Emmy award winning news journalist explains that the political party that can correctly understand the wants and needs of Hispanics will triumph in most elections throughout the country and be the key to electing the next and future Presidents. I recommend reading Ramos\'s books, his ideas are excellent regarding the influence of Latinos on the pol...more
An engrossing look at one of this century's most controversial clergymen--a man who played a prophetic and inspiring role in the violent vortex of Central America--Romero: A Life focuses on the final years of this outspoken Catholic archbishop.
Offers brief profiles of a Salvadoran archbishop who had worked on behalf of the poor until his assassination, and shares his writings about the Church and its history and mission.
From the author of Death and the Maiden, this fascinating memoir offers an elegant meditation on language, exile, and memory. In this remarkable memoir, Dorfman describes an extraordinary life, torn between the United States, South America, and his Jewish heritage, between English and Spanish, between revolution and repression. Interwoven with th...more
Barack Obama's first book, Dreams from My Father, was a compelling and moving memoir focusing on personal issues of race, identity, and community. With his second book The Audacity of Hope, Obama engages themes raised in his keynote speech at the 2004 Democratic National Convention, shares personal views on faith and values and offers a vision of t...more
A critically acclaimed debut collection of ten cynical and sentimental stories captures the bleakness of life, first in the Dominican Republic and then in New Jersey suburbia, for immigrants of color. Reprint. NYT. "
A guide to reading "To Kill A Mockingbird" with a critical and appreciative mind. Includes background on the author's life and times, sample tests, term paper suggestions, and a reading list.