BE A DICK! Book review: Guide for tyrants and dictators is well-researched, informative, and funny
byRead this book to learn, laugh, and, of course, to figure out what comes next in your efforts to rule your nation with a…
Read this book to learn, laugh, and, of course, to figure out what comes next in your efforts to rule your nation with a…
From the moment foreign adventurers encountered the “lost” cities of the ancient Maya, there have been many wonderful, worthy books written about the region…
Photographer Macduff Everton’s latest book, The Modern Maya: Incidents of Travel and Friendship in Yucatán (University of Texas Press, 2012), was 40 years in…
I met writer Beryl Gorbman over a taco lunch in the Chichen Itza Salon in the conference center in Mérida, Mexico, and I admit,…
I am a complete sucker for pretty much everything produced by Putumayo Kids, the children’s and educational division of the renowned music label Putumayo…
Few Mayanist scholars command the experience and authority of David Stuart, a professor of Mesoamerican studies at the University of Austin who literally grew…
I first picked up Crossing the Heart of Africa: An Odyssey of Love and Adventure by Julian Smith not so much for the author’s…
The quantity of 2012 literature out there is mind-boggling. There are hundreds of books about the Maya calendar cycle ending on December 21, 2012,…
So you want to be a travel writer? Want to explore new lands, be wined and dined by resort owners, then get paid to…
The first book I ever read about Nicaragua was Blood of Brothers, by Stephen Kinzer. It provided me with a sharp, alluring portrait of a…