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.
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 ...
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 ...
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.
A "Los Angeles Times" journalist offers her 2003 Pulitzer Prize-winning story in book form--a timely account of a young Honduran boy's perilous quest to reunite with his mother in the United States. Includes 16-page color photo insert. Young Adult.
A sitcom star and comedian recounts his rise from a hard-luck background to celebrity, describing such life experiences as his fatherless upbringing, his struggles with alcohol and depression, the inspirations that motivated his career, and his devotion to his family. Reprint. 75,000 first printing.
Magic, sexual tension, high comedy, and intense drama move through an enchanted yet harsh autobiography, in the story of a young girl who leaves rural Puerto Rico for New York's tenements and a chance for success.
Sofia comes from a family of storytellers. When she's singled out to receive a scholarship to boarding school, she longs to explore life beyond the barrio, even though it means leaving her family to navigate a strange world of rich, privileged kids.
Six Latina women who all went to the same college have a once-a-year reunion. Now it's their tenth, and, taking turns, each one tells her story--and each story is amazingly different. This is a Spanish-language version of the text.
Carlos and his sisters are uneasy when their parents announce they will be celebrating Christmas "back home" in Mexico. Despite the fact that they were born in Mexico, Carlos and his sisters consider California their real home and are unsure about what it will be like to travel back across the boarder. During their holiday visit the siblings ...
One of Neruda's most popular and enduring works--love poems of rare daring and intense sensuality. The poems describe a love affair, and the poet's mixed feelings of attraction and repulsion toward the beloved.
The second novel by the author of THE DIRTY GIRLS SOCIAL CLUB stars three 20-something Latina friends in L.A.--an actress desperate to move beyond minor, racially stereotypical roles; a music publicist/band manager in love with a Cuban rap star; and a troubled suburban mother/aspiring screenwriter--dedicated to realizing their dreams, both ...
A richly detailed, bittersweet story of two doomed lovers, whose chaste love affair leads to their destruction--set in the lush, coastal tropics of 18th-century Columbia.
When Paski's cartoonist father returns to Taos from a business trip, she knows her life is taking a turn for the worse. Paski and her father move to Southern California, where his comic strip has been optioned for a movie. At her new high school, haters rule--especially beautiful and cruel Jessica Nguyen.
ALVAREZ' S resplendent new novel takes us into the worlds of two women swept up in campaigns against the scourges of their day. Alma Huebner, a Latin American novelist transplanted to the United States, is writing another of her bestselling family sagas. Her husband works for a humanitarian organization dedicated to health and prosperity in ...
Latinos are the fastest growing ethnic group in the United States and will comprise a quarter of the country's population by the mid-21st century. The process of Latinization, the result of globalization and the biggest migration flow in the history of the Americas, is indeed reshaping the character of the US. This book brings together some of the ...
Jenna Bush, daughter of President and Mrs. Bush, shares the poignant story of a 17-year-old single mother living with HIV in Panama - an inspiring story of strength and survival. "Ana's Story: A Journey of Hope" is a work of narrative nonfiction based on Bush's experiences while interning for UNICEF and the life stories of children and teens she ...
In this, his second bilingual collection of musical material from the Spanish-speaking countries, Jose-Luis Orozco brings together over 30 finger rhymes, play rhymes, and action songs and games for children of various ages to enjoy in Spanish and English. Full color.
!Aprenda comunicar en ingles con facilidad a partir de la primera leccion! No es possible dominar un idioma si uno no puede expresar sus propias ideas. Conversando en ingles facilita la comunicacion porque permite participar activamente en una serie de patrones basicos de construccion grammatical, vocabulario coherente y practico y dialogos y ...
Acosta delivers a hilarious and sexy paranormal novel about a wisecracking, down-on-her-luck writer who becomes romantically involved with a sophisticated vampire. A fun and snappy read for romantic fantasy fans.--"Booklist."
Learning that he is dying of tuberculosis, self-styled ladies' man Juan Carlos is doted upon by the women in his life including his mother, sister, and two girlfriends, who fail to see that their own lives are crumbling in their adoration for Juan.
For two decades, Rene Enriquez, aka 'Boxer', was a mob enforcer among the upper echelons of the Mafia. But he didn't work for the Italians. Or the Russians. He worked for the La Familia Mexicana, also knowns as La Eme, a powerful and fearsome mob organization that used a base army of approximately 60,000 heavily armed, loyal Latino gang members - ...
A wonderful collection of beloved Latin American songs, games, and rhymes, with text in both Spanish and English, complemented by beautiful watercolor illustrations of Latin American land-and-city-scapes.
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