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• Bochica

  Flórez-Cerchiaro, Carolina,

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  In 1923 Soacha, Colombia, La Casona -- an opulent mansion perched above the legendary Salto del Tequendama waterfall -- was once home to Antonia and her family, who settle in despite their constant nightmares and the house's malevolent spirit. But…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Alligator Tears

  a Memoir in Essays

  Gomez, Edgar (Writer),

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  A darkly comic memoir-in-essays about the scam of the American Dream, healing through community, and doing whatever it takes to survive in the Sunshine State-from the award-winning author of "High-Risk Homosexual."

• The Bewitching

  Moreno-Garcia, Silvia,

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  "Back then, when I was a young woman, there were still witches." That was how Nana Alba always began the stories she told her great-granddaughter Minerva -- stories that have stayed with Minerva all her life. Perhaps that's why Minerva has become a…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Salsa Daddy

  Dip Your Way Into Mexican Cooking

  Martínez, Rick (Chef),

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  From the author of "Mi Cocina" comes a comprehensive (and unbelievably delicous) cookbook that focuses on one of the main pillars of Mexican cuisine: salsas. Featuring 75 salsas and 25 full meal recipes, this cookbook will have you whipping up…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Death Takes Me

  Rivera Garza, Cristina, 1964-

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  A city is always a cemetery. When a professor named Cristina Rivera Garza stumbles upon the corpse of a man in a dark alley, she finds a stark warning scrawled on the brick wall beside the body, written in coral nail polish: "Beware of me, my love /…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Comida Casera

  More Than 100 Vegan Recipes, From Traditional to Modern Mexican Dishes

  Ramírez, Dora (Writer on cooking),

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  Dora Stone keenly felt that, when she decided to go vegan for health reasons, giving up animal products means giving up your favorite family and cultural foods. But once she started reinventing her favorite recipes, she realized that plant-based…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• How We Named the Stars

  a Novel

  Ordorica, Andrés N. (Andrés Nicolás),

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  When Daniel de La Luna arrives as a scholarship student at an elite East Coast university, he bears the weight of his family's hopes and dreams, and the burden of sharing his late uncle's name. Daniel flounders at first-but then Sam, his roommate,…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The Great Divide

  a Novel

  Henríquez, Cristina, 1977-

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  It is said that the canal will be the greatest feat of engineering in history. But first, it must be built. For Francisco, a local fisherman who resents the foreign powers clamoring for a slice of his country, nothing is more upsetting than the…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The Bullet Swallower

  a Novel

  Gonzalez James, Elizabeth, 1982-

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  In 1964, when Jaime Sonoro, Mexico's most renowned actor and singer, discovers a book telling of the multitude of horrific crimes committed by his ancestors, he must pay for their crimes unless he can uncover the truth about his grandfather, the…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• My Side of the River

  a Memoir

  Gutierrez, Elizabeth Camarillo,

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  Elizabeth Camarillo Gutierrez reveals her experience as the U.S. born daughter of immigrants and what happened when, at fifteen, her parents were forced back to Mexico in this galvanizing yet tender memoir.