En un deslumbrante relato de pasión, Trece Sentidos de Victor Villaseñor continúa la estipulante epopeya familiar que empezó con el ampliamente reconocido bestseller Lluvia de Oro. Trece Sentidos abre con las bodas de oro del ya mayor Salvador y su elegante esposa, Lupe. Cuando un joven sacerdote le pide a Lupe que repita la sagrada frase ceremonial 'respetar y obedecer,' Lupe se sorprende a sí misma al contestar--¡No, no voy a decir obedecer! ¡Cómo se atreve! ¡Ah, no! ¡Usted no me va a hablar así después de cincuenta años de matrimonio y sabiendo lo que sé!--. Así, la familia Villaseñor se ve forzada a examinar el amor que Lupe y Salvador han compartido por tantos a ños: un amor universal, entrñable y sincero que eventualmente dará energía e inspiración a la pareja en su vejez.

Trece Sentidos (Spanish Edition)

Biographies & Memoirs

Victor Villaseñor

Arts & Literature

Rayo

Jury : The People Vs. Juan Corona

Bantam]

The purpose of Snow Goose Global Thanksgiving is to inspire Unconditional Love, where all Hearts Open. A one-day-a-year event when all the people of the world put aside their disappointments, anger, hatred, prejudice, for just one day and totally concentrate all of their Heartfelt Gratitude and Energy to the Commitment of Worldwide Thanksgiving for all of the "good" things we have, forgetting all the "bad" things and, also, giving Soul felt Forgiveness for all the wrongs done on earth in thought or action, personal or institutional. A one-day-a-year event where we, the people, strip down Spiritually Naked within our own belief system and truly forgive ourselves down deep inside, and all others and promote Worldwide Love, Respect, Tolerance, and Acceptance of All, All, All Human Beings--culturally, religiously, politically, sexually, and, of course, Dream wise. For we are what we Dream, and now is the Time in Human Story to Dream of Worldwide Harmony and Peace between All God's children FOR THE NEXT 5,000 YEARS!

Snow Goose Global Thanksgiving: A Vision of World Harmony and Peace and Abundance for All

Charles Publishing Company

Rain of Gold

This is the Hispanic Roots, an all-American story of poverty, immigration, struggle and success. It focuses on three generations of Villaseñor's kin, their spiritual and cultural roots in Mexico, their immigration to California and their overcoming the poverty, prejudice and economic exploitation. It is the warm-hearted, humorous and tragic, true story of the wily, wary, persevering forebears of Villaseñor.

Arte Publico Press

From one of America's most beloved writers comes this compelling memoir of his adolescent search for meaning and identity. When Victor VillaseÃ±or turned sixteen, his father's gift of a brand-new, turquoise pick-up truck was accompanied by another gift: words of wisdom that would guide him on his path to manhood. "You are a man now, he said, and to be an hombre, a man must not only know right from wrong, he must also know who he is and who he isn't." In the weeks to come, however, Victor disregards his father's advice. Swayed by his friends ridicule, he has his new truck painted white to cover the vibrant turquoise, once his favorite color. Soon, he realizes his mistake. "I'd done exactly what my dad had told me not to. I'd listened to other people's opinions instead of listening to what I'd felt inside." So begins this poignant and moving account of VillaseÃ±or's coming of age. Growing up on his parents ranch in North San Diego County, Victor VillaseÃ±or's teenage years were marked by a painful quest to find a place for himself in a world he didn't fit into. During his search, Victor wrangles with the usual questions of adolescence: Is it normal to think about sex all the time? Do good girls like sex? Is sex before marriage a sin? But Victor struggles with more than just his burgeoning sexual awareness. The son of a self-made, successful man, he is different from his peers because of his Mexican heritage, and he experiences both subtle and outright discrimination because of this. Raised in a tight-knit, Catholic family, he questions the tenets of his faith and the restrictions it places on his own developing spirituality and sexuality. After high school, Victor's quest for who he is and who he isn't takes him to Mexico, where he is shocked to learn that Mexicans aside from his father are successful. They are architects, professors, and artists. Most importantly, he meets an older woman who cultivates in him a deeper understanding of his own intellectual capacity and helps him see the world and his place in it in a whole new way. This experience allows him to appreciate his own potential and realize his dreams of making a difference in the world through writing. A powerful portrait of a young boy on the path to manhood in the shadow of his influential father, Crazy Loco Love adds a new chapter to the grand tradition of coming-of-age books. Destined to become a classic, this new installment in VillaseÃ±or's body of work confirms his place as a leading American writer. Crazy Loco Love will enthrall his many fans and surely win him new ones.

Crazy Loco Love

Community & Culture

Arte Publico Pr

Heralded Latino writerÂ’s first novel deals with the experience of illegal Mexican immigrant laborers in the United States 
Seventeen-year-old Roberto Garcia has big hopes for a future different from that of his compatriots in the highlands of MichoacÃ¡n. Inspired by his thirst for the prosperous life that he dreams of on the other side of the border, Roberto steps onto the dangerous trail that so many immigrants have taken before him, a trail that leads him from his mountainous home into the dangers of the world outside. 
Before long, Roberto finds himself in the land of promise in the midst of golden fields and fertile fruit orchards where he can make more money in a week than he could have made in a year back home. Quickly he learns that the backbreaking work in vegetable fields under the powerful sun does not gain him the wealth, freedom, and power that heÂ’d hoped. But even in that world of cramped trains, deadly deserts and horrifying conditions, Roberto is determined to make a place for himself.

Macho! (PIONEERS OF MODERN US HISPANIC LITERATURE)

Literature & Fiction

Short Stories & Anthologies

One day in a small California barrio, a scary-looking stranger with an ugly scar on his face arrives. Silence falls on the streets. Normally raucous children stop playing, and their fearful mothers quickly beckon them inside. Everyone peeks out of windows and doors to watch the stranger walk down Main Street. Later in the week, the stranger again appears in town. And a few days later, on a pleasant Sunday morning, the man shows his frightening face yet again. But this time, heÂs not alone. Cradled in the strangerÂs arms is a big, red rooster with a yellow ribbon tied around its neck. When the rooster sets off after a bug with the stranger hanging on to the ribbon "like a cowboy who had lassoed a wild bull," the townspeople are finally able to look past the long, ugly scar on the strangerÂs face. Echoing the oral tradition common to so many Latinos, acclaimed author Victor VillaseÃ±or shares with young readers one of his fatherÂs favorite stories. With vibrant illustrations by JosÃ© Jara, this will soon become the favorite of many children aged 3 to 7.

The Stranger and the Red Rooster/ El forastero y el gallo rojo (English and Spanish Edition)

Children's Books

Animals

Pinata Books

Little Crow to the Rescue / El Cuervito Al Rescate is a colorful folktale about the natural world by renowned Chicano writer Victor Villasenor. Father Crow teaches Little Crow about the long, interrelated relationship between crows and humans. But in spite of all that each does for the other &amp; the humans plant the corn that feeds the crows, and they in turn sing beautiful songs of thanks &amp; humans try to kill crows. Little Crow is troubled, but soon he comes up with an idea that just might save all the crows.

Little Crow to the Rescue / El Cuervito al rescate (English and Spanish Edition)

"PapÃ¡, I don't want to go to sleep. I'm scared." 
Everyone knows that the trick to putting children to bed is creating a bedtime routine, and in this new children's story from Victor VillaseÃ±or, he recreates his own family's bedtime tradition. 
PapÃ¡ tells his son that every night when he was a boy, his mother would sing him to sleep with the turtledove song. "Coo-coo-roo-coo-coooo," he sings, and tells the little boy about his very own Guardian Angel who will take him through the night sky to be reunited with God, or Papito Dios. "Then in the morning, you'll come back refreshed, rested, and powerful as the wind." 
As PapÃ¡ sings the turtledove song to his son, he reminds the child that MamÃ¡ loves him, the dog and the cat love him, and his brothers and sisters love him too. Even the trees and grass and the flowers that dance in the wind love him. Gradually, the boy drifts off to sleep, feeling safe and warm in God's love and dreaming of the day when he will sing the turtledove song to his own children.

Goodnight, Papito Dios/Buenos Noches, Papito Dios (Spanish and English Edition)

This entertaining bilingual picture book for kids shares an important message about not judging people by their looks.

The Stranger and the Red Rooster / El forastero y el gallo rojo (English and Spanish Edition)

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