of the notorious Gulf Cartel, their deadly war with their former allies Los Zetas, the cartel's connections in Mexican politics and what its trajectory means for Mexico’s--and America’s--future. Punctuated by the disappearance of busloads of full of people from Mexican highways, heavy-weapon firefights in once-picturesque colonial towns and the discovery of mass graves, nowhere has the violence of Mexico’s drug war been more intense than directly across the border from East Texas, the scene of a scorched-earth war between two of Mexico’s largest drug trafficking organizations: The Gulf Cartel, a criminal body with roots stretching back to Prohibition, and Los Zetas, a group famous for their savagery and largely made up of deserters form Mexico's armed forces. From the valleys and sierras of rural Tamaulipas and Nuevo León to the economic hub of Monterrey, the violence rivals anything seen in the more well-known narco war in Ciudad Juárez, 830 miles to the west. Combining dozens of interviews that the author has conducted over the last six years in Mexico and other countries in the region along with a vast reserve of secondary source material, In the Shadow of Saint Death gives U.S. readers the story of the war being waged along our border in the voices of the cartel hitmen, law enforcement officials, politicians, shopkeepers, migrants and children living inside of it year-round. Through their stories, the book will pose provocative questions about the direction and consequence of U.S. drug policy and the militarized approach to combating the narcotics trade on both sides of the border.