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The Aguero Sisters

The Aguero Sisters

by Cristina Garcia

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First Edition
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Hardcover
ISBN 13
9780679450900
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0679450904
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New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1997. BX2 - A first edition (stated) hardcover book SIGNED by Cristina Garcia on the title page in very good condition in very good dust jacket. Book has remainder mark on the top, dust jacket and book have some bumped corners, light discoloration and shelf wear. A novel about two Cuban sisters who have been estranged for 30 years.One smuggled herself off the island in 1962 and the other still lives in Cuba and is a devoted daughter of the revolution. It is the story about the power of family myth to mask, transform, and, finally, reveal the truth. The author has been a Gugenheim Fellow, a Hodder Fellow, and the recipient of a Whiting Wrigers' Award. 8.75"x6", 300 pages. Satisfaction Guaranteed.. Signed by Author. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Remainder.
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The Aguero Sisters

The Aguero Sisters

by Cristina Garcia

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Edition
9th Printing
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Paperback
ISBN 13
9780345406514
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0345406516
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New York: One World, 1997. BX2 - A 9th printing paperback book SIGNED by Cristina Garcia on the title page in very good condition that has some bumped corners, light discoloration and shelf wear. A novel about two Cuban sisters who have been estranged for 30 years.One smuggled herself off the island in 1962 and the other still lives in Cuba and is a devoted daughter of the revolution. It is the story about the power of family myth to mask, transform, and, finally, reveal the truth. 8"x5.25", 300 pages. Satisfaction Guaranteed.. Signed by Author. 9th Printing. Paperback. Very Good/No Jacket as Issued. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.
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The Ballad of Gato Guerrero

The Ballad of Gato Guerrero

by Manuel Ramos

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Used - Good
Edition
First Edition
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Hardcover
ISBN 13
9780312109356
ISBN 10
0312109350
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New York: St. Martin's Press, 1994. BX5 - An ex-library first edition first printing hardcover book SIGNED by Manuel Ramos on the title page in good condition in good dust jacket that is mylar protected. Dust jacket has label on the spine, wrinkling, chipping, crease and some tears on the edges and corners, inside flaps adhered to the fixed endpapers, light discoloration and shelf wear. Book has library markings (labels, stamping, cardholder, etc.), some bumped corners and cover edgewear, lightly cocked, light discoloration and shelf wear. This is a sequal to the Author's "The Ballad of Rocky Ruiz" and continues the author's use of the world of Chicano culture and history. The main character is the Denver lawyer Luis Montez who is reviving his career and keeping out of trouble. An old friend asks for his help though and he ends up in the middle of several messes. His efforts take him from the barrio, bars, and courtrooms of Denver to the casinos of Central City, to the rural San… Read More
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Billy
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Billy

by French, Albert

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Used - Good
Edition
2nd Printing
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Hardcover
ISBN 13
9780670850136
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0670850136
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New York, New York, U.S.A.: Viking/Penguin Group, 1993. BZ2 - A hard cover 2nd printing withdrawn ex-library book in good+ to very good- condition with a dust jacket in very good condition. A tight, clean, sound copy in gray paper covered boards quarter bound in white cloth with silver lettering and graphics on the spine with minor overall shelf wear with some tape staining on the outside surfaces of the front and back boards from where the dust jacket endflaps were taped to the boards plus there are the usual library stamps and labels on the top and bottom outside paper edges, the front free endpaper, the title page, and the copyright page plus the book is very slightly shelf cocked plus there is some very, very light glue residue on the front free endpaper from a library pocket. The dust jacket shows very minor overall shelf wear plus it is still in the original library mylar sleeve. A novel set in 1930s Mississippi about the death of a girl in an accident and the state's killing of one… Read More
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Breath, Eyes, Memory
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Breath, Eyes, Memory

by Danticat, Edwidge

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Paperback
ISBN 13
9780375705045
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037570504X
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New York, New York, USA: Random House, 1998. BZ3 - A trade paperback book in very good- condition. A tight, clean, sound copy in color wraps wtih minor overall wear plus some light creasing on the front cover. The main character is a young girl who, at the age of 12, is sent from her poor town in Haiti to live with her mother in New York. She discovers a legacy of shame that requires she return to Haiti to heal from. By the author of "Krik? Krak!" 234p. . Trade Paperback. Good/No Jacket as Issued. 5.25"x8".
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A Day Late and a Dollar Short
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A Day Late and a Dollar Short

by McMillan, Terry

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Used - Very Good
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Hardcover
ISBN 13
9780670896769
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0670896764
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New York, NY, U.S.A.: Viking Penguin, 2001. CB6 - An unread, tight, clean, sound copy in black paper covered boards with gold lettering on the spine with very minor overall shelf wear. The dust jacket is in very good+ condition with very minor overall shelf wear mainly in the form very slight edge wear around the spine top and bottom edges. A book about a large, cantankerous but deeply loving family in which there is no dysfunction that cannot be overcome with a bit of work, love, talk and of course advise. 379p.. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 5.75"x8.5". Book Club (BCE/BOMC).
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The Devil, Delfina Varela and the Used Chevy : Which Examines Delfina Varela's Puzzling Pact with the Devil, the Plaintive Love Story of Ruiz Lopez Mondragon, & the Doomed Hispanic Political Dream of Manuel Caballos

by Robinson, Louie G.

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Paperback
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New York, New York, USA: Doubleday, 1993. CC5 - A first edition advance reading copy (ARC)/uncorrected proof book in very good+ condition with no dust jacket as issued (trade paperback). An as new, unread, tight, clean, sound copy in color wraps with only very, very minor overall shelf wear. A funny and authentic novel of Mexican American life in San Francisco's Mission District. It is about a loose circle of middle-class Mexican Americans and their close-knit community. They are all determined to get a part of the American dream for themselves. The main character is an aging widow who is determined to own a car even if she has to sell her soul to the Devil to get it. 84p.. Trade Paperback. Very Good/No Jacket as Issued. 5.25"x8". Advance Reading Copy (ARC).
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Disappearing Moon Cafe
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Disappearing Moon Cafe

by Lee, Sky

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Used - Good
Edition
First American Edition
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Hardcover
ISBN 13
9781878067128
ISBN 10
1878067125
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Seattle, Washington, USA: Seal Press, 1990. CC5 - A tight, clean copy in color wraps with very minor overall shelf wear but with the front free endpaper removed as part of the library's withdrawal process plus there are the usual library stamps and pocket on the top, bottom, and right outside paper edges, the front freepaper, and the title page. The dust jacket shows only very minor overall shelf wear with some very, very light fading on the spine plus there is some very, very light edge wear along the top and bottom spine edges plus it is still in the original library mylar sleeve. . First American Edition. Hard Cover. Good/Good. 5.75"x8.75". Ex-Library.
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Eating Chinese Food Naked
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Eating Chinese Food Naked

by Ng, Mei

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Used - Good
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Paperback
ISBN 13
9780671011451
ISBN 10
0671011456
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New York, New York, USA: Washington Square Press/Pocket Books, 1998. CE1 - A trade paperback withdrawn ex-library book in good+ to very good- condition. A tight, clean, sound copy in black and white photo illustrated red wraps with minor overall shelf wear with some yellowing of the paper edges plus there is a clear plastic lamination applied to the covers plus there are the usual library stamps and pocket on the top, bottom, and right outside paper edges, the inside surface of the front cover, and title page. This is a title in the publisher's WSP Reading Group Guide series. A novel about a young woman back home after graduating from Columbia University. She is restless and deals with her internal conflicts by returning to the bed of her on-again and off-again boyfriend or else wandering from café to café in Manhattan. 252p.. Trade Paperback. Good/No Jacket as Issued. 5.5"x8.5". Ex-Library.
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The Empress of the Splendid Season
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The Empress of the Splendid Season

by Hijuelos, Óscar

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Paperback
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9780060928704
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0060928700
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New York, New York, USA: Harper Perennial/HarperCollins Publishers, 2000. CE2 - A trade paperback book in very good- condition. A tight, clean, sound copy in color wraps with very minor overall shelf wear primarily in the form of some yellowing on the outside paper edges plus there are two staple holes on the front cover plus there is one dogeared page. A book about the joys, desires, and disappointments of assimilation into American life witnessed through the experience of a formerly prosperous Cuban émigré who is now a cleaning woman in New York city. This is a New York Time Notable Book. The author is a winner of the Pulitzer Prize, a Rome Fellowship of the American Academy and Institute of Arts and Letters, and a grant from the National endowment for the Arts. By the author of "The Mambo Kings Play Songs of Love," "Our House in the Last World," "the Fourteen Sisters of Emilio Montez O'Brien," and "Mr. Ives' Christmas." 342p.. Trade… Read More
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A Feather on the Breath of God: A Novel

A Feather on the Breath of God: A Novel

by Nunez, Sigrid

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Used - Very Good
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Paperback
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New York, New York, U.S.A.: HarperCollins Publishers, 1995. CE2 - A first edition advance reading copy (ARC)/uncorrected proof book in very good condition with no dust jacket as issued (trade paperback). An unread, tight, clean, sound copy in color illustrated white wraps with very minor overall shelf wear with some light yellowing of the paper plus there is a light crease on the front cover. This is the author's first novel. It is a story about a young woman who looks back to the world of her immigrant parents: a Chinese-Panamanian father and a German mother who meet in postwar Germany and settle in New York. She grows up in a jousing project in the 1950s and 1960s, escaping into dreams inspired by her parent's stories and her own reading. Years later while she is working as an English instructor and becomes involved with a Russian immigrant. As his English improves, she is drawn to him while at the same time she is frightened by his revelations about his own difficult past. The author is a… Read More
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Goodbye, Saigon

by Vida, Nina

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Paperback
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New York, New York, USA: Crown Publishers, Inc., 1994. CG3 - A first edition advance reading copy (ARC)/uncorrected proof book in very good condition with no dust jacket as issued (trade paeprback). An unread, tight, clean, sound copy in color wraps with only very minor overall shelf wear. The story is set in Little Saigon, Westminster, California. Two female refugees, one from wartime Vietnam and one from a personal hell, join together to forge an independent future in the violent, volatile world of Little Saigon. 282p.. Trade Paperback. Very Good/No Jacket as Issued. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Advance Reading Copy (ARC).
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In Search of Bernabe
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In Search of Bernabe

by Limon, Graciela

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Used - Good
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Hardcover
ISBN 13
9781558850736
ISBN 10
1558850732
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Houston, Texas, USA: Arte Publico Press, 1993. BF1 - A hard cover library rebound withdrawn ex-library book good+ to very good- condition with no dust jacket. This is a trade paperback book that has been library rebound into a hard cover format. A tight, clean, sound copy in clear plastic laminated color printed paper covered boards with very minor overall shelf wear with some fading on the spine plus there are the usual library stamps, labels, and pocket on the fornt board, the top outside paper edges, the copyright page, and the back free endpaper. A family saga about a woman serching for her son from whom she was separated in El Salvador during the chaos that followed the assassination of Archibishop Romero. Her travels take her through Mexico, into Southern California, and back again to El Salvador. 164p.. Hard Cover. Good/No Jacket as Issued. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Ex-Library.
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The Little Phoenix
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The Little Phoenix

by Ling-chi, Wang

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Used - Very Good
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Paperback
ISBN 13
9780533132966
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0533132967
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New York, NY, U.S.A.: Vantage Press, Incorporated, 2000. BW4 - A trade paperback book in very good+ condition. An unread, tight, clean, sound copy in monochrome illustrated black, red, and white wraps with only very minor overall shelf wear. A novel about a girl who is sent by her parents to her grandfather in Hong Kong in order for her to have a better chance in life. He teacher Kung Fu and, after graduating from school, she is sent to her Aunt in the United States for more education. At college, the football coach discovers that she is a fast runner and she begins to play football on a college team. By the author of "Chinese Tea Culture," "Grass Fortune," and "Heavenly Clockwork." 168p.. Trade Paperback. Very Good/No Jacket as Issued. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.
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Pieces of Gold

Pieces of Gold

by Mosny, Nancy Young

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Used - Very Good
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Paperback
ISBN 13
9780553380200
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0553380206
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New York, New York, USA: Bantam Books, 1999. BD3 - A trade paperback withdrawn ex-library book in good+ to very good- condition. A tight, clean, sound copy in color wraps with very minor overall shelf wear with heavy clear plastic lamination applied to the covers plus there are the usual library stamps and label on the back cover, the top outside paper edges, the front endpaper, and the title page. A novel about a Chinese-American family. The mother who left everything behind to build a new life has been a pillar of strength to her family. A stroke hits though and her daughter discovers that she has the strength to hold the family together. As her mother struggles to relearn the simplest tasks, the daughter discovers the many ways she is joined to her mother. 212p.. Trade Paperback. Very Good/No Jacket as Issued. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Ex-Library.
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A Shroud in the Family
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A Shroud in the Family

by Garcia, Lionel G.

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Used - Very Good
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Paperback
ISBN 13
9780934770712
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0934770719
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Houston, Texas, USA: Arte Publico Press, 1987. BF3 - A trade paperback book, probably a first paperback edition, in very good condition. A tight, clean, sound copy in black and white photo illustrated wraps with minor overall shelf wear plus plus some light chipping to the front, bottom and top right corners. This book looks at a family history that demythologizes the nationalistic saga of Texas. The Texas Revolution is evoked through familial memories and symbols, such as the Shroud of Tamaulipas. But the full concentration of this novel actually ends up centered on present-day Houston and the main character who is dogged by Mexican American social and political problems and by a debilitating identity crisis. A satire on modern life that leaves no stone unturned. 319p.. Trade Paperback. Very Good/No Jacket as Issued. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.
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Tripmaster Moniey: His Fake Book
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Tripmaster Moniey: His Fake Book

by Kingston, Maxine Hong

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Used - Very Good
Edition
3rd Printing
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Hardcover
ISBN 13
9780394568317
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0394568311
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New York, New York, USA: Alfred A. Knopf, 1989. BH6 - An as new, tight, clean, sound copy with only minor overall shelf wear plus some very minor bumping of the top right corners. The dust jacket is in very good+ condition with only very minor overall shelf wear. A novel of San Francisco of the 1960s and its life of youth and art. The hero is a young Chinese American, six feet tall, skinny, hip, an unstoppable, word-drunk playwright, poet and talker. His dream is to write and stage a huge and impossible version of several interwoven Chinese novels and folktales. The story of his journey through an American time as fantastic as his ambition, almost surreal and charged with the spectacle and violence of Chinese "talk-story". by the author of "The Woman Warrior," winner of the National Book Critics Circle Award, and "China Men". 340p.. 3rd Printing. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.
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