Books

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Title Authors Description OpenBook ID
Tuesdays with Morrie Tuesdays with Morrie Mitch Albom Tuesdays with Morrie is a memoir by American author Mitch Albom about a series of visits Albom made to his former sociology professor Morrie Schwartz, as Schwartz gradually dies of ALS. The book topp… OL1822313W
Conversaciones Conversaciones Mariana Romo-Carmona Twenty-three Latino parents speak about their relationships with their lesbian and gay children, with frankness, humor, and love. A Puerto Rican mother praises and supports her son, a respected po… OL2030949W
La Castañeda La Castañeda Cristina Rivera Garza "La Castañeda Insane Asylum is the first inside view of the workings of La Castañeda General Insane Asylum—a public mental health institution founded in Mexico City in 1910 only months before the out… OL22908360W
Collapse Collapse Jared Diamond,Ricardo García Pérez "In his Pulitzer Prize-winning bestseller Guns, Germs, and Steel, Jared Diamond examined how and why Western civilizations developed the technologies and immunities that allowed them to dominate much… OL276557W
Encerrado con el diablo Encerrado con el diablo James Keene "James Keene creció en las afueras de Chicago en el seno de una familia media y se convirtió en una gran promesa del fútbol [americano]. Hijo de un policía, durante la adolescencia inició su relación… OL28170442W
The lost boy The lost boy David J. Pelzer Imagine a young boy who has never had a loving home. His only possesions are the old, torn clothes he carries in a paper bag. The only world he knows is one of isolation and fear. Although others had… OL66944W