Mexican Comedy

Gustavo Arellano has compiled the best questions about Mexican Americans from readers of his ¡Ask a Mexican!column in California's OC Weekly and uses them to explore the clichés of lowriders, busboys, and housekeepers; drunks and scoundrels; heroes and celebrities; and most important, millions upon millions of law-abiding, patriotic American citizens and their illegal-immigrant cousins who represent some $600 billion in economic power.

Every woman in Millie Delacroix's family is cursed - kind of. Birth control just doesn't work for them. Like ever. Going to the altar knocked up is pretty much a family tradition. And 24-year-old Millie refuses to let that happen to her - again. Especially now that she's responsible for raising her brothers and sister. A life of celibacy is her best defense - at least until the kids are grown and can take care of themselves. And, really, what's 10 years with no sex? No men. No sex. No love. It's a fool-proof plan. Until she meets Luc Valencia.

Topanga Canyon is home to two couples on a collision course. Los Angeles liberals Delaney and Kyra Mossbacker lead an ordered, sushi-and-recycling existence in a newly gated hilltop community: He is a sensitive nature writer, she an obsessive realtor. Mexican illegals Candido and America Rincon desperately cling to their vision of the American Dream as they fight off starvation in a makeshift camp deep in the ravine.

In the court of the “King”, everyone knows their place. But as the Artist wins hearts and egos with his ballads, uncomfortable truths emerge that shake the Kingdom to its core. Part surreal fable and part narco-lit romance, this prize-winning novel from Yuri Herrera questions the price of keeping your integrity in a world ruled by patronage and power.

Con más de cien mil ejemplares vendidos, el fundador del Osho Meditation Center en México nos regala, en esta edición reloaded de su clásico ¡Me vale madres! (sin duda alguna el libro de meditación más original de todos) un nuevo mantra: ¡A huevo!

¿Qué es la hispanidad? ¿Quiénes la componen? ¿Cuál ha sido su influencia y qué huella ha dejado a lo largo de los siglos?

Este libro no es una historia de España o de Portugal, de México, Brasil, Chile, Colombia o Argentina. Esta es una historia sobre el viaje cultural que los hispanos han realizado a lo largo de más de dos mil años, desde la época romana hasta nuestros días.

Fernando Díaz Villanueva, periodista y uno de los más destacados divulgadores históricos, regresa tras los pasos de la Hispanidad para sintetizar y explicar un completo mapa de una de las comunidades...

Holly has given up on dating, but the hot new guy at the office has his eye on her. Too bad he's way too young for her... Nate can’t possibly be interested in a curvy 45-year-old when he can have his pick of women half her age. Or can he? The minute Nate lays eyes on Holly he is done. Done dating. Done playing around. Done looking. He’s finally found the one – he just needs to convince her he’s serious about her and that their age difference doesn’t matter. Holly is determined to keep their relationship professional. As they work together on a holiday party at their company, ...