En John William Cooke, La mano izquierda de Perón Daniel Sorín construye una biografía crítica excepcional y un apasionante trabajo documental en el que logra componer un recorrido histórico a partir de una evidente pasión por el presente. John William Cooke, el que fuera designado por el propio Perón su heredero el 2 de noviembre de 1956, el organizador de la resistencia peronista desde el golpe cívico-militar de septiembre de 1955, es, sin...

Before Chef Aaron Sanchez rose to fame on shows like MasterChef and Chopped, he was a restless Mexican-American son, raised by a fiercely determined and talented woman who was a successful chef and restaurateur in her own right, she is credited with bringing Mexican cuisine to the New York City dining scene. In many ways, Sanchez, who lost his father at a young age, was destined to follow in his mother Zarela's footsteps. He spent nights as a child...

Libro autobiográfico que no solo se revela como un texto testimonial, sino también como uno de denuncia, de reencuentro y de posibilidad. Mariela-Coline nos invita a acompañarla en su viaje de autodescubrimiento, al mismo tiempo que provoca y convoca a la acción. La autora nos sumerge en la historia no solo suya sino de muchos otros niños que, como ella, fueron arrancados de su hogar para ser vendidos en la forma de una adopción. A lo largo...

Este sexto volumen de la colección Biblioteca Musical Mínima trata de algo que comenzó por ser prohibido, después se fue aceptando y hoy se defiende con denuedo: la actividad creativa de las mujeres en el campo musical. Los lectores podrán asomarse a un mundo desconocido y fascinante, donde encontrarán algo tan inesperado como una legión histórica que se cuenta por cientos. Cierto es que este libro constituye sólo un vistazo, pero es también...

From Oscar De La Hoya, one of the most celebrated fighters in the history of boxing, comes a frank and touching memoir about achieving the American Dream: his rise to the top, the power of a solid work ethic, his mother's painful death from cancer, the pitfalls of stardom, and a very personal take on what it means to be an American The son of Mexican-born parents, Oscar "The Golden Boy" De La Hoya has had an astonishing career. From boxing to business,...

A former undocumented immigrant and current American citizen documents his experiences chasing the American Dream through the gig economy years as a rideshare driver in Chicago. By turns heartwarming and hilarious, this book is a valuable reminder of the values we all share. A dollar from every book sold will be donated to RAICES, the Refugee and Immigrant Center For Education and Legal Services, or to the Ascend Educational Fund.

A striking mosaic of memories, observations, and legends that together reveal the author's own story and a grand, compassionate vision of life itself. In this kaleidoscope of reflections, renowned South American author Eduardo Galeano ranges widely, from childhood to love, music, plants, fear, indignity, and indignation. In the signal style of his bestselling and much-admired Memory of Fire trilogy-brief fragments that build steadily into an organic...

I returned, and saw under the sun, that the race is not to the swift, nor the battle to the strong, but time and chance happenethto them all. Ecclesiastes 9:11 With these words, the epitaph Padre Martinez chose for himself, the reader is drawn into a stirring and provocative biography recounted by a master storyteller. Fray Angelico Chavez, articulate and well-versed in New Mexicana, vividly records the life of the controversial Padre of Taos so that...

"I will show them there is at least one Mexican in the country who is not afraid of a Texas cowboy." Having drawn the line, teenager Elfego Baca backed up his words with his six guns. Nobody, but nobody, even Texans, would any longer subject the peaceful Mexican settlers of the New Mexico frontier to abuse, mutilation or humiliation. It took Baca just thirty-six hours in the fall of 1884 to earn his reputation as savior of the Hispanics of the Territory...

En los tres libros que integran Cuba sin ti. Memorias del olvido vibra un pensamiento de José Martí: "Yo no sé qué misterio de ternura tiene esa dulcísima palabra: cubano". Es el ajuste de cuentas de un hijo de la Revolución cubana con el proceso político más radical que tuvo lugar en el siglo xx americano, y con el sistema totalitario de capitalismo de Estado en el que éste derivó, eximiendo a la isla de la libertad individual y de empresa,...