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Bestsellers
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You Sound Like a White Girl
- The Case for Rejecting Assimilation
- By: Julissa Arce
- Narrated by: Julissa Arce
- Length: 5 hrs and 48 mins
- Unabridged
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Bestselling author Julissa Arce brings listeners a powerful polemic against the myth that assimilation leads to happiness and belonging for immigrants in America....
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Liberal BS
- By Cyndy on 08-01-22
By: Julissa Arce
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The Devil's Highway
- A True Story
- By: Luis Alberto Urrea
- Narrated by: Luis Alberto Urrea
- Length: 8 hrs and 53 mins
- Unabridged
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This important book from a Pulitzer Prize finalist follows the brutal journey a group of men take to cross the Mexican border: "the single most compelling, lucid, and lyrical contemporary account of the absurdity of U.S. border policy" (The Atlantic)....
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My Favorite Author to Listen to
- By C. F. Eastman on 03-08-18
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We Are Home
- Becoming American in the 21st Century: An Oral History
- By: Ray Suarez
- Narrated by: Ray Suarez
- Length: 11 hrs and 3 mins
- Unabridged
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From a veteran broadcaster and historian comes a richly reported portrait of the newest Americans, immigrants from all over the globe who are living all across the country, filled with their own voices....
By: Ray Suarez
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Undocumented
- How Immigration Became Illegal
- By: Aviva Chomsky
- Narrated by: Frankie Corzo
- Length: 7 hrs and 45 mins
- Unabridged
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In this illuminating work, immigrant rights activist Aviva Chomsky shows how “illegality” and “undocumentedness” are concepts that were created to exclude and exploit. With a focus on US policy, she probes how people, especially Mexican and Central Americans, have been assigned this status....
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Greatly informative.
- By jared on 12-10-18
By: Aviva Chomsky
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LatinoLand
- A Portrait of America's Largest and Least Understood Minority
- By: Marie Arana
- Narrated by: Cynthia Farrell
- Length: 18 hrs and 3 mins
- Unabridged
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Drawn from hundreds of interviews and prodigious research that emphasizes the diversity and little-known history of our largest and fastest-growing minority., LatinoLand is an exceptional, all-encompassing overview of Hispanic America....
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I really needed a book like this
- By Adriana Pacheco on 05-01-24
By: Marie Arana
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América
- The Epic Story of Spanish North America, 1493-1898
- By: Robert Goodwin
- Narrated by: Thom Rivera
- Length: 20 hrs and 59 mins
- Unabridged
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At the conclusion of the American Revolution, half the modern United States was part of the vast Spanish Empire. The year after Columbus' great voyage of discovery, in 1492, he claimed Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands for Spain....
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A Narration That is Difficult to Follow
- By Amazon Customer on 05-24-19
By: Robert Goodwin
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You Sound Like a White Girl
- The Case for Rejecting Assimilation
- By: Julissa Arce
- Narrated by: Julissa Arce
- Length: 5 hrs and 48 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall
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Performance
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Story
Bestselling author Julissa Arce brings listeners a powerful polemic against the myth that assimilation leads to happiness and belonging for immigrants in America....
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Liberal BS
- By Cyndy on 08-01-22
By: Julissa Arce
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The Devil's Highway
- A True Story
- By: Luis Alberto Urrea
- Narrated by: Luis Alberto Urrea
- Length: 8 hrs and 53 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall
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Performance
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Story
This important book from a Pulitzer Prize finalist follows the brutal journey a group of men take to cross the Mexican border: "the single most compelling, lucid, and lyrical contemporary account of the absurdity of U.S. border policy" (The Atlantic)....
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My Favorite Author to Listen to
- By C. F. Eastman on 03-08-18
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We Are Home
- Becoming American in the 21st Century: An Oral History
- By: Ray Suarez
- Narrated by: Ray Suarez
- Length: 11 hrs and 3 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall
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Performance
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Story
From a veteran broadcaster and historian comes a richly reported portrait of the newest Americans, immigrants from all over the globe who are living all across the country, filled with their own voices....
By: Ray Suarez
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Undocumented
- How Immigration Became Illegal
- By: Aviva Chomsky
- Narrated by: Frankie Corzo
- Length: 7 hrs and 45 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall
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Performance
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Story
In this illuminating work, immigrant rights activist Aviva Chomsky shows how “illegality” and “undocumentedness” are concepts that were created to exclude and exploit. With a focus on US policy, she probes how people, especially Mexican and Central Americans, have been assigned this status....
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Greatly informative.
- By jared on 12-10-18
By: Aviva Chomsky
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LatinoLand
- A Portrait of America's Largest and Least Understood Minority
- By: Marie Arana
- Narrated by: Cynthia Farrell
- Length: 18 hrs and 3 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall
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Performance
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Drawn from hundreds of interviews and prodigious research that emphasizes the diversity and little-known history of our largest and fastest-growing minority., LatinoLand is an exceptional, all-encompassing overview of Hispanic America....
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I really needed a book like this
- By Adriana Pacheco on 05-01-24
By: Marie Arana
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América
- The Epic Story of Spanish North America, 1493-1898
- By: Robert Goodwin
- Narrated by: Thom Rivera
- Length: 20 hrs and 59 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall
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Performance
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At the conclusion of the American Revolution, half the modern United States was part of the vast Spanish Empire. The year after Columbus' great voyage of discovery, in 1492, he claimed Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands for Spain....
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A Narration That is Difficult to Follow
- By Amazon Customer on 05-24-19
By: Robert Goodwin
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Patriots from the Barrio
- The Story of Company E, 141st Infantry: The Only All Mexican American Army Unit in World War II
- By: Dave Gutierrez
- Narrated by: Manuel Lara
- Length: 8 hrs and 20 mins
- Unabridged
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Based on extensive archival research and veteran and family accounts, Patriots from the Barrio brings to life the soldiers whose service should never have gone unrecognized for so long....
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History
- By Robert Gonzales on 05-11-24
By: Dave Gutierrez
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The Power of Latino Leadership Ahora! Second Edition
- Culture, Inclusion, and Contribution
- By: Juana Bordas
- Narrated by: Juana Bordas
- Length: 10 hrs and 7 mins
- Unabridged
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This updated and expanded edition is the first and only book to offer a leadership model firmly based on the Latino experience and culture. By 2045, Latinos will make up one in four Americans. They are projected to be 78 percent of the new entries into the labor force in the next 10 years....
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Latino Leadership is Multicultural leadership
- By Eduardo on 03-18-24
By: Juana Bordas
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The Turkish Lover
- a memoir
- By: Esmeralda Santiago
- Narrated by: Esmeralda Santiago
- Length: 10 hrs and 42 mins
- Unabridged
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The Turkish Lover, the third installment of Puerto Rican writer Esmeralda Santiago’s memoirs, is the story of her love affair with Ulvi Dogan, a Turkish man 17 years older than her....
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It Spoke to my own abusive experience
- By Socorro Gallegos Serrano on 06-03-23
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When I Was Puerto Rican
- By: Esmerelda Santiago
- Narrated by: Esmeralda Santiago
- Length: 8 hrs and 16 mins
- Unabridged
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Esmeralda Santiago reminisces about her childhood in Puerto Rico and her early years in Brooklyn as the oldest of seven (soon to be 11) children. Her upbringing is turbulent on account of her parents’ relentless fighting, which only ever seems to stop when they have another baby....
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Praise
- By Deborah De Jesus on 04-25-19
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Racial Innocence
- Unmasking Latino Anti-Black Bias and the Struggle for Equality
- By: Tanya Katerí Hernández
- Narrated by: Almarie Guerra
- Length: 6 hrs and 12 mins
- Unabridged
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The first comprehensive book about anti-Black bias in the Latino community that unpacks the misconception that Latinos are “exempt” from racism due to their ethnicity and multicultural background....
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Finally feeling seen and heard
- By Eileen Fuentes on 03-24-23
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Mexican Sorcery
- A Practical Guide to Brujeria de Rancho
- By: Laura Davila
- Narrated by: Cynthia Farrell
- Length: 7 hrs and 41 mins
- Unabridged
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Spell work, spiritual cleansing, herbal magic, how to protect against the Evil Eye, and cast, break, and avert hexes and curses....
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History behind brujeria…
- By Sgrdgz on 02-05-24
By: Laura Davila
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American Brujeria
- Modern Mexican-American Folk Magic
- By: J. Allen Cross
- Narrated by: Cynthia Farrell
- Length: 6 hrs and 54 mins
- Unabridged
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American Brujeria is about the fascinating blend of American and Mexican folk magic currently used by those living in the US but whose roots are steeped in Mexican culture....
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Not the type of book I thought it was, Not for me
- By VanLo on 03-23-22
By: J. Allen Cross
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Light in the Dark/Luz en lo Oscuro
- Rewriting Identity, Spirituality, Reality
- By: Gloria E. Anzaldúa, AnaLouise Keating - editor
- Narrated by: Angela Juarez
- Length: 10 hrs and 54 mins
- Unabridged
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Written during the last decade of her life, Light in the Dark represents the culmination of Gloria E. Anzaldúa's mature thought and the most comprehensive presentation of her philosophy....
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Awful Voice Actress Choice
- By Amalia L. Ortiz on 04-29-24
By: Gloria E. Anzaldúa, and others
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Our Migrant Souls
- A Meditation on Race and the Meanings and Myths of “Latino”
- By: Héctor Tobar
- Narrated by: André Santana
- Length: 7 hrs and 33 mins
- Unabridged
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Our Migrant Souls assembles the Pulitzer Prize winner Héctor Tobar's personal experiences as the son of Guatemalan immigrants and the stories told to him by his Latinx students to offer a spirited rebuke to racist ideas about Latino people....
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Plays in the idea of “we are the victims.”
- By Luis F. Ruiz on 02-15-24
By: Héctor Tobar
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An African American and Latinx History of the United States
- By: Paul Ortiz
- Narrated by: J. D. Jackson
- Length: 9 hrs and 4 mins
- Unabridged
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An intersectional history of the shared struggle for African American and Latinx civil rights....
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I had to return
- By Andrew Alvarez on 05-19-20
By: Paul Ortiz
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Uncolonized Latinas
- Transforming Our Mindsets and Rising Together
- By: Valeria Aloe
- Narrated by: Valeria Aloe
- Length: 7 hrs and 27 mins
- Unabridged
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Valeria Aloe’s Uncolonized Latinas: Transforming Our Mindsets and Rising Together lays out an unprecedented detailed map of the Latino mindset and what is holding the community back from achieving its highest potential....
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Life Altering in the Best Way
- By Sara on 04-19-24
By: Valeria Aloe
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Magical/Realism
- Essays on Music, Memory, Fantasy, and Borders
- By: Vanessa Angélica Villarreal
- Narrated by: Vanessa Angélica Villarreal
- Length: 12 hrs and 24 mins
- Unabridged
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A brilliant, singular collection of essays that looks to music, fantasy, and pop culture—from Beyoncé to Game of Thrones—to excavate and reimagine what has been disappeared by migration and colonialism.
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America for Americans
- A History of Xenophobia in the United States
- By: Erika Lee
- Narrated by: Shayna Small
- Length: 13 hrs and 37 mins
- Unabridged
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An award-winning historian reframes our continuing debate over immigration with a compelling history of xenophobia in the United States and its devastating impact....
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Essential to Understanding America
- By Edward Chin-Lyn on 11-09-20
By: Erika Lee
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The Union of their Dreams
- Power, Hope, and Struggle in Cesar Chavez's Farm Worker Movement
- By: Miriam Pawel
- Narrated by: Roxanne Hernandez
- Length: 14 hrs and 25 mins
- Unabridged
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A generation of Americans came of age boycotting grapes, swept up in a movement that vanquished California's most powerful industry and accomplished the unthinkable....
By: Miriam Pawel
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Stealing Home
- Los Angeles, the Dodgers, and the Lives Caught in Between
- By: Eric Nusbaum
- Narrated by: David Owen Nelson
- Length: 8 hrs and 37 mins
- Unabridged
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Dodger Stadium is an American icon. But the story of how it came to be goes far beyond baseball. The hills that cradle the stadium were once home to three vibrant Mexican American communities....
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Once Upon a Time at Dodger Stadium
- By James Gamble on 03-06-21
By: Eric Nusbaum
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The Corporation
- An Epic Story of the Cuban American Underworld
- By: T. J. English
- Narrated by: Timothy Andrés Pabon
- Length: 19 hrs and 7 mins
- Unabridged
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By the mid 1980s, the criminal underworld in the United States had become an ethnic polyglot; one of the most powerful illicit organizations was none other than the Cuban mob....
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uncle joey approved
- By Anonymous User on 04-14-18
By: T. J. English
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Auténtico, Second Edition
- The Definitive Guide to Latino Success
- By: Dr. Robert Rodriguez, Andrés Tapia
- Narrated by: Rene Ruiz
- Length: 7 hrs and 27 mins
- Unabridged
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America has an urgent need for Latino and Latina executives. This book identifies a path to uplift and amplify their representation in leadership....
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eye-opening
- By Jessica Romero on 07-27-22
By: Dr. Robert Rodriguez, and others
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Spare Parts
- Four Undocumented Teenagers, One Ugly Robot, and the Battle for the American Dream
- By: Joshua Davis
- Narrated by: Will Damron
- Length: 6 hrs and 51 mins
- Unabridged
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Joshua Davis's Spare Parts--now a major motion picture--is a story about overcoming insurmountable odds and the young men who proved they were among the most patriotic and talented Americans in this country—even as the country tried to kick them out....
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American Dream
- By Joselo on 02-25-16
By: Joshua Davis
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Sito
- An American Teenager and the City That Failed Him
- By: Laurence Ralph
- Narrated by: Andre Santana
- Length: 8 hrs and 16 mins
- Unabridged
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A riveting and heart-wrenching story of violence, grief and the American justice system, Sito explores the systemic issues that perpetuate gang participation in one of the wealthiest cities in the country, through the story of one teenager....
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Transformative Read
- By Ashley Rodriguez on 02-23-24
By: Laurence Ralph
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En Comunidad
- Lessons for Centering the Voices and Experiences of Bilingual Latinx Students
- By: Carla España, Luz Yadira Herrera
- Narrated by: Carla España, Luz Yadira Herrera
- Length: 6 hrs and 10 mins
- Abridged
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En Comunidad brings bilingual Latinx students’ perspectives to the center of our classrooms. Its culturally and linguistically sustaining lessons begin with a study of language practices in students’ lives and texts, helping both children and teachers....
By: Carla España, and others
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The Death and Life of Aida Hernandez
- A Border Story
- By: Aaron Bobrow-Strain
- Narrated by: Frankie Corzo, Aaron Bobrow-Strain
- Length: 13 hrs and 15 mins
- Unabridged
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When Aida Hernandez was born in 1987 in Mexico, the nearby US border was little more than a worn-down fence. Eight years later, Aida’s mother took her and her siblings to live in Douglas, Arizona. By then, the border had become one of the most heavily policed sites in America....
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Deep, emotional and touching
- By Dennise on 11-11-23
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Tías and Primas
- On Knowing and Loving the Women Who Raise Us
- By: Prisca Dorcas Mojica Rodríguez, Josie Del Castillo
- Narrated by: Prisca Dorcas Mojica Rodríguez
- Length: 8 hrs
- Unabridged
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From the author of For Brown Girls with Sharp Edges and Tender Hearts, a celebration of the women at the heart of Latine families
By: Prisca Dorcas Mojica Rodríguez, and others
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Live to See the Day
- Coming of Age in American Poverty
- By: Nikhil Goyal
- Narrated by: Christopher F. Costa
- Length: 10 hrs and 52 mins
- Unabridged
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Three children struggle to survive in the poorest neighborhood of the poorest large city in America....
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Informative view of inner-city life, but not great
- By Nita Umashankar on 12-07-23
By: Nikhil Goyal
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Human Targets
- Schools, Police, and the Criminalization of Latino Youth
- By: Victor M. Rios
- Narrated by: A.T. Chandler
- Length: 6 hrs and 53 mins
- Unabridged
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At 15, Victor Rios found himself a human target - flat on his ass amid a hail of shotgun fire, desperate for money and a place on the street....
By: Victor M. Rios
New releases
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Magical/Realism
- Essays on Music, Memory, Fantasy, and Borders
- By: Vanessa Angélica Villarreal
- Narrated by: Vanessa Angélica Villarreal
- Length: 12 hrs and 24 mins
- Unabridged
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Upon becoming a new mother, Vanessa Angélica Villarreal was called to Mexico to reconnect with her ancestors and recover her grandmother’s story, only to return to the sudden loss of her marriage, home, and reality. In Magical/Realism, Villarreal crosses into the erasure of memory and self, fragmented by migration, borders, and colonial and intimate violence, reconstructing her story with pieces of American pop culture, and the music, video games, and fantasy that have helped her make sense of it all.
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The Way That Leads Among the Lost
- Life, Death, and Hope in Mexico City's Anexos
- By: Angela Garcia
- Narrated by: Inés del Castillo
- Length: 8 hrs and 39 mins
- Unabridged
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The Way That Leads Among the Lost reveals a hidden place where care and violence are impossible to separate: the anexos of Mexico City. The prizewinning anthropologist Angela Garcia takes us deep into the world of these small rooms, informal treatment centers for alcoholism, addiction, and mental illness, spread across Mexico City’s tenements and reaching into the United States.
By: Angela Garcia
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We Are Home
- Becoming American in the 21st Century: An Oral History
- By: Ray Suarez
- Narrated by: Ray Suarez
- Length: 11 hrs and 3 mins
- Unabridged
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Performance
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We are a nation of immigrants, never more than now. In recent decades, the numbers have skyrocketed, thanks to people coming from many continents—especially Asia, Africa, and South America. Just like their predecessors, they face countless obstacles, including political hatred. And yet, just like their predecessors, they work hard. They persist. And they become us. Veteran journalist, broadcaster, and interviewer Ray Suarez has crisscrossed the country to speak to new Americans from all corners of the globe, and to record their stories.
By: Ray Suarez
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Psychological Perspectives for Chicano and Latino Children and Adolescents
- By: Yvette Flores
- Narrated by: Virtual Voice
- Length: 7 hrs and 32 mins
- Unabridged
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About the Author: Yvette G. Flores is a professor of Psychology in the Department of Chicana and Chicano Studies at U.C. Davis. A licensed clinical psychologist, she has over 30 years experience in the treatment of families, children and adolescents, particularly Latinos and African Americans, immigrants and refugees. Her work bridges Chicano/Latino studies and mental health. About the Book: Psychological Perspectives for Chicano and Latino children provides an overview of the most salient issues affecting this growing ethnic group. Through feminist and social justice lenses, this book ...
By: Yvette Flores
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The Untold Stories of a Chinese and Puerto Rican Woman
- By: Kimberly Ming
- Narrated by: Kimberly Ming
- Length: 2 hrs and 23 mins
- Unabridged
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Meet Regional Emmy nominated Kimberly Ming in one of the most intimate settings, her speaking to you. Ming takes you on a journey using short stories and spoken word poetry to explore concepts of race, culture, and belonging as someone who is Chinese and Puerto Rican. She uses writing as a tool to create a home for herself and others within mixed and multicultural spaces.
By: Kimberly Ming
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Sito
- An American Teenager and the City That Failed Him
- By: Laurence Ralph
- Narrated by: Andre Santana
- Length: 8 hrs and 16 mins
- Unabridged
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In September of 2019, Luis Alberto Quiñonez—known as Sito— was shot to death as he sat in his car in the Mission District of San Francisco. He was nineteen. His killer, Julius Williams, was seventeen. It was the second time the teens had encountered one another. The first, five years before, also ended in tragedy, when Julius watched as his brother was stabbed to death by an acquaintance of Sito’s. The two murders merited a few local news stories, and then the rest of the world moved on. But for the families of the slain teenagers, it was impossible to move on.
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Transformative Read
- By Ashley Rodriguez on 02-23-24
By: Laurence Ralph
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Magical/Realism
- Essays on Music, Memory, Fantasy, and Borders
- By: Vanessa Angélica Villarreal
- Narrated by: Vanessa Angélica Villarreal
- Length: 12 hrs and 24 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall
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Performance
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Story
Upon becoming a new mother, Vanessa Angélica Villarreal was called to Mexico to reconnect with her ancestors and recover her grandmother’s story, only to return to the sudden loss of her marriage, home, and reality. In Magical/Realism, Villarreal crosses into the erasure of memory and self, fragmented by migration, borders, and colonial and intimate violence, reconstructing her story with pieces of American pop culture, and the music, video games, and fantasy that have helped her make sense of it all.
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The Way That Leads Among the Lost
- Life, Death, and Hope in Mexico City's Anexos
- By: Angela Garcia
- Narrated by: Inés del Castillo
- Length: 8 hrs and 39 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall
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Performance
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Story
The Way That Leads Among the Lost reveals a hidden place where care and violence are impossible to separate: the anexos of Mexico City. The prizewinning anthropologist Angela Garcia takes us deep into the world of these small rooms, informal treatment centers for alcoholism, addiction, and mental illness, spread across Mexico City’s tenements and reaching into the United States.
By: Angela Garcia
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We Are Home
- Becoming American in the 21st Century: An Oral History
- By: Ray Suarez
- Narrated by: Ray Suarez
- Length: 11 hrs and 3 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall
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Performance
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Story
We are a nation of immigrants, never more than now. In recent decades, the numbers have skyrocketed, thanks to people coming from many continents—especially Asia, Africa, and South America. Just like their predecessors, they face countless obstacles, including political hatred. And yet, just like their predecessors, they work hard. They persist. And they become us. Veteran journalist, broadcaster, and interviewer Ray Suarez has crisscrossed the country to speak to new Americans from all corners of the globe, and to record their stories.
By: Ray Suarez
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Psychological Perspectives for Chicano and Latino Children and Adolescents
- By: Yvette Flores
- Narrated by: Virtual Voice
- Length: 7 hrs and 32 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall
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Performance
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Story
About the Author: Yvette G. Flores is a professor of Psychology in the Department of Chicana and Chicano Studies at U.C. Davis. A licensed clinical psychologist, she has over 30 years experience in the treatment of families, children and adolescents, particularly Latinos and African Americans, immigrants and refugees. Her work bridges Chicano/Latino studies and mental health. About the Book: Psychological Perspectives for Chicano and Latino children provides an overview of the most salient issues affecting this growing ethnic group. Through feminist and social justice lenses, this book ...
By: Yvette Flores
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The Untold Stories of a Chinese and Puerto Rican Woman
- By: Kimberly Ming
- Narrated by: Kimberly Ming
- Length: 2 hrs and 23 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall
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Performance
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Story
Meet Regional Emmy nominated Kimberly Ming in one of the most intimate settings, her speaking to you. Ming takes you on a journey using short stories and spoken word poetry to explore concepts of race, culture, and belonging as someone who is Chinese and Puerto Rican. She uses writing as a tool to create a home for herself and others within mixed and multicultural spaces.
By: Kimberly Ming
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Sito
- An American Teenager and the City That Failed Him
- By: Laurence Ralph
- Narrated by: Andre Santana
- Length: 8 hrs and 16 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall
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Performance
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Story
In September of 2019, Luis Alberto Quiñonez—known as Sito— was shot to death as he sat in his car in the Mission District of San Francisco. He was nineteen. His killer, Julius Williams, was seventeen. It was the second time the teens had encountered one another. The first, five years before, also ended in tragedy, when Julius watched as his brother was stabbed to death by an acquaintance of Sito’s. The two murders merited a few local news stories, and then the rest of the world moved on. But for the families of the slain teenagers, it was impossible to move on.
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Transformative Read
- By Ashley Rodriguez on 02-23-24
By: Laurence Ralph