 | The Treasure of the Sierra Madre (Two-Disc Special Edition)
Buy new: $8.66 / Used from: $6.89 The classic story of an American loser who finds gold in Baja California.
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 | The Camino Real and the Missions of the Baja California Peninsula by Miguel Leon-Portillo
Buy new: $40.00 / Used from: $72.66 The Royal Road to the missions of old California are traced on a unique 12 foot long screenfold. Includes a foldout map six feet long and many illustrations and photos. Plus Biographies, information and text by the foremost experts about the early missions
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 | Baja's Hidden Gold: Treasure Along the Mission Trail by Herman Hill
Buy new: $13.22 / Used from: $10.12 A prospector, a dreamer, and an adventurer, Herman Hill's stories capture both the region of Baja California and a lost time in the history of that peninsula.
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 | Mexican Gold: The Treasure at Santa Ysabel by Kent Hugus
Buy new: $19.95 A novel about hidden gold and drug smuggling A Mission was founded as a refuge for the .Jesuit priests of Baja California to escape danger and await a rescue boat to anchor at nearby Gonzaga Bay in the Sea of Cortez. A pair of Yankees go in search for the Mission and find its site used as a base for airborne drug smuggling by an ex-pro wrestler named Montezuma's Revenge.
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 | Baja Legends: The Historic Characters, Events, and Locations That Put Baja California on the Map (Sunbelt Cultural Heritage Books) by Greg Niemann
Buy new: $12.21 / Used from: $9.06 Get to know the “founding fathers” of Baja, the padres, pirates, and pioneers who scratched a living from the desert and the sea, plus the world-famous faces and still-famous places that keep this tiny finger of land in the international spotlight.
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 | Baja California: vanished missions, lost treasures, strange stories true and tall by Choral Pepper
Buy used from: $10.00 Stories about the lost missions and treasures of Baja California
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 | The Log from the "Sea of Cortez" (Penguin Modern Classics) by John Steinbeck
Buy new: $21.55 / Used from: $13.48 In 1940 Steinbeck sailed in a sardine boat with his great friend the marine biologist, Ed Ricketts, to collect marine invertebrates from the beaches of the Gulf of California. The day-to-day story of the trip is told here in the Log, which combines science, philosophy and high-spirited adventure. .
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 | Wired for War: The Robotics Revolution and Conflict in the 21st Century by P. W. Singer
Buy new: $19.77 / Used from: $4.85 Encompasses every aspect of the rise of military robotics, from the historical to the ethical.
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 | Mega Book of Weapons and Warfare: Discover the Most Amazing Weapons on Earth (Mega Books Series) by Lynne Gibbs
Buy used from: $39.99 You'll find the most powerful means of fighting in the world with the Mega Book of Weapons and Warfare. Uncover the history and technology behind the most amazing weapons on earth in this vibrant, visual guide.
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 | Attack of the Drones by Bill Yenne
Buy used from: $4.72 A brief history of unmanned aerial vehicles, we reach the autumn of 2001. At that time, unmanned, remotely-piloted reconnaissance aircraft were first adapted for offensive combat operations. However, even at that time, work was already progressing on the first generation of combat aircraft that could fight without crews
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 | Killer Elite: The Inside Story of America's Most Secret Special Operations Team by Michael Smith
Buy new: $10.17 / Used from: $6.51 Although opposed by army traditionalists, the Activity proved itself in operations from El Salvador to Iraq, playing important roles in tracking down Colombian drug czar Pablo Escobar, Somali warlord Mohamed Farah Aideed and several prominent Bosnian war criminals. Since 9/11 and Operation Iraqi Freedom have exposed the shortcoming.
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 | Tin Soldiers by Michael Farmer
Buy used from: $0.01 To prevent a total conquest of the region, a U.S. Army Heavy Brigade must stand against Iraq's greater numbers and updated technology-while the locals are bent on grinding the small American force into the ancient desert sand.
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 | Dirty Dealing: Drug Smuggling on the Mexican Border and the Assassination of a Federal Judge-An American Parable by Gary Cartwright
Buy used from: $9.98 A hell of a story about drugs, corruption and violence, told by a virtuoso.A roller coaster ride of a big-time lawyering, scamming, gambling, smuggling and general misadventuringpacks all the intensity and dramatic qualities of a good novel.
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 | The Rough Guide to Baja California (Rough Guide Travel Guides) by Jason Clampet
Buy new: $12.91 / Used from: $8.20 The Rough Guide to Baja California explores the peninsula in its entirety. From the frenetic border town of Tijuana to the spectacular setting of Los Cabos, the 24-page full-colour section introduces all of the regions highlights.
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 | Searching for Steinbeck's Sea of Cortez: A Makeshift Expedition Along Baja's Desert Coast by Andromeda Romano-Lax
Buy used from: $0.99 Motivated by John Steinbeck's 1941 book, Log from the Sea of Cortez, Romano-Lax, with her husband and two young children, completed a two-month, 4,000-mile journey in a 24-foot sailboat piloted by the author's brother-in-law.
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 | The Lost Treasures of Baja California by James Donald Francez
Buy used from: $6.00 Having just visited Loreto BCS where the very first mission was erected, I read this book in hope of gaining further historical insights about the colonilzation of Baja California. I was hoping it would tell me why missions were built where they were built, what mission life was like, and how if affected the native population.
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 | Drug Smuggling: The Forbidden Book by K. Hawkeye Gross
Buy new: $15.00 / Used from: $11.99 If you can't just say no to danger, adventure and big bucks, then say yes to this book. Let a seasoned veteran who's fought the drug war on the wrong side of the law give you inside info on how to get organized, deal with the money and, yes, prepare for the worst.
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 | Tangle in Tijuana : Miss Adventure #1 by Lilla Zuckerman
Buy new: $9.95 / Used from: $0.01 You are hurtling down the freeway toward the Mexican border, hanging your head out of the window in an attempt to gasp some fresh air to cure your wicked hangover. A laddy's guide to Baja California
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 | Mexican Gold Trail: The Journey of a Forty-Niner (Huntington Library Classics) by George W.B. Evans
Buy new: $24.95 / Used from: $4.30 George W. B. Evans set out from Defiance, Ohio, determined to make a fortune for his wife and family in the gold rush. He kept a painstaking record of his journey to California on one of the least known of the overland routes, crossing northern Mexico on the wild, little-used trail through Chihuahua and across the deserts of southern Arizona.
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