A whimsical look at the making of empanadas serves up the festive fun of a family’s effort to concoct the delicious pastries, with an easy empanada recipe included.
Happy Birthday Jesus chronicles the creation of a monster: Jesus Olivas, a Mexican American boy raised by his grandmother in northern California. In a society where survival of the fittest is the key,
El hombre que no sudaba is Jaime Carrero's third novel, following Raquelo tiene un mensaje (1970) and Los nombres (1972). Through true-to-life dialogue and profound psychological analysis, Carrero por
As it fighting the North Vietnamese isn't hard enough, the racially mixed troops must contend with their sergeant whose brutality and racism polarize the Anglos, Hispanics, and Blacks in the company u
This novel set during the great Texas drought of the 1950's examines the relationships between family members, between members of the community, and between the narrator and the grandfather
Under this somewhat threatening title, the renowned civil rights leader Jose Angel Gutierrez provides a guidebook to minority empowerment through the use of analysis, practical experience and anecdote
From Jorge Huerta, director of the play Celso, "Celso is a barrio philosopher, the borracho whose very existence threatens the life-thread of the community, yet holds it up with ridicule and understan
