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Kenny Ortega
Creator
of High School Musical
No one questions Kenny Ortega’s love for
music, dance and cinema. But what about reading? The
“billion-dollar maestro,” his nickname in
Hollywood, is the creator of the worldwide teen phenomenon High School
Musical and choreographer for Miley Cyrus and the Jonas Brothers. Does
this California-born Hispanic have any time to read?
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Paulo
Coelho
Brazilian
author Paulo Coelho broke sacred ground -- and crossed over into
worldwide fame as an author -- with his symbolic masterpiece, The
Alchemist. Since then, Coelho has dedicated his work to the ideal of
helping people to follow their wildest dreams.
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Adan en Eden
(Adam in Eden)
Carlos
Fuentes
Adán Gorozpe is an
upstart, a fact he freely acknowledges. His fortuitous marriage to
Priscila—heiress to powerful businessman Celestino
Holguín—transforms him from a lowly law-school
graduate to an influential attorney, a man who now rules over the lives
of people and extensive properties, a man that is held in the highest
regard.
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Paseo de la Reforma
(Paseo
de la Reforma)
Elena
Poniatowska
Inspired by Elena Garro, a
great character in the Mexican Literature, Paseo de la Reforma reveals
better than any other novel the true personality of Octavio Paz's first
wife.
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(Dreams of a Liberator)
Fermín
Goñi
He was a Venezuelan general,
regarded as a forerunner for the South American emancipation of the
Spanish Empire. He was the creator of the idea of Colombia as a nation.
He participated in three wars for democracy: Independence of the United
States, the French Revolution, in which he was a prominent player, and
for that was awarded the title Hero of the Revolution.
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