Hispanic Heritage Month - Nonfiction
By: Isabel Allende / Foreword By: Isabel Allende / Narrated By: Cynthia Farrell
Length: 14 hrs and 28 mins
Ah Jeez… it’s like watching sausage getting made… poor Paula
The Lost Recordings
By: Luis Alberto González Arenas, Diego Morales De Murga / Narrated By: Robb Moreira, Thom Rivera, Ozzie Rodriguez, Gabriel Romero, Pietro Gonzalez, Julia Vera Andrews, Frankie Corzo, Rene Veron
Length: 6 hrs and 18 mins
Intricate, Inspiring, Very Well-Done
Life Lessons from a Latino Chef
Written and Narrated By: Aarón Sánchez
Length: 9 hrs and 9 mins
M’ favorite “Chopped” judge!!!
One Mexican Woman’s Journey of Faith, Hope, and Dreams to Join her Children in the USA
By: Edgar H. Hernandez MD / Narrated By: Shihara Austin
Length: 7 hrs and 26 mins
Time Hopping made me dizzy, but this is still a fine tribute to a dearly loved Mama
Migrant Farmworkers in the United States
By: Seth Holmes / Narrated By: Paul Costanzo
Length: 8 hrs and 24 mins
No really, beYONd a Left/Right Issue—this is just a shared humanity, isn’t it?!?
A 6000-Mile Marathon Through North America's Stolen Land
By: Noé Álvarez / Narrated By: Ramón de Ocampo
Length: 5 hrs and 19 mins
Some lovely writing, some good imagery, but an awful lot of negativity in there also makes this painful at times…
Dispatches from the Border
Written and Narrated By: Francisco Cantú
Length: 6 hrs and 30 mins
Often haunting but, ultimately, as muddy as the Rio Grande
The Power of Boundless Compassion
Written and Narrated By: Gregory Boyle
Length: 7 hrs and 35 mins
Whazza? No longer available but through CDs?!? This is a gem, an epic of love hard-won! Beautiful!!!
By: Sonia Sotomayor / Narrated By: Rita Moreno
Length: 12 hrs and 27 mins
Warm, rich with family. May I say that I’m now a fan…?
One Veteran, One Dog, and Their Bold Quest to Change Lives
By: Luis Carlos Montalvan, Ellis Henican / Narrated By: Kevin Free
Length: 8 hrs and 49 mins
Wounds, invisible wounds, love that saves, love that cannot save. This book is perfect to honor the Fallen on Memorial Day…
Four Undocumented Teenagers, One Ugly Robot, and the Battle for the American Dream
By: Joshua Davis / Narrated By: Will Damron
Length: 6 hrs and 51 mins
And the battle goes on and on. And on… So very WOW-ish!
An Extraordinary True Story of Survival at Sea
By: Jonathan Franklin / Narrated By: George Newbern
Length: 7 hrs and 7 mins
If Unbroken’s lost-at-sea gave you nightmares… whoo boy! Try this!
The Making of a Poet
By: Jimmy Santiago Baca / Narrated By: Jackson Gutierrez
Length: 9 hrs and 50 mins
Brutal yet ultimately beautiful
A Cross-Border Memoir
Written and Narrated By: Jean Guerrero
Length: 12 hrs and 6 mins
Oh UGH!!! Where to start? Where to start?
How One Small Mexican-American Community Gave So Much in World War II and Korea
By: Carlos Harrison / Narrated By: Robert Fass
Length: 9 hrs and 15 mins
A very good overview of two wars; I just wish it had more about those ghosts
By: John Tirman / Narrated By: Jim Sartor
Length: 8 hrs and 40 mins
Since when have human rights and dignity been left or right issues?
Written and Narrated By: Luis Carlos Montalvan
Length: 8 hrs and 3 mins
Iraq, PTSD, physical disabilities, and Tuesday
A True Story
Written and Narrated By: Luis Alberto Urrea
Length: 8 hrs and 53 mins
Brutal yet humane account; exquisitely written, exquisitely narrated
The Power of Radical Kinship
Written and Narrated By: Gregory Boyle
Length: 7 hrs and 55 mins
Pondering theology one gang member at a time