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Books

Front book cover of award-winning memoir ‘Always Running – La Vida Loca: Gang Days in L.A.’ by former gang member turned Chicano activist Luis J. Rodríguez.

Front book cover of historical nonfiction ‘Caste: The Origins of Our Discontents’ by Pulitzer Prize-winning Afro-American journalist Isabel Wilkerson.

Front book cover of historical nonfiction ‘The Debt: What America Owes to Blacks’ – an in-depth outline for wide-scale reparations to Africans and their American descendants – by lawyer and activist Randall Robinson.

Front book cover of ‘Drink Cultura: Chicanismo’ – a collection of 26 humorous and thought-provoking essays – by seasoned Chicano cultural activist Jose Antonio Burciaga.

Front book cover of ‘The Four Agreements’ – promoting four simple adjustments we can make to our life that would improve our overall well-being – by Mexican author of Toltec spiritual wisdom Don Miguel Ruiz.

Front book cover of social analysis ‘Killing Rage: Ending Racism’ – a collection of twenty-three essays about race, feminism, and class – by educator and social critic bell hooks.

Front book cover of 'Message to Aztlan' – a collection of poetry, plays, major speeches, and political essays – by renowned Chicano civil rights leader Rodolfo "Corky" Gonzales.

Front book cover of nonfiction novel ‘Rain of Gold’ – the true-life saga of the author’s family and their incredible journey from revolutionary México (1910s) to the tight-knit agricultural communities of California (1920s) – by Victor Villaseñor.

Graphic Novels

Front book cover of historical graphic biography ‘Che: A Revolutionary Life’ – about Cuban Revolutionary leader Ernesto Che Guevara – by author Jon Lee Anderson and artist Jose Hernandez.

Front book cover of historical graphic biography ‘Muhammad Ali’ – about heavyweight boxing champion and human rights activist Muhammad Ali – by author Sybille Titeux de la Croix and artist Amazing Améziane.

Reference Sources

Front book cover of pictorial book ‘Design Motifs of Ancient Mexico’ – a collection of 766 Meso-American art motifs – by Jorge Enciso.

Front book cover of ‘El Libro de Caló: The Dictionary of Chicano Slang’ – an authoritative guide containing over 100 pages of Chicano street slang – by Harry Polkinhorn, Ph.D Alfredo Velasco, and Ph.D Malcom Lambert.

Front book cover of ‘Nahuatl-English/English-Nahuatl Concise Dictionary’ – a compact dictionary with over 400 pages of vocabulary – by Fermin Herrera.

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