Latino Collection

San Antonio Public Library

Selected Recent Acquisitions
Spring 2000

This is a partial listing of books recently added to the Latino Collection, located on the sixth floor of the Central Library.

Non-Fiction | Fiction | Juvenile

Non-Fiction

Breton, Marcos. Away games: the life and times of a Latin baseball player. New York: Simon & Schuster, 1999.
LATINO 796.35709 Tejada Biography

Dunnington, Jacqueline. Guadalupe: Our Lady of New Mexico. Santa Fe, N.M.: Museum of New Mexico Press, 1999.
LATINO 232.91709 Dunnington

Fernández Barrios, Flor. Blessed by thunder : memoir of a Cuban girlhood. Seattle, WA: Seal Press, 1999.
LATINO 972.91064 Fernández

Fernández Olmos, Margarite. Rudolfo A. Anaya: a critical companion. Westport, CT: Greenwood Press, 1999.
LATINO 813.54 Anaya

Fox, Claire F. The fence and the river: culture and politics at the U.S.-Mexico border. Minneapolis: University of Minnesota Press, 1999.
LATINO 972.1 Fox

From the heart of our people: Latino/a explorations in Catholic systematic theology. Edited by Orlando O. Espín and Miguel H. Díaz. Maryknoll, NY: Orbis Books, 1999.
LATINO 230.2 From

Hispanic-American experience on file. Edited by Carter Smith III & David Lindroth. New York: Facts On File, 1999.
LATINO 980 Hispanic-American

Life, death, and in-between on the U.S.-Mexico border: asi es la vida. Edited by Martha Oehmke Loustaunau and Mary Sánchez-Bane. Westport, CT: Bergin & Garvey, 1999.
LATINO 362.10972 Life

Loeffler, Jack. La musica de los viejitos: Hispano folk music of the Rio Grande del Norte. Albuquerque, NM: University of New Mexico Press, 1999.
LATINO 781.6268 Loeffler

Lorey, David E. The U.S.-Mexican border in the twentieth century: a history of economic and social transformation. Wilmington, DE: SR Books, 1999.
LATINO 972.1 Lorey

Major problems in Mexican American history: documents and essays. Edited by Zaragosa Vargas. Boston: Houghton Mifflin Co., 1999.
LATINO 973.04687 Major

Mexico's cinema : a century of film and filmmakers. Edited by Joanne Hershfield and David R. Maciel. Wilmington, DE: SR Books, 1999.
LATINO 791.43097 Mexico’s

Normark, Don. Chavez Ravine, 1949: a Los Angeles story. San Francisco: Chronicle Books, 1999.
LATINO 979.494 Normark

Puro teatro: a Latina anthology. Edited by Alberto Sandoval-Sánchez, Nancy Saporta Sternbach. Tucson: University of Arizona Press, 2000.
LATINO 812.5408 Puro

Romo, Harriet. Reaching out : best practices for educating Mexican-origin children and youth. Charlestown, W.Va.: ERIC Clearinghouse on Rural Education and Small Schools, 1999.
LATINO 371.82968 Romo

Smorkaloff, Pamela María. Cuban writers on and off the island: contemporary narrative fiction. New York: Twayne Publishers, 1999.
LATINO 863.009 Smorkaloff

Soto, Gary. A natural man. San Francisco: Chronicle Books, 1999.
LATINO 811.54 Soto

Steward, Sue. Musica!: the rhythm of Latin America: salsa, rumba, merengue, and more. San Francisco: Chronicle Books, 1999.
LATINO 781.64 Steward

Trilling, Susana. Seasons of my heart: a culinary journey through Oaxaca, Mexico. New York: Ballantine Books, 1999.
LATINO 641.59727 Trilling


Fiction

Bertrand, Diane Gonzales. Trino's choice. Houston, TX: Piñata Books, 1999.
LATINO Young Adult Fiction Gonzales

Castillo, Ana. Peel my love like an onion: a novel. New York: Doubleday, 1999.
LATINO Fiction Castillo

Villatoro, Marcos McPeek. The holy spirit of my uncle's cojones: a novel. Houston, TX: Arte Público Press, 1999.
LATINO Fiction Villatoro


Juvenile

Carlson, Lori M. Hurray for Three Kings' Day. New York: Morrow Junior Books, 1999.
LATINO Juvenile Easy Carlson

Chin-Lee, Cynthia. A is for the Americas. Illustrated by Enrique O. Sánchez. New York: Orchard Books, 1999.
LATINO Juvenile 970 Chin-Lee

Miller, Elizabeth I. Just like home = Como en mi tierra. Morton Grove, IL: A. Whitman, 1999.
LATINO Juvenile Easy Miller

Sáenz, Benjamin Alire. Grandma Fina and her wonderful umbrellas = La abuelita Fina y sus sombrillas maravillosas. El Paso, TX: Cinco Puntos Press, 1999.
LATINO Juvenile Easy Sáenz

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