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Series
Publisher
University of Pittsburgh Press
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Description
"Internationally renowned essayist and cultural commentator Ilan Stavans spent five years traveling across a dozen countries in Latin America, in search of what defines the Jewish communities in the region, whose roots date back to Christopher Columbus's arrival. In the tradition of V.S. Naipaul's exploration of India, the Caribbean, and the Arab world, he came back with an extraordinarily vivid travelogue. Stavans talks to families of the desaparecidos...
Series
McSweeney's volume 46
Publisher
McSweeney's Quarterly Concern
Pub. Date
c2014
Language
English
Description
In thirteen electrifying stories, our very first all-Latin-American issue takes on the crime story as a starting point, and expands to explore contemporary life from every angle --swinging from secret Venezuelan prisons to Uruguayan resorts to blood-drenched bedrooms in Mexico and Peru, and even, briefly, to Epcot Center and the Havana home of a Cuban transsexual named Amy Winehouse. Featuring contemporary writers from ten different countries (including...
Publisher
PBS Distribution
Pub. Date
c2009
Language
English
Description
Highlights the great American music created by Latinos, and celebrates the Latin rhythms at the heart of jazz, rock, country, and rhythm and blues. Reaches across five decades to portray the rich mix of sounds created by Latinos and embraced by all.
Publisher
[Publisher not identified]
Pub. Date
[2013?]
Language
English
Description
Salsa the body slim with Denise Austin's sizzling Latin dance workout designed to torch calories, define waist and sculpt lean, sexy muscle from head to toe. This exhilarating, thirty-minute dance party includes four mini-routines that are easy to follow so that the focus is on the fat-burning fun instead of the fancy footwork.
Author
Publisher
Vintage Books, a division of Penguin Random House LLC
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
A behind the scenes look at some of the biggest Latin hits of the past fifty years with the stories behind the songs told in detail by the artists, executives, producers, and players who created them.
Publisher
Pantelion
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
Description
Maximo gets the surprise of his life when his wealthy, 80 year old wife dumps him for a younger car salesman. Forced out of his mansion, he must now move in with his estranged sister Sara and her nerdy but adorable son Hugo. Anxious to return to the lap of luxury, Maximo hatches a scheme to seduce a widowed billionaire and live the high life once again.
Publisher
Beacon Press
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
Description
"Women Writing Resistance: Essays on Latin America and the Caribbean" gathers the voices of sixteen acclaimed writer-activists for a one-of-a-kind collection. Through poetry and essays, writers from the Anglophone, Hispanic, and Francophone Caribbean, including Puertorriqueñas and Cubanas, grapple with their hybrid American political identities. Gloria Anzaldúa, the founder of Chicana queer theory; Rigoberta Menchú, the first Indigenous person...
Publisher
Questar, Inc
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Description
Muzzy is the number one language-learning program for children developed by the British Broadcasting Corporation. Children begin their journey to bilingualism by watching a video story about Muzzy, a lovable extraterrestrial who flies around the universe and makes new friends in the Kingdom of Gondoland. Six video stories and three vocabulary builders for Spanish.
Author
Publisher
Melville House
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
The past decade has seen major political upheaval in Latin America, but to understand what happened, ask first where your quinoa and lithium batteries came from. Recounting the story commodity by commodity, Andy Robinson reveals how a new generation of valuable resources - like coltan for smartphones, lithium for electric cars, and niobium for SpaceX rockets - have become important players in the fate of Latin America. Print run 35,000.
19) GQ Latin America
Series
Publisher
Conde Nast de Mexico SA de CV
Language
Español
Description
GQ Latinoamérica, la autoridad periodística en moda masculina. Con los mejores temas que conforman un estilo de vida atractivo e inteligente para el hombre contemporáneo: grandes reportajes, autos, relojes, cosmética, entre otros. 11 ejemplares al año.
Publisher
The Secret Mountain
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
Español
Description
"An extraordinary collection featuring 19 traditional nursery rhymes and lullabies in Spanish originating from Latin America that have withstood the test of time. Warm, colourful illustrations with earth-toned backgrounds provide the setting for this endearing repertoire of family-friendly songs from 17 different countries. Solid musicianship supporting lively vocal performances transport the young listener into a playful, fanciful world inhabited...
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