Vazquez: 66 books
The Year of the Lash
Free People of Color in Cuba and the Nineteenth-Century Atlantic World
Language: English
Release Date: November 1, 2011
Michele Reid-Vazquez reveals the untold story of the strategies of negotiation used by free blacks in the aftermath of the “Year of the Lash”—a wave of repression in Cuba that had great implications for the Atlantic World in the next two decades.
At dawn on June 29, 1844, a firing squad...
by Josefina Vazquez M.D.
Language: English
Release Date: July 17, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: July 17, 2015
Americans by Choice is the story of Josefina (Dedieu) Vazquez. Her childhood in Cuba and her life in the United States are chronicled in this autobiography. She married a fellow graduate of Havana Medical School, Hiram Vazquez. The reader will follow her in her quest for a better life for herself,...
Listening in Detail
Performances of Cuban Music
Language: English
Release Date: June 3, 2013
Listening in Detail is an original and impassioned take on the intellectual and sensory bounty of Cuban music as it circulates between the island, the United States, and other locations. It is also a powerful critique of efforts to define "Cuban music" for ethnographic examination or market...
Parenting with Pride Latino Style
How to Help Your Child Cherish Your Cultural Values and Succeed in Today's World
Language: English
Release Date: May 12, 2009
From a distinguished psychologist, mother, and Latina, Parenting with Pride Latino Style offers the first bicultural child-rearing approach for Latino parents. This groundbreaking book supports families in raising their children with time-honored Hispanic values while incorporating the best that North...
We Love Jenni
An Unauthorized Biography of Jenni Rivera
Language: English
Release Date: February 27, 2013
“We Love Jenni,” is a frank and revealing biography of the late Mexican-American singer Jenni Rivera written by The New York Times best-selling author Marc Shapiro and journalist Charles Vazquez that goes behind the scenes to tell the riveting story of the iconic Latina, who was killed last December...
The Cheap Chica's Guide to Style
Secrets to Shopping Cheap and Looking Chic
Language: English
Release Date: November 5, 2013
Priceless tips and tricks to shopping on a budget, from America’s favorite frugal fashionista
Stylish bargain-hunters have been flocking to Lilliana Vazquez’s CheapChicas.com since 2008 for tips and tricks on how to shop smart, copy their favorite designer looks, and dress chic for less....
by Consuelo Vazquez
Language: English
Release Date: September 9, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: September 9, 2012
Tino Suarez never believed in mermaids—that is, until he found himself up close and personal with one of those temptingly sexy, fish-tailed ladies of the sea. Even more amazing is that this fateful meeting has taken place on dry land, right there in the little Long Island fishing village the brooding...
by Francisco Vazquez de Coronado
Language: English
Release Date: January 23, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: January 23, 2012
Francisco Vazquez de Coronado was born to an affluent family in Salamanca Spain in 1510. Coronado is most famous for his expedition to find the Seven Cities of Gold, starting in 1540. He explored much of the present-day Southwest United States and Northern Mexico. The Journey of Coronado is a fascinating...
by Francisco Vazquez de Coronado
Language: English
Release Date: March 22, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: March 22, 2018
The Journey of Coronado is the history of Francisco Vazquez de Coronado's amazing journey to find the Seven Cities of Gold in what is now the western United States.
by Estela Vazquez Perez
Language: English
Release Date: March 31, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: March 31, 2016
Good Night Evil is a collection of five short stories that transcends time and genres. Each tale is a unique world of fascinating characters and their unforgettable stories.
Embraced by the Cemetery: Will the woman who escaped being hanged at the gallows be delivered from evil in the cemetery?
Amorosa’s...
by Estela Vazquez Perez
Language: English
Release Date: September 16, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: September 16, 2016
After surviving the New Orleans plague of 1853, Victor Montenegro is on a quest to find the coveted treasure of the sunken ship Ana Luisa. The Ana Luisa treasure hunt transports him and ally Ivan Ortiz into a haunted seabed, where they are confronted by the infamous Pirate Goldendeath. Will the battle...
Breaking the Chains, Forging the Nation
The Afro-Cuban Fight for Freedom and Equality, 1812-1912
Language: English
Release Date: April 10, 2019
Breaking the Chains, Forging the Nation offers a new perspective on black political life in Cuba by analyzing the time between two hallmark Cuban events, the Aponte Rebellion of 1812 and the Race War of 1912. In so doing, this anthology provides fresh insight into the ways in which Cubans practiced...
by Consuelo Vazquez
Language: English
Release Date: April 24, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: April 24, 2015
Eric Gardner had been looking forward to a get-away-from-it-all weekend up in the Blue Ridge Mountains. His friend, Lane, offered the use of his parents’ rustic, lakeside cabin, where Eric wants to fish, hike, and get ready for a new start, now that he is once more a bachelor. That’s until he...
by Roland Vazquez
Language: English
Release Date: November 28, 2010
Language: English
Release Date: November 28, 2010
Until now, social scientists studying Spanish politics have focused on party systems, regime transition, and election analysis, and anthropologists studying Spain have largely neglected its political parties. This book is a pathbreaking work of political anthropology and an ethnographic study of the...