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Latin Forum
Books
Top Shelf
Consider stocking your bookcase with some of these
new titles, sure to inspire, inform or entertain.
 Fidel Castro: My Life
A Spoken Autobiography
By Fidel Castro & Ignacio Ramonet
Scribner
$40
This culmination of more than 100 hours of interviews with Ignacio Ramonet spans the dictator’s life from his school days to the Cuban revolution and his dealings as head of state.
 Mongrels, Bastards, Orphans and Vagbonds
Mexican Immigration and the Future of Race in America
By Gregory Rodriguez
Pantheon Books
$26.95
Just as mestizaje blurred racial lines for the Spaniards in colonial Mexico, so are the lines between the races in the United States being blurred, argues Gregory Rodriguez in his insightful tome that examines the evolution of the Mexican immigration.
 LATIN STYLE: Decorating Your Home with Color, Texture, and Passion
By Juan Carlos Arcila-Duque
Photography by Brain Park and Paul Wright
Thomas Nelson
$24.99
A gorgeously illustrated tome, Latin Style goes beyond the typical design book and carefully (and colorfully) demonstrates how to create four Latin lifestyle-inspired decor looks. Each look is impeccable on paper and livable in reality.
 The Book of Sand and Shakespeare’s Memory
By Jorge Luis Borges
Penguin Classics
$14
Borges fans will no doubt clamor for this tome containing both his last major story collection (The Book of Sand) and a few short stories written just before his death (Shakespeare’s Memory).
Both collections are translated into English.
 Simply
Delicioso:
A Collection of Everyday Recipes with a Latin Twist
By Ingrid Hoffman
Clarkson Potter
$32
The Univision/Galavision and Food Network star dishes up some tasty meals in her new book, which delivers 125 recipes. The Colombian-born chef also includes some tips and tricks and a shopping guide.
 The Golden Road: Notes on My
Gentrification
By Caille Millner
Penguin
$14
In this standout coming of age memoir , Millner, an African-American writer takes the reader through her California childhood in a Latino neighborhood and through her experiences at Harvard, London and New York, among others.
 The Flowers
By Dagoberto Gilb
Grove Press
$24
Sonny, 15, encounters a microcosm of the outside world when he moves with his mother and her new husband to The Flowers apartments, as racial tension in the neighborhood explodes.
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