Audiobooks narrated by Gustavo Rex

"Here is the dramatic coming-of-age graphic novel memoir of 12-year-old Carlos (who would grow up to become the author's father), his life during the Cuban Revolution, and his family's harrowing escape to America. A Boston Globe-Horn Book Award Winner • A Graphic Novels and Comics Round Table (GNCRT) Outstanding Comics Award Honor for Best Children's Nonfiction ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR: NPR, Publishers Weekly, Horn Book, School Library Journal Carlos, who lives in a small town in the Cuban countryside, loves to play baseball with his best friend, Alvaro, and to shoot home-made slingshots with his abuelo. One day, a miracle happens: Carlos' father, his papi, wins the lottery! He uses the money to launch his own furniture business and to move the family to a big house in the city. Carlos hates having to move -- hates leaving Abuelo and Alvaro behind -- and hates being called country kid at his new school. But the pains of moving and middle school turn out to be the least of his problems. When rebel leader Fidel Castro overthrows the existing Cuban president, the entire country is thrust into revolution. Then, suddenly, Papi disappears. Carlos' mother tells him that Papi has gone to America, and that they will soon join him. But Carlos really doesn't want to leave Cuba, the only home he's ever known. Besides, how will they get to America when Castro's soldiers are policing their every move? Will Carlos ever see his father again? This powerful book about a boy coming of age amid massive political upheaval tells a timeless story of one family's quest for freedom and for a new place to call home."

Daniel Miyares (Author), Annette Amelia Oliveira, Daniel Miyares, Demi Deaguiar, Emmanuel Chumaceiro, Gary Tiedemann, Giordan Diaz, Gustavo Rex, Marisa Blake, Robb Moreira, Veronica Thames (Narrator)

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Our House in the Last World: A Novel

"A first-generation Cuban son comes of age in the debut--and most autobiographical--novel by the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of The Mambo Kings Play Songs of Love. Winner of the Ingram Merrill Foundation Award and the Rome Prize Hector Santinio is the younger son of Alejo and Mercedes, who moved to New York from Cuba in the mid-1940s. The family of four shares their modest apartment with extended relatives in Harlem, where homesickness and nostalgia are dispelled by nights of dancing and raucous parties. But life's realities are nevertheless harsh in the Santinio family's adoptive land. When Mercedes takes Hector and his brother to visit Cuba, to better know her culture, Hector contracts a serious illness that leads to a terrifying period of hospitalization back in the United States where, isolated from his family, he loses much of his ability to speak Spanish. And it is this fracturing that sparks a lifelong quest to not only reconcile his Cuban identity with his American one, but to also understand his parents' ambitions and anxieties within the country at large. In this profoundly moving account of immigrant life, Oscar Hijuelos displays, once again, his mastery over both character and language-and sets readers on an unforgettable journey of hope, longing, and self-discovery. Includes a Reading Group Guide."

Oscar Hijuelos (Author), Gustavo Rex, Jason Canela, Junot Díaz (Narrator)

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Mambo Kings Play Songs of Love: A Novel

"The Pulitzer Prize winning modern classic of two Cuban musician brothers during the mambo-filled nights of 50's New York from literary trailblazer, Oscar Hijuelos. It's 1949 and two young Cuban musicians make their way from Havana to the grand stage of New York City. It is the era of mambo, and the Castillo brothers, workers by day, become stars of the dance halls by night, where their orchestra plays the lush, sensuous, pulsing music that earns them the title of the Mambo Kings. This is their moment of youth, exuberance, love, and freedom―a golden time that decades later is remembered with nostalgia and deep affection. Hijuelos's portrait of the Castillo brothers, their families, their fellow musicians and lovers, their triumphs and tragedies, recreates the sights and sounds of an era in music and an unsung moment in American life. Exuberantly celebrated from the moment it was published in 1989, The Mambo Kings Play Songs of Love won the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction in 1990 (making Hijuelos the first Hispanic recipient of the award). It remains a perennial bestseller, and the story's themes of cultural fusion and identity are as relevant today as they were over 30 years ago, proving Hijuelos's novel to be a genuine and timeless classic. Includes a Reading Group Guide."

Oscar Hijuelos (Author), Betsy Foldes Meiman, Gustavo Rex, Jason Canela (Narrator)

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A Sea between Us: The True Story of a Man Who Risked Everything for Family and Freedom

"This is the harrowing true story of Yosely Pereira, the love of his life, Taire, and their incredible fight to escape the brutal bonds of communist Cuba. Ninety miles lay between their island prison and their dreams. But crossing those miles was only the beginning of this gripping journey. After building a boat and enduring the Florida Straits, Yosely secured his freedom, but his own escape was not enough. Taire and their two young children still needed to be rescued. A story of a harrowing journey fueled by love, A Sea Between Us celebrates the strength of the human spirit and the transcendent power of love."

Billy Ivey, Yosely Pereira (Author), Gustavo Rex (Narrator)

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Sand and Blood: America's Stealth War on the Mexico Border

"A damning portrait of the U.S.-Mexico border, where militaristic fantasies are unleashed, violent technologies are tested, and immigrants are targeted. Over the past three decades, U.S. immigration and border security policies have turned the southern states into conflict zones, spawned a network of immigrant detention centers, and unleashed an army of ICE agents into cities across the country. As award-winning journalist John Carlos Frey reveals in this groundbreaking book, the war against immigrants has been escalating for decades, fueled by defense contractors and lobbyists seeking profits and politicians--Republicans and Democrats alike--who relied on racist fear-mongering to turn out votes. After 9/11, while Americans' attention was trained on the Middle East and the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, the War on Terror was ramping up on our own soil--aimed not at terrorists but at economic migrants, refugees, and families from South and Central America seeking jobs, safety, and freedom in the U.S. But we are no safer. Instead, families are being ripped apart, undocumented people are living in fear, and thousands of migrants have died in detention or crossing the border. Taking readers to the Border Patrol outposts, unmarked graves, detention centers, and halls of power, Sand and Blood is a frightening, essential story we must not ignore."

John Carlos Frey (Author), Gustavo Rex (Narrator)

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[Spanish] - El Tono Universal: Mi Historia en la Luz

"The intimate and long-awaited memoir of guitar legend Carlos Santana In the realm of guitar gods, Santana stands alone for what's come to be called his 'universal tone'-both the fact that you can recognize a Santana song from just one note and the fact that Santana is well known to believe music and soul are interconnected. In the category of major rock memoirs yet undone, this is at the top-a big autobiography by one of the most mysterious and influential musicians of the last 50 years. From growing up dirt poor in Mexico and suffering abuse to becoming a lowly dishwasher in the US with a hot guitar hand, to a person whom you might almost think is perpetually in a state of nirvana or at least bliss, this is the story of a fascinating man who brings the ideal combination of storytelling gold and a major marketing machine. This is one of the most sensory (and sensual) major rock bios you'll ever read. His voice comes through, it's deeply honest and frank, and from imagining the wisps of smoke from a long gone Miles Davis before Carlos's shows to describing the depths of his connection to sound, Santana brings a remarkable book to his huge following this fall."

Carlos Santana (Author), Gustavo Rex (Narrator)

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[Spanish] - Su mejor vida ahora: Siete pasos para vivir a su máximo potencial

"Lo que crea de sí mismo hoy puede determinar lo que será mañana...para bien o para mal. Bajo esta premisa, el pastor Osteen reta a los cristianos en su libro Tu mejor vida ahora, a cambiar sus inseguridades por la imagen propia de Dios. Descubra las fuerzas y habilidades innatas y cómo avanzar para obtener salud, abundancia, importancia y éxito. En este libro, Osteen revela siete pasos para mejorar nuestra vida en donde se podrá vivir con alegría, paz y entusiasmo, no sólo por un día o una semana, pero por el resto de nuestra vida. Dios nos llevará a lugares donde nunca hemos pensado y empezaremos a vivir nuestra mejor vida ahora. ¿Qué nos enseña Joel Osteen en su libro? Nos muestra siete pasos que nos ayudarán a tener una vida mejor: - Uno: Ensanchar nuestra visión - Dos: Desarrollar una autoestima saludable - Tres: Descubrir el poder de sus pensamientos y sus palabras - Cuatro: Dejar ir el pasado - Cinco: Encontrar fortaleza en medio de la adversidad - Seis: Vivir para dar - Siete: Escoger ser feliz Puntos claves: - El autor es un pastor reconocido de una de las iglesias más grandes en los EE.UU. y donde Marcos Witt es el pastor principal de la iglesia hispana de Lakewood Church - Está diseñado para todo aquel que quiera vivir una vida cristiana plena - Nos enseña a poder desarrollar nuestro potencial a toda capacidad si estamos dispuestos"

Joel Osteen (Author), Gustavo Rex (Narrator)

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