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  • Unpardonable Crimes: the Legacy of Fidel Castro

    Untold Tales of the Cuban Revolution

    by Celestino Heres ...
    Unpardonable Crimes: The Legacy of Fidel Castro presents a series of stories that, although written as fiction, are based on real events told author Celestino Heres by his family and friends. Everyone has a story to tell, and oftentimes there is a story behind a story. Many of the events that actually occurred in Cuba prior to, during, and after the Revolution might never have been made public; ... Read more

    $11.19 CAD

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  • Boricuas: Influential Puerto Rican Writings - An Anthology

    Edited by Roberto Santiago ...
    MANY CULTURES * ONE WORLD"Boricua is what Puerto Ricans call one another as a term of endearment, respect, and cultural affirmation; it is a timeless declaration that transcends gender and color. Boricua is a powerful word that tells the origin and history of the Puerto Rican people."--From the IntroductionFrom the sun-drenched beaches of a beautiful, flamboyan-covered island to the cool, hard ... Read more

    $6.99 CAD

  • Violence Girl

    East L.A. Rage to Hollywood Stage, a Chicana Punk Story

    by Alice Bag ...
    East L.A. punk pioneer Alice Bag tells the raw, feminist memoir of survival, music, and the birth of West Coast punk. Violence Girl is the memoir of Alicia Armendariz—better known as Alice Bag—frontwoman of The Bags and one of the earliest voices of the Los Angeles punk scene. Raised in East L.A. by Mexican-born parents and shaped by a turbulent, often violent home life, Armendariz crossed ... Read more

    $18.39 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • More Than Two to Tango

    Argentine Tango Immigrants in New York City

    by Anahí Viladrich ...
    The world of Argentine tango presents a glamorous façade of music and movement. Yet the immigrant artists whose livelihoods depend on the US tango industry receive little attention beyond their enigmatic public personas. More Than Two to Tango offers a detailed portrait of Argentine immigrants for whom tango is both an art form and a means of survival.Based on a highly visible group of performers ... Read more

    $31.89 CAD

  • An Organizer's Tale

    Speeches

    by Cesar Chavez ...
    The first major collection of writings by civil rights leader Cesar ChavezOne of the most important civil rights leaders in American history, Cesar Chavez was a firm believer in the principles of nonviolence, and he effectively employed peaceful tactics to further his cause. Through his efforts, he helped achieve dignity, fair wages, benefits, and humane working conditions for hundreds of ... Read more

    $9.99 CAD

  • Migrating Faith

    Pentecostalism in the United States and Mexico in the Twentieth Century

    by Daniel Ramírez ...
    Daniel Ramírez’s history of twentieth-century Pentecostalism in the U.S.-Mexico borderlands begins in Los Angeles in 1906 with the eruption of the Azusa Street Revival. The Pentecostal phenomenon — characterized by ecstatic spiritual practices that included speaking in tongues, perceptions of miracles, interracial mingling, and new popular musical worship traditions from both sides of the border — ... Read more

    $20.79 CAD

  • Ebbs and Flows of Medieval Empires, Ad 900–1400

    A Short History of Medieval Religion, War, Prosperity, and Debt

    by Will Slatyer ...
    Ebbs and Flows of Medieval Empires, AD 9001400 provides a flow of history throughout the medieval world from 900 to 1400 AD, describing the ebbs and flows of empires as the western world recovered from the dark ages. As a point of reference, author Will Slatyer presents the empires in Asia in the same timeframes as European empires, illustrating patterns of similarity among these empires. War ... Read more

    $5.39 CAD

  • An Other's Mind

    by Luis Quiros ...
    An Others Mind is a landmark and brilliant piece of research on Social Policy and its relationship with covert and overt institutional racism. Professor Quiros addresses everyday racism in corporate America, not-for-profit agencies and academic settings. It is written with a combination of depth and clarity of the haves and have nots. He gives clear examples of discrimination, oppression and ... Read more

    $13.59 CAD

  • Creating Ourselves

    African Americans and Hispanic Americans on Popular Culture and Religious Expression

    by Mayra Rivera, Traci C. West ...
    Creating Ourselves is a unique effort to lay the cultural and theological groundwork for cross-cultural collaboration between the African and Latino/a American communities. In the introduction, the editors contend that given overlapping histories and interests of the two communities, they should work together to challenge social injustices. Acknowledging that dialogue is a necessary precursor to ... Read more

    $43.99 CAD

  • Border of Death, Valley of Life

    An Immigrant Journey of Heart and Spirit

    by Daniel G. Groody, Gustavo Guteirrez ...
    Series series Celebrating Faith: Explorations in Latino Spirituality and Theology
    This book is a powerful first-hand account of religious ministry reaching out to heal the lives of desperate people who come to the United States, often illegally, seeking a better life. ... Read more

    $42.19 CAD

  • The Texas Revolution: Tejano Heroes

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    by Roy F. Sullivan ...
    Most Americans are aware that Texas gained its independence from Santa Annas Mexico in the 1840s. Mention of the Alamo evokes the familiar names of heroes like Davy Crockett, Jim Bowie and William Travis. All too often another group of heroes, heroines and patriots who fought and died for the independence of Texas is overlooked. The sacrifices, bravery and valor of that group--the Tejanos, Texans ... Read more

    $5.39 CAD

  • Listening to Rosita

    The Business of Tejana Music and Culture, 1930–1955

    by Dr. Mary Ann Villarreal ...
    Series series Race and Culture in the American West Series
    Everybody in the bar had to drop a quarter in the jukebox or be shamed by “Momo” Villarreal. It wasn’t about the money, Mary Ann Villarreal’s grandmother insisted. It was about the music—more songs for all the patrons of the Pecan Lounge in Tivoli, Texas. But for Mary Ann, whose schoolbooks those quarters bought, the money didn’t hurt.When as an adult Villarreal began to wonder how the few ... Read more

    $27.49 CAD