Embracing Cuba - Byron Motley

La Vida Oculta de Fidel Castro - Juan Reinaldo Sánchez

It's Okay to Laugh: (Crying is Cool, Too) - Nora McInerny Purmort

Me llamo Maria Isabel - Alma Flor Ada

Love, Amalia - Alma Flor Ada

Adán en Edén - Carlos Fuentes

Upstairs & downstairs : an illustrated guide to the real world of Downton Abbey - Sarah Warwick

La incréible y triste historia de la cándida Eréndira y de su abuela desalmada - Gabriel Garica Marquez

Gritos y susurros II : experiencias intempestivas de 39 mujeres

Summary: Compiled by one of the most controversial and critical analysts of our day, Gritos y susurros II is a fête in which we are invited to hear the most interesting passages of the lives of a diverse group of famous women: writers, actresses, artists, politicians, government employees, business women, chefs, and singers. The texts are educational and liberating. They help us recognize that we need each other to elaborate new forms of understanding and to light up the world as these women have done.
- (Perseus Publishing)

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Elenisima -Michael Karl Schuessler

Elenísima : ingenio y figura de Elena Poniatowska - Schuessler, Michael Karl

Summary: Éste es un libro de esos que se dán en un largo periodo de tiempo, y aún más cuando se tratan de biografías. Verdaderamente una obra maestra que nos relata de una manera sencilla pero concreta la vida de Elena Poniatowska contada por las personas que mejor la conocen como su madre, su nana y sus amigos; la verdad es que la recopilación de datos y anécdotas nos acercan aún más a la Elena detrás de las cámaras, la pluma y el papel; y empezamos a conocer que pasa cuando se encuentra fuera de su mundo de trabajo y realmente quedas encantado con la persona que al final conoces. - (Planeta Pub Corp)

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En el clóset - Guadalupe Loaeza

En el clóset - Loaeza, Guadalupe

Summary: Recognizes the lives of gays with influence in society and culture. Includes Leonard Bernstein, André Gide, Oscar Wilde, Gabriela Mistral, Federico García Lorca, Andy Warhol, Rock Hudson, Marlene Dietrich, Sara García, Dirk Bogart, and current figures like Juan Gabriel and Ricky Martin.




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Rebozo de aromas - Esther Rizo Campomanes

Rebozo de aromas - Rizo Campomanes, Esther

Summary: A family’s intimate portrait is woven into the social changes that took place between the first half of the 19th century and the Mexican Revolution.




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Rizo Campomanes's debut effort is published at the eve of her 89th birthday. This is the fictionalized story of her family's life from the mid 19th century to the 1920s. The author attended various writing workshops led by established Mexican writers, such as Elena Poniatowska and Monica Lavin, when Lavin recognized the quality of Rizo Campomanes' narrative. Born in Cuba of an exiled Mexican family, Rizo Campomanes here gives voice to her ancestors. Interweaving her own family tree, historical research, and the stories passed on through generations, she relates the past using a rich descriptive language, including Nahuatl. The dramatic story is not told in a linear fashion, although it does begin with an abandoned blonde baby of noble ancestry discovered by childless peasants (the author's great grandfather) and conclude with her mother arriving in Cuba to escape the Mexican Revolution. Notable characters are the author's two grandmothers (after both of whom the author is named): Eloisa, who cures people with psychic powers, and Esther, who remains mute after having left Mexico for Cuba. Rizo Campomanes, an avid reader, thinks of herself as having self-taught skills because she did not finish high school; we can only be grateful that she had the courage and stamina to finish this long-envisioned project.

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Buddhist Boot Camp - Timber Hawkeye

Buddhist Boot Camp - Hawkeye, Timber

Summary: Brief chapters introduce mindfulness-enhancing techniques that draw from Buddhist philosophies and practices to help improve aspects of life ranging from love, relationships, and success to understanding, fear, and gratitude.



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