| An Accidental Soldier: Memoirs of a Mestizo in Vietnam |
| Manny Garcia |
| This is a forthright and piercing account of one soldier's participation in the war in Vietnam. Grounded in facts but still full of humor, it is a tale that follows a young man from Colorado through the horrors of war and beyond. |
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| Alambrista and the U.S.-Mexico Border: Film, Music, and Stories of Undocumented Immigrants |
| Nicholas J. Cull , Editor |
| David Carrasco , Editor |
| The critically acclaimed 110-minute film Alambrista (1977) depicts the harsh realities of Mexican life on both sides of the border. For this release, a group of scholars has packaged a new director's cut of the film with a book of essays devoted to immigration and the U.S.-Mexican borderlands and an enhanced CD of the sound track. |
| $49.95 |
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978-0-8263-3375-9 |
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| $37.50 |
(Package: paperback, CD, DVD ) |
978-0-8263-3376-6 |
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| Amnesia in a Republican County |
| Gary Soto |
| Again, Soto brings us a blend of comedy and pathos in his newest novel. Silver Mendez, a veteran Chicano poet, finds himself in predicaments involving a Baptist college, the president's wife, and even selling drugs. All this comes to light as he tries to recover his memory lost in a mishap with a typewriter. |
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| Away Games: The Life and Times of a Latin Baseball Player |
| Marcus Bretón |
| José Luis Villegas |
| The story of Latino players in the major leagues from the perspective of Miguel Tejada, who overcomes abject poverty to succeed, and also of the many who were discarded along the way. Tejeda was named American League MVP for 2002. |
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| Aztlan: Essays on the Chicano Homeland |
| Rudolfo Anaya , Editor |
| Francisco A. Lomelí , Editor |
| "Aztlan: Essays on the Chicano Homeland gathers articles published over a period of twenty years, offering in one volume the divergent ideological interpretations engendered within Chicano studies in relation to the legendary origin of the Aztecs."--Roberto Cantu, California State University |
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| The Biography of Casimiro Barela |
| Jose E. Fernandez |
| A. Gabriel Melendez , Translator |
| This little-known biography of Casimiro Barela (1847-1920) is a rare account of one of Colorado's earliest politicians. Part of the Recovery of U.S. Hispanic Literary Heritage Project. |
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| Brown-Eyed Children of the Sun: Lessons from the Chicano Movement, 1965-1975 |
| George Mariscal |
| A broad study of the Chicano/a movement in the Viet Nam War era. |
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| Brown-on-Brown: A Luis M�ntez Mystery |
| Manuel Ramos |
| Brown-On-Brown marks the return of Luis Móntez, a Denver defense attorney who, in this edition, has been hired to defend Dominic Santos, charged with arson and manslaughter. |
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| Canicula: Snapshots of a Girlhood en la Frontera |
| Chronicles the coming of age of a Chicana in the U.S.-Mexico border towns of Laredo and Nuevo Laredo in the fifties and sixties. |
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| Capirotada: A Nogales Memoir |
| Alberto Alvaro RÃos |
| Vignettes of family, neighbors, friends, and secrets from his youth in the two Nogaleses--in Arizona and through the open gate into Mexico. |
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