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Publications for and about Hispanic Americans

May is Latino Books Month, a time to read and learn about Hispanic issues. To help encourage people to read books by and for Latinos, the United States Government Printing Office offers for sale the following useful publications in Spanish and English.

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Bienvenidos a los Estados Unidos: Guia Para Inmigrantes Nuevos

Publisher: Homeland Security Dept., U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services

Description: This publication contains basic information to help immigrants settle in the United States. It provides a general summary of rights, responsibilities, and procedures related to permanent residents. It also summarizes important information about legal status and agencies and organizations that provide documents or essential services.

Year/Pages: 2007: 100 p.; ill.

Price: $10.00 Add To Cart

Welcome to the United States: A Guide for New Immigrants, 2007

Publisher: Homeland Security Dept., U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services

Description: This publication contains basic information to help immigrants settle in the United States. It provides a general summary of rights, responsibilities, and procedures related to permanent residents. It also summarizes important information about legal status and agencies and organizations that provide documents or essential services.

Year/Pages: 2007: 122 p.; ill. revised ed.

Price: $10.00 Add To Cart

Minerals Yearbook, 2008, V. 3: Area Reports: International, Latin America and Canada

Publisher: Interior Dept., Geological Survey

Description: Contains the latest mineral data on the countries of Latin America and Canada. It discusses the importance of minerals to the economies of these nations. Includes production and industry structure tables, information about government policies and programs, and an outlook section.

Year/Pages: 2010: 208 p.

Price: $37.00 Add To Cart

Beneficios Federales Para Veteranos Sus Dependientes y Sobrevivientes, 2010

Publisher: Veterans Affairs Dept.

Description: Describes federal benefits available to veterans and their dependents as of January 1, 2010.

Year/Pages: 2010: 189 p.

Price: $5.00

Federal Benefits for Veterans, Dependents and Survivors, 2010

Publisher: Veterans Affairs Dept.

Description: Describes federal benefits available to veterans and their dependents as of January 1, 2010.

Year/Pages: 2010: 177 p.

Price: $5.00

Hispanic Americans in Congress, 1822-1995 (Clothbound)

Publisher: Congress, Joint Committee on Printing

Description: Provides a brief biography of every Hispanic American who served in Congress, along with their pictures, from Jose Manuel Gellegos, elected as a Delegate from the New Mexico Territory in 1853, through Romualdo Pacheco, who began serving in 1877 as the first Hispanic Representative to Congress, to the array of Senators and Representatives elected in the 20th century. These clear and concise profiles illustrate each Member's contributions to the United States Government from the pre-Civil war era until the 1990's.

Year/Pages: 1995: 144 p.; ill.

Price: $8.50 Add To Cart

Hispanic Americans in Congress, 1822-1995 (Paperbound)

Publisher: Congress, Joint Committee on Printing

Description: Provides a brief biography of every Hispanic American who served in Congress, along with their pictures, from Jose Manuel Gellegos, elected as a Delegate from the New Mexico Territory in 1853, through Romualdo Pacheco, who began serving in 1877 as the first Hispanic Representative to Congress, to the array of Senators and Representatives elected in the 20th century. These clear and concise profiles illustrate each Member's contributions to the United States Government from the pre-Civil war era until the 1990's.

Year/Pages: 1995: 144 p.; ill.

Price: $6.00 Add To Cart

Forts of Old San Juan: San Juan National Historic Site, Puerto Rico

Publisher: Interior Dept., National Park Service, Division of Publications

Description: Tells the story of the evolution of the defenses of San Juan, Puerto Rico, and the role they played in helping to safeguard Spanish possessions in the Caribbean from the 16th to the 19th centuries.

Year/Pages: 1995: 80 p.; ill.

Price: $13.00 Add To Cart

El Camino Hacia una Vida Saludable Basada en las Guias Alimenticias para los Estadounidenses = The Road to a Healthy Life Based on the Dietary Guidelines for Americans (Bilingual Spanish and English)

Publisher: Health and Human Services Dept., Office of Disease Prevention ad Health Promotion

Description: This brochure is a bilingual guidebook, developed in Spanish, based on the Dietary Guidelines for Americans, and also translated into English. Sold in packages of 25 copies under this stock number.

Year/Pages: 2008: 28 p.; ill.

Price: $82.00 Add To Cart

Etica Comercial: Manual Sobre La Administracion De Una Empresa Comercial Responsable

Publisher: Commerce Dept., International Trade Administration

Description: Spanish version of: Business Ethics, A Manual for Managing a Responsible Business Enterprise in Emerging Market Economies. This manual explores how a business ethics program helps owners, managers, and their professional advisers build an enterprise to meet emerging global standards of responsible business conduct. It builds on three essential concepts to help busy owners and managers design and implement business ethics programs for their unique enterprises.

Year/Pages: 2009: 365 p.

Price: $44.00 Add To Cart

Las Drogas, El Cerebro y El Comportamiento: La Ciencia De La Adiccion

Publisher: Health and Human Services Dept., National Institute on Drug Abuse

Description: Spanish language edition of: Drugs, Brain, and Behavior, The Science of Addiction. This booklet provides scientific information about the disease of drug addiction, including the many harmful consequences of drug abuse and the basic approaches that have been developed to prevent and treat the disease.

Year/Pages: 2008: 32 p.; ill.

Price: $4.25

La Guia Piramide de Alimentos My Pyramid For Preschoolers, Spanish Mini Poster

Publisher: Agriculture Dept., Food and Nutrition Service

Description: Promotes healthy eating habits for preschoolers. Sold in packages of 10 only.

Year/Pages: 2009: Poster.

Price: $5.00

MyPyramid for Preschoolers (Mini Poster)

Publisher: Agriculture Dept., Food and Nutrition Service

Description: Promotes healthy eating habits for preschoolers. Sold in packages of 10 only.

Year/Pages: 2009: Poster, 8.5 X 11 IN,

Price: $5.00

Proteja su Familia Contra el Plomo en su Hogar

Publisher: Environmental Protection Agency

Description: Discusses how to recognize and prevent lead hazards in the home, especially from painted surfaces and from water. It includes telephone numbers, web addresses, and postal addresses of regional offices to contact for more information. Sold in packages of 50 copies only.

Year/Pages: 2003: 13 p.; ill.

Price: $55.50 Add To Cart

Manual Para el Manejo de Incidentes / Servicios de Guardacostas

Publisher: Homeland Security Dept., Coast Guard

Description: Spanish version of: Coast Guard Incident Management Handbook assists Coast Guard personnel in response to oil spills, search and rescue operations and other emergency situations.

Year/Pages: 2006: 368 p.

Price: $22.00 Add To Cart

United States Army and the War With Spain (CD-ROM)

Publisher: Defense Dept., Army, Center of Military History

Description: Contains thousands of documents on the Spanish-American War, in a searchable format, included in the two-volume Correspondence Relating to the War with Spain, which the Army first published in 1902. CD-ROM and booklet in plastic case.

Year/Pages: 2004: CD-ROM and booklet in plastic case.

Price: $22.50 Add To Cart

Constitucion de los Estados Unidos y La Declaracion de la Independencia

Publisher: Homeland Security Dept., U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services

Description: Spanish language version of: United States Constitution and Declaration of Independence. Translation of the 1992 Bicentennial of the U.S. Constitution edition. Includes an index.

Year/Pages: 1992: 50 p. repr.

Price: $3.25 Add To Cart

Declaration of Independence and Constitution of the United States

Publisher: Homeland Security Dept., U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services

Description: Translation of the 1992 Bicentennial of the U.S. Constitution edition. Includes an index.

Year/Pages: 2008: 60 p.

Price: $3.00 Add To Cart

Evitemos Fuegos con Sesame Street: Colorea y Aprende

Publisher: Homeland Security Dept., Federal Emergency Management Agency

Description: Spanish version of: Sesame Street Fire Safety Station Color and Learn. Sesame Street trademark characters Elmo, Cookie Monster, and Telly teach young children and families about fire safety, hot and cold, and what to do when you hear a smoke alarm. It includes ideas for mapping emergency escape routes from your home or apartment and a few safety rhymes that can be sung.

Year/Pages: 2009: 8 p.; ill.

Price: $1.00 Add To Cart

Sesame Street Fire Safety Station: Color and Learn

Publisher: Homeland Security Dept., Federal Emergency Management Agency

Description: Sesame Street trademark characters Elmo, Cookie Monster, and Telly teach young children and families about fire safety, hot and cold, and what to do when you hear a smoke alarm. It includes ideas for mapping emergency escape routes from your home or apartment and a few safety rhymes that can be sung.

Year/Pages: 2009: 8 p.; ill.

Price: $1.00 Add To Cart

Perspectivas Sobre Estrategia Maritima: Ensayos de las Amricas, la Nueva Estrategia Martima de EE UU y Comentario Sobre Una Estrategia Cooperativa Para el Poder Naval en el Siglo XXI

Publisher: Defense Dept., Navy, Naval War College

Description: Spanish version of: Perspectives on Maritime Strategy: Essays from the Americas, the New U.S. Maritime Strategy, and Commentary on A Cooperative Strategy for 21st Century Seapower. Collects and translates into Spanish a set of essays written by Western Hemisphere naval commentators (mostly South American senior naval officers) on the 2007 U.S. maritime strategy during its preparation, as well as several articles by international authors written after the maritime strategy's issuance. All have previously appeared in English by the Naval War College Press.

Year/Pages: 2009: 250 p.; ill.

Price: $23.00 Add To Cart

Think Toy Safety Coloring Book : For Kids Sake = Piense en Juguetes Seguros Libro de Colorear : por el Bien de los Ninos

Publisher: Consumer Product Safety Commission

Description: This bilingual coloring book for small children provides safety tips on playing with toys.

Year/Pages: 2004: 11 p.; ill.

Price: $5.00 Add To Cart

Castillo De San Marcos: A Guide to Castillo de San Marcos National Monument, Florida

Publisher: Interior Dept., National Park Service, Division of Publications

Description: Provides a history of the Castillo de San Marcos, including the events that led up to the decision to build the fort. Also describes historic sites in St. Augustine and other areas related to Spanish Florida.

Year/Pages: 1994: 66 p.; ill.

Price: $7.00 Add To Cart

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