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By Francisco Cantú. 2018
After being stationed at the remote crossroads of a drug route and a smuggling corridor, the Mexican-American author abandons the…
Border Patrol for civilian life. Then a friend of Cantú travels back to Mexico to visit his dying mother and doesn't return. Violence and strong language. Spanish language. 2018By Ian Gibson. 2018
Describe las circunstancias y el impacto del asesinato del célebre poeta y dramaturgo español Federico García Lorca por las fuerzas…
nacionalistas en 1936. Edición original publicada en 1971; revisado con nuevo prólogo por el autor. Traducido del inglés. Violencia y lenguaje injuriosoEl juicio del hombre más buscado por la policía estadounidense: Joaquín "El Chapo" Guzmán. Un repaso de sus actividades en…
el narcotráfico, sus venganzas, y los nexos con políticos y delincuentes en Mexico. Violencia y lenguaje injuriosoBy Cesar Millan. 2017
Dog trainer and author of Cesar's Way (DB 62405) talks about the dogs that have made the biggest impact on…
his life. Includes Daisy, the dog that helped him get his first job, and Daddy, the pit bull featured on his TV show Dog Whisperer. Spanish language. 2017By Juan Pablo Escobar, Sebastián Marroquín. 2014
An intimate portrait of the Columbian drug lord Pablo Escobar Gaviria (1949-1993), written by his son, revealing the side that…
his father presented to his family, while exploring the violence that he engendered in his country and the world. Violence, strong language, and descriptions of sex. Spanish language. 2014A guide to juices and juicing by Univision nutrition and exercise expert Claudia Molina. Molina shares her favorite juice recipes,…
the nutrition habits she has followed since her teens, and the exercises that she practices frequently to promote health, wellness, and natural beauty. Spanish langage. 2016By Mirta Ojito. 2014
Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist explores the 2008 murder of thirty-year-old Ecuadorian immigrant Marcelo Lucero in Patchogue, New York. Killed by a…
group of teenagers, Lucero became a symbol of a broken immigration system, intolerance, and bigotry focused on foreigners in the United States. Violence and strong language. Spanish language. 2014By Andrés López López, Andres Lopez Lopez. 2015
Biography of notorious Mexican drug trafficker and fugitive who heads the Sinaloa Cartel, named by Forbes Magazine one of the…
most powerful people in the world. Violence and strong language. Spanish language. 2015By José Fernandez, José Fernández. 2013
By Adamari Lopez, Adamari López. 2013
La actriz puertorriqueña quien alcanzó la fama como estrella en telenovelas narra su batalla con el cáncer de mama. López…
refleja como su vida anterior se derrumbó tras su diagnóstico y cómo perseveró a través de su amor a su madre y su hijaBy Jane L. Delgado. 2012
La presidenta de la Alianza Nacional para la Salud de los Hispanos presenta información y consejos para el tratamiento de…
la artritis . Cubre las variedades de esta enfermedad inflamatoria, los cambios de estilo de vida útiles, y una programa de diez puntos para promover la salud. Incluye una lista de recursos. Con una introducción por el Dr. John H. KlippelBy Alonso Salazar, Alonso Salazar J.. 2012
Biografía del notorio narcotraficante colombiano Pablo Escobar Gaviria, cuyo gran imperio criminal lo convirtió en uno de los más ricos,…
y más temidos, hombres en el mundo. Narra su encarcelamiento y escape de La Catedral, su lujosa prisión privada, y su muerte en 1993 en los tejados de Medellín. Violencia y lenguaje injuriosoBy Michael Pollan. 2013
Journalist offers a set of rules for making healthy food choices that draws from a variety of ethnic and cultural…
traditions. Discusses the link between diet and health and suggests that people renounce or modify the Western diet of highly processed foods and meat. Spanish language. 2012By Gabriel Bauducco. 2009
Mexican journalist, with the help of an anonymous insider, probes the Stanford Financial Group, which the Securities and Exchange Commission…
in 2009 accused of orchestrating a massive Ponzi scheme that misappropriated billions of dollars from investors worldwide. Some strong language. Spanish language. 2009By Jeffrey Zaslow, Mark Kelly, Gabrielle Giffords, Gabrielle D Giffords. 2012
Arizona congresswoman Giffords and her husband, astronaut Kelly, describe their lives before and after the near-fatal shooting of Giffords in…
January 2011. They discuss their anguish over the other victims, Kelly's support during Giffords's recovery, and Giffords's determination to return to work. Some violence and some strong language. Some violence, some strong language. Bestseller. 2011By Dede Mirabal, Dedé Mirabal. 2009
Dedé Mirabal cuenta la historia de sus tres hermanas, Patria, Minerva, y María Teresa, conocidas como "Las Mariposas" cuya oposición…
al gobierno de Trujillo en Santo Domingo les costó la vida en 1960. Un retrato íntimo de hermanas comprometidas políticamente cuya muerte dio lugar a dramáticos cambios políticos y las convirtieron en heroínas nacionalesBy Andrés López López, Andres Lopez Lopez. 2009
Las verdaderas historias de las esposas y novias de seis narcotraficantes, ocultas detrás de seudónimos. Examina la transformación de sencillas…
jóvenes en mujeres unidos a criminales violentos. La base de un popular programa de televisión en Colombia Las Muñecas de la Mafia. Lenguaje injurioso y descripciones de violenca y de índole sexualBy Clara Rojas. 2009
Autobiographical account of Rojas's six years held captive by FARC rebels in Colombia's jungles. Describes her kidnapping with Ingrid Betancourt,…
the despair and anxiety of life on the run, relationships with other prisoners, her faith, and giving birth to her son while a hostage. Some violence. Spanish language. 2009By Rodrigo Munoz, Hilton M. Hudson, James W. Reed, Ana I. Quintero del Rio. 2008
A doctor specializing in hypertension and a cardiothoracic surgeon provide advice for maintaining healthy blood pressure. Written for Latinos, this…
guide explains the causes, risk factors, and impact of hypertension and provides medication options, diet tips, and tools for reducing stress, including spirituality and prayer. Spanish language. 2008By Lisa Pulitzer, Teresa Rodriguez, Diana Montané, Teresa Rodríguez. 2007
A Univisión reporter investigates the series of atrocities committed against women during twelve years in Juárez, Mexico. Rodríguez denounces the…
crimes as a national disgrace, attributing the brutality to drug trafficking, corruption, and a culture of satanic violence ruling the city. Violence. Spanish language. 2007