A Novel B. Traven     1927     320p     5 x 8 By the 1920s the violence of the Mexican Revolution had largely subsided, although scattered gangs of bandits continued to terrorize the countryside. The newly established post-revolution government relied on the effective but ruthless Federal Police, commonly known as the Federales, … Continue reading The Treasure of the Sierra Madre →

B. Traven     1936     260p     5 x 8 The fifth of Traven’s six Jungle Novels which together form an epic of the birth of the Mexican Revolution. Set in the slave-labor mahogany plantations of tropical Mexico in 1910, at the time of the uprising against the rule of Porfirio Díaz … Continue reading The Rebellion of the Hanged →

And Other Stories B. Traven     1929     252p     5 x 8 Here are ten of B. Traven’s remarkable short stories. Three of them are long stories: The setting of  ‘The Night Visitor’ is a hacienda deep in the Mexican bush where a lonely American recreates in his imagination an eerie … Continue reading The Night Visitor →

B. Traven     1933     240p     5 x 8 In the third of his six Jungle Novels, set in the great mahogany plantations of southern Mexico in the years before the revolution, Traven traces the beginnings of consciousness which led to rebellion by the Indians who worked in debt slavery. Other … Continue reading March to the Monteria →

B. Traven     1939     285p     5 x 8 With General from the Jungle, Traven complete’s the sixth and last of the legendary Jungle Novels, telling the birth of the Mexican Revolution. In General, a masterpiece on guerrilla warfare, Traven tells the story of Juan Mendez, perhaps the youngest and greatest … Continue reading The General From the Jungle →

B. Traven 1934 60p 6 x 8 B. Traven’s picture book take on an old mexican folk tale. $4-10 Other works involving b. traven, mexico, folk tales

B. Traven     1926     207p     5 x 8 The background of The Cotton-Pickers, set in Mexico in the 1920s, is the struggle of the emerging trade unions to end the exploitation of hungry laborers. Gales, a laconic American drifter, turns his hand to anything for a meal and a flea-bitten … Continue reading The Cotton-Pickers →

B. Traven     1931     271p     5.5 x 8 In the second of his six Jungle Novels, Traven brings his remarkable narrative talents to bear on the coming of age of a young Indian oxcart driver and the oppressive world in which he must make his way. $7-15 Other works involving … Continue reading The Carreta →

B. Traven     1926     384p     6 x 9 The story of a sailor rendered Stateless after losing his passport, who is harassed by police and hounded across Europe until he finds an ‘illegal’ job shoveling coal in the hold of a steamer bound for destruction. $10-15 Other works involving b. … Continue reading The Death Ship →

1984 George Orwell   1948   292p   5 x 8   $5-15   ’68 Paco Ignacio Taibo II   2004   224p   $8-15   Antes que anochezca Reinaldo Arenas   1992   317p   5 x 7  $12-20   Antolgía bilingüe anochezca William Blake   1998   120p   4 x 7   $4-10   El asesino ciego Margaret Atwood   2000   400p   5 x … Continue reading Libros en español →