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Cultural contrasts : Hispanic-North American = Contrastes de costumbres : el Hispano y el Norteamericano
By Marcel C Andrade. 1979
Compares some of the differences between Latin American and North American customs relating to manners, personal behavior, language, dress, social…
relationships, eating habits, and other cultural traits. The author explains that ignorance of such customs is often the source of embarrassment or prejudice between Hispanics and North Americans. Bilingual in English and Spanish languageEl animal social: las fuentes secretas del amor, la personalidad y los logros
By David Brooks. 2012
New York Times columnist and author of Bobos in Paradise (DB 51755) analyzes the lives of members of a hypothetical…
family to illustrate the role of the unconscious mind in shaping the way people eat, learn, work, and relate to others. Some strong language. Spanish language. 2011In 2017, a routine network television investigation by the Pulitzer Prize-winning author revealed that one of Hollywood's most powerful producers…
was a predator. Describes the surveillance and intimidation tactics deployed by wealthy and connected men to threaten journalists, evade accountability, and silence victims of abuse. Strong language, descriptions of sex, and some violence. Pulitzer Prize. Spanish language. 2019El planeta inhóspito: la vida después del calentamiento
By David Wallace-Wells. 2019
Journalist constructs a possible future on Earth by detailing the ways climate change can cause crises, including depopulation, food shortages,…
and refugee emergencies. Discusses the ways the climate changed in the span of his father's lifetime and potential changes for the future. Spanish language. 2019Cómo ser antirracista
By 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. 2019Hablar con extraños: por qué es crucial (y tan difícil) leer las interacciones de los desconocidos
By Malcolm Gladwell. 2020
The author of The Tipping Point (DB 50027) examines what can go wrong when we interact with strangers. Using examples…
from history and recent headlines, he looks at how we often misjudge the motivations and trustworthiness of others. Some violence, some strong language, and some descriptions of sex. Spanish language. 2019Contra los hijos
By Lina Meruane. 2018
In this diatribe on motherhood and the role of women in society, the author examines the return of the "dark…
angel" who, cloaked in environmentalist rhetoric, makes authoritarian calls for intensive parenting and sets forth an endless list of rules. Spanish language. 2017Twenty-eight day guide to examining the ways white supremacy influences your life. Provides exercises to assist in dismantling those thought…
processes. Topics include definitions, anti-blackness, racial stereotypes, allyship, power differentials, and continuing the work. Includes a foreword by Robin DiAngelo, author of White Fragility (DB 91860). Some strong language. Spanish language. 2020Es mi turno: un viaje en busca de mi voz y mis raíces (Atria Espanol)
By 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. 2020Al norte de mexico: el conflicto entre "anglos" e "hispanos,"
By Carey McWilliams. 1968
Social history of the people who have come north from Mexico covering the first Spanish colonizers to the immigrants of…
the 1960s. Discusses "pachuquismo," "chicanismo," and the continuing struggle for social and economic justice. Spanish languageNuestros cuerpos, nuestras vidas: un libro por y para las mujeres
By Boston Women's Health Book Collective. 1979
Practical information on women's health and the health care system. Discusses women's issues such as sense of self, the fight…
against sexist values, anatomy and biology, sexuality, and intimate relationships. Detailed descriptions of sexual behavior are given. Spanish languageLos hombres de la tierra prometida
By Claude Brown. 1969
The autobiography of a young black man raised in Harlem during the 1940s and 1950s. Stresses the hardships of his…
contemporaries and his own escape from a poverty-stricken background. Strong language. Spanish languageLa mujer total
By Marabel Morgan. 1976
Casta: el origen de lo que nos divide
By Isabel Wilkerson. 2021
The Pulitzer Prize-winning author of The Warmth of Other Suns (DB 71929) examines the unofficial castes and hierarchies she has…
observed as inherent in American society. She also discusses the eight pillars of all caste systems and offers ways for America to move forward. Violence, some strong language, and some descriptions of sex. Spanish language. 2021El arte perdido de educar: recuperar la sabiduría ancestral para criar pequeños seres humanos felices
By Michaeleen Doucleff. 2021
An exploration of parenting in Maya families in Mexico, Inuit families above the Arctic Circle, and Hadzabe families in Tanzania.…
The author draws on the oldest cultures in the world for advice on effective parenting and describes ways she has implemented these practices in her own family. Spanish language. 2021Los que sueñan el sueño dorado
By Joan Didion. 2012
Family memoir and social criticism by Sacramento-born author of Political Fictions (DB 53396). Reexamining her past writings and works by…
other Californians, Didion contends that the restless individualism of her pioneer ancestors' generations has spawned many of the state's emerging social and political dilemmas. Some violence and some descriptions of sex. Spanish language. 2012Marcados al nacer: la historia definitiva de las ideas racistas en Estados Unidos
By Ibram X Kendi. 2021
A historian traces the history of anti-black racist ideas throughout American history by focusing on five notable intellectuals: Cotton Mather,…
Thomas Jefferson, William Lloyd Garrison, W. E. B. Du Bois, and Angela Davis. Analyzes the insidious impact of racist ideas on government policies. Some strong language. Spanish language. 2021Entre el mundo y yo
By Ta-Nehisi Coates. 2016
Columnist and editor for the Atlantic Monthly examines the history of contentious race relations in America. He reflects on the…
ways racial inequality plays out in his personal past and in the twenty-first century, and imagines the world his teenage son may inherit. Some violence. Spanish language. 2016Derecho a decidir: el mercado y el cuerpo de la mujer
By Carmen Domingo. 2020
Foreword by Almudena Grandes. After years focused on abortion, this is a call for attention to several issues around a…
woman's right to make decisions about her own body: namely, prostitution, religious restrictions, beauty standards, and coerced surrogacy. Explicit descriptions of sex and some strong language. Spanish language. 2020El lector de tabaquería: historia de una tradición cubana (Verbum ensayo)
By Araceli Tinajero. 2007
Details the nineteenth-century custom among Cuban cigar workers of having a designated "lector" (reader) narrate books, newspapers, and political tracts…
aloud in the workplace. Across the Americas, the lector transformed repetitive artisanal labor by informing and educating generations of workers. Spanish language. 2007