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Romiette and Julio
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Sharon Mills Draper
Like Shakespeare's famous star-crossed lovers, Romiette Cappelle and Julio Montague face strong opposition to their budding romance. In their case, a dangerous gang's disapproval of their interracial relationship puts the two in mortal peril.
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House on Mango Street
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Sandra Cisneros
In this novel about coming of age in Chicago, Esperanza Cordero grows up in its inner-city slums and resolves to transcend her background.
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When I Was Puerto Rican
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Esmeralda Santiago
Santiago recounts her bi-cultural childhood: as a country girl in Puerto Rico, and as a highschool student at New York's High School of the Performing Arts where she graduated with the highest honors and went on to Harvard. A unique story told in vivid prose.
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Love in the time of cholera
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Gabriel Garcia Marquez
An old man and his childhood sweetheart are united for the first time resulting in the consummation of a n amor interruptus that spans half a century. This uplifting love story is set on the Columbian coast in the early 20th century '
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Rain of Gold
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Victor Villasenor (Foreword by)
An epic novel about two families and their two countries: Mexico and the U.S. This tale of a bootlegger and his beautiful wife is based on Villaseñor's own family history.
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The Devil's Highway: A True Story
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Luis Alberto Urrea
Describes the attempt of twenty-six men to cross the Mexican border into the desert of southern Arizona, a region known as the Devil's Highway, detailing their harrowing ordeal and battle for survival against impossible odds.
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Harvest of Empire: A History of Latinos in America
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Juan Gonzalez
Spanning 500 years of Hispanic history, from the first New World colonies to the 19th century westward expansion in America, this narrative features family portraits of real-life immigrants along with sketches of the political events and social conditions that compelled them to leave their homeland.
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Halley's Bible Handbook
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Dr. Henry H Halley (Foreword by)
Halley's Bible Handbook, the classic layperson's companion text, includes a concise Bible commentary, important discoveries in archaeology, related historical data, church history, maps, and more.
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Woman Hollering Creek and Other Stories: And Other Stories
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Sandra Cisneros
From the author of the widely acclaimed The House on Mango Street comes a story collection of breathtaking range and authority, whose characters give voice to the vibrant and varied life on both sides of the Mexican border. The women in these stories offer tales of pure discovery, filled with moments of infinite and intimate wisdom.
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Breaking Through
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Francisco Jimenez
Fourteen-year-old Francisco Jimenez and his family leave Mexico and arrive at the U.S. and Mexican border in Nogales, Arizona. In the months and years that follow, Francisco, his mother and father, and his seven brothers and sisters not only struggle to keep their family together, but also face crushing poverty, long hours of labor, and blatant ...
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Hunger of Memory: An Autobiography
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Richard Rodroquez, Richard Rodriguez
Hunger Of Memory is the story of a Mexican-American Richard Rodriguez, who begins his schooling in Sacramento, California, knowing just 50 words of English and concludes his university studies in the stately quiet of the reading room of the British Museum. Here is the poignant journey is a "minority student" who pays the cost of his social ...
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Authentic Mexican: Regional Cooking from the Heart of Mexico
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Rick Bayless, John Sandford (Illustrator), Christopher Hirsheimer (Photographer)
Americans have at last discovered Mexico's passion for exciting food. We've fallen in love with the great Mexican combination of rich, earthy flavors and casual, festive dining. But we don't begin to imagine how sumptuous and varied the cooking of Mexico really is. After ten years of loving exploration, Rick Bayless, together with his wife, ...
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Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day
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Judith Viorst
On a day when everything goes wrong for him, Alexander is consoled by the thought that other people have bad days too.
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Esperanza Rising
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Pam Munoz Ryan
Set in 1930, this is the story of Esperanza and her mother as they immigrate to the United States from Mexico following the death of Esperanza's father. As the pair travel they must deal with the racism and classism that confront many immigrants. Named one of the Best Children's Books 2000 by Publishers Weekly.
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Caramel Flava: The Eroticanoir.com Anthology
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Zane (Editor)
Steamy sensation Zane is back - following up on her awesome "Chocolate Flava" with a Latin-spiced series of sensual tales. Zane's latest confection offers a delicious assortment of fun, sexy fiction by the best black erotic writers around - including herself. With a section for men and a section for women, "Caramel Flava" is a full-on sensory ...
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Memories of a Cuban Kitchen: More Than 200 Classic Recipes
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Mary Urrutia Randelman, Joan Schwartz
Authentic Cuban recipes offer a mixture of Spanish, Indian, African, Chinese, and Portuguese cuisine, from appetizers like Green Plantain Chips, to such entrees as Roast Pork Creole, to tropical rum-based drinks and desserts. Filled with reminiscences and evocative halftone photos of Randelman's childhood in pre-Castro Cuba, this book presents ...
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Of Love & Other Demons
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Gabriel Garcia Marquez
When a witch doctor appears on the Marquis de Casalduero's doorstep prophesizing a plague of rabies in their Colombian seaport, he dismisses her claims - until he hears that his young daughter, Sierva Maria, was one of four people bitten by a rabid dog, and the only one to survive. Sierva Maria appears completely unscathed - but as rumours of the ...
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El amor en los tiempos del cólera
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Gabriel García Márquez
A novel about love, time, and an unusual triangular love affair. For 53 years, Florentino Ariza waits patiently for Fermina Daza, the woman who once loved him. While he waits, he becomes astonishingly successful with other women (he has 622 liaisons). She marries another man and lives a life of intense respectability. Finally, she is widowed, and ...
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Driving with Dead People
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Monica Holloway
Small wonder that, at nine years old, Monica Holloway develops a fascination with the local funeral home. With a father who drives his Ford pickup with a Kodak movie camera sitting shotgun just in case he sees an accident, and whose home movies feature more footage of disasters than of his children, Monica is primed to become a morbid child. Yet ...
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Incas and Their Ancestors: The Archaeology of Peru
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Michael E Moseley
In 1532, when Pizarro conquered Peru, the Inca realm was one of the largest empires on earth, rivalling that of Ming China or the Ottoman Turks. This glittering culture however only obscured the rich and diverse civilizations that had preceded it: Chavin, Moche, Nazca, Tiwanaku, Huari and Chimu. Intense research into this heritage has been carried ...
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Circuit: Stories from the Life of a Migrant Child
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Francisco Jimenez
A collection of 12 short stories presented from the perspective of a young boy, in which the author narrates his childhood experiences growing up in a family of Mexican migrant farm workers.
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Grab Hands and Run
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Frances Temple
Twelve-year-old Felipe, his eight-year-old sister, and their mother must flee El Salvador after his father, Jacinto, disappears. Following Jacinto's instructions to "grab hands and run" if anything ever happens to him, the three flee north to freedom in Canada. On their harrowing and frightening journey, they encounter people who use war to their ...
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My Five Senses
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Aliki (Illustrator)
This title is an introduction to the five senses: what they are, what they do, how to use them, and how they work together.
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Dora's Storytime Collection
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Various, Various Artists (Illustrator)
Dora and her best friend, Boots, go on more adventures than you can count. Now Dora fans can enjoy many of their favorite Dora stories all in one book! This best-selling collection includes: Dora's Backpack Little Star Happy Birthday, Mami! Meet Diego! Dora Saves the Prince Dora's Treasure Hunt Good Night, Dora!
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Under the Feet of Jesus
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Helena Maria Viramontes
Helena Maria Viramontes' highly acclaimed first novel is a moving and powerful vision of the lives of the men, women, and children who endure a second-class existence and labor under dangerous conditions in America's fields.
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