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|  | Tras las Claves de Melquiades by Eligio Garcia Marquez
Description not available.Describes how Gabriel Garcaia Maarquez devoted years of his life to creating his best-known work, One Hundred Years of Solitude, and discusses the sources for his novel and its influence on other authors. AUTHOR: Eligio Garcia Marquez
PUBLISHER: Norma S.A.
FORMAT: Paperback
CATEGORY: History 
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 | Mexico by Alexander Adams, James A. Michener
Norman Clay is a U. S. journalist who travels to Mexico to cover a bullfight and research his family history. The narrative moves between Clay's past--the labyrinth of his family tree--and the present, bringing with it the history of Mexico from ancient Indian times to the present. Michener began work on this book in 1961. He set it aside to work on another project, lost track of the manuscript, and thirty years later rediscovered it and completed the book. AUTHOR: Alexander Adams, James A. Michener
PUBLISHER: Ballantine Books
FORMAT: Paperback
CATEGORY: History
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 | A River Running West by Donald Worster
This thorough biography chronicles the life of John Wesley Powell (1834-1902), who led the first expedition along the Colorado to the Grand Canyon. A geologist, Powell's conservationist attitudes, like his worry over corporate exploitation of the American West, were long before their time. AUTHOR: Donald Worster
PUBLISHER: Oxford University Press, Incorporated
FORMAT: Paperback
CATEGORY: History
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 | Rome & Italy by Betty Radice, R. M. Ogilvie, Livy
Description not available.Traces the history of Rome from its foundation, through its defeat by the Gauls, to its rise to predominance in 293 B.C AUTHOR: Betty Radice, R. M. Ogilvie, Livy
PUBLISHER: Viking Penguin
FORMAT: Paperback
CATEGORY: History
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 | Ernie Pyle's War by James Tobin
A biography of the celebrated American journalist and war correspondent. Pyle was perhaps the most famous of the overseas correspondents during the Second World War, and his death under fire in 1945 was mourned by Americans all across the globe. James Tobin, a prize-winning reporter for the Detroit News, provides a large selection of Pyle's published columns along with his biography. AUTHOR: James Tobin
PUBLISHER: University Press of Kansas
FORMAT: Paperback
CATEGORY: History
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 | Allied Fighter Aces by Mike Spick
-- The best fighter's combat tactics -- Leading aces in the Allied air forces Air power in World War II was crucial for ultimate victory. In western Europe, North Africa, the Mediterranean, the Far East, and the Pacific, Allied air fighters held on when all seemed lost on the ground, and led the way to victory. Allied Fighter Aces examines in detail every major theatre of the air war, compares the aircraft and operational conditions, and highlights individual tactics and methods of the best of the aces. Diagrams graphically illustrate some of the most successful combat tactics. AUTHOR: Mike Spick
PUBLISHER: Greenhill Books/Lionel Leventhal, Limited
FORMAT: Hardcover
CATEGORY: History
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