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Author
Publisher
Atria Español
Pub. Date
[2013]
Language
Español
Description
Autobiografía œnico autorizado El amado mexicana de la cantante estadounidense publicada postumamente despues de su muerte en un tragico accidente aereo en diciembre de 2012.
The beloved Mexican American singer's only authorized autobiography published posthumously after her death in a tragic plane crash in December 2012.
Author
Publisher
Plaza & Janš Editores
Pub. Date
2001
Language
Español
Description
In 1940s New York, a rich man's daughter from Cuba falls in love with a waiter. They marry, have children and when he falls ill and is unable to work, she becomes the sole breadwinner, working as a cleaning woman. But one day her cleaning job will bring luck. By the author of Mr. Ives' Christmas.
Plaza & Janés. Barcelona. 2001. 23 cm. 311 p. Encuadernación en tapa blanda de editorial ilustrada. Hijuelos, Óscar 1951-2013. Oscar Hijuelos. Traducción...
Publisher
Anchor Bay Entertainment
Pub. Date
2009.
Language
English
Description
For the first time in years the entire Rodriguez clan comes home to Chicago to celebrate Christmas where traditions will be celebrated. During the course of this eventful week they will celebrate one member's safe return from Iraq, secrets will be revealed, old resentments forgotten, each family member will learn something about themselves and each other, and the healing power of laughter will work its magic.
Author
Publisher
Vintage Espa©łol
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
Español
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CSL - Indigenous Peoples/Native American/American Indian Literature
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CSL - Indigenous Peoples/Native American/American Indian Literature
CSL - Woman Authors
Description
"1890: When Desiderya Lopez, The Sleepy Prophet, finds an abandoned infant on the banks of an arroyo, she recognizes something in his spirit and brings him home. Pidre will go on to become a famous showman in the Anglo West whose main act, Simodecea, is Pidre's fearless, sharpshooting wife, who wrangles bears as part of his show. 1935: Luz "Little Light" Lopez and her brother Diego work the carnival circuit in downtown Denver. Luz, is a tea leaf reader,...
Author
Publisher
Faith Words
Pub. Date
2016.
Language
Español
Description
"When she was 11 years old Julissa Arce left Mexico and came to the United States on a tourist visa to be reunited with her parents, who dreamed the journey would secure her a better life. When her visa expired at the age of 15, she became an undocumented immigrant. Thus began her underground existence, a decades long game of cat and mouse, tremendous family sacrifice, and fear of exposure. After the Texas Dream Act made a college degree possible,...
Author
Publisher
Rutgers University Press
Pub. Date
[date of publication not identified]
Language
English
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Description
"The history of Mexican Americans spans more than five centuries and varies from region to region across the United States. Yet most of our history books devote a chapter at best to Chicano history, with even less attention to the story of Chicanas." "500 Years of Chicana Women's History offers a powerful antidote to this omission with a vivid, pictorial account of struggle and survival, resilience and achievement, discrimination and identity. The...
Author
Publisher
Atheneum Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
[2011]
Language
Español
Description
When Margie's cousin Lupe comes from Mexico to live in California with Margie's family, Lupe must adapt to America, while Margie, who thought it would be fun to have her cousin there, finds that she is embarrassed by her in school and jealous of her at home.