Catalog Search Results
1) Hawaii
Series
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (approximately 161 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Based on James A. Michener's Pulitzer Prize-winning novel about a New England farm boy who has decided that the Lord has commanded him to go to Hawaii in order to Christianize its inhabitants.
3) Norte
Author
Physical Desc
282 pages ; 21 cm
Language
Español
Description
Esta es una historia de tres destinos separados por el tiempo y el espacio pero interconectados por la violencia, el desarraigo, la creacion y la locura; tres vidas extraviadas en el cruce de mundos y fronteras que caracteriza a nuestra epoca. En un pequeno pueblo del norte de Mexico, Jesus deja el colegio y se une a una pandilla. Para impresionar a sus nuevos companeros apunala a una prostituta, iniciando asi una carrera criminal que le llevara a...
Author
Physical Desc
332 pages ; 23 cm
Language
Español
Description
"Así habla Liborio. De esa forma piensa. Él debe dejar México, esa tierra que no le ha ofrecido nada más que golpes y el instinto de sobrevivencia, tras un asesinato imprudencial. Cruza, como tantos otros, el Río Bravo para llegar "a la tierra prometida". Y en un barrio indefinido de cualquier ciudad gringa, este mojado nos cuenta su historia. Aura Xilonen, en un ingleñol que sorprende, narra los problemas sociales, el miedo, la soledad,...
Author
Physical Desc
289 pages ; 20 cm
Language
Español
Description
Moving from Mexico to America when their daughter suffers a near-fatal accident, the Riveras confront cultural barriers, their daughter's difficult recovery and her developing relationship with a Panamanian boy.
"Dos familias cuyas esperanzas chocan con el destino. Y una extraordinaria novela que nos ofrece una poderosa y nueva definición de lo que significa ser americano. Arturo y Alma Rivera han vivido toda la vida en México. Un día, Maribel,...
Author
Physical Desc
259 pages ; 21 cm
Language
Español
Description
La leyenda literaria Ana Castillo explora los secretos ocultos de los hogares y las mujeres a quienes más impactan en esta colección que cimienta su lugar como una voz destacada de la ficción feminista.
"Living literary legend Ana Castillo's groundbreaking collection explores the secrets that are kept within households, the behaviors borne of patriarchal privilege, and the women they impact the most"--
Physical Desc
xx, 343 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm
Language
Español
Description
"Una colección de 35 ensayos y poemas audaces, importantes e innovadores de inmigrantes, refugiados y soñadores, incluidos escritores, artistas y activistas galardonados, que iluminan la experiencia de vivir sin documentos. Durante este tiempo de inestabilidad política e incertidumbre, esta colección de ensayos, poesía y arte tiene como objetivo cambiar el imaginario colectivo de la nación sobre los migrantes y refugiados hacia uno arraigado...
10) El fantasma
Author
Physical Desc
350 pages ; 19 cm.
Language
Español
Description
The romance of Sarah Ferguson, an 18th century countess who flees her abusive husband in England to join her French lover in America. It is presented through the eyes of a modern man who reads her diary, drawing inspiration from it to improve his own love life.
12) Mamá the alien
Author
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) ; 28 cm
Language
English
Description
Una niña no entiende la palabra ajena en la Tarjeta de Residente de su madre y dejar que de su imaginación, llegando a la conclusión de que su madre es desde el espacio exterior. Incluye notas y glosario de autor.
"A young girl misunderstands the word alien on her mother's Resident Alien Card and let's her imagination run wild, coming to the conclusion that her mother is from outer space. Includes author's note and glossary"--
13) Waiting for Papá
Author
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 29 cm
Language
English
Description
When a young boy and his mother come to the United States from El Salvador, leaving his father behind, the boy misses his father very much and wants to do something special to show him how much he cares.
Author
Physical Desc
xv, 235 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color) ; 24 cm
Language
Español
Description
"Emilo Estefan, empresario y mogul de la música, personifica para muchos el sueño americano. Llegó a los Estados Unidos como refugiado cubano y se convirtió en uno de los productores más exitosos en la historia de la música ..."--Dust jacket.
Author
Physical Desc
xxi, 248 pages ; 23 cm
Language
Español
Description
In this book, the renowned Mexican journalist, León Krauze presents a charming Mosaic: fifty stories of people, fifty lives that portray the experience of migrating to the United States and the battle to achieve a better life. Inspired by conversations, spontaneous and candid, in the successful television segment 'La Mesa,' which has broken ratings on Univisión records, Krauze revives the tales of those who have had the courage to emigrate, leaving...
17) An American tail
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (81 min.) : DVD video, sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
A Russian mouse lands in New York in the 1880s, only to be separated from his family. He must now learn to live on the streets and evade the mean cats.
Author
Physical Desc
51 pages : chiefly illustrations (chiefly color) ; 27 cm
Language
English
Description
"A poignant bilingual YA graphic memoir about a teenage girl's harrowing experience crossing the Mexico-US border. This compelling young adult graphic memoir tells the story of Gricelda, a fifteen-year-old Mexican girl who crosses the border into America with her mother and younger brother in search of a better life. Their treacherous journey is filled with both heartbreak and hope. Will America be the country of dreams like they imagined? Or will...
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (approximately 98 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
California awakens one day to discover that one third of its population has vanished. A peculiar pink fog surrounds the state and communication outside its boundaries has completely shut down. As the day progresses, it becomes apparent the sole characteristic linking the missing 14 million is their Hispanic heritage.
20) Entre nos
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (82 min.) : DVD video, sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
Español
Description
Mariana brings her two children from Colombia to New York to reunite with her husband, only to be abandoned by him. Desperate and alone, Mariana must find a way to survive and care for her family.
Looking for an older book we don’t have?
Printed books not owned by Santa Fe Public Library that were released more than 6 months ago can be requested from other Interlibrary Loan libraries to be delivered to your local library for pickup. Limit: 3 per calendar month.
Looking for a newer item we don’t have?
Suggest the library purchase a new book, DVD, audiobook, or music CD through your account. Limit: 30 active requests at a time. Submit Purchase Suggestion