No comments about Frida Kahlo: Portrait of a Mexican Painter (Hispanic Biographies).

3 comments about Selena (Real-Life Reader Biography).

1. It was an easy to read interesting book. The pictures were great! Anyone interested in Selena should read this book.



2. this book is a book of basic info you could find out anywhere,it has 24 pages for the cost,personally I thought it was a waste of money.



3. This book was great. The story was fascinating and covered both her life and death very well. I found out a lot about her family life and their troubles making money. Her death was really sad and moving. She was a wonderful singer and this book does a good job telling her story. Any Selena fan should definitely buy this book!

1 comments about Gabriel Garcia Marquez (Hispanics of Achievement).

1. In "Gabriel Garcia Marquez", Harold Bloom (Sterling Professor of the Humanities, Yale University) provides readers with an informed and informative biography of Gabriel Garcia Marques, the South American writer who won the Nobel Prize in Literature and whose most widely known novel for English readers is "One Hundred years of Solitude". "Gabriel Garcia Marquez" features a critical, scholarly, and thought-provoking essay and analysis, supplemented with details about the writer and his life. Also very highly recommended reading for inclusion into highschool, college, and community library Literary Studies collections are Professor Harold Blooms' "James Baldwin"; "Herman Melville" ; "William Blake"; "Ray Bradbury's Fahrenheit 451"; "Kurt Vonnegut's Slaughterhouse-Five"; "Franz Kafka's The Metamorphosis"; and "Tennessee Williams's The Glass Menagerie".

No comments about Mexican American Biographies: A Historical Dictionary, 1836-1987.

No comments about Diego Rivera: His Art, His Life (Hispanic Biographies).

No comments about Frida Kahlo: Pinto Su Vida/ Painting Her Life (Latinos Famosos/ Famous Latinos).

No comments about Latino Legends: Hispanics in Major League Baseball (High Five Reading).

1 comments about Octavio Paz (Hispanics of Achievement).

1. This book is part of the Hispanics of Achievement series that includes a diversity of people from different time periods like El Cid, Roberto Clemente, Salvador Dali, Pancho Villa, Anthony Quinn, Pablo Neruda, Julio Iglesias, Miguel de Cervantes, Henry Cisneros, Gloria Estefan and Pablo Picasso, amongst others.It is a thin book of about 100 pages but is full of the highlights and achievements of Octavio Paz. The photographs are black and while and bountiful. The book serves as a good middle level introduction to the works and life of Paz. High school and some middle school children would benefit from this book for reports and research. The book begins with Paz being the ambassador to New Delhi during the 60's and his denunciation of his position in protest to the Massacre at Tlatelelco in Mexico City of students by the Mexican government. After this introduction into the life of Octavio Paz, the book quickly shifts to his birth and his family background, followed in chronological order by all the major events of this free-thinker's life who was an international poet. His poetry transended boundaries. Several excerts of his poetry and prose are included that are taken from books like In Light of India, Sunstone/Piedra De Sol, A Tale of Two Gardens: Poems from India 1952-1995 and, of course, probably his most famous piece of literatureTHE LABYRINTH OF SOLITUDE LIFE AND THOUGHT IN MEXICO. This book is very good and includes a chronolgy of events surrounding Paz's life. Octavio Paz won many prizes during his distinguished career including the Jerusalem Prize in Israel, Cervantes Prize in Madrid and the Nobel Peace Prize for literature in Stockholm. His friend and fellow Mexican literary giant, Carlos Fuentes called Paz, The First Poet of Spanish America. This book is an excellent introduction for the student of literature. Recommended for community, middle and high school libraries.

1 comments about The Hispanic American Almanac: A Reference Work on Hispanics in the United States (Hispanic American Almanac).

1. Just the chapter titles should be enough to get Hispanics interested in purchasing this well-detailed book. These topics are covered pretty well. (I've added details in the brackets.)
   
   Chronology...xix [history of Iberia/Mesoamerica to present]
   1. A Historical Overview [a summarized history of Iberia/the Caribbean/Central America/Mexican-America to their present]
   2. Spanish Explorers and Colonizers [colonies in Mexico, Caribbean Islands, and U.S.]
   3. Significant Documents [such as the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo]
   4. Historic Landmarks [colonies in U.S.]
   5. Relations with Spain and Spanish America [their relations with the U.S.]
   6. Hispanics and Race [racial ideas/perceptions among colonial Spaniards, modern day Hispanics and non-Hispanic white Americans]
   7. Population Growth and Distribution [demographics/census bureau of Hispanic population, both Native & "Immigrant"]
   8. Language [slang, English usage among Hispanics, ethnocultural perceptions, etc]
   9. The Family [institutions of Mexican/Caribbean families]
   10. Women [Hispanic women in society/history]
   11. Religion [the synthesis of Native American polytheism and Spanish Catholicism]
   12. Military [Hispanic warriors in U.S. History, including the War of Independence, the Civil War, and World Wars]
   13. Law and Politics [a lot there...]
   14. Business [such as cattle and livestock industry]
   15. Labor and Employment
   16. Education [history from 1540-present]
   17. Scholarship
   18. Science [YES! Prominent Hispanic scientists.]
   19. Literature [from Colonial period to present]
   20. Art [1599-present]
   21. Theater
   22. Film
   23. Music [history; explains how Latin American music has roots in Germanic/Slavic folk but broke off from that style by inventing its own unique sound]
   24. Media
   25. Sports
   26. Organizations
   27. Prominent Hispanics
   Glossary

No comments about Notebooks of a Chile Verde Smuggler (Camino Del Sol).