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Vincent Ventura and the Curse of the Donkey Lady / Vincent Ventura y la maldición de la Mujer Burro

Author : Xavier Garza
Publisher : Arte Público Press
ISBN 13 : 1518508111
Total Pages : 177 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (185 download)

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Download or read book Vincent Ventura and the Curse of the Donkey Lady / Vincent Ventura y la maldición de la Mujer Burro written by Xavier Garza and published by Arte Público Press. This book was released on with total page 177 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Vincent and his dad are on a bus in Mexico, headed to his late mom’s village of Nagual, when he hears a loud animal roar! Oddly, no one else seems to have heard it. Looking out the window, he is surprised to see a girl running alongside the bus; he’s even more amazed when she turns into a jaguar! And then he sees a sinister sight: a woman with a cadaverous-looking donkey’s head whose glowing red eyes burn as if on fire! Even in a different country, there’s another monster mystery to solve. The boy monster fighter has never met his mother’s side of the family, but he knows his maternal grandfather Federico blames his dad for taking Luz away. Despite the tension, Vincent is excited to meet his granddad, Aunt Marina and cousins Pedro and Lupe, who looks suspiciously like the girl he saw running beside the bus! Vincent soon learns that Lupe, like many others in the village, is a nagual, someone born with the magical ability to transform into an animal. His cousins tell him the Donkey Lady hasn’t been seen in years, so why has she come back now? They are also alarmed when Vincent tells them that his girlfriend Zulema, a witch owl, is coming to visit. Their grandfather hates witch owls! All too soon, this sixth novel in Garza’s bilingual Monster Fighter Mystery series culminates in a convergence of supernatural beings—witch owls, the demonic Donkey Lady, curanderos and naguals—all fighting in a life-or-death battle!

Creepy Creatures and Other Cucuys

Author : Xavier Garza
Publisher : Arte Publico Press
ISBN 13 : 9781558856479
Total Pages : 84 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (564 download)

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Download or read book Creepy Creatures and Other Cucuys written by Xavier Garza and published by Arte Publico Press. This book was released on 2004-05-31 with total page 84 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Presents the author's retellings of fifteen traditional tales heard during his childhood in southern Texas.

Zulema and the Witch Owl / Zulema y la bruja lechuza

Author : Xavier Garza
Publisher : Arte Publico Press
ISBN 13 : 1558855157
Total Pages : 35 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (588 download)

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Download or read book Zulema and the Witch Owl / Zulema y la bruja lechuza written by Xavier Garza and published by Arte Publico Press. This book was released on 2009 with total page 35 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Nine-year-old Zulema, the meanest girl in school, decides to change her wicked ways after receiving a visit from the witch owl.

The Art of Acting

Author :
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 32 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (18 download)

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Ling 1995

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Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780642432728
Total Pages : 46 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (327 download)

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Download or read book Ling 1995 written by and published by . This book was released on 2000-01-01 with total page 46 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Catwoman

Author : DC Comics, Inc
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781401202132
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (21 download)

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Download or read book Catwoman written by DC Comics, Inc and published by . This book was released on 2004 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Catwoman: Nine Lives of A Feline Fatale is a thrilling celebration of one of the most popular female icons of all time. Since her inception in 1940, Catwoman has evolved from a simple cat burglar into a complex character who has played the role of both villain and heroine. An entertaining volume that spans the entire career of Batman's most alluring nemesis, this book reprints nine of Catwoman's most significant adventures, including her first felonious appearance as well as her most memorable battle with the Dark Knight.

Chola Salvation

Author : Estella Gonzalez
Publisher : Arte Publico Press
ISBN 13 : 1518506453
Total Pages : 206 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (185 download)

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Download or read book Chola Salvation written by Estella Gonzalez and published by Arte Publico Press. This book was released on 2021-04-30 with total page 206 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the title story of this collection, Isabela is minding her family’s restaurant, drinking her dad’s beer, when Frida Kahlo and the Virgen de Guadalupe walk in. Even though they’re dressed like cholas, the girl immediately recognizes Frida’s uni-brow and La Virgen’s crown. They want to give her advice about the quinceanera her parents are forcing on her. In fact, their lecture (don’t get pregnant, go to school, be proud of your indigenous roots) helps Isabela to escape her parents’ physical and sexual abuse. But can she really run away from the self-hatred they’ve created? These inter-related stories, mostly set in East Los Angeles, uncover the lives of a conflicted Mexican-American community. In “Sabado Gigante,” Bernardo drinks himself into a stupor every Saturday night. “Aqui no es mi tierra,” he cries, as he tries to ease the sorrow of a life lived far from home. Meanwhile, his son Gustavo struggles with his emerging gay identity and Maritza, the oldest daughter, is expected to cook and clean for her brother, even though they live in East LA, not Guadalajara or Chihuahua. In “Powder Puff,” Mireya spends hours every day applying her make-up, making sure to rub the foundation all the way down her neck so it looks like her natural color. But no matter how much she rubs and rubs, her skin is no lighter. Estella Gonzalez vividly captures her native East LA in these affecting stories about a marginalized people dealing with racism, machismo and poverty. In painful and sometimes humorous scenes, young people try to escape the traditional expectations of their family. Other characters struggle with anger and resentment, often finding innovative ways to exact revenge for slights both real and imagined. Throughout, music—traditional and contemporary—accompanies them in the search for love and acceptance.

Bilingual Games

Author : D. Sommer
Publisher : Springer
ISBN 13 : 1403982708
Total Pages : 317 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (39 download)

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Download or read book Bilingual Games written by D. Sommer and published by Springer. This book was released on 2003-11-21 with total page 317 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: These essays bring home the most challenging observations of postmodernism-multiple identities, the fragility of meaning, the risks of communication. Sommer asserts that many people normally live-that is, think, feel, create, reason, persuade, laugh-in more than one language. She claims that traditional scholarship (aesthetics; language and philosophy; psychoanalysis, and politics) cannot see or hear more than one language at a time. The goal of these essays is to create a new field: bilingual arts & aesthetics which examine the aesthetic product produced by bilingual diasporic communities. The focus of this volume is the Americas, but examples and theoretical proposals come from Europe as well. In both areas, the issue offers another level of complexity to the migrant and cosmopolitan character of local societies in a global economy.

To Live and Die in El Valle

Author : Oscar Mancinas
Publisher : Arte Publico Press
ISBN 13 : 9781518506062
Total Pages : 160 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (6 download)

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Download or read book To Live and Die in El Valle written by Oscar Mancinas and published by Arte Publico Press. This book was released on 2020 with total page 160 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This haunting collection of eleven stories grounded in Arizona reveals the varied lives of Mexican and Mexican-American protagonists.

Angels in the Wind

Author : Manuel Ramos
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781558859203
Total Pages : 200 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (592 download)

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Download or read book Angels in the Wind written by Manuel Ramos and published by . This book was released on 2021-04-30 with total page 200 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Felon-turned-PI Gus Corral returns in another fast-paced mystery as he searches for a young runaway and finds more than he bargained for when human traffickers try to put an end to his case.

We Were Always Here

Author : Ricardo Chavira
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781558859135
Total Pages : 336 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (591 download)

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Download or read book We Were Always Here written by Ricardo Chavira and published by . This book was released on 2021-04-30 with total page 336 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Journalist Ricardo Chavira writes about the challenges growing up as part of a marginalized community and his work in the most elite US newsrooms while covering the Southwest, Mexico and Central America during civil wars and massive migrations.

The Displaced

Author : Rodrigo Ribera d'Ebre
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781518506994
Total Pages : pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (69 download)

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Download or read book The Displaced written by Rodrigo Ribera d'Ebre and published by . This book was released on 2022 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Mikey and Lurch are worlds apart, even if they're from the same Mexican neighborhood in West Los Angeles. Mikey just graduated from UCLA and is determined to get out. Lurch, the leader of the Culver City gang, loves the hood-its projects, beat-up apartments and crackheads-more than his own life. They hook up with a doctor, who is from the same area. He put himself through medical school selling dope and now is back, running a clinic across from the Mar Vista Gardens housing project. All three notice changes. Suddenly there are outsiders everywhere: white people with beards, wearing V-neck sweaters and plaid shirts, running in jogging outfits or riding bikes with helmets, oblivious to the gangbangers. They're artists, students, developers and entrepreneurs; a plague, pushing people out of their homes. Old people on fixed incomes start getting evicted or foreclosed on and the residents of the projects are being relocated, but some of the locals aren't going to sit by without a fight. Soon they are fortifying the housing projects and stockpiling assault weapons! This intriguing novel follows a group of people who are determined to save their homes and neighborhood from gentrification, even if it means turning to violence. Exploring an issue relevant to all major urban cities in the United States, Rodrigo Ribera d'Ebre's exciting novel shines a light on the impact of rising land and home values that pits a more privileged populace against those who have lived in the area for generations"--

The Translingual Imagination

Author : Steven G. Kellman
Publisher : U of Nebraska Press
ISBN 13 : 9780803227453
Total Pages : 180 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (274 download)

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Download or read book The Translingual Imagination written by Steven G. Kellman and published by U of Nebraska Press. This book was released on 2000-01-01 with total page 180 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: It is difficult to write well even in one language. Yet a rich body of translingual literature -- by authors who write in more than one language or in a language other than their primary one -- exists. The Translingual Imagination is a pioneering study of the phenomenon, which is as ancient as the use of Arabic, Latin, Mandarin, Persian, and Sanskrit as linguae francae. Colonialism, war, mobility, and the aesthetics of alienation have combined to create a modern translingual canon. Opening with an overview of this vast subject, Steven G. Kellman then looks at the differences between ambilinguals -- those who write authoritatively in more than one language -- and monolingual translinguals -- those who write in only one language but not their native one. Kellman offers compelling analyses of the translingual situations of African and Jewish authors and of achievements by authors as varied as Mary Antin, Samuel Beckett, Louis Begley, J. M. Coetzee, Joseph Conrad, Eva Hoffman, Vladimir Nabokov, and John Sayles. While separate studies of individual translingual authors have long been available, this is the first in-depth study of the general phenomenon of translingual literature.

The Ultimate Havana

Author : John Lantigua
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781518507052
Total Pages : pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (7 download)

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Download or read book The Ultimate Havana written by John Lantigua and published by . This book was released on 2022 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Willie Cuesta, former Miami Police detective turned private investigator, is struggling to pay the bills when he receives a call from an old family friend. Cesar Mendoza is the blind, elderly owner of Tabacos El Ciego, a cigar store in Little Havana. Cesar is worried about Victoria Espada, a friend from the old days in Cuba. As a young woman, she was so beautiful that cigar makers competed to put her image on their boxes. She came from a long line of tobacco growers and married a man from an old, respected clan of cigar makers. The couple, who represented one of the great cigar dynasties of all time, fled the island after the revolution, but things didn't go well. Ernesto Espada ultimately committed suicide, leaving his widow with two young children to raise. Now, her son, a less-than-successful cigar salesman, has gone missing, and the detective is tasked with finding him. Willie's search introduces him to the burgeoning cigar industry. Aficionados want real Cuban cigars, which aren't available in the United States because of the embargo, so smuggling is a lucrative business. The case becomes even more intriguing when Willie picks up a cigar that turns out to be a counterfeit El Embajador, or The Ambassador. The real ones were made in Cuba for Castro and his diplomats to hand out to political leaders around the world, and they're known to be the best in the world-the ultimate Havana. When dead bodies begin to pile up and men with guns turn up at Willie's home to warn him off the case, he suspects he's in the crosshairs of rival gangs. Set against the backdrop of the botánicas and cigar shops of the Cuban ex-pat community in Little Havana and the glittering mansions and speedboats of the ultra-wealthy, the investigation ultimately takes Willie to the Dominican Republic, where he finds the missing man-and way more than he bargained for! JOHN LANTIGUA is an award-winning journalist and novelist. His novels include Remember My Face (Arte Público Press, 2020), On Hallowed Ground (Arte Público, 2011), The Lady from Buenos Aires (Arte Público Press, 2007), Player's Vendetta (Signet, 1999), Twister (Simon and Schuster, 1992) and Burn Season (Putnam, 1989). His first novel, Heat Lightning (Putnam, 1987), was a finalist for the Edgar Awards Best First Novel. He is the recipient of numerous awards for his journalistic writings, including two Robert F. Kennedy Journalism Awards (2004, 2006) and the Pulitzer Prize for Investigative Reporting (1999). He lives and works in South Florida"--

Dear Rafe / Mi querido Rafa

Author : Rolando Hinojosa
Publisher : Arte Publico Press
ISBN 13 : 9781611921106
Total Pages : 276 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (211 download)

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Download or read book Dear Rafe / Mi querido Rafa written by Rolando Hinojosa and published by Arte Publico Press. This book was released on 2005-06-30 with total page 276 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Welcome to Klail City, in Belken County, along the Mexico border in Texas' Rio Grande Valley. In the weeks leading up to the Democratic primary, Jehu Malacara chronicles the political rabble-rousing of Klail City's wealthiest citizens in letters to his cousin Rafe Buenrostro. Led by Arnold "Noddy" Perkins, the who's who of Belken County create a complex web of relationships. Wrangling bank loans, club memberships, and local politics, Perkins dominates the political and economic landscape of the community. When Malacara turns up missing, and the writer, P. Galindo, begins interviewing the citizens, tales of deceit and betrayal float to the surface. From Jehu's knockout girlfriend Ollie to up-and-coming socialite Becky Escobar and even to old man Perkins himself, Hinojosa offers a feast of quirky characters and misdeeds. Part epistolary, part mystery novel, the population of Klail City makes an indelible impression. With an introduction by Hinojosa scholar Manuel Martín-Rodríguez, a professor at University of California Merced, this volume combines for the first time the English and Spanish-language versions of the novel that creates a fictitious community that The New York Times compared to William Faulkner's Yoknapatawpha and Gabriel García Márquez's Macondo.

Serving in Silence

Author : Margarethe Cammermeyer
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781420844009
Total Pages : 384 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (44 download)

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Download or read book Serving in Silence written by Margarethe Cammermeyer and published by . This book was released on 2005-07 with total page 384 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Most business owners go into business for themselves to increase their personal wealth, build an asset that they can either pass on to heirs or sell, and for greater flexibility or an enhanced quality of life. To do this, every business will eventually need employees. And this is the biggest hurdle a small business owner will face in growing the business. Common difficulties include finding a good fit for the growing enterprise; matching skill level with affordability; employee "management by abdication" issues; and the nightmare of compliance with regard to tax payment and reporting requirements. This book will provide a step-by-step guide to finding and keeping the right people. It provides suggestions on structuring the job, advertising and interviewing, creating job descriptions, and reviewing and rewarding team members. This book can help transition a one-man shop into a professional organization that will eventually be able to survive without the owner working at every task, thus building true business value.

Zoo Station

Author : Christiane F.
Publisher : Zest Books ™
ISBN 13 : 1541582187
Total Pages : 408 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (415 download)

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Download or read book Zoo Station written by Christiane F. and published by Zest Books ™. This book was released on 2019-08-01 with total page 408 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This incredible autobiography of Christiane F. provides a vivid portrait of teen friendship, drug abuse, and alienation in and around Berlin's notorious Zoo Station. Christiane's rapid descent into heroin abuse and prostitution is shocking, but the boredom, longing for acceptance, thrilling risks, and even her musical obsessions are familiar to everyone. Previously published in Germany and the US to critical acclaim, Zest's new translation includes original photographs of Christiane and her friends.