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Roosevelt, el leon y el zorro
Par James MacGregor Burns. 1973
Biography of Franklin Delano Roosevelt, thirty-second President of the United States. Offers some insights into the personality of this enigmatic…
man and analyzes his successes and failures as president. Although an aristocrat, he became the idol of the poor and led the nation through the Great Depression and the Second World War. Spanish languageSenderos
Par Liv Ullmann. 1978
World-famous international actress exposes her thoughts about life, love, and work. Her frank account includes a sensitive portrait of the…
Swedish film director Ingmar Bergman, who fathered her child. Spanish languageLas mujeres Kennedy
Par Pearl S Buck. 1972
The author presents a subjective portrait of the women who were born Kennedys or married Kennedy men. She stresses the…
tragedies that have befallen them and focuses on the relationships between the wives and husbands, and the roles the women have played in the careers of the men. Spanish languageVida del muy magnifico senor don Cristobal Colon
Par Salvador De Madariaga. 1979
A revealing biography of the life and times of Christopher Columbus, based on his personal correspondence and related historical documents.…
Depicts a passionate and enigmatic man driven by a sense of destiny; a man who achieves the highest honors through his extraordinary discoveries, only to fall into disfavor during his final years. Spanish languageFernando!
Par Mike Littwin. 1981
The story of Fernando Valenzuela, the twenty-year-old from Mexico whose phenomenal success as a rookie pitcher for the Los Angeles…
Dodgers during the 1981 season made headlines and packed crowds into stadiums all over the country. In English and Spanish languageCuentos de buenas noches para niñas rebeldes 2
Par Francesca Cavallo. 2018
Second volume continues to inspire girls of the world to dream bigger, aim higher, and fight harder. One hundred new…
biographies are transformed into short fairy tales featuring extraordinary women such as Agatha Christie, Beyoncé, Mata Hari, and others. For grades K-3 and older readers. Spanish language. 2017Mentalidad mamba: los secretos de mi éxito
Par Kobe Bryant. 2019
The former basketball star, who retired in 2016 after playing for the Los Angeles Lakers for twenty years, discusses his…
career. He shares details of his workout schedules, mental preparations, and technical descriptions of how he approached the game. Spanish language. 2018Cómo ser antirracista
Par Ibram X Kendi. 2020
Award-winning author theorizes what an antiracist society might look like and how individuals can play a role in building it.…
Discusses the roles of ethics, history, law, and science in racial justice. Some strong language. Spanish language. 2019Es mi turno: un viaje en busca de mi voz y mis raíces (Atria Espanol)
Par Ilia Calderón. 2020
Emmy-winning journalist shares her story, from growing up in the primarily Afro-Latino region of Chocó in Colombia, to rising to…
prominence in the U. S. Hispanic television world, first at Telemundo and later at Univision, where she is the first Afro-Latina to co-anchor an evening news broadcast. Some violence and some strong language. Spanish language. 202050 palos... y sigo soñando
Par Pau Donés. 2017
Autobiography of the lead singer of Spanish rock band Jarabe de Palo, who died of cancer in 2020. He shares…
both positive and negative memories from his life and musical career, along with song lyrics he wrote during those times. Photos included. Strong language and descriptions of sex. Spanish language. 2017Nuestra América: 30 latinas/latinos inspiradores que han forjado la historia de los Estados Unidos
Par Sabrina Vourvoulias, Gloria Félix. 2020
Highlights the stories of thirty Latinas and Latinos throughout history and their contributions to the cultural, social, and political character…
of the United States. Includes profiles of influential people such as author Sandra Cisneros, actor/director Lin-Manuel Miranda, and Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor. For grades 4-7 and older readers. Spanish language. 2019El secreto de Selena: la reveladora historia detras de su tragica muerte
Par María Celeste Arrarás. 1997
Written by a popular Spanish-language TV personality who is also an acknowledged expert on Selena, this book reveals new details…
about the life and death of the Tejano superstar and includes an exclusive interview with Yolanda Saldivar, the convicted killer. Spanish language. ViolenceEl año que viene estamos en Cuba
Par Gustavo Pérez Firmat. 1997
Exiled to the United States from his native Cuba at age eleven, Perez Firmat fled the communist regime with his…
family. All of the members of the family believed that Castro would fall in a few weeks and they would return to their peaceful life in their own country. This memoir chronicles a thirty-year search for a way to meld two traditions, two cultures, and two languages into a single identity. As the author explains, families in Miami's Little Havana never gave up the hope that their customary New Year's toast would come true, "Next year we will be in Cuba." Spanish languageYo soy la hija de mi padre: una vida sin secretos
Par Liz Balmaseda, Rosario Camacho-Koppel, Maria Elena Salinas, María Elena Salinas, Maria E. Salinas. 2006
Maria Elena Salinas cuenta la increible historia de su exitosa carrera y la de su lucha por descubrir y aceptar…
los secretos que envolvian su vida familiar. Desde su infancia en un barrio pobre de Los Angeles, a sus anos de adolescencia pasados trabajando en una fabrica de ropa en el sur de California, a su extraordinario debut en el mundo de la television y su cobertura de algunos de los sucesos y desastres mas significativos de las ultimas decadas, Maria Elena cuenta su propia historia y la de su padre en el tono calido y directo que la caracterizaRaices
Par Alex Haley. 1978
Historical account of the author's family from its roots in eighteenth-century Africa to slavery in Virginia. Continues with the family's…
resettlement in Tennessee following the Civil War. Bestseller 1974. Spanish languageConfieso que he vivido: memorias
Par Pablo Neruda. 1978
Autobiography and memoirs of Pablo Neruda, the famous Chilean poet, who won the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1971. The…
last chapter, written just before the poet's death, laments the overthrow of the Chilean communist government and the death of his personal friend, Salvador Allende. Spanish languageConfesiones de San Agustin (Coleccion biblioteca EDAF)
Par Augustine. 1969
El mas grande: mi propia historia
Par Muhammad Ali. 1976
Autobiography of one of America's most famous prize-fighters. Ali offers revelations about his personal and professional life, including his relationships…
with lawyers, friends, trainers, and sponsors. Some strong language. Spanish languageHoward Hughes, los anos ocultos
Par James Phelan. 1977
La Amante inmortal
Par Victor Wolfgang Von Hagen. 1967
The biography of Manuela Saenz, mistress of the South American liberator, Simon Bolivar. An intelligent and lovely woman, she accompanied…
Bolivar on his military and political campaigns and ended up as the object of controversy and hate because of her influence on him. Spanish language