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Quinceañera Means Sweet 15
Marisol and Magdalena are making plans for their quinceañera parties, their fifteenth birthday celebration that they've been waiting for their whole lives. They've promised each other that they will be the dama de honor at each other's quince. But quinceañeras are expensive, and Marisol's mother doe... More
Language: ENGDerechos de autor: 2001 -
Marisol and Magdalena: The Sound of Our Sisterhood
Marisol and Magdalena are mejores amigas -- best friends -- who live in Brooklyn. They have grown up with their extended families, a group of colorful, eccentric relatives who are forever trying to reach the girls the ways of Panama, their native land. For Marisol, a Latinegra -- a black and a Latin... More
Language: ENGDerechos de autor: 1998 -
Miss Black America
A dazzling fiction debut from the author of Mama's Girl, Miss Black America is the warm and tender story of Angela, a young girl growing up in 1970s Brooklyn. Angela goes to school one ordinary day and returns home to find her glamorous and fiercely independent mother gone. Her magician father, Te... More
Language: ENGDerechos de autor: 2004 -
The Joy of Doing Things Badly
In a society that puts so much emphasis on perfection, Veronica Chambers mischievously casts aside the guilt-inducing litany of “shoulda, coulda, woulda” that seems to define modern-day life and replaces it with a resounding call to live with “foolish bravery. ” Refreshingly open about the personal ... More
Language: ENGDerechos de autor: 2006 -
The Meaning of Michelle: 16 Writers on the Iconic First Lady and How Her Journey Inspires Our Own
A NEW IN NONFICTION PEOPLE PICK | NAMED A BEST BOOK OF 2017 BY: The Huffington Post • Glamour • Bustle**One of BookRiot's '11 Books to Help Us Make It Through a Trump Presidency'**“Whenever I think about Michelle Obama, I think, ‘When I grow up, I want to be just like her. I want to be that intellig... More
Language: ENGDerechos de autor: 2017 -
Queen Bey: A Celebration of the Power and Creativity of Beyoncé Knowles-Carter
Beyoncé. Her name conjures more than music, it has come to be synonymous with beauty, glamour, power, creativity, love, and romance. Her performances are legendary, her album releases events. She is not even forty but she has already rewritten the Beyoncé playbook more than half a dozen times. She i... More
Language: ENGDerechos de autor: 2019 -
Having It All? Black Women and Success
A behind-the-scenes look into the lives of successful middle- and upper-middle class African American women, the groundbreaking HAVING IT ALL? is sure to spark discussions from cocktail parties to boardrooms. In a single generation, black women have made extraordinary strides academically, professio... More
Language: ENGDerechos de autor: 2003 -
Lights Camera Quince! (Amigas #2)
Amigas is officially open for business! Alicia, Jamie, Carmen and Gaz managed to throw an amazing quince for their new friend Sarita. But now that they are sophomores AND in the quince planning business, things are going to get more complicated. Luckily, one of their own is having a quince. Carmen i... More
Language: ENGDerechos de autor: 2011 -
Fifteen Candles (Amigas #1)
Miami, Florida, is about to get even hotter! When four friends decide to help throw a quince for the new girl in town, Amigas Incorporated is born.... More
Language: ENGDerechos de autor: 2012 -
Amigas Point Me to Tomorrow (Amigas #6)
After two years of planning the hottest quineaneras in Miami and beyond, the girls of Amigas Incorporated are facing their biggest challenge yet--high school graduation. While Carmen and Jamie know exactly what they want, Alicia is on the fence. Should she go to the school of her dreams even if it m... More
Language: ENGDerechos de autor: 2011 -
Amigas She's Got Game (Amigas #3)
Amigas have definitely arrived. Fresh out of the spotlight of their first television experience, the team is back and stronger than ever. But the heat is always on in Miami and when they get hired to do an unusual quince for a bratty debutante, the temperature goes sky high. As Alicia and her friend... More
Language: ENGDerechos de autor: 2011 -
Amigas Playing for Keeps (Amigas #4)
It's time for some Texas-sized adventure for Amigas Incorporated! After throwing dozens of quinceaneras for strangers, friends, and plenty of quince-zillas, Alicia, Carmen, Jamie, and Gaz could use a vacation. Unfortunately, with all their time spent planning, they've forgotten to make their own pla... More
Language: ENGDerechos de autor: 2011 -
A Formal Affair (Amigas #5)
For Carmen, though, the pressure is the highest. She has always known that she wants to go to a premier fashion and design school. But those cost money. And that means she needs a scholarship. So when a teacher advises her to help out the Sobees--Coral Gables resident "mean girls"--with the big scho... More
Language: ENGDerechos de autor: 2011 -
Call and Response: The Story of Black Lives Matter
Call and Response: The Story of Black Lives Matter is a broad and powerful exploration of the history of Black Lives Matter told through photographs, quotes, and informative text by New York Times best-selling authors Veronica Chambers and Jennifer Harlan. In 2020, the world watched history being ma... More
Language: ENGDerechos de autor: 2021 -
The Go-Between
Fans of Jane the Virgin will find much to love about The Go-Between, a coming-of-age novel from bestselling author Veronica Chambers, who with humor and humanity explores issues of identity and belonging in a world that is ever-changing. She is the envy of every teenage girl in Mexico City. Her moth... More
Language: ENGDerechos de autor: 2017 -
Kickboxing Geishas
Forget the stereotypes. Today's Japanese women are shattering them -- breaking the bonds of tradition and dramatically transforming their culture. Shopping-crazed schoolgirls in Hello Kitty costumes and the Harajuku girls Gwen Stefani helped make so popular have grabbed the media's attention. But as... More
Language: ENGDerechos de autor: 2007 -
Shirley Chisholm Is a Verb
A timely picture book biography about Shirley Chisholm, the first Black woman in Congress, who sought the Democratic nomination to be the president of the United States.Shirley Chisholm famously said, "If they don't give you a seat at the table, bring a folding chair." This dynamic biography illumin... More
Language: ENGDerechos de autor: 2020 -
Mama's Girl
"Veronica Chambers grew up in Brooklyn in the 1970s, a girl who mastered the whirling helixes of double-dutch jump rope with the same ease and finesse she brought to her schoolwork, her often troubled family life, and the demands of being overachieving and underprivileged. "Until I was ten," she wri... More
Language: ENGDerechos de autor: 1996 -
Plus
The perfect romantic makeover story about an every-girl whose dream comes true . . . Beatrice Wilson is our lovable Cinderella, who just got dumped by her very first boyfriend and put on twenty-five pounds. But then she?s discovered as a plus model. In the eyes of pop culture, Bee is Jessica Al... More
Language: ENGDerechos de autor: 2009 -
The Emperor of Sound: A Memoir
In The Emperor of Sound, Timbaland offers fans an unprecedented look into his life and work. Completely uncensored and totally honest, he reveals the magic behind the music, sharing the various creative impulses that arise while he’s producing, and the layering of sounds that have created dozens of ... More
Language: ENGDerechos de autor: 2015 -
Wake Up Happy
From America's favorite football player turned morning talk show host--a man who makes just about everything look easy--a mélange of stories and motivational advice to inspire the reader to turn up the heat and go from good to great in pursuit of their personal ambitions.Michael Strahan spent his ch... More
Language: ENGDerechos de autor: 2015 -
Women Writing Resistance: Essays on Latin America and the Caribbean
Essays on Latinx and Caribbean identity and on globalization by renowned women writers, including Julia Alvarez, Edwidge Danticat, and Jamaica KincaidWomen Writing Resistance: Essays on Latin America and the Caribbean gathers the voices of sixteen acclaimed writer-activists for a one-of-a-kind colle... More
Language: ENGDerechos de autor: 2004 -
Celia Cruz, Queen of Salsa
Everyone knows the flamboyant, larger-than-life Celia Cruz, the extraordinary salsa singer who passed away in 2003, leaving millions of fans brokenhearted. Indeed, there was a magical vibrancy to the Cuban salsa singer. To hear her voice or to see her perform was to feel her life-affirming energy de... More
Language: ENGDerechos de autor: 2005 -
Meals, Music, and Muses: Recipes from My African American Kitchen
Iconic chef and world-renowned opera singer Alexander Smalls marries two of his greatest passions—food and music—in Meals, Music, and Muses. More than just a cookbook, Smalls takes readers on a delicious journey through the South to examine the food that has shaped the region. Each chapter is named ... More
Language: ENGDerechos de autor: 2020 -
Resist: 35 Profiles of Ordinary People Who Rose Up Against Tyranny and Injustice
A perfect tool for young readers as they grow into the leaders of tomorrow, Veronica Chambers’s inspiring collection of profiles—along with Senator Cory Booker’s stirring foreword—will inspire readers of all ages to stand up for what’s right.You may only be one person, but you have the power to chan... More
Language: ENGDerechos de autor: 2018