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¡Béisbol! Pioneros Y Leyendas Del Béisbol Latino
by Risco, Enrique Del and Winter, Jonah
Synopsis: Béisbol es muy popular en América Latina y muchos de los mejores jugadores del deporte crecían sur de la frontera. Este libro hace reseñas biográficas de catorce de estas gran estrellas quienes jugaban desde 1900 a las 1960s.
Copyright Date: 2001
El Tren De La Victoria, Una Saga Familiar
by Zucker, Cristina
Synopsis: No disponible
Copyright Date: 2003
STORI Telling
by Spelling, Tori and Liftin, Hilary
Synopsis: Autobiography of the actress in the TV series Beverly Hills, 90210
Copyright Date: 2008
La Pasión De Los Poetas
by Boccanera, Jorge
Synopsis: No hay poema de amor que no tenga, en su origen, una historia real. Cuando Pablo Neruda dice: "Oh maligna, ya habrás llorado de furia", ¿quién es esa maligna?, se pregunta el lector, ¿cómo ha sido la escena amorosa que sobrevuela el poema?
Copyright Date: 2006
La Otra Alfonsina
by Gliemo, Graciela and Galán, Silvia
Synopsis: "Soy una incomprendida." Esta frase, repetida por Alfonsina Storni poco antes de su muerte, resume cuanto ha escrito y acaso también cuanto se ha escrito sobre ella.
Copyright Date: 2002
La Noche De Los Lápices
by Seoane, María and Núñex, Héctor Ruiz
Synopsis: No disponible
Copyright Date: 2003
El Hombre De Mayo, Memorias De Cornelio De Saavedra
by Palermo, Pablo Emilio
Synopsis: No disponible
Copyright Date: 2003
El Bastardo, La Vida De Roberto De Las Carreras Y Su Madre Clara
by Domínguez, Carlos María
Synopsis: El dandismo, la anarquía y la prepotencia creativa se conjugaron en la figura de Roberto de las Carreras, el escritor orgulloso de ser un bastardo.
Copyright Date: 2007
Zvi
by Mcquaid, Elwood
Synopsis: 10-year-old Zvi was separated from his parents and forced to face the trials of survival in Adolph Hitler's crazed world.
Copyright Date: 1978
Zora Neale Hurston: Southern Storyteller
by Yannuzzi, Della A.
Synopsis: Biography of Zora Neale Hurston. What this young southern African-American woman lacked in material wealth was balanced by a big talent and a strong will to succeed.
Copyright Date: 1996
A Zoo In My Luggage
by Durrell, Gerald
Synopsis: What happens when the charming, animal-obsessed boy of the classic memoirs 'My Family and Other Animals' and 'Birds, Beasts and Other Relatives' grows up? He founds a zoo, of course.
Copyright Date: 2005
Zlata's Diary: A Child's Life In Sarajevo
by Pribichevich-Zoric, Christina and Filipovic, Zlata
Synopsis: Reminiscent of Anne Frank, Zlata's diary has awoken the conscience of the world. While her early entries describe her peaceful world, soon she's watching bombs drop on Dubrovnik.
Copyright Date: 1994
Zero To Sixty: The Motorcycle Journey Of A Lifetime
by Paulsen, Gary
Synopsis: Nearing sixty, diagnosed with heart disease and feeling his mortality, Gary Paulsen buys his first Harley-Davidson and rides from his home in New Mexico to Alaska--and from the present into his past, through the landmarks of a singular life.
Copyright Date: 1997
Zelda: A Biography
by Milford, Nancy
Synopsis: Zelda Sayre began as a Southern beauty, became an international wonder, and died by fire in a madhouse. With her husband, F. Scott Fitzgerald, she moved in a golden aura of excitement, romance, and promise.
Copyright Date: 1970
Zalman Or The Madness Of God
by Wiesel, Elie
Synopsis: An interesting study of a rabbi's struggle against religious persecution in post-Stalin Russia.
Copyright Date: 1974
Zack's Tales-Travels Of A Guide Dog
by Gunter, Audrey M.
Synopsis: From Zack's point of view, how he and his owner were matched and their travels as a team.
Copyright Date: 2004
Your Own, Sylvia: A Verse Portrait Of Sylvia Plath
by Hemphill, Stephanie
Synopsis: On a February day in 1963, a young American poet died by her own hand, and passed into a myth that has since imprinted itself on the hearts and minds of millions. She is Sylvia Plath and Your Own, Sylvia is a portrait of her life, told in poems.
Copyright Date: 2007
The Youngest Science: Notes Of A Medicine-Watcher
by Thomas, Lewis
Synopsis: From the 1920s when he watched his father, a general practitioner who made house calls and wrote his prescriptions in Latin, to his days in medical school and beyond, Lewis Thomas saw medicine evolve from an art into a sophisticated science.
Copyright Date: 1969
Young Martin's Promise
by Hayley, Alex and Myers, Walter Dean
Synopsis: Relates events in Martin Luther King, Jr.'s, childhood which sowed the seeds for his activism for equal rights for people, regardless of their color.
Copyright Date: 1993
Young Man Luther: A Study In Psychoanalysis And History
by Erikson, Erik H.
Synopsis: Careful study of his formative years.
Copyright Date: 1962
Young Clara Barton: Battlefield Nurse
by Alcott, Sarah
Synopsis: Follows the life of the nurse who served on the battlefields of the Civil War and later founded the American Red Cross.
Copyright Date: 1996
Young Che: Memories Of Che Guevara By His Father
by Toledo, Lucia Alvarez De and Lynch, Ernesto Guevara
Synopsis: Assembled from two separate books written by Che's father, this is a vivid and intimate account of the formative years of an icon. "Young Che" is an indispensable guide to understanding one of the twentieth century's most famous and enduring revolutionary figures.
Copyright Date: 1987
Young, Black And Determined: A Biography Of Lorraine Hansberry
by Mckissack, Fredrick L. and Mckissack, Patricia C.
Synopsis: Here is the remarkable story of the first African-American woman to open a play, A Raisin in the Sun, on Broadway.
Copyright Date: 1998