University Titles: Biography/Autobiography

*Alina: Memorias de la hija rebelde de Fidel Castro ISBN/Cat.# 8401010802
Fernández, Alina
Spain, 1997
251 pages
$18.95
Alina: Memoirs of Fidel Castro's Rebellious Daughter. The extraordinary life story of a love child of the Cuban Revolution. An illuminating perspective of that country's recent history. Black-and-white photographs.
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**Andariego, El ISBN/Cat.# 9684933169
Jara, Pepe
Mexico, 1998
373 pages
$26.95
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Autobiografía de José Clemente Orozco ISBN/Cat.# 9684110731
Orozco, José Clemente
Mexico, 1996
112 pages
$14.95
An autobiography of famed Mexican painter and muralist José Clemente Orozco. Includes black and white photographic reproductions of the author's work.
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**Borges-Bioy: Confesiones, confesiones ISBN/Cat.# 9500712393
Braceli, Rodolfo
Argentina, 1997
252 pages
$18.95
Borges and Bioy: Confessions contains personal anecdotes by Argentina's most celebrated writing parters, Jorge Luis Borges and Adolfo Bioy Casares. Through a series of well constructed interviews and essays, the two mysterious personalities unfold. Each reveals not only his opinion about the other, but his thoughts on fatherhood, women, boxing, disappearances and more. Illustrated with black and white historical photos.
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Cárdenas ISBN/Cat.# 9682438799
Foix, Pere
Mexico, 1990
411 pages
$18.95
A biography of Lázaro Cárdenas, the Mexican president who in the 1930s attempted to fulfill the promises of the Revolution by initiating land-reform programs and laying the foundation for the modern Mexican state.
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Cantinflas: Aguila o sol ISBN/Cat.# 9682954274
Bonfil, Carlos
Mexico, 1993
144 pages
$49.95
Cantinflas: Eagle or Sun. A full-color, glossy photo-biography of the famous Mexican actor and humorist. It is a beautiful retrospective of his life, celebrating his enormous importance to the Mexican arts.
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Carlos Enríquez ISBN/Cat.# 9591003188
Sanchez, Juan
Cuba, 1996
207 pages
$9.95
The turbulent and contradictory life story of one of Cuba's most outstanding painters. Color reproductions on glossy paper.
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Carlos para todos ISBN/Cat.# LSF610
Río, Eduardo del (Rius)
Nicaragua, 1987
112 pages
$8.95
Carlos for Everyone. An eye-opening, accesible biography of Nicaraguan revolutionary and martyr Carlos Fonseca written in Rius' famous, hysterical cartoon style.
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Cesto de llamas: Biografía de José Martí ISBN/Cat.# X95906027033
Toledo Sande, Luis
Cuba, 1996
314 pages
$11.95
Hell in a Handbasket: Biography of José Martí. A hard-hitting tribute to the life of this great Cuban writer and patriot.
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*Che Ernesto Guevara, una leyenda de nuestro siglo ISBN/Cat.# 8401010888
Kalfon, Pierre
Spain, 1997
675 pages
$24.95
Che Ernesto Guevara, A Legend of Our Century is a meticulously researched biography of this famous revolutionary. The author spent five years writing this authoritative work. His research took him to Cuba, Bolivia, and Argentina, and the result is a vivid portrait of the man known simply as El Che. Includes dozens of black and white photos.
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Clero y política en Oaxaca: Biografía del Doctor José de San Martín ISBN/Cat.# 9686951180
Ibarra, Ana Carolina
Mexico, 1996
307 pages
$18.95
Politics and the Clergy in Oaxaca: Biography of Doctor José de San Martín. The life story of this brave and provocatively progressive 19th C. Mexican priest.
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Décimas: Autobiografía en verso ISBN/Cat.# 9500705109
Parra, Violeta
Argentina, 1998
215 pages
$19.95
Violeta Parra is a unique figure in Chilean and Latin American 20th C. history. Composer, singer, and poet, she was the most important voice in the revival of Latin American folk music. This is her rare and hard-to-find Autobiography in Verse (a Décima is a stanza of ten octosyllabic lines).
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Damas de corazón ISBN/Cat.# 9681645081
Bradu, Fabienne
Mexico, 1996
292 pages
$19.95
Ladies of the Heart is a collection of biographical sketches about five important Mexican women: Consuelo Sunsín, María Asúnsolo, Machila Armida, Ninfa Santos, and Guadalupe Marín.
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**Datos para una biografía Julio Alberto Rivera ISBN/Cat.# DATOSPA
Dominguez, Dr.Carlos Armando
El Salvador, 1998
242 pages
$12.95
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**Diccionario biográfico-histórico dominicano (1821-1930) ISBN/Cat.# 8489539588
Martínez, Rufino
Dominican Republic, 1998
583 pages
$69.95
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*Diego el rojo ISBN/Cat.# 9683916236
Rivera Marín, Guadalupe
Mexico, 1997
303 pages
$24.95
Red Diego was written by the daughter of Diego Rivera and Guadalupe Marín. She writes about his life from childhood to his return from Europe after the Russian revolution. She also examines the relationship between his art and his politics, as well as his involvement in the Mexican revolution.
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Dos Borges, Los: Vida, sueño, enigmas ISBN/Cat.# 9684462069
Teitelboim, Volodia
Mexico, 1996
341 pages
$20.95
The Two Borges: His Life, Dreams, and Enigmas. A profound biographical examination of Jorge Luis Borges, the great Argentine poet, critic, and short-story writer.
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Emiliano Zapata: El amor a la tierra ISBN/Cat.# 968162288X
Krauze, Enrique
Mexico, 1997
129 pages
$12.95
A biography of Mexican revolutionary Emiliano Zapata filled with historical photographs.
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En torno a un criptojudío: Dos enfoques ISBN/Cat.# 9592090971
García del Pino, César
Cuba, 1995
45 pages
$6.95
Concerning a Crypto Jew: Two Studies. An illuminating pair of essays exploring the covert religious beliefs of 18th C. Cuban Bishop Pedro Agustín Morel de Santa Cruz.
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Escorpión de oro, El: La extraordinaria vida de Hernán Cortés ISBN/Cat.# 9684097735
Alcaraz, Carlos Elizondo
Mexico, 1996
397 pages
$25.95
The Golden Scorpion: The Extraordinary Life of Hernán Cortés. An unbiased, in-depth biography of the notorious conquistador that conquered Mexico. Skillfully examines both sides of this controversial historical figure.
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Farabundo Martí ISBN/Cat.# 9977302456
Arias Gómez, Jorge
Costa Rica, 1996
296 pages
$20.95
The life story of this key figure in the 1932 popular revolution in El Salvador, namesake and ideological leader for that country's leftist political movement.
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Francisco Morazán ISBN/Cat.# 8483601303
Montúfar, Lorenzo
Costa Rica, 1996
197 pages
$9.95
A biography of General Francisco Morazán, one of the most important iniciators of Latin American political independence.
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Francisco Villa: Entre el ángel y el fierro ISBN/Cat.# 9681622898
Krauze, Enrique
Mexico, 1996
117 pages
$12.95
Francisco Villa: Between the Angel and the Iron. A biography of Pancho Villa with abundant historical photographs.
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Frida Kahlo: Fantasía de un cuerpo herido ISBN/Cat.# 9688561169
Rico, Araceli
Mexico, 1993
178 pages
$29.95
Frida Kahlo: Fantasy of a Wounded Body. A fascinating biography of Mexican painter Frida Kahlo. Hardcover edition.
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Gabriela Mistral: Pública y secreta ISBN/Cat.# 9684462042
Teitelboim, Volodia
Mexico, 1996
334 pages
$19.95
The Public and Secret Lives of Gabriela Mistral. A profound biography examining and honoring the quixotic life of one of Chile's most distinguished writers.
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**Garcia Márquez: El Viaje a la Semilla: La biografía ISBN/Cat.# 8420482501
Saldiver, Dasso
Mexico, 1997
611 pages
$29.95
García Márquez Back to the Roots A critical biography about the brilliant author of One Hundred Years of Solitude. The writer's historical, cultural, familial, and personal realities are unveiled in this fascinating account by this prize-winning Colombian journalist.
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Grandes dominicanos (3 vols.) ISBN/Cat.# GRANDESD
Martínez, Carlos T.
Dominican Repub., 1996
1500 pages
$129.95
Great Dominicans. An outstanding three-volume set featuring biographical sketches of and interviews with more than ninety of the Dominican Republic's most noteworthy contemporary politicians, writers, artists, and personalities. A remarkable, valuable socio-historical document. Black-and-white photographs.
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Huidobro: La marcha infinita ISBN/Cat.# 9684462050
Teitelboim, Volodia
Mexico, 1996
316 pages
$19.95
Huidobro: Ever Onward. A biography honoring and celebrating the life of Chilean verbal magician Vicente Huidobro, considered among the 20th C.'s most important Latin American poets. Black-and-white photos.
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Itinerario ISBN/Cat.# 9681642392
Paz, Octavio
Mexico, 1993
276 pages
$15.95
Itinerary is an intellectual autobiography, a travelogue through Octavio Paz' mind.
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Juárez ISBN/Cat.# 9682438802
Foix, Pere
Mexico, 1995
388 pages
$18.95
The essential biography of Benito Juárez, the Indian who rose to the presidency of Mexico in the mid-19th C.
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**Juan Soriano, niño de mil años ISBN/Cat.# 9681103319
Poniatowska, Elena
Spain, 1998
294 pages
$21.95
A thoughtful biography filled with photographs of the life and work of the renowned Mexican painter. Juan Soriano: The Thousand Year Old Child covers intense conversations with this distinguished author over a period of many years.
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Lázaro Cárdenas: General misionero ISBN/Cat.# 9681622936
Krauze, Enrique
Mexico, 1992
223 pages
$12.95
A biography of famed Mexican politician Lázaro Cárdenas, including reproductions of many photographs and historical documents.
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*Mate y ron (De Rosario a La Habana) ISBN/Cat.# 9879216164
López, Coco
Argentina, 1997
276 pages
$12.95
Mate and Rum: From Rosario to Havana contains diverse perspectives on one of Latin America's most revered revolutionaries, Ernesto Che Guevara. Friends, fellow revolutionaries, and family, from both Argentina and Cuba, share their stories. Includes ample black and white photos, and letters Che wrote to friends and colleagues like Ernesto Sábato and Fidel Castro.
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Me llamo Rigoberta Menchú y así me nació la conciencia ISBN/Cat.# 9682313155
Burgos, Elizabeth
Mexico, 1998
287 pages
$24.95
I, Rigoberta Menchú: An Indian Woman in Guatemala. The essential, best-selling biography of this winner of the Nobel Peace Prize. A must for any collection.
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Miguel Obando Bravo: Cardenal por la paz ISBN/Cat.# MIGUELOBANDO
Urtasun, Domingo
Nicaragua, 1994
313 pages
$18.95
Miguel Obando Bravo Cardinal of Peace is an exploration into the life and philosophy of one of Nicaragua's most influential figures.
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*Minerva Mirabal: Historia de una heroina ISBN/Cat.# 8484001792
Galván, William
Dominican Repub., 1997
359 pages
$29.95
Minerva Mirabel: Heroine's Tale is the first comprehensive investigation of this great Dominican Republic heroine. This intriguing novel traces her fight for democracy in the forties through her assassination in 1960 at the hands of the former dictator Trujillo.
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Neruda ISBN/Cat.# 9684462107
Teitelboim, Volodia
Argentina, 1996
532 pages
$19.95
A deep-reaching, loving examination of Chile's prolific, Nobel Prize-winning poet and his eventful life.
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No me parezco a nadie: La vida de Pedro Infante, Tomos I-III ISBN/Cat.# 9686932194
García, Gustavo
Mexico, 1994
168 pages
$45.95
A three volume, full color biography of Mexican film and music legend Pedro Infante. Filled with color and black and white photographs, a testimony of mid 20th C. Mexico. Published on glossy paper. Hardcover editions.
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**Octavio Paz: Las palabras del árbol ISBN/Cat.# 9681102991
Poniatowska, Elena
Spain, 1998
231 pages
$19.95
Octavio Paz: Words of the Tree is an intimate look at one of the most important writers of our time. Elena Poniatowska, the celebrated Mexican author of this remarkable biography, uses her striking prose to explore this complex man. Photographs and poems give a visual and literary context. "A really useful source... recommended." Library Journal
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Paraíso occidental ISBN/Cat.# 968298291X
Sigüenza y Góngora, Carlos de
Mexico, 1995
331 pages
$16.95
Siguenza y Góngora's classic Western Paradise is the first comprehensive study of women in religion ever published (1684). A study of the lives of fourteen distinguished nuns.
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Porfirio: Tomos I-VI (Six vols.) ISBN/Cat.# 9686932011
Krauze, E. & Zerón-Medina, F.
Mexico, 1993
444 pages
$99.95
Porfirio: Volumes I-VI. A hardcover collection examining the life and times of Mexican President Porfirio Díaz. A magnificent testimony of 19th C. Mexico. Full-color illustrations on glossy paper.
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*Retrato de Gabriel García Márquez ISBN/Cat.# 8481090549
Cebrián, Juan Luis
USA, 1997
104 pages
$49.95
An extraordinary photo-biography of Latin American novelist Gabriel García Márquez, offering a fascinating glimpse into the life and work of Latin America's best-known and most highly esteemed narrator.
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**Retratos en el tiempo ISBN/Cat.# 9681903919
Fuentes, Carlos
Mexico, 1998
143 pages
$20.95
+In Portraits in Time Carlos Fuentes' words accompany his son's striking, intimate photographs of intriguing figures such as García Márquez, Audrey Hepburn, and Lola Beltrán, Jacqueline Kennedy, Carly Simon, Muhammad Ali, Antonio Saura, and others. The anecdotes and recollections combined with evocative, black and white portraits present a complete, personal look at many of the 20th centuries most extraordinary people.
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**Rigoberta: La nieta de los mayas ISBN/Cat.# 8403595263
Menchú, Rigoberta
Mexico, 1998
348 pages
$19.95
Rigoberta: Niece of the Mayans is Nobel Peace Prize winner, Rigoberta Menchu's latest work. Of this amazing book, journalist Gianni Miná has written: "Rigoberta not only tells us the memories of her most recent life, the threats, provocations, fears, the small strategic victories, and the momentary political conquests, but also the reflections, ideas, and proposals, measured by her Mayan culture."
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Se me reventó el barzón: Amparo Ochoa ISBN/Cat.# 968660846X
Bernal, Julio
Mexico, 1996
225 pages
$12.95
The Biography of Amparo Ochoa. The intriguing life story of one of Mexico's most remarkable, innovative, traditional, modern, and beloved folksingers. Black-and-white photographs.
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**Selena como la flor ISBN/Cat.# 0316693782
Patoski, Joe Nick
USA, 1996
291 pages
$22.95
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Virgilio Piñera: Entre él y yo ISBN/Cat.# 959209067X
Arrufat, Antón
Cuba, 1994
57 pages
$6.95
Based on the author's longtime friendship with Virgilio Piñera, Between Him and Me is a refreshing collection of revealing anecdotes and literary criticism.
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