Latin Nonfiction

What happens when a sitting president becomes a defendant - and the world does not look away? On January 3rd, power in Venezuela ended not with a speech, an uprising, or an invasion, but with silence. Operation Absolute Resolve is a restrained, forensic account of how Nicolás Maduro was captured, how his system collapsed from the inside, and why this moment signals a shift in the global rules of power. Moving beyond ideology, the book traces the anatomy of a modern collapse - from quiet betrayals and military non-action, to exile, fear, legality, and the uneasy aftermath of survival. ...

Guerrilla Warfare by the revolutionary Ernesto Che Guevara, written in 1960, has become a how-to manual for thousands of guerrilla fighters in various countries around the world. Guevara intended it to be a guidebook on guerrilla warfare, as inspiration for the revolutionary movement. Fascinating to admirers and adversaries alike, he captured the minds of millions with his leadership and his belief in guerrilla warfare as the only effective agent to achieve political change.

Get a look into the mind of Cheech Marin–one half of the renowned Cheech and Chong comedic duo–and follow through the highs and lows of his personal and professional lives. An unborn baby with a fatal heart defect . . . a skier submerged for an hour in a frozen Norwegian lake . . . a...

Scholars persist in framing the Cold War as a battle between left and right, one in which the Global South is cast as either witting or unwitting proxies of Washington and Moscow. What if the era is told from the perspective of the many who preferred reform to revolution? Scholars have routinely neglected, dismissed, or caricatured moderate politicians. In this book, Allen Wells argues that until the Cuban Revolution, the struggle was not between capitalism and communism—that was Washington's abiding preoccupation—but between democracy and dictatorship.

A new audiobook by the Pulitzer Prize–winning writer about the twenty-first-century Latino experience and identity. "Latino" is the most open-ended and loosely defined of the major race categories in the United States. Our Migrant Souls: A Meditation on Race and the Meanings and Myths of...

Written by a prize-winning NPR veteran who spent years covering Latin America, this blend of biography, history, and political reporting details the events that lead to the American invasion of Panama.

A city is not built only with stone. It is built with power, fear, belief—and memory. In Bogotá: A City Written in Stone, historian and storyteller Elena Caro takes readers deep into La Candelaria, the historic heart of Colombia’s capital, to uncover how a city was formed, controlled, broken, and rebuilt across centuries. This is not a guidebook. It is a narrative history—immersive, unsentimental, and vividly human. From the sacred world of the Muisca civilization to Spanish conquest, colonial surveillance, independence, civil wars, and the explosion of violence known as El Bogotazo,...

Emeralds are supposed to symbolize eternity, rebirth, and beauty. In Colombia, they have symbolized something else entirely. For more than five centuries, a single green stone has fueled conquest, slavery, war, cartels, and global corruption—leaving a trail of blood that stretches from remote Andean mines to the glass cases of Fifth Avenue. The Green Curse is the definitive, unflinching history of the world’s most violent gemstone. From the sacred emeralds of the Indigenous Muzo people to the Spanish Crown’s obsession with divine wealth… from colonial slavery and piracy to modern ...

The forgotten war that shaped modern Colombia. The boy who survived it. The man who finally returns home. In The Long Shadow of the Hills, Elena Caro delivers a sweeping narrative of love, loss, and resilience set against one of the most violent—and least understood—periods in Latin American history: La Violencia (1948–1958). When fifteen-year-old Tomás flees his family’s coffee farm after political violence engulfs his village, he believes he is leaving his past behind. Instead, he enters a Colombia tearing itself apart—partisans in blue and red, state-backed death squads, ...

From pre-Columbian fires to Michelin-starred kitchens, Salt and Fire tells the epic story of a nation that cooked its way through conquest, slavery, revolution, and rebirth. Blending history, memory, and flavor, this sweeping narrative reveals how Colombia’s identity was forged not just in battles, but in kitchens. Through every era — Indigenous, African, colonial, and contemporary — food becomes both witness and resistance. Follow the scent of ajiaco simmering in Bogotá, taste the Pacific’s secret curries, hear the drums behind the coastal stews, and step inside the coffee farms ...

Award-winning author Reyna Grande shares her personal experience of crossing borders and cultures in this middle grade adaptation of her memoir, The Distance Between Us—“an important account of the many ways immigration impacts children” (Booklist, starred review). When her parents make...

Almost 10 years before Brown vs. Board of Education, Sylvia Mendez and her parents helped end school segregation in California. An American citizen of Mexican and Puerto Rican heritage who spoke and wrote perfect English, Mendez was denied enrollment to a whites-only school. Her parents took action by organizing the Hispanic community and filing a lawsuit in federal district court. Their success eventually brought an end to the era of segregated education in California.

In this adaptation for middle graders based on her bestselling adult memoir, My Beloved World, Associate Justice of the Supreme Court Sonia Sotomayor's extraordinary life inspires. Her achievement serves as a true testament to the fact that no matter the obstacles, dreams can come true. ...

This edition of Che Guevara's diary of the last year of his life describes Che's efforts to launch a guerrilla insurrection against the military government of Bolivia. It was found in his backpack when he was captured by the Bolivian Army in October 1967.

The fascinating Mexican artist Frida Kahlo is remembered for her self-portraits, her dramatic works featuring bold and vibrant colors. Her work brought attention to Mexican and indigenous culture, and she is also renowned for her works celebrating the female form. Brown's story recounts Frida's beloved pets - two monkeys, a parrot, three dogs, two turkeys, an eagle, a black cat, and a fawn - and playfully considers how Frida embodied many wonderful characteristics of each animal.

**Awards:** New Mexico-Arizona Book Award Finalist, 2024; Royal Dragonfly First Place in Letters, Diaries, and Journals, 2024; Global Book Awards Silver Medalist in Biography and Memoir, 2024; Wishing Shelf Red Ribbon, 2025; Next Generation Indie Book Awards Finalist in Memoir, 2025. Do you want to get away from it all? Meet Kent. Overwhelmed by the indifference of his South Dakota undergraduate students and fed up with American politics of the 1980s, he yearns for a life of adventure. Then, he discovers sailboats. While retirement seems financially out of reach, living on a sailboat opens ...

Don’t Send Me Back! – ICE Arrests from the Victim’s Perspective A Human Story of Fear, Separation, and Survival In the shadows of daily American life, a silent crisis unfolds. Families preparing breakfast, teenagers heading to school, workers finishing a shift — all can be torn apart in seconds by a knock at the door. This book gives voice to the unheard. Through forty deeply personal, fictionalized accounts inspired by real events, readers step into the shoes of immigrants facing the terror of ICE arrests — the panic of handcuffs, the heartbreak of children left behind, the fear ...

Esta nueva edición del diario del Che Guevara del último año de su vida describe los esfuerzos que hace el Che para lanzar una rebelión guerrillera en contra del gobierno militar de Bolivia. Fue encontrado en su mochila cuando el ejercito boliviano lo capturo en octubre de 1967. Nuevamente revisado, ahora incluye "Una introducción necesaria" de Fidel Castro, revelando las mentiras de una edición anterior, preventiva preparada por la C.I.A. para descreditar al Che y la expedición boliviana, así como también la Revolución Cubana en si.

Best-selling and Booker Prize-winning author Salman Rushdie offers incisive, often humorous takes on literature, culture, and world events in this New York Times Notable Book. In these stimulating pieces, Rushdie addresses a variety of subjects, including the death of the novel, India, soccer, and the Rolling Stones.

Follow the life of Luz, a Mexican-American war hero who fought for equality and created the oldest Latino civil rights organization in the United States.