San Antonio Public Library
Latino Collection

Selected Recent Acquisitions
Summer 1999

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

Art of the other Mexico : sources and meanings. Exhibition curators, Rene H. Arceo-Frutos, Juana Guzmán and Amalia Mesa-Bains. Chicago, Ill.: Mexican Fine Arts Center Museum, 1993.
LATINO 704.0368 Art

Avila, Elena. Woman who glows in the dark : a curandera reveals traditional Aztec secrets of physical and spiritual health. New York : J.P. Tarcher/Putnam, 1999.
LATINO 615.852 Avila

Cancionero popular mexicano. Selección, recopilación y textos de Mario Kuri-Aldana y Vicente Mendoza Martínez. [Mexico City, Mexico] : SEP, 1996.
LATINO 782.42162 Cancionero v. 1
LATINO 782.42162 Cancionero v. 2

Cardona, Jacinto Jesus. Pan dulce : poems. San Antonio, Tex.: Chili Verde Press, 1998.
LATINO 811.54 Cardona

Carrasco, David. Daily life of the Aztecs: people of the sun and earth. Westport, Conn. : Greenwood Press, 1998.
LATINO 972.018 Carrasco

Castañeda, Carlos. The Wheel of time: the Shamans of ancient Mexico, their thoughts about life, death and the universe. Los Angeles, Calif.: LA Eidolona Press, 1998.
LATINO 299.7 Castañeda

Chicano politics and society in the late twentieth century. Edited by David Montejano. Austin: University of Texas Press, 1999.
LATINO 973.04687 Chicano

Elizondo, Virgilio P. San Fernando Cathedral : soul of the city. Maryknoll, N.Y.: Orbis Books, 1998.
LATINO 282.76435 Elizondo

Espada, Martín, Zapata's disciple : essays. Cambridge, MA: South End Press, 1998.
LATINO 814.54 Espada

The floating borderlands : twenty-five years of U.S. Hispanic literature. Edited by Lauro Flores. Seattle: University of Washington Press, 1998.
LATINO 810.80868 Floating

Frank, Patrick. Posada's broadsheets : Mexican popular imagery, 1890-1910. Albuquerque: University of New Mexico Press, 1998.
LATINO 769.92 Frank

Gamboa, Harry. Urban exile: collected writings of Harry Gamboa, Jr. Edited by Chon A. Noriega. Minneapolis: University of Minnesota Press, 1998.
LATINO 818.5409 Gamboa

González, Charles. Yes you can! = Si! se puede : every Latino's guide to building family wealth. Worcester, MA : Chandler House Press, 1998.
LATINO 332.024 González

Iglesias Prieto, Norma. Miradas de mujer : encuentro de cineastas y videoastas mexicanas y chicanas. Tijuana, Mexico: El Colegio de la Frontera Norte ; Davis : Chicana/Latina Research Center, University of California, 1998.
LATINO 791.4097 Iglesias Prieto

Johnson, Kevin R. How did you get to be Mexican? : a white/brown man's search for identity. Philadelphia: Temple University Press, 1999.
LATINO 305.86872 Johnson Biography

Kawakami, Tim. Golden boy : the fame, money, and mystery of Oscar de la Hoya. Kansas City, Mo.: Andrews McMeel Pub, 1999.
LATINO 796.83092 De La Hoya Biography

Kenig, Graciela. Best careers for bilingual Latinos : market your fluency in Spanish to get ahead on the job. Lincolnwood, Ill.: VGM Career Horizons, 1999.
LATINO 331.70208 Kenig

Levick, Melba. Mexicolor : the spirit of Mexican design. Photographs by Melba Levick ; text by Tony Cohan. San Francisco: Chronicle Books, 1998.
LATINO 747.2972 Levick

Limón, José Eduardo. American encounters: greater Mexico, the United States, and the erotics of culture. Boston : Beacon Press, 1998.
LATINO 303.48273 Limón

Marnham, Patrick. Dreaming with his eyes open: a life of Diego Rivera. New York: Knopf, 1998.
LATINO 759.972 Rivera Biography

Mexico, Estados Unidos : encuentros y desencuentros en el cine / Ignacio Durán, Ivan Trujillo y Monica Verea, coordinadores. Mexico : Instituto Mexicano de Cinematografía, 1996.
LATINO 791.43 Mexico

Olmos, Edward James. Americanos : Latino life in the United States = La vida Latina en los Estados Unidos. Preface by Edward James Olmos. Introduction by Carlos Fuentes. Boston : Little, Brown, 1999.
LATINO 305.86807 Olmos

Pugach, Marleen Carol. On the border of opportunity : education, community, and language at the U.S.-Mexico line. Mahwah, N.J. : L. Erlbaum Associates, 1998.
LATINO 306.43 Pugach

Ramos, Henry. The American GI Forum : in pursuit of the dream, 1948-1983. Foreword by Raúl Yzaguirre. Houston, Tex.: Arte Público Press, 1998.
LATINO 323.11687 Ramos

Rodríquez, Art. East side dreams. San Jose, CA: Chusma House Publications, 1998.
LATINO 364.1066 Rodríguez

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Fiction

Candelaria, Nash. Uncivil rights and other stories. Tempe, Ariz.: Bilingual Press/Editorial Bilingue, 1998.
LATINO Fiction Candelaria

Martínez, Manuel Luis. Crossing. Tempe, Ariz: Bilingual Press/Editorial Bilingue, 1998.
LATINO Fiction Martínez

Mireles, Jovita González. Dew on the thorn. Houuston, Tex: Arte Público Press, 1997.
LATINO Fiction Mireles

Pimentel, Ricardo. House with two doors. Tempe, Ariz.: Bilingual Press/Editorial Bilingue, 1997.
LATINO Fiction Pimentel

Ponce, Carlos. Pláticas de mi barrio. Tempe, Ariz.: Bilingual Press/Editorial Bilingue, 1999.
LATINO 305.26089 Ponce-Meléndez

Rodríguez, Elena. Peacetime, spirit of the eagle. San Jose, Calif.: Chusma House, 1997.
LATINO Fiction Rodríguez

Rodríguez, Michael W. Humidity moon: short stories of the Vietnam War. San Antonio, Tex.: Pecan Grove Press, 1998.
LATINO Fiction Rodríguez

Venegas, Daniel. Las aventuras de Don Chipote, o, Cuando los pericos mamen. Houston, TX: Arte Público Press, 1998.
LATINO Fiction Venegas

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Juvenile

Geeslin, Campbell. On Ramón's farm: five tales of Mexico. Illustrated by Petra Mathers. New York: Atheneum Books for Young Readers, 1998.
LATINO Juvenile Easy Geeslin

Lowe, Warren. Leroy's zoo: featuring the folk art carvings of Leroy Ramon Archuleta. Text by Warren and Sylvia Lowe. Montgomery, Ala: Black Belt Press, 1997.
LATINO Juvenile 736.4 Lowe

Luenn, Nancy. A gift for Abuelita: celebrating the Day of the Dead = Un regalo para Abuelita : en celebración del Día de los Muertos. Illustrated by Robert Chapman. Flagstaff, AZ: Rising Moon, 1998.
LATINO Juvenile Easy Luenn

Marcos, Subcomandante. The story of colors = La historia de los colores. Illustrated by Domitila Domínguez; translated by Anne Bar Din. El Paso, TX : Cinco Puntos Press, 1999.
LATINO Juvenile Easy Marcos

Mora, Pat. Delicious hullabaloo = Pachanga deliciosa. Illustrations by Francisco X. Mora. Spanish translation by Alba Nora Martínez and Pat Mora. Houston, Tex.: Piñata Books, 1998.
LATINO Juvenile Easy Mora

Salinas-Norman, Bobbi. The three pigs : Nacho, Tito, and Miguel. Retold and illustrated by Bobbi Salinas. Spanish version by Amapola Franzen and Marcos Guerrero. Alameda, Calif.: Pinata Publications, 1998.
LATINO Juvenile Easy Salinas-Norman

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