tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-58665909017136428022011-07-30T15:06:46.620-07:00Cheaphttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14839505062944667426noreply@blogger.comBlogger1831100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5866590901713642802.post-65334635219477283112010-03-21T09:46:00.001-07:002010-03-21T09:46:27.816-07:00<p><center><b>Buy Cheap Selenidad: Selena, Latinos, and the Performance of Memory </b></center><br/><center><a href=" http://www.amazon.com/dp/0822345021?tag=dollies-20"><img src='http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51hIbRsT2kL.jpg' height='300'></a><br/><a href=" http://www.amazon.com/dp/0822345021?tag=dollies-20"><font size="5"><b>Buy Low Price From Here Now </b></font></a></center><br/> An outpouring of memorial tributes and public expressions of grief followed the 1995 death of the Tejana recording artist Selena Quintanilla Pérez. The Latina superstar was remembered and mourned in documentaries, magazines, Web sites, monuments, biographies, murals, look-alike contests, musicals, drag shows, and more. Calling these and other acts of mourning the slain star "Selenidad," Deborah Paredez explores their significance and the broader meanings of remembering Selena. She considers the performer's career and emergence as a posthumous icon within political and cultural transformations in the United States during the 1990s, the decade that witnessed a "Latin explosion" in culture and commerce alongside a resurgence of anti-immigrant discourse and policy. <P> Paredez argues that Selena's death galvanized Latina/o efforts to publicly mourn collective tragedies (such as the murders of young women along the U.S.-Mexico border) and to envision a brighter future. At the same time, reactions to the star's death catalyzed corporate attempts to corner the Latino market and political jockeying for the Latino vote. Foregrounding the role of performance in the politics of remembering, Paredez unravels the cultural, economic, and political dynamics at work in specific commemorations of Selena. She analyzes Selena's final concert, the controversy surrounding the memorial erected in the star's hometown of Corpus Christi, and the political climate that served as the backdrop to the touring musicals <i>Selena Forever</i> (2000) and <i>Selena: A Musical Celebration of Life</i> (2001). Paredez considers what "becoming" Selena meant to the young Latinas who auditioned for the 1997 biopic <i>Selena</i>, and she surveys a range of Latina/o queer engagements with Selena, including Latina lesbian readings of the star's death scene and queer Selena drag. <i>Selenidad</i> is a provocative exploration of how commemorations of Selena reflected and changed Latinidad.<br/ style="clear:both"><a href=" http://www.amazon.com/dp/0822345021?tag=dollies-20"><b> Readmore </b></a></p><span id="fullpost"><span class="fullpost"><h2>Technical Details</h2> - ISBN13: 9780822345022 <br/> - Condition: NEW <br/> - Notes: Brand New from Publisher. 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Rodriguez</b> (AUSTIN, TX, US)<br>Dr. Paredez takes a critical look at how Selena's tragic murder creates a public space for which Latinidad itself can negotiate its place in the larger American landscape. Selena's death facilitated the economic exploitation of the Latino/a, but also provided the fuel for which to decry such exploitation, abuse and discrimination. 'Selenidad' thus places Selena on a larger map and history of Latina/o struggles and harnesses Selena as a means to chart a course wherein the Latina/o can truly 'crossover' into full visibility. This is not so much a book about Selena's life as it is about how her afterlife and the subjective act of remembering Selena has become a rich source of power and pride. I highly recommend it!<br><br><img src="http://autopost.allsoftcenter.com/images/ico_customer_reviews.gif " alt="Customer Buzz" align="absbottom" border="0" /><br/><div style="background-color: #CCCCCC; height: 13px; width: 60px; float: left;"><div style="background-image: url(http://autopost.allsoftcenter.com/images/starbg.gif); width:60px; height:13px; float: left;"><div style="height: 13px; width: 60px; float: left; background-image: url(http://autopost.allsoftcenter.com/images/star.png);" > </div></div></div>&nbsp;<span class=rating>"Dreaming of Selena"</span>&nbsp;<span class=reviewdate>2009-11-28</span><br>By <b>Kevin Killian</b> (San Francisco, CA United States)<br>Like the other reviewer, I came to Paredez and her book Selenidad not through the gateway of Latino studies, but rather as a fan, and that's where the book repays a lot of care and attention, since it is written, perhaps not so much with Selena in mind, nor even her body, but for the fans, and even against the fans to some extent. At any rate the fan is paramount in Paredez' extended account of Selena's fame that increased after death, and perhaps this approach makes special sense in the case of our beloved Selena, for it was one of us who killed her.<br /><br /><br /><br />Paredez doesn't mince words, and that's part of the special appeal of her book. Sure, it's laden down with academic jargon (the "performance of memory" bit in the subtitle will forever date this bok as belonging to a paricular period of discourse when everything was performing this or that. Paredez shows how the fan is always more alert than the official historian, and how we must move beyond the official story to the world of fandom in order to come up with anything real about the subject of scrutiny. She gives us a detailed history of Selena's final concert, showing how Selena was herself "performing" at that time a supposed opening of Latino culture into the wide world of English, every bit as though she wasn't herself a fluent English speaker, in the name of the market that awaits the crossover artist.<br /><br /><br /><br />She goes further and debates whether or not the actual slayer of poor Selena was involved with her in some extra-management way, and how this played out in the legend that developed around her. That sort of yes/no/maybe shell game must have enraged Selena's family, but for Paredez and for other cultural scholars, the fan (and tabloid) speculation allowed for what she calls "scenes of the subjunctive," the what-if games we all play whenever a tragic event occurs, and adds a vivid drama of same-sex rebellion against heterosexual normativity no matter what the "real" story was between Selena and Chris or between Selena and Yolanda.<br><br><img src="http://autopost.allsoftcenter.com/images/ico_customer_reviews.gif " alt="Customer Buzz" align="absbottom" border="0" /><br/><div style="background-color: #CCCCCC; height: 13px; width: 60px; float: left;"><div style="background-image: url(http://autopost.allsoftcenter.com/images/starbg.gif); width:60px; height:13px; float: left;"><div style="height: 13px; width: 60px; float: left; background-image: url(http://autopost.allsoftcenter.com/images/star.png);" > </div></div></div>&nbsp;<span class=rating>"Selena Studies 101 -- Remembering Selena among Latino/a America"</span>&nbsp;<span class=reviewdate>2009-08-26</span><br>By <b>B. Greenberg</b> (Boston, MA)<br>Deborah Paredez has rendered a huge tribute to the beloved memory of Selena by bringing us this fascinating new book, which is not about Selena per se, but about how Americans, in particular Latino/a Americans, understood and understand her career, presentation, artistic output, and, tragically, her horrific death, and now, her memory. It is a foray into sociology and cultural history, a meticulous deconstruction and reading of (selected) events and artefacts of Selena's life, work, and legacy both recorded and culturally propagated, among much else showing how they brought the US Latino/a community together in adulation, emulation, sadly mourning, and ultimately veneration. (Also, one of Dr. Paredez' five chapters is devoted to readings of Selena's life and story among the gay/lesbian community.) The Publisher's Review above is quite on point.<br /><br /><br /><br />While -Selenidad- deserves a critical appraisal here by the author's peers, i.e., qualified academics in the fields of Latino/a history and culture and feminist studies, I am neither, and post this review as merely a "Selena fan", whose admiration and sympathy for the martyred iconic performer and mesmerizing, charismatic soul having been conscripted by her work, story, and tragedy, now seeks everything he can learn about her. So, while in awe of the insightful, fascinating, and inspiring (to a Selena fan) study of Selena's reception presented here, I write now to other Selena fans who followed the keyword "Selena" here.<br /><br /><br /><br />I would recommend this book to all Selena fans who can deal with the the jargon and other apparatus of academic deconstructionism, or are willing to give such a try; perhaps you, as did I, had to learn Spanish to appreciate Selena as much as you do now, so rise again to the challenge. For a start, in her second chapter, Dr. Paredez, who holds an Associate Professorship of Theater and Dance at the University of Texas at Austin, scrutinizes two "numbers" from Selena's masterpiece February 1995 Astrodome concert (Selena Live - The Last Concert), the opening disco medley and the (closing) signature -Como-la-Flor-, with a knowledge of classical and flamenco dance interpreting Selena's every gesture and her understandings of its emotional and social meanings, as well as the social background behind the Motown songs and the statements she reads from them about the relationship between African-American and Latina/Latino communities at the time. She analyzes tiny details of the renowned "purple jumpsuit" Selena designed and wore for the occasion, revealing to us further than we could have imagined the precision, depth, and sure-fire instinct of Selena's self-knowledge. Dr. Paredez finds Selena's cultural, artistic, and intellectual roots in specific Mexican and Latino/a-American screen and musical idols of the twentieth century, and draws thought-provoking comparisons between her tragic life story and those of other Latina icons who passed away prematurely, such as Eva Peron and Frida Kahlo. Many other brilliant and revealing analyses of diverse artifacts of Selena's work adorn -Selenidad-; I find this depth and breadth and incisiveness of analysis a great honor to Selena.<br /><br /><br /><br />Although Dr. Paredez concentrates her focus squarely on the Hispanic (and in the last chapter, gay/lesbian) community, Selena's appeal and legend continue to spread and deepen among every demographic. I invite the reader to peruse the comments/guestbooks of the larger Selena tribute web-sites, and consider the ongoing, daily submissions of kids, from lands far from the Rio Grande, who weren't even born when Selena was taken from us, who venerate her as the greatest, the most beautiful, the most beloved, the most talented/promising, watch "her" biopic every week or howevermuch, and pledge her their eternal love. While perhaps many works remain to be written about the reception of Selena in the world at large, the specificity of Dr. Paredez's focus should not deter anyone.<br /><br /><br /><br />As -Selenidad- is neither biography nor journalistic telling of Selena's life and work, Dr. Paredez does not interview band members, family members, and so on, who have in the past been interviewed in all media at length, but does interview people involved with the two stage productions about Selena's live (circa 2000), young women who sought to "become Selena" in their imitation of her dress and style, and numerous Latinos and Latinas who found inspiration, self, and purpose in and after Selena's life. Her studies of these artifacts of tribute, including a chapter on the politics and other history of the -Mirador-de-la-Flor- monument in Corpus Christi ought fascinate anyone who has come under Selena's continuing spell. While the focus of the book is Americans, especially Latino/a Americans, and how they felt and continue to feel about Selena, such falls clearly under the rubric of the incipient field of "Selena Studies", which I think Dr. Paredez has launched with this publication, and anyone interested in Selena and ready to engage a full-depth-with-footnotes academic exploration of this corner (her reception among the Hispanic community) (and much more in passing) of her legacy would do well to obtain and read this volume, and accord it its place beside the CD's and DVD's, fan magazines and posters in that corner of their house where they keep Selena's memory alive.<br /><br /><br><br> <br/><b>Images Product</b><br/><a target ='_blank' href='http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51hIbRsT2kL.jpg'><img src='http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51hIbRsT2kL.jpg' width='240px' border='0' /></a><br/><a href=" http://www.amazon.com/dp/0822345021?tag=dollies-20"><font size="2"><b>Buy Selenidad: Selena, Latinos, and the Performance of Memory Now </b></font></a></p><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5866590901713642802-6533463521947728311?l=hispanic-latino-books.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Cheaphttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14839505062944667426noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5866590901713642802.post-65092790067889613452010-03-21T05:39:00.001-07:002010-03-21T05:39:12.513-07:00<p><center><b>Buy Cheap Selenidad: Selena, Latinos, and the Performance of Memory (Refiguring American Music) </b></center><br/><center><a href=" http://www.amazon.com/dp/0822344890?tag=dollies-20"><img src='http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/41EUNNqwaAL.jpg' height='300'></a><br/><a href=" http://www.amazon.com/dp/0822344890?tag=dollies-20"><font size="5"><b>Buy Low Price From Here Now </b></font></a></center><br/> An outpouring of memorial tributes and public expressions of grief followed the 1995 death of the Tejana recording artist Selena Quintanilla Pérez. The Latina superstar was remembered and mourned in documentaries, magazines, Web sites, monuments, biographies, murals, look-alike contests, musicals, drag shows, and more. Calling these and other acts of mourning the slain star "Selenidad," Deborah Paredez explores their significance and the broader meanings of remembering Selena. She considers the performer's career and emergence as a posthumous icon within political and cultural transformations in the United States during the 1990s, the decade that witnessed a "Latin explosion" in culture and commerce alongside a resurgence of anti-immigrant discourse and policy. <P> Paredez argues that Selena's death galvanized Latina/o efforts to publicly mourn collective tragedies (such as the murders of young women along the U.S.-Mexico border) and to envision a brighter future. At the same time, reactions to the star's death catalyzed corporate attempts to corner the Latino market and political jockeying for the Latino vote. Foregrounding the role of performance in the politics of remembering, Paredez unravels the cultural, economic, and political dynamics at work in specific commemorations of Selena. She analyzes Selena's final concert, the controversy surrounding the memorial erected in the star's hometown of Corpus Christi, and the political climate that served as the backdrop to the touring musicals <i>Selena Forever</i> (2000) and <i>Selena: A Musical Celebration of Life</i> (2001). Paredez considers what "becoming" Selena meant to the young Latinas who auditioned for the 1997 biopic <i>Selena</i>, and she surveys a range of Latina/o queer engagements with Selena, including Latina lesbian readings of the star's death scene and queer Selena drag. <i>Selenidad</i> is a provocative exploration of how commemorations of Selena reflected and changed Latinidad.<br/ style="clear:both"><a href=" http://www.amazon.com/dp/0822344890?tag=dollies-20"><b> Readmore </b></a></p><span id="fullpost"><span class="fullpost"><h2>Technical Details</h2><a href=" http://www.amazon.com/dp/0822344890?tag=dollies-20"><b>See more technical details </b></a><br/><img src="http://autopost.allsoftcenter.com/images/ico_customer_reviews.gif " alt="Customer Buzz" align="absbottom" border="0" /><br/><div style="background-color: #CCCCCC; height: 13px; width: 60px; float: left;"><div style="background-image: url(http://autopost.allsoftcenter.com/images/starbg.gif); width:60px; height:13px; float: left;"><div style="height: 13px; width: 60px; float: left; background-image: url(http://autopost.allsoftcenter.com/images/star.png);" > </div></div></div>&nbsp;<span class=rating>"Selena as catalyst"</span>&nbsp;<span class=reviewdate>2010-02-24</span><br>By <b>A. Rodriguez</b> (AUSTIN, TX, US)<br>Dr. Paredez takes a critical look at how Selena's tragic murder creates a public space for which Latinidad itself can negotiate its place in the larger American landscape. Selena's death facilitated the economic exploitation of the Latino/a, but also provided the fuel for which to decry such exploitation, abuse and discrimination. 'Selenidad' thus places Selena on a larger map and history of Latina/o struggles and harnesses Selena as a means to chart a course wherein the Latina/o can truly 'crossover' into full visibility. This is not so much a book about Selena's life as it is about how her afterlife and the subjective act of remembering Selena has become a rich source of power and pride. I highly recommend it!<br><br><img src="http://autopost.allsoftcenter.com/images/ico_customer_reviews.gif " alt="Customer Buzz" align="absbottom" border="0" /><br/><div style="background-color: #CCCCCC; height: 13px; width: 60px; float: left;"><div style="background-image: url(http://autopost.allsoftcenter.com/images/starbg.gif); width:60px; height:13px; float: left;"><div style="height: 13px; width: 60px; float: left; background-image: url(http://autopost.allsoftcenter.com/images/star.png);" > </div></div></div>&nbsp;<span class=rating>"Dreaming of Selena"</span>&nbsp;<span class=reviewdate>2009-11-28</span><br>By <b>Kevin Killian</b> (San Francisco, CA United States)<br>Like the other reviewer, I came to Paredez and her book Selenidad not through the gateway of Latino studies, but rather as a fan, and that's where the book repays a lot of care and attention, since it is written, perhaps not so much with Selena in mind, nor even her body, but for the fans, and even against the fans to some extent. At any rate the fan is paramount in Paredez' extended account of Selena's fame that increased after death, and perhaps this approach makes special sense in the case of our beloved Selena, for it was one of us who killed her.<br /><br /><br /><br />Paredez doesn't mince words, and that's part of the special appeal of her book. Sure, it's laden down with academic jargon (the "performance of memory" bit in the subtitle will forever date this bok as belonging to a paricular period of discourse when everything was performing this or that. Paredez shows how the fan is always more alert than the official historian, and how we must move beyond the official story to the world of fandom in order to come up with anything real about the subject of scrutiny. She gives us a detailed history of Selena's final concert, showing how Selena was herself "performing" at that time a supposed opening of Latino culture into the wide world of English, every bit as though she wasn't herself a fluent English speaker, in the name of the market that awaits the crossover artist.<br /><br /><br /><br />She goes further and debates whether or not the actual slayer of poor Selena was involved with her in some extra-management way, and how this played out in the legend that developed around her. That sort of yes/no/maybe shell game must have enraged Selena's family, but for Paredez and for other cultural scholars, the fan (and tabloid) speculation allowed for what she calls "scenes of the subjunctive," the what-if games we all play whenever a tragic event occurs, and adds a vivid drama of same-sex rebellion against heterosexual normativity no matter what the "real" story was between Selena and Chris or between Selena and Yolanda.<br><br><img src="http://autopost.allsoftcenter.com/images/ico_customer_reviews.gif " alt="Customer Buzz" align="absbottom" border="0" /><br/><div style="background-color: #CCCCCC; height: 13px; width: 60px; float: left;"><div style="background-image: url(http://autopost.allsoftcenter.com/images/starbg.gif); width:60px; height:13px; float: left;"><div style="height: 13px; width: 60px; float: left; background-image: url(http://autopost.allsoftcenter.com/images/star.png);" > </div></div></div>&nbsp;<span class=rating>"Selena Studies 101 -- Remembering Selena among Latino/a America"</span>&nbsp;<span class=reviewdate>2009-08-26</span><br>By <b>B. Greenberg</b> (Boston, MA)<br>Deborah Paredez has rendered a huge tribute to the beloved memory of Selena by bringing us this fascinating new book, which is not about Selena per se, but about how Americans, in particular Latino/a Americans, understood and understand her career, presentation, artistic output, and, tragically, her horrific death, and now, her memory. It is a foray into sociology and cultural history, a meticulous deconstruction and reading of (selected) events and artefacts of Selena's life, work, and legacy both recorded and culturally propagated, among much else showing how they brought the US Latino/a community together in adulation, emulation, sadly mourning, and ultimately veneration. (Also, one of Dr. Paredez' five chapters is devoted to readings of Selena's life and story among the gay/lesbian community.) The Publisher's Review above is quite on point.<br /><br /><br /><br />While -Selenidad- deserves a critical appraisal here by the author's peers, i.e., qualified academics in the fields of Latino/a history and culture and feminist studies, I am neither, and post this review as merely a "Selena fan", whose admiration and sympathy for the martyred iconic performer and mesmerizing, charismatic soul having been conscripted by her work, story, and tragedy, now seeks everything he can learn about her. So, while in awe of the insightful, fascinating, and inspiring (to a Selena fan) study of Selena's reception presented here, I write now to other Selena fans who followed the keyword "Selena" here.<br /><br /><br /><br />I would recommend this book to all Selena fans who can deal with the the jargon and other apparatus of academic deconstructionism, or are willing to give such a try; perhaps you, as did I, had to learn Spanish to appreciate Selena as much as you do now, so rise again to the challenge. For a start, in her second chapter, Dr. Paredez, who holds an Associate Professorship of Theater and Dance at the University of Texas at Austin, scrutinizes two "numbers" from Selena's masterpiece February 1995 Astrodome concert (Selena Live - The Last Concert), the opening disco medley and the (closing) signature -Como-la-Flor-, with a knowledge of classical and flamenco dance interpreting Selena's every gesture and her understandings of its emotional and social meanings, as well as the social background behind the Motown songs and the statements she reads from them about the relationship between African-American and Latina/Latino communities at the time. She analyzes tiny details of the renowned "purple jumpsuit" Selena designed and wore for the occasion, revealing to us further than we could have imagined the precision, depth, and sure-fire instinct of Selena's self-knowledge. Dr. Paredez finds Selena's cultural, artistic, and intellectual roots in specific Mexican and Latino/a-American screen and musical idols of the twentieth century, and draws thought-provoking comparisons between her tragic life story and those of other Latina icons who passed away prematurely, such as Eva Peron and Frida Kahlo. Many other brilliant and revealing analyses of diverse artifacts of Selena's work adorn -Selenidad-; I find this depth and breadth and incisiveness of analysis a great honor to Selena.<br /><br /><br /><br />Although Dr. Paredez concentrates her focus squarely on the Hispanic (and in the last chapter, gay/lesbian) community, Selena's appeal and legend continue to spread and deepen among every demographic. I invite the reader to peruse the comments/guestbooks of the larger Selena tribute web-sites, and consider the ongoing, daily submissions of kids, from lands far from the Rio Grande, who weren't even born when Selena was taken from us, who venerate her as the greatest, the most beautiful, the most beloved, the most talented/promising, watch "her" biopic every week or howevermuch, and pledge her their eternal love. While perhaps many works remain to be written about the reception of Selena in the world at large, the specificity of Dr. Paredez's focus should not deter anyone.<br /><br /><br /><br />As -Selenidad- is neither biography nor journalistic telling of Selena's life and work, Dr. Paredez does not interview band members, family members, and so on, who have in the past been interviewed in all media at length, but does interview people involved with the two stage productions about Selena's live (circa 2000), young women who sought to "become Selena" in their imitation of her dress and style, and numerous Latinos and Latinas who found inspiration, self, and purpose in and after Selena's life. Her studies of these artifacts of tribute, including a chapter on the politics and other history of the -Mirador-de-la-Flor- monument in Corpus Christi ought fascinate anyone who has come under Selena's continuing spell. While the focus of the book is Americans, especially Latino/a Americans, and how they felt and continue to feel about Selena, such falls clearly under the rubric of the incipient field of "Selena Studies", which I think Dr. Paredez has launched with this publication, and anyone interested in Selena and ready to engage a full-depth-with-footnotes academic exploration of this corner (her reception among the Hispanic community) (and much more in passing) of her legacy would do well to obtain and read this volume, and accord it its place beside the CD's and DVD's, fan magazines and posters in that corner of their house where they keep Selena's memory alive.<br /><br /><br><br> <br/><b>Images Product</b><br/><a target ='_blank' href='http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/41EUNNqwaAL.jpg'><img src='http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/41EUNNqwaAL.jpg' width='240px' border='0' /></a><br/><a href=" http://www.amazon.com/dp/0822344890?tag=dollies-20"><font size="2"><b>Buy Selenidad: Selena, Latinos, and the Performance of Memory (Refiguring American Music) Now </b></font></a></p><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5866590901713642802-6509279006788961345?l=hispanic-latino-books.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Cheaphttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14839505062944667426noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5866590901713642802.post-18960340102690531462010-03-20T22:18:00.001-07:002010-03-20T22:18:07.567-07:00<p><center><b>Buy Cheap Roberto Clemente: Pride of the Pittsburgh Pirates </b></center><br/><center><a href=" http://www.amazon.com/dp/0689856431?tag=dollies-20"><img src='http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/515760V45RL.jpg' height='300'></a><br/><a href=" http://www.amazon.com/dp/0689856431?tag=dollies-20"><font size="5"><b>Buy Low Price From Here Now </b></font></a></center><br/>On an island called Puerto Rico a boy named Roberto Clemente dreamed of nothing but winning at baseball.<P>With no money -- but plenty of determination -- Clemente practiced on muddy fields with a glove made from a coffee sack. Little League became minor league, which turned into winter league...and, finally, he made it to the major leagues! With lightning speed, towering home runs, and grand slams, Clemente introduced himself to America.<P>Spare, evocative language -- and magnificent illustrations -- tell the story of a great athlete and even greater man who rose through the ranks of baseball to become one of the most admired players of all time.<br/ style="clear:both"><a href=" http://www.amazon.com/dp/0689856431?tag=dollies-20"><b> Readmore </b></a></p><span id="fullpost"><span class="fullpost"><h2>Technical Details</h2><a href=" http://www.amazon.com/dp/0689856431?tag=dollies-20"><b>See more technical details </b></a><br/><img src="http://autopost.allsoftcenter.com/images/ico_customer_reviews.gif " alt="Customer Buzz" align="absbottom" border="0" /><br/><div style="background-color: #CCCCCC; height: 13px; width: 60px; float: left;"><div style="background-image: url(http://autopost.allsoftcenter.com/images/starbg.gif); width:60px; height:13px; float: left;"><div style="height: 13px; width: 60px; float: left; background-image: url(http://autopost.allsoftcenter.com/images/star.png);" > </div></div></div>&nbsp;<span class=rating>"Inspirational - makes a great gift"</span>&nbsp;<span class=reviewdate>2009-12-16</span><br>By <b>P. Smith</b> (Wisconsin)<br>My son's grandma gave this book to him. They are both huge baseball fans and Roberto Clemente is her hero. It's a wonderful book, and perfect as a gift. The artwork is beautiful and the story is well-done. It's a great, inspirational biography for first-fourth graders to enjoy. <br><br><img src="http://autopost.allsoftcenter.com/images/ico_customer_reviews.gif " alt="Customer Buzz" align="absbottom" border="0" /><br/><div style="background-color: #CCCCCC; height: 13px; width: 60px; float: left;"><div style="background-image: url(http://autopost.allsoftcenter.com/images/starbg.gif); width:60px; height:13px; float: left;"><div style="height: 13px; width: 60px; float: left; background-image: url(http://autopost.allsoftcenter.com/images/star.png);" > </div></div></div>&nbsp;<span class=rating>"Great Book!"</span>&nbsp;<span class=reviewdate>2008-07-22</span><br>By <b>R. Weber</b><br>This is a wonderful book. This book is great for all ages. The book deals with many issues which are important for children to start dealing with. The book also stirs a love for the game. I highly recommend it!<br><br><img src="http://autopost.allsoftcenter.com/images/ico_customer_reviews.gif " alt="Customer Buzz" align="absbottom" border="0" /><br/><div style="background-color: #CCCCCC; height: 13px; width: 60px; float: left;"><div style="background-image: url(http://autopost.allsoftcenter.com/images/starbg.gif); width:60px; height:13px; float: left;"><div style="height: 13px; width: 60px; float: left; background-image: url(http://autopost.allsoftcenter.com/images/star.png);" > </div></div></div>&nbsp;<span class=rating>"what you did not know"</span>&nbsp;<span class=reviewdate>2006-07-09</span><br>By <b>Andrew M. Kollarik</b> (Havelock,N.C. USA)<br>I enjoyed it cause I found out more about Roberto Clemente.<br><br><img src="http://autopost.allsoftcenter.com/images/ico_customer_reviews.gif " alt="Customer Buzz" align="absbottom" border="0" /><br/><div style="background-color: #CCCCCC; height: 13px; width: 60px; float: left;"><div style="background-image: url(http://autopost.allsoftcenter.com/images/starbg.gif); width:60px; height:13px; float: left;"><div style="height: 13px; width: 60px; float: left; background-image: url(http://autopost.allsoftcenter.com/images/star.png);" > </div></div></div>&nbsp;<span class=rating>"Roberto Clemente: Pride of the Pittsburgh Pirates and PR"</span>&nbsp;<span class=reviewdate>2005-03-19</span><br>By <b>Karen Woodworth Roman</b> (DeKalb, IL)<br>A well-written, almost poetically spare introduction to the life of Roberto Clemente. Starts with his life of poverty in Puerto Rico to his climb to the top of the major leagues. Ends with Mr. Clemente's untimely death in an airplane crash when he was transporting relief supplies to earthquake victims. Illustrations capture the feel of the times and experiences as well as the excitement of the sports action. This excellent picture book will introduce another generation to a real hero. Karen Woodworth Roman, Librarians.info<br><br> <br/><b>Images Product</b><br/><a target ='_blank' href='http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/515760V45RL.jpg'><img src='http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/515760V45RL.jpg' width='240px' border='0' /></a><br/><a href=" http://www.amazon.com/dp/0689856431?tag=dollies-20"><font size="2"><b>Buy Roberto Clemente: Pride of the Pittsburgh Pirates Now </b></font></a></p><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5866590901713642802-1896034010269053146?l=hispanic-latino-books.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Cheaphttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14839505062944667426noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5866590901713642802.post-82181557987577910772010-03-20T09:46:00.001-07:002010-03-20T09:46:59.875-07:00<p><center><b>Buy Cheap Roberto Clemente: Pride of the Pittsburgh Pirates </b></center><br/><center><a href=" http://www.amazon.com/dp/1416950826?tag=dollies-20"><img src='http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51fYqeXT4pL.jpg' height='300'></a><br/><a href=" http://www.amazon.com/dp/1416950826?tag=dollies-20"><font size="5"><b>Buy Low Price From Here Now </b></font></a></center><br/>On an island called Puerto Rico, there lived a little boy who wanted only to play baseball. Although he had no money, Roberto Clemente practiced and practiced until--eventually--he made it to the Major Leagues. America! As a right-fielder for the Pittsburgh Pirates, he fought tough opponents--and even tougher racism--but with his unreal catches and swift feet, he earned his nickname, "The Great One." He led the Pirates to two World Series, hit 3,000 hits, and was the first Latino to be inducted into the Hall of Fame. But it wasn't just baseball that made Clemente legendary--he was was also a humanitarian dedicated to improving the lives of others.<br/ style="clear:both"><a href=" http://www.amazon.com/dp/1416950826?tag=dollies-20"><b> Readmore </b></a></p><span id="fullpost"><span class="fullpost"><h2>Technical Details</h2> - ISBN13: 9781416950820 <br/> - Condition: NEW <br/> - Notes: Brand New from Publisher. No Remainder Mark. <br/> <a href=" http://www.amazon.com/dp/1416950826?tag=dollies-20"><b>See more technical details </b></a><br/><img src="http://autopost.allsoftcenter.com/images/ico_customer_reviews.gif " alt="Customer Buzz" align="absbottom" border="0" /><br/><div style="background-color: #CCCCCC; height: 13px; width: 60px; float: left;"><div style="background-image: url(http://autopost.allsoftcenter.com/images/starbg.gif); width:60px; height:13px; float: left;"><div style="height: 13px; width: 60px; float: left; background-image: url(http://autopost.allsoftcenter.com/images/star.png);" > </div></div></div>&nbsp;<span class=rating>"Inspirational - makes a great gift"</span>&nbsp;<span class=reviewdate>2009-12-16</span><br>By <b>P. Smith</b> (Wisconsin)<br>My son's grandma gave this book to him. They are both huge baseball fans and Roberto Clemente is her hero. It's a wonderful book, and perfect as a gift. The artwork is beautiful and the story is well-done. It's a great, inspirational biography for first-fourth graders to enjoy. <br><br><img src="http://autopost.allsoftcenter.com/images/ico_customer_reviews.gif " alt="Customer Buzz" align="absbottom" border="0" /><br/><div style="background-color: #CCCCCC; height: 13px; width: 60px; float: left;"><div style="background-image: url(http://autopost.allsoftcenter.com/images/starbg.gif); width:60px; height:13px; float: left;"><div style="height: 13px; width: 60px; float: left; background-image: url(http://autopost.allsoftcenter.com/images/star.png);" > </div></div></div>&nbsp;<span class=rating>"Great Book!"</span>&nbsp;<span class=reviewdate>2008-07-22</span><br>By <b>R. Weber</b><br>This is a wonderful book. This book is great for all ages. The book deals with many issues which are important for children to start dealing with. The book also stirs a love for the game. I highly recommend it!<br><br><img src="http://autopost.allsoftcenter.com/images/ico_customer_reviews.gif " alt="Customer Buzz" align="absbottom" border="0" /><br/><div style="background-color: #CCCCCC; height: 13px; width: 60px; float: left;"><div style="background-image: url(http://autopost.allsoftcenter.com/images/starbg.gif); width:60px; height:13px; float: left;"><div style="height: 13px; width: 60px; float: left; background-image: url(http://autopost.allsoftcenter.com/images/star.png);" > </div></div></div>&nbsp;<span class=rating>"what you did not know"</span>&nbsp;<span class=reviewdate>2006-07-09</span><br>By <b>Andrew M. Kollarik</b> (Havelock,N.C. USA)<br>I enjoyed it cause I found out more about Roberto Clemente.<br><br><img src="http://autopost.allsoftcenter.com/images/ico_customer_reviews.gif " alt="Customer Buzz" align="absbottom" border="0" /><br/><div style="background-color: #CCCCCC; height: 13px; width: 60px; float: left;"><div style="background-image: url(http://autopost.allsoftcenter.com/images/starbg.gif); width:60px; height:13px; float: left;"><div style="height: 13px; width: 60px; float: left; background-image: url(http://autopost.allsoftcenter.com/images/star.png);" > </div></div></div>&nbsp;<span class=rating>"Roberto Clemente: Pride of the Pittsburgh Pirates and PR"</span>&nbsp;<span class=reviewdate>2005-03-19</span><br>By <b>Karen Woodworth Roman</b> (DeKalb, IL)<br>A well-written, almost poetically spare introduction to the life of Roberto Clemente. Starts with his life of poverty in Puerto Rico to his climb to the top of the major leagues. Ends with Mr. Clemente's untimely death in an airplane crash when he was transporting relief supplies to earthquake victims. Illustrations capture the feel of the times and experiences as well as the excitement of the sports action. This excellent picture book will introduce another generation to a real hero. Karen Woodworth Roman, Librarians.info<br><br> <br/><b>Images Product</b><br/><a target ='_blank' href='http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51fYqeXT4pL.jpg'><img src='http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51fYqeXT4pL.jpg' width='240px' border='0' /></a><br/><a href=" http://www.amazon.com/dp/1416950826?tag=dollies-20"><font size="2"><b>Buy Roberto Clemente: Pride of the Pittsburgh Pirates Now </b></font></a></p><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5866590901713642802-8218155798757791077?l=hispanic-latino-books.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Cheaphttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14839505062944667426noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5866590901713642802.post-16035114913194709192010-03-20T02:25:00.001-07:002010-03-20T02:25:37.406-07:00<p><center><b>Buy Cheap Heading South, Looking North: A Bilingual Journey </b></center><br/><center><a href=" http://www.amazon.com/dp/1417670584?tag=dollies-20"> <img src="http://g-ecx.images-amazon.com/images/G/01/nav2/dp/no-image-no-ciu._SL210_V46836203_.gif" border="0" ></a><br/><a href=" http://www.amazon.com/dp/1417670584?tag=dollies-20"><font size="5"><b>Buy Low Price From Here Now </b></font></a></center><br/>From the author of <i>Death and the Maiden</i>, this fascinating memoir offers an elegant meditation on language, exile, and memory. <br> <br>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 the story of how Dorfman switched languages and countries--not once, but three times--is a day-to-day account of his multiple escapes from death during Pinochet's military takeover of Chile in 1973. Combining eight vignettes of his life before 1973 with eight scenes from the coup, Dorfman filters these events through an engaging, hybrid consciousness. A beautifully written and deeply moving auto-biography by one of the "greatest living Latin American writers" (<i>Newsweek</i>), <i>Heading South, Looking North</i> is at once a vivid account of a life as complex and mysterious as the fictional characters Dorfman has created, and an enthralling search for a permanent home, a political cause, and a cultural identity.<br> <br>"A fascinating memoir ... intensely personal and often moving."-- <i>The New York Times Book Review</i>.<br> <br>"Dorfman has written the most universal of stories, a meditation on the fragility and uncertainty of life." --<i>The Boston Globe</i><br/ style="clear:both"><a href=" http://www.amazon.com/dp/1417670584?tag=dollies-20"><b> Readmore </b></a></p><span id="fullpost"><span class="fullpost"><h2>Technical Details</h2><a href=" http://www.amazon.com/dp/1417670584?tag=dollies-20"><b>See more technical details </b></a><br/><img src="http://autopost.allsoftcenter.com/images/ico_customer_reviews.gif " alt="Customer Buzz" align="absbottom" border="0" /><br/><div style="background-color: #CCCCCC; height: 13px; width: 60px; float: left;"><div style="background-image: url(http://autopost.allsoftcenter.com/images/starbg.gif); width:12px; height:13px; float: left;"><div style="height: 13px; width: 60px; float: left; background-image: url(http://autopost.allsoftcenter.com/images/star.png);" > </div></div></div>&nbsp;<span class=rating>"Sucks Balls"</span>&nbsp;<span class=reviewdate>2008-12-01</span><br>By <b>I. Forney</b> (Wolfenbuttel, Germany)<br>This is the worst book that i have ever tried to read. That is right i couldn't even finish this thing. If you are not being forced by a university to buy this then save your money and buy yourself some booze.<br><br><img src="http://autopost.allsoftcenter.com/images/ico_customer_reviews.gif " alt="Customer Buzz" align="absbottom" border="0" /><br/><div style="background-color: #CCCCCC; height: 13px; width: 60px; float: left;"><div style="background-image: url(http://autopost.allsoftcenter.com/images/starbg.gif); width:12px; height:13px; float: left;"><div style="height: 13px; width: 60px; float: left; background-image: url(http://autopost.allsoftcenter.com/images/star.png);" > </div></div></div>&nbsp;<span class=rating>"One of greatest literary and political disappointments"</span>&nbsp;<span class=reviewdate>2006-06-25</span><br>By <b>xenia</b> (NY)<br>Ariel Dorfman's Death and the Maiden helped me learn some new Spanish words, soak in Chile, Chilito, pisco sour... it also helped me imagine with more concreteness the hell that foreign policy and the Pinochet dictatorship unleashed upon Chilean men and women. I learned pieces of the dialogues by heart and wondered about the implications of human frailty and resistance in general. Alas, I took the work to be an expression of criticism toward the weak-willed husband who was content with a foul compromise, with the so-called "dialogue". This memoir as well as Dorfman's pieces in Counterpunch opened my eyes, however. Dorfman has never advanced past the boy who forsook Spanish for English, the boy so awed by glories of Holywood that he'd rather be a whimsical, charming Ariel than a weird Vladimiro. It is hilarious that he is being criticized for Communist sympathies here, when he is a liberal in the nineteenth c. sense of the term who would fight and die for nothing but his piece of the northamerican pie. I wish I had never read any of his work, and I cannot forgive him his cowardice, his duplicity, his heading AND looking north. I'll stick to Galeano instead. <br><br><img src="http://autopost.allsoftcenter.com/images/ico_customer_reviews.gif " alt="Customer Buzz" align="absbottom" border="0" /><br/><div style="background-color: #CCCCCC; height: 13px; width: 60px; float: left;"><div style="background-image: url(http://autopost.allsoftcenter.com/images/starbg.gif); width:48px; height:13px; float: left;"><div style="height: 13px; width: 60px; float: left; background-image: url(http://autopost.allsoftcenter.com/images/star.png);" > </div></div></div>&nbsp;<span class=rating>"Pivotal moments"</span>&nbsp;<span class=reviewdate>2004-01-24</span><br>By <b>Erika Mitchell</b> (E. Calais, VT USA)<br>This book is the internal memoirs of a man whose defining moments were exile from his homelands and his languages. Exile was a longstanding way of life in Dorfman's family, from his grandparents who had to leave Eastern Europe, to his parents who had to flee both Argentina and the US, and now Dorfman himself, who was forced into asylum after the fall of Allende in Chile. But exile is more of a secondary or co-theme of this book. The other major theme is Dorfman's search for identity through his languages. Throughout the book, Dorfman describes how he came to know language, and the identity traits that go along with a language. He also describes how he came to choose which of his two languages, English and Spanish, to use in different contexts and to consciously construct different identities. <p>Rather than tell his story chronologically, Dorfman works from a repertoire of pivotal moments. He has asked himself, when and why did I first start using English? When did I begin to write? When did I embrace the philosophy of non-violence? He then describes these episodes in detail, and speculates and philosophizes on them. The story of Dorfman's political activities in Chile and what happened to him during the coup constitute about half of the book, with these political chapters alternating with chapters about the other significant events in his life. The bouncing back-and-forth between time periods moves almost smoothly, like the thought patterns of an insomniac reflecting back at the end of a busy day.<p>I found many aspects of this book quite interesting. The first-person account of bilingualism, and its ties to a conflicted identity were described very clearly. The inside perspective on the Allende regime and its fall was also informative. What was particularly telling was the speculation on why the regime lost popularity amongst the Chilean people- -how Dorfman himself shamed people who were celebrating the Allende victory with a right-wing singer who was trying to mend fences, and told them the singer was not welcome in the revolution, or how he didn't reach out to a neighbor whose job was jeopardized and then lost because he wasn't an Allendista. Another aspect of this story that I found intriguing was Dorfman's identity as a gringo English speaker brought to Chile against his will as a young teenager, who came to adopt the country and become active in its politics. I couldn't help but think of another young man, Michael Townley, who was also brought by his American family to Santiago in his teenage years, and also learned the language, married a local girl, and wanted to call Chile his permanent home. But Townley was on the other side of the revolution, and became a right-wing terrorist working for the Chilean intelligence forces. Did Dorfman ever encounter Townley? Of course, Dorfman wasn't actually American- -he was an Argentinean who spent a significant portion of his childhood in the US, but he looked and spoke the part. How many other young Americans adopted Chile during this period? What was their combined influence on Chilean politics?<br><br><img src="http://autopost.allsoftcenter.com/images/ico_customer_reviews.gif " alt="Customer Buzz" align="absbottom" border="0" /><br/><div style="background-color: #CCCCCC; height: 13px; width: 60px; float: left;"><div style="background-image: url(http://autopost.allsoftcenter.com/images/starbg.gif); width:12px; height:13px; float: left;"><div style="height: 13px; width: 60px; float: left; background-image: url(http://autopost.allsoftcenter.com/images/star.png);" > </div></div></div>&nbsp;<span class=rating>"why am I suprised"</span>&nbsp;<span class=reviewdate>2002-02-22</span><br>By <b>Harriet Cannon</b> (Seattle, WA, USA)<br>While Mr. Dorfman's experience of crossing cultures and language during a high profile time in Chilian and American history is poinent, it is not unique or objective. His self absorbtion is irritating. His self rightousness criticism covers unresolved suvivor's guilt which would be better resolved in the analysts chair. It is unfortunate Mr. Dorfman presents such idealised view of the Salvador Allende. I have lived and worked in Chile and am well aquainted with many people,peers of Mr. Dorfman, who also have parents who immigrated from Europe or Russia. Allende caused terrible harm to the Chilian economy in his repartiation of middle class businesses and land amoung other things. Middle class housewives demonstrated in the streets begging the military to oust him. No one approved of the repressive regime, the fear and the disappearances of the early Pinochet years, but in the last years Pinochet opened the Chilian markets to the world. Pinochet was voted out and democracy in with the addition of "primary" elections so that no one will be elected with 33% of the vote as was Allende. There were no monsters in Chile, no saints,but there is complex history, culture and politics. It is a shame Mr Dorfman with his high visability couldn't have addressed that.<br><br><img src="http://autopost.allsoftcenter.com/images/ico_customer_reviews.gif " alt="Customer Buzz" align="absbottom" border="0" /><br/><div style="background-color: #CCCCCC; height: 13px; width: 60px; float: left;"><div style="background-image: url(http://autopost.allsoftcenter.com/images/starbg.gif); width:60px; height:13px; float: left;"><div style="height: 13px; width: 60px; float: left; background-image: url(http://autopost.allsoftcenter.com/images/star.png);" > </div></div></div>&nbsp;<span class=rating>"A master story-teller's own story of multiple exiles"</span>&nbsp;<span class=reviewdate>2001-05-28</span><br>By <b>Stephen O. Murray</b> (San Francisco, CA USA)<br>Both as a memorial to the democracy that was delayed for a generation in Chile (and to his friends who were casualties in the Pinochet terror) and as an account of how a major writer became the bilingual hybrid he is by rejecting first one and then the other of his linguistic selves, this is a fascinating book. . Battered from continent to continent by political events of the twentieth century, Dorfman's survival (as he knows well) depended on considerable luck and on his father's connections. Although he has accepted that his vocation is to tell stories, especially the stories of repression in Chile, there is no doubt that he harbors a considerable amount of survivor guilt. <p>Contrary to the misrepresentation of earlier reviewers, Dorfman does mention Borges (three times, all with respect), criticizes Castro as well as Pinochet (though Chile is a place to which he gave his heart and soul), and is not just aware, but explicit that it is ironic "I should have become a spokesperson for the poor in Latin America because I had spent so many years in the rich North" and of the recurrent ironies that the connections of his marxist father got them out of harm's way. <p>This is a very honest, un-narcissistic account of an interesting life of multiple exiles, observing failures of democracies, making clear the different selves that emerge in different languages. I would have liked more on the second American exile and assenting to bilingualism, and I regret that the hardback cover composition was replaced by the duller, less bicultural one on the paperback.<br><br> <br/><b>Images Product</b><br/><br/><a href=" http://www.amazon.com/dp/1417670584?tag=dollies-20"><font size="2"><b>Buy Heading South, Looking North: A Bilingual Journey Now </b></font></a></p><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5866590901713642802-1603511491319470919?l=hispanic-latino-books.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Cheaphttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14839505062944667426noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5866590901713642802.post-36826241048358515012010-03-19T22:04:00.001-07:002010-03-19T22:04:11.691-07:00<p><center><b>Buy Cheap Heading South, Looking North: A Bilingual Journey </b></center><br/><center><a href=" http://www.amazon.com/dp/014028253X?tag=dollies-20"><img src='http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51RA5BZ2JJL.jpg' height='300'></a><br/><a href=" http://www.amazon.com/dp/014028253X?tag=dollies-20"><font size="5"><b>Buy Low Price From Here Now </b></font></a></center><br/>From the author of <i>Death and the Maiden</i>, this fascinating memoir offers an elegant meditation on language, exile, and memory. <br> <br>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 the story of how Dorfman switched languages and countries--not once, but three times--is a day-to-day account of his multiple escapes from death during Pinochet's military takeover of Chile in 1973. Combining eight vignettes of his life before 1973 with eight scenes from the coup, Dorfman filters these events through an engaging, hybrid consciousness. A beautifully written and deeply moving auto-biography by one of the "greatest living Latin American writers" (<i>Newsweek</i>), <i>Heading South, Looking North</i> is at once a vivid account of a life as complex and mysterious as the fictional characters Dorfman has created, and an enthralling search for a permanent home, a political cause, and a cultural identity.<br> <br>"A fascinating memoir ... intensely personal and often moving."-- <i>The New York Times Book Review</i>.<br> <br>"Dorfman has written the most universal of stories, a meditation on the fragility and uncertainty of life." --<i>The Boston Globe</i><br/ style="clear:both"><a href=" http://www.amazon.com/dp/014028253X?tag=dollies-20"><b> Readmore </b></a></p><span id="fullpost"><span class="fullpost"><h2>Technical Details</h2> - ISBN13: 9780140282535 <br/> - Condition: NEW <br/> - Notes: Brand New from Publisher. No Remainder Mark. <br/> - <a title='Condition Guide' href='/content/Condition_and_Shipping_Guide.htm' target='_blank'>Click here to view our Condition Guide and Shipping Prices</a> <br/> <a href=" http://www.amazon.com/dp/014028253X?tag=dollies-20"><b>See more technical details </b></a><br/><img src="http://autopost.allsoftcenter.com/images/ico_customer_reviews.gif " alt="Customer Buzz" align="absbottom" border="0" /><br/><div style="background-color: #CCCCCC; height: 13px; width: 60px; float: left;"><div style="background-image: url(http://autopost.allsoftcenter.com/images/starbg.gif); width:12px; height:13px; float: left;"><div style="height: 13px; width: 60px; float: left; background-image: url(http://autopost.allsoftcenter.com/images/star.png);" > </div></div></div>&nbsp;<span class=rating>"Sucks Balls"</span>&nbsp;<span class=reviewdate>2008-12-01</span><br>By <b>I. Forney</b> (Wolfenbuttel, Germany)<br>This is the worst book that i have ever tried to read. That is right i couldn't even finish this thing. If you are not being forced by a university to buy this then save your money and buy yourself some booze.<br><br><img src="http://autopost.allsoftcenter.com/images/ico_customer_reviews.gif " alt="Customer Buzz" align="absbottom" border="0" /><br/><div style="background-color: #CCCCCC; height: 13px; width: 60px; float: left;"><div style="background-image: url(http://autopost.allsoftcenter.com/images/starbg.gif); width:12px; height:13px; float: left;"><div style="height: 13px; width: 60px; float: left; background-image: url(http://autopost.allsoftcenter.com/images/star.png);" > </div></div></div>&nbsp;<span class=rating>"One of greatest literary and political disappointments"</span>&nbsp;<span class=reviewdate>2006-06-25</span><br>By <b>xenia</b> (NY)<br>Ariel Dorfman's Death and the Maiden helped me learn some new Spanish words, soak in Chile, Chilito, pisco sour... it also helped me imagine with more concreteness the hell that foreign policy and the Pinochet dictatorship unleashed upon Chilean men and women. I learned pieces of the dialogues by heart and wondered about the implications of human frailty and resistance in general. Alas, I took the work to be an expression of criticism toward the weak-willed husband who was content with a foul compromise, with the so-called "dialogue". This memoir as well as Dorfman's pieces in Counterpunch opened my eyes, however. Dorfman has never advanced past the boy who forsook Spanish for English, the boy so awed by glories of Holywood that he'd rather be a whimsical, charming Ariel than a weird Vladimiro. It is hilarious that he is being criticized for Communist sympathies here, when he is a liberal in the nineteenth c. sense of the term who would fight and die for nothing but his piece of the northamerican pie. I wish I had never read any of his work, and I cannot forgive him his cowardice, his duplicity, his heading AND looking north. I'll stick to Galeano instead. <br><br><img src="http://autopost.allsoftcenter.com/images/ico_customer_reviews.gif " alt="Customer Buzz" align="absbottom" border="0" /><br/><div style="background-color: #CCCCCC; height: 13px; width: 60px; float: left;"><div style="background-image: url(http://autopost.allsoftcenter.com/images/starbg.gif); width:48px; height:13px; float: left;"><div style="height: 13px; width: 60px; float: left; background-image: url(http://autopost.allsoftcenter.com/images/star.png);" > </div></div></div>&nbsp;<span class=rating>"Pivotal moments"</span>&nbsp;<span class=reviewdate>2004-01-24</span><br>By <b>Erika Mitchell</b> (E. Calais, VT USA)<br>This book is the internal memoirs of a man whose defining moments were exile from his homelands and his languages. Exile was a longstanding way of life in Dorfman's family, from his grandparents who had to leave Eastern Europe, to his parents who had to flee both Argentina and the US, and now Dorfman himself, who was forced into asylum after the fall of Allende in Chile. But exile is more of a secondary or co-theme of this book. The other major theme is Dorfman's search for identity through his languages. Throughout the book, Dorfman describes how he came to know language, and the identity traits that go along with a language. He also describes how he came to choose which of his two languages, English and Spanish, to use in different contexts and to consciously construct different identities. <p>Rather than tell his story chronologically, Dorfman works from a repertoire of pivotal moments. He has asked himself, when and why did I first start using English? When did I begin to write? When did I embrace the philosophy of non-violence? He then describes these episodes in detail, and speculates and philosophizes on them. The story of Dorfman's political activities in Chile and what happened to him during the coup constitute about half of the book, with these political chapters alternating with chapters about the other significant events in his life. The bouncing back-and-forth between time periods moves almost smoothly, like the thought patterns of an insomniac reflecting back at the end of a busy day.<p>I found many aspects of this book quite interesting. The first-person account of bilingualism, and its ties to a conflicted identity were described very clearly. The inside perspective on the Allende regime and its fall was also informative. What was particularly telling was the speculation on why the regime lost popularity amongst the Chilean people- -how Dorfman himself shamed people who were celebrating the Allende victory with a right-wing singer who was trying to mend fences, and told them the singer was not welcome in the revolution, or how he didn't reach out to a neighbor whose job was jeopardized and then lost because he wasn't an Allendista. Another aspect of this story that I found intriguing was Dorfman's identity as a gringo English speaker brought to Chile against his will as a young teenager, who came to adopt the country and become active in its politics. I couldn't help but think of another young man, Michael Townley, who was also brought by his American family to Santiago in his teenage years, and also learned the language, married a local girl, and wanted to call Chile his permanent home. But Townley was on the other side of the revolution, and became a right-wing terrorist working for the Chilean intelligence forces. Did Dorfman ever encounter Townley? Of course, Dorfman wasn't actually American- -he was an Argentinean who spent a significant portion of his childhood in the US, but he looked and spoke the part. How many other young Americans adopted Chile during this period? What was their combined influence on Chilean politics?<br><br><img src="http://autopost.allsoftcenter.com/images/ico_customer_reviews.gif " alt="Customer Buzz" align="absbottom" border="0" /><br/><div style="background-color: #CCCCCC; height: 13px; width: 60px; float: left;"><div style="background-image: url(http://autopost.allsoftcenter.com/images/starbg.gif); width:12px; height:13px; float: left;"><div style="height: 13px; width: 60px; float: left; background-image: url(http://autopost.allsoftcenter.com/images/star.png);" > </div></div></div>&nbsp;<span class=rating>"why am I suprised"</span>&nbsp;<span class=reviewdate>2002-02-22</span><br>By <b>Harriet Cannon</b> (Seattle, WA, USA)<br>While Mr. Dorfman's experience of crossing cultures and language during a high profile time in Chilian and American history is poinent, it is not unique or objective. His self absorbtion is irritating. His self rightousness criticism covers unresolved suvivor's guilt which would be better resolved in the analysts chair. It is unfortunate Mr. Dorfman presents such idealised view of the Salvador Allende. I have lived and worked in Chile and am well aquainted with many people,peers of Mr. Dorfman, who also have parents who immigrated from Europe or Russia. Allende caused terrible harm to the Chilian economy in his repartiation of middle class businesses and land amoung other things. Middle class housewives demonstrated in the streets begging the military to oust him. No one approved of the repressive regime, the fear and the disappearances of the early Pinochet years, but in the last years Pinochet opened the Chilian markets to the world. Pinochet was voted out and democracy in with the addition of "primary" elections so that no one will be elected with 33% of the vote as was Allende. There were no monsters in Chile, no saints,but there is complex history, culture and politics. It is a shame Mr Dorfman with his high visability couldn't have addressed that.<br><br><img src="http://autopost.allsoftcenter.com/images/ico_customer_reviews.gif " alt="Customer Buzz" align="absbottom" border="0" /><br/><div style="background-color: #CCCCCC; height: 13px; width: 60px; float: left;"><div style="background-image: url(http://autopost.allsoftcenter.com/images/starbg.gif); width:60px; height:13px; float: left;"><div style="height: 13px; width: 60px; float: left; background-image: url(http://autopost.allsoftcenter.com/images/star.png);" > </div></div></div>&nbsp;<span class=rating>"A master story-teller's own story of multiple exiles"</span>&nbsp;<span class=reviewdate>2001-05-28</span><br>By <b>Stephen O. Murray</b> (San Francisco, CA USA)<br>Both as a memorial to the democracy that was delayed for a generation in Chile (and to his friends who were casualties in the Pinochet terror) and as an account of how a major writer became the bilingual hybrid he is by rejecting first one and then the other of his linguistic selves, this is a fascinating book. . Battered from continent to continent by political events of the twentieth century, Dorfman's survival (as he knows well) depended on considerable luck and on his father's connections. Although he has accepted that his vocation is to tell stories, especially the stories of repression in Chile, there is no doubt that he harbors a considerable amount of survivor guilt. <p>Contrary to the misrepresentation of earlier reviewers, Dorfman does mention Borges (three times, all with respect), criticizes Castro as well as Pinochet (though Chile is a place to which he gave his heart and soul), and is not just aware, but explicit that it is ironic "I should have become a spokesperson for the poor in Latin America because I had spent so many years in the rich North" and of the recurrent ironies that the connections of his marxist father got them out of harm's way. <p>This is a very honest, un-narcissistic account of an interesting life of multiple exiles, observing failures of democracies, making clear the different selves that emerge in different languages. I would have liked more on the second American exile and assenting to bilingualism, and I regret that the hardback cover composition was replaced by the duller, less bicultural one on the paperback.<br><br> <br/><b>Images Product</b><br/><a target ='_blank' href='http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51RA5BZ2JJL.jpg'><img src='http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51RA5BZ2JJL.jpg' width='240px' border='0' /></a><br/><a href=" http://www.amazon.com/dp/014028253X?tag=dollies-20"><font size="2"><b>Buy Heading South, Looking North: A Bilingual Journey Now </b></font></a></p><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5866590901713642802-3682624104835851501?l=hispanic-latino-books.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Cheaphttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14839505062944667426noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5866590901713642802.post-2869618664843519112010-03-19T15:27:00.001-07:002010-03-19T15:27:02.754-07:00<p><center><b>Buy Cheap Heading South, Looking North: A Bilingual Journey </b></center><br/><center><a href=" http://www.amazon.com/dp/0374168628?tag=dollies-20"><img src='http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51BV11MSN1L.jpg' height='300'></a><br/><a href=" http://www.amazon.com/dp/0374168628?tag=dollies-20"><font size="5"><b>Buy Low Price From Here Now </b></font></a></center><br/>From the author of <i>Death and the Maiden</i>, this fascinating memoir offers an elegant meditation on language, exile, and memory. <br> <br>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 the story of how Dorfman switched languages and countries--not once, but three times--is a day-to-day account of his multiple escapes from death during Pinochet's military takeover of Chile in 1973. Combining eight vignettes of his life before 1973 with eight scenes from the coup, Dorfman filters these events through an engaging, hybrid consciousness. A beautifully written and deeply moving auto-biography by one of the "greatest living Latin American writers" (<i>Newsweek</i>), <i>Heading South, Looking North</i> is at once a vivid account of a life as complex and mysterious as the fictional characters Dorfman has created, and an enthralling search for a permanent home, a political cause, and a cultural identity.<br> <br>"A fascinating memoir ... intensely personal and often moving."-- <i>The New York Times Book Review</i>.<br> <br>"Dorfman has written the most universal of stories, a meditation on the fragility and uncertainty of life." --<i>The Boston Globe</i><br/ style="clear:both"><a href=" http://www.amazon.com/dp/0374168628?tag=dollies-20"><b> Readmore </b></a></p><span id="fullpost"><span class="fullpost"><h2>Technical Details</h2><a href=" http://www.amazon.com/dp/0374168628?tag=dollies-20"><b>See more technical details </b></a><br/><img src="http://autopost.allsoftcenter.com/images/ico_customer_reviews.gif " alt="Customer Buzz" align="absbottom" border="0" /><br/><div style="background-color: #CCCCCC; height: 13px; width: 60px; float: left;"><div style="background-image: url(http://autopost.allsoftcenter.com/images/starbg.gif); width:12px; height:13px; float: left;"><div style="height: 13px; width: 60px; float: left; background-image: url(http://autopost.allsoftcenter.com/images/star.png);" > </div></div></div>&nbsp;<span class=rating>"Sucks Balls"</span>&nbsp;<span class=reviewdate>2008-12-01</span><br>By <b>I. Forney</b> (Wolfenbuttel, Germany)<br>This is the worst book that i have ever tried to read. That is right i couldn't even finish this thing. If you are not being forced by a university to buy this then save your money and buy yourself some booze.<br><br><img src="http://autopost.allsoftcenter.com/images/ico_customer_reviews.gif " alt="Customer Buzz" align="absbottom" border="0" /><br/><div style="background-color: #CCCCCC; height: 13px; width: 60px; float: left;"><div style="background-image: url(http://autopost.allsoftcenter.com/images/starbg.gif); width:12px; height:13px; float: left;"><div style="height: 13px; width: 60px; float: left; background-image: url(http://autopost.allsoftcenter.com/images/star.png);" > </div></div></div>&nbsp;<span class=rating>"One of greatest literary and political disappointments"</span>&nbsp;<span class=reviewdate>2006-06-25</span><br>By <b>xenia</b> (NY)<br>Ariel Dorfman's Death and the Maiden helped me learn some new Spanish words, soak in Chile, Chilito, pisco sour... it also helped me imagine with more concreteness the hell that foreign policy and the Pinochet dictatorship unleashed upon Chilean men and women. I learned pieces of the dialogues by heart and wondered about the implications of human frailty and resistance in general. Alas, I took the work to be an expression of criticism toward the weak-willed husband who was content with a foul compromise, with the so-called "dialogue". This memoir as well as Dorfman's pieces in Counterpunch opened my eyes, however. Dorfman has never advanced past the boy who forsook Spanish for English, the boy so awed by glories of Holywood that he'd rather be a whimsical, charming Ariel than a weird Vladimiro. It is hilarious that he is being criticized for Communist sympathies here, when he is a liberal in the nineteenth c. sense of the term who would fight and die for nothing but his piece of the northamerican pie. I wish I had never read any of his work, and I cannot forgive him his cowardice, his duplicity, his heading AND looking north. I'll stick to Galeano instead. <br><br><img src="http://autopost.allsoftcenter.com/images/ico_customer_reviews.gif " alt="Customer Buzz" align="absbottom" border="0" /><br/><div style="background-color: #CCCCCC; height: 13px; width: 60px; float: left;"><div style="background-image: url(http://autopost.allsoftcenter.com/images/starbg.gif); width:48px; height:13px; float: left;"><div style="height: 13px; width: 60px; float: left; background-image: url(http://autopost.allsoftcenter.com/images/star.png);" > </div></div></div>&nbsp;<span class=rating>"Pivotal moments"</span>&nbsp;<span class=reviewdate>2004-01-24</span><br>By <b>Erika Mitchell</b> (E. Calais, VT USA)<br>This book is the internal memoirs of a man whose defining moments were exile from his homelands and his languages. Exile was a longstanding way of life in Dorfman's family, from his grandparents who had to leave Eastern Europe, to his parents who had to flee both Argentina and the US, and now Dorfman himself, who was forced into asylum after the fall of Allende in Chile. But exile is more of a secondary or co-theme of this book. The other major theme is Dorfman's search for identity through his languages. Throughout the book, Dorfman describes how he came to know language, and the identity traits that go along with a language. He also describes how he came to choose which of his two languages, English and Spanish, to use in different contexts and to consciously construct different identities. <p>Rather than tell his story chronologically, Dorfman works from a repertoire of pivotal moments. He has asked himself, when and why did I first start using English? When did I begin to write? When did I embrace the philosophy of non-violence? He then describes these episodes in detail, and speculates and philosophizes on them. The story of Dorfman's political activities in Chile and what happened to him during the coup constitute about half of the book, with these political chapters alternating with chapters about the other significant events in his life. The bouncing back-and-forth between time periods moves almost smoothly, like the thought patterns of an insomniac reflecting back at the end of a busy day.<p>I found many aspects of this book quite interesting. The first-person account of bilingualism, and its ties to a conflicted identity were described very clearly. The inside perspective on the Allende regime and its fall was also informative. What was particularly telling was the speculation on why the regime lost popularity amongst the Chilean people- -how Dorfman himself shamed people who were celebrating the Allende victory with a right-wing singer who was trying to mend fences, and told them the singer was not welcome in the revolution, or how he didn't reach out to a neighbor whose job was jeopardized and then lost because he wasn't an Allendista. Another aspect of this story that I found intriguing was Dorfman's identity as a gringo English speaker brought to Chile against his will as a young teenager, who came to adopt the country and become active in its politics. I couldn't help but think of another young man, Michael Townley, who was also brought by his American family to Santiago in his teenage years, and also learned the language, married a local girl, and wanted to call Chile his permanent home. But Townley was on the other side of the revolution, and became a right-wing terrorist working for the Chilean intelligence forces. Did Dorfman ever encounter Townley? Of course, Dorfman wasn't actually American- -he was an Argentinean who spent a significant portion of his childhood in the US, but he looked and spoke the part. How many other young Americans adopted Chile during this period? What was their combined influence on Chilean politics?<br><br><img src="http://autopost.allsoftcenter.com/images/ico_customer_reviews.gif " alt="Customer Buzz" align="absbottom" border="0" /><br/><div style="background-color: #CCCCCC; height: 13px; width: 60px; float: left;"><div style="background-image: url(http://autopost.allsoftcenter.com/images/starbg.gif); width:12px; height:13px; float: left;"><div style="height: 13px; width: 60px; float: left; background-image: url(http://autopost.allsoftcenter.com/images/star.png);" > </div></div></div>&nbsp;<span class=rating>"why am I suprised"</span>&nbsp;<span class=reviewdate>2002-02-22</span><br>By <b>Harriet Cannon</b> (Seattle, WA, USA)<br>While Mr. Dorfman's experience of crossing cultures and language during a high profile time in Chilian and American history is poinent, it is not unique or objective. His self absorbtion is irritating. His self rightousness criticism covers unresolved suvivor's guilt which would be better resolved in the analysts chair. It is unfortunate Mr. Dorfman presents such idealised view of the Salvador Allende. I have lived and worked in Chile and am well aquainted with many people,peers of Mr. Dorfman, who also have parents who immigrated from Europe or Russia. Allende caused terrible harm to the Chilian economy in his repartiation of middle class businesses and land amoung other things. Middle class housewives demonstrated in the streets begging the military to oust him. No one approved of the repressive regime, the fear and the disappearances of the early Pinochet years, but in the last years Pinochet opened the Chilian markets to the world. Pinochet was voted out and democracy in with the addition of "primary" elections so that no one will be elected with 33% of the vote as was Allende. There were no monsters in Chile, no saints,but there is complex history, culture and politics. It is a shame Mr Dorfman with his high visability couldn't have addressed that.<br><br><img src="http://autopost.allsoftcenter.com/images/ico_customer_reviews.gif " alt="Customer Buzz" align="absbottom" border="0" /><br/><div style="background-color: #CCCCCC; height: 13px; width: 60px; float: left;"><div style="background-image: url(http://autopost.allsoftcenter.com/images/starbg.gif); width:60px; height:13px; float: left;"><div style="height: 13px; width: 60px; float: left; background-image: url(http://autopost.allsoftcenter.com/images/star.png);" > </div></div></div>&nbsp;<span class=rating>"A master story-teller's own story of multiple exiles"</span>&nbsp;<span class=reviewdate>2001-05-28</span><br>By <b>Stephen O. Murray</b> (San Francisco, CA USA)<br>Both as a memorial to the democracy that was delayed for a generation in Chile (and to his friends who were casualties in the Pinochet terror) and as an account of how a major writer became the bilingual hybrid he is by rejecting first one and then the other of his linguistic selves, this is a fascinating book. . Battered from continent to continent by political events of the twentieth century, Dorfman's survival (as he knows well) depended on considerable luck and on his father's connections. Although he has accepted that his vocation is to tell stories, especially the stories of repression in Chile, there is no doubt that he harbors a considerable amount of survivor guilt. <p>Contrary to the misrepresentation of earlier reviewers, Dorfman does mention Borges (three times, all with respect), criticizes Castro as well as Pinochet (though Chile is a place to which he gave his heart and soul), and is not just aware, but explicit that it is ironic "I should have become a spokesperson for the poor in Latin America because I had spent so many years in the rich North" and of the recurrent ironies that the connections of his marxist father got them out of harm's way. <p>This is a very honest, un-narcissistic account of an interesting life of multiple exiles, observing failures of democracies, making clear the different selves that emerge in different languages. I would have liked more on the second American exile and assenting to bilingualism, and I regret that the hardback cover composition was replaced by the duller, less bicultural one on the paperback.<br><br> <br/><b>Images Product</b><br/><a target ='_blank' href='http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51BV11MSN1L.jpg'><img src='http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51BV11MSN1L.jpg' width='240px' border='0' /></a><br/><a href=" http://www.amazon.com/dp/0374168628?tag=dollies-20"><font size="2"><b>Buy Heading South, Looking North: A Bilingual Journey Now </b></font></a></p><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5866590901713642802-286961866484351911?l=hispanic-latino-books.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Cheaphttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14839505062944667426noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5866590901713642802.post-33131402684461312332010-03-19T01:41:00.001-07:002010-03-19T01:41:48.562-07:00<p><center><b>Buy Cheap Voices From The Fields: Children Of Migrant Farmworkers Tell Their Stories (Turtleback School & Library Binding Edition) </b></center><br/><center><a href=" http://www.amazon.com/dp/0613274326?tag=dollies-20"><img src='http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51sc%2BBeiQJL.jpg' height='300'></a><br/><a href=" http://www.amazon.com/dp/0613274326?tag=dollies-20"><font size="5"><b>Buy Low Price From Here Now </b></font></a></center><br/>THIS EDITION IS INTENDED FOR USE IN SCHOOLS AND LIBRARIES ONLY. Children of migrant farm workers tell their stories.<br/ style="clear:both"><a href=" http://www.amazon.com/dp/0613274326?tag=dollies-20"><b> Readmore </b></a></p><span id="fullpost"><span class="fullpost"><h2>Technical Details</h2><a href=" http://www.amazon.com/dp/0613274326?tag=dollies-20"><b>See more technical details </b></a><br/><img src="http://autopost.allsoftcenter.com/images/ico_customer_reviews.gif " alt="Customer Buzz" align="absbottom" border="0" /><br/><div style="background-color: #CCCCCC; height: 13px; width: 60px; float: left;"><div style="background-image: url(http://autopost.allsoftcenter.com/images/starbg.gif); width:60px; height:13px; float: left;"><div style="height: 13px; width: 60px; float: left; background-image: url(http://autopost.allsoftcenter.com/images/star.png);" > </div></div></div>&nbsp;<span class=rating>"Teaching in a Latino School in the City?"</span>&nbsp;<span class=reviewdate>2009-09-12</span><br>By <b>Sheila A. Ogorman</b> (Chicago, Il. USA)<br>I am a teacher in Chicago Public Schools, 85% Latino population. Lovely book. Am using in conjunction with The Circuit this year. 6-8th graders. Great book. I LOVE AMAZON PRIME!<br><br><img src="http://autopost.allsoftcenter.com/images/ico_customer_reviews.gif " alt="Customer Buzz" align="absbottom" border="0" /><br/><div style="background-color: #CCCCCC; height: 13px; width: 60px; float: left;"><div style="background-image: url(http://autopost.allsoftcenter.com/images/starbg.gif); width:60px; height:13px; float: left;"><div style="height: 13px; width: 60px; float: left; background-image: url(http://autopost.allsoftcenter.com/images/star.png);" > </div></div></div>&nbsp;<span class=rating>"Wonderful book for multi cultural interest"</span>&nbsp;<span class=reviewdate>2006-11-10</span><br>By <b>Robbie V. McCarty</b> (Oklahoma)<br>I used this book as an extension book for a thematic unit I created over Mexican Migrant Farmers. It is great to bring home the idea that this is not history but is still going on in present day!<br><br><img src="http://autopost.allsoftcenter.com/images/ico_customer_reviews.gif " alt="Customer Buzz" align="absbottom" border="0" /><br/><div style="background-color: #CCCCCC; height: 13px; width: 60px; float: left;"><div style="background-image: url(http://autopost.allsoftcenter.com/images/starbg.gif); width:48px; height:13px; float: left;"><div style="height: 13px; width: 60px; float: left; background-image: url(http://autopost.allsoftcenter.com/images/star.png);" > </div></div></div>&nbsp;<span class=rating>"Easy read, yet sad"</span>&nbsp;<span class=reviewdate>2002-02-02</span><br>By <b></b><br>I write that as a title because if you look into these children's eyes there is hope and sadness. It bothers me to see how these children and their families are forced to live. I live in the N CA wine country and I see the same thing going on here. Exploitation of the workers, inadequite housing, awful pay. <br>I would LOVE to see a follow up book about these families now that it is 10 years later to see how they have fared. The young gang member who left his gang, the teenage mother who dreams of going to college, the little boy who wants to buy his parents a car. Did any of them make it?<br><br><img src="http://autopost.allsoftcenter.com/images/ico_customer_reviews.gif " alt="Customer Buzz" align="absbottom" border="0" /><br/><div style="background-color: #CCCCCC; height: 13px; width: 60px; float: left;"><div style="background-image: url(http://autopost.allsoftcenter.com/images/starbg.gif); width:60px; height:13px; float: left;"><div style="height: 13px; width: 60px; float: left; background-image: url(http://autopost.allsoftcenter.com/images/star.png);" > </div></div></div>&nbsp;<span class=rating>"Review Of Voices From The Fields"</span>&nbsp;<span class=reviewdate>2001-04-17</span><br>By <b></b> (South Carolina, USA)<br>Voices From The Fields is about nine different children all of which are Mexican/Spanish. Each tells a different story about their life. All of these children have one thing in common, they work in the fields or they have a close relative that works in a field. Their stories range from being involved with gangs to the difficulty of moving up in society. As different as these nine children may be, they all care very much for their families and believe nothing is more important. Throughout the book there are photographs of the children and their families. Photographs aid the text in describing conditions and emotions of the people being discussed. Through this mix of text and photographs emotions can be amplified. Children most importantly can aid from photographs being provided since they may not understand certain things they read; yet photographs may open the doors for them. The can better see different feelings such as joy or anger as well as people of different cultures in their own environment. It can also become apparent to children who read the book just how important family is to each of the nine children. They are all care for each other very deeply and this is obvious through the photographs. Julia Hirsch says "A far more complex and elusive relationship between text and image occurs in those books which use snapshots, or other similarly dramatic image: pictures which contain some emotional charge, such as a gesture caught in midstride, an object viewed from an unusual angle, an enigmatic facial expression, a blurred background, or deep shadows and diffuse lighting."(Hirsch, 142) Manuel Araiza talks about his home in the book and such details such as the home being comprised of one room with a kitchen. Next to the text where he is discussing these conditions is a picture of the house. Immediately we feel more sympathetic towards Manuel since we are able to see with our own eyes what he is describing to us. The photographs in this book allow children readers to "experience" a minority culture that most children otherwise would never be exposed to. Hirsch later goes on to say, "Photography in recent years has also given "visibility" to yet other aspects of the human condition which have formerly been kept from most children."(Hirsch 150) One example of these "human conditions" is presented in the book for children to learn about. This condition is the life of migrant farm workers and their families. The photographs in this book depicting ethnic minorities, which also happen to be largely immigrants, provide for an excellent learning experience for children. Books focusing on different cultures and ways of life especially ones with such rich and detailed photography are good for children. These books help to educate on material that is beyond the classroom. Emotions, feelings, and different situations are better understood. It is often said that a picture is worth a thousand words, so by supplementing photographs with the text of the book children take with them a great deal more than would have been without photographs.<br><br><img src="http://autopost.allsoftcenter.com/images/ico_customer_reviews.gif " alt="Customer Buzz" align="absbottom" border="0" /><br/><div style="background-color: #CCCCCC; height: 13px; width: 60px; float: left;"><div style="background-image: url(http://autopost.allsoftcenter.com/images/starbg.gif); width:60px; height:13px; float: left;"><div style="height: 13px; width: 60px; float: left; background-image: url(http://autopost.allsoftcenter.com/images/star.png);" > </div></div></div>&nbsp;<span class=rating>"Picking into migrant families lives"</span>&nbsp;<span class=reviewdate>2000-08-22</span><br>By <b>Juan Escutia</b> (Soledad, CA USA)<br>I have recommended this book to teachers, counselors, therapists, social workers, politicians and law enforcement officials. It takes you inside migrant families lives and lets you share with them their success, sacrifice, and nostalgia. Beth Atkins captures more than images in her photographs. She captures pride, hard work, and nostalgic happy lives away from home (Mexico). <p> Originario de Moroleon, GTO Mexico<br><br> <br/><b>Images Product</b><br/><a target ='_blank' href='http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51sc%2BBeiQJL.jpg'><img src='http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51sc%2BBeiQJL.jpg' width='240px' border='0' /></a><br/><a href=" http://www.amazon.com/dp/0613274326?tag=dollies-20"><font size="2"><b>Buy Voices From The Fields: Children Of Migrant Farmworkers Tell Their Stories (Turtleback School & Library Binding Edition) Now </b></font></a></p><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5866590901713642802-3313140268446131233?l=hispanic-latino-books.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Cheaphttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14839505062944667426noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5866590901713642802.post-42842437906124248402010-03-19T00:55:00.001-07:002010-03-19T00:55:32.442-07:00<p><center><b>Buy Cheap Voices from the Fields: Children of Migrant Farmworkers Tell Their Stories </b></center><br/><center><a href=" http://www.amazon.com/dp/0316056332?tag=dollies-20"><img src='http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/513JWZBCE6L.jpg' height='300'></a><br/><a href=" http://www.amazon.com/dp/0316056332?tag=dollies-20"><font size="5"><b>Buy Low Price From Here Now </b></font></a></center><br/>Interviews with nine children of Hispanic migrant farm workers reveal some of their struggles, such as the long hours in the fields and the language barriers at school, and their aspirations for a better life.<br/ style="clear:both"><a href=" http://www.amazon.com/dp/0316056332?tag=dollies-20"><b> Readmore </b></a></p><span id="fullpost"><span class="fullpost"><h2>Technical Details</h2><a href=" http://www.amazon.com/dp/0316056332?tag=dollies-20"><b>See more technical details </b></a><br/><img src="http://autopost.allsoftcenter.com/images/ico_customer_reviews.gif " alt="Customer Buzz" align="absbottom" border="0" /><br/><div style="background-color: #CCCCCC; height: 13px; width: 60px; float: left;"><div style="background-image: url(http://autopost.allsoftcenter.com/images/starbg.gif); width:60px; height:13px; float: left;"><div style="height: 13px; width: 60px; float: left; background-image: url(http://autopost.allsoftcenter.com/images/star.png);" > </div></div></div>&nbsp;<span class=rating>"Teaching in a Latino School in the City?"</span>&nbsp;<span class=reviewdate>2009-09-12</span><br>By <b>Sheila A. Ogorman</b> (Chicago, Il. USA)<br>I am a teacher in Chicago Public Schools, 85% Latino population. Lovely book. Am using in conjunction with The Circuit this year. 6-8th graders. Great book. I LOVE AMAZON PRIME!<br><br><img src="http://autopost.allsoftcenter.com/images/ico_customer_reviews.gif " alt="Customer Buzz" align="absbottom" border="0" /><br/><div style="background-color: #CCCCCC; height: 13px; width: 60px; float: left;"><div style="background-image: url(http://autopost.allsoftcenter.com/images/starbg.gif); width:60px; height:13px; float: left;"><div style="height: 13px; width: 60px; float: left; background-image: url(http://autopost.allsoftcenter.com/images/star.png);" > </div></div></div>&nbsp;<span class=rating>"Wonderful book for multi cultural interest"</span>&nbsp;<span class=reviewdate>2006-11-10</span><br>By <b>Robbie V. McCarty</b> (Oklahoma)<br>I used this book as an extension book for a thematic unit I created over Mexican Migrant Farmers. It is great to bring home the idea that this is not history but is still going on in present day!<br><br><img src="http://autopost.allsoftcenter.com/images/ico_customer_reviews.gif " alt="Customer Buzz" align="absbottom" border="0" /><br/><div style="background-color: #CCCCCC; height: 13px; width: 60px; float: left;"><div style="background-image: url(http://autopost.allsoftcenter.com/images/starbg.gif); width:48px; height:13px; float: left;"><div style="height: 13px; width: 60px; float: left; background-image: url(http://autopost.allsoftcenter.com/images/star.png);" > </div></div></div>&nbsp;<span class=rating>"Easy read, yet sad"</span>&nbsp;<span class=reviewdate>2002-02-02</span><br>By <b></b><br>I write that as a title because if you look into these children's eyes there is hope and sadness. It bothers me to see how these children and their families are forced to live. I live in the N CA wine country and I see the same thing going on here. Exploitation of the workers, inadequite housing, awful pay. <br>I would LOVE to see a follow up book about these families now that it is 10 years later to see how they have fared. The young gang member who left his gang, the teenage mother who dreams of going to college, the little boy who wants to buy his parents a car. Did any of them make it?<br><br><img src="http://autopost.allsoftcenter.com/images/ico_customer_reviews.gif " alt="Customer Buzz" align="absbottom" border="0" /><br/><div style="background-color: #CCCCCC; height: 13px; width: 60px; float: left;"><div style="background-image: url(http://autopost.allsoftcenter.com/images/starbg.gif); width:60px; height:13px; float: left;"><div style="height: 13px; width: 60px; float: left; background-image: url(http://autopost.allsoftcenter.com/images/star.png);" > </div></div></div>&nbsp;<span class=rating>"Review Of Voices From The Fields"</span>&nbsp;<span class=reviewdate>2001-04-17</span><br>By <b></b> (South Carolina, USA)<br>Voices From The Fields is about nine different children all of which are Mexican/Spanish. Each tells a different story about their life. All of these children have one thing in common, they work in the fields or they have a close relative that works in a field. Their stories range from being involved with gangs to the difficulty of moving up in society. As different as these nine children may be, they all care very much for their families and believe nothing is more important. Throughout the book there are photographs of the children and their families. Photographs aid the text in describing conditions and emotions of the people being discussed. Through this mix of text and photographs emotions can be amplified. Children most importantly can aid from photographs being provided since they may not understand certain things they read; yet photographs may open the doors for them. The can better see different feelings such as joy or anger as well as people of different cultures in their own environment. It can also become apparent to children who read the book just how important family is to each of the nine children. They are all care for each other very deeply and this is obvious through the photographs. Julia Hirsch says "A far more complex and elusive relationship between text and image occurs in those books which use snapshots, or other similarly dramatic image: pictures which contain some emotional charge, such as a gesture caught in midstride, an object viewed from an unusual angle, an enigmatic facial expression, a blurred background, or deep shadows and diffuse lighting."(Hirsch, 142) Manuel Araiza talks about his home in the book and such details such as the home being comprised of one room with a kitchen. Next to the text where he is discussing these conditions is a picture of the house. Immediately we feel more sympathetic towards Manuel since we are able to see with our own eyes what he is describing to us. The photographs in this book allow children readers to "experience" a minority culture that most children otherwise would never be exposed to. Hirsch later goes on to say, "Photography in recent years has also given "visibility" to yet other aspects of the human condition which have formerly been kept from most children."(Hirsch 150) One example of these "human conditions" is presented in the book for children to learn about. This condition is the life of migrant farm workers and their families. The photographs in this book depicting ethnic minorities, which also happen to be largely immigrants, provide for an excellent learning experience for children. Books focusing on different cultures and ways of life especially ones with such rich and detailed photography are good for children. These books help to educate on material that is beyond the classroom. Emotions, feelings, and different situations are better understood. It is often said that a picture is worth a thousand words, so by supplementing photographs with the text of the book children take with them a great deal more than would have been without photographs.<br><br><img src="http://autopost.allsoftcenter.com/images/ico_customer_reviews.gif " alt="Customer Buzz" align="absbottom" border="0" /><br/><div style="background-color: #CCCCCC; height: 13px; width: 60px; float: left;"><div style="background-image: url(http://autopost.allsoftcenter.com/images/starbg.gif); width:60px; height:13px; float: left;"><div style="height: 13px; width: 60px; float: left; background-image: url(http://autopost.allsoftcenter.com/images/star.png);" > </div></div></div>&nbsp;<span class=rating>"Picking into migrant families lives"</span>&nbsp;<span class=reviewdate>2000-08-22</span><br>By <b>Juan Escutia</b> (Soledad, CA USA)<br>I have recommended this book to teachers, counselors, therapists, social workers, politicians and law enforcement officials. It takes you inside migrant families lives and lets you share with them their success, sacrifice, and nostalgia. Beth Atkins captures more than images in her photographs. She captures pride, hard work, and nostalgic happy lives away from home (Mexico). <p> Originario de Moroleon, GTO Mexico<br><br> <br/><b>Images Product</b><br/><a target ='_blank' href='http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/513JWZBCE6L.jpg'><img src='http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/513JWZBCE6L.jpg' width='240px' border='0' /></a><br/><a href=" http://www.amazon.com/dp/0316056332?tag=dollies-20"><font size="2"><b>Buy Voices from the Fields: Children of Migrant Farmworkers Tell Their Stories Now </b></font></a></p><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5866590901713642802-4284243790612424840?l=hispanic-latino-books.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Cheaphttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14839505062944667426noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5866590901713642802.post-23133942773336211152010-03-18T21:24:00.001-07:002010-03-18T21:24:48.329-07:00<p><center><b>Buy Cheap Voices from the Fields: Children of Migrant Farmworkers Tell Their Stories </b></center><br/><center><a href=" http://www.amazon.com/dp/B002KE5VVC?tag=dollies-20"><img src='http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/610cUDmXOwL.jpg' height='300'></a><br/><a href=" http://www.amazon.com/dp/B002KE5VVC?tag=dollies-20"><font size="5"><b>Buy Low Price From Here Now </b></font></a></center><br/>"Now in paperback, this critically acclaimed book offers readers a rare glimpse into the lives of today's migrant children. "<br/ style="clear:both"><a href=" http://www.amazon.com/dp/B002KE5VVC?tag=dollies-20"><b> Readmore </b></a></p><span id="fullpost"><span class="fullpost"><h2>Technical Details</h2><a href=" http://www.amazon.com/dp/B002KE5VVC?tag=dollies-20"><b>See more technical details </b></a><br/><img src="http://autopost.allsoftcenter.com/images/ico_customer_reviews.gif " alt="Customer Buzz" align="absbottom" border="0" /><br/><div style="background-color: #CCCCCC; height: 13px; width: 60px; float: left;"><div style="background-image: url(http://autopost.allsoftcenter.com/images/starbg.gif); width:60px; height:13px; float: left;"><div style="height: 13px; width: 60px; float: left; background-image: url(http://autopost.allsoftcenter.com/images/star.png);" > </div></div></div>&nbsp;<span class=rating>"Teaching in a Latino School in the City?"</span>&nbsp;<span class=reviewdate>2009-09-12</span><br>By <b>Sheila A. Ogorman</b> (Chicago, Il. USA)<br>I am a teacher in Chicago Public Schools, 85% Latino population. Lovely book. Am using in conjunction with The Circuit this year. 6-8th graders. Great book. I LOVE AMAZON PRIME!<br><br><img src="http://autopost.allsoftcenter.com/images/ico_customer_reviews.gif " alt="Customer Buzz" align="absbottom" border="0" /><br/><div style="background-color: #CCCCCC; height: 13px; width: 60px; float: left;"><div style="background-image: url(http://autopost.allsoftcenter.com/images/starbg.gif); width:60px; height:13px; float: left;"><div style="height: 13px; width: 60px; float: left; background-image: url(http://autopost.allsoftcenter.com/images/star.png);" > </div></div></div>&nbsp;<span class=rating>"Wonderful book for multi cultural interest"</span>&nbsp;<span class=reviewdate>2006-11-10</span><br>By <b>Robbie V. McCarty</b> (Oklahoma)<br>I used this book as an extension book for a thematic unit I created over Mexican Migrant Farmers. It is great to bring home the idea that this is not history but is still going on in present day!<br><br><img src="http://autopost.allsoftcenter.com/images/ico_customer_reviews.gif " alt="Customer Buzz" align="absbottom" border="0" /><br/><div style="background-color: #CCCCCC; height: 13px; width: 60px; float: left;"><div style="background-image: url(http://autopost.allsoftcenter.com/images/starbg.gif); width:48px; height:13px; float: left;"><div style="height: 13px; width: 60px; float: left; background-image: url(http://autopost.allsoftcenter.com/images/star.png);" > </div></div></div>&nbsp;<span class=rating>"Easy read, yet sad"</span>&nbsp;<span class=reviewdate>2002-02-02</span><br>By <b></b><br>I write that as a title because if you look into these children's eyes there is hope and sadness. It bothers me to see how these children and their families are forced to live. I live in the N CA wine country and I see the same thing going on here. Exploitation of the workers, inadequite housing, awful pay. <br>I would LOVE to see a follow up book about these families now that it is 10 years later to see how they have fared. The young gang member who left his gang, the teenage mother who dreams of going to college, the little boy who wants to buy his parents a car. Did any of them make it?<br><br><img src="http://autopost.allsoftcenter.com/images/ico_customer_reviews.gif " alt="Customer Buzz" align="absbottom" border="0" /><br/><div style="background-color: #CCCCCC; height: 13px; width: 60px; float: left;"><div style="background-image: url(http://autopost.allsoftcenter.com/images/starbg.gif); width:60px; height:13px; float: left;"><div style="height: 13px; width: 60px; float: left; background-image: url(http://autopost.allsoftcenter.com/images/star.png);" > </div></div></div>&nbsp;<span class=rating>"Review Of Voices From The Fields"</span>&nbsp;<span class=reviewdate>2001-04-17</span><br>By <b></b> (South Carolina, USA)<br>Voices From The Fields is about nine different children all of which are Mexican/Spanish. Each tells a different story about their life. All of these children have one thing in common, they work in the fields or they have a close relative that works in a field. Their stories range from being involved with gangs to the difficulty of moving up in society. As different as these nine children may be, they all care very much for their families and believe nothing is more important. Throughout the book there are photographs of the children and their families. Photographs aid the text in describing conditions and emotions of the people being discussed. Through this mix of text and photographs emotions can be amplified. Children most importantly can aid from photographs being provided since they may not understand certain things they read; yet photographs may open the doors for them. The can better see different feelings such as joy or anger as well as people of different cultures in their own environment. It can also become apparent to children who read the book just how important family is to each of the nine children. They are all care for each other very deeply and this is obvious through the photographs. Julia Hirsch says "A far more complex and elusive relationship between text and image occurs in those books which use snapshots, or other similarly dramatic image: pictures which contain some emotional charge, such as a gesture caught in midstride, an object viewed from an unusual angle, an enigmatic facial expression, a blurred background, or deep shadows and diffuse lighting."(Hirsch, 142) Manuel Araiza talks about his home in the book and such details such as the home being comprised of one room with a kitchen. Next to the text where he is discussing these conditions is a picture of the house. Immediately we feel more sympathetic towards Manuel since we are able to see with our own eyes what he is describing to us. The photographs in this book allow children readers to "experience" a minority culture that most children otherwise would never be exposed to. Hirsch later goes on to say, "Photography in recent years has also given "visibility" to yet other aspects of the human condition which have formerly been kept from most children."(Hirsch 150) One example of these "human conditions" is presented in the book for children to learn about. This condition is the life of migrant farm workers and their families. The photographs in this book depicting ethnic minorities, which also happen to be largely immigrants, provide for an excellent learning experience for children. Books focusing on different cultures and ways of life especially ones with such rich and detailed photography are good for children. These books help to educate on material that is beyond the classroom. Emotions, feelings, and different situations are better understood. It is often said that a picture is worth a thousand words, so by supplementing photographs with the text of the book children take with them a great deal more than would have been without photographs.<br><br><img src="http://autopost.allsoftcenter.com/images/ico_customer_reviews.gif " alt="Customer Buzz" align="absbottom" border="0" /><br/><div style="background-color: #CCCCCC; height: 13px; width: 60px; float: left;"><div style="background-image: url(http://autopost.allsoftcenter.com/images/starbg.gif); width:60px; height:13px; float: left;"><div style="height: 13px; width: 60px; float: left; background-image: url(http://autopost.allsoftcenter.com/images/star.png);" > </div></div></div>&nbsp;<span class=rating>"Picking into migrant families lives"</span>&nbsp;<span class=reviewdate>2000-08-22</span><br>By <b>Juan Escutia</b> (Soledad, CA USA)<br>I have recommended this book to teachers, counselors, therapists, social workers, politicians and law enforcement officials. It takes you inside migrant families lives and lets you share with them their success, sacrifice, and nostalgia. Beth Atkins captures more than images in her photographs. She captures pride, hard work, and nostalgic happy lives away from home (Mexico). <p> Originario de Moroleon, GTO Mexico<br><br> <br/><b>Images Product</b><br/><a target ='_blank' href='http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/610cUDmXOwL.jpg'><img src='http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/610cUDmXOwL.jpg' width='240px' border='0' /></a><br/><a href=" http://www.amazon.com/dp/B002KE5VVC?tag=dollies-20"><font size="2"><b>Buy Voices from the Fields: Children of Migrant Farmworkers Tell Their Stories Now </b></font></a></p><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5866590901713642802-2313394277333621115?l=hispanic-latino-books.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Cheaphttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14839505062944667426noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5866590901713642802.post-75436443010198162762010-03-18T11:09:00.001-07:002010-03-18T11:09:17.540-07:00<p><center><b>Buy Cheap Voices from the Fields : Children of Migrant Farmworkers Tell Their Stories </b></center><br/><center><a href=" http://www.amazon.com/dp/0316056200?tag=dollies-20"><img src='http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51MJFJ17S7L.jpg' height='300'></a><br/><a href=" http://www.amazon.com/dp/0316056200?tag=dollies-20"><font size="5"><b>Buy Low Price From Here Now </b></font></a></center><br/>"Now in paperback, this critically acclaimed book offers readers a rare glimpse into the lives of today's migrant children. "<br/ style="clear:both"><a href=" http://www.amazon.com/dp/0316056200?tag=dollies-20"><b> Readmore </b></a></p><span id="fullpost"><span class="fullpost"><h2>Technical Details</h2> - ISBN13: 9780316056205 <br/> - Condition: NEW <br/> - Notes: Brand New from Publisher. No Remainder Mark. <br/> <a href=" http://www.amazon.com/dp/0316056200?tag=dollies-20"><b>See more technical details </b></a><br/><img src="http://autopost.allsoftcenter.com/images/ico_customer_reviews.gif " alt="Customer Buzz" align="absbottom" border="0" /><br/><div style="background-color: #CCCCCC; height: 13px; width: 60px; float: left;"><div style="background-image: url(http://autopost.allsoftcenter.com/images/starbg.gif); width:60px; height:13px; float: left;"><div style="height: 13px; width: 60px; float: left; background-image: url(http://autopost.allsoftcenter.com/images/star.png);" > </div></div></div>&nbsp;<span class=rating>"Teaching in a Latino School in the City?"</span>&nbsp;<span class=reviewdate>2009-09-12</span><br>By <b>Sheila A. Ogorman</b> (Chicago, Il. USA)<br>I am a teacher in Chicago Public Schools, 85% Latino population. Lovely book. Am using in conjunction with The Circuit this year. 6-8th graders. Great book. I LOVE AMAZON PRIME!<br><br><img src="http://autopost.allsoftcenter.com/images/ico_customer_reviews.gif " alt="Customer Buzz" align="absbottom" border="0" /><br/><div style="background-color: #CCCCCC; height: 13px; width: 60px; float: left;"><div style="background-image: url(http://autopost.allsoftcenter.com/images/starbg.gif); width:60px; height:13px; float: left;"><div style="height: 13px; width: 60px; float: left; background-image: url(http://autopost.allsoftcenter.com/images/star.png);" > </div></div></div>&nbsp;<span class=rating>"Wonderful book for multi cultural interest"</span>&nbsp;<span class=reviewdate>2006-11-10</span><br>By <b>Robbie V. McCarty</b> (Oklahoma)<br>I used this book as an extension book for a thematic unit I created over Mexican Migrant Farmers. It is great to bring home the idea that this is not history but is still going on in present day!<br><br><img src="http://autopost.allsoftcenter.com/images/ico_customer_reviews.gif " alt="Customer Buzz" align="absbottom" border="0" /><br/><div style="background-color: #CCCCCC; height: 13px; width: 60px; float: left;"><div style="background-image: url(http://autopost.allsoftcenter.com/images/starbg.gif); width:48px; height:13px; float: left;"><div style="height: 13px; width: 60px; float: left; background-image: url(http://autopost.allsoftcenter.com/images/star.png);" > </div></div></div>&nbsp;<span class=rating>"Easy read, yet sad"</span>&nbsp;<span class=reviewdate>2002-02-02</span><br>By <b></b><br>I write that as a title because if you look into these children's eyes there is hope and sadness. It bothers me to see how these children and their families are forced to live. I live in the N CA wine country and I see the same thing going on here. Exploitation of the workers, inadequite housing, awful pay. <br>I would LOVE to see a follow up book about these families now that it is 10 years later to see how they have fared. The young gang member who left his gang, the teenage mother who dreams of going to college, the little boy who wants to buy his parents a car. Did any of them make it?<br><br><img src="http://autopost.allsoftcenter.com/images/ico_customer_reviews.gif " alt="Customer Buzz" align="absbottom" border="0" /><br/><div style="background-color: #CCCCCC; height: 13px; width: 60px; float: left;"><div style="background-image: url(http://autopost.allsoftcenter.com/images/starbg.gif); width:60px; height:13px; float: left;"><div style="height: 13px; width: 60px; float: left; background-image: url(http://autopost.allsoftcenter.com/images/star.png);" > </div></div></div>&nbsp;<span class=rating>"Review Of Voices From The Fields"</span>&nbsp;<span class=reviewdate>2001-04-17</span><br>By <b></b> (South Carolina, USA)<br>Voices From The Fields is about nine different children all of which are Mexican/Spanish. Each tells a different story about their life. All of these children have one thing in common, they work in the fields or they have a close relative that works in a field. Their stories range from being involved with gangs to the difficulty of moving up in society. As different as these nine children may be, they all care very much for their families and believe nothing is more important. Throughout the book there are photographs of the children and their families. Photographs aid the text in describing conditions and emotions of the people being discussed. Through this mix of text and photographs emotions can be amplified. Children most importantly can aid from photographs being provided since they may not understand certain things they read; yet photographs may open the doors for them. The can better see different feelings such as joy or anger as well as people of different cultures in their own environment. It can also become apparent to children who read the book just how important family is to each of the nine children. They are all care for each other very deeply and this is obvious through the photographs. Julia Hirsch says "A far more complex and elusive relationship between text and image occurs in those books which use snapshots, or other similarly dramatic image: pictures which contain some emotional charge, such as a gesture caught in midstride, an object viewed from an unusual angle, an enigmatic facial expression, a blurred background, or deep shadows and diffuse lighting."(Hirsch, 142) Manuel Araiza talks about his home in the book and such details such as the home being comprised of one room with a kitchen. Next to the text where he is discussing these conditions is a picture of the house. Immediately we feel more sympathetic towards Manuel since we are able to see with our own eyes what he is describing to us. The photographs in this book allow children readers to "experience" a minority culture that most children otherwise would never be exposed to. Hirsch later goes on to say, "Photography in recent years has also given "visibility" to yet other aspects of the human condition which have formerly been kept from most children."(Hirsch 150) One example of these "human conditions" is presented in the book for children to learn about. This condition is the life of migrant farm workers and their families. The photographs in this book depicting ethnic minorities, which also happen to be largely immigrants, provide for an excellent learning experience for children. Books focusing on different cultures and ways of life especially ones with such rich and detailed photography are good for children. These books help to educate on material that is beyond the classroom. Emotions, feelings, and different situations are better understood. It is often said that a picture is worth a thousand words, so by supplementing photographs with the text of the book children take with them a great deal more than would have been without photographs.<br><br><img src="http://autopost.allsoftcenter.com/images/ico_customer_reviews.gif " alt="Customer Buzz" align="absbottom" border="0" /><br/><div style="background-color: #CCCCCC; height: 13px; width: 60px; float: left;"><div style="background-image: url(http://autopost.allsoftcenter.com/images/starbg.gif); width:60px; height:13px; float: left;"><div style="height: 13px; width: 60px; float: left; background-image: url(http://autopost.allsoftcenter.com/images/star.png);" > </div></div></div>&nbsp;<span class=rating>"Picking into migrant families lives"</span>&nbsp;<span class=reviewdate>2000-08-22</span><br>By <b>Juan Escutia</b> (Soledad, CA USA)<br>I have recommended this book to teachers, counselors, therapists, social workers, politicians and law enforcement officials. It takes you inside migrant families lives and lets you share with them their success, sacrifice, and nostalgia. Beth Atkins captures more than images in her photographs. She captures pride, hard work, and nostalgic happy lives away from home (Mexico). <p> Originario de Moroleon, GTO Mexico<br><br> <br/><b>Images Product</b><br/><a target ='_blank' href='http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51MJFJ17S7L.jpg'><img src='http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51MJFJ17S7L.jpg' width='240px' border='0' /></a><br/><a href=" http://www.amazon.com/dp/0316056200?tag=dollies-20"><font size="2"><b>Buy Voices from the Fields : Children of Migrant Farmworkers Tell Their Stories Now </b></font></a></p><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5866590901713642802-7543644301019816276?l=hispanic-latino-books.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Cheaphttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14839505062944667426noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5866590901713642802.post-20122790341000704902010-03-18T07:09:00.001-07:002010-03-18T07:09:08.488-07:00<p><center><b>Buy Cheap Mamis-Escritores Latinos Recuerdan a Sus Madres/Favorite Latino Authors Remember Their Mothers (Spanish Edition) </b></center><br/><center><a href=" http://www.amazon.com/dp/0606212876?tag=dollies-20"> <img src="http://g-ecx.images-amazon.com/images/G/01/nav2/dp/no-image-no-ciu._SL210_V46836203_.gif" border="0" ></a><br/><a href=" http://www.amazon.com/dp/0606212876?tag=dollies-20"><font size="5"><b>Buy Low Price From Here Now </b></font></a></center><br/>In a marvelous new anthology from the editors of <B>Las Christmas</B>, some of our most admired Latino authors share memories of their mothers. <B>Las Mamis</B> brings to life fourteen remarkable women in sometimes poignant, sometimes hilarious stories about the ups and downs of families from Kansas to Colombia and Boston to Mexico City. <br><br>Junot Díaz remembers how his Dominican mother quietly helped him find his way back when his life hit a dead end. Alba Ambert mourns the Puerto Rican mother she lost as an infant. Francisco Goldman writes a paean to his Guatemalan Mamita's beauty and determination. Gioconda Belli discovers that her glamorous, all-powerful Nicaraguan mother is only a woman, after all.<br><br>The women lovingly portrayed in <B>Las Mamis</B> represent a cross section of Latino life and culture. They come from rich families in the big cities of Latin America, from rural immigrant families in the United States, and from the worlds in between. But they all share extraordinary strength and courage. Often pressed by conflicting cultural expectations, circumstances, and religions, they have nevertheless managed to leave enduring legacies for their children. <br><br>Now, in these vivid, touching, often humorous reminiscences -- infused with a distinctive <I>sabor latino</I> -- <B>Las Mamis</B> celebrates the special bond between mothers and their children. <br/ style="clear:both"><a href=" http://www.amazon.com/dp/0606212876?tag=dollies-20"><b> Readmore </b></a></p><span id="fullpost"><span class="fullpost"><h2>Technical Details</h2><a href=" http://www.amazon.com/dp/0606212876?tag=dollies-20"><b>See more technical details </b></a><br/><img src="http://autopost.allsoftcenter.com/images/ico_customer_reviews.gif " alt="Customer Buzz" align="absbottom" border="0" /><br/><div style="background-color: #CCCCCC; height: 13px; width: 60px; float: left;"><div style="background-image: url(http://autopost.allsoftcenter.com/images/starbg.gif); width:60px; height:13px; float: left;"><div style="height: 13px; width: 60px; float: left; background-image: url(http://autopost.allsoftcenter.com/images/star.png);" > </div></div></div>&nbsp;<span class=rating>"Most read"</span>&nbsp;<span class=reviewdate>2008-06-18</span><br>By <b>miv1914</b> (Arlington, TX)<br>What can I say? Excellent book! Very interesting. You most buy it if you want to know more about these Mamis - Mothers of different Latinamerican writters are the inspiration in a way or another in their lives. Touching stories about reality with different backgrounds with one purpose: to show us how our Mamis influence in our lives. Beautiful stories put together. <br><br><img src="http://autopost.allsoftcenter.com/images/ico_customer_reviews.gif " alt="Customer Buzz" align="absbottom" border="0" /><br/><div style="background-color: #CCCCCC; height: 13px; width: 60px; float: left;"><div style="background-image: url(http://autopost.allsoftcenter.com/images/starbg.gif); width:60px; height:13px; float: left;"><div style="height: 13px; width: 60px; float: left; background-image: url(http://autopost.allsoftcenter.com/images/star.png);" > </div></div></div>&nbsp;<span class=rating>"Moms have eyes in the back of their heads!"</span>&nbsp;<span class=reviewdate>2006-12-10</span><br>By <b>Marta Lomeli</b> (San Diego, USA)<br>I LOVED this book! It has some great short stories from a variety of authors. Very tasty! Each story has its own flavor, and this makes for a great literary soup. It reaches across cultural boundaries to touch hearts and souls of us all.<br /><br /><br /><br />Seriously great reading!<br /><br /><br /><br />Marta Lomeli, author<br /><br />Cuentos From the House on West Connecticut Avenue <br><br><img src="http://autopost.allsoftcenter.com/images/ico_customer_reviews.gif " alt="Customer Buzz" align="absbottom" border="0" /><br/><div style="background-color: #CCCCCC; height: 13px; width: 60px; float: left;"><div style="background-image: url(http://autopost.allsoftcenter.com/images/starbg.gif); width:36px; height:13px; float: left;"><div style="height: 13px; width: 60px; float: left; background-image: url(http://autopost.allsoftcenter.com/images/star.png);" > </div></div></div>&nbsp;<span class=rating>"GREAT STORIES ABOUT OUR MOMS."</span>&nbsp;<span class=reviewdate>2001-11-15</span><br>By <b>RIVERA MAX</b> (ELIZABETH, NJ)<br>IT IS A TREAT TO READ ABOUT DIFFERENT STORIES ABOUT VARIOUS MOTHERS. THIS BOOK REMINDS US HOW IMPORTANT OUR MOMS ARE.<br>WE SHOULD ALWAYS GIVE THEM CREDIT FOR THIER GUTS ON BEING MOMS.<br><br><img src="http://autopost.allsoftcenter.com/images/ico_customer_reviews.gif " alt="Customer Buzz" align="absbottom" border="0" /><br/><div style="background-color: #CCCCCC; height: 13px; width: 60px; float: left;"><div style="background-image: url(http://autopost.allsoftcenter.com/images/starbg.gif); width:60px; height:13px; float: left;"><div style="height: 13px; width: 60px; float: left; background-image: url(http://autopost.allsoftcenter.com/images/star.png);" > </div></div></div>&nbsp;<span class=rating>"Exceptional, poetic and moving"</span>&nbsp;<span class=reviewdate>2000-09-27</span><br>By <b>Juliet M. Grigsby</b> (St. Paul, MN USA)<br>One has to bear in mind that writing about people one knows is very subjective, and this is the author's right. People simply are not objective about those close to them. The writers of this book have accomplished a creation that has resulted in a beautiful specimen of literature, rich in description and sentiment, both amusing and tragic.<p> How can one not laugh when Jaime Manrique quotes the only comment his mother makes after she sees her son's pictures in a magazine spread for the first time: " You look fat, You'd better lay off those pies" and how can one not cry when he writes "The most wonderful tribute I can pay to my mother is to say that whereas most children automatically love their mothers, I've grown to love Soledad." But these quotes don't mean much without reading all that precedes them. <p>And then, who will ever forget, once read, Alba Ambert's haunting search for a mother she has never known and how she consciously forms a life for herself based on this lack of knowledge?<p>If you are looking for straight storytelling, you will find it here, but you will also find great sentiment and poetry within these pages. That in itself is worth the read. One no longer cares as one reads along if it is true or not; it still touches the soul.<br><br><img src="http://autopost.allsoftcenter.com/images/ico_customer_reviews.gif " alt="Customer Buzz" align="absbottom" border="0" /><br/><div style="background-color: #CCCCCC; height: 13px; width: 60px; float: left;"><div style="background-image: url(http://autopost.allsoftcenter.com/images/starbg.gif); width:12px; height:13px; float: left;"><div style="height: 13px; width: 60px; float: left; background-image: url(http://autopost.allsoftcenter.com/images/star.png);" > </div></div></div>&nbsp;<span class=rating>"Unimpressed"</span>&nbsp;<span class=reviewdate>2000-09-10</span><br>By <b></b><br>When I first saw this book in the bookstore, I could not believe that someone finally put together a book about Latin mothers. As a person with a Mexican mother, I was hopeful that my unique experiences would finally be told. I was wrong. The writing in this book is dishonest and pretentious. I kept getting the feeling that the writers were trying to impress the readers with their clever writing and big words. It certainly did not help that the editors chose to exhaustively list all of the awards and accolades ever bestowed upon the writers. What does this have to do with writing about your mother? Even though some of the stories were potentially touching, I did not shed one tear because I simply could not get over the "look at me" writing. If someone wants to read a beautifully written book about a mother that made me cry and think about my own mother, please read Growing Up by Russell Baker. Russell Baker's mother did not have to be Mexican for me to be touched by her son's honesty and the beauty of his writing.<br><br> <br/><b>Images Product</b><br/><br/><a href=" http://www.amazon.com/dp/0606212876?tag=dollies-20"><font size="2"><b>Buy Mamis-Escritores Latinos Recuerdan a Sus Madres/Favorite Latino Authors Remember Their Mothers (Spanish Edition) Now </b></font></a></p><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5866590901713642802-2012279034100070490?l=hispanic-latino-books.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Cheaphttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14839505062944667426noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5866590901713642802.post-64438230907920226642010-03-17T18:53:00.001-07:002010-03-17T18:53:23.565-07:00<p><center><b>Buy Cheap Las Mamis: Escritores Latinos Recuerdan a Sus Madres (Spanish Edition) </b></center><br/><center><a href=" http://www.amazon.com/dp/1417737859?tag=dollies-20"> <img src="http://g-ecx.images-amazon.com/images/G/01/nav2/dp/no-image-no-ciu._SL210_V46836203_.gif" border="0" ></a><br/><a href=" http://www.amazon.com/dp/1417737859?tag=dollies-20"><font size="5"><b>Buy Low Price From Here Now </b></font></a></center><br/>In a marvelous new anthology from the editors of <B>Las Christmas</B>, some of our most admired Latino authors share memories of their mothers. <B>Las Mamis</B> brings to life fourteen remarkable women in sometimes poignant, sometimes hilarious stories about the ups and downs of families from Kansas to Colombia and Boston to Mexico City. <br><br>Junot Díaz remembers how his Dominican mother quietly helped him find his way back when his life hit a dead end. Alba Ambert mourns the Puerto Rican mother she lost as an infant. Francisco Goldman writes a paean to his Guatemalan Mamita's beauty and determination. Gioconda Belli discovers that her glamorous, all-powerful Nicaraguan mother is only a woman, after all.<br><br>The women lovingly portrayed in <B>Las Mamis</B> represent a cross section of Latino life and culture. They come from rich families in the big cities of Latin America, from rural immigrant families in the United States, and from the worlds in between. But they all share extraordinary strength and courage. Often pressed by conflicting cultural expectations, circumstances, and religions, they have nevertheless managed to leave enduring legacies for their children. <br><br>Now, in these vivid, touching, often humorous reminiscences -- infused with a distinctive <I>sabor latino</I> -- <B>Las Mamis</B> celebrates the special bond between mothers and their children. <br/ style="clear:both"><a href=" http://www.amazon.com/dp/1417737859?tag=dollies-20"><b> Readmore </b></a></p><span id="fullpost"><span class="fullpost"><h2>Technical Details</h2><a href=" http://www.amazon.com/dp/1417737859?tag=dollies-20"><b>See more technical details </b></a><br/> <br/><b>Images Product</b><br/><br/><a href=" http://www.amazon.com/dp/1417737859?tag=dollies-20"><font size="2"><b>Buy Las Mamis: Escritores Latinos Recuerdan a Sus Madres (Spanish Edition) Now </b></font></a></p><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5866590901713642802-6443823090792022664?l=hispanic-latino-books.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Cheaphttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14839505062944667426noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5866590901713642802.post-39192730810034054692010-03-17T03:33:00.001-07:002010-03-17T03:33:29.682-07:00<p><center><b>Buy Cheap Las Mamis </b></center><br/><center><a href=" http://www.amazon.com/dp/037572687X?tag=dollies-20"><img src='http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51MYGNS4YQL.jpg' height='300'></a><br/><a href=" http://www.amazon.com/dp/037572687X?tag=dollies-20"><font size="5"><b>Buy Low Price From Here Now </b></font></a></center><br/>A marvelous new anthology from the editors of <b>Las Christmas</b> in which our most admired Latino authors share memories of their mothers.<br><br>The women lovingly portrayed in <b>Las Mamis</b> represent a cross section of Latino life and culture. They come from rich families in the big cities of Latin America, from rural immigrant families, and from the worlds in between-and they share an extraordinary inner strength, often maintained against incredible odds. Pressed by conflicting cultural expectations, circumstance, and religion, they have managed the challenges of motherhood, leaving enduring legacies for their children. Now, in these vivid, poignant, and sometimes hilarious reminiscences-all of them infused with distinct <i>sabor latino</i>-<b>Las Mamis</b> celebrates the universality of family love and the special bond between mothers and children.<br><br>Contributors include: Esmeralda Santiago, Piri Thomas, Marjorie Agosin, Junot Diaz, Alba Ambert, Liz Balmaseda, Mandalit del Barco, Gioconda Belli, Maria Escandon, Dagoberto Gilb, Francisco Goldman, Jaime Manrique, Gustavo Perez-Firmat, Ilan Stavans<br/ style="clear:both"><a href=" http://www.amazon.com/dp/037572687X?tag=dollies-20"><b> Readmore </b></a></p><span id="fullpost"><span class="fullpost"><h2>Technical Details</h2><a href=" http://www.amazon.com/dp/037572687X?tag=dollies-20"><b>See more technical details </b></a><br/><img src="http://autopost.allsoftcenter.com/images/ico_customer_reviews.gif " alt="Customer Buzz" align="absbottom" border="0" /><br/><div style="background-color: #CCCCCC; height: 13px; width: 60px; float: left;"><div style="background-image: url(http://autopost.allsoftcenter.com/images/starbg.gif); width:60px; height:13px; float: left;"><div style="height: 13px; width: 60px; float: left; background-image: url(http://autopost.allsoftcenter.com/images/star.png);" > </div></div></div>&nbsp;<span class=rating>"Most read"</span>&nbsp;<span class=reviewdate>2008-06-18</span><br>By <b>miv1914</b> (Arlington, TX)<br>What can I say? Excellent book! Very interesting. You most buy it if you want to know more about these Mamis - Mothers of different Latinamerican writters are the inspiration in a way or another in their lives. Touching stories about reality with different backgrounds with one purpose: to show us how our Mamis influence in our lives. Beautiful stories put together. <br><br><img src="http://autopost.allsoftcenter.com/images/ico_customer_reviews.gif " alt="Customer Buzz" align="absbottom" border="0" /><br/><div style="background-color: #CCCCCC; height: 13px; width: 60px; float: left;"><div style="background-image: url(http://autopost.allsoftcenter.com/images/starbg.gif); width:60px; height:13px; float: left;"><div style="height: 13px; width: 60px; float: left; background-image: url(http://autopost.allsoftcenter.com/images/star.png);" > </div></div></div>&nbsp;<span class=rating>"Moms have eyes in the back of their heads!"</span>&nbsp;<span class=reviewdate>2006-12-10</span><br>By <b>Marta Lomeli</b> (San Diego, USA)<br>I LOVED this book! It has some great short stories from a variety of authors. Very tasty! Each story has its own flavor, and this makes for a great literary soup. It reaches across cultural boundaries to touch hearts and souls of us all.<br /><br /><br /><br />Seriously great reading!<br /><br /><br /><br />Marta Lomeli, author<br /><br />Cuentos From the House on West Connecticut Avenue <br><br><img src="http://autopost.allsoftcenter.com/images/ico_customer_reviews.gif " alt="Customer Buzz" align="absbottom" border="0" /><br/><div style="background-color: #CCCCCC; height: 13px; width: 60px; float: left;"><div style="background-image: url(http://autopost.allsoftcenter.com/images/starbg.gif); width:36px; height:13px; float: left;"><div style="height: 13px; width: 60px; float: left; background-image: url(http://autopost.allsoftcenter.com/images/star.png);" > </div></div></div>&nbsp;<span class=rating>"GREAT STORIES ABOUT OUR MOMS."</span>&nbsp;<span class=reviewdate>2001-11-15</span><br>By <b>RIVERA MAX</b> (ELIZABETH, NJ)<br>IT IS A TREAT TO READ ABOUT DIFFERENT STORIES ABOUT VARIOUS MOTHERS. THIS BOOK REMINDS US HOW IMPORTANT OUR MOMS ARE.<br>WE SHOULD ALWAYS GIVE THEM CREDIT FOR THIER GUTS ON BEING MOMS.<br><br><img src="http://autopost.allsoftcenter.com/images/ico_customer_reviews.gif " alt="Customer Buzz" align="absbottom" border="0" /><br/><div style="background-color: #CCCCCC; height: 13px; width: 60px; float: left;"><div style="background-image: url(http://autopost.allsoftcenter.com/images/starbg.gif); width:60px; height:13px; float: left;"><div style="height: 13px; width: 60px; float: left; background-image: url(http://autopost.allsoftcenter.com/images/star.png);" > </div></div></div>&nbsp;<span class=rating>"Exceptional, poetic and moving"</span>&nbsp;<span class=reviewdate>2000-09-27</span><br>By <b>Juliet M. Grigsby</b> (St. Paul, MN USA)<br>One has to bear in mind that writing about people one knows is very subjective, and this is the author's right. People simply are not objective about those close to them. The writers of this book have accomplished a creation that has resulted in a beautiful specimen of literature, rich in description and sentiment, both amusing and tragic.<p> How can one not laugh when Jaime Manrique quotes the only comment his mother makes after she sees her son's pictures in a magazine spread for the first time: " You look fat, You'd better lay off those pies" and how can one not cry when he writes "The most wonderful tribute I can pay to my mother is to say that whereas most children automatically love their mothers, I've grown to love Soledad." But these quotes don't mean much without reading all that precedes them. <p>And then, who will ever forget, once read, Alba Ambert's haunting search for a mother she has never known and how she consciously forms a life for herself based on this lack of knowledge?<p>If you are looking for straight storytelling, you will find it here, but you will also find great sentiment and poetry within these pages. That in itself is worth the read. One no longer cares as one reads along if it is true or not; it still touches the soul.<br><br><img src="http://autopost.allsoftcenter.com/images/ico_customer_reviews.gif " alt="Customer Buzz" align="absbottom" border="0" /><br/><div style="background-color: #CCCCCC; height: 13px; width: 60px; float: left;"><div style="background-image: url(http://autopost.allsoftcenter.com/images/starbg.gif); width:12px; height:13px; float: left;"><div style="height: 13px; width: 60px; float: left; background-image: url(http://autopost.allsoftcenter.com/images/star.png);" > </div></div></div>&nbsp;<span class=rating>"Unimpressed"</span>&nbsp;<span class=reviewdate>2000-09-10</span><br>By <b></b><br>When I first saw this book in the bookstore, I could not believe that someone finally put together a book about Latin mothers. As a person with a Mexican mother, I was hopeful that my unique experiences would finally be told. I was wrong. The writing in this book is dishonest and pretentious. I kept getting the feeling that the writers were trying to impress the readers with their clever writing and big words. It certainly did not help that the editors chose to exhaustively list all of the awards and accolades ever bestowed upon the writers. What does this have to do with writing about your mother? Even though some of the stories were potentially touching, I did not shed one tear because I simply could not get over the "look at me" writing. If someone wants to read a beautifully written book about a mother that made me cry and think about my own mother, please read Growing Up by Russell Baker. Russell Baker's mother did not have to be Mexican for me to be touched by her son's honesty and the beauty of his writing.<br><br> <br/><b>Images Product</b><br/><a target ='_blank' href='http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51MYGNS4YQL.jpg'><img src='http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51MYGNS4YQL.jpg' width='240px' border='0' /></a><br/><a href=" http://www.amazon.com/dp/037572687X?tag=dollies-20"><font size="2"><b>Buy Las Mamis Now </b></font></a></p><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5866590901713642802-3919273081003405469?l=hispanic-latino-books.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Cheaphttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14839505062944667426noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5866590901713642802.post-85278235501764669972010-03-16T05:09:00.001-07:002010-03-16T05:09:55.082-07:00<p><center><b>Buy Cheap Las Mamis </b></center><br/><center><a href=" http://www.amazon.com/dp/0375408797?tag=dollies-20"><img src='http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51GWX9QYGBL.jpg' height='300'></a><br/><a href=" http://www.amazon.com/dp/0375408797?tag=dollies-20"><font size="5"><b>Buy Low Price From Here Now </b></font></a></center><br/>In a marvelous new anthology from the editors of <B>Las Christmas</B>, some of our most admired Latino authors share memories of their mothers. <B>Las Mamis</B> brings to life fourteen remarkable women in sometimes poignant, sometimes hilarious stories about the ups and downs of families from Kansas to Colombia and Boston to Mexico City. <br><br>Junot Díaz remembers how his Dominican mother quietly helped him find his way back when his life hit a dead end. Alba Ambert mourns the Puerto Rican mother she lost as an infant. Francisco Goldman writes a paean to his Guatemalan Mamita's beauty and determination. Gioconda Belli discovers that her glamorous, all-powerful Nicaraguan mother is only a woman, after all.<br><br>The women lovingly portrayed in <B>Las Mamis</B> represent a cross section of Latino life and culture. They come from rich families in the big cities of Latin America, from rural immigrant families in the United States, and from the worlds in between. But they all share extraordinary strength and courage. Often pressed by conflicting cultural expectations, circumstances, and religions, they have nevertheless managed to leave enduring legacies for their children. <br><br>Now, in these vivid, touching, often humorous reminiscences -- infused with a distinctive <I>sabor latino</I> -- <B>Las Mamis</B> celebrates the special bond between mothers and their children. <br/ style="clear:both"><a href=" http://www.amazon.com/dp/0375408797?tag=dollies-20"><b> Readmore </b></a></p><span id="fullpost"><span class="fullpost"><h2>Technical Details</h2><a href=" http://www.amazon.com/dp/0375408797?tag=dollies-20"><b>See more technical details </b></a><br/><img src="http://autopost.allsoftcenter.com/images/ico_customer_reviews.gif " alt="Customer Buzz" align="absbottom" border="0" /><br/><div style="background-color: #CCCCCC; height: 13px; width: 60px; float: left;"><div style="background-image: url(http://autopost.allsoftcenter.com/images/starbg.gif); width:60px; height:13px; float: left;"><div style="height: 13px; width: 60px; float: left; background-image: url(http://autopost.allsoftcenter.com/images/star.png);" > </div></div></div>&nbsp;<span class=rating>"Most read"</span>&nbsp;<span class=reviewdate>2008-06-18</span><br>By <b>miv1914</b> (Arlington, TX)<br>What can I say? Excellent book! Very interesting. You most buy it if you want to know more about these Mamis - Mothers of different Latinamerican writters are the inspiration in a way or another in their lives. Touching stories about reality with different backgrounds with one purpose: to show us how our Mamis influence in our lives. Beautiful stories put together. <br><br><img src="http://autopost.allsoftcenter.com/images/ico_customer_reviews.gif " alt="Customer Buzz" align="absbottom" border="0" /><br/><div style="background-color: #CCCCCC; height: 13px; width: 60px; float: left;"><div style="background-image: url(http://autopost.allsoftcenter.com/images/starbg.gif); width:60px; height:13px; float: left;"><div style="height: 13px; width: 60px; float: left; background-image: url(http://autopost.allsoftcenter.com/images/star.png);" > </div></div></div>&nbsp;<span class=rating>"Moms have eyes in the back of their heads!"</span>&nbsp;<span class=reviewdate>2006-12-10</span><br>By <b>Marta Lomeli</b> (San Diego, USA)<br>I LOVED this book! It has some great short stories from a variety of authors. Very tasty! Each story has its own flavor, and this makes for a great literary soup. It reaches across cultural boundaries to touch hearts and souls of us all.<br /><br /><br /><br />Seriously great reading!<br /><br /><br /><br />Marta Lomeli, author<br /><br />Cuentos From the House on West Connecticut Avenue <br><br><img src="http://autopost.allsoftcenter.com/images/ico_customer_reviews.gif " alt="Customer Buzz" align="absbottom" border="0" /><br/><div style="background-color: #CCCCCC; height: 13px; width: 60px; float: left;"><div style="background-image: url(http://autopost.allsoftcenter.com/images/starbg.gif); width:36px; height:13px; float: left;"><div style="height: 13px; width: 60px; float: left; background-image: url(http://autopost.allsoftcenter.com/images/star.png);" > </div></div></div>&nbsp;<span class=rating>"GREAT STORIES ABOUT OUR MOMS."</span>&nbsp;<span class=reviewdate>2001-11-15</span><br>By <b>RIVERA MAX</b> (ELIZABETH, NJ)<br>IT IS A TREAT TO READ ABOUT DIFFERENT STORIES ABOUT VARIOUS MOTHERS. THIS BOOK REMINDS US HOW IMPORTANT OUR MOMS ARE.<br>WE SHOULD ALWAYS GIVE THEM CREDIT FOR THIER GUTS ON BEING MOMS.<br><br><img src="http://autopost.allsoftcenter.com/images/ico_customer_reviews.gif " alt="Customer Buzz" align="absbottom" border="0" /><br/><div style="background-color: #CCCCCC; height: 13px; width: 60px; float: left;"><div style="background-image: url(http://autopost.allsoftcenter.com/images/starbg.gif); width:60px; height:13px; float: left;"><div style="height: 13px; width: 60px; float: left; background-image: url(http://autopost.allsoftcenter.com/images/star.png);" > </div></div></div>&nbsp;<span class=rating>"Exceptional, poetic and moving"</span>&nbsp;<span class=reviewdate>2000-09-27</span><br>By <b>Juliet M. Grigsby</b> (St. Paul, MN USA)<br>One has to bear in mind that writing about people one knows is very subjective, and this is the author's right. People simply are not objective about those close to them. The writers of this book have accomplished a creation that has resulted in a beautiful specimen of literature, rich in description and sentiment, both amusing and tragic.<p> How can one not laugh when Jaime Manrique quotes the only comment his mother makes after she sees her son's pictures in a magazine spread for the first time: " You look fat, You'd better lay off those pies" and how can one not cry when he writes "The most wonderful tribute I can pay to my mother is to say that whereas most children automatically love their mothers, I've grown to love Soledad." But these quotes don't mean much without reading all that precedes them. <p>And then, who will ever forget, once read, Alba Ambert's haunting search for a mother she has never known and how she consciously forms a life for herself based on this lack of knowledge?<p>If you are looking for straight storytelling, you will find it here, but you will also find great sentiment and poetry within these pages. That in itself is worth the read. One no longer cares as one reads along if it is true or not; it still touches the soul.<br><br><img src="http://autopost.allsoftcenter.com/images/ico_customer_reviews.gif " alt="Customer Buzz" align="absbottom" border="0" /><br/><div style="background-color: #CCCCCC; height: 13px; width: 60px; float: left;"><div style="background-image: url(http://autopost.allsoftcenter.com/images/starbg.gif); width:12px; height:13px; float: left;"><div style="height: 13px; width: 60px; float: left; background-image: url(http://autopost.allsoftcenter.com/images/star.png);" > </div></div></div>&nbsp;<span class=rating>"Unimpressed"</span>&nbsp;<span class=reviewdate>2000-09-10</span><br>By <b></b><br>When I first saw this book in the bookstore, I could not believe that someone finally put together a book about Latin mothers. As a person with a Mexican mother, I was hopeful that my unique experiences would finally be told. I was wrong. The writing in this book is dishonest and pretentious. I kept getting the feeling that the writers were trying to impress the readers with their clever writing and big words. It certainly did not help that the editors chose to exhaustively list all of the awards and accolades ever bestowed upon the writers. What does this have to do with writing about your mother? Even though some of the stories were potentially touching, I did not shed one tear because I simply could not get over the "look at me" writing. If someone wants to read a beautifully written book about a mother that made me cry and think about my own mother, please read Growing Up by Russell Baker. Russell Baker's mother did not have to be Mexican for me to be touched by her son's honesty and the beauty of his writing.<br><br> <br/><b>Images Product</b><br/><a target ='_blank' href='http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51GWX9QYGBL.jpg'><img src='http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51GWX9QYGBL.jpg' width='240px' border='0' /></a><br/><a href=" http://www.amazon.com/dp/0375408797?tag=dollies-20"><font size="2"><b>Buy Las Mamis Now </b></font></a></p><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5866590901713642802-8527823550176466997?l=hispanic-latino-books.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Cheaphttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14839505062944667426noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5866590901713642802.post-76217759862962267282010-03-15T17:12:00.001-07:002010-03-15T17:12:24.295-07:00<p><center><b>Buy Cheap The Rhythm of Success: How an Immigrant Produced His Own American Dream </b></center><br/><center><a href=" http://www.amazon.com/dp/0451226429?tag=dollies-20"><img src='http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/41f3xcQ94PL.jpg' height='300'></a><br/><a href=" http://www.amazon.com/dp/0451226429?tag=dollies-20"><font size="5"><b>Buy Low Price From Here Now </b></font></a></center><br/><B> From one of the most dynamic business men in the country: a motivational doctrine for those who want to make their most ambitious dreams comes true. </B><BR><BR> Emilio Estefan-husband to singer Gloria Estefan and founder of the Latin pop legend Miami Sound Machine-is the embodiment of the American dream. He came to the United States as a Cuban refugee and went on to become a 19-time GRAMMY(r)-winning producer and develop an evergreen business with investments in real estate, entertainment, hotels, and restaurants. Emilio succeeded on his own terms, and now, in <I>The Rhythm of Success</I>, he shares his guiding principles that readers will need to start and grow their own business or climb higher on the corporate ladder. Here Emilio imparts the basics needed for readers to identify their values, believe in their ideas, and establish their own plans for success. <BR><BR><br/ style="clear:both"><a href=" http://www.amazon.com/dp/0451226429?tag=dollies-20"><b> Readmore </b></a></p><span id="fullpost"><span class="fullpost"><h2>Technical Details</h2> - ISBN13: 9780451226426 <br/> - Condition: NEW <br/> - Notes: Brand New from Publisher. No Remainder Mark. <br/> <a href=" http://www.amazon.com/dp/0451226429?tag=dollies-20"><b>See more technical details </b></a><br/><img src="http://autopost.allsoftcenter.com/images/ico_customer_reviews.gif " alt="Customer Buzz" align="absbottom" border="0" /><br/><div style="background-color: #CCCCCC; height: 13px; width: 60px; float: left;"><div style="background-image: url(http://autopost.allsoftcenter.com/images/starbg.gif); width:48px; height:13px; float: left;"><div style="height: 13px; width: 60px; float: left; background-image: url(http://autopost.allsoftcenter.com/images/star.png);" > </div></div></div>&nbsp;<span class=rating>"Not a Biography but Inspirational"</span>&nbsp;<span class=reviewdate>2010-03-02</span><br>By <b>R. Spell</b> (Memphis, TN USA)<br>As a fan of Miami Sound Machine I looked forward to what I thought would be a biography of the lives of Emilio and Gloria Estefan. But that's not exactly what this is. Rather, it's a self help book with every chapter built around a self help tip. That's not necessarily bad as each chapter also gives an example in his life of this philosophy. What that leaves you with is an inspirational book, not what I was looking for, but also a shortened biography that is very quick to read. The writing style is very basic and this really appears to be a case where he wrote the book with minimal help. Not that that is bad, just an observation. Overall I enjoyed the book. Not a favorite, but an excellent read with many lessons wrapped around his life story.<br><br><img src="http://autopost.allsoftcenter.com/images/ico_customer_reviews.gif " alt="Customer Buzz" align="absbottom" border="0" /><br/><div style="background-color: #CCCCCC; height: 13px; width: 60px; float: left;"><div style="background-image: url(http://autopost.allsoftcenter.com/images/starbg.gif); width:60px; height:13px; float: left;"><div style="height: 13px; width: 60px; float: left; background-image: url(http://autopost.allsoftcenter.com/images/star.png);" > </div></div></div>&nbsp;<span class=rating>"getting motivated with the right rhythm"</span>&nbsp;<span class=reviewdate>2010-02-15</span><br>By <b>Yasser A. Pupo</b> (N Miami Beach, FL, US)<br>The book was extremely good. He has a very easy flow to putting his thoughts to words, and explaining his success. It's a great motivational tool, and anyone who reads the book will definitely find a well drawn map to success. There is no question to why this man has achieved the level of success that he has, definitely not an easy rhythm to mimic but its is spelled out in simple English for those who are up to the task, and well... The results speak for them selves. Thank you Emilio. <br><br><img src="http://autopost.allsoftcenter.com/images/ico_customer_reviews.gif " alt="Customer Buzz" align="absbottom" border="0" /><br/><div style="background-color: #CCCCCC; height: 13px; width: 60px; float: left;"><div style="background-image: url(http://autopost.allsoftcenter.com/images/starbg.gif); width:60px; height:13px; float: left;"><div style="height: 13px; width: 60px; float: left; background-image: url(http://autopost.allsoftcenter.com/images/star.png);" > </div></div></div>&nbsp;<span class=rating>"Great American Success Story"</span>&nbsp;<span class=reviewdate>2010-02-05</span><br>By <b>M. Robbins</b> (Miami, Fl USA)<br>I've truly enjoyed reading Emilio Estefan's book. It's not only a very interesting biography but also his own personal account of how he has succeeded in this country. He shares many of his guiding principles that he feels, have helped him reach success in his own terms. He tells us that certain habits, like being highly organized, and always being prompt, having a positive outlook, devoting yourself to your family, and planning for your future, are paramount to his success.<br /><br /><br /><br />He explains that if you follow his example, you will have time and energy to come up with great ideas for your life and your business endeavors, what ever they might be. These disciplines, if you will, have helped him succeed in his life and business and served him well and of course, will help anyone who is willing to sacrifice, as he has. <br /><br /><br /><br />Truly inspiring account for anyone, not only for the recent immigrants to the USA but for those who desire to better themselves and who enjoy an interesting story about one of the most successful music industry moguls and his famous and lovely wife, Gloria. I loved it!<br /><br />Maria Soto Robbins ([...]) <br /><br /><br><br><img src="http://autopost.allsoftcenter.com/images/ico_customer_reviews.gif " alt="Customer Buzz" align="absbottom" border="0" /><br/><div style="background-color: #CCCCCC; height: 13px; width: 60px; float: left;"><div style="background-image: url(http://autopost.allsoftcenter.com/images/starbg.gif); width:60px; height:13px; float: left;"><div style="height: 13px; width: 60px; float: left; background-image: url(http://autopost.allsoftcenter.com/images/star.png);" > </div></div></div>&nbsp;<span class=rating>"COULD NOT STOP READING, LOVED IT...."</span>&nbsp;<span class=reviewdate>2010-01-18</span><br>By <b>Sanz</b> (Port St. Lucie)<br>I purchased the book because I loved the title. I grew up in Miami, born in 1964 in Puerto Rico where my parents ended up after leaving their beloved country. I am a child of politically exiled, well educated parents. My parents are Cuban so we will always feel so very proud to consider ourselves Cuban Americans. We have a daughter 17, and boy and girl twins that are 13, all of them fully bilingual, second generation children of a family who started in a new country, brand new and never asked for anything , becoming successful all over again.<br /><br />Emilio Estefan made sure I remembered that. He made me proud of what all of us have accomplished, and reminded me of something I was always taught; Never take this freedom for granted and to love America. We live in Florida, in an area where Spanish is seldom spoken, but we have made sure our children love to speak the language of their grandparents,.<br /><br />All of my brothers and sisters became physicians and 22 years ago I married my cuban born amazing husband, a Michigan guy, who is a successful Internal Medicine doctor, he is loved and makes a difference for so many people every single day.<br /><br />Thank you Emilio for this uplifting, inspiring book not only for those of us who can relate to the cuban experience, but to anyone who knows that remaining positive, hopeful, faithful and true to yourself and your family will ensure success. Thank you for reminding me to always be thankful and follow my heart. It is not how much money you have, what matters is that your children are the priority, you love your life and feel at peace. What a great read!!! I will be buying this book to share with my friends!!! Thank You..<br /><br /> <br><br><img src="http://autopost.allsoftcenter.com/images/ico_customer_reviews.gif " alt="Customer Buzz" align="absbottom" border="0" /><br/><div style="background-color: #CCCCCC; height: 13px; width: 60px; float: left;"><div style="background-image: url(http://autopost.allsoftcenter.com/images/starbg.gif); width:60px; height:13px; float: left;"><div style="height: 13px; width: 60px; float: left; background-image: url(http://autopost.allsoftcenter.com/images/star.png);" > </div></div></div>&nbsp;<span class=rating>"An American Success Story!"</span>&nbsp;<span class=reviewdate>2010-01-15</span><br>By <b>Prince Barrister</b> (Miami, Florida)<br>I just finished reading the book and it is very motivating and inspiring. As a Cuban immigrant myself I can certainly identify with Emilio and I was surprised to read about all of the obstacles he had to overcome to get to where he is today. His is truly an American success story!!!Felicidades Emilio!<br><br> <br/><b>Images Product</b><br/><a target ='_blank' href='http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/41f3xcQ94PL.jpg'><img src='http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/41f3xcQ94PL.jpg' width='240px' border='0' /></a><a target ='_blank' href='http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/41f3xcQ94PL.jpg'><img src='http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/41f3xcQ94PL.jpg' width='240px' border='0' /></a><br/><a href=" http://www.amazon.com/dp/0451226429?tag=dollies-20"><font size="2"><b>Buy The Rhythm of Success: How an Immigrant Produced His Own American Dream Now </b></font></a></p><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5866590901713642802-7621775986296226728?l=hispanic-latino-books.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Cheaphttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14839505062944667426noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5866590901713642802.post-63430292495600476112010-03-15T07:30:00.001-07:002010-03-15T07:30:33.845-07:00<p><center><b>Buy Cheap The Pot That Juan Built </b></center><br/><center><a href=" http://www.amazon.com/dp/0788203371?tag=dollies-20"> <img src="http://g-ecx.images-amazon.com/images/G/01/nav2/dp/no-image-no-ciu._SL210_V46836203_.gif" border="0" ></a><br/><a href=" http://www.amazon.com/dp/0788203371?tag=dollies-20"><font size="5"><b>Buy Low Price From Here Now </b></font></a></center><br/>Quezada creates stunning pots in the traditional style of the Casas Grandes people, including using human hair to make brushes and cow dung to feed the fire. This real-life story is written in the form of "The House That Jack Built," and relays how Juan’s pioneering work has changed a poor village into a prosperous community of world-class artists. Illustrated by Caldecott Medal winner David Diaz.<br/ style="clear:both"><a href=" http://www.amazon.com/dp/0788203371?tag=dollies-20"><b> Readmore </b></a></p><span id="fullpost"><span class="fullpost"><h2>Technical Details</h2><a href=" http://www.amazon.com/dp/0788203371?tag=dollies-20"><b>See more technical details </b></a><br/><img src="http://autopost.allsoftcenter.com/images/ico_customer_reviews.gif " alt="Customer Buzz" align="absbottom" border="0" /><br/><div style="background-color: #CCCCCC; height: 13px; width: 60px; float: left;"><div style="background-image: url(http://autopost.allsoftcenter.com/images/starbg.gif); width:48px; height:13px; float: left;"><div style="height: 13px; width: 60px; float: left; background-image: url(http://autopost.allsoftcenter.com/images/star.png);" > </div></div></div>&nbsp;<span class=rating>"The Pot That Juan Built By Seth"</span>&nbsp;<span class=reviewdate>2007-03-20</span><br>By <b></b><br>The Pot that Juan built by: Seth K<br /><br /><br /><br />If you want to know what pottery evolved from read this book. I think it's funny but one part is disgusting, Juan uses cow manure to make a fire to harden the pots. A potter Juan and his burro are the main characters. Juan lives in the village of Mata Ortiz. Juan loves to make pottery and rides his burro up the mountains to get the clay to make the pots. Juan also makes the paint out of rocks and uses hair to paint the paint on to the pots. I recommend this book to people that like funny and a little nasty stories and who are 8-10 years old. The genre is realistic fiction because it actually could have happened. This book won the Pura Belpre Honor book award. If you want to learn about Mexico and how they make pottery, read this book.<br><br><img src="http://autopost.allsoftcenter.com/images/ico_customer_reviews.gif " alt="Customer Buzz" align="absbottom" border="0" /><br/><div style="background-color: #CCCCCC; height: 13px; width: 60px; float: left;"><div style="background-image: url(http://autopost.allsoftcenter.com/images/starbg.gif); width:36px; height:13px; float: left;"><div style="height: 13px; width: 60px; float: left; background-image: url(http://autopost.allsoftcenter.com/images/star.png);" > </div></div></div>&nbsp;<span class=rating>"Could have been Better for Those in the Know"</span>&nbsp;<span class=reviewdate>2006-03-16</span><br>By <b>Spencer Maccallum</b> (Casas Grandes, Chihuahua, Mexico)<br>For those in the know, the book suffers for want of careful editing. It is flawed, for example, by illustrator David Diaz' arrogance in placing his own designs on Quezada's pottery. Had this book been about van Gogh, Picasso or any other well-known artist, it is unlikely he would have portrayed their art with no concern for what it looked like in reality. This puts down Juan Quezada. Diaz also carelessly depicts Quezada building a pot by the continuous-coil method of the Indians of the American Southwest rather than by the distinctive method that he innovated and for which he is known. Better editing would have caught these problems with the illustrations as well as a multitude of minor inaccuracies that occur in the text, nearly one to a page. For example, in speaking of using a bean to burnish pottery, the author comments, "Of course dried beans can be found in any kitchen in the village." The bean in question is an inedible wild bean, the chilicote-not the kind that would normally be found in anyone's kitchen. Such editorial problems do not, however, detract from this production as a children's book. They are the sort that only one in the know would see.<br><br><img src="http://autopost.allsoftcenter.com/images/ico_customer_reviews.gif " alt="Customer Buzz" align="absbottom" border="0" /><br/><div style="background-color: #CCCCCC; height: 13px; width: 60px; float: left;"><div style="background-image: url(http://autopost.allsoftcenter.com/images/starbg.gif); width:60px; height:13px; float: left;"><div style="height: 13px; width: 60px; float: left; background-image: url(http://autopost.allsoftcenter.com/images/star.png);" > </div></div></div>&nbsp;<span class=rating>"My kid is obsessed with this book"</span>&nbsp;<span class=reviewdate>2004-01-22</span><br>By <b>Steph</b> (Claremont, CA)<br>The absorbing subject matter of this book, presented through catchy rhymes and alliteration and strong, colorful illustrations, has completely captured the imagination of my four-year-old. For three days now, he's been "Juan" almost exclusively, following ants to a vein of "the very best clay, all squishy and white," pretending to make vessels for every conceivable purpose, and peppering me with questions about Mexico, pottery-making, and Juan himself. I've had to draw the line at cutting my hair for paintbrushes and gathering the "dried cow manure" left by the neighborhood dogs. "The Pot That Juan Built" appeals to pre-schoolers' burgeoning interest in rhyme and other aspects of language; making things out of simple materials; and the world around them generally. I give it my highest recommendation!<br><br><img src="http://autopost.allsoftcenter.com/images/ico_customer_reviews.gif " alt="Customer Buzz" align="absbottom" border="0" /><br/><div style="background-color: #CCCCCC; height: 13px; width: 60px; float: left;"><div style="background-image: url(http://autopost.allsoftcenter.com/images/starbg.gif); width:60px; height:13px; float: left;"><div style="height: 13px; width: 60px; float: left; background-image: url(http://autopost.allsoftcenter.com/images/star.png);" > </div></div></div>&nbsp;<span class=rating>"Excellent, Beautiful Book!"</span>&nbsp;<span class=reviewdate>2003-11-14</span><br>By <b></b> (San Diego, CA)<br>I'm appalled at the lack of love for this book! I am a teacher of a 3rd grade classroom in California where my children are learing about how humans use the world around them to create their life and build their culture. This book is a perfect tie-in to this concept. The illustrations are beautiful and I found the rhymes to be intelligent and descriptive. Two thumbs up from me, and 48 thumbs up from my class!!<br><br><img src="http://autopost.allsoftcenter.com/images/ico_customer_reviews.gif " alt="Customer Buzz" align="absbottom" border="0" /><br/><div style="background-color: #CCCCCC; height: 13px; width: 60px; float: left;"><div style="background-image: url(http://autopost.allsoftcenter.com/images/starbg.gif); width:60px; height:13px; float: left;"><div style="height: 13px; width: 60px; float: left; background-image: url(http://autopost.allsoftcenter.com/images/star.png);" > </div></div></div>&nbsp;<span class=rating>"A Modern Classic"</span>&nbsp;<span class=reviewdate>2003-10-21</span><br>By <b></b><br>This is a beautiful book, in illustration and in content. It is the true story of Juan Quezada, a potter, and a celebratory tale of the village of Mata Ortiz, Mexico. Quezada's discovery of ancient pottery methods transformed Mata Ortiz from an impoverished village into a prosperous community of world-renowned artists. The story is cleverly told in the form of "The House That Jack Built". It is sing-song-y in it's rhythm and children will be enraptured by the story Ms. Andrews-Goebel has written and the beautifully vibrant illustrations of Caldecott Award winning illustrator, David Diaz. A more complete story of the famous pottery is told on the facing pages, providing intricate details of a fascinating process. A photo-illustrated afterward follows Quezada through the process of creating a pot, from the digging of the clay to the completed product. This book is a great addition to any child's multicultural library and informs us of one of the great contemporary and nationally recognized Mexican artists. DELIGHTFUL!!!<br><br> <br/><b>Images Product</b><br/><br/><a href=" http://www.amazon.com/dp/0788203371?tag=dollies-20"><font size="2"><b>Buy The Pot That Juan Built Now </b></font></a></p><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5866590901713642802-6343029249560047611?l=hispanic-latino-books.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Cheaphttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14839505062944667426noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5866590901713642802.post-68399246852556901892010-03-14T21:16:00.001-07:002010-03-14T21:16:29.070-07:00<p><center><b>Buy Cheap The Pot That Juan Built </b></center><br/><center><a href=" http://www.amazon.com/dp/078820338X?tag=dollies-20"> <img src="http://g-ecx.images-amazon.com/images/G/01/nav2/dp/no-image-no-ciu._SL210_V46836203_.gif" border="0" ></a><br/><a href=" http://www.amazon.com/dp/078820338X?tag=dollies-20"><font size="5"><b>Buy Low Price From Here Now </b></font></a></center><br/>Quezada creates stunning pots in the traditional style of the Casas Grandes people, including using human hair to make brushes and cow dung to feed the fire. This real-life story is written in the form of "The House That Jack Built," and relays how Juan’s pioneering work has changed a poor village into a prosperous community of world-class artists. Illustrated by Caldecott Medal winner David Diaz.<br/ style="clear:both"><a href=" http://www.amazon.com/dp/078820338X?tag=dollies-20"><b> Readmore </b></a></p><span id="fullpost"><span class="fullpost"><h2>Technical Details</h2><a href=" http://www.amazon.com/dp/078820338X?tag=dollies-20"><b>See more technical details </b></a><br/><img src="http://autopost.allsoftcenter.com/images/ico_customer_reviews.gif " alt="Customer Buzz" align="absbottom" border="0" /><br/><div style="background-color: #CCCCCC; height: 13px; width: 60px; float: left;"><div style="background-image: url(http://autopost.allsoftcenter.com/images/starbg.gif); width:48px; height:13px; float: left;"><div style="height: 13px; width: 60px; float: left; background-image: url(http://autopost.allsoftcenter.com/images/star.png);" > </div></div></div>&nbsp;<span class=rating>"The Pot That Juan Built By Seth"</span>&nbsp;<span class=reviewdate>2007-03-20</span><br>By <b></b><br>The Pot that Juan built by: Seth K<br /><br /><br /><br />If you want to know what pottery evolved from read this book. I think it's funny but one part is disgusting, Juan uses cow manure to make a fire to harden the pots. A potter Juan and his burro are the main characters. Juan lives in the village of Mata Ortiz. Juan loves to make pottery and rides his burro up the mountains to get the clay to make the pots. Juan also makes the paint out of rocks and uses hair to paint the paint on to the pots. I recommend this book to people that like funny and a little nasty stories and who are 8-10 years old. The genre is realistic fiction because it actually could have happened. This book won the Pura Belpre Honor book award. If you want to learn about Mexico and how they make pottery, read this book.<br><br><img src="http://autopost.allsoftcenter.com/images/ico_customer_reviews.gif " alt="Customer Buzz" align="absbottom" border="0" /><br/><div style="background-color: #CCCCCC; height: 13px; width: 60px; float: left;"><div style="background-image: url(http://autopost.allsoftcenter.com/images/starbg.gif); width:36px; height:13px; float: left;"><div style="height: 13px; width: 60px; float: left; background-image: url(http://autopost.allsoftcenter.com/images/star.png);" > </div></div></div>&nbsp;<span class=rating>"Could have been Better for Those in the Know"</span>&nbsp;<span class=reviewdate>2006-03-16</span><br>By <b>Spencer Maccallum</b> (Casas Grandes, Chihuahua, Mexico)<br>For those in the know, the book suffers for want of careful editing. It is flawed, for example, by illustrator David Diaz' arrogance in placing his own designs on Quezada's pottery. Had this book been about van Gogh, Picasso or any other well-known artist, it is unlikely he would have portrayed their art with no concern for what it looked like in reality. This puts down Juan Quezada. Diaz also carelessly depicts Quezada building a pot by the continuous-coil method of the Indians of the American Southwest rather than by the distinctive method that he innovated and for which he is known. Better editing would have caught these problems with the illustrations as well as a multitude of minor inaccuracies that occur in the text, nearly one to a page. For example, in speaking of using a bean to burnish pottery, the author comments, "Of course dried beans can be found in any kitchen in the village." The bean in question is an inedible wild bean, the chilicote-not the kind that would normally be found in anyone's kitchen. Such editorial problems do not, however, detract from this production as a children's book. They are the sort that only one in the know would see.<br><br><img src="http://autopost.allsoftcenter.com/images/ico_customer_reviews.gif " alt="Customer Buzz" align="absbottom" border="0" /><br/><div style="background-color: #CCCCCC; height: 13px; width: 60px; float: left;"><div style="background-image: url(http://autopost.allsoftcenter.com/images/starbg.gif); width:60px; height:13px; float: left;"><div style="height: 13px; width: 60px; float: left; background-image: url(http://autopost.allsoftcenter.com/images/star.png);" > </div></div></div>&nbsp;<span class=rating>"My kid is obsessed with this book"</span>&nbsp;<span class=reviewdate>2004-01-22</span><br>By <b>Steph</b> (Claremont, CA)<br>The absorbing subject matter of this book, presented through catchy rhymes and alliteration and strong, colorful illustrations, has completely captured the imagination of my four-year-old. For three days now, he's been "Juan" almost exclusively, following ants to a vein of "the very best clay, all squishy and white," pretending to make vessels for every conceivable purpose, and peppering me with questions about Mexico, pottery-making, and Juan himself. I've had to draw the line at cutting my hair for paintbrushes and gathering the "dried cow manure" left by the neighborhood dogs. "The Pot That Juan Built" appeals to pre-schoolers' burgeoning interest in rhyme and other aspects of language; making things out of simple materials; and the world around them generally. I give it my highest recommendation!<br><br><img src="http://autopost.allsoftcenter.com/images/ico_customer_reviews.gif " alt="Customer Buzz" align="absbottom" border="0" /><br/><div style="background-color: #CCCCCC; height: 13px; width: 60px; float: left;"><div style="background-image: url(http://autopost.allsoftcenter.com/images/starbg.gif); width:60px; height:13px; float: left;"><div style="height: 13px; width: 60px; float: left; background-image: url(http://autopost.allsoftcenter.com/images/star.png);" > </div></div></div>&nbsp;<span class=rating>"Excellent, Beautiful Book!"</span>&nbsp;<span class=reviewdate>2003-11-14</span><br>By <b></b> (San Diego, CA)<br>I'm appalled at the lack of love for this book! I am a teacher of a 3rd grade classroom in California where my children are learing about how humans use the world around them to create their life and build their culture. This book is a perfect tie-in to this concept. The illustrations are beautiful and I found the rhymes to be intelligent and descriptive. Two thumbs up from me, and 48 thumbs up from my class!!<br><br><img src="http://autopost.allsoftcenter.com/images/ico_customer_reviews.gif " alt="Customer Buzz" align="absbottom" border="0" /><br/><div style="background-color: #CCCCCC; height: 13px; width: 60px; float: left;"><div style="background-image: url(http://autopost.allsoftcenter.com/images/starbg.gif); width:60px; height:13px; float: left;"><div style="height: 13px; width: 60px; float: left; background-image: url(http://autopost.allsoftcenter.com/images/star.png);" > </div></div></div>&nbsp;<span class=rating>"A Modern Classic"</span>&nbsp;<span class=reviewdate>2003-10-21</span><br>By <b></b><br>This is a beautiful book, in illustration and in content. It is the true story of Juan Quezada, a potter, and a celebratory tale of the village of Mata Ortiz, Mexico. Quezada's discovery of ancient pottery methods transformed Mata Ortiz from an impoverished village into a prosperous community of world-renowned artists. The story is cleverly told in the form of "The House That Jack Built". It is sing-song-y in it's rhythm and children will be enraptured by the story Ms. Andrews-Goebel has written and the beautifully vibrant illustrations of Caldecott Award winning illustrator, David Diaz. A more complete story of the famous pottery is told on the facing pages, providing intricate details of a fascinating process. A photo-illustrated afterward follows Quezada through the process of creating a pot, from the digging of the clay to the completed product. This book is a great addition to any child's multicultural library and informs us of one of the great contemporary and nationally recognized Mexican artists. DELIGHTFUL!!!<br><br> <br/><b>Images Product</b><br/><br/><a href=" http://www.amazon.com/dp/078820338X?tag=dollies-20"><font size="2"><b>Buy The Pot That Juan Built Now </b></font></a></p><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5866590901713642802-6839924685255690189?l=hispanic-latino-books.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Cheaphttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14839505062944667426noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5866590901713642802.post-71647208955036506822010-03-14T20:02:00.001-07:002010-03-14T20:02:13.376-07:00<p><center><b>Buy Cheap The Pot That Juan Built (Pura Belpre Honor Book. Illustrator (Awards)) </b></center><br/><center><a href=" http://www.amazon.com/dp/1584300388?tag=dollies-20"><img src='http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51MQQT3Q30L.jpg' width='300'></a><br/><a href=" http://www.amazon.com/dp/1584300388?tag=dollies-20"><font size="5"><b>Buy Low Price From Here Now </b></font></a></center><br/>Quezada creates stunning pots in the traditional style of the Casas Grandes people, including using human hair to make brushes and cow dung to feed the fire. This real-life story is written in the form of "The House That Jack Built," and relays how Juan’s pioneering work has changed a poor village into a prosperous community of world-class artists. Illustrated by Caldecott Medal winner David Diaz.<br/ style="clear:both"><a href=" http://www.amazon.com/dp/1584300388?tag=dollies-20"><b> Readmore </b></a></p><span id="fullpost"><span class="fullpost"><h2>Technical Details</h2> - ISBN13: 9781584300380 <br/> - Condition: NEW <br/> - Notes: Brand New from Publisher. No Remainder Mark. <br/> - <a title='Condition Guide' href='/content/Condition_and_Shipping_Guide.htm' target='_blank'>Click here to view our Condition Guide and Shipping Prices</a> <br/> <a href=" http://www.amazon.com/dp/1584300388?tag=dollies-20"><b>See more technical details </b></a><br/><img src="http://autopost.allsoftcenter.com/images/ico_customer_reviews.gif " alt="Customer Buzz" align="absbottom" border="0" /><br/><div style="background-color: #CCCCCC; height: 13px; width: 60px; float: left;"><div style="background-image: url(http://autopost.allsoftcenter.com/images/starbg.gif); width:48px; height:13px; float: left;"><div style="height: 13px; width: 60px; float: left; background-image: url(http://autopost.allsoftcenter.com/images/star.png);" > </div></div></div>&nbsp;<span class=rating>"The Pot That Juan Built By Seth"</span>&nbsp;<span class=reviewdate>2007-03-20</span><br>By <b></b><br>The Pot that Juan built by: Seth K<br /><br /><br /><br />If you want to know what pottery evolved from read this book. I think it's funny but one part is disgusting, Juan uses cow manure to make a fire to harden the pots. A potter Juan and his burro are the main characters. Juan lives in the village of Mata Ortiz. Juan loves to make pottery and rides his burro up the mountains to get the clay to make the pots. Juan also makes the paint out of rocks and uses hair to paint the paint on to the pots. I recommend this book to people that like funny and a little nasty stories and who are 8-10 years old. The genre is realistic fiction because it actually could have happened. This book won the Pura Belpre Honor book award. If you want to learn about Mexico and how they make pottery, read this book.<br><br><img src="http://autopost.allsoftcenter.com/images/ico_customer_reviews.gif " alt="Customer Buzz" align="absbottom" border="0" /><br/><div style="background-color: #CCCCCC; height: 13px; width: 60px; float: left;"><div style="background-image: url(http://autopost.allsoftcenter.com/images/starbg.gif); width:36px; height:13px; float: left;"><div style="height: 13px; width: 60px; float: left; background-image: url(http://autopost.allsoftcenter.com/images/star.png);" > </div></div></div>&nbsp;<span class=rating>"Could have been Better for Those in the Know"</span>&nbsp;<span class=reviewdate>2006-03-16</span><br>By <b>Spencer Maccallum</b> (Casas Grandes, Chihuahua, Mexico)<br>For those in the know, the book suffers for want of careful editing. It is flawed, for example, by illustrator David Diaz' arrogance in placing his own designs on Quezada's pottery. Had this book been about van Gogh, Picasso or any other well-known artist, it is unlikely he would have portrayed their art with no concern for what it looked like in reality. This puts down Juan Quezada. Diaz also carelessly depicts Quezada building a pot by the continuous-coil method of the Indians of the American Southwest rather than by the distinctive method that he innovated and for which he is known. Better editing would have caught these problems with the illustrations as well as a multitude of minor inaccuracies that occur in the text, nearly one to a page. For example, in speaking of using a bean to burnish pottery, the author comments, "Of course dried beans can be found in any kitchen in the village." The bean in question is an inedible wild bean, the chilicote-not the kind that would normally be found in anyone's kitchen. Such editorial problems do not, however, detract from this production as a children's book. They are the sort that only one in the know would see.<br><br><img src="http://autopost.allsoftcenter.com/images/ico_customer_reviews.gif " alt="Customer Buzz" align="absbottom" border="0" /><br/><div style="background-color: #CCCCCC; height: 13px; width: 60px; float: left;"><div style="background-image: url(http://autopost.allsoftcenter.com/images/starbg.gif); width:60px; height:13px; float: left;"><div style="height: 13px; width: 60px; float: left; background-image: url(http://autopost.allsoftcenter.com/images/star.png);" > </div></div></div>&nbsp;<span class=rating>"My kid is obsessed with this book"</span>&nbsp;<span class=reviewdate>2004-01-22</span><br>By <b>Steph</b> (Claremont, CA)<br>The absorbing subject matter of this book, presented through catchy rhymes and alliteration and strong, colorful illustrations, has completely captured the imagination of my four-year-old. For three days now, he's been "Juan" almost exclusively, following ants to a vein of "the very best clay, all squishy and white," pretending to make vessels for every conceivable purpose, and peppering me with questions about Mexico, pottery-making, and Juan himself. I've had to draw the line at cutting my hair for paintbrushes and gathering the "dried cow manure" left by the neighborhood dogs. "The Pot That Juan Built" appeals to pre-schoolers' burgeoning interest in rhyme and other aspects of language; making things out of simple materials; and the world around them generally. I give it my highest recommendation!<br><br><img src="http://autopost.allsoftcenter.com/images/ico_customer_reviews.gif " alt="Customer Buzz" align="absbottom" border="0" /><br/><div style="background-color: #CCCCCC; height: 13px; width: 60px; float: left;"><div style="background-image: url(http://autopost.allsoftcenter.com/images/starbg.gif); width:60px; height:13px; float: left;"><div style="height: 13px; width: 60px; float: left; background-image: url(http://autopost.allsoftcenter.com/images/star.png);" > </div></div></div>&nbsp;<span class=rating>"Excellent, Beautiful Book!"</span>&nbsp;<span class=reviewdate>2003-11-14</span><br>By <b></b> (San Diego, CA)<br>I'm appalled at the lack of love for this book! I am a teacher of a 3rd grade classroom in California where my children are learing about how humans use the world around them to create their life and build their culture. This book is a perfect tie-in to this concept. The illustrations are beautiful and I found the rhymes to be intelligent and descriptive. Two thumbs up from me, and 48 thumbs up from my class!!<br><br><img src="http://autopost.allsoftcenter.com/images/ico_customer_reviews.gif " alt="Customer Buzz" align="absbottom" border="0" /><br/><div style="background-color: #CCCCCC; height: 13px; width: 60px; float: left;"><div style="background-image: url(http://autopost.allsoftcenter.com/images/starbg.gif); width:60px; height:13px; float: left;"><div style="height: 13px; width: 60px; float: left; background-image: url(http://autopost.allsoftcenter.com/images/star.png);" > </div></div></div>&nbsp;<span class=rating>"A Modern Classic"</span>&nbsp;<span class=reviewdate>2003-10-21</span><br>By <b></b><br>This is a beautiful book, in illustration and in content. It is the true story of Juan Quezada, a potter, and a celebratory tale of the village of Mata Ortiz, Mexico. Quezada's discovery of ancient pottery methods transformed Mata Ortiz from an impoverished village into a prosperous community of world-renowned artists. The story is cleverly told in the form of "The House That Jack Built". It is sing-song-y in it's rhythm and children will be enraptured by the story Ms. Andrews-Goebel has written and the beautifully vibrant illustrations of Caldecott Award winning illustrator, David Diaz. A more complete story of the famous pottery is told on the facing pages, providing intricate details of a fascinating process. A photo-illustrated afterward follows Quezada through the process of creating a pot, from the digging of the clay to the completed product. This book is a great addition to any child's multicultural library and informs us of one of the great contemporary and nationally recognized Mexican artists. DELIGHTFUL!!!<br><br> <br/><b>Images Product</b><br/><a target ='_blank' href='http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51MQQT3Q30L.jpg'><img src='http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51MQQT3Q30L.jpg' width='240px' border='0' /></a><br/><a href=" http://www.amazon.com/dp/1584300388?tag=dollies-20"><font size="2"><b>Buy The Pot That Juan Built (Pura Belpre Honor Book. Illustrator (Awards)) Now </b></font></a></p><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5866590901713642802-7164720895503650682?l=hispanic-latino-books.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Cheaphttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14839505062944667426noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5866590901713642802.post-29392131304976829022010-03-14T07:43:00.001-07:002010-03-14T07:43:31.265-07:00<p><center><b>Buy Cheap The Pot That Juan Built (Pura Belpre Honor Book. Illustrator (Awards)) </b></center><br/><center><a href=" http://www.amazon.com/dp/B0014E7IY2?tag=dollies-20"><img src='http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51MQQT3Q30L.jpg' width='300'></a><br/><a href=" http://www.amazon.com/dp/B0014E7IY2?tag=dollies-20"><font size="5"><b>Buy Low Price From Here Now </b></font></a></center><br/>Quezada creates stunning pots in the traditional style of the Casas Grandes people, including using human hair to make brushes and cow dung to feed the fire. This real-life story is written in the form of "The House That Jack Built," and relays how Juan’s pioneering work has changed a poor village into a prosperous community of world-class artists. Illustrated by Caldecott Medal winner David Diaz.<br/ style="clear:both"><a href=" http://www.amazon.com/dp/B0014E7IY2?tag=dollies-20"><b> Readmore </b></a></p><span id="fullpost"><span class="fullpost"><h2>Technical Details</h2><a href=" http://www.amazon.com/dp/B0014E7IY2?tag=dollies-20"><b>See more technical details </b></a><br/><img src="http://autopost.allsoftcenter.com/images/ico_customer_reviews.gif " alt="Customer Buzz" align="absbottom" border="0" /><br/><div style="background-color: #CCCCCC; height: 13px; width: 60px; float: left;"><div style="background-image: url(http://autopost.allsoftcenter.com/images/starbg.gif); width:48px; height:13px; float: left;"><div style="height: 13px; width: 60px; float: left; background-image: url(http://autopost.allsoftcenter.com/images/star.png);" > </div></div></div>&nbsp;<span class=rating>"The Pot That Juan Built By Seth"</span>&nbsp;<span class=reviewdate>2007-03-20</span><br>By <b></b><br>The Pot that Juan built by: Seth K<br /><br /><br /><br />If you want to know what pottery evolved from read this book. I think it's funny but one part is disgusting, Juan uses cow manure to make a fire to harden the pots. A potter Juan and his burro are the main characters. Juan lives in the village of Mata Ortiz. Juan loves to make pottery and rides his burro up the mountains to get the clay to make the pots. Juan also makes the paint out of rocks and uses hair to paint the paint on to the pots. I recommend this book to people that like funny and a little nasty stories and who are 8-10 years old. The genre is realistic fiction because it actually could have happened. This book won the Pura Belpre Honor book award. If you want to learn about Mexico and how they make pottery, read this book.<br><br><img src="http://autopost.allsoftcenter.com/images/ico_customer_reviews.gif " alt="Customer Buzz" align="absbottom" border="0" /><br/><div style="background-color: #CCCCCC; height: 13px; width: 60px; float: left;"><div style="background-image: url(http://autopost.allsoftcenter.com/images/starbg.gif); width:36px; height:13px; float: left;"><div style="height: 13px; width: 60px; float: left; background-image: url(http://autopost.allsoftcenter.com/images/star.png);" > </div></div></div>&nbsp;<span class=rating>"Could have been Better for Those in the Know"</span>&nbsp;<span class=reviewdate>2006-03-16</span><br>By <b>Spencer Maccallum</b> (Casas Grandes, Chihuahua, Mexico)<br>For those in the know, the book suffers for want of careful editing. It is flawed, for example, by illustrator David Diaz' arrogance in placing his own designs on Quezada's pottery. Had this book been about van Gogh, Picasso or any other well-known artist, it is unlikely he would have portrayed their art with no concern for what it looked like in reality. This puts down Juan Quezada. Diaz also carelessly depicts Quezada building a pot by the continuous-coil method of the Indians of the American Southwest rather than by the distinctive method that he innovated and for which he is known. Better editing would have caught these problems with the illustrations as well as a multitude of minor inaccuracies that occur in the text, nearly one to a page. For example, in speaking of using a bean to burnish pottery, the author comments, "Of course dried beans can be found in any kitchen in the village." The bean in question is an inedible wild bean, the chilicote-not the kind that would normally be found in anyone's kitchen. Such editorial problems do not, however, detract from this production as a children's book. They are the sort that only one in the know would see.<br><br><img src="http://autopost.allsoftcenter.com/images/ico_customer_reviews.gif " alt="Customer Buzz" align="absbottom" border="0" /><br/><div style="background-color: #CCCCCC; height: 13px; width: 60px; float: left;"><div style="background-image: url(http://autopost.allsoftcenter.com/images/starbg.gif); width:60px; height:13px; float: left;"><div style="height: 13px; width: 60px; float: left; background-image: url(http://autopost.allsoftcenter.com/images/star.png);" > </div></div></div>&nbsp;<span class=rating>"My kid is obsessed with this book"</span>&nbsp;<span class=reviewdate>2004-01-22</span><br>By <b>Steph</b> (Claremont, CA)<br>The absorbing subject matter of this book, presented through catchy rhymes and alliteration and strong, colorful illustrations, has completely captured the imagination of my four-year-old. For three days now, he's been "Juan" almost exclusively, following ants to a vein of "the very best clay, all squishy and white," pretending to make vessels for every conceivable purpose, and peppering me with questions about Mexico, pottery-making, and Juan himself. I've had to draw the line at cutting my hair for paintbrushes and gathering the "dried cow manure" left by the neighborhood dogs. "The Pot That Juan Built" appeals to pre-schoolers' burgeoning interest in rhyme and other aspects of language; making things out of simple materials; and the world around them generally. I give it my highest recommendation!<br><br><img src="http://autopost.allsoftcenter.com/images/ico_customer_reviews.gif " alt="Customer Buzz" align="absbottom" border="0" /><br/><div style="background-color: #CCCCCC; height: 13px; width: 60px; float: left;"><div style="background-image: url(http://autopost.allsoftcenter.com/images/starbg.gif); width:60px; height:13px; float: left;"><div style="height: 13px; width: 60px; float: left; background-image: url(http://autopost.allsoftcenter.com/images/star.png);" > </div></div></div>&nbsp;<span class=rating>"Excellent, Beautiful Book!"</span>&nbsp;<span class=reviewdate>2003-11-14</span><br>By <b></b> (San Diego, CA)<br>I'm appalled at the lack of love for this book! I am a teacher of a 3rd grade classroom in California where my children are learing about how humans use the world around them to create their life and build their culture. This book is a perfect tie-in to this concept. The illustrations are beautiful and I found the rhymes to be intelligent and descriptive. Two thumbs up from me, and 48 thumbs up from my class!!<br><br><img src="http://autopost.allsoftcenter.com/images/ico_customer_reviews.gif " alt="Customer Buzz" align="absbottom" border="0" /><br/><div style="background-color: #CCCCCC; height: 13px; width: 60px; float: left;"><div style="background-image: url(http://autopost.allsoftcenter.com/images/starbg.gif); width:60px; height:13px; float: left;"><div style="height: 13px; width: 60px; float: left; background-image: url(http://autopost.allsoftcenter.com/images/star.png);" > </div></div></div>&nbsp;<span class=rating>"A Modern Classic"</span>&nbsp;<span class=reviewdate>2003-10-21</span><br>By <b></b><br>This is a beautiful book, in illustration and in content. It is the true story of Juan Quezada, a potter, and a celebratory tale of the village of Mata Ortiz, Mexico. Quezada's discovery of ancient pottery methods transformed Mata Ortiz from an impoverished village into a prosperous community of world-renowned artists. The story is cleverly told in the form of "The House That Jack Built". It is sing-song-y in it's rhythm and children will be enraptured by the story Ms. Andrews-Goebel has written and the beautifully vibrant illustrations of Caldecott Award winning illustrator, David Diaz. A more complete story of the famous pottery is told on the facing pages, providing intricate details of a fascinating process. A photo-illustrated afterward follows Quezada through the process of creating a pot, from the digging of the clay to the completed product. This book is a great addition to any child's multicultural library and informs us of one of the great contemporary and nationally recognized Mexican artists. 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No Remainder Mark. <br/> <a href=" http://www.amazon.com/dp/0813544327?tag=dollies-20"><b>See more technical details </b></a><br/><img src="http://autopost.allsoftcenter.com/images/ico_customer_reviews.gif " alt="Customer Buzz" align="absbottom" border="0" /><br/><div style="background-color: #CCCCCC; height: 13px; width: 60px; float: left;"><div style="background-image: url(http://autopost.allsoftcenter.com/images/starbg.gif); width:60px; height:13px; float: left;"><div style="height: 13px; width: 60px; float: left; background-image: url(http://autopost.allsoftcenter.com/images/star.png);" > </div></div></div>&nbsp;<span class=rating>"Randall's Cuban Memoir a Must-Read"</span>&nbsp;<span class=reviewdate>2009-10-01</span><br>By <b>Jody Sokolower</b> (berkeley, ca)<br>To Change the World: My Years in Cuba is a fascinating, thought-provoking memoir by one of our most important writers and political thinkers. Through Randall's eyes-- as a young mother, poet, and idealistic activist--we see the extraordinary promise of revolutionary Cuba. We follow her journey as she struggles to balance her commitment to the Cuban revolution and to her children, and as she grapples with her deepening understanding of the contradictions within the revolution. <br /><br /><br /><br />Randall is best known as the author of oral histories like Cuban Women Now, Sandino's Daughters, and Sandino's Daughters Revisited--books that bring revolutionary struggles to life through the narratives of women who participated in them. This is a rare opportunity to see how she developed as a writer and photographer, an activist, and a political thinker. <br><br> <br/><b>Images Product</b><br/><a target ='_blank' href='http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/41pvrUf20KL.jpg'><img src='http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/41pvrUf20KL.jpg' width='240px' border='0' /></a><br/><a href=" http://www.amazon.com/dp/0813544327?tag=dollies-20"><font size="2"><b>Buy To Change the World: My Years in Cuba Now </b></font></a></p><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5866590901713642802-9222294880659647183?l=hispanic-latino-books.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Cheaphttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14839505062944667426noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5866590901713642802.post-32439960288999735642010-03-14T05:26:00.001-07:002010-03-14T05:26:19.160-07:00<p><center><b>Buy Cheap To Change the World: My Years in Cuba </b></center><br/><center><a href=" http://www.amazon.com/dp/0813544319?tag=dollies-20"><img src='http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/41rm-vIAjlL.jpg' height='300'></a><br/><a href=" http://www.amazon.com/dp/0813544319?tag=dollies-20"><font size="5"><b>Buy Low Price From Here Now </b></font></a></center><br/>In <i>To Change the World</i>, the legendary writer and poet Margaret Randall chronicles her decade in Cuba from 1969 to 1980. 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Through Randall's eyes-- as a young mother, poet, and idealistic activist--we see the extraordinary promise of revolutionary Cuba. We follow her journey as she struggles to balance her commitment to the Cuban revolution and to her children, and as she grapples with her deepening understanding of the contradictions within the revolution. <br /><br /><br /><br />Randall is best known as the author of oral histories like Cuban Women Now, Sandino's Daughters, and Sandino's Daughters Revisited--books that bring revolutionary struggles to life through the narratives of women who participated in them. This is a rare opportunity to see how she developed as a writer and photographer, an activist, and a political thinker. <br><br> <br/><b>Images Product</b><br/><a target ='_blank' href='http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/41rm-vIAjlL.jpg'><img src='http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/41rm-vIAjlL.jpg' width='240px' border='0' /></a><br/><a href=" http://www.amazon.com/dp/0813544319?tag=dollies-20"><font size="2"><b>Buy To Change the World: My Years in Cuba Now </b></font></a></p><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5866590901713642802-3243996028899973564?l=hispanic-latino-books.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Cheaphttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14839505062944667426noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5866590901713642802.post-35906726349265114122010-03-13T05:41:00.001-08:002010-03-13T05:41:53.643-08:00<p><center><b>Buy Cheap Farmworker's Daughter: Growing Up Mexican in America </b></center><br/><center><a href=" http://www.amazon.com/dp/1597140066?tag=dollies-20"><img src='http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51REM8B54TL.jpg' height='300'></a><br/><a href=" http://www.amazon.com/dp/1597140066?tag=dollies-20"><font size="5"><b>Buy Low Price From Here Now </b></font></a></center><br/>In this affectionate memoir, Guilbault invites us into her girlhood, revealing what it was like to grow up as a Mexican immigrant in a farming community during the turbulent 1960s. She recalls her early struggles to learn English, to fit in with schoolmates with their Barbie dolls and cupcakes, to win approval, and to bridge the tensions between home life and the public world to which she was drawn. <P>As her mother dreams of owning a house with her new farmworker husband, Rose perfects her English and writes for the school newspaper, nurturing dreams of her own that will eventually take her far from her life as a farmworker’s daughter.<br/ style="clear:both"><a href=" http://www.amazon.com/dp/1597140066?tag=dollies-20"><b> Readmore </b></a></p><span id="fullpost"><span class="fullpost"><h2>Technical Details</h2><a href=" http://www.amazon.com/dp/1597140066?tag=dollies-20"><b>See more technical details </b></a><br/><img src="http://autopost.allsoftcenter.com/images/ico_customer_reviews.gif " alt="Customer Buzz" align="absbottom" border="0" /><br/><div style="background-color: #CCCCCC; height: 13px; width: 60px; float: left;"><div style="background-image: url(http://autopost.allsoftcenter.com/images/starbg.gif); width:48px; height:13px; float: left;"><div style="height: 13px; width: 60px; float: left; background-image: url(http://autopost.allsoftcenter.com/images/star.png);" > </div></div></div>&nbsp;<span class=rating>"Slow start, good storytelling, bad ending..."</span>&nbsp;<span class=reviewdate>2009-02-28</span><br>By <b>Stop Googling Me</b> (Florida, MO)<br>I got this book as a gift. As a guy, I thought it would be a girlie book that I would not enjoy. As a Mexican-American, I found that I was not alone in what I experienced growing up: caught between two cultures, farmworker parents that never really assimilated into Americanisms, and the isolation sometimes felt because of this --- all this, even though I was born in the states. The book itself started off slow and didn't really get interesting until about 50 pages into it when the storytelling started to magically retell the author's memories. However, the book unfortunately ends abruptly during her early years of college. We, the readers, unfortunately are left wondering what happened to her parents (papa is left off on a very bad note), how she ended up becoming the successful woman that she is, or for that matter, how she finally met her husband and started a family. This book would have been much better if an epilogue were added... even if it was to say that there were many more stories, but no time left to tell them. Otherwise, I recommend this book for those who may be looking for insights into what it means to be Mexican-American... we really don't fit with people on either side of the border, and most people don't understand this.<br><br><img src="http://autopost.allsoftcenter.com/images/ico_customer_reviews.gif " alt="Customer Buzz" align="absbottom" border="0" /><br/><div style="background-color: #CCCCCC; height: 13px; width: 60px; float: left;"><div style="background-image: url(http://autopost.allsoftcenter.com/images/starbg.gif); width:48px; height:13px; float: left;"><div style="height: 13px; width: 60px; float: left; background-image: url(http://autopost.allsoftcenter.com/images/star.png);" > </div></div></div>&nbsp;<span class=rating>"Not pretentious, preachy or condemning, but just the right blend of truth, reality, and life"</span>&nbsp;<span class=reviewdate>2008-04-06</span><br>By <b>Bethany L. Canfield</b> (Corvallis, OR,USA.)<br>The story of Rosela begins in Mexico, in a dry land where people need much and many times do not have enough. She and her mother take the journey up, to unknown lands with so much uncertainty...but with an incredible desire to see their lives amount to something other than a shunned, divorced mother and her fatherless daughter. Mexico will remain Rosela's identity throughout her memoir, sometimes she loves this fact, others ( like when she was a teen in the 60's she wishes it were not so) she wishes she could be, and especially look more like her blond American friends. She lives in time when immigrants lives were even more uncertain than they are today, a time when the Vietnam war was full force, and the excitable 60's and 70's were rolling through. I enjoyed reading about how this impacted her as a foreigner, and what the feelings were towards her during this time.<br /><br /><br /><br />Rosela does not set the goals that would be acceptable for her to reach (as an immigrant in a small town), but she longs for dreams that will satisfy her, and fulfill her purpose. She grew up an outsider, but not only an outsider when she was in California, but also when she went on trips back to Mexico. Life is not easy, and mistakes are made, but Rosela's story is one of hope, dreams and much courage. I was honored to read Rose Castillo Gibault's memoir, the lessons she learned are not only for her situation, but I found them completely relatable. Because I could easily relate to this feeling of not fitting in very well, or depending on other's mercy to feel "at home", Farmworker's Daughter was that book that just feels right. Not pretentious, preachy or condemning, but just the right blend of truth, reality, and life.<br /><br /><br /><br />The writing of Farmworker's Daughter was really great, I enjoyed reading from the perspective of the little girl, then adolescent, then college age woman. It had really good follow through and lead me on right to the end of the book very smoothly. I loved reading this book, check it out!<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Here are some quotes ( I love quotes so I always have to include them!!):<br /><br /><br /><br />"As a teenager I once asked my mother why she had left since she always talked about the greatness of Mexico. Maybe she had given up too much to come here, I suggested. She thoughtfully considered what I knew to be an impudent comment, and I immediately felt guilty. She shook her head sadly and looked into space, as if her gaze could travel back in time and pinpoint the precise moment she had made that momentous decision. [...] "There was nothing to loose. There was nothing for you and me.""(p. 23).<br /><br /><br /><br />" Once I stepped outside my door, I was all alone and had to fend for myself. The only thing I feared more than school was disappointing my mother, so I hid my anxieties" (p. 48).<br /><br /><br /><br />"One of the most memorable episodes during my years in Mrs. Rojas class was the day our class picture was taken and Mrs. Rojas announced that the prettiest and most photogenic person in class was Ramona--a shy Mexican girl. The blondes were shocked, Ramona blossomed with new self-confidence and the rest of us were struck by the notion that a Mexican could be considered beautiful" (p. 86).<br /><br /><br /><br />"It was great to be popular in Mexico by acting out being an American, because in the United States I certainly didn't feel like one" (p. 112).<br /><br /><br /><br />" Those Americans found Mexicans in Mexico charming, but those same Mexicans, it seemed, quickly lost their "charm" once in the United States. My cousins were proud, and being snubbed left them with little desire to explore beyond the small-town prejudices. They did not return" (p. 114).<br><br><img src="http://autopost.allsoftcenter.com/images/ico_customer_reviews.gif " alt="Customer Buzz" align="absbottom" border="0" /><br/><div style="background-color: #CCCCCC; height: 13px; width: 60px; float: left;"><div style="background-image: url(http://autopost.allsoftcenter.com/images/starbg.gif); width:60px; height:13px; float: left;"><div style="height: 13px; width: 60px; float: left; background-image: url(http://autopost.allsoftcenter.com/images/star.png);" > </div></div></div>&nbsp;<span class=rating>"Memoir of a Mexican American Woman"</span>&nbsp;<span class=reviewdate>2007-08-26</span><br>By <b>Sherry York</b> (Ruidoso, NM & Maverick, TX USA)<br>Rose Castillo Guilbault's memoir is a great addition to the narrow field of autobiographies by Mexican American women! Well written and honest, this memoir will help readers, teens and adults, experience what it was like to grow up as a working class Mexican American girl in Arizona and California in the 1950's and 60's. In spite of our cultural differences, after reading this book I feel a kinship to this author. I believe that Rose and I could have been friends if we had gone to school together. I look forward to her next memoir because I sense there is much more of her life story that needs to be told. <br><br><img src="http://autopost.allsoftcenter.com/images/ico_customer_reviews.gif " alt="Customer Buzz" align="absbottom" border="0" /><br/><div style="background-color: #CCCCCC; height: 13px; width: 60px; float: left;"><div style="background-image: url(http://autopost.allsoftcenter.com/images/starbg.gif); width:60px; height:13px; float: left;"><div style="height: 13px; width: 60px; float: left; background-image: url(http://autopost.allsoftcenter.com/images/star.png);" > </div></div></div>&nbsp;<span class=rating>"Farm worker's Daughter"</span>&nbsp;<span class=reviewdate>2007-05-09</span><br>By <b>A. Alderete</b> (Novato, California)<br>We haven't read the book yet, but our eleven-year-old, grand daughter did. She liked it so much, that she patterned her school report about her grandmother on it.<br><br><img src="http://autopost.allsoftcenter.com/images/ico_customer_reviews.gif " alt="Customer Buzz" align="absbottom" border="0" /><br/><div style="background-color: #CCCCCC; height: 13px; width: 60px; float: left;"><div style="background-image: url(http://autopost.allsoftcenter.com/images/starbg.gif); width:60px; height:13px; float: left;"><div style="height: 13px; width: 60px; float: left; background-image: url(http://autopost.allsoftcenter.com/images/star.png);" > </div></div></div>&nbsp;<span class=rating>"Inspirational Story of Farmworker's Daughter"</span>&nbsp;<span class=reviewdate>2006-12-11</span><br>By <b>Daniel Olivas</b> (West Hills, CA United States)<br>Teens will be moved and inspired by Rose Castillo Guilbault's memoir, "Farmworker's Daughter: Growing Up Mexican in America" (Heyday Books, $11.95 paperback). The chapters in this richly detailed book arose from a series of essays first published in the San Francisco Chronicle. <br /><br />Guilbault is best known as an award-winning broadcast and print journalist who now is vice president of corporate affairs at the Automobile Association of America of Northern California. Her memoir recounts the intellectual, cultural and emotional trek from her youth in the border town of Nogales, Mexico, to growing up in California's Salinas Valley. Guilbault fights bigotry, economic hardship and sexism. She eventually finds success in the world of words -- although the phrase "I can't" has no place in her vocabulary. 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With openness, courage, and charm, she recalls her early struggles to learn English, to fit in with schoolmates with their Barbie dolls and cupcakes, to win approval, and to bridge the tensions between the home life and the public world to which she was drawn.<br/ style="clear:both"><a href=" http://www.amazon.com/dp/1597140341?tag=dollies-20"><b> Readmore </b></a></p><span id="fullpost"><span class="fullpost"><h2>Technical Details</h2><a href=" http://www.amazon.com/dp/1597140341?tag=dollies-20"><b>See more technical details </b></a><br/><img src="http://autopost.allsoftcenter.com/images/ico_customer_reviews.gif " alt="Customer Buzz" align="absbottom" border="0" /><br/><div style="background-color: #CCCCCC; height: 13px; width: 60px; float: left;"><div style="background-image: url(http://autopost.allsoftcenter.com/images/starbg.gif); width:48px; height:13px; float: left;"><div style="height: 13px; width: 60px; float: left; background-image: url(http://autopost.allsoftcenter.com/images/star.png);" > </div></div></div>&nbsp;<span class=rating>"Slow start, good storytelling, bad ending..."</span>&nbsp;<span class=reviewdate>2009-02-28</span><br>By <b>Stop Googling Me</b> (Florida, MO)<br>I got this book as a gift. As a guy, I thought it would be a girlie book that I would not enjoy. As a Mexican-American, I found that I was not alone in what I experienced growing up: caught between two cultures, farmworker parents that never really assimilated into Americanisms, and the isolation sometimes felt because of this --- all this, even though I was born in the states. The book itself started off slow and didn't really get interesting until about 50 pages into it when the storytelling started to magically retell the author's memories. However, the book unfortunately ends abruptly during her early years of college. We, the readers, unfortunately are left wondering what happened to her parents (papa is left off on a very bad note), how she ended up becoming the successful woman that she is, or for that matter, how she finally met her husband and started a family. This book would have been much better if an epilogue were added... even if it was to say that there were many more stories, but no time left to tell them. Otherwise, I recommend this book for those who may be looking for insights into what it means to be Mexican-American... we really don't fit with people on either side of the border, and most people don't understand this.<br><br><img src="http://autopost.allsoftcenter.com/images/ico_customer_reviews.gif " alt="Customer Buzz" align="absbottom" border="0" /><br/><div style="background-color: #CCCCCC; height: 13px; width: 60px; float: left;"><div style="background-image: url(http://autopost.allsoftcenter.com/images/starbg.gif); width:48px; height:13px; float: left;"><div style="height: 13px; width: 60px; float: left; background-image: url(http://autopost.allsoftcenter.com/images/star.png);" > </div></div></div>&nbsp;<span class=rating>"Not pretentious, preachy or condemning, but just the right blend of truth, reality, and life"</span>&nbsp;<span class=reviewdate>2008-04-06</span><br>By <b>Bethany L. Canfield</b> (Corvallis, OR,USA.)<br>The story of Rosela begins in Mexico, in a dry land where people need much and many times do not have enough. She and her mother take the journey up, to unknown lands with so much uncertainty...but with an incredible desire to see their lives amount to something other than a shunned, divorced mother and her fatherless daughter. Mexico will remain Rosela's identity throughout her memoir, sometimes she loves this fact, others ( like when she was a teen in the 60's she wishes it were not so) she wishes she could be, and especially look more like her blond American friends. She lives in time when immigrants lives were even more uncertain than they are today, a time when the Vietnam war was full force, and the excitable 60's and 70's were rolling through. I enjoyed reading about how this impacted her as a foreigner, and what the feelings were towards her during this time.<br /><br /><br /><br />Rosela does not set the goals that would be acceptable for her to reach (as an immigrant in a small town), but she longs for dreams that will satisfy her, and fulfill her purpose. She grew up an outsider, but not only an outsider when she was in California, but also when she went on trips back to Mexico. Life is not easy, and mistakes are made, but Rosela's story is one of hope, dreams and much courage. I was honored to read Rose Castillo Gibault's memoir, the lessons she learned are not only for her situation, but I found them completely relatable. Because I could easily relate to this feeling of not fitting in very well, or depending on other's mercy to feel "at home", Farmworker's Daughter was that book that just feels right. Not pretentious, preachy or condemning, but just the right blend of truth, reality, and life.<br /><br /><br /><br />The writing of Farmworker's Daughter was really great, I enjoyed reading from the perspective of the little girl, then adolescent, then college age woman. It had really good follow through and lead me on right to the end of the book very smoothly. I loved reading this book, check it out!<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Here are some quotes ( I love quotes so I always have to include them!!):<br /><br /><br /><br />"As a teenager I once asked my mother why she had left since she always talked about the greatness of Mexico. Maybe she had given up too much to come here, I suggested. She thoughtfully considered what I knew to be an impudent comment, and I immediately felt guilty. She shook her head sadly and looked into space, as if her gaze could travel back in time and pinpoint the precise moment she had made that momentous decision. [...] "There was nothing to loose. There was nothing for you and me.""(p. 23).<br /><br /><br /><br />" Once I stepped outside my door, I was all alone and had to fend for myself. The only thing I feared more than school was disappointing my mother, so I hid my anxieties" (p. 48).<br /><br /><br /><br />"One of the most memorable episodes during my years in Mrs. Rojas class was the day our class picture was taken and Mrs. Rojas announced that the prettiest and most photogenic person in class was Ramona--a shy Mexican girl. The blondes were shocked, Ramona blossomed with new self-confidence and the rest of us were struck by the notion that a Mexican could be considered beautiful" (p. 86).<br /><br /><br /><br />"It was great to be popular in Mexico by acting out being an American, because in the United States I certainly didn't feel like one" (p. 112).<br /><br /><br /><br />" Those Americans found Mexicans in Mexico charming, but those same Mexicans, it seemed, quickly lost their "charm" once in the United States. My cousins were proud, and being snubbed left them with little desire to explore beyond the small-town prejudices. They did not return" (p. 114).<br><br><img src="http://autopost.allsoftcenter.com/images/ico_customer_reviews.gif " alt="Customer Buzz" align="absbottom" border="0" /><br/><div style="background-color: #CCCCCC; height: 13px; width: 60px; float: left;"><div style="background-image: url(http://autopost.allsoftcenter.com/images/starbg.gif); width:60px; height:13px; float: left;"><div style="height: 13px; width: 60px; float: left; background-image: url(http://autopost.allsoftcenter.com/images/star.png);" > </div></div></div>&nbsp;<span class=rating>"Memoir of a Mexican American Woman"</span>&nbsp;<span class=reviewdate>2007-08-26</span><br>By <b>Sherry York</b> (Ruidoso, NM & Maverick, TX USA)<br>Rose Castillo Guilbault's memoir is a great addition to the narrow field of autobiographies by Mexican American women! Well written and honest, this memoir will help readers, teens and adults, experience what it was like to grow up as a working class Mexican American girl in Arizona and California in the 1950's and 60's. In spite of our cultural differences, after reading this book I feel a kinship to this author. I believe that Rose and I could have been friends if we had gone to school together. I look forward to her next memoir because I sense there is much more of her life story that needs to be told. <br><br><img src="http://autopost.allsoftcenter.com/images/ico_customer_reviews.gif " alt="Customer Buzz" align="absbottom" border="0" /><br/><div style="background-color: #CCCCCC; height: 13px; width: 60px; float: left;"><div style="background-image: url(http://autopost.allsoftcenter.com/images/starbg.gif); width:60px; height:13px; float: left;"><div style="height: 13px; width: 60px; float: left; background-image: url(http://autopost.allsoftcenter.com/images/star.png);" > </div></div></div>&nbsp;<span class=rating>"Farm worker's Daughter"</span>&nbsp;<span class=reviewdate>2007-05-09</span><br>By <b>A. Alderete</b> (Novato, California)<br>We haven't read the book yet, but our eleven-year-old, grand daughter did. She liked it so much, that she patterned her school report about her grandmother on it.<br><br><img src="http://autopost.allsoftcenter.com/images/ico_customer_reviews.gif " alt="Customer Buzz" align="absbottom" border="0" /><br/><div style="background-color: #CCCCCC; height: 13px; width: 60px; float: left;"><div style="background-image: url(http://autopost.allsoftcenter.com/images/starbg.gif); width:60px; height:13px; float: left;"><div style="height: 13px; width: 60px; float: left; background-image: url(http://autopost.allsoftcenter.com/images/star.png);" > </div></div></div>&nbsp;<span class=rating>"Inspirational Story of Farmworker's Daughter"</span>&nbsp;<span class=reviewdate>2006-12-11</span><br>By <b>Daniel Olivas</b> (West Hills, CA United States)<br>Teens will be moved and inspired by Rose Castillo Guilbault's memoir, "Farmworker's Daughter: Growing Up Mexican in America" (Heyday Books, $11.95 paperback). 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For Latinas looking for stories that hit close to home and warm your heart, lo recomiendo cien por ciento.<br><br><img src="http://autopost.allsoftcenter.com/images/ico_customer_reviews.gif " alt="Customer Buzz" align="absbottom" border="0" /><br/><div style="background-color: #CCCCCC; height: 13px; width: 60px; float: left;"><div style="background-image: url(http://autopost.allsoftcenter.com/images/starbg.gif); width:48px; height:13px; float: left;"><div style="height: 13px; width: 60px; float: left; background-image: url(http://autopost.allsoftcenter.com/images/star.png);" > </div></div></div>&nbsp;<span class=rating>"Fabulous Book"</span>&nbsp;<span class=reviewdate>2007-01-19</span><br>By <b>J. Aragon</b><br>Telling to Live fills the void by sharing the "testimonios" of the various Latina feminist writers in the book. The testimonios are poignant and at times hilarious. <br /><br /><br /><br />I used this book in an upper division course and by and large the students liked the book. The Latina/o students were extremely fond of the book and it caused self-reflection on their part. <br /><br /><br /><br />I own the book and have read it twice and know that I will continue to go back for the book for personal and acadmic reasons. <br><br><img src="http://autopost.allsoftcenter.com/images/ico_customer_reviews.gif " alt="Customer Buzz" align="absbottom" border="0" /><br/><div style="background-color: #CCCCCC; height: 13px; width: 60px; float: left;"><div style="background-image: url(http://autopost.allsoftcenter.com/images/starbg.gif); width:60px; height:13px; float: left;"><div style="height: 13px; width: 60px; float: left; background-image: url(http://autopost.allsoftcenter.com/images/star.png);" > </div></div></div>&nbsp;<span class=rating>"An Amazing Book"</span>&nbsp;<span class=reviewdate>2002-04-03</span><br>By <b>feministprof</b> (philadelphia)<br>Telling To Live is an important book that will serve as both inspiration and information-source for years to come. While calls for a more diverse scholarship permeate academia, so few books are written from the viewpoint of Latinas. The use of the "testimonios" format is particularly compelling as the authors relate their personal experience to larger political issues such as empowerment, invisibility, the body. This thematic organization makes the book particularly well suited for use in the classroom.<br><br> <br/><b>Images Product</b><br/><a target ='_blank' href='http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/418VJ4GTSPL.jpg'><img src='http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/418VJ4GTSPL.jpg' width='240px' border='0' /></a><br/><a href=" http://www.amazon.com/dp/0822327651?tag=dollies-20"><font size="2"><b>Buy Telling to Live: Latina Feminist <I>Testimonios</I> (Latin America Otherwise) Now </b></font></a></p><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5866590901713642802-8091503451561494679?l=hispanic-latino-books.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Cheaphttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14839505062944667426noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5866590901713642802.post-22943866397949501212010-03-11T00:34:00.001-08:002010-03-11T00:34:55.350-08:00<p><center><b>Buy Cheap Telling to Live: Latina Feminist <I>Testimonios</I> (Latin America Otherwise) </b></center><br/><center><a href=" http://www.amazon.com/dp/0822327554?tag=dollies-20"> <img src="http://g-ecx.images-amazon.com/images/G/01/nav2/dp/no-image-no-ciu._SL210_V46836203_.gif" border="0" ></a><br/><a href=" http://www.amazon.com/dp/0822327554?tag=dollies-20"><font size="5"><b>Buy Low Price From Here Now </b></font></a></center><br/>Telling to Live embodies the vision that compelled Latina feminists to engage their differences and find common ground. Its contributors reflect varied class, religious, ethnic, racial, linguistic, sexual, and national backgrounds. Yet in one way or another they are all professional producers of testimonios—or life stories—whether as poets, oral historians, literary scholars, ethnographers, or psychologists. Through coalitional politics, these women have forged feminist political stances about generating knowledge through experience. Reclaiming testimonio as a tool for understanding the complexities of Latina identity, they compare how each made the journey to become credentialed creative thinkers and writers. Telling to Live unleashes the clarifying power of sharing these stories.<P>The complex and rich tapestry of narratives that comprises this book introduces us to an intergenerational group of Latina women who negotiate their place in U.S. society at the cusp of the twenty-first century. These are the stories of women who struggled to reach the echelons of higher education, often against great odds, and constructed relationships of sustenance and creativity along the way. The stories, poetry, memoirs, and reflections of this diverse group of Puerto Rican, Chicana, Native American, Mexican, Cuban, Dominican, Sephardic, mixed-heritage, and Central American women provide new perspectives on feminist theorizing, perspectives located in the borderlands of Latino cultures.<P>This often heart wrenching, sometimes playful, yet always insightful collection will interest those who wish to understand the challenges U.S. society poses for women of complex cultural heritages who strive to carve out their own spaces in the ivory tower.<br/ style="clear:both"><a href=" http://www.amazon.com/dp/0822327554?tag=dollies-20"><b> Readmore </b></a></p><span id="fullpost"><span class="fullpost"><h2>Technical Details</h2><a href=" http://www.amazon.com/dp/0822327554?tag=dollies-20"><b>See more technical details </b></a><br/><img src="http://autopost.allsoftcenter.com/images/ico_customer_reviews.gif " alt="Customer Buzz" align="absbottom" border="0" /><br/><div style="background-color: #CCCCCC; height: 13px; width: 60px; float: left;"><div style="background-image: url(http://autopost.allsoftcenter.com/images/starbg.gif); width:60px; height:13px; float: left;"><div style="height: 13px; width: 60px; float: left; background-image: url(http://autopost.allsoftcenter.com/images/star.png);" > </div></div></div>&nbsp;<span class=rating>"Buenísimo!"</span>&nbsp;<span class=reviewdate>2008-03-20</span><br>By <b>Amalia Garcia</b><br>Great read for anyone who enjoys learning about real life Latina struggles and accomplishments. For Latinas looking for stories that hit close to home and warm your heart, lo recomiendo cien por ciento.<br><br><img src="http://autopost.allsoftcenter.com/images/ico_customer_reviews.gif " alt="Customer Buzz" align="absbottom" border="0" /><br/><div style="background-color: #CCCCCC; height: 13px; width: 60px; float: left;"><div style="background-image: url(http://autopost.allsoftcenter.com/images/starbg.gif); width:48px; height:13px; float: left;"><div style="height: 13px; width: 60px; float: left; background-image: url(http://autopost.allsoftcenter.com/images/star.png);" > </div></div></div>&nbsp;<span class=rating>"Fabulous Book"</span>&nbsp;<span class=reviewdate>2007-01-19</span><br>By <b>J. Aragon</b><br>Telling to Live fills the void by sharing the "testimonios" of the various Latina feminist writers in the book. The testimonios are poignant and at times hilarious. <br /><br /><br /><br />I used this book in an upper division course and by and large the students liked the book. The Latina/o students were extremely fond of the book and it caused self-reflection on their part. <br /><br /><br /><br />I own the book and have read it twice and know that I will continue to go back for the book for personal and acadmic reasons. <br><br><img src="http://autopost.allsoftcenter.com/images/ico_customer_reviews.gif " alt="Customer Buzz" align="absbottom" border="0" /><br/><div style="background-color: #CCCCCC; height: 13px; width: 60px; float: left;"><div style="background-image: url(http://autopost.allsoftcenter.com/images/starbg.gif); width:60px; height:13px; float: left;"><div style="height: 13px; width: 60px; float: left; background-image: url(http://autopost.allsoftcenter.com/images/star.png);" > </div></div></div>&nbsp;<span class=rating>"An Amazing Book"</span>&nbsp;<span class=reviewdate>2002-04-03</span><br>By <b>feministprof</b> (philadelphia)<br>Telling To Live is an important book that will serve as both inspiration and information-source for years to come. While calls for a more diverse scholarship permeate academia, so few books are written from the viewpoint of Latinas. The use of the "testimonios" format is particularly compelling as the authors relate their personal experience to larger political issues such as empowerment, invisibility, the body. This thematic organization makes the book particularly well suited for use in the classroom.<br><br> <br/><b>Images Product</b><br/><br/><a href=" http://www.amazon.com/dp/0822327554?tag=dollies-20"><font size="2"><b>Buy Telling to Live: Latina Feminist <I>Testimonios</I> (Latin America Otherwise) Now </b></font></a></p><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5866590901713642802-2294386639794950121?l=hispanic-latino-books.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Cheaphttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14839505062944667426noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5866590901713642802.post-25784909107853758362010-03-10T01:39:00.001-08:002010-03-10T01:39:40.162-08:00<p><center><b>Buy Cheap Mi voz, mi vida/ My voice, My life: Latino College Students Tell Their Life Stories </b></center><br/><center><a href=" http://www.amazon.com/dp/0801445973?tag=dollies-20"> <img src="http://g-ecx.images-amazon.com/images/G/01/nav2/dp/no-image-no-ciu._SL210_V46836203_.gif" border="0" ></a><br/><a href=" http://www.amazon.com/dp/0801445973?tag=dollies-20"><font size="5"><b>Buy Low Price From Here Now </b></font></a></center><br/>Amid the flurry of debates about immigration, poverty, and education in the United States, the stories in Mi Voz, Mi Vida allow us to reflect on how young people who might be most affected by the results of these debates actually navigate through American society. <P>The fifteen Latino college students who tell their stories in this book come from a variety of socioeconomic, regional, and family backgrounds--they are young men and women of Mexican, Puerto Rican, Cuban, Dominican, Central American, and South American descent. Their insights are both balanced and frank, blending personal, anecdotal, political, and cultural viewpoints. Their engaging stories detail the students' personal struggles with issues such as identity and biculturalism, family dynamics, religion, poverty, stereotypes, and the value of education. Throughout, they provide insights into issues of racial identity in contemporary America among a minority population that is very much in the news. <P>This book gives educators, students, and their families a clear view of the experience of Latino students adapting to a challenging educational environment and a cultural context--Dartmouth College--often very different from their childhood ones.<br/ style="clear:both"><a href=" http://www.amazon.com/dp/0801445973?tag=dollies-20"><b> Readmore </b></a></p><span id="fullpost"><span class="fullpost"><h2>Technical Details</h2><a href=" http://www.amazon.com/dp/0801445973?tag=dollies-20"><b>See more technical details </b></a><br/><img src="http://autopost.allsoftcenter.com/images/ico_customer_reviews.gif " alt="Customer Buzz" align="absbottom" border="0" /><br/><div style="background-color: #CCCCCC; height: 13px; width: 60px; float: left;"><div style="background-image: url(http://autopost.allsoftcenter.com/images/starbg.gif); width:60px; height:13px; float: left;"><div style="height: 13px; width: 60px; float: left; background-image: url(http://autopost.allsoftcenter.com/images/star.png);" > </div></div></div>&nbsp;<span class=rating>"Arrived so quickly!"</span>&nbsp;<span class=reviewdate>2009-11-23</span><br>By <b>S. Pannepacker</b><br>This arrived so quickly from Amazon. The description of this book is accurate and the sample stories (part of the text) are a good indicator of what you should expect from the book. At least a dozen Latino college students tell their life stories in their own words. They talk about expectations, stereotypes and their struggles living in the United States. It was a good read; easy to start and stop and interesting stories.<br><br> <br/><b>Images Product</b><br/><br/><a href=" http://www.amazon.com/dp/0801445973?tag=dollies-20"><font size="2"><b>Buy Mi voz, mi vida/ My voice, My life: Latino College Students Tell Their Life Stories Now </b></font></a></p><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5866590901713642802-2578490910785375836?l=hispanic-latino-books.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Cheaphttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14839505062944667426noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5866590901713642802.post-25430487423848317462010-03-09T22:50:00.001-08:002010-03-09T22:50:29.223-08:00<p><center><b>Buy Cheap Mi voz, mi vida/ My Voice, My Life: Latino College Students Tell their Life Stories </b></center><br/><center><a href=" http://www.amazon.com/dp/0801473861?tag=dollies-20"><img src='http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51G6y-LFWfL.jpg' height='300'></a><br/><a href=" http://www.amazon.com/dp/0801473861?tag=dollies-20"><font size="5"><b>Buy Low Price From Here Now </b></font></a></center><br/>Amid the flurry of debates about immigration, poverty, and education in the United States, the stories in Mi Voz, Mi Vida allow us to reflect on how young people who might be most affected by the results of these debates actually navigate through American society. <P>The fifteen Latino college students who tell their stories in this book come from a variety of socioeconomic, regional, and family backgrounds--they are young men and women of Mexican, Puerto Rican, Cuban, Dominican, Central American, and South American descent. Their insights are both balanced and frank, blending personal, anecdotal, political, and cultural viewpoints. Their engaging stories detail the students' personal struggles with issues such as identity and biculturalism, family dynamics, religion, poverty, stereotypes, and the value of education. Throughout, they provide insights into issues of racial identity in contemporary America among a minority population that is very much in the news. <P>This book gives educators, students, and their families a clear view of the experience of Latino students adapting to a challenging educational environment and a cultural context--Dartmouth College--often very different from their childhood ones.<br/ style="clear:both"><a href=" http://www.amazon.com/dp/0801473861?tag=dollies-20"><b> Readmore </b></a></p><span id="fullpost"><span class="fullpost"><h2>Technical Details</h2><a href=" http://www.amazon.com/dp/0801473861?tag=dollies-20"><b>See more technical details </b></a><br/><img src="http://autopost.allsoftcenter.com/images/ico_customer_reviews.gif " alt="Customer Buzz" align="absbottom" border="0" /><br/><div style="background-color: #CCCCCC; height: 13px; width: 60px; float: left;"><div style="background-image: url(http://autopost.allsoftcenter.com/images/starbg.gif); width:60px; height:13px; float: left;"><div style="height: 13px; width: 60px; float: left; background-image: url(http://autopost.allsoftcenter.com/images/star.png);" > </div></div></div>&nbsp;<span class=rating>"Arrived so quickly!"</span>&nbsp;<span class=reviewdate>2009-11-23</span><br>By <b>S. Pannepacker</b><br>This arrived so quickly from Amazon. The description of this book is accurate and the sample stories (part of the text) are a good indicator of what you should expect from the book. At least a dozen Latino college students tell their life stories in their own words. They talk about expectations, stereotypes and their struggles living in the United States. It was a good read; easy to start and stop and interesting stories.<br><br> <br/><b>Images Product</b><br/><a target ='_blank' href='http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51G6y-LFWfL.jpg'><img src='http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51G6y-LFWfL.jpg' width='240px' border='0' /></a><br/><a href=" http://www.amazon.com/dp/0801473861?tag=dollies-20"><font size="2"><b>Buy Mi voz, mi vida/ My Voice, My Life: Latino College Students Tell their Life Stories Now </b></font></a></p><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5866590901713642802-2543048742384831746?l=hispanic-latino-books.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Cheaphttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14839505062944667426noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5866590901713642802.post-20904401300472513002010-03-09T22:48:00.001-08:002010-03-09T22:48:27.457-08:00<p><center><b>Buy Cheap Bootstraps: From an American Academic of Color </b></center><br/><center><a href=" http://www.amazon.com/dp/0814103774?tag=dollies-20"><img src='http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51BKST5HEZL.jpg' height='300'></a><br/><a href=" http://www.amazon.com/dp/0814103774?tag=dollies-20"><font size="5"><b>Buy Low Price From Here Now </b></font></a></center><br/><br/ style="clear:both"><a href=" http://www.amazon.com/dp/0814103774?tag=dollies-20"><b> Readmore </b></a></p><span id="fullpost"><span class="fullpost"><h2>Technical Details</h2><a href=" http://www.amazon.com/dp/0814103774?tag=dollies-20"><b>See more technical details </b></a><br/><img src="http://autopost.allsoftcenter.com/images/ico_customer_reviews.gif " alt="Customer Buzz" align="absbottom" border="0" /><br/><div style="background-color: #CCCCCC; height: 13px; width: 60px; float: left;"><div style="background-image: url(http://autopost.allsoftcenter.com/images/starbg.gif); width:60px; height:13px; float: left;"><div style="height: 13px; width: 60px; float: left; background-image: url(http://autopost.allsoftcenter.com/images/star.png);" > </div></div></div>&nbsp;<span class=rating>"Oye, comemierda: el autor es boriqua."</span>&nbsp;<span class=reviewdate>2001-04-28</span><br>By <b></b><br>Of course, anyone who has actually read the book will know that Villanueva is from a Puerto Rican family, not a Mexican one.<p>Not that it matters. This is an important book for anyone in English studies, not just rhetoric & composition. Read it now.<br><br><img src="http://autopost.allsoftcenter.com/images/ico_customer_reviews.gif " alt="Customer Buzz" align="absbottom" border="0" /><br/><div style="background-color: #CCCCCC; height: 13px; width: 60px; float: left;"><div style="background-image: url(http://autopost.allsoftcenter.com/images/starbg.gif); width:60px; height:13px; float: left;"><div style="height: 13px; width: 60px; float: left; background-image: url(http://autopost.allsoftcenter.com/images/star.png);" > </div></div></div>&nbsp;<span class=rating>"A Mexican who became a success, in spite of the odds!"</span>&nbsp;<span class=reviewdate>2000-07-28</span><br>By <b></b><br>This is a true story of the prejudice that Mexicans and people of color face in school and and in life. Luckily, he found a teacher who understood him, and gave him hope. Today, Victor Villanueva is a leader of his field, but still many people who would accept him if he was white, will not accept him because of his Mexican heritage.<br><br> <br/><b>Images Product</b><br/><a target ='_blank' href='http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51BKST5HEZL.jpg'><img src='http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51BKST5HEZL.jpg' width='240px' border='0' /></a><br/><a href=" http://www.amazon.com/dp/0814103774?tag=dollies-20"><font size="2"><b>Buy Bootstraps: From an American Academic of Color Now </b></font></a></p><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5866590901713642802-2090440130047251300?l=hispanic-latino-books.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Cheaphttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14839505062944667426noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5866590901713642802.post-71410453850784380882010-03-09T04:04:00.001-08:002010-03-09T04:04:02.691-08:00<p><center><b>Buy Cheap Calling the Doves/El Canto De Las Palomas </b></center><br/><center><a href=" http://www.amazon.com/dp/0606210989?tag=dollies-20"> <img src="http://g-ecx.images-amazon.com/images/G/01/nav2/dp/no-image-no-ciu._SL210_V46836203_.gif" border="0" ></a><br/><a href=" http://www.amazon.com/dp/0606210989?tag=dollies-20"><font size="5"><b>Buy Low Price From Here Now </b></font></a></center><br/>Calling the Doves is poet Juan Felipe Herrera's story of his migrant farmworker childhood. In delightful and lyrical language, he recreates the joy of eating breakfast under the open sky, listening to Mexican songs in the little trailer house his father built, and celebrating with other families at a fiesta in the mountains. He remembers his mother singing songs and reciting poetry, and his father telling stories and calling the doves. For Juan Felipe, the farmworker road was also the beginning of his personal road to becoming a writer.<br/ style="clear:both"><a href=" http://www.amazon.com/dp/0606210989?tag=dollies-20"><b> Readmore </b></a></p><span id="fullpost"><span class="fullpost"><h2>Technical Details</h2><a href=" http://www.amazon.com/dp/0606210989?tag=dollies-20"><b>See more technical details </b></a><br/><img src="http://autopost.allsoftcenter.com/images/ico_customer_reviews.gif " alt="Customer Buzz" align="absbottom" border="0" /><br/><div style="background-color: #CCCCCC; height: 13px; width: 60px; float: left;"><div style="background-image: url(http://autopost.allsoftcenter.com/images/starbg.gif); width:60px; height:13px; float: left;"><div style="height: 13px; width: 60px; float: left; background-image: url(http://autopost.allsoftcenter.com/images/star.png);" > </div></div></div>&nbsp;<span class=rating>"Wonderful Vivid Migrant Story"</span>&nbsp;<span class=reviewdate>2007-07-30</span><br>By <b>Lorraine M. Racus</b><br>This is a wonderful biography of the author Juan Felipe Herrera. This story is told in narrative style through the eyes of young Felipe who was born in California to his Mexican parents. Felipe describes the warmth and love he recieves from both his mother and father. The illustrations are beautiful. The story is written in wonderful prose. Felipe tells us of his daily life in various migrant camps throughout California. I would definately read this aloud to 2nd through 4th graders. A good way to explain to younger children what life is like for a migrant family.<br><br><img src="http://autopost.allsoftcenter.com/images/ico_customer_reviews.gif " alt="Customer Buzz" align="absbottom" border="0" /><br/><div style="background-color: #CCCCCC; height: 13px; width: 60px; float: left;"><div style="background-image: url(http://autopost.allsoftcenter.com/images/starbg.gif); width:48px; height:13px; float: left;"><div style="height: 13px; width: 60px; float: left; background-image: url(http://autopost.allsoftcenter.com/images/star.png);" > </div></div></div>&nbsp;<span class=rating>"A Bilingual Must"</span>&nbsp;<span class=reviewdate>2007-02-10</span><br>By <b>B. L. Buckelew</b> (LA)<br>I am a teacher and find this story a great example of personal narrative for my students. It also connects well with students of today.<br><br><img src="http://autopost.allsoftcenter.com/images/ico_customer_reviews.gif " alt="Customer Buzz" align="absbottom" border="0" /><br/><div style="background-color: #CCCCCC; height: 13px; width: 60px; float: left;"><div style="background-image: url(http://autopost.allsoftcenter.com/images/starbg.gif); width:60px; height:13px; float: left;"><div style="height: 13px; width: 60px; float: left; background-image: url(http://autopost.allsoftcenter.com/images/star.png);" > </div></div></div>&nbsp;<span class=rating>"Calling the Doves"</span>&nbsp;<span class=reviewdate>2000-04-06</span><br>By <b></b><br>This bilingual picture book tells the story of poet Juan Felipe Herrera's early years with his parents who were migrant farmworkers in California. Herrera's love for his poor hardworking parents is evident. The vibrant, vivid pictures by Elly Simmons combine with Herrera's Spanish/English text to make a delightful children's book that readers of all ages will enjoy!<br><br> <br/><b>Images Product</b><br/><br/><a href=" http://www.amazon.com/dp/0606210989?tag=dollies-20"><font size="2"><b>Buy Calling the Doves/El Canto De Las Palomas Now </b></font></a></p><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5866590901713642802-7141045385078438088?l=hispanic-latino-books.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Cheaphttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14839505062944667426noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5866590901713642802.post-6558175988335720212010-03-08T22:44:00.001-08:002010-03-08T22:44:48.641-08:00<p><center><b>Buy Cheap Calling the Doves/ El Canto De Las Palomos </b></center><br/><center><a href=" http://www.amazon.com/dp/0613340981?tag=dollies-20"><img src='http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/61FJY3tt%2BrL.jpg' height='300'></a><br/><a href=" http://www.amazon.com/dp/0613340981?tag=dollies-20"><font size="5"><b>Buy Low Price From Here Now </b></font></a></center><br/>Calling the Doves is poet Juan Felipe Herrera's story of his migrant farmworker childhood. In delightful and lyrical language, he recreates the joy of eating breakfast under the open sky, listening to Mexican songs in the little trailer house his father built, and celebrating with other families at a fiesta in the mountains. He remembers his mother singing songs and reciting poetry, and his father telling stories and calling the doves. For Juan Felipe, the farmworker road was also the beginning of his personal road to becoming a writer.<br/ style="clear:both"><a href=" http://www.amazon.com/dp/0613340981?tag=dollies-20"><b> Readmore </b></a></p><span id="fullpost"><span class="fullpost"><h2>Technical Details</h2><a href=" http://www.amazon.com/dp/0613340981?tag=dollies-20"><b>See more technical details </b></a><br/><img src="http://autopost.allsoftcenter.com/images/ico_customer_reviews.gif " alt="Customer Buzz" align="absbottom" border="0" /><br/><div style="background-color: #CCCCCC; height: 13px; width: 60px; float: left;"><div style="background-image: url(http://autopost.allsoftcenter.com/images/starbg.gif); width:60px; height:13px; float: left;"><div style="height: 13px; width: 60px; float: left; background-image: url(http://autopost.allsoftcenter.com/images/star.png);" > </div></div></div>&nbsp;<span class=rating>"Wonderful Vivid Migrant Story"</span>&nbsp;<span class=reviewdate>2007-07-30</span><br>By <b>Lorraine M. Racus</b><br>This is a wonderful biography of the author Juan Felipe Herrera. This story is told in narrative style through the eyes of young Felipe who was born in California to his Mexican parents. Felipe describes the warmth and love he recieves from both his mother and father. The illustrations are beautiful. The story is written in wonderful prose. Felipe tells us of his daily life in various migrant camps throughout California. I would definately read this aloud to 2nd through 4th graders. A good way to explain to younger children what life is like for a migrant family.<br><br><img src="http://autopost.allsoftcenter.com/images/ico_customer_reviews.gif " alt="Customer Buzz" align="absbottom" border="0" /><br/><div style="background-color: #CCCCCC; height: 13px; width: 60px; float: left;"><div style="background-image: url(http://autopost.allsoftcenter.com/images/starbg.gif); width:48px; height:13px; float: left;"><div style="height: 13px; width: 60px; float: left; background-image: url(http://autopost.allsoftcenter.com/images/star.png);" > </div></div></div>&nbsp;<span class=rating>"A Bilingual Must"</span>&nbsp;<span class=reviewdate>2007-02-10</span><br>By <b>B. L. Buckelew</b> (LA)<br>I am a teacher and find this story a great example of personal narrative for my students. It also connects well with students of today.<br><br><img src="http://autopost.allsoftcenter.com/images/ico_customer_reviews.gif " alt="Customer Buzz" align="absbottom" border="0" /><br/><div style="background-color: #CCCCCC; height: 13px; width: 60px; float: left;"><div style="background-image: url(http://autopost.allsoftcenter.com/images/starbg.gif); width:60px; height:13px; float: left;"><div style="height: 13px; width: 60px; float: left; background-image: url(http://autopost.allsoftcenter.com/images/star.png);" > </div></div></div>&nbsp;<span class=rating>"Calling the Doves"</span>&nbsp;<span class=reviewdate>2000-04-06</span><br>By <b></b><br>This bilingual picture book tells the story of poet Juan Felipe Herrera's early years with his parents who were migrant farmworkers in California. Herrera's love for his poor hardworking parents is evident. The vibrant, vivid pictures by Elly Simmons combine with Herrera's Spanish/English text to make a delightful children's book that readers of all ages will enjoy!<br><br> <br/><b>Images Product</b><br/><a target ='_blank' href='http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/61FJY3tt%2BrL.jpg'><img src='http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/61FJY3tt%2BrL.jpg' width='240px' border='0' /></a><br/><a href=" http://www.amazon.com/dp/0613340981?tag=dollies-20"><font size="2"><b>Buy Calling the Doves/ El Canto De Las Palomos Now </b></font></a></p><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5866590901713642802-655817598833572021?l=hispanic-latino-books.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Cheaphttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14839505062944667426noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5866590901713642802.post-48509166177380950052010-03-08T22:37:00.001-08:002010-03-08T22:37:09.618-08:00<p><center><b>Buy Cheap Calling the Doves/El canto de las palomas </b></center><br/><center><a href=" http://www.amazon.com/dp/0892391669?tag=dollies-20"><img src='http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/61SNZIHWX-L.jpg' height='300'></a><br/><a href=" http://www.amazon.com/dp/0892391669?tag=dollies-20"><font size="5"><b>Buy Low Price From Here Now </b></font></a></center><br/>Now available in paperback, poet Juan Felipe Herrera’s bilingual memoir paints a vivid picture of his migrant farmworker childhood. His rich, evocative prose re-creates the joy of eating under the open sky, celebrating at a fiesta with other farm families, and listening to his mother singing Mexican songs and his father calling the doves. “A welcome alternative to the usually bleak portrayal of the migrant farmworker experience, this is an inspirational self-portrait of a loving Latino family.” — Booklist<br/ style="clear:both"><a href=" http://www.amazon.com/dp/0892391669?tag=dollies-20"><b> Readmore </b></a></p><span id="fullpost"><span class="fullpost"><h2>Technical Details</h2> - ISBN13: 9780892391660 <br/> - Condition: NEW <br/> - Notes: Brand New from Publisher. No Remainder Mark. <br/> - <a title='Condition Guide' href='/content/Condition_and_Shipping_Guide.htm' target='_blank'>Click here to view our Condition Guide and Shipping Prices</a> <br/> <a href=" http://www.amazon.com/dp/0892391669?tag=dollies-20"><b>See more technical details </b></a><br/><img src="http://autopost.allsoftcenter.com/images/ico_customer_reviews.gif " alt="Customer Buzz" align="absbottom" border="0" /><br/><div style="background-color: #CCCCCC; height: 13px; width: 60px; float: left;"><div style="background-image: url(http://autopost.allsoftcenter.com/images/starbg.gif); width:60px; height:13px; float: left;"><div style="height: 13px; width: 60px; float: left; background-image: url(http://autopost.allsoftcenter.com/images/star.png);" > </div></div></div>&nbsp;<span class=rating>"Wonderful Vivid Migrant Story"</span>&nbsp;<span class=reviewdate>2007-07-30</span><br>By <b>Lorraine M. Racus</b><br>This is a wonderful biography of the author Juan Felipe Herrera. This story is told in narrative style through the eyes of young Felipe who was born in California to his Mexican parents. Felipe describes the warmth and love he recieves from both his mother and father. The illustrations are beautiful. The story is written in wonderful prose. Felipe tells us of his daily life in various migrant camps throughout California. I would definately read this aloud to 2nd through 4th graders. A good way to explain to younger children what life is like for a migrant family.<br><br><img src="http://autopost.allsoftcenter.com/images/ico_customer_reviews.gif " alt="Customer Buzz" align="absbottom" border="0" /><br/><div style="background-color: #CCCCCC; height: 13px; width: 60px; float: left;"><div style="background-image: url(http://autopost.allsoftcenter.com/images/starbg.gif); width:48px; height:13px; float: left;"><div style="height: 13px; width: 60px; float: left; background-image: url(http://autopost.allsoftcenter.com/images/star.png);" > </div></div></div>&nbsp;<span class=rating>"A Bilingual Must"</span>&nbsp;<span class=reviewdate>2007-02-10</span><br>By <b>B. L. Buckelew</b> (LA)<br>I am a teacher and find this story a great example of personal narrative for my students. It also connects well with students of today.<br><br><img src="http://autopost.allsoftcenter.com/images/ico_customer_reviews.gif " alt="Customer Buzz" align="absbottom" border="0" /><br/><div style="background-color: #CCCCCC; height: 13px; width: 60px; float: left;"><div style="background-image: url(http://autopost.allsoftcenter.com/images/starbg.gif); width:60px; height:13px; float: left;"><div style="height: 13px; width: 60px; float: left; background-image: url(http://autopost.allsoftcenter.com/images/star.png);" > </div></div></div>&nbsp;<span class=rating>"Calling the Doves"</span>&nbsp;<span class=reviewdate>2000-04-06</span><br>By <b></b><br>This bilingual picture book tells the story of poet Juan Felipe Herrera's early years with his parents who were migrant farmworkers in California. Herrera's love for his poor hardworking parents is evident. The vibrant, vivid pictures by Elly Simmons combine with Herrera's Spanish/English text to make a delightful children's book that readers of all ages will enjoy!<br><br> <br/><b>Images Product</b><br/><a target ='_blank' href='http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/61SNZIHWX-L.jpg'><img src='http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/61SNZIHWX-L.jpg' width='240px' border='0' /></a><br/><a href=" http://www.amazon.com/dp/0892391669?tag=dollies-20"><font size="2"><b>Buy Calling the Doves/El canto de las palomas Now </b></font></a></p><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5866590901713642802-4850916617738095005?l=hispanic-latino-books.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Cheaphttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14839505062944667426noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5866590901713642802.post-89608666232821471142010-03-08T13:51:00.001-08:002010-03-08T13:51:35.929-08:00<p><center><b>Buy Cheap Calling the Doves/El Canto De Las Palomas: El Canto De Las Palomas </b></center><br/><center><a href=" http://www.amazon.com/dp/0892391324?tag=dollies-20"><img src='http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51GNGAN105L.jpg' height='300'></a><br/><a href=" http://www.amazon.com/dp/0892391324?tag=dollies-20"><font size="5"><b>Buy Low Price From Here Now </b></font></a></center><br/>Calling the Doves is poet Juan Felipe Herrera's story of his migrant farmworker childhood. In delightful and lyrical language, he recreates the joy of eating breakfast under the open sky, listening to Mexican songs in the little trailer house his father built, and celebrating with other families at a fiesta in the mountains. He remembers his mother singing songs and reciting poetry, and his father telling stories and calling the doves. For Juan Felipe, the farmworker road was also the beginning of his personal road to becoming a writer.<br/ style="clear:both"><a href=" http://www.amazon.com/dp/0892391324?tag=dollies-20"><b> Readmore </b></a></p><span id="fullpost"><span class="fullpost"><h2>Technical Details</h2><a href=" http://www.amazon.com/dp/0892391324?tag=dollies-20"><b>See more technical details </b></a><br/><img src="http://autopost.allsoftcenter.com/images/ico_customer_reviews.gif " alt="Customer Buzz" align="absbottom" border="0" /><br/><div style="background-color: #CCCCCC; height: 13px; width: 60px; float: left;"><div style="background-image: url(http://autopost.allsoftcenter.com/images/starbg.gif); width:60px; height:13px; float: left;"><div style="height: 13px; width: 60px; float: left; background-image: url(http://autopost.allsoftcenter.com/images/star.png);" > </div></div></div>&nbsp;<span class=rating>"Wonderful Vivid Migrant Story"</span>&nbsp;<span class=reviewdate>2007-07-30</span><br>By <b>Lorraine M. Racus</b><br>This is a wonderful biography of the author Juan Felipe Herrera. This story is told in narrative style through the eyes of young Felipe who was born in California to his Mexican parents. Felipe describes the warmth and love he recieves from both his mother and father. The illustrations are beautiful. The story is written in wonderful prose. Felipe tells us of his daily life in various migrant camps throughout California. I would definately read this aloud to 2nd through 4th graders. A good way to explain to younger children what life is like for a migrant family.<br><br><img src="http://autopost.allsoftcenter.com/images/ico_customer_reviews.gif " alt="Customer Buzz" align="absbottom" border="0" /><br/><div style="background-color: #CCCCCC; height: 13px; width: 60px; float: left;"><div style="background-image: url(http://autopost.allsoftcenter.com/images/starbg.gif); width:48px; height:13px; float: left;"><div style="height: 13px; width: 60px; float: left; background-image: url(http://autopost.allsoftcenter.com/images/star.png);" > </div></div></div>&nbsp;<span class=rating>"A Bilingual Must"</span>&nbsp;<span class=reviewdate>2007-02-10</span><br>By <b>B. L. Buckelew</b> (LA)<br>I am a teacher and find this story a great example of personal narrative for my students. It also connects well with students of today.<br><br><img src="http://autopost.allsoftcenter.com/images/ico_customer_reviews.gif " alt="Customer Buzz" align="absbottom" border="0" /><br/><div style="background-color: #CCCCCC; height: 13px; width: 60px; float: left;"><div style="background-image: url(http://autopost.allsoftcenter.com/images/starbg.gif); width:60px; height:13px; float: left;"><div style="height: 13px; width: 60px; float: left; background-image: url(http://autopost.allsoftcenter.com/images/star.png);" > </div></div></div>&nbsp;<span class=rating>"Calling the Doves"</span>&nbsp;<span class=reviewdate>2000-04-06</span><br>By <b></b><br>This bilingual picture book tells the story of poet Juan Felipe Herrera's early years with his parents who were migrant farmworkers in California. Herrera's love for his poor hardworking parents is evident. The vibrant, vivid pictures by Elly Simmons combine with Herrera's Spanish/English text to make a delightful children's book that readers of all ages will enjoy!<br><br> <br/><b>Images Product</b><br/><a target ='_blank' href='http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51GNGAN105L.jpg'><img src='http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51GNGAN105L.jpg' width='240px' border='0' /></a><br/><a href=" http://www.amazon.com/dp/0892391324?tag=dollies-20"><font size="2"><b>Buy Calling the Doves/El Canto De Las Palomas: El Canto De Las Palomas Now </b></font></a></p><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5866590901713642802-8960866623282147114?l=hispanic-latino-books.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Cheaphttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14839505062944667426noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5866590901713642802.post-88256533092065603422010-03-08T01:22:00.003-08:002010-03-08T01:22:28.046-08:00<p><center><b>Buy Cheap Silent Dancing: A Partial Remembrance of a Puerto Rican Childhood </b></center><br/><center><a href=" http://www.amazon.com/dp/0613179781?tag=dollies-20"> <img src="http://g-ecx.images-amazon.com/images/G/01/nav2/dp/no-image-no-ciu._SL210_V46836203_.gif" border="0" ></a><br/><a href=" http://www.amazon.com/dp/0613179781?tag=dollies-20"><font size="5"><b>Buy Low Price From Here Now </b></font></a></center><br/>a memoir including some poetry <br/ style="clear:both"><a href=" http://www.amazon.com/dp/0613179781?tag=dollies-20"><b> Readmore </b></a></p><span id="fullpost"><span class="fullpost"><h2>Technical Details</h2><a href=" http://www.amazon.com/dp/0613179781?tag=dollies-20"><b>See more technical details </b></a><br/><img src="http://autopost.allsoftcenter.com/images/ico_customer_reviews.gif " alt="Customer Buzz" align="absbottom" border="0" /><br/><div style="background-color: #CCCCCC; height: 13px; width: 60px; float: left;"><div style="background-image: url(http://autopost.allsoftcenter.com/images/starbg.gif); width:36px; height:13px; float: left;"><div style="height: 13px; width: 60px; float: left; background-image: url(http://autopost.allsoftcenter.com/images/star.png);" > </div></div></div>&nbsp;<span class=rating>"Sarah****P3-R4"</span>&nbsp;<span class=reviewdate>2007-04-25</span><br>By <b></b><br>Silent Dancing is an "partial-rememberance" of Judith Ortiz Cofer. This "rememberance" is basicly her whole childhood from elementary school to high school which was spent hurtling from Puerto Rico to America and vise versa. It is a very.... different book. I had never read a "partial rememberance" before so, it was a new experience for me. but I didnt like it very much because I coudnt understand what was going on that well. It would have been so much easier to understand if it was a "full rememberance", but it was still interesting. I would recommend this book to anybody that wants to read about different cultures or a little girl struggling through her childhood years. But I dont think it was for me, because I like reading fictional books more than half-biographies. <br><br><img src="http://autopost.allsoftcenter.com/images/ico_customer_reviews.gif " alt="Customer Buzz" align="absbottom" border="0" /><br/><div style="background-color: #CCCCCC; height: 13px; width: 60px; float: left;"><div style="background-image: url(http://autopost.allsoftcenter.com/images/starbg.gif); width:36px; height:13px; float: left;"><div style="height: 13px; width: 60px; float: left; background-image: url(http://autopost.allsoftcenter.com/images/star.png);" > </div></div></div>&nbsp;<span class=rating>"Maddie P3 R4.........Silent Dancing"</span>&nbsp;<span class=reviewdate>2007-04-17</span><br>By <b></b><br>Silent Dancing<br /><br />A Partial Rememberance<br /><br /> of a Puerto Rican<br /><br /> Childhood<br /><br /><br /><br />This book, Silent Dancing, is a memoir of a Puerto Rican, Judith Ortiz Cofer's, life as a young child. <br /><br /> Judith's grandmother is an important piece in Judith's life. Mama (Judith's name for her Grandmother) could be strict to Judith, but she loved her. Her grandmother was known through out the family by telling storues about a young woman named Maria Sabida. Maria was a poor woman who was called weird for funny, outlandish behavior. From Mama's stories, Maria had a thick and wrinkled old body, but she walked and acted like a little girl. For a living Maria delivered meat pies and other treats to houses. Judith had heard that if you got close to her you could see her swinging a basket with delicious pies, hear her humming a tune that sounded positiley awful, and if you got really close to her, she might smile at you revealing all her yellow teeth in a crooked, sad smile. To Judith, it seemed like a grotesque version of the Little Red Riding Hood.<br /><br /> Judith's grandfather, Papa, was a spiritist. He once saw visions of one of his sons, Hernan, being beaten and treated awfully. Mama did not believe him but it was unfortunatly true. Once Hernan was saved from being beaten and tortured, Mama let Papa have all the space and time he needed.<br /><br /> When Judith was young, she was made fun of when speaking Spanish and English. When she spoke Spanish people told her that she had an English accent; when she spoke English she had a Spanish accent. <br /><br /> Then, one day as Judith came home she was told that a Chilean girl was moving in an apartment above her family's. The Chilean girl's name was Vida. She was tall, thin, and beautiful. Judith admired Vida. Vida looked like a model and wanted to be a movie star someday in Hollywood. Vida did not like her family that much, so she hung out with Judith's family. Vida's past was sad and depressing so she only thought of the future. But then Vida changed Judith. Not on purpose though. It was just that Judith wanted to be everything like Vida. She was always there for Vida when she needed support and assurance. When Judith and Vida walked up the streets to Judith it was a dangerous but exciting game. But then Vida fell in love. Judith was still loyal to her and was used as a cover for Vida so Vida could meet her Neanderhal, muscley man. Vida had shared to Judith all what he had promised her. On day, once Judith had started school again, Vida came to Judith's apartment complaining that her parents had refused to accept her getting married to her Neanderthal, and wonderful man. Judith's father agreed for Vida to stay in their apartment for a while. After a while, Vida announced that they had broken up their engagement and started seeing other men. But that didn't worry Judith's mother. Mother was mad that Vida wore perfume that got all over my clothes, and stank of alcohol when she came back late at night. To mother, smelling unclean terribley rude. But Vida was changing. She no longer spoke of Hollywood, and wore perfume. Judith came home one afternoon to find Vida gone. The last time she ever saw Vida was on a beauty pagent poster. It read, "Vida wins!" <br /><br /> Judith Ortiz Cofer now is remembered for her inspirational book to young people. She has inspired others to write memoirs like her book.<br /><br /><br><br><img src="http://autopost.allsoftcenter.com/images/ico_customer_reviews.gif " alt="Customer Buzz" align="absbottom" border="0" /><br/><div style="background-color: #CCCCCC; height: 13px; width: 60px; float: left;"><div style="background-image: url(http://autopost.allsoftcenter.com/images/starbg.gif); width:36px; height:13px; float: left;"><div style="height: 13px; width: 60px; float: left; background-image: url(http://autopost.allsoftcenter.com/images/star.png);" > </div></div></div>&nbsp;<span class=rating>"VeraP3R4---- Silent Dancing???"</span>&nbsp;<span class=reviewdate>2007-04-15</span><br>By <b></b><br>Silent Dancing is about a young girl as she struggles through life, constantly being moved from the U.S. to Puerto Rico, and back again. The book explains everything about her experiences from kindergarten (in Puerto Rico)to being kissed in a high school hall way (in the U.S.). Family relationships, and family love are very important. I thought that this book could have been written better. I would a prefer a developed story line or plot, rather than a collection of randomly organized memories. I would also change the title. Silent Dancing is only mentioned once in the book, and its significance is unclear. What I did like about the book is the constantly shifting focus, because I have a very short attention span. I think that people who are not interested in Puerto Rico would find it difficult to finish this book. On the other hand, Silent Dancing is a good "summer book" for people who are curious about the culture of others. <br><br><img src="http://autopost.allsoftcenter.com/images/ico_customer_reviews.gif " alt="Customer Buzz" align="absbottom" border="0" /><br/><div style="background-color: #CCCCCC; height: 13px; width: 60px; float: left;"><div style="background-image: url(http://autopost.allsoftcenter.com/images/starbg.gif); width:36px; height:13px; float: left;"><div style="height: 13px; width: 60px; float: left; background-image: url(http://autopost.allsoftcenter.com/images/star.png);" > </div></div></div>&nbsp;<span class=rating>"She was the serious girl"</span>&nbsp;<span class=reviewdate>2004-08-06</span><br>By <b>Kevin Killian</b> (San Francisco, CA United States)<br>She was the serious one, the one with the talent, the one whom God made a little stern, with big eyes that took in all the world around her, from the tropical heat of Puerto Rico, to the cold tenements of William Carlos Williams' Paterson, where half the year she lived as though paying penance for an entire family's ambition. Is it any wonder this young girl grew up to be a poet, a novelist, and a taker of incredible artistic risks? As her talents grew, she began to think of herself as belonging, oddly, to two nations, a Northern and Southern hemisphere that corresponded to her own fluidity, her ability to change genre in the middle of a sentence.<br /><br /> <br /><br /> Ortiz Cofer has long been one of America's cultural heroes. Now she strips back the legends of her youth to help us see the seeds of creativity which, or so some day, we all have been born with, even when obscured by circumstance. After reading this collection, you will be moved to do some "silent dancing" of your own.<br><br><img src="http://autopost.allsoftcenter.com/images/ico_customer_reviews.gif " alt="Customer Buzz" align="absbottom" border="0" /><br/><div style="background-color: #CCCCCC; height: 13px; width: 60px; float: left;"><div style="background-image: url(http://autopost.allsoftcenter.com/images/starbg.gif); width:48px; height:13px; float: left;"><div style="height: 13px; width: 60px; float: left; background-image: url(http://autopost.allsoftcenter.com/images/star.png);" > </div></div></div>&nbsp;<span class=rating>"If you haven't read it yet, get it now!"</span>&nbsp;<span class=reviewdate>1999-08-04</span><br>By <b></b><br>In a seemling easy narrative of remembrance, Ortiz Cofer brillantly weaves in dense yet accessible political thought on the relationship between the colonizer and the colonized through her literary genius: her keen use of metaphor. Ortiz Cofer's outloud conversational tone is engaging and unintimidating even in the face of the deep issues she raises and the hard questions she subtly yet clearly asks. Through "Silent Dancing," Judith Ortiz Cofer takes the reader along for a very enlightening journey through her self-exploration and self-definition. Ortiz Cofer discusses the ways that race, class, gender, and culture interact in shaping her life experiences without sounding dogmatic or naive. "Silent Dancing" is a work of substance, a work worth revisiting again!<br><br> <br/><b>Images Product</b><br/><br/><a href=" http://www.amazon.com/dp/0613179781?tag=dollies-20"><font size="2"><b>Buy Silent Dancing: A Partial Remembrance of a Puerto Rican Childhood Now </b></font></a></p><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5866590901713642802-8825653309206560342?l=hispanic-latino-books.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Cheaphttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14839505062944667426noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5866590901713642802.post-21197436364438613442010-03-08T01:22:00.001-08:002010-03-08T01:22:06.018-08:00<p><center><b>Buy Cheap Silent Dancing: A Partial Remembrance of a Puerto Rican Childhood </b></center><br/><center><a href=" http://www.amazon.com/dp/1558850155?tag=dollies-20"><img src='http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/41WMDBS372L.jpg' height='300'></a><br/><a href=" http://www.amazon.com/dp/1558850155?tag=dollies-20"><font size="5"><b>Buy Low Price From Here Now </b></font></a></center><br/>a memoir including some poetry <br/ style="clear:both"><a href=" http://www.amazon.com/dp/1558850155?tag=dollies-20"><b> Readmore </b></a></p><span id="fullpost"><span class="fullpost"><h2>Technical Details</h2> - ISBN13: 9781558850156 <br/> - Condition: NEW <br/> - Notes: Brand New from Publisher. No Remainder Mark. <br/> - <a title='Condition Guide' href='/content/Condition_and_Shipping_Guide.htm' target='_blank'>Click here to view our Condition Guide and Shipping Prices</a> <br/> <a href=" http://www.amazon.com/dp/1558850155?tag=dollies-20"><b>See more technical details </b></a><br/><img src="http://autopost.allsoftcenter.com/images/ico_customer_reviews.gif " alt="Customer Buzz" align="absbottom" border="0" /><br/><div style="background-color: #CCCCCC; height: 13px; width: 60px; float: left;"><div style="background-image: url(http://autopost.allsoftcenter.com/images/starbg.gif); width:36px; height:13px; float: left;"><div style="height: 13px; width: 60px; float: left; background-image: url(http://autopost.allsoftcenter.com/images/star.png);" > </div></div></div>&nbsp;<span class=rating>"Sarah****P3-R4"</span>&nbsp;<span class=reviewdate>2007-04-25</span><br>By <b></b><br>Silent Dancing is an "partial-rememberance" of Judith Ortiz Cofer. This "rememberance" is basicly her whole childhood from elementary school to high school which was spent hurtling from Puerto Rico to America and vise versa. It is a very.... different book. I had never read a "partial rememberance" before so, it was a new experience for me. but I didnt like it very much because I coudnt understand what was going on that well. It would have been so much easier to understand if it was a "full rememberance", but it was still interesting. I would recommend this book to anybody that wants to read about different cultures or a little girl struggling through her childhood years. But I dont think it was for me, because I like reading fictional books more than half-biographies. <br><br><img src="http://autopost.allsoftcenter.com/images/ico_customer_reviews.gif " alt="Customer Buzz" align="absbottom" border="0" /><br/><div style="background-color: #CCCCCC; height: 13px; width: 60px; float: left;"><div style="background-image: url(http://autopost.allsoftcenter.com/images/starbg.gif); width:36px; height:13px; float: left;"><div style="height: 13px; width: 60px; float: left; background-image: url(http://autopost.allsoftcenter.com/images/star.png);" > </div></div></div>&nbsp;<span class=rating>"Maddie P3 R4.........Silent Dancing"</span>&nbsp;<span class=reviewdate>2007-04-17</span><br>By <b></b><br>Silent Dancing<br /><br />A Partial Rememberance<br /><br /> of a Puerto Rican<br /><br /> Childhood<br /><br /><br /><br />This book, Silent Dancing, is a memoir of a Puerto Rican, Judith Ortiz Cofer's, life as a young child. <br /><br /> Judith's grandmother is an important piece in Judith's life. Mama (Judith's name for her Grandmother) could be strict to Judith, but she loved her. Her grandmother was known through out the family by telling storues about a young woman named Maria Sabida. Maria was a poor woman who was called weird for funny, outlandish behavior. From Mama's stories, Maria had a thick and wrinkled old body, but she walked and acted like a little girl. For a living Maria delivered meat pies and other treats to houses. Judith had heard that if you got close to her you could see her swinging a basket with delicious pies, hear her humming a tune that sounded positiley awful, and if you got really close to her, she might smile at you revealing all her yellow teeth in a crooked, sad smile. To Judith, it seemed like a grotesque version of the Little Red Riding Hood.<br /><br /> Judith's grandfather, Papa, was a spiritist. He once saw visions of one of his sons, Hernan, being beaten and treated awfully. Mama did not believe him but it was unfortunatly true. Once Hernan was saved from being beaten and tortured, Mama let Papa have all the space and time he needed.<br /><br /> When Judith was young, she was made fun of when speaking Spanish and English. When she spoke Spanish people told her that she had an English accent; when she spoke English she had a Spanish accent. <br /><br /> Then, one day as Judith came home she was told that a Chilean girl was moving in an apartment above her family's. The Chilean girl's name was Vida. She was tall, thin, and beautiful. Judith admired Vida. Vida looked like a model and wanted to be a movie star someday in Hollywood. Vida did not like her family that much, so she hung out with Judith's family. Vida's past was sad and depressing so she only thought of the future. But then Vida changed Judith. Not on purpose though. It was just that Judith wanted to be everything like Vida. She was always there for Vida when she needed support and assurance. When Judith and Vida walked up the streets to Judith it was a dangerous but exciting game. But then Vida fell in love. Judith was still loyal to her and was used as a cover for Vida so Vida could meet her Neanderhal, muscley man. Vida had shared to Judith all what he had promised her. On day, once Judith had started school again, Vida came to Judith's apartment complaining that her parents had refused to accept her getting married to her Neanderthal, and wonderful man. Judith's father agreed for Vida to stay in their apartment for a while. After a while, Vida announced that they had broken up their engagement and started seeing other men. But that didn't worry Judith's mother. Mother was mad that Vida wore perfume that got all over my clothes, and stank of alcohol when she came back late at night. To mother, smelling unclean terribley rude. But Vida was changing. She no longer spoke of Hollywood, and wore perfume. Judith came home one afternoon to find Vida gone. The last time she ever saw Vida was on a beauty pagent poster. It read, "Vida wins!" <br /><br /> Judith Ortiz Cofer now is remembered for her inspirational book to young people. She has inspired others to write memoirs like her book.<br /><br /><br><br><img src="http://autopost.allsoftcenter.com/images/ico_customer_reviews.gif " alt="Customer Buzz" align="absbottom" border="0" /><br/><div style="background-color: #CCCCCC; height: 13px; width: 60px; float: left;"><div style="background-image: url(http://autopost.allsoftcenter.com/images/starbg.gif); width:36px; height:13px; float: left;"><div style="height: 13px; width: 60px; float: left; background-image: url(http://autopost.allsoftcenter.com/images/star.png);" > </div></div></div>&nbsp;<span class=rating>"VeraP3R4---- Silent Dancing???"</span>&nbsp;<span class=reviewdate>2007-04-15</span><br>By <b></b><br>Silent Dancing is about a young girl as she struggles through life, constantly being moved from the U.S. to Puerto Rico, and back again. The book explains everything about her experiences from kindergarten (in Puerto Rico)to being kissed in a high school hall way (in the U.S.). Family relationships, and family love are very important. I thought that this book could have been written better. I would a prefer a developed story line or plot, rather than a collection of randomly organized memories. I would also change the title. Silent Dancing is only mentioned once in the book, and its significance is unclear. What I did like about the book is the constantly shifting focus, because I have a very short attention span. I think that people who are not interested in Puerto Rico would find it difficult to finish this book. On the other hand, Silent Dancing is a good "summer book" for people who are curious about the culture of others. <br><br><img src="http://autopost.allsoftcenter.com/images/ico_customer_reviews.gif " alt="Customer Buzz" align="absbottom" border="0" /><br/><div style="background-color: #CCCCCC; height: 13px; width: 60px; float: left;"><div style="background-image: url(http://autopost.allsoftcenter.com/images/starbg.gif); width:36px; height:13px; float: left;"><div style="height: 13px; width: 60px; float: left; background-image: url(http://autopost.allsoftcenter.com/images/star.png);" > </div></div></div>&nbsp;<span class=rating>"She was the serious girl"</span>&nbsp;<span class=reviewdate>2004-08-06</span><br>By <b>Kevin Killian</b> (San Francisco, CA United States)<br>She was the serious one, the one with the talent, the one whom God made a little stern, with big eyes that took in all the world around her, from the tropical heat of Puerto Rico, to the cold tenements of William Carlos Williams' Paterson, where half the year she lived as though paying penance for an entire family's ambition. Is it any wonder this young girl grew up to be a poet, a novelist, and a taker of incredible artistic risks? As her talents grew, she began to think of herself as belonging, oddly, to two nations, a Northern and Southern hemisphere that corresponded to her own fluidity, her ability to change genre in the middle of a sentence.<br /><br /> <br /><br /> Ortiz Cofer has long been one of America's cultural heroes. Now she strips back the legends of her youth to help us see the seeds of creativity which, or so some day, we all have been born with, even when obscured by circumstance. After reading this collection, you will be moved to do some "silent dancing" of your own.<br><br><img src="http://autopost.allsoftcenter.com/images/ico_customer_reviews.gif " alt="Customer Buzz" align="absbottom" border="0" /><br/><div style="background-color: #CCCCCC; height: 13px; width: 60px; float: left;"><div style="background-image: url(http://autopost.allsoftcenter.com/images/starbg.gif); width:48px; height:13px; float: left;"><div style="height: 13px; width: 60px; float: left; background-image: url(http://autopost.allsoftcenter.com/images/star.png);" > </div></div></div>&nbsp;<span class=rating>"If you haven't read it yet, get it now!"</span>&nbsp;<span class=reviewdate>1999-08-04</span><br>By <b></b><br>In a seemling easy narrative of remembrance, Ortiz Cofer brillantly weaves in dense yet accessible political thought on the relationship between the colonizer and the colonized through her literary genius: her keen use of metaphor. Ortiz Cofer's outloud conversational tone is engaging and unintimidating even in the face of the deep issues she raises and the hard questions she subtly yet clearly asks. Through "Silent Dancing," Judith Ortiz Cofer takes the reader along for a very enlightening journey through her self-exploration and self-definition. Ortiz Cofer discusses the ways that race, class, gender, and culture interact in shaping her life experiences without sounding dogmatic or naive. 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I read it in just a couple of days. Since I first started I couldn't take my eyes of what I was reading. The story is shocking and rude, yet interesting and mind-opening. It explicitly tells the struggles of growing up in a foreign country with everything against you and yet find the way to a new world full of possibilities. 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IT WAS REALLY SOMETHING GREAT TO READ.MY EYES COULDNT GET ENOUGH.<br><br> <br/><b>Images Product</b><br/><a target ='_blank' href='http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51PXCTB1XYL.jpg'><img src='http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51PXCTB1XYL.jpg' width='240px' border='0' /></a><br/><a href=" http://www.amazon.com/dp/1892603012?tag=dollies-20"><font size="2"><b>Buy LA Vida Loca: El Testimonio De UN Pandillero En Los Angeles (Listen to Them) (Spanish Edition) Now </b></font></a></p><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5866590901713642802-1990532288163539637?l=hispanic-latino-books.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Cheaphttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14839505062944667426noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5866590901713642802.post-25739052247032888252010-03-07T01:26:00.001-08:002010-03-07T01:26:20.525-08:00<p><center><b>Buy Cheap La Vida Loca (Always Running): El Testimonio de un Pandillero en Los Angeles (Spanish Edition) </b></center><br/><center><a href=" http://www.amazon.com/dp/0743281551?tag=dollies-20"><img src='http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51LewfwhCGL.jpg' height='300'></a><br/><a href=" http://www.amazon.com/dp/0743281551?tag=dollies-20"><font size="5"><b>Buy Low Price From Here Now </b></font></a></center><br/>"A los doce años, Luis Rodríguez ya era un veterano de la guerra entre las pandillas de East Los Angeles. Atraído por una cultura pandillera aparentemente insuperable, fue testigo de un sinfín de balaceras, golpizas y arrestos y, más tarde, con un miedo cada vez mayor, presenció cómo las drogas, los asesinatos, los suicidios y una delincuencia callejera carente de sentido cobraban la vida de amigos y familiares.<P>Poco tiempo después, Rodríguez encontro la manera de dejar atrás la vida del barrio a través de la educación y el poder de las palabras. Así pudo liberarse de años de violencia y desesperación. Una vez alcanzado el éxito como poeta chicano varias veces galardonado, Luis llegé a pensar que las calles ya no lo perseguirían, pero entonces su hijo ingresó en una pandilla. 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I read it in just a couple of days. Since I first started I couldn't take my eyes of what I was reading. The story is shocking and rude, yet interesting and mind-opening. It explicitly tells the struggles of growing up in a foreign country with everything against you and yet find the way to a new world full of possibilities. Excellent for tenagers, parents, and students.<br><br><img src="http://autopost.allsoftcenter.com/images/ico_customer_reviews.gif " alt="Customer Buzz" align="absbottom" border="0" /><br/><div style="background-color: #CCCCCC; height: 13px; width: 60px; float: left;"><div style="background-image: url(http://autopost.allsoftcenter.com/images/starbg.gif); width:60px; height:13px; float: left;"><div style="height: 13px; width: 60px; float: left; background-image: url(http://autopost.allsoftcenter.com/images/star.png);" > </div></div></div>&nbsp;<span class=rating>"what i thought about this book"</span>&nbsp;<span class=reviewdate>1999-07-07</span><br>By <b></b><br>THIS WAS ONE THAT COULD NOT BE PUT DOWN FOR LONG.I DO NOT READ ALOT BUT I TOOK A GLANCE AT THIS AND CONTINUED READING TILL THE END. IT WAS REALLY SOMETHING GREAT TO READ.MY EYES COULDNT GET ENOUGH.<br><br> <br/><b>Images Product</b><br/><a target ='_blank' href='http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51LewfwhCGL.jpg'><img src='http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51LewfwhCGL.jpg' width='240px' border='0' /></a><br/><a href=" http://www.amazon.com/dp/0743281551?tag=dollies-20"><font size="2"><b>Buy La Vida Loca (Always Running): El Testimonio de un Pandillero en Los Angeles (Spanish Edition) Now </b></font></a></p><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5866590901713642802-2573905224703288825?l=hispanic-latino-books.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Cheaphttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14839505062944667426noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5866590901713642802.post-4117978698127316312010-03-06T09:06:00.001-08:002010-03-06T09:06:20.719-08:00<p><center><b>Buy Cheap La Vida Loca (Always Running): El Testimonio de un Pandillero en Los Angeles </b></center><br/><center><a href=" http://www.amazon.com/dp/B001RTS974?tag=dollies-20"><img src='http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51743GRX87L.jpg' height='300'></a><br/><a href=" http://www.amazon.com/dp/B001RTS974?tag=dollies-20"><font size="5"><b>Buy Low Price From Here Now </b></font></a></center><br/>"A los doce años, Luis Rodríguez ya era un veterano de la guerra entre las pandillas de East Los Angeles. Atraído por una cultura pandillera aparentemente insuperable, fue testigo de un sinfín de balaceras, golpizas y arrestos y, más tarde, con un miedo cada vez mayor, presenció cómo las drogas, los asesinatos, los suicidios y una delincuencia callejera carente de sentido cobraban la vida de amigos y familiares.<P>Poco tiempo después, Rodríguez encontro la manera de dejar atrás la vida del barrio a través de la educación y el poder de las palabras. Así pudo liberarse de años de violencia y desesperación. Una vez alcanzado el éxito como poeta chicano varias veces galardonado, Luis llegé a pensar que las calles ya no lo perseguirían, pero entonces su hijo ingresó en una pandilla. Rodríguez luchó por su hijo mediante el relato de su historia personal. <I>La Vida Loca</I> es una vívida croónica que se adentra en las motivaciones de la vida de las pandillas y nos advierte de la muerte y la destrucción que, tarde o temprano, se lleva la vida de sus participantes.<P>A ratos desgarradoramente triste y cruel, <I>La Vida Loca</I> es a la larga una historia verdadera, llena de inspiración, esperanza y sabiduría, y una lección duramente aprendida para las nuevas generaciones.<br/ style="clear:both"><a href=" http://www.amazon.com/dp/B001RTS974?tag=dollies-20"><b> Readmore </b></a></p><span id="fullpost"><span class="fullpost"><h2>Technical Details</h2><a href=" http://www.amazon.com/dp/B001RTS974?tag=dollies-20"><b>See more technical details </b></a><br/><img src="http://autopost.allsoftcenter.com/images/ico_customer_reviews.gif " alt="Customer Buzz" align="absbottom" border="0" /><br/><div style="background-color: #CCCCCC; height: 13px; width: 60px; float: left;"><div style="background-image: url(http://autopost.allsoftcenter.com/images/starbg.gif); width:60px; height:13px; float: left;"><div style="height: 13px; width: 60px; float: left; background-image: url(http://autopost.allsoftcenter.com/images/star.png);" > </div></div></div>&nbsp;<span class=rating>"A master piece!"</span>&nbsp;<span class=reviewdate>2001-10-17</span><br>By <b></b> (NY, USA)<br>This book was excellent! I read it in just a couple of days. Since I first started I couldn't take my eyes of what I was reading. The story is shocking and rude, yet interesting and mind-opening. It explicitly tells the struggles of growing up in a foreign country with everything against you and yet find the way to a new world full of possibilities. Excellent for tenagers, parents, and students.<br><br><img src="http://autopost.allsoftcenter.com/images/ico_customer_reviews.gif " alt="Customer Buzz" align="absbottom" border="0" /><br/><div style="background-color: #CCCCCC; height: 13px; width: 60px; float: left;"><div style="background-image: url(http://autopost.allsoftcenter.com/images/starbg.gif); width:60px; height:13px; float: left;"><div style="height: 13px; width: 60px; float: left; background-image: url(http://autopost.allsoftcenter.com/images/star.png);" > </div></div></div>&nbsp;<span class=rating>"what i thought about this book"</span>&nbsp;<span class=reviewdate>1999-07-07</span><br>By <b></b><br>THIS WAS ONE THAT COULD NOT BE PUT DOWN FOR LONG.I DO NOT READ ALOT BUT I TOOK A GLANCE AT THIS AND CONTINUED READING TILL THE END. IT WAS REALLY SOMETHING GREAT TO READ.MY EYES COULDNT GET ENOUGH.<br><br> <br/><b>Images Product</b><br/><a target ='_blank' href='http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51743GRX87L.jpg'><img src='http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51743GRX87L.jpg' width='240px' border='0' /></a><br/><a href=" http://www.amazon.com/dp/B001RTS974?tag=dollies-20"><font size="2"><b>Buy La Vida Loca (Always Running): El Testimonio de un Pandillero en Los Angeles Now </b></font></a></p><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5866590901713642802-411797869812731631?l=hispanic-latino-books.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Cheaphttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14839505062944667426noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5866590901713642802.post-89382103873996986912010-03-06T05:51:00.001-08:002010-03-06T05:51:37.744-08:00<p><center><b>Buy Cheap Jose! Born to Dance: The Story of Jose Limon (Tomas Rivera Mexican-American Children's Book Award (Awards)) </b></center><br/><center><a href=" http://www.amazon.com/dp/0689865767?tag=dollies-20"><img src='http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/611XH76388L.jpg' height='300'></a><br/><a href=" http://www.amazon.com/dp/0689865767?tag=dollies-20"><font size="5"><b>Buy Low Price From Here Now </b></font></a></center><br/>José was a boy with a song in his heart and a dance in his step. Born in Mexico in 1908, he came into the world kicking like a steer, and grew up to love to draw, play the piano, and dream. José's dreaming took him to faraway places. He dreamed of bullfighters and the sounds of the cancan dancers that he saw with his father. Dance lit a fire in José's soul.<P>With his heart to guide him, José left his family and went to New York to dance. He learned to flow and float and fly through space with steps like a Mexican breeze. When José danced, his spirit soared. From New York to lands afar, José Limón became known as the man who gave the world his own kind of dance.<P>¡OLÉ! ¡OLÉ! ¡OLÉ!<P>Susanna Reich's lyrical text and Raúl Colón's shimmering artwork tell the story of a boy who was determined to make a difference in the world, and did. José! Born to Dance will inspire picture book readers to follow their hearts and live their dreams.<br/ style="clear:both"><a href=" http://www.amazon.com/dp/0689865767?tag=dollies-20"><b> Readmore </b></a></p><span id="fullpost"><span class="fullpost"><h2>Technical Details</h2><a href=" http://www.amazon.com/dp/0689865767?tag=dollies-20"><b>See more technical details </b></a><br/><img src="http://autopost.allsoftcenter.com/images/ico_customer_reviews.gif " alt="Customer Buzz" align="absbottom" border="0" /><br/><div style="background-color: #CCCCCC; height: 13px; width: 60px; float: left;"><div style="background-image: url(http://autopost.allsoftcenter.com/images/starbg.gif); width:60px; height:13px; float: left;"><div style="height: 13px; width: 60px; float: left; background-image: url(http://autopost.allsoftcenter.com/images/star.png);" > </div></div></div>&nbsp;<span class=rating>"Written in poetic prose and illustrated in luminous watercolor and colored pencil"</span>&nbsp;<span class=reviewdate>2009-10-05</span><br>By <b>American Immigration Council's Community Education Center</b> (Washington, DC)<br>José! Born To Dance is a beautifully written and illustrated biography of José Limón (1908-1972), one of the great dancer/choreographers of the twentieth century. José was the oldest child in a large Mexican family that immigrated to the United States after his father lost his job as a result of the Mexican revolution. Taunted in school, José became determined to learn English better than his classmates and within three years, he spoke with confidence. Inspired by his artistic talent, José left his family in California and traveled to New York, where he discovered that his talents lay in dance rather than visual arts. After years of study and hard work, José formed his own dance company, which continues to tour today. His dances are still performed by major dance companies throughout the world.<br /><br /><br /><br />Written in poetic prose and illustrated in luminous watercolor and colored pencil, this biography will delight young readers, as well as offer lessons in the connection between determination, hard work, and success.<br /><br /><br /><br /><br><br><img src="http://autopost.allsoftcenter.com/images/ico_customer_reviews.gif " alt="Customer Buzz" align="absbottom" border="0" /><br/><div style="background-color: #CCCCCC; height: 13px; width: 60px; float: left;"><div style="background-image: url(http://autopost.allsoftcenter.com/images/starbg.gif); width:60px; height:13px; float: left;"><div style="height: 13px; width: 60px; float: left; background-image: url(http://autopost.allsoftcenter.com/images/star.png);" > </div></div></div>&nbsp;<span class=rating>"Brave Young Man!"</span>&nbsp;<span class=reviewdate>2009-01-17</span><br>By <b>Lorraine M. Racus</b><br>This boy of Mexican dancer Jose Limon is beautiful. This young Mexican boy who immigrates to America and follows his dreams of becoming a painter is a pure joy to read. Painting is not the road he takes. Dancing finds him! After reading this book I proceeded to learn more about Jose and the his dancing career in New York. This book is amazing in it illustrations. I love any book Raul Colon illustrates! I think 1st-3rd graders would enjoy this book.<br><br><img src="http://autopost.allsoftcenter.com/images/ico_customer_reviews.gif " alt="Customer Buzz" align="absbottom" border="0" /><br/><div style="background-color: #CCCCCC; height: 13px; width: 60px; float: left;"><div style="background-image: url(http://autopost.allsoftcenter.com/images/starbg.gif); width:60px; height:13px; float: left;"><div style="height: 13px; width: 60px; float: left; background-image: url(http://autopost.allsoftcenter.com/images/star.png);" > </div></div></div>&nbsp;<span class=rating>"Jose! Born to Dance: The Story of Jose Limon "</span>&nbsp;<span class=reviewdate>2006-07-28</span><br>By <b>Danny Brassell</b> (Redondo Beach, CA)<br>A beautifully illustrated biography of the dancer José Limon, this book has proven to be quite timely in light of recent events surrounding immigration. It chronicles how young José fled Mexico for America and endured ridicule in elementary school for his poor English. Regardless, José's determination to succeed prevailed, and his story always receives cheers when I read it to various elementary classes. 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Born to Dance: The Story of Jose Limon (Tomas Rivera Mexican-American Children's Book Award (Awards)) </b></center><br/><center><a href=" http://www.amazon.com/dp/B002PJ4G0O?tag=dollies-20"><img src='http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/611XH76388L.jpg' height='300'></a><br/><a href=" http://www.amazon.com/dp/B002PJ4G0O?tag=dollies-20"><font size="5"><b>Buy Low Price From Here Now </b></font></a></center><br/>José was a boy with a song in his heart and a dance in his step. Born in Mexico in 1908, he came into the world kicking like a steer, and grew up to love to draw, play the piano, and dream. José's dreaming took him to faraway places. He dreamed of bullfighters and the sounds of the cancan dancers that he saw with his father. Dance lit a fire in José's soul.<P>With his heart to guide him, José left his family and went to New York to dance. He learned to flow and float and fly through space with steps like a Mexican breeze. When José danced, his spirit soared. From New York to lands afar, José Limón became known as the man who gave the world his own kind of dance.<P>¡OLÉ! ¡OLÉ! ¡OLÉ!<P>Susanna Reich's lyrical text and Raúl Colón's shimmering artwork tell the story of a boy who was determined to make a difference in the world, and did. José! Born to Dance will inspire picture book readers to follow their hearts and live their dreams.<br/ style="clear:both"><a href=" http://www.amazon.com/dp/B002PJ4G0O?tag=dollies-20"><b> Readmore </b></a></p><span id="fullpost"><span class="fullpost"><h2>Technical Details</h2><a href=" http://www.amazon.com/dp/B002PJ4G0O?tag=dollies-20"><b>See more technical details </b></a><br/><img src="http://autopost.allsoftcenter.com/images/ico_customer_reviews.gif " alt="Customer Buzz" align="absbottom" border="0" /><br/><div style="background-color: #CCCCCC; height: 13px; width: 60px; float: left;"><div style="background-image: url(http://autopost.allsoftcenter.com/images/starbg.gif); width:60px; height:13px; float: left;"><div style="height: 13px; width: 60px; float: left; background-image: url(http://autopost.allsoftcenter.com/images/star.png);" > </div></div></div>&nbsp;<span class=rating>"Written in poetic prose and illustrated in luminous watercolor and colored pencil"</span>&nbsp;<span class=reviewdate>2009-10-05</span><br>By <b>American Immigration Council's Community Education Center</b> (Washington, DC)<br>José! Born To Dance is a beautifully written and illustrated biography of José Limón (1908-1972), one of the great dancer/choreographers of the twentieth century. José was the oldest child in a large Mexican family that immigrated to the United States after his father lost his job as a result of the Mexican revolution. Taunted in school, José became determined to learn English better than his classmates and within three years, he spoke with confidence. Inspired by his artistic talent, José left his family in California and traveled to New York, where he discovered that his talents lay in dance rather than visual arts. After years of study and hard work, José formed his own dance company, which continues to tour today. His dances are still performed by major dance companies throughout the world.<br /><br /><br /><br />Written in poetic prose and illustrated in luminous watercolor and colored pencil, this biography will delight young readers, as well as offer lessons in the connection between determination, hard work, and success.<br /><br /><br /><br /><br><br><img src="http://autopost.allsoftcenter.com/images/ico_customer_reviews.gif " alt="Customer Buzz" align="absbottom" border="0" /><br/><div style="background-color: #CCCCCC; height: 13px; width: 60px; float: left;"><div style="background-image: url(http://autopost.allsoftcenter.com/images/starbg.gif); width:60px; height:13px; float: left;"><div style="height: 13px; width: 60px; float: left; background-image: url(http://autopost.allsoftcenter.com/images/star.png);" > </div></div></div>&nbsp;<span class=rating>"Brave Young Man!"</span>&nbsp;<span class=reviewdate>2009-01-17</span><br>By <b>Lorraine M. Racus</b><br>This boy of Mexican dancer Jose Limon is beautiful. This young Mexican boy who immigrates to America and follows his dreams of becoming a painter is a pure joy to read. Painting is not the road he takes. Dancing finds him! After reading this book I proceeded to learn more about Jose and the his dancing career in New York. This book is amazing in it illustrations. I love any book Raul Colon illustrates! I think 1st-3rd graders would enjoy this book.<br><br><img src="http://autopost.allsoftcenter.com/images/ico_customer_reviews.gif " alt="Customer Buzz" align="absbottom" border="0" /><br/><div style="background-color: #CCCCCC; height: 13px; width: 60px; float: left;"><div style="background-image: url(http://autopost.allsoftcenter.com/images/starbg.gif); width:60px; height:13px; float: left;"><div style="height: 13px; width: 60px; float: left; background-image: url(http://autopost.allsoftcenter.com/images/star.png);" > </div></div></div>&nbsp;<span class=rating>"Jose! Born to Dance: The Story of Jose Limon "</span>&nbsp;<span class=reviewdate>2006-07-28</span><br>By <b>Danny Brassell</b> (Redondo Beach, CA)<br>A beautifully illustrated biography of the dancer José Limon, this book has proven to be quite timely in light of recent events surrounding immigration. It chronicles how young José fled Mexico for America and endured ridicule in elementary school for his poor English. Regardless, José's determination to succeed prevailed, and his story always receives cheers when I read it to various elementary classes. To view this and other cool short book recommendations for all ages.[...] <br><br> <br/><b>Images Product</b><br/><a target ='_blank' href='http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/611XH76388L.jpg'><img src='http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/611XH76388L.jpg' width='240px' border='0' /></a><a target ='_blank' href='http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/41dvneI4adL.jpg'><img src='http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/41dvneI4adL.jpg' width='240px' border='0' /></a><br/><a href=" http://www.amazon.com/dp/B002PJ4G0O?tag=dollies-20"><font size="2"><b>Buy Jose! 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Their Cuba, the one they left behind four decades ago, was ethereal. It existed, for him, only in their anecdotes, and in the family that remained in Cuba -- merely ghosts on the other end of a telephone.<P>Until Fidel Castro fell ill.<P>Sent to Cuba by his newspaper as the country began closing to foreign journalists in August 2006, Frías begins the secret journey of a lifetime -- twelve days in the land of his parents. That experience led to this evocative, spectacular, and unforgettable memoir.<P><I>Take Me With You</i> is written through the unique eyes of a first-generation Cuban-American seeing the forbidden country of his ancestry for the first time. <I>Take Me With You</i> provides a fresh view of Cuba, devoid of overt political commentary, focusing instead on the gritty, tangible lives of the people living in Castro's Cuba. Frías takes in the island nation of today and attempts to reconstruct what the past was like for his parents, retracing their footsteps, searching for his roots, and discovering his history. The book creates lasting and unexpected ripples within his family on both sides of the Florida Straits -- and on the author himself.<br/ style="clear:both"><a href=" http://www.amazon.com/dp/1416559523?tag=dollies-20"><b> Readmore </b></a></p><span id="fullpost"><span class="fullpost"><h2>Technical Details</h2> - ISBN13: 9781416559528 <br/> - Condition: NEW <br/> - Notes: Brand New from Publisher. No Remainder Mark. <br/> - <a title='Condition Guide' href='/content/Condition_and_Shipping_Guide.htm' target='_blank'>Click here to view our Condition Guide and Shipping Prices</a> <br/> <a href=" http://www.amazon.com/dp/1416559523?tag=dollies-20"><b>See more technical details </b></a><br/><img src="http://autopost.allsoftcenter.com/images/ico_customer_reviews.gif " alt="Customer Buzz" align="absbottom" border="0" /><br/><div style="background-color: #CCCCCC; height: 13px; width: 60px; float: left;"><div style="background-image: url(http://autopost.allsoftcenter.com/images/starbg.gif); width:48px; height:13px; float: left;"><div style="height: 13px; width: 60px; float: left; background-image: url(http://autopost.allsoftcenter.com/images/star.png);" > </div></div></div>&nbsp;<span class=rating>"Take Me With You"</span>&nbsp;<span class=reviewdate>2010-01-18</span><br>By <b>Michael C. Rawford</b> (West Central, Florida)<br>Carlos' family connections and his obvious devotion to the family are rare and are a pleasure to read about. I have an appreciation for the way the family members were written about and how they persevered and made due with the meager food and other items.<br /><br /><br /><br />Very good book with a rare insight into Cuba and its people.<br><br><img src="http://autopost.allsoftcenter.com/images/ico_customer_reviews.gif " alt="Customer Buzz" align="absbottom" border="0" /><br/><div style="background-color: #CCCCCC; height: 13px; width: 60px; float: left;"><div style="background-image: url(http://autopost.allsoftcenter.com/images/starbg.gif); width:60px; height:13px; float: left;"><div style="height: 13px; width: 60px; float: left; background-image: url(http://autopost.allsoftcenter.com/images/star.png);" > </div></div></div>&nbsp;<span class=rating>"THEY ARE FAMILY! THEY WILL SURVIVE."</span>&nbsp;<span class=reviewdate>2009-11-12</span><br>By <b>Sharon M. Bressen</b> (Tarpon Springs, FL, USA)<br>Take Me With You<br /><br />By Carlos Frias<br /><br /><br /><br />While attending the St. Petersburg Times Festival of Reading at USF, St. Petersburg, FL this October, I found Carlos FrÃas reading from his book "Take Me With You". In the audience were his wife, Christy and three charming daughters Elise, Amelia and Catalina. His words caught my attention and I purchased his book.<br /><br /><br /><br />This is a poignant story of a journalist of Cuban heritage, who travels to Cuba on assignment by The Palm Beach Post to report on the story of the health condition of Fidel Castro in August, 2006. To cross the ninety miles that separate United States and Cuba, he flies by way of Mexico.<br /><br /><br /><br />We follow a man with close family ties that take a monumental journey back to the birthplace of his parents. To a land he has heard about through many stories shared by his father, mother, aunts, uncles and other family friends.<br /><br /><br /><br />Nothing prepares Carlos for the living conditions in Cuba. Things he takes for granted in the US are luxuries or unavailable in Cuba. You will never look at a toilet in the same light after reading this book.<br /><br /><br /><br />I have found as a family historian myself; you never know what you will find when you start asking questions, visiting family friends, cemeteries, churches or schools. Carlos did make some unexpected discoveries about his family...all families have some secrets.<br /><br /><br /><br />The book is so compelling, joyful and heartbreaking at the same time. The book ends on an uplifting note of promise for the future. It is one of the most emotional books I have had the pleasure to read in a long time. The FrÃas family continues to honor all birthdays, occasions (quinces) and events that need a get-together to celebrate. They are Family!<br /><br /><br /><br />Buy this book and read about the comfort of family love and learn about the current state of affairs of our neighbor, Cuba.<br /><br /><br><br><img src="http://autopost.allsoftcenter.com/images/ico_customer_reviews.gif " alt="Customer Buzz" align="absbottom" border="0" /><br/><div style="background-color: #CCCCCC; height: 13px; width: 60px; float: left;"><div style="background-image: url(http://autopost.allsoftcenter.com/images/starbg.gif); width:60px; height:13px; float: left;"><div style="height: 13px; width: 60px; float: left; background-image: url(http://autopost.allsoftcenter.com/images/star.png);" > </div></div></div>&nbsp;<span class=rating>"Take Me With You"</span>&nbsp;<span class=reviewdate>2009-10-05</span><br>By <b>Ginny Browning</b> (Malabar, FL USA)<br>This book is fabulous!!! Once you start reading it it is hard to put it down. Carlos Frias takes you on an incredible journey to Cuba. He traces family roots and meets family he has never known. He tells you what modern day Cuba is like & it is riveting. Many of us take knowing our family history for granted. Carlos is able to connect with family in a close but forbidden country. Can't tell you any more. This book is a keeper!<br><br><img src="http://autopost.allsoftcenter.com/images/ico_customer_reviews.gif " alt="Customer Buzz" align="absbottom" border="0" /><br/><div style="background-color: #CCCCCC; height: 13px; width: 60px; float: left;"><div style="background-image: url(http://autopost.allsoftcenter.com/images/starbg.gif); width:60px; height:13px; float: left;"><div style="height: 13px; width: 60px; float: left; background-image: url(http://autopost.allsoftcenter.com/images/star.png);" > </div></div></div>&nbsp;<span class=rating>"Very enlightening!"</span>&nbsp;<span class=reviewdate>2009-08-26</span><br>By <b>D. Charlton</b> (Oregon)<br>This is a very well written story about Carlos' recent trip to Cuba, his family's history there and in the United States, and what it means to grow up Cuban in America. As I read it, I felt I was experiencing the story and events right there with Carlos. This book, at times, reads like a travel log and, at others, a memoir/autobiography. I've always been interested in Cuba, and now I want to go to Cuba even more. I encourage other readers to buy and read this book. The story will remain with you the rest of your life.<br /><br /><br /><br />Ray C.<br /><br />Oregon<br><br><img src="http://autopost.allsoftcenter.com/images/ico_customer_reviews.gif " alt="Customer Buzz" align="absbottom" border="0" /><br/><div style="background-color: #CCCCCC; height: 13px; width: 60px; float: left;"><div style="background-image: url(http://autopost.allsoftcenter.com/images/starbg.gif); width:60px; height:13px; float: left;"><div style="height: 13px; width: 60px; float: left; background-image: url(http://autopost.allsoftcenter.com/images/star.png);" > </div></div></div>&nbsp;<span class=rating>"Success Explained"</span>&nbsp;<span class=reviewdate>2009-08-24</span><br>By <b>R. Shapiro</b> (Miami, FL USA)<br>If you live in Miami, this is a must read. The success of the Cuban in Miami is explained in this book. Besides being a very interesting story about a "family", it tells us about the true Cuban. Their ambition and drive is shown by the drive of the 5 brothers. This was not unique to them, it is why when they came to Miami they were so successfull. <br><br> <br/><b>Images Product</b><br/><a target ='_blank' href='http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51gXGCKzToL.jpg'><img src='http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51gXGCKzToL.jpg' width='240px' border='0' /></a><br/><a href=" http://www.amazon.com/dp/1416559523?tag=dollies-20"><font size="2"><b>Buy Take Me with You: A Secret Search for Family in a Forbidden Cuba Now </b></font></a></p><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5866590901713642802-1801979948711941217?l=hispanic-latino-books.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Cheaphttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14839505062944667426noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5866590901713642802.post-12206771143974679992010-03-05T09:36:00.001-08:002010-03-05T09:36:03.665-08:00<p><center><b>Buy Cheap Take Me with You: A Memoir </b></center><br/><center><a href=" http://www.amazon.com/dp/1416559515?tag=dollies-20"><img src='http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51v1lRx5uBL.jpg' height='300'></a><br/><a href=" http://www.amazon.com/dp/1416559515?tag=dollies-20"><font size="5"><b>Buy Low Price From Here Now </b></font></a></center><br/>Carlos Frías, an award-winning journalist and the American-born son of Cuban exiles, grew up hearing about his parents' homeland only in parables. Their Cuba, the one they left behind four decades ago, was ethereal. It existed, for him, only in their anecdotes, and in the family that remained in Cuba -- merely ghosts on the other end of a telephone.<P>Until Fidel Castro fell ill.<P>Sent to Cuba by his newspaper as the country began closing to foreign journalists in August 2006, Frías begins the secret journey of a lifetime -- twelve days in the land of his parents. That experience led to this evocative, spectacular, and unforgettable memoir.<P><I>Take Me With You</i> is written through the unique eyes of a first-generation Cuban-American seeing the forbidden country of his ancestry for the first time. <I>Take Me With You</i> provides a fresh view of Cuba, devoid of overt political commentary, focusing instead on the gritty, tangible lives of the people living in Castro's Cuba. Frías takes in the island nation of today and attempts to reconstruct what the past was like for his parents, retracing their footsteps, searching for his roots, and discovering his history. The book creates lasting and unexpected ripples within his family on both sides of the Florida Straits -- and on the author himself.<br/ style="clear:both"><a href=" http://www.amazon.com/dp/1416559515?tag=dollies-20"><b> Readmore </b></a></p><span id="fullpost"><span class="fullpost"><h2>Technical Details</h2> - ISBN13: 9781416559511 <br/> - Condition: NEW <br/> - Notes: Brand New from Publisher. No Remainder Mark. <br/> - <a title='Condition Guide' href='/content/Condition_and_Shipping_Guide.htm' target='_blank'>Click here to view our Condition Guide and Shipping Prices</a> <br/> <a href=" http://www.amazon.com/dp/1416559515?tag=dollies-20"><b>See more technical details </b></a><br/><img src="http://autopost.allsoftcenter.com/images/ico_customer_reviews.gif " alt="Customer Buzz" align="absbottom" border="0" /><br/><div style="background-color: #CCCCCC; height: 13px; width: 60px; float: left;"><div style="background-image: url(http://autopost.allsoftcenter.com/images/starbg.gif); width:48px; height:13px; float: left;"><div style="height: 13px; width: 60px; float: left; background-image: url(http://autopost.allsoftcenter.com/images/star.png);" > </div></div></div>&nbsp;<span class=rating>"Take Me With You"</span>&nbsp;<span class=reviewdate>2010-01-18</span><br>By <b>Michael C. Rawford</b> (West Central, Florida)<br>Carlos' family connections and his obvious devotion to the family are rare and are a pleasure to read about. I have an appreciation for the way the family members were written about and how they persevered and made due with the meager food and other items.<br /><br /><br /><br />Very good book with a rare insight into Cuba and its people.<br><br><img src="http://autopost.allsoftcenter.com/images/ico_customer_reviews.gif " alt="Customer Buzz" align="absbottom" border="0" /><br/><div style="background-color: #CCCCCC; height: 13px; width: 60px; float: left;"><div style="background-image: url(http://autopost.allsoftcenter.com/images/starbg.gif); width:60px; height:13px; float: left;"><div style="height: 13px; width: 60px; float: left; background-image: url(http://autopost.allsoftcenter.com/images/star.png);" > </div></div></div>&nbsp;<span class=rating>"THEY ARE FAMILY! THEY WILL SURVIVE."</span>&nbsp;<span class=reviewdate>2009-11-12</span><br>By <b>Sharon M. Bressen</b> (Tarpon Springs, FL, USA)<br>Take Me With You<br /><br />By Carlos Frias<br /><br /><br /><br />While attending the St. Petersburg Times Festival of Reading at USF, St. Petersburg, FL this October, I found Carlos FrÃas reading from his book "Take Me With You". In the audience were his wife, Christy and three charming daughters Elise, Amelia and Catalina. His words caught my attention and I purchased his book.<br /><br /><br /><br />This is a poignant story of a journalist of Cuban heritage, who travels to Cuba on assignment by The Palm Beach Post to report on the story of the health condition of Fidel Castro in August, 2006. To cross the ninety miles that separate United States and Cuba, he flies by way of Mexico.<br /><br /><br /><br />We follow a man with close family ties that take a monumental journey back to the birthplace of his parents. To a land he has heard about through many stories shared by his father, mother, aunts, uncles and other family friends.<br /><br /><br /><br />Nothing prepares Carlos for the living conditions in Cuba. Things he takes for granted in the US are luxuries or unavailable in Cuba. You will never look at a toilet in the same light after reading this book.<br /><br /><br /><br />I have found as a family historian myself; you never know what you will find when you start asking questions, visiting family friends, cemeteries, churches or schools. Carlos did make some unexpected discoveries about his family...all families have some secrets.<br /><br /><br /><br />The book is so compelling, joyful and heartbreaking at the same time. The book ends on an uplifting note of promise for the future. It is one of the most emotional books I have had the pleasure to read in a long time. The FrÃas family continues to honor all birthdays, occasions (quinces) and events that need a get-together to celebrate. They are Family!<br /><br /><br /><br />Buy this book and read about the comfort of family love and learn about the current state of affairs of our neighbor, Cuba.<br /><br /><br><br><img src="http://autopost.allsoftcenter.com/images/ico_customer_reviews.gif " alt="Customer Buzz" align="absbottom" border="0" /><br/><div style="background-color: #CCCCCC; height: 13px; width: 60px; float: left;"><div style="background-image: url(http://autopost.allsoftcenter.com/images/starbg.gif); width:60px; height:13px; float: left;"><div style="height: 13px; width: 60px; float: left; background-image: url(http://autopost.allsoftcenter.com/images/star.png);" > </div></div></div>&nbsp;<span class=rating>"Take Me With You"</span>&nbsp;<span class=reviewdate>2009-10-05</span><br>By <b>Ginny Browning</b> (Malabar, FL USA)<br>This book is fabulous!!! Once you start reading it it is hard to put it down. Carlos Frias takes you on an incredible journey to Cuba. He traces family roots and meets family he has never known. He tells you what modern day Cuba is like & it is riveting. Many of us take knowing our family history for granted. Carlos is able to connect with family in a close but forbidden country. Can't tell you any more. This book is a keeper!<br><br><img src="http://autopost.allsoftcenter.com/images/ico_customer_reviews.gif " alt="Customer Buzz" align="absbottom" border="0" /><br/><div style="background-color: #CCCCCC; height: 13px; width: 60px; float: left;"><div style="background-image: url(http://autopost.allsoftcenter.com/images/starbg.gif); width:60px; height:13px; float: left;"><div style="height: 13px; width: 60px; float: left; background-image: url(http://autopost.allsoftcenter.com/images/star.png);" > </div></div></div>&nbsp;<span class=rating>"Very enlightening!"</span>&nbsp;<span class=reviewdate>2009-08-26</span><br>By <b>D. Charlton</b> (Oregon)<br>This is a very well written story about Carlos' recent trip to Cuba, his family's history there and in the United States, and what it means to grow up Cuban in America. As I read it, I felt I was experiencing the story and events right there with Carlos. This book, at times, reads like a travel log and, at others, a memoir/autobiography. I've always been interested in Cuba, and now I want to go to Cuba even more. I encourage other readers to buy and read this book. The story will remain with you the rest of your life.<br /><br /><br /><br />Ray C.<br /><br />Oregon<br><br><img src="http://autopost.allsoftcenter.com/images/ico_customer_reviews.gif " alt="Customer Buzz" align="absbottom" border="0" /><br/><div style="background-color: #CCCCCC; height: 13px; width: 60px; float: left;"><div style="background-image: url(http://autopost.allsoftcenter.com/images/starbg.gif); width:60px; height:13px; float: left;"><div style="height: 13px; width: 60px; float: left; background-image: url(http://autopost.allsoftcenter.com/images/star.png);" > </div></div></div>&nbsp;<span class=rating>"Success Explained"</span>&nbsp;<span class=reviewdate>2009-08-24</span><br>By <b>R. Shapiro</b> (Miami, FL USA)<br>If you live in Miami, this is a must read. The success of the Cuban in Miami is explained in this book. Besides being a very interesting story about a "family", it tells us about the true Cuban. Their ambition and drive is shown by the drive of the 5 brothers. This was not unique to them, it is why when they came to Miami they were so successfull. <br><br> <br/><b>Images Product</b><br/><a target ='_blank' href='http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51v1lRx5uBL.jpg'><img src='http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51v1lRx5uBL.jpg' width='240px' border='0' /></a><br/><a href=" http://www.amazon.com/dp/1416559515?tag=dollies-20"><font size="2"><b>Buy Take Me with You: A Memoir Now </b></font></a></p><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5866590901713642802-1220677114397467999?l=hispanic-latino-books.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Cheaphttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14839505062944667426noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5866590901713642802.post-33412710968275268402010-03-05T09:28:00.001-08:002010-03-05T09:28:53.023-08:00<p><center><b>Buy Cheap The Latin Deli: Prose and Poetry </b></center><br/><center><a href=" http://www.amazon.com/dp/0820315567?tag=dollies-20"><img src='http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/41Guy0On0%2BL.jpg' height='300'></a><br/><a href=" http://www.amazon.com/dp/0820315567?tag=dollies-20"><font size="5"><b>Buy Low Price From Here Now </b></font></a></center><br/>A collection of poetry, personal essays and short fiction, in which the dominant subject - the lives of Puerto Ricans in a New Jersey barrio - is drawn from the author's own childhood.<br/ style="clear:both"><a href=" http://www.amazon.com/dp/0820315567?tag=dollies-20"><b> Readmore </b></a></p><span id="fullpost"><span class="fullpost"><h2>Technical Details</h2><a href=" http://www.amazon.com/dp/0820315567?tag=dollies-20"><b>See more technical details </b></a><br/><img src="http://autopost.allsoftcenter.com/images/ico_customer_reviews.gif " alt="Customer Buzz" align="absbottom" border="0" /><br/><div style="background-color: #CCCCCC; height: 13px; width: 60px; float: left;"><div style="background-image: url(http://autopost.allsoftcenter.com/images/starbg.gif); width:60px; height:13px; float: left;"><div style="height: 13px; width: 60px; float: left; background-image: url(http://autopost.allsoftcenter.com/images/star.png);" > </div></div></div>&nbsp;<span class=rating>"Have Lunch with The Latin Deli!"</span>&nbsp;<span class=reviewdate>2002-10-23</span><br>By <b>Katrina French</b> (Tallahassee, FL United States)<br>This tasty book is full of the smells, textures, colors and lives of the Barrio. Lively, inspiring, heartfelt and sometimes heartbreaking, Ortiz fills this book with individuals whose lives are both representative of immigrated people and yet strikingly the stories of every woman and man. Mostly comprised of short-shorts the occasional poem is also brought in. Not all of the characters are named, and there is a sense that the reader is sometimes getting both the history and the future of the same characters. Marvelously woven, this book is a tapestry of personalities, lives, tastes and aromas. Check this book out for something unique! May I also recommend that a cup of Cuban coffee goes wonderfully!<br><br> <br/><b>Images Product</b><br/><a target ='_blank' href='http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/41Guy0On0%2BL.jpg'><img src='http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/41Guy0On0%2BL.jpg' width='240px' border='0' /></a><br/><a href=" http://www.amazon.com/dp/0820315567?tag=dollies-20"><font size="2"><b>Buy The Latin Deli: Prose and Poetry Now </b></font></a></p><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5866590901713642802-3341271096827526840?l=hispanic-latino-books.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Cheaphttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14839505062944667426noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5866590901713642802.post-9883227574272162702010-03-05T09:26:00.001-08:002010-03-05T09:26:10.336-08:00<p><center><b>Buy Cheap The Latin Deli: Telling the Lives of Barrio Women </b></center><br/><center><a href=" http://www.amazon.com/dp/0393313131?tag=dollies-20"><img src='http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/71VYETY4N1L.gif' height='300'></a><br/><a href=" http://www.amazon.com/dp/0393313131?tag=dollies-20"><font size="5"><b>Buy Low Price From Here Now </b></font></a></center><br/>Cofer tells readers of the women's lives that entangled with hers in El Building in Patterson, New Jersey. A community transplanted from what they now view as an island paradise, these Puerto Rican families yearn for the colors and tastes of their homeland. As they carve out their lives as Americans, their days are filled with drama, success and tragedy.<br/ style="clear:both"><a href=" http://www.amazon.com/dp/0393313131?tag=dollies-20"><b> Readmore </b></a></p><span id="fullpost"><span class="fullpost"><h2>Technical Details</h2><a href=" http://www.amazon.com/dp/0393313131?tag=dollies-20"><b>See more technical details </b></a><br/><img src="http://autopost.allsoftcenter.com/images/ico_customer_reviews.gif " alt="Customer Buzz" align="absbottom" border="0" /><br/><div style="background-color: #CCCCCC; height: 13px; width: 60px; float: left;"><div style="background-image: url(http://autopost.allsoftcenter.com/images/starbg.gif); width:60px; height:13px; float: left;"><div style="height: 13px; width: 60px; float: left; background-image: url(http://autopost.allsoftcenter.com/images/star.png);" > </div></div></div>&nbsp;<span class=rating>"Have Lunch with The Latin Deli!"</span>&nbsp;<span class=reviewdate>2002-10-23</span><br>By <b>Katrina French</b> (Tallahassee, FL United States)<br>This tasty book is full of the smells, textures, colors and lives of the Barrio. Lively, inspiring, heartfelt and sometimes heartbreaking, Ortiz fills this book with individuals whose lives are both representative of immigrated people and yet strikingly the stories of every woman and man. Mostly comprised of short-shorts the occasional poem is also brought in. Not all of the characters are named, and there is a sense that the reader is sometimes getting both the history and the future of the same characters. Marvelously woven, this book is a tapestry of personalities, lives, tastes and aromas. Check this book out for something unique! May I also recommend that a cup of Cuban coffee goes wonderfully!<br><br> <br/><b>Images Product</b><br/><a target ='_blank' href='http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/71VYETY4N1L.gif'><img src='http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/71VYETY4N1L.gif' width='240px' border='0' /></a><br/><a href=" http://www.amazon.com/dp/0393313131?tag=dollies-20"><font size="2"><b>Buy The Latin Deli: Telling the Lives of Barrio Women Now </b></font></a></p><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5866590901713642802-988322757427216270?l=hispanic-latino-books.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Cheaphttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14839505062944667426noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5866590901713642802.post-87321034627248318892010-03-03T19:53:00.001-08:002010-03-03T19:53:01.840-08:00<p><center><b>Buy Cheap The Fight in the Fields: Cesar Chavez and the Farmworkers Movement </b></center><br/><center><a href=" http://www.amazon.com/dp/0156005980?tag=dollies-20"><img src='http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51bpGVcGW8L.jpg' height='300'></a><br/><a href=" http://www.amazon.com/dp/0156005980?tag=dollies-20"><font size="5"><b>Buy Low Price From Here Now </b></font></a></center><br/><DIV><DIV>A “vivid, well-documented account of the farmworkers movement”(Philadelphia Inquirer) and its prime mover, Cesar Chavez. Edited by Diana Hembree with a foreword by Gary Soto and essays by Carey McWilliams, Victor Villaseñor, Alfredo Véa, Jr., Peter Matthiessen, Rudolfo Anaya, and others. Black-and-white photographs throughout.<br></DIV></div><br/ style="clear:both"><a href=" http://www.amazon.com/dp/0156005980?tag=dollies-20"><b> Readmore </b></a></p><span id="fullpost"><span class="fullpost"><h2>Technical Details</h2> - ISBN13: 9780156005982 <br/> - Condition: NEW <br/> - Notes: Brand New from Publisher. No Remainder Mark. <br/> - <a title='Condition Guide' href='/content/Condition_and_Shipping_Guide.htm' target='_blank'>Click here to view our Condition Guide and Shipping Prices</a> <br/> <a href=" http://www.amazon.com/dp/0156005980?tag=dollies-20"><b>See more technical details </b></a><br/><img src="http://autopost.allsoftcenter.com/images/ico_customer_reviews.gif " alt="Customer Buzz" align="absbottom" border="0" /><br/><div style="background-color: #CCCCCC; height: 13px; width: 60px; float: left;"><div style="background-image: url(http://autopost.allsoftcenter.com/images/starbg.gif); width:48px; height:13px; float: left;"><div style="height: 13px; width: 60px; float: left; background-image: url(http://autopost.allsoftcenter.com/images/star.png);" > </div></div></div>&nbsp;<span class=rating>"A Great Read for the Aspiring Activist"</span>&nbsp;<span class=reviewdate>2008-01-24</span><br>By <b>B. O'Loughlin</b><br>At a time when the Mexican-US border is rife with contention, one needs some inspiration for unity and dialogue. The Fight in the Fields: Cesar Chavez and the Farm Workers Movement by Susan Ferriss and Ricardo Sandoval provides that inspiration. The book chronicles how Chavez, over almost a half-century of activism, used nonviolent tactics to promote unity among and justice for California's, and eventually the nation's, oppressed farm workers. Through his crusade, Chavez secured unionization for the US's farm workers and began the movement for Chicano rights. Although the book has its shortcomings, it offers a wonderful and inspiring picture of the farm worker's movement in the United States and Cesar Chavez's leading role.<br /><br /> Cesar Chavez's origins and experiences illuminate his later call to lead a nationwide movement. He was born Cesar Estrada Chavez on March 21, 1927 on his family's farm in Yuma, Arizona. There he lived an idyllic life learning the teachings of Catholicism until 1938 when the Great Depression forced the Chavez family to sell their land and move to California. There, Chavez experienced first-hand the brutal work, meager wages, and destitute conditions suffered by nonunionized migrant farm workers as well as the intense discrimination suffered by Chicanos. Chavez married Helen Fabela in 1948 and eventually settled in the impoverished barrio Sal Si Puedes ("Leave if you can.") in San Jose. In Sal Si Puedes, Chavez met two men who would become his greatest role models. Father Donald McDonnell taught Chavez the doctrines of Catholic Social Teaching, especially the labor-related encyclicals of Pope Leo XIII. Fred Ross recruited Chavez to work advocating for Chicano rights with the Community Service Organization. In 1962, however, Chavez left CSO to devote himself to a lifelong dream inspired by his time as a farm laborer: unionizing migrant farm workers.<br /><br /> In 1962, shortly after leaving CSO, Chavez and his family moved to Delano, California, where built the National Farm Worker's Association from the ground up. In 1965, after three years of slowly collecting membership, the association voted to join members of the Agricultural Worker's Organizing Committee in a strike of California vineyards. Soon Chavez, most famously under the banner of the United Farm Workers Union (a merger of the NFWA and AWOC), became the leader of la causa, a nationwide movement for farm worker's rights. He, along with activists like Dolores Huerta, organized migrant farm workers in initiatives like the famous nationwide California table grape boycott of the late 1960's, the lettuce strikes of the 1970's, and the anti-pesticide grape boycott of the 1980's. Throughout his organizing, Chavez, still a devout Catholic strengthened by his family's and Father McDonnell's teachings, remained staunchly nonviolent, fasting whenever violence crept into picket lines. A proponent of creative nonviolent action, Chavez, well-trained by Fred Ross, organized ingenious tactics like praying where picketing was forbidden, holding mass perigrinaciones (pilgrimages) and even mailing squashed grapes to prominent politicians. Chavez also devoted time to political activism, securing the creation of the California Agricultural Labor Relations Board in 1976. Further, inspired by the discrimination he faced as a child, he promoted Chicano culture (while always promoting unity among different farm worker nationalities) establishing newspapers like the Malcriado and theater initiatives like Teatro Campesino. Chavez was remembered fondly upon his death in 1993 as the focal point of the Chicano farm worker's movement.<br /><br /> Fight in the Fields, the companion volume to a television series of the same name, paints a wonderfully creative picture of Chavez's life and legacy. The narrative thoroughly details Chavez's life, from birth to untimely death. The book features hundreds of photographs from Chavez's life that provide a useful visual reference for readers and illuminate the suffering and challenges faced during la causa. The volume also features several insets that consist of actual documents and articles authored by people active in la causa, whether on Chavez's or the opposing side. They provide a firsthand look into the visceral feelings and opinions of those involved in the farm worker's movement and are interesting reads for history buffs, like myself, who are fascinated by contextual documents.<br /><br /> Fight in the Fields further succeeds by emphasizing the people in Chavez's life. Often, accounts of larger-than-life figures like Chavez focus on the figure him or herself and his or her magnanimous deeds. Little attention is paid to his or her influences or influence on others. Fight in the Fields features quotes from interviews with dozens of figures close to Chavez. The interviews of those who influenced Chavez really get to the heart of what drove him to action. In addition, the book profiles over a dozen organizers Chavez took under his wing. He loved to find young, poorly educated (though possessed of infinite creativity and potential) farm workers and presenting them with seemingly impossible challenges (as Ross had done for him). I thoroughly enjoyed the book's emphasis on these young organizers because it demonstrates that, with a little training and hard work, all can advocate for nonviolent change.<br /><br /> Despite its excellent qualities, Fight in the Fields has shortcomings. The narrative is often repetitive and almost always confusing. However, the book's content more than makes up for its poorly written narrative. Furthermore, the book leaves the reader on a negative note. The last quarter of the volume is entirely devoted to the difficulties the UFW experienced in the years before Chavez's death. Almost all of the young organizers Chavez honed left the union which itself faced many defeats in the late 1980's and early 1990's. The book emphasizes these defeats with a negative and dispiriting tone. I would rather have read more about the UFW's triumphs during this time or read the setbacks presented in a more positive tone.<br /><br /> Fight in the Fields left me with two conflicting emotions: inspiration and discouragement. The story of Chavez's ability to single-handedly build a union among transitory, oppressed workers who had no sense of their rights was inspiring. Chavez's story provided me with an example of success amongst impossible odds to look to when I encounter trouble with my initiatives on my college campus. My job is exponentially easier than Chavez's and his creativity and passion (along with the specific logistics of his organizing detailed in the book) motivated me. Furthermore, with the rift between white Americans and Chicanos and Mexican immigrants dug larger every day by contentious issues such as bilingual education and illegal immigration, learning about a movement that united Americans from all backgrounds to work on behalf of minority rights offered me a sense of hope. All should remember Cesar and his commitment to unity rather than division, friendship rather than hate, and dialogue rather than stony anger. However, the near-dissolution of the UFW before Chavez's death left me discouraged. The mass movement a charismatic leader devoted his life to creating easily began fragmented. How on earth can something I build in my spare time survive? The book has certainly led me to want to learn more about la causa and what went wrong at the end.<br /><br /> Fight in the Fields is, all and all, a good read for the aspiring activist. It provides creative inspiration in the story of Cesar Chavez, the man who turned his life's dream into la causa. If you are already interested in Chavez or, like I did, know nothing about him, this book paints a great picture of his life. However, beware the discouragement presented at the end.<br /><br /><br><br><img src="http://autopost.allsoftcenter.com/images/ico_customer_reviews.gif " alt="Customer Buzz" align="absbottom" border="0" /><br/><div style="background-color: #CCCCCC; height: 13px; width: 60px; float: left;"><div style="background-image: url(http://autopost.allsoftcenter.com/images/starbg.gif); width:60px; height:13px; float: left;"><div style="height: 13px; width: 60px; float: left; background-image: url(http://autopost.allsoftcenter.com/images/star.png);" > </div></div></div>&nbsp;<span class=rating>"read and learn"</span>&nbsp;<span class=reviewdate>2007-01-04</span><br>By <b>lisa, lover of books</b> (san francisco, ca)<br>"the fight in the fields" is an excellent biographical account of cesar chavez and the farmworkers movement. it's a must read for anyone interested in making a difference.<br><br><img src="http://autopost.allsoftcenter.com/images/ico_customer_reviews.gif " alt="Customer Buzz" align="absbottom" border="0" /><br/><div style="background-color: #CCCCCC; height: 13px; width: 60px; float: left;"><div style="background-image: url(http://autopost.allsoftcenter.com/images/starbg.gif); width:60px; height:13px; float: left;"><div style="height: 13px; width: 60px; float: left; background-image: url(http://autopost.allsoftcenter.com/images/star.png);" > </div></div></div>&nbsp;<span class=rating>"Cesar Chavez Merits a National Holiday !"</span>&nbsp;<span class=reviewdate>2006-11-23</span><br>By <b>Brien Comerford</b> (Glenview, Illinois United States)<br>"The Fight in the Fields" compelled me to recognize that Cesar Chavez is arguably the greatest humanitarian in US history. He tirelessly and peacefully campaigned on behalf of underpaid and overworked farmworkers and migrants who were forced to toil amidst toxic insecticides and pesticides. Chavez was profoundly influenced by Gandhi, Martin Luther King and St. Francis of Assisi. He was an environmentalist, a vegetarian and animal welfare advocate who denounced dogfighting, bullfighting, cockfighting, slaughterhouses and rodeos because they are all rooted in inhumane violence. Cesar Chavez had reverence for all life and was a paragon of compassion. He was known as America's Catholic Ghandi of the Fields. The United States should have a national Holiday for Cesar Chavez's birthday, specifically, March 31. <br><br><img src="http://autopost.allsoftcenter.com/images/ico_customer_reviews.gif " alt="Customer Buzz" align="absbottom" border="0" /><br/><div style="background-color: #CCCCCC; height: 13px; width: 60px; float: left;"><div style="background-image: url(http://autopost.allsoftcenter.com/images/starbg.gif); width:60px; height:13px; float: left;"><div style="height: 13px; width: 60px; float: left; background-image: url(http://autopost.allsoftcenter.com/images/star.png);" > </div></div></div>&nbsp;<span class=rating>"a must read book"</span>&nbsp;<span class=reviewdate>2006-11-03</span><br>By <b>Cuzzin It</b> (Veguita)<br> This is a well written book and is fun to read. <br><br><img src="http://autopost.allsoftcenter.com/images/ico_customer_reviews.gif " alt="Customer Buzz" align="absbottom" border="0" /><br/><div style="background-color: #CCCCCC; height: 13px; width: 60px; float: left;"><div style="background-image: url(http://autopost.allsoftcenter.com/images/starbg.gif); width:48px; height:13px; float: left;"><div style="height: 13px; width: 60px; float: left; background-image: url(http://autopost.allsoftcenter.com/images/star.png);" > </div></div></div>&nbsp;<span class=rating>"A great historical review of the "other" civil rights movement"</span>&nbsp;<span class=reviewdate>2006-07-06</span><br>By <b>Ricardo VALVERDE</b> (Yorba Linda, CA)<br>The authors did a great job of detailing the early childhood that shaped the future leader of the farm workers movement. They also do a great job of highlighting the trails, ups and downs of Cesar Chavez and the farm workers movement. One gets a good idea of just how bad conditions were before the movement and how much improvement has been made since the inception of the movement. It also touches the heart with the human aspect of the lives that were shackled in the old system and changed for the good with the reforms that were won. Cesar Chavez is a true humanitarian that should be mentioned with the likes of Martin Luther King and Gandhi. This is truly a must read. <br><br> <br/><b>Images Product</b><br/><a target ='_blank' href='http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51bpGVcGW8L.jpg'><img src='http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51bpGVcGW8L.jpg' width='240px' border='0' /></a><br/><a href=" http://www.amazon.com/dp/0156005980?tag=dollies-20"><font size="2"><b>Buy The Fight in the Fields: Cesar Chavez and the Farmworkers Movement Now </b></font></a></p><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5866590901713642802-8732103462724831889?l=hispanic-latino-books.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Cheaphttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14839505062944667426noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5866590901713642802.post-18511230849660421662010-03-03T09:15:00.001-08:002010-03-03T09:15:59.321-08:00<p><center><b>Buy Cheap The Fight in the Fields: Cesar Chavez and the Farmworkers Movement </b></center><br/><center><a href=" http://www.amazon.com/dp/0780783786?tag=dollies-20"> <img src="http://g-ecx.images-amazon.com/images/G/01/nav2/dp/no-image-no-ciu._SL210_V46836203_.gif" border="0" ></a><br/><a href=" http://www.amazon.com/dp/0780783786?tag=dollies-20"><font size="5"><b>Buy Low Price From Here Now </b></font></a></center><br/>The illustrated companion book to the PBS documentary of the same name tells the story of the late leader of America's migrant farmworkers and the United Farm Workers Union, and their battle against the giant agribusinesses. TV tie-in.<br/ style="clear:both"><a href=" http://www.amazon.com/dp/0780783786?tag=dollies-20"><b> Readmore </b></a></p><span id="fullpost"><span class="fullpost"><h2>Technical Details</h2><a href=" http://www.amazon.com/dp/0780783786?tag=dollies-20"><b>See more technical details </b></a><br/><img src="http://autopost.allsoftcenter.com/images/ico_customer_reviews.gif " alt="Customer Buzz" align="absbottom" border="0" /><br/><div style="background-color: #CCCCCC; height: 13px; width: 60px; float: left;"><div style="background-image: url(http://autopost.allsoftcenter.com/images/starbg.gif); width:48px; height:13px; float: left;"><div style="height: 13px; width: 60px; float: left; background-image: url(http://autopost.allsoftcenter.com/images/star.png);" > </div></div></div>&nbsp;<span class=rating>"A Great Read for the Aspiring Activist"</span>&nbsp;<span class=reviewdate>2008-01-24</span><br>By <b>B. O'Loughlin</b><br>At a time when the Mexican-US border is rife with contention, one needs some inspiration for unity and dialogue. The Fight in the Fields: Cesar Chavez and the Farm Workers Movement by Susan Ferriss and Ricardo Sandoval provides that inspiration. The book chronicles how Chavez, over almost a half-century of activism, used nonviolent tactics to promote unity among and justice for California's, and eventually the nation's, oppressed farm workers. Through his crusade, Chavez secured unionization for the US's farm workers and began the movement for Chicano rights. Although the book has its shortcomings, it offers a wonderful and inspiring picture of the farm worker's movement in the United States and Cesar Chavez's leading role.<br /><br /> Cesar Chavez's origins and experiences illuminate his later call to lead a nationwide movement. He was born Cesar Estrada Chavez on March 21, 1927 on his family's farm in Yuma, Arizona. There he lived an idyllic life learning the teachings of Catholicism until 1938 when the Great Depression forced the Chavez family to sell their land and move to California. There, Chavez experienced first-hand the brutal work, meager wages, and destitute conditions suffered by nonunionized migrant farm workers as well as the intense discrimination suffered by Chicanos. Chavez married Helen Fabela in 1948 and eventually settled in the impoverished barrio Sal Si Puedes ("Leave if you can.") in San Jose. In Sal Si Puedes, Chavez met two men who would become his greatest role models. Father Donald McDonnell taught Chavez the doctrines of Catholic Social Teaching, especially the labor-related encyclicals of Pope Leo XIII. Fred Ross recruited Chavez to work advocating for Chicano rights with the Community Service Organization. In 1962, however, Chavez left CSO to devote himself to a lifelong dream inspired by his time as a farm laborer: unionizing migrant farm workers.<br /><br /> In 1962, shortly after leaving CSO, Chavez and his family moved to Delano, California, where built the National Farm Worker's Association from the ground up. In 1965, after three years of slowly collecting membership, the association voted to join members of the Agricultural Worker's Organizing Committee in a strike of California vineyards. Soon Chavez, most famously under the banner of the United Farm Workers Union (a merger of the NFWA and AWOC), became the leader of la causa, a nationwide movement for farm worker's rights. He, along with activists like Dolores Huerta, organized migrant farm workers in initiatives like the famous nationwide California table grape boycott of the late 1960's, the lettuce strikes of the 1970's, and the anti-pesticide grape boycott of the 1980's. Throughout his organizing, Chavez, still a devout Catholic strengthened by his family's and Father McDonnell's teachings, remained staunchly nonviolent, fasting whenever violence crept into picket lines. A proponent of creative nonviolent action, Chavez, well-trained by Fred Ross, organized ingenious tactics like praying where picketing was forbidden, holding mass perigrinaciones (pilgrimages) and even mailing squashed grapes to prominent politicians. Chavez also devoted time to political activism, securing the creation of the California Agricultural Labor Relations Board in 1976. Further, inspired by the discrimination he faced as a child, he promoted Chicano culture (while always promoting unity among different farm worker nationalities) establishing newspapers like the Malcriado and theater initiatives like Teatro Campesino. Chavez was remembered fondly upon his death in 1993 as the focal point of the Chicano farm worker's movement.<br /><br /> Fight in the Fields, the companion volume to a television series of the same name, paints a wonderfully creative picture of Chavez's life and legacy. The narrative thoroughly details Chavez's life, from birth to untimely death. The book features hundreds of photographs from Chavez's life that provide a useful visual reference for readers and illuminate the suffering and challenges faced during la causa. The volume also features several insets that consist of actual documents and articles authored by people active in la causa, whether on Chavez's or the opposing side. They provide a firsthand look into the visceral feelings and opinions of those involved in the farm worker's movement and are interesting reads for history buffs, like myself, who are fascinated by contextual documents.<br /><br /> Fight in the Fields further succeeds by emphasizing the people in Chavez's life. Often, accounts of larger-than-life figures like Chavez focus on the figure him or herself and his or her magnanimous deeds. Little attention is paid to his or her influences or influence on others. Fight in the Fields features quotes from interviews with dozens of figures close to Chavez. The interviews of those who influenced Chavez really get to the heart of what drove him to action. In addition, the book profiles over a dozen organizers Chavez took under his wing. He loved to find young, poorly educated (though possessed of infinite creativity and potential) farm workers and presenting them with seemingly impossible challenges (as Ross had done for him). I thoroughly enjoyed the book's emphasis on these young organizers because it demonstrates that, with a little training and hard work, all can advocate for nonviolent change.<br /><br /> Despite its excellent qualities, Fight in the Fields has shortcomings. The narrative is often repetitive and almost always confusing. However, the book's content more than makes up for its poorly written narrative. Furthermore, the book leaves the reader on a negative note. The last quarter of the volume is entirely devoted to the difficulties the UFW experienced in the years before Chavez's death. Almost all of the young organizers Chavez honed left the union which itself faced many defeats in the late 1980's and early 1990's. The book emphasizes these defeats with a negative and dispiriting tone. I would rather have read more about the UFW's triumphs during this time or read the setbacks presented in a more positive tone.<br /><br /> Fight in the Fields left me with two conflicting emotions: inspiration and discouragement. The story of Chavez's ability to single-handedly build a union among transitory, oppressed workers who had no sense of their rights was inspiring. Chavez's story provided me with an example of success amongst impossible odds to look to when I encounter trouble with my initiatives on my college campus. My job is exponentially easier than Chavez's and his creativity and passion (along with the specific logistics of his organizing detailed in the book) motivated me. Furthermore, with the rift between white Americans and Chicanos and Mexican immigrants dug larger every day by contentious issues such as bilingual education and illegal immigration, learning about a movement that united Americans from all backgrounds to work on behalf of minority rights offered me a sense of hope. All should remember Cesar and his commitment to unity rather than division, friendship rather than hate, and dialogue rather than stony anger. However, the near-dissolution of the UFW before Chavez's death left me discouraged. The mass movement a charismatic leader devoted his life to creating easily began fragmented. How on earth can something I build in my spare time survive? The book has certainly led me to want to learn more about la causa and what went wrong at the end.<br /><br /> Fight in the Fields is, all and all, a good read for the aspiring activist. It provides creative inspiration in the story of Cesar Chavez, the man who turned his life's dream into la causa. If you are already interested in Chavez or, like I did, know nothing about him, this book paints a great picture of his life. However, beware the discouragement presented at the end.<br /><br /><br><br><img src="http://autopost.allsoftcenter.com/images/ico_customer_reviews.gif " alt="Customer Buzz" align="absbottom" border="0" /><br/><div style="background-color: #CCCCCC; height: 13px; width: 60px; float: left;"><div style="background-image: url(http://autopost.allsoftcenter.com/images/starbg.gif); width:60px; height:13px; float: left;"><div style="height: 13px; width: 60px; float: left; background-image: url(http://autopost.allsoftcenter.com/images/star.png);" > </div></div></div>&nbsp;<span class=rating>"read and learn"</span>&nbsp;<span class=reviewdate>2007-01-04</span><br>By <b>lisa, lover of books</b> (san francisco, ca)<br>"the fight in the fields" is an excellent biographical account of cesar chavez and the farmworkers movement. it's a must read for anyone interested in making a difference.<br><br><img src="http://autopost.allsoftcenter.com/images/ico_customer_reviews.gif " alt="Customer Buzz" align="absbottom" border="0" /><br/><div style="background-color: #CCCCCC; height: 13px; width: 60px; float: left;"><div style="background-image: url(http://autopost.allsoftcenter.com/images/starbg.gif); width:60px; height:13px; float: left;"><div style="height: 13px; width: 60px; float: left; background-image: url(http://autopost.allsoftcenter.com/images/star.png);" > </div></div></div>&nbsp;<span class=rating>"Cesar Chavez Merits a National Holiday !"</span>&nbsp;<span class=reviewdate>2006-11-23</span><br>By <b>Brien Comerford</b> (Glenview, Illinois United States)<br>"The Fight in the Fields" compelled me to recognize that Cesar Chavez is arguably the greatest humanitarian in US history. He tirelessly and peacefully campaigned on behalf of underpaid and overworked farmworkers and migrants who were forced to toil amidst toxic insecticides and pesticides. Chavez was profoundly influenced by Gandhi, Martin Luther King and St. Francis of Assisi. He was an environmentalist, a vegetarian and animal welfare advocate who denounced dogfighting, bullfighting, cockfighting, slaughterhouses and rodeos because they are all rooted in inhumane violence. Cesar Chavez had reverence for all life and was a paragon of compassion. He was known as America's Catholic Ghandi of the Fields. The United States should have a national Holiday for Cesar Chavez's birthday, specifically, March 31. <br><br><img src="http://autopost.allsoftcenter.com/images/ico_customer_reviews.gif " alt="Customer Buzz" align="absbottom" border="0" /><br/><div style="background-color: #CCCCCC; height: 13px; width: 60px; float: left;"><div style="background-image: url(http://autopost.allsoftcenter.com/images/starbg.gif); width:60px; height:13px; float: left;"><div style="height: 13px; width: 60px; float: left; background-image: url(http://autopost.allsoftcenter.com/images/star.png);" > </div></div></div>&nbsp;<span class=rating>"a must read book"</span>&nbsp;<span class=reviewdate>2006-11-03</span><br>By <b>Cuzzin It</b> (Veguita)<br> This is a well written book and is fun to read. <br><br><img src="http://autopost.allsoftcenter.com/images/ico_customer_reviews.gif " alt="Customer Buzz" align="absbottom" border="0" /><br/><div style="background-color: #CCCCCC; height: 13px; width: 60px; float: left;"><div style="background-image: url(http://autopost.allsoftcenter.com/images/starbg.gif); width:48px; height:13px; float: left;"><div style="height: 13px; width: 60px; float: left; background-image: url(http://autopost.allsoftcenter.com/images/star.png);" > </div></div></div>&nbsp;<span class=rating>"A great historical review of the "other" civil rights movement"</span>&nbsp;<span class=reviewdate>2006-07-06</span><br>By <b>Ricardo VALVERDE</b> (Yorba Linda, CA)<br>The authors did a great job of detailing the early childhood that shaped the future leader of the farm workers movement. They also do a great job of highlighting the trails, ups and downs of Cesar Chavez and the farm workers movement. One gets a good idea of just how bad conditions were before the movement and how much improvement has been made since the inception of the movement. It also touches the heart with the human aspect of the lives that were shackled in the old system and changed for the good with the reforms that were won. Cesar Chavez is a true humanitarian that should be mentioned with the likes of Martin Luther King and Gandhi. This is truly a must read. <br><br> <br/><b>Images Product</b><br/><br/><a href=" http://www.amazon.com/dp/0780783786?tag=dollies-20"><font size="2"><b>Buy The Fight in the Fields: Cesar Chavez and the Farmworkers Movement Now </b></font></a></p><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5866590901713642802-1851123084966042166?l=hispanic-latino-books.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Cheaphttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14839505062944667426noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5866590901713642802.post-83888810036232946682010-03-03T01:54:00.001-08:002010-03-03T01:54:00.974-08:00<p><center><b>Buy Cheap Fight In The Fields: Cesar Chavez and the Farmworkers Movement </b></center><br/><center><a href=" http://www.amazon.com/dp/0151002398?tag=dollies-20"><img src='http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51G21FKFDFL.jpg' height='300'></a><br/><a href=" http://www.amazon.com/dp/0151002398?tag=dollies-20"><font size="5"><b>Buy Low Price From Here Now </b></font></a></center><br/>The illustrated companion book to the PBS documentary of the same name tells the story of the late leader of America's migrant farmworkers and the United Farm Workers Union, and their battle against the giant agribusinesses. TV tie-in.<br/ style="clear:both"><a href=" http://www.amazon.com/dp/0151002398?tag=dollies-20"><b> Readmore </b></a></p><span id="fullpost"><span class="fullpost"><h2>Technical Details</h2><a href=" http://www.amazon.com/dp/0151002398?tag=dollies-20"><b>See more technical details </b></a><br/><img src="http://autopost.allsoftcenter.com/images/ico_customer_reviews.gif " alt="Customer Buzz" align="absbottom" border="0" /><br/><div style="background-color: #CCCCCC; height: 13px; width: 60px; float: left;"><div style="background-image: url(http://autopost.allsoftcenter.com/images/starbg.gif); width:48px; height:13px; float: left;"><div style="height: 13px; width: 60px; float: left; background-image: url(http://autopost.allsoftcenter.com/images/star.png);" > </div></div></div>&nbsp;<span class=rating>"A Great Read for the Aspiring Activist"</span>&nbsp;<span class=reviewdate>2008-01-24</span><br>By <b>B. O'Loughlin</b><br>At a time when the Mexican-US border is rife with contention, one needs some inspiration for unity and dialogue. The Fight in the Fields: Cesar Chavez and the Farm Workers Movement by Susan Ferriss and Ricardo Sandoval provides that inspiration. The book chronicles how Chavez, over almost a half-century of activism, used nonviolent tactics to promote unity among and justice for California's, and eventually the nation's, oppressed farm workers. Through his crusade, Chavez secured unionization for the US's farm workers and began the movement for Chicano rights. Although the book has its shortcomings, it offers a wonderful and inspiring picture of the farm worker's movement in the United States and Cesar Chavez's leading role.<br /><br /> Cesar Chavez's origins and experiences illuminate his later call to lead a nationwide movement. He was born Cesar Estrada Chavez on March 21, 1927 on his family's farm in Yuma, Arizona. There he lived an idyllic life learning the teachings of Catholicism until 1938 when the Great Depression forced the Chavez family to sell their land and move to California. There, Chavez experienced first-hand the brutal work, meager wages, and destitute conditions suffered by nonunionized migrant farm workers as well as the intense discrimination suffered by Chicanos. Chavez married Helen Fabela in 1948 and eventually settled in the impoverished barrio Sal Si Puedes ("Leave if you can.") in San Jose. In Sal Si Puedes, Chavez met two men who would become his greatest role models. Father Donald McDonnell taught Chavez the doctrines of Catholic Social Teaching, especially the labor-related encyclicals of Pope Leo XIII. Fred Ross recruited Chavez to work advocating for Chicano rights with the Community Service Organization. In 1962, however, Chavez left CSO to devote himself to a lifelong dream inspired by his time as a farm laborer: unionizing migrant farm workers.<br /><br /> In 1962, shortly after leaving CSO, Chavez and his family moved to Delano, California, where built the National Farm Worker's Association from the ground up. In 1965, after three years of slowly collecting membership, the association voted to join members of the Agricultural Worker's Organizing Committee in a strike of California vineyards. Soon Chavez, most famously under the banner of the United Farm Workers Union (a merger of the NFWA and AWOC), became the leader of la causa, a nationwide movement for farm worker's rights. He, along with activists like Dolores Huerta, organized migrant farm workers in initiatives like the famous nationwide California table grape boycott of the late 1960's, the lettuce strikes of the 1970's, and the anti-pesticide grape boycott of the 1980's. Throughout his organizing, Chavez, still a devout Catholic strengthened by his family's and Father McDonnell's teachings, remained staunchly nonviolent, fasting whenever violence crept into picket lines. A proponent of creative nonviolent action, Chavez, well-trained by Fred Ross, organized ingenious tactics like praying where picketing was forbidden, holding mass perigrinaciones (pilgrimages) and even mailing squashed grapes to prominent politicians. Chavez also devoted time to political activism, securing the creation of the California Agricultural Labor Relations Board in 1976. Further, inspired by the discrimination he faced as a child, he promoted Chicano culture (while always promoting unity among different farm worker nationalities) establishing newspapers like the Malcriado and theater initiatives like Teatro Campesino. Chavez was remembered fondly upon his death in 1993 as the focal point of the Chicano farm worker's movement.<br /><br /> Fight in the Fields, the companion volume to a television series of the same name, paints a wonderfully creative picture of Chavez's life and legacy. The narrative thoroughly details Chavez's life, from birth to untimely death. The book features hundreds of photographs from Chavez's life that provide a useful visual reference for readers and illuminate the suffering and challenges faced during la causa. The volume also features several insets that consist of actual documents and articles authored by people active in la causa, whether on Chavez's or the opposing side. They provide a firsthand look into the visceral feelings and opinions of those involved in the farm worker's movement and are interesting reads for history buffs, like myself, who are fascinated by contextual documents.<br /><br /> Fight in the Fields further succeeds by emphasizing the people in Chavez's life. Often, accounts of larger-than-life figures like Chavez focus on the figure him or herself and his or her magnanimous deeds. Little attention is paid to his or her influences or influence on others. Fight in the Fields features quotes from interviews with dozens of figures close to Chavez. The interviews of those who influenced Chavez really get to the heart of what drove him to action. In addition, the book profiles over a dozen organizers Chavez took under his wing. He loved to find young, poorly educated (though possessed of infinite creativity and potential) farm workers and presenting them with seemingly impossible challenges (as Ross had done for him). I thoroughly enjoyed the book's emphasis on these young organizers because it demonstrates that, with a little training and hard work, all can advocate for nonviolent change.<br /><br /> Despite its excellent qualities, Fight in the Fields has shortcomings. The narrative is often repetitive and almost always confusing. However, the book's content more than makes up for its poorly written narrative. Furthermore, the book leaves the reader on a negative note. The last quarter of the volume is entirely devoted to the difficulties the UFW experienced in the years before Chavez's death. Almost all of the young organizers Chavez honed left the union which itself faced many defeats in the late 1980's and early 1990's. The book emphasizes these defeats with a negative and dispiriting tone. I would rather have read more about the UFW's triumphs during this time or read the setbacks presented in a more positive tone.<br /><br /> Fight in the Fields left me with two conflicting emotions: inspiration and discouragement. The story of Chavez's ability to single-handedly build a union among transitory, oppressed workers who had no sense of their rights was inspiring. Chavez's story provided me with an example of success amongst impossible odds to look to when I encounter trouble with my initiatives on my college campus. My job is exponentially easier than Chavez's and his creativity and passion (along with the specific logistics of his organizing detailed in the book) motivated me. Furthermore, with the rift between white Americans and Chicanos and Mexican immigrants dug larger every day by contentious issues such as bilingual education and illegal immigration, learning about a movement that united Americans from all backgrounds to work on behalf of minority rights offered me a sense of hope. All should remember Cesar and his commitment to unity rather than division, friendship rather than hate, and dialogue rather than stony anger. However, the near-dissolution of the UFW before Chavez's death left me discouraged. The mass movement a charismatic leader devoted his life to creating easily began fragmented. How on earth can something I build in my spare time survive? The book has certainly led me to want to learn more about la causa and what went wrong at the end.<br /><br /> Fight in the Fields is, all and all, a good read for the aspiring activist. It provides creative inspiration in the story of Cesar Chavez, the man who turned his life's dream into la causa. If you are already interested in Chavez or, like I did, know nothing about him, this book paints a great picture of his life. However, beware the discouragement presented at the end.<br /><br /><br><br><img src="http://autopost.allsoftcenter.com/images/ico_customer_reviews.gif " alt="Customer Buzz" align="absbottom" border="0" /><br/><div style="background-color: #CCCCCC; height: 13px; width: 60px; float: left;"><div style="background-image: url(http://autopost.allsoftcenter.com/images/starbg.gif); width:60px; height:13px; float: left;"><div style="height: 13px; width: 60px; float: left; background-image: url(http://autopost.allsoftcenter.com/images/star.png);" > </div></div></div>&nbsp;<span class=rating>"read and learn"</span>&nbsp;<span class=reviewdate>2007-01-04</span><br>By <b>lisa, lover of books</b> (san francisco, ca)<br>"the fight in the fields" is an excellent biographical account of cesar chavez and the farmworkers movement. it's a must read for anyone interested in making a difference.<br><br><img src="http://autopost.allsoftcenter.com/images/ico_customer_reviews.gif " alt="Customer Buzz" align="absbottom" border="0" /><br/><div style="background-color: #CCCCCC; height: 13px; width: 60px; float: left;"><div style="background-image: url(http://autopost.allsoftcenter.com/images/starbg.gif); width:60px; height:13px; float: left;"><div style="height: 13px; width: 60px; float: left; background-image: url(http://autopost.allsoftcenter.com/images/star.png);" > </div></div></div>&nbsp;<span class=rating>"Cesar Chavez Merits a National Holiday !"</span>&nbsp;<span class=reviewdate>2006-11-23</span><br>B