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J Lo's Latest Project: New Book Series for Latina Teens

J Lo's Latest Project: New Book Series for Latina Teens

By Alice Taranto | 08/16/2010 - 15:45 | 2 Comments

South Beach. Jennifer Lopez. Entrepreneurial teens. What do they have in common? They're all themes in the fresh teen book series, Amigas. Written by esteemed Latina author Veronica Chambers, the series was created by...

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What's Inside Ricky Martin’s New Memoir: 'Me'?

By Angie Romero | 08/03/2010 - 10:00 | 3 Comments

Last week Ricky Martin proudly tweeted: "I'm happy to announce that my book titled "ME" will be released and available everywhere on November 2nd." The highly anticipated memoir, to be published simultaneously in Spanish and English by the Hispanic-...

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Book Review: 'Platinum' Gives a Behind-the-Scenes Look at the Lives of Hip Hop Wives

By Angie Romero | 07/17/2010 - 14:00 | 0 Comments

The buzz has been building around award-winning journalist Aliya S. King’s new novel Platinum ($16, amazon.com), about the "glamorous" lives of hip-hop WAGs (wives and girlfriends) for some time now. Having...

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Book Review: Eye of the Mountain God

By Angie Romero | 07/03/2010 - 14:00 | 0 Comments

With the focus all on the southwestern U.S. these days, it seems appropriate to highlight a new thriller set in New Mexico by Penny Rudolph (author of Thicker Than Blood). Titled Eye of the Mountain God ($20, Thomas Dunne Books), Rudolph’s fourth crime novel...

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Nicole Richie: NY Times Bestselling Author?

By Mariela Rosario | 06/28/2010 - 17:00 | 0 Comments

Did you know that Nicole Richie was a NY Times Bestselling author? Yeah, neither did we. But when she announced the release date of her second novel, Priceless, on her blog this weekend, we did a little digging and found out that her freshman effort, The Truth About Diamonds, was quite the success...

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Top 10 Latina Summer Beach Reads

By Mariela Rosario | 06/21/2010 - 16:00 | 1 Comment

Planning on hitting the beach or taking a nice, extended vacay this summer? Is the only thing missing from your bag a perfect beach read? Well, look no further because we've collected the best new books by Latino authors. Check out the list, pick out a book, and kick back for some of most enjoyable reading you can find. 

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Sugar & Baseball

By Angie Romero | 05/21/2010 - 18:00 | 1 Comment

The other day I watched a short from the Columbia University Film Festival about baseball players in the Dominican Republic called The Ballplayer, which, in turn, reminded me of another film which I still rave about to this day: Sugar. Along the same lines, a new book by award-winning author Mark Kurlansky, who is known to find meaningful...

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Extra Lean with Mario Lopez

By Angie Romero | 05/04/2010 - 18:00 | 4 Comments

So the summer is creeping up on us and the one question most of us are asking ourselves is: Are we ready for that bikini yet? Personally the answer is no; but I’m working on that. And I’m really hoping Mario Lopez (yes, Mario Lopez) will help me via his new book, Extra Lean: The Fat-Burning Plan That Changes The Way You Eat For Life...

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