Best Latin American Writers - April 2024

The House on Mango Street

Acclaimed by critics, beloved by readers of all ages, taught everywhere from inner-city grade schools to universities across the country, and translated all over the world, The House on Mango Street is the remarkable story of Esperanza Cordero. Told in a series of vignettes – sometimes heartbreaking, sometimes deeply joyous – it is the story of a young Latina girl growing up in Chicago, inventing for herself who and what she will become. Few other books in our time have touched so many readers.

• ASIN: 0679734775
• ASIN: 0679734775
• ISBN: 9780679734772
• Brand: Vintage
• Manufacturer: Vintage

The Lost City of the Monkey God: A True Story

• ASIN: B01G1K1RTA
• ASIN: B01G1K1RTA
• Manufacturer: Grand Central Publishing

One Hundred Years of Solitude (P.S.) (Harper Perennial Modern Classics)

One Hundred Years of Solitude tells the story of the rise and fall, birth and death of the mythical town of Macondo through the history of the Buendía family. Inventive, amusing, magnetic, sad, and alive with unforgettable men and women -- brimming with truth, compassion, and a lyrical magic that strikes the soul -- this novel is a masterpiece in the art of fiction.

• ASIN: 0060883286
• ASIN: 0060883286
• ISBN: 9780060883287
• Brand: Gabriel Garc 237 a M 225 rquez
• Manufacturer: Harper Perennial Modern Classics

Dreamers

Winner of the 2019 Pura Belpré Illustrator Award!A New York Times / New York Public Library Best Illustrated Book of 2018In 1994, Yuyi Morales left her home in Xalapa, Mexico and came to the US with her infant son. She left behind nearly everything she owned, but she didn't come empty-handed.She brought her strength, her work, her passion, her hopes and dreams. . . and her stories. Caldecott Honor artist and six-time Pura Belpré winner Yuyi Morales's gorgeous picture book Dreamers is about making a home in a new place. Yuyi and her son Kelly's passage was not easy, and Yuyi spoke no English ... [Read More]

• ASIN: 0823440559
• ASIN: 0823440559
• ISBN: 0823440559
• Manufacturer: Neal Porter Books

This Bridge Called My Back, Fourth Edition: Writings by Radical Women of Color

Updated and expanded edition of the foundational text of women of color feminism.Bronze Medalist, 2016 Independent Publisher Book Awards in the Anthologies CategoryOriginally released in 1981, This Bridge Called My Back is a testimony to women of color feminism as it emerged in the last quarter of the twentieth century. Through personal essays, criticism, interviews, testimonials, poetry, and visual art, the collection explores, as coeditor Cherríe Moraga writes, “the complex confluence of identities―race, class, gender, and sexuality―systemic to women of color oppression and liberation... [Read More]

• ASIN: 1438454384
• ASIN: 1438454384
• ISBN: 1438454384
• Brand: State University of New York Press
• Manufacturer: SUNY Press

The River of Doubt: Theodore Roosevelt's Darkest Journey

At once an incredible adventure narrative and a penetrating biographical portrait, The River of Doubt is the true story of Theodore Roosevelt’s harrowing exploration of one of the most dangerous rivers on earth.The River of Doubt—it is a black, uncharted tributary of the Amazon that snakes through one of the most treacherous jungles in the world. Indians armed with poison-tipped arrows haunt its shadows; piranhas glide through its waters; boulder-strewn rapids turn the river into a roiling cauldron.After his humiliating election defeat in 1912, Roosevelt set his sights on the most punishin... [Read More]

• ASIN: 0767913736
• ASIN: 0767913736
• ISBN: 9780767913737
• Brand: Random House
• Manufacturer: Broadway Books

Collapse: How Societies Choose to Fail or Succeed: Revised Edition

• ASIN: B004H0M8EA
• ASIN: B004H0M8EA
• Manufacturer: Penguin Books

My Beloved World

Destined to become a classic of self-invention and self-discovery--an inspiring gift for any new graduate.The first Hispanic and third woman appointed to the United States Supreme Court, Sonia Sotomayor has become an instant American icon. Now, with a candor and intimacy never undertaken by a sitting Justice, she recounts her life from a Bronx housing project to the federal bench, a journey that offers an inspiring testament to her own extraordinary determination and the power of believing in oneself. Here is the story of a precarious childhood, with an alcoholic father (who would die when she... [Read More]

• ASIN: 034580483X
• ASIN: 034580483X
• ISBN: 034580483X
• Brand: Vintage Books
• Manufacturer: Vintage

The Path Between the Seas: The Creation of the Panama Canal, 1870-1914

• ASIN: 0671244094
• ASIN: 0671244094
• ISBN: 0671244094
• Brand: Simon Schuster
• Manufacturer: Simon & Schuster

The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao

Winner of: The Pulitzer Prize The National Book Critics Circle Award The Anisfield-Wolf Book Award The Jon Sargent, Sr. First Novel Prize A Time Magazine #1 Fiction Book of the Year One of the best books of 2007 according to: The New York Times, San Francisco Chronicle, New York Magazine, Entertainment Weekly, The Boston Globe, Los Angeles Times, The Washington Post, People, The Village Voice, Time Out New York, Salon, Baltimore City Paper, The Christian Science Monitor, Booklist, Library Journal, Publishers Weekly, New York Public Library, and many more... Nominated as one of America’s... [Read More]

• ASIN: 1594483299
• ASIN: 1594483299
• ISBN: 1594483299
• Brand: Diaz, Junot
• Manufacturer: Riverhead Books

The Oxford Book of Latin American Short Stories

When Latin American writers burst onto the world literary scene in the now famous "Boom" of the sixties, it seemed as if an entire literature had invented itself over night out of thin air. Not only was the writing extraordinary but its sudden and spectacular appearance itself seemed magical. In fact, Latin American literature has a long and rich tradition that reaches back to the Colonial period and is filled with remarkable writers too little known in the English-speaking world. The short story has been a central part of this tradition, from Fray Bartolome de las Casas' narrative protests ag... [Read More]

• ASIN: 0195130855
• ASIN: 0195130855
• ISBN: 0195130855
• Brand: Oxford University Press USA
• Manufacturer: Oxford University Press

Brave Companions: Portraits In History

From Alexander von Humboldt to Charles and Anne Lindbergh, these are stories of people of great vision and daring whose achievements continue to inspire us today, brilliantly told by master historian David McCullough.The bestselling author of Truman and John Adams, David McCullough has written profiles of exceptional men and women past and present who have not only shaped the course of history or changed how we see the world but whose stories express much that is timeless about the human condition. Here are Alexander von Humboldt, whose epic explorations of South America surpassed the Lewis an... [Read More]

• ASIN: 0671792768
• ASIN: 0671792768
• ISBN: 0671792768
• Brand: Simon & Schuster
• Manufacturer: Simon & Schuster

The Mexico Reader: History, Culture, Politics (The Latin America Readers)

The Mexico Reader is a vivid introduction to muchos Méxicos—the many Mexicos, or the many varied histories and cultures that comprise contemporary Mexico. Unparalleled in scope and written for the traveler, student, and expert alike, the collection offers a comprehensive guide to the history and culture of Mexico—including its difficult, uneven modernization; the ways the country has been profoundly shaped not only by Mexicans but also by those outside its borders; and the extraordinary economic, political, and ideological power of the Roman Catholic Church. The book looks at what underli... [Read More]

• ASIN: 0822330423
• ASIN: 0822330423
• ISBN: 0822330423
• Brand: Duke University Press
• Manufacturer: Duke University Press Books

Bolivar: American Liberator

A brilliant biography that “reads like a wonderful novel but is researched like a masterwork of history” (Walter Isaacson, author of Steve Jobs), this is the epic story of the famous South American general and statesman Simón Bolívar.SIMÓN BOLÍ VAR —El Libertador—freed six countries from Spanish rule and is still the most revered figure in South America today. He traveled from Amazon jungles to the Andes mountains, engaged in endless battles and forged fragile coalitions of competing forces and races. He lived an epic life filled with heroism, tragedy (his only wife died young), an... [Read More]

• ASIN: 1439110204
• ASIN: 1439110204
• ISBN: 1439110204
• Brand: Simon & Schuster
• Manufacturer: Simon & Schuster

Punished: Policing the Lives of Black and Latino Boys (New Perspectives in Crime, Deviance, and Law)

Honorable Mention, 2014 Eduardo Bonilla-Silva Outstanding Book Award, presented by the Society for the Study of Social Problems Honorable Mention, 2013 Outstanding Book Award, presented by the Inequality, Poverty, and Mobility Section of the American Sociological Association 2013 Oliver Cromwell Cox Book Award, presented by the Racial and Ethnic Minorities Section of the American Sociological Association 2012 Best Book Award, Latino/a Sociology Section, presented by the American Sociological Association 2012 Finalist, C. Wright Mills Book Award presented by the Study of Social Problems Victo... [Read More]

• ASIN: 0814776388
• ASIN: 0814776388
• ISBN: 0814776388
• Brand: New York University Press
• Manufacturer: NYU Press

The best american travel writing 2018 - paperback: 9781328497697

A collection of the best travel writing published in 2017, selected by Cheryl

• UPC: 984338730

Barack Obama Books: Barack Obama Adult Coloring Book: One of the Best American Presidents of All Time and Chill Politician, Acclaimed Lawyer and Legendary Writer Inspired Adult Coloring Book (Paperbac

Barack Hussein Obama II is an American politician who served as the 44th President of the United States from January 20, 2009, to January 20, 2017. A member of the Democratic Party, he was the

• UPC: 779864209

Shortcuts to 100 Best Latin Recipes : Authentic Flavors Without the Trouble

Shortcuts to 100 Best Latin Recipes reflects the ever-growing popularity of Latin American cuisine and the realities of today s fast-paced lifestyle. Sergio Yibrin shows you how to selectively combine convenience foods with luscious fresh

• UPC: 635101704

American Short Story Masterpieces : A Rich Selection of Recent Fiction from America's Best Modern Writers

This collection of thirty-six classic short stories from the fifties to the eighties features works by authors such as James Baldwin, Barry Hannah, Bernard Halamud, Flannery O'Connor, Philip Roth, Anne Beattie, and Tobias

• UPC: 446464
• Rating: 5.0

The New New Journalism : Conversations with America's Best Nonfiction Writers on Their Craft

A collection of interviews and dialogues with eighteen leading nonfiction writers sheds new light on the ways in which the authors perfect their craft, as well as how they conduct interviews, gather information, and decide

• UPC: 2699693
• Rating: 4.0

This Is Not Chick Lit : Original Stories by America's Best Women Writers

A celebration of some of America's finest contemporaary, provocative writers, featuring new short stories by Francince Prose, Curtis Sittenfeld, and Jennifer Egan. This is not Chick Lit is a much needed reminder that, for even

• UPC: 4935440
• Rating: 3.0

Kill the Ampaya! the Best Latin American Baseball Fiction

This is the first English language anthology of translations of baseball stories by major Latin American and Caribbean

• UPC: 55214395

Personnel includes: Fat Joe, Buju Banton, Remy, R. Kelly, M.O.P., Petey Pablo, Ja Rule, Ashanti, Prospecy, Ludacris, Armageddon, Xzibit, Busta Rhymes, Noreaga.Producers include: Irv Gotti, Bink, Rockwilder, Psycho Les, Younglord."What's Luv" was nominated for the 2003 Grammy Awards for Best Rap/Sung Collaboration.He's an oversize Latino rapper who came of age in the South Bronx. Sound familiar? Fat Joe once counted Big Pun as a stablemate, and J.O.S.E. starts out with a heartfelt tribute to the late star. It's strictly business from then on, however, with "King of N.Y." making claims for Joe's supremacy over the Tri-State area, with vocal encouragement from dancehall toaster Buju Banton and "Definition of a Don" (featuring the immortal line "If I can't afford it I'll extort it") consolidating his claims of domination. Elsewhere R. Kelly makes an appearance on the R&B-flavored "We Thuggin'" which documents a night out on the town, while the mightily bankable Ludacris is featured on "Get the Hell on With That," proving that, if nothing else, Fat Joe can pick his partners with impunity.

JEALOUS ONES STILL ENVY (J.O.S.E.)

• UPC: 3462615

Jewish Writers of Latin America - eBook

First published in 1997. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa

• UPC: 703992579

Latin American Writers and the Rise of Hollywood Cinema - eBook

This book analyzes the initial engagement with Hollywood by key Latin American writers and intellectuals during the first few decades of the 20th century. The film metropolis presented an ambiguous, multivalent sign for established figures

• UPC: 639283195