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Hispanic & Latinx Stories and Voices Sept/Oct 2024
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Abuela's plant-based kitchen : vegan cuisine inspired by Latin & Caribbean family recipes
by Karla Salinari
"Abuela's Plant-Based Kitchen offers seventy-five plant-based recipes that marry the comfort of nostalgic, cultural dishes with the modern desire for healthy, at-home cooking. Paired with personal stories, tips, and tricks for success, Salinari makes ingredients such as chickpea water, tempeh, and tofu approachable for those new to plant-based cooking, while empowering readers to take charge of their health through plant-based nutrition"
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The house of broken angels
by Luis Alberto Urrea
"In his final days, beloved and ailing patriarch Miguel Angel de La Cruz, affectionately called Big Angel, has summoned his entire clan for one last legendary birthday party. But as the party approaches, his mother, nearly one hundred, dies, transformingthe weekend into a farewell doubleheader. Among the guests is Big Angel's half brother, known as Little Angel, who must reckon with the truth that although he shares a father with his siblings, he has not, as a half gringo, shared a life. Across two bittersweet days in their San Diego neighborhood, the revelers mingle among the palm trees and cacti, celebrating the lives of Big Angel and his mother, and recounting the many inspiring tales that have passed into family lore, the acts both ordinary and heroic that brought these citizens to a fraught and sublime country and allowed them to flourish in the land they have come to call home"
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Anita de Monte laughs last
by Xochitl Gonzalez
A first-generation Ivy League student uncovers the genius work of a female artist decades after her suspicious death.
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The bullet swallower : a novel
by Elizabeth Gonzalez James
In 1964, when Jaime Sonoro, Mexico's most renowned actor and singer, discovers a book telling of the horrific crimes committed by his ancestors, he must pay for their crimes unless he can uncover the truth about his grandfather, the legendary bandido El Tragabalas, The Bullet Swallower.
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Catalina : a novel
by Karla Cornejo Villavicencio
Harvard student Catalina Ituralde, who escaped death in Latin America, confronts her mysterious past and uncertain future as she approaches graduation, all while navigating the complexities of love and freedom.
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Harsh times
by Mario Vargas Llosa
Describes the international conspiracies and conflicting interests during the Cold War that led the CIA to assist in perpetrating a coup in Guatemala in 1954, in a new novel from the Nobel Prize in Literature Award-winning author. 75,000 first printing.
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The cemetery of untold stories : a novel
by Julia Alvarez
Inheriting a small plot of land in the Dominican Republic, celebrated writer Alma Cruz creates a graveyard for the characters whose lives she tried and failed to bring to life, but they have other ideas as they rewrite and revise themselves, revealing their true narratives to those who will listen.
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Cocina mexicana : fresh, vibrant recipes for authentic Mexican food
by Adriana Cavita
"Adriana Cavita grew up in a small village in Mexico and was inspired to enter the food industry by her grandmother who ran a street-food business. She has since traveled extensively around the country, from Mexico City the capital (where she was born), across to Oaxaca and the Yucat n. Visiting the small towns around the coast and perched up in the mountains sparked in Adriana a fascination with traditional cooking methods, and how these vary from region to region. This collection of recipes is built around her experiences, from breathing in the aroma of woodsmoke from a barbacoa (food cooked over open flames), to seeing first-hand the care that goes into preparing seemingly simple dishes, from salsas and moles to tortillas and tostadas. Adriana's extensive travels have influenced this collection of recipes. From the northern, more rugged dishes of Baja Fish Tacos and Birria (beef stew), through the center of the country with a wealth of quesadillas and Pollo en Adobo (chicken adobo), all the way to thesouthern regions of Yucatan and Oaxaca featuring Tlayudas con Carne Asada (often referred to as the Oaxaca pizza). Adriana also introduces the basics of Mexican cooking, including salsas, corn dough, tostadas, and moles and includes a selection of tantalizing Mexican cocktails heralding the popularity of tequila and mezcal. Adriana's take on traditional Mexican dishes tell a story of her heritage and the people who taught her the craft of cooking and will open your eyes to real, authentic Mexican food"
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Crying in the bathroom : a memoir
by Erika L. Sâanchez
The New York Times best-selling author of I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter returns with an and honest and often hilarious memoir-in-essays that looks back on her wild youth and journey to becoming an award-winning novelist, poet and essayist. Illustrations.
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¡Cuba! : recipes and stories from the Cuban kitchen
by Dan Goldberg
Explores Cuban cuisine and culture through meticulously tested recipes, complemented by stories about life on the island, including such options as Cuban-style fried chicken, tostones stuffed with lobster and conch, and squid-ink empanadas
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This is how you lose her
by Junot Dâiaz
The Pulitzer Prize-winning author of The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao presents a lyrical collection of stories that explores the heartbreak and radiance of love as it is shaped by passion, betrayal and the echoes of intimacy. Reprint. 200,000 first printing.
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Family lore : a novel
by Elizabeth Acevedo
Follows the lives of several generations of women in the Marte family after gathering to honor Flor, who can predict the day someone will die, decides to throw herself a huge party as a living wake. 250,000 first printing.
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The grief keeper
by Alexandra Villasante
Wanting to enjoy an amazing life in America like her favorite television characters, an undocumented 17-year-old bargains for her asylum by becoming a grief keeper to save someone else's life. Simultaneous eBook.
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Hades, Argentina
by Daniel Loedel
"A decade after fleeing the violence of Argentina's Dirty War, a man discovers he must grapple with the ghosts of his past. It was the most obvious thing in the world that I'd follow her wherever she went. I always had. In 1976, Tomâas Oriilla is a medical student in Buenos Aires, where he's moved in hopes of reuniting with Isabel, a childhood crush. But the reckless passion that has always drawn him is leading Isabel ever deeper into the ranks of young insurgents fighting an increasingly oppressive regime. As its thuggish milicos begin to disappear more and more people like her, she presents Tomâas with a way to prove himself. As always, he'll do anything for Isabel. But what exactly is he proving, and at what cost to them both? It will be years before the reckoning arrives, in the form of a call that comes for Tomâas, now living as Thomas Shore in New York. An old family friend is dying. But it isn't the chance to say goodbye that pulls him back to Buenos Aires after all these years. It's the memory ofher daughter, and what proves to be an undying love. Raising profound questions about the choices we make in the name of love and allegiance, and the hell of unknowable consequences, Hades, Argentina is a gripping, brilliantly narrated literary debut"
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Harvest of empire : a history of Latinos in America
by Juan Gonzâalez
"A sweeping history of the Latinx experience in the United States. The first new edition in ten years of this important study of Latinos in U.S. history, Harvest of Empire spans five centuries--from the European colonization of the Americas to the 2020 election. Latinos are now the largest minority group in the United States, and their impact on American culture and politics is greater than ever. With family portraits of real-life immigrant Latino pioneers, as well as accounts of the events and conditions that compelled them to leave their homelands, Gonzalez highlights the complexity of a segment of the American population that is often discussed but frequently misrepresented. This landmark history is required reading for anyone wishing to understand the history and legacy of this influential and diverse group"
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Isabel and the rogue
by Liana De la Rosa
Sent to London to uncover British intelligence that might aid Mexico during the French Occupation, Isabel Luna Valdés meets her match in a rakish English captain, in the second novel of the series following Ana Maria and the Fox. Original.
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Like happiness
by Ursula Villarreal-Moura
Explores the complexities of gender, power, race and fame, told through the story of a young woman's destructive relationship with a legendary writer.
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A long petal of the sea : a novel
by Isabel Allende
Sponsored by the poet Pablo Neruda to flee the violence of the Spanish Civil War, a pregnant widow and an army doctor unite in an arranged marriage only to be swept up by the early days of World War II. Simultaneous. Tour.
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Magical/realism : essays on music, memory, fantasy, and borders
by Vanessa Angâelica Villarreal
A poet and essayist intimately and fearlessly explores the many complicated girlhoods of being a working-class, first-generation, Mexican American daughter of cumbia musician, in this brilliant collection that examines migration, violence and colonial erasure through the lens of music and pop culture. Illustrations.
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The man who could move clouds : a memoir
by Ingrid Rojas Contreras
Interweaving spellbinding family stories, resurrected Colombian history and her own deeply personal reckonings with the bounds of reality, the author shares her inheritance of“the secrets”—the power to talk to the dead, tell the future, treat the sick and move the clouds. Illustrations.
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Mexican Gothic
by Silvia Moreno-Garcia
A reimagining of the classic gothic suspense novel follows the experiences of a courageous socialite in 1950s Mexico who is drawn into the treacherous secrets of an isolated mansion. By the author of Gods of Jade and Shadow.
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Of women and salt
by Gabriela Garcia
The daughter of a Cuban immigrant battles addiction and the fallout of her decision to take in the child of an ICE detainee, while her mother wrestles with displacement trauma and complicated family ties. A first novel. 200,000 first printing. Tour.
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Ordinary girls : a memoir
by Jaquira Dâiaz
A biographical debut by a Pushcart Prize-winning writer traces her upbringing in the housing projects of Puerto Rico, her mother's battle with schizophrenia, her personal struggles with sexual assault and her efforts to pursue a literary career. 50,000 first printing. Tour.
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Our share of night : a novel
by Mariana Enriquez
United in grief after the death of the wife and mother they both loved, a young father and son travel to confront the terrifying legacy she bequeathed—a family called the Order that commits unspeakable acts in search of immortality. 30,000 first printing.
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Oye : a novel
by Melissa Mogollon
The baby of her large Colombian American family, Luciana, when her eccentric grandmother, Abue, moves into her bedroom, finds her wild demands, unpredictable antics and devastating secrets a welcome distraction, putting her on center stage, facing down adulthood—and rising to the occasion.
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Raiders of the lost heart
by Jo Segura
Forced to co-lead an expedition deep into the Mexican jungle with her nemesis, archaeologist Dr. Corrie Mejía realizes they must work together to deal with greedy artifact smugglers, the Mexican authorities and the lies between them before everything they've worked hard for ends in ruin. Original.
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The SalviSoul cookbook : Salvadoran recipes & the women who preserve them
by Karla Tatiana Vasquez
A food historian and Salvadoran, through this collection of 80 recipes, shares the stories of the women in her life who reveal shared experiences of what it was like in El Salvador before the war, and what life was like as Salvadoran women surviving in their new home in the U.S. Illustrations.
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Solito : a memoir
by Javier Zamora
A young poet reflects on his 3,000-mile journey from El Salvador to the United States when he was nine years old, during which he was faced with perilous boat trips, relentless desert treks, pointed guns, arrests and deceptions during two life-altering months alongside a group of strangers who became an unexpected family.
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My side of the river : a memoir
by Elizabeth Camarillo Gutierrez
Exploring separation, generational trauma and the toll of the American dream, the author recounts what happened when, at 15, her parents were forced back to Mexico, leaving her and her brother to fend for themselves as underage children affected by broken immigration laws.
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The sons of El Rey : a novel
by Alex Espinoza
While Freddy Vega struggles to save his luchador father's gym, his son Julian seeks professional and romantic fulfillment as a Mexican American gay man refusing to be defined by stereotypes, in this intimate portrait of a family wading against time and legacy, yet always choosing the fight.
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There Is a Rio Grande in Heaven : Stories
by Jr. Reyes, Ruben
A debut story collection about Central American identity spans past, present and future worlds to reveal what happens when your life is no longer your own.
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The great divide : a novel
by Cristina Henrâiquez
An epic novel about the construction of the Panama Canal casts light on the unsung people who lived, loved and labored there. Simultaneous large print.
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Why didn't you tell me? : a memoir
by Carmen Rita Wong
When her immigrant mother's long-held secrets are revealed, bring clarity to so much of her life, the author, after her mother passes away, searches to understand who she really is, in this story of race and culture in America and how they shape who we think we are. Illustrations.
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The SalviSoul cookbook : Salvadoran recipes & the women who preserve them
by Karla Tatiana Vasquez
A food historian and Salvadoran, through this collection of 80 recipes, shares the stories of the women in her life who reveal shared experiences of what it was like in El Salvador before the war, and what life was like as Salvadoran women surviving in their new home in the U.S. Illustrations.
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Wild tongues can't be tamed : 15 voices from the Latinx diaspora
by Saraciea J. Fennell
Sparking dialogue and hope, 15 original stories by best-selling and award-winning authors as well as up-and-coming voices question the different myths and stereotypes about the Latinx diaspora. 75,000 first printing. Simultaneous eBook. Illustrations.
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Craft : stories I wrote for the devil
by Ananda Lima
A collection of short stories as told by a Brazilian-American writer who slept with the devil at a Halloween party in 1999 and who spends the rest of her life describing to him beautiful and impossible things. 75,000 first printing.
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