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Title	Authors	Description	OpenBook ID
Bernardino de Sahagún, first anthropologist	Miguel León Portilla	"He was sent from Spain on a religious crusade to Mexico to "detect the sickness of idolatry," but Bernardino de Sahagun (c. 1499-1590) instead became the first anthropologist of the New World. The F…	OL10362068W
Born to Run	Christopher McDougall	Born to Run: A Hidden Tribe, Superathletes, and the Greatest Race the World Has Never Seen, is a 2009 best-selling non-fiction written by the American author and journalist Christopher McDougall.	OL13805586W
Pancho Villa	R. Conrad Stein	A biography of the turn-of-the-century Mexican outlaw who helped overthrow the Diaz government in the Revolution of 1910.	OL15036441W
Diego Rivera	Manuel Aguilar-Moreno	"This revealing biography covers the life and art of painter Diego Rivera"--	OL16450957W
The Silver King	Edith Boorstein Couturier	Pedro Romero de Terreros, the first Count of Regla, was born in Spain in 1710. When he was twenty-one, his parents sent him to live with an uncle in New Spain and to assume control of the family's bu…	OL17830610W
Unbreakable	Jenni Rivera	The talented and beloved Mexican American singer's only authorized autobiography published posthumously after her death in a tragic plane crash in December 2012.	OL17926148W
Father Miguel Pro	Gerald F. Muller	One chilly November morning in 1927, a slender young priest stood before a firing squad in Mexico City. Five shots cracked through the air, and he fell lifeless on the ground. The man was Miguel Agus…	OL19065305W
Frida	Jonah Winter,Frida Kahlo	Discusses the childhood of Frida Kahlo and how it influenced her art. This is the story of Mexican artist Magdalena Carmen Frida Kahlo, and how painting saved her life.	OL19790937W
Inquebrantable	Jenni Rivera	"Jenni se convirtió en la más aclamada cantante en español en Estados Unidos y vendió más de 15 millones de discos por todo el mundo. Era una madre soltera con cinco hijos y abuela de dos nietas, ade…	OL19968771W
The universal tone	Carlos Santana	An intimate account by the rock music artist traces his hardscrabble youth in Mexico and early days as a promising guitarist through his influential collaborations with fellow Latin stars.	OL19987057W
Speak up!	Eddie Sotelo	"In Speak Up!, radio icon Eddie 'Piolín' Sotelo opens up for the first time about his humble beginnings and the long, hard road to finding purpose and achieving triumph. Drawing upon his strong famil…	OL20001803W
El Chapo	José Reveles	Controversial details regarding the capture of notorious criminal drug trafficker Joaquín Guzmán Loera reveal how officials handled the investigation, while shedding further light on the political im…	OL20003314W
A house of my own	Sandra Cisneros	"From the beloved author of The House on Mango Street: a richly illustrated compilation of true stories and nonfiction pieces that, taken together, form a jigsaw autobiography: an intimate album of a…	OL20010350W
La pasarela de mi vida	Jacqueline Bracamontes	254 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : 23 cm	OL20057507W
Portrait of a Young Painter	Mary Kay Vaughan	This book adopts a biographical approach to understanding the culture surrounding the Mexico City youth rebellion of the 1960s. Mary Kay Vaughan's chronicle of the life of painter Pepe Zúñiga counter…	OL20331838W
A que venimos? ¡A triunfar!	Eddie Sotelo	For the first time, discover the road to radio stardom as Eddie 'Pioln' Sotelo reveals his turbulent journey from formerly undocumented immigrant to the voice that gives readers hope. Por primera ve…	OL22052964W
Take a stand	Jorge Ramos	"Renowned journalist Jorge Ramos shares insights and experiences from his long career in journalism with interviews with such luminaries as Fidel Castro, Barbara Walters, Desmond Tutu, Spike Lee, Hug…	OL22321572W
Los Salinas	Alberto Tavira	"Esta es la historia de una de las dinastías más poderosas del México contemporáneo. Una historia marcada por el amor, la traición, el poder, la riqueza, los divorcios, la pasión, los asesinatos. Una…	OL23450117W
Crossing over	Rubén Martínez	"The U.S.-Mexican border is one of the most permeable boundaries in the world. Even as the United States deploys billions of dollars and a vast arsenal to "hold the line," the border is breached dail…	OL4281660W
Tornel and Santa Anna	Fowler, Will	"Makes persuasive case that José María Tornel y Mendívil, spin-doctor for Antonio López de Santa Anna, was an important figure in his own right, both as a politician and a writer. Emphasizes the …	OL478617W