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Always Running: La Vida Loca: Gang Days in L.A.
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Luis J Rodriguez
An account of growing up Chicano in the late 1960s and early 1970s.
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Enciclopedia Tematica Ilustrada (Coleccion Didactica Conceptual) [Hardcover...
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Barone Luis Roberto; Editor-Rodriguez Carlos Marta
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The Republic of East L.A.: Stories
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Luis J Rodriguez
Twelve stories set in the troubled streets of East L.A., including the author's well-known story, "Sometimes You Dance With a Watermelon."
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Hearts and Hands: Creating Community in Violent Times
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Luis Rodriguez
Both a memoir of a life in a street gang and a manifesto to stop the violence and restore the community, this approach to a solution includes real-life examples of the young people the author has met, incorporates specific strategies for change, and draws inspiration from Joseph Campbell, Lao-tzu, and Buddhist thinkers.
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Always Running
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America Is Her Name
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Luis J Rodriguez, Luis J Rodrc-Guez, Luis J Rodrguez
A Mixteca Indian from Oaxaca, America Soliz, suffers from the poverty and hopelessness of her Chicago ghetto, made more endurable by a desire and determination to be a poet.
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Robert Polidori Havana
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Elizabeth Culbert (Editor), Eduardo Luis Rodriguez, Gerhard Steidl (Designer)
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My Nature Is Hunger: New and Selected Poems 1989-2004
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Luis J Rodriguez
"This poetry is of the barrio yet stubbornly refuses to be confined in it-RodrA-guez's perceptive gaze and storyteller's gift transport his world across neighborhood boundaries."-"Publishers Weekly" on "Trochemoche" "While filled with the heart and words of Chicano culture, RodrA-guez's poems transcend the scope of race and ethnicity. The topics ...
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Music of the Mill
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Luis J Rodriguez
In a story of three generations of an American family who built their lives around a decaying, late-twentieth-century steel industry, thirty-year-old Azucena Salcido struggles with the cancer death of her father, the racial polarization of their community, and the corrupt power struggles among her n
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The Havana Guide: Modern Architecture, 1925-1965
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Eduardo Luis Rodriguez, Lorna Scott Fox (Translator)
While Havana's colonial mansions have recently received worldwide attention, the immense wealth of modern architecture in Cuba has long been neglected. The first half of the twentieth century was a culturally rich era for Cuba, a time in which the architects of the Modern Movement sought to define an identity for this Caribbean nation. However, ...
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It Doesn't Have To Be This Way / No Tiene Que Ser Asi: A Barrio Story
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Luis J Rodriguez, Daniel Galvez (Illustrator)
Told in both English and Spanish, this compelling tale features a young boy's encounter with the world of gangs, and how the love and respect of his uncle help him find a way out. Full color.
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La Vida Loca: El Testimonio de Un Pandillero En Los Angeles
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Luis J Rodriguez
In the tradition of "The Autobiography of Malcolm X" and "Manchild in the Promised Land" comes an explosive memoir of hopelessness and resurrection that vividly portrays the brutality of barrio gang life. A timely exploration into the roots of Latino rage.
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Inside Havana
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Andrew Moore (Photographer), Chronicle Books, Eduardo Luis Rodriguez (Introduction by)
For five hundred years, Havana's siren song has lured pirates, aristocrats, and revolutionaries. The city today is a shipwreck of history, grandeur, and decay; a place where the exotic and the familiar, wealth and poverty, pride and loss, past and present have all been fused into one unique and unimaginable world. In richm elegiac images, ...
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Republica de East La, La: Cuentos
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Luis J Rodriguez
Vivid cameos, pungent slices of street life, and cutting insights into the barrio and the underbelly of Los Angeles's Eastside are just a few of the treasures in this remarkable collection: tender stories ringing with a truth fresh enough to challenge the imagination and satisfy the soul.
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Trochemoche: Poems by Luis Rodra-Guez
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Luis J Rodriguez, Luis J Rodrc-Guez, Luis J Rodrguez
TROCHEMOCHE means helter-skelter in Spanish, and this book expresses the turmoil of the barrio and the various themes that drive Luis J. Rodriquez's poetry. Drawing on more than ten years of poems, Rodriguez writes powerfully and passionately about urban youth, family, and the plight of neglected communities, while exploring the rich cultural ...
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The Concrete River
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Luis J Rodriguez, Luis J Rodrc-Guez, Luis J Rodrguez
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Musica de la Aceria
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Luis J Rodriguez
Mientras el boom cultural e industrial de la Segunda Guerra Mundial dio a luz una nueva California, surgio a su vez una poderosa industria de acero, y con ella vino el potencial de cumplir los suenos modestos de los trabajadores dispuestos a arriesgar sus vidas en el calor feroz de la aceria. Para los Salcidos, la aceria de Nazareth se ...
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The History of Barrios Unidos: Healing Community Violence
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Frank de Jesus Acosta, Henry A J Ramos (Editor), Luis Rodriguez (Foreword by)
This is the compelling story of Barrios Unidos, the Santa Cruz-based organization founded to prevent gang violence amongst inner-city ethnic youth. An evolving grass-roots organization that grew out of the Mexican-American civil rights and anti-war movements of the 1960s and 1970s, Barrios Unidos harnessed the power of culture and spirituality to ...
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Si, Se Puede!
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Diana Cohn, Francisco Delgado (Illustrator), Luis J Rodriguez
Told in English and Spanish, this picture book tells the true story of the April 2000 strike by Los Angeles janitors. Color illustrations accompany the text.
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Global Management: Universal Theories and Local Realities
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Professor Stewart R Clegg (Editor), Luis Bueno-Rodriguez (Editor), Eduardo Ibarra-Colado (Editor)
This book re-examines management theory 'after Globalization'. Combining key names and studies from across the world, it explores the local realities that resist universal theories and that permeate the daily lives of practising managers. The book provides a comprehensive and critical reflection on the widely documented phenomenon of globalization ...
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Re-Reading Jose Marti (1853-1895): One Hundred Years Later
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Julio Rodriguez-Luis (Introduction by)
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Powerlines: A Decade of Poetry from Chicago's Guild Complex
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Julie Parson-Nesbitt (Editor), Luis J Rodriguez (Editor), Michael Warr (Editor)
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The Phenomenon of Puerto Rican Voting
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Luis Razl Camara Fuertes, Luis Raul Camara Fuertes, Felix V Matos Rodriguez (Foreword by)
Puerto Ricans participate in elections at a far higher rate than voters in the United States, even though their election systems are similar. Why? Timely and intriguing, this study compares factors affecting turnout in both countries, offering lessons for political mobilization in the United States. Puerto Rico has virtually the same voting ...
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Soul Talk: Urban Youth Poetry: A Writing Project Featuring Syracuse City School District Students
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M Kristina Montero (Editor), Luis J Rodriguez (Introduction by)
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Indigenous Peoples, Postcolonialism, and International Law: The ILO Regime (1919-1989)
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Luis Rodriguez-Pinero
"Indigenous Peoples, Postcolonialism, and International Law: The ILO Regime (1919-1989)" explores the historical process leading to the emergence of indigenous peoples as distinct objects of modern international law, through the activity of the International Labour Organization (ILO). The ILO is the institutional site for the two current legally ...
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