Adriana Sananes
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Based on the Los Angeles Times series that won two Pulitzer Prizes, this is a timeless story of families torn apart. When Enrique was five, his mother, too poor to feed her children, left Honduras to work in the United States. The move allowed her to send money back home so Enrique could eat better and go to school past the third grade. She promised she would return quickly, but she struggled in America. Without her, he became lonely and troubled....
8) Dreamers
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"An illustrated picture book autobiography in which award-winning author Yuyi Morales tells her own immigration story"--
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Follows a young Cuban girl in the 1930s as she strives to become a drummer, despite being continually reminded that only boys play the drums, and that there's never been a female drummer in Cuba. Includes note about Millo Castro Zaldarriaga, who inspired the story, and Anacaona, the all-girl dance band she formed with her sisters.
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"Originally written in the mid-1950s, 'Go set a watchman' was the novel Harper Lee first submitted to her publishers before 'To kill a mockingbird.' Assumed to have been lost, the manuscript was discovered in late 2014. 'Go set a watchman' features many of the characters from 'To kill a mockingbird' some twenty years later. Returning home to Maycomb to visit her father, Jean Louise Finch--Scout--struggles with issues both personal and political, involving...
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El mágico relato de nuestros orígenes es probablemente el que más fascinación ha inspirado en la humanidad a lo largo de los tiempos. Pero, más allá de los cuarenta versículos que la Biblia dedica a Adán y Eva, más allá incluso de la leyenda, ¿cómo sería la vida de aquella inocente, valiente y conmovedora primera pareja? ¿Cómo sería aquel universo primigenio? ¿Cuál fue el impulso que motivó a que Eva tomara la manzana prohibida?...
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The voice of Music narrates the tale of its most beloved disciple, young Frankie Presto, a war orphan raised by a blind music teacher in a small Spanish town. At nine years old, Frankie is sent to America in the bottom of a boat. His only possession is an old guitar and six precious strings. But Frankie's talent is touched by the gods, and his amazing journey weaves him through the musical landscape of the 20th century, from classical to jazz to rock...
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Almost 10 years before Brown vs. Board of Education, Sylvia Mendez and her parents helped end school segregation in California. An American citizen of Mexican and Puerto Rican heritage who spoke and wrote perfect English, Mendez was denied enrollment to a Whites only school. Her parents took action by organizing the Hispanic community and filing a lawsuit in federal district court. Their success eventually brought an end to the era of segregated education...
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La protagonista de Mal de amores, esta cautivante novela, no solo debe enfrentar los tradicionales problemas domesticos y femeninos, sino tambien los embates politicos de la vida de su pais, motivo por el cual se ve obligada a llevar una doble existencia para seguir siendo fiel, contra viento y marea, a su primer amor.
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Una novela en donde la autora Angela Becerra desarrolla una narrativa que combina las historias de ciencia ficcion con un hiperrealismo que lleva al lector a encontrar en lo mas profundo del personaje una dualidad que se mueve entre la pasion y la razon, entre lo espiritual y lo material, entre la sexualidad y la inocencia, todo enmarcado en dos historias que se desarrollan a la par. La primera es una historia de amor entre la protagonista y su maestro...
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La travesia de Enrique cuenta de un nino abandonado por su madre que se marcha a los Estados Unidos en busca de una mejor calidad de vida. Sonia Nazaro, galardonada con el Premio Pulitzer por esta historia real, nos presenta la realidad que viven los inmigrantes en su peregrinar para lograr el sueno americano. La historia comienza en Honduras y narra el viaje de Enrique en busqueda de su madre a los Estados Unidos, sin dinero y sin ningun otro recurso...
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Por medio de su oganizacion Esperanza USA, el reverendo Luis Cortes Jr., ha tenido un tremendo impacto en la comunidad latina con proyectos como Hogares de Esperanza, que conseja acerca de hipotecas y asuntos financiales con el intento de que mas individuos latinos puedan ser propietarios de sus propias viviendas. El ha escrito varios libros que ayudan a sus oyentes obtener estabilidad economica, incluyendo Compre su casa ahora y Repare su credito...
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When a farm maiden decides to get out her cazuela and cook arroz con leche, the farm animals join in to help in this playful cumulative tale that introduces Spanish words throughout. Inspired by the nursery rhyme "The House That Jack Built," this bilingual readalong will have kids merrily chanting along in English and Spanish as the animals all work together to create a delicious dish for the fiesta.
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A perfectionist maid of honor and a carefree, surfer-bro best man team up to plan a wedding and end up finding a spark of their own in the first audio original from author duo Christina Lauren, a full-cast sequel to their New York Times bestseller The Unhoneymooners.
Ami is determined to break the Torres family wedding curse. Her own disaster of a reception ended with all the guests getting food poisoning, and she left her...
Ami is determined to break the Torres family wedding curse. Her own disaster of a reception ended with all the guests getting food poisoning, and she left her...