Hispanic biographies and memoirs
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1. Something to Declare
by Julia Alvarez

2. Down These Mean Streets
by Piri Thomas

3. Rain of Gold
by Victor E. Villasenor

4. Silent Dancing : A Partial Remembrance of a Puerto Rican Childhood
by Judith Ortiz Cofer, Judith Ortiz Cofer

5. The Autobiography of a Brown Buffalo
by Oscar Zeta Acosta, Robin Desser (Editor)

6. Revolt of the Cockroach People
by Oscar Zeta Acosta, Robin Desser (Editor)

7. Nobody's Son : Notes from an American Life (Camino Del Sol)
by Luis Alberto Urrea

8. Mariah Carey (Real-Life Reader Biography)
by Melanie Cole

9. The Poetry of Healing : A Doctor's Education in Empathy, Identity, and Desire
by Rafael Campo

10. The Air Down Here : True Tales from a South Bronx Boyhood
by Gil C. Alicea, et al

11. Barrio Boy
by Ernesto Galarza, Rudolf Steiner

12. Viva Baseball! : Latin Major Leaguers and Their Special Hunger (Sport and Society)
by Samuel O. Regelado, Samuel O. Regalado

13. Pride of Puerto Rico : The Life of Roberto Clemente
by Paul Robert Walker

14. Muddy Cup : A Dominican Family Comes of Age in a New America
by Barbara Fischkin

15. Roberto Clemente : Young Ball Player (Childhood of Famous Americans)
by Montrew Dunham, Meryl Henderson

16. Selena (Real-Life Reader Biography)
by Barbara J. Marvis

17. Oscar 'Zeta' Acosta : The Uncollected Works
by Oscar Zeta Acosta, Ilan Stavans (Editor)

18. Cholos & Surfers : A Latino Family Album
by Jack Lopez

19. Father Greg & the Homeboys : The Extraordinary Journey of Father Greg Boyle and His Work With the Latino Gangs of East L.A.
by Celeste Fremon

20. Standing Tall : The Stories of Ten Hispanic Americans (Scholastic Biography)
by Argentina Palacios

21. Simon Bolivar : South American Liberator (Hispanic Biographies)
by David Goodnough

22. Ritchie Valens : The 1st Latino Rocker
by Beverly Mendheim

23. The Hispanic 100 : A Ranking of the Latino Men and Women Who Have Most Influenced American Thought and Culture
by Himilce Novas, Himalce Novas

24. Spared Angola : Memories from a Cuban-American Childhood
by Virgil Suarez

25. House of Houses
by Pat Mora

26. A Message from God in the Atomic Age : A Memoir
by Irene Vilar, Gregory Rabassa (Translator)

27. Family Installments : Memories of Growing Up Hispanic
by Edward Rivera

28. How Did You Get to Be Mexican? : A White/Brown Man's Search for Identity
by Kevin R. Johnson

29. Father Junipero Serra : Founder of California Missions (Hispanic Biographies)
by Donna Genet

30. Hispanic Hollywood : The Latins in Motion Pictures (A Citadel Press Book)
by George Hadley-Garcia, Dolores Del Rio (Introduction)

31. Dionicio Morales : A Life in Two Cultures
by Dionicio Morales

32. Gloria Estefan : A Real-Life Reader Biography (Real-Life Reader Biography)
by Sue Boulais

33. Scattering the Ashes
by Maria Del Carmen Boza, Maria Del Carmen Boza

34. Jimmy Smits : A Real-Life Reader Biography (Real-Life Reader Biography)
by Melanie Cole

35. Hoyt Street : An Autobiography
by Mary Helen Ponce

36. Pride of Puerto Rico : The Life of Roberto Clemente
by Paul Robert Walker

37. Rafael Palmeiro : At Home With the Balitmore Orioles
by Ed Brandt, Na

38. Gloria Estefan (Contemporary Hispanic Americans)
by Janel Rodriguez

39. Evelyn Cisneros : Prima Ballerina (Picture-Story Biographies)
by Charnan Simon

40. Latino Voices (Writers of America)
by Frances R. Aparicio(Editor)

41. Latinos : A Biography of the People
by Earl Shorris

42. Oscar De LA Hoya : A Real-Life Reader Biography (Real-Life Reader Biography)
by Valerie Menard, Valene Menard

43. Cristina : Confidencias De Una Rubia [ABRIDGED]
by Cristina Saralegui

44. Women of God, Women of the People : Four Biblical Meditations
by Ada Maria Isasi-Diaz, Ada Maria Diaz

45. Raul Julia : Actor and Humanitarian (Hispanic Biographies)
by Barbara C. Cruz

46. Famous Mexican Americans
by Janet Morey, Wendy Dunn (Contributor)

47. Andres Galarraga : A Real-Life Reader Biography (Real-Life Reader Biography)
by Sue Boulais

48. Dolores Huerta (Contemporary Hispanic Americans)
by Dolores Huerta, Frank Perez

49. Jose Marti (Hispanic Stories)
by Jan Gleiter, et al

50. Gloria Estefan (Junior World Biographies)
by David Shirley, Bruce W. Conord

51. Linda Ronstadt (Hispanics of Achievement)
by Melissa Amdur, Richard Amdur

52. Athletes Remembered : Mexicano/Latino Professional Football Players, 1929-1970
by Mario Longoria

53. Ruben Blades : Salsa Siger and Social Activist (Hispanic Biographies)
by Barbara C. Cruz

54. The Biographical Dictionary of Hispanic Americans
by Nicholas E. Meyer

55. Jose Canseco (Contemporary Hispanic Americans)
by Bettina Ling

56. Sandra Cisneros : Latina Writer and Activist (Hispanic Biographies)
by Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg, Caryn Miriam-Goldberg

57. Pablo Neruda : Nobel Prize-Winning Poet (Hispanic Biographies)
by David Goodnough

58. Famous Hispanic Americans
by Wendy Dunn(Contributor), Janet Nomura Morey

59. Notable Latino Americans
by Matt S. Meier, et al

60. Simon Bolivar : Latin American Liberator (Hispanic Heritage)
by Frank De Varona

61. The Way It Was and Other Writings
by Jesus Colon, et al

62. Rita Moreno (Hispanics of Achievement)
by Susan Suntree

63. Viva Baseball! : Latin Major Leaguers and Their Special Hunger (Sport and Society)
by Samuel O. Regalado

64. Roberto Clemente : Baseball Legend (Hispanic Heritage)
by Alan West

65. Hispanic Scientists : Ellen Ochoa, Carlos A. Ramirez, Eloy Rodriguez, Lydia Villa-Komaroff, Maria Elena Zavala (Capstone Short Biographies)
by Jetty St. John, Jetty Kahn

66. Jaime Escalante : Sensational Teacher (Hispanic Biographies)
by Ann Byers

67. Jose Marti : Cuban Patriot and Poet (Hispanic Biographies)
by David Goodnough

68. Joan Baez (Hispanics of Achievement)
by Hedda Garza, Robert Green

69. My History, Not Yours : The Formation of Mexican American Autobiography
by Genaro M. Padilla

70. The Hispanic Homograph : Gay Self-Representation in Contemporary Spanish Autobiography
by Robert Richmond Ellis

71. Rafael Palmeiro: At Home With the Balitmore Orioles
by Ed Brandt, et al

72. Working in the Dark : Reflections of a Poet of the Barrio
by Jimmy Santiago Baca, Adan Hernandez (Illustrator)

73. Placido Domingo : Opera Superstar (Hispanic Biographies)
by David Goodnough

74. Jose De San Martin : Latin America's Quiet Hero (Hispanic Heritage)
by Jose B. Fernandez

75. Benito Juarez : President of Mexico (Hispanic Heritage)
by Frank De Varona



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