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When Gray Eagleson remembers the strap, it brings back horrific images of pain, suffering and humiliation in the public school system. Financially strapped and broken-hearted, he decides a trip to Ecuador, the most bio-diverse country on the planet, is exactly what he needs to take his mind off his problems.

En el año 1512, un navío español procedente de la primera colonia asentada en Tierra Firme regresa a la isla La Española. Tras naufragar en la costa jamaicana, veinte supervivientes, entre hombres y mujeres, se ven arrastrados por una tormenta hasta la península de Yucatán, donde son...

Havana, Cuba. December 1958. Two brothers find themselves on opposite sides of Castro’s revolution. One dark night, after rescuing a leader of the revolt under house arrest, one brother finds himself hunted. The other, an influential attorney, must make a choice. Help his brother, placing the whole family at risk, or let Batista’s forces capture him. His decision will haunt them both for the rest of their lives.

Un escritor recibe la noticia de la muerte del que fue su maestro como periodista y con el que, a pesar de no verse apenas ya, mantenía una amistad inquebrantable. Después del funeral, alguien le hace llegar de manera anónima un ejemplar de una novela que publicó el fallecido cuando era joven, un libro que prohibió la censura y que todos creían desaparecido.

Tradotti per la prima volta in Italiano, i racconti di Fabio Fernandes – tra indagini su libri enigmatici, incubi post-cyberpunk, bizzarre ricerche genealogiche e scenari che avvicinano la Singolarità tecnologica – aprono uno squarcio illuminante sullo stato dell’arte della fantascienza brasiliana e, più in generale, sulla narrativa di speculazione proveniente dal Sud America.

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...

Río Salado es una población pesquera que muere lentamente y dentro de ella sus pobladores que se han acostumbrado tanto al lugar, que carecen del ánimo necesario para traspasar los cerros, cruzar el desierto y alejarse de ese sitio en el que muchas mujeres son seducidas, anualmente, por pescadores japoneses que las enamoran, las embarazan y las ilusionan con volver. Solo les dejan como recuerdo y recompensa bolsitas de perlas que muy pronto pierden valor porque en cada casa hay una de ellas.

Todos sabemos desde la infancia qué personas forman nuestra familia y cuáles son los lazos que nos unen a cada una de ellas. Todos menos la protagonista de esta novela, a quien nunca contaron que ella también, en algún momento de su vida, había tenido una. ¿Qué sucedió en aquellos años para que todos los vestigios de la época desaparecieran?

Cuando Eufrasia Vela empieza a trabajar como cuidadora de ancianos, no sospecha que su oficio la llevará a una encrucijada existencial. La íntima relación que mantiene con doña Carmen, el doctor Harrison y Los Siete Magníficos —entrañables personajes que se apoderan de su pensamiento y su cariño— la obliga a replantearse su papel de madre y hermana, las vicisitudes de la longevidad, las formas de la compasión y el sorpresivo valor que los cuyes, esos conejillos de Indias tan peculiares, adquieren en su presupuesto moral.

A collection of humorous, sexy, and highly neurotic tales about parenting, long-term relationships, systemic and interpersonal racism, and class conflict from the author of The Town of Babylon, The People Who Report More Stress deftly and poignantly expresses the frustration of knowing the problems and solutions to our society’s inequities but being unable to do anything about them.

Former seamstress turned couturier turned spy Sira Quiroga is finally ready to embrace serenity with her British diplomat husband, Marcus, and the upcoming prospect of motherhood. But tranquility proves elusive. Fate has other plans for Sira. Installed in Jerusalem under the British Mandate, and enmeshed in the murky world of shady operators, political menace, and catastrophic violence, Sira finds her future with Marcus put to the ultimate test.

Follow Europe’s most cunning art thief, forger, and amateur sleuth as she tracks down priceless antiquities and foils nefarious plots.

A poetry collection by Ismael S. Rodriguez Jr.

Berührende Gedichte des weltweit erfolgreichen Instagram-Poeten. In seinen poetischen Texten beschreibt Yung Pueblo, wie sich intensive Emotionen in unser Unterbewusstsein einbrennen und unsere Handlungen und Beziehungen beeinflussen. Klarheit über seine Vergangenheit zu gewinnen und die Verbindung zu sich selbst zu finden, schafft die Grundlage für persönliches Wachstum. Mit seiner markanten Stimme, die zugleich kraft- und stimmungsvoll ist, begleitet uns der Autor auf dieser Suche und hilft, die Gefühle der Vergangenheit endlich zu verstehen.

Vulnerable, tender, acute, these are serious poems, brave poems, exploring with honesty the ambiguous moment between the rapture of youth and the grace of acceptance. A daughter tends to aging parents. A woman struggles with infertility—“What if, instead of carrying / a child, I am supposed to carry grief?”—and a body seized by pain and vertigo as well as ecstasy. A nation convulses: “Every song of this country / has an unsung third stanza, something brutal.” And still Limón shows us, as ever, the persistence of hunger, love, and joy, the dizzying fullness of our too-short lives.

A rich, accomplished, intensely intimate collection with 2 full sections of new poems bookending Blanco’s selections from his 5 previous volumes “An engineer, poet, Cuban American . . . his poetry bridges cultures and languages—a mosaic of our past, our present, and our future—reflecting...

A Recommended Book From: The Washington Post * Today * Sunset Magazine * Country Living * Good Housekeeping A wry, tender novel about a Peruvian immigrant mother and a millennial daughter who have one final chance to find common ground Thirtysomething Flores and her mother, Paula, still live in...

An Indie Next and LibraryReads Pick! Rival archaeologists must team up on a secret Aztec expedition, or it could leave their careers—and hearts—in ruins. Archaeologist Dr. Socorro “Corrie” Mejía has a bone to pick. Literally. It’s been Corrie’s life goal to lead an expedition deep...

Paloma has been watching the Grand Vespertilio Show her entire life. Grand, America’s most beloved horror host showcases classic, low-budget and cult horror movies with a flourish, wearing his black tuxedo and hat, but Paloma has noticed something strange about Grand, stranger than his dark make-up and Gothic television set.

What if you could go back and change your life? For Brennan Ramirez, that question is no longer hypothetical. Brennan is determined that the ultimate way to fix his family's life for the best is to go back and prevent the traumatic childhood abuse that haunts his wife to this day.