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

  • The Lost City of the Monkey God: A True Story


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    • 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.
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    • 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 whatsoever at the time. But together, they found an unexpected, unbelievable place: the public library. There, book by book, they untangled the language of this strange new land, and learned to make t... [Read More]
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    • 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.”Reissued here, nearly thirty-five years after its inception, the fourth edition contains an extensive new introduction by Moraga, along with a previously unpublished statement by Gloria Anzaldúa.... [Read More]
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    • 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 punishing physical challenge he could find, the first descent of an unmapped, rapids-choked tributary of the Amazon. Together with his son Kermit and Brazil’s most famous explorer, Cândido Mariano da Silva... [Read More]
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    • ASIN: 0767913736
    • ASIN: 0767913736
    • ISBN: 9780767913737
    • Brand: Random House
    • Manufacturer: Broadway Books

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


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    • 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 was nine) and a devoted but overburdened mother, and of the refuge a little girl took from the turmoil at home with her passionately spirited paternal grandmother. But it was when she was diagnosed w... [Read More]
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    • ASIN: 034580483X
    • ASIN: 034580483X
    • ISBN: 034580483X
    • Brand: Vintage Books
    • Manufacturer: Vintage

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


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    • 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 best-loved novels by PBS’s The Great American ReadOscar is a sweet but disastrously overweight ghetto nerd who—from the New Jersey home he shares with his old world mother and rebellious sister�... [Read More]
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    • ASIN: 1594483299
    • ASIN: 1594483299
    • ISBN: 1594483299
    • Brand: Diaz, Junot
    • Manufacturer: Riverhead Books

  • The best american travel writing 2018 - paperback: 9781328497697

    A collection of the best travel writing published in 2017, selected by Cheryl Strayed.
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    Everyone travels for different reasons, but whatever those reasons are, one thing is certain: they come back with stories. Each year, the best of those stories are collected in The Best American Travel Writing, curated by one of the top writers in the field, and each year they “open a window onto the strange, seedy, and beautiful world, offering readers glimpses into places that many will never see or experience except through the eyes and words of these writers” (Kirkus). This far-ranging collection of top notch travel writing is, quite simply, the genre’s gold standard.

    • 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 first African American to assume the presidency and previously served as a United States Senator from Illinois (2005-2008). After winning re-election by defeating Republican opponent Mitt Romney, Obama was sworn in for a second term in 2013. During this term, he promoted inclusiveness for LGBT Americans. His administration filed briefs that urged the Supreme Court to strike down same-sex marriage bans as unconstitutional (United States
    Best Latin American Writers
    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 first African American to assume the presidency and previously served as a United States Senator from Illinois (2005-2008). After winning re-election by defeating Republican opponent Mitt Romney, Obama was sworn in for a second term in 2013. During this term, he promoted inclusiveness for LGBT Americans. His administration filed briefs that urged the Supreme Court to strike down same-sex marriage bans as unconstitutional (United States

    • 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 ingredients to prepare one hundred authentically delicious Latin dishes with minimum effort and maximum flavor. A native of Honduras now living in Louisiana, Yibrin delivers recipes inspired by a wide variety of foods from the diverse cultures and countries of Latin America, including Honduras, Chile, Puerto Rico, El Salvador, Mexico, Nicaragua, Cuba, Peru, Colombia, Venezuela, Argentina, and Brazil. With Yibrin s delightfully simple how-to instructions
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    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 ingredients to prepare one hundred authentically delicious Latin dishes with minimum effort and maximum flavor. A native of Honduras now living in Louisiana, Yibrin delivers recipes inspired by a wide variety of foods from the diverse cultures and countries of Latin America, including Honduras, Chile, Puerto Rico, El Salvador, Mexico, Nicaragua, Cuba, Peru, Colombia, Venezuela, Argentina, and Brazil. With Yibrin s delightfully simple how-to instructions

    • 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
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    This highly acclaimed collection of short stories by American writers contains only the best literary art of the past four decades. Editors Raymond Carver and Tom Jenks have selected fiction that “tells a story”–and tells it with a masterful handling of language, situation, and insight. But what is so special about this volume is that it mirrors our age, our concerns, and our lives. Whether it’s the end of a marriage, as in Bobbie Ann Manson’s “Shiloh,” or the struggle with self-esteem and weight in Andre Dubus’s “The Fat Girl,” the 36 works included her probe issues that give

    • 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 on
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    Forty years after Tom Wolfe, Hunter S. Thompson, and Gay Talese launched the New Journalism movement, Robert S. Boynton sits down with nineteen practitioners of what he calls the New New Journalism to discuss their methods, writings and careers. The New New Journalists are first and foremost brilliant reporters who immerse themselves completely in their subjects. Jon Krakauer accompanies a mountaineering expedition to Everest. Ted Conover works for nearly a year as a prison guard. Susan Orlean follows orchid fanciers to reveal an obsessive subculture few knew existed. Adrian Nicole LeBlanc spends nearly a decade reporting on a family in

    • UPC: 2699693
    • Rating: 4.0

  • Latin American Authors Recommendations

    Just showcasing you some of my favorite Latin American Authors and some of their best work! Let's start reading more diversely! Gabriel García Márquez: AHYOS: http://tinyurl.com/kpp5mwd COADF: h...
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