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La primera latina en la Corte Suprema de los Estados Unidos, Sonia Sotomayor recuerda la influencia formativa de los libros…
en su vida. Ella explora cómo su amor por la literatura le proporcionó la inspiración para realizar sus sueños. Para grados 2-4
After being stationed at the remote crossroads of a drug route and a smuggling corridor, the Mexican-American author abandons the…
Border Patrol for civilian life. Then a friend of Cantú travels back to Mexico to visit his dying mother and doesn't return. Violence and strong language. Spanish language. 2018
Describe las circunstancias y el impacto del asesinato del célebre poeta y dramaturgo español Federico García Lorca por las fuerzas…
nacionalistas en 1936. Edición original publicada en 1971; revisado con nuevo prólogo por el autor. Traducido del inglés. Violencia y lenguaje injurioso
El juicio del hombre más buscado por la policía estadounidense: Joaquín "El Chapo" Guzmán. Un repaso de sus actividades en…
el narcotráfico, sus venganzas, y los nexos con políticos y delincuentes en Mexico. Violencia y lenguaje injurioso
A concise guide by an attorney and a journalist that clearly explains various topics related to legal immigration to the…
United States--including citizenship, residency, and the responsibilities and rights of immigrants. Spanish language. 2017
An intimate portrait of the Columbian drug lord Pablo Escobar Gaviria (1949-1993), written by his son, revealing the side that…
his father presented to his family, while exploring the violence that he engendered in his country and the world. Violence, strong language, and descriptions of sex. Spanish language. 2014
Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist explores the 2008 murder of thirty-year-old Ecuadorian immigrant Marcelo Lucero in Patchogue, New York. Killed by a…
group of teenagers, Lucero became a symbol of a broken immigration system, intolerance, and bigotry focused on foreigners in the United States. Violence and strong language. Spanish language. 2014
Biography of notorious Mexican drug trafficker and fugitive who heads the Sinaloa Cartel, named by Forbes Magazine one of the…
most powerful people in the world. Violence and strong language. Spanish language. 2015
Memoir of United States Supreme Court justice Sonia Sotomayor (born 1954). Recalls growing up with her Puerto Rican family in…
the Bronx and being diagnosed with juvenile diabetes. Discusses her family life, education at Princeton and Yale, and becoming a district court judge in 1992. Spanish language. 2013
Biografía del notorio narcotraficante colombiano Pablo Escobar Gaviria, cuyo gran imperio criminal lo convirtió en uno de los más ricos,…
y más temidos, hombres en el mundo. Narra su encarcelamiento y escape de La Catedral, su lujosa prisión privada, y su muerte en 1993 en los tejados de Medellín. Violencia y lenguaje injurioso
Letters sent to attorney and famed Latin American television judge Ana María Polo that were deemed too explicit or controversial…
to air on her show "Caso Cerrado." Includes Polo's advice on relationship and legal issues. Violence, strong language, and descriptions of sex. Spanish language. 2010
Mexican journalist, with the help of an anonymous insider, probes the Stanford Financial Group, which the Securities and Exchange Commission…
in 2009 accused of orchestrating a massive Ponzi scheme that misappropriated billions of dollars from investors worldwide. Some strong language. Spanish language. 2009
Dedé Mirabal cuenta la historia de sus tres hermanas, Patria, Minerva, y María Teresa, conocidas como "Las Mariposas" cuya oposición…
al gobierno de Trujillo en Santo Domingo les costó la vida en 1960. Un retrato íntimo de hermanas comprometidas políticamente cuya muerte dio lugar a dramáticos cambios políticos y las convirtieron en heroínas nacionales
Las verdaderas historias de las esposas y novias de seis narcotraficantes, ocultas detrás de seudónimos. Examina la transformación de sencillas…
jóvenes en mujeres unidos a criminales violentos. La base de un popular programa de televisión en Colombia Las Muñecas de la Mafia. Lenguaje injurioso y descripciones de violenca y de índole sexual
Autobiographical account of Rojas's six years held captive by FARC rebels in Colombia's jungles. Describes her kidnapping with Ingrid Betancourt,…
the despair and anxiety of life on the run, relationships with other prisoners, her faith, and giving birth to her son while a hostage. Some violence. Spanish language. 2009
A Univisión reporter investigates the series of atrocities committed against women during twelve years in Juárez, Mexico. Rodríguez denounces the…
crimes as a national disgrace, attributing the brutality to drug trafficking, corruption, and a culture of satanic violence ruling the city. Violence. Spanish language. 2007
Explains how laws are made in the United States, the difference between federal and state laws, the difference between civil…
and criminal law, how the judicial system works, how contracts are made, and how the legal system affects all areas of daily life. Spanish language. 2006
Explains what a child-support order is and discusses measures that can be taken to collect child support. Includes information on…
how to establish paternity, calculate payments, maintain or change child-support orders, and deal with enforcement agencies. Spanish language. 2007
Dos abogados de inmigración enseñan las maneras de obtener visas para entrar en Estados Unidos. Describen visas de inmigrante y…
no inmigrante, visas para visitantes, visas de estudiante, visas de trabajo, y visas por vínculos familiares. También presenta información sobre formularios de visas y dónde conseguirlos
El periodista Ramos informe sobre la trágica muerte de ilegales que en 2003 intentaron viajar en camión a Houston, Texas.…
Describe cómo los traficantes de ilegales dejaron morir de asfixia y calor insoportable a diecinueve de los sesenta y tres personas que se escondían en la parte atrás del camión. A través de entrevistas con sobrevientes y análisis del juicio, Ramos relata porque se murieron tantas personas, incluso un niño, que solo buscaban una vida mejor