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• Conversations. Volume 1

  Borges, Jorge Luis, 1899-1986

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  This impressive first volume explores conversational interviews about life from a master writer, essayist, poet, and translator.

• In the Midst of Winter

  Allende, Isabel,

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  A minor traffic accident becomes a catalyst for an unexpected bond among a human rights scholar, his Chilean lecturer tenant, and an undocumented immigrant from Guatemala, who explore firsthand the difficulties of immigrants and refugees in today's…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Afterlife

  Alvarez, Julia

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  Reeling from her beloved husband's sudden death in the wake of her retirement, an immigrant writer is further derailed by the reappearance of her unstable sister and an entreaty for help by a pregnant undocumented teen.

• Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe

  Sáenz, Benjamin Alire,

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  Fifteen-year-old Ari Mendoza is an angry loner with a brother in prison, but when he meets Dante and they become friends, Ari starts to ask questions about himself, his parents, and his family that he has never asked before.

• Conquistadora

  a Novel

  Santiago, Esmeralda

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  Drawn to the exotic island of Puerto Rico by the diaries of an ancestor who traveled there with Ponce de León, Ana Cubillas becomes involved with enamored twin brothers Ramón and Inocente before convincing them to claim a sugar plantation they…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Twain & Stanley Enter Paradise

  Hijuelos, Oscar,

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  Chronicles the sojourn of journalist-explorer Henry Stanley; his wife, the painter Dorothy Tennant; and Mark Twain, Stanley's longtime friend, as they head for Cuba in search of Stanley's father.

• The House on Mango Street

  Cisneros, Sandra,

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  For Esperanza, a young girl growing up in the Hispanic quarter of Chicago, life is an endless landscape of concrete and run-down tenements, and she tries to rise above the hopelessness.

• This Is How You Lose Her

  Díaz, Junot

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  A collection of stories that explores the heartbreak and radiance of love as it is shaped by passion, betrayal and the echoes of intimacy.

• I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter

  Sánchez, Erika L.,

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  When the sister who delighted their parents by her faithful embrace of Mexican culture dies in a tragic accident, Julia, who longs to go to college and move into a home of her own, discovers from mutual friends that her sister may not have been as…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The Last Great Road Bum

  Tobar, Héctor, 1963-

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  A novel inspired by true events follows the experiences of an Illinois adventurer who gives his life to fight beside other activists in 1960s El Salvador.

• The Book of Unknown Americans

  Henríquez, Cristina, 1977-

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  Moving from Mexico to America when their daughter suffers a near-fatal accident, the Riveras confront cultural barriers, their daughter's difficult recovery, and her developing relationship with a Panamanian boy.

• Love in the Time of Cholera

  García Márquez, Gabriel, 1927-2014

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  Winner of the Nobel Prize. A tale of romance and heartbreak across time. Hauntingly powerful and lyrically descriptive.