Summary/Reviews: (WorldCat) BERLIN, 1939. The dreams that Amanda Sternberg and her husband, Julius, had for their daughters are shattered when the Nazis descend on Berlin, burning down their beloved family bookshop and sending Julius to a concentration camp… read more
Summary/Reviews: (WorldCat) An unforgettable family saga exploring a hidden piece of World War II history and the lengths a mother will go to protect her children.
Summary/Reviews: (WorldCat) It is known that the strangers will sail from some part of the Ancient Lands and will cross the Yentru Sea. All our predictions and sacred books clearly say the same thing. The rest is all shadows. Shadows that prevent us from… read more
Summary/Reviews: (WorldCat) Tales of horror, madness, and death, tales of fantasy and morality: these are the works of South American storyteller Horacio Quiroga. The first representative collection of his work in English, The Decapitated Chicken and Other… read more
Summary/Reviews: (WorldCat) In a crime novel that upends all the genre's conventions, a biologist returns to Colombia after fifteen years abroad and quickly becomes entangled in the trappings of his past: a murdered brother, a dealer of beautiful thoughts,… read more
Summary/Reviews: (WorldCat) At the end of the nineteenth century, thousands of Jamaicans journeyed to Ecuador to fulfill their dreams for their future. But, to secure this dream, they had to accomplish their goal, which was to build President Eloy Alfaro's… read more
Summary/Reviews: (WorldCat) "Ever since I could chase a bone, I've longed to talk ..." The first talking-dog story in Western literature--from the writer generally acknowledged, alongside William Shakespeare, as the founding father of modern literature, no… read more
Summary/Reviews: (WorldCat) Andrés Fava is a character from Cortázar's Final Exam, and his diary originally formed part of that novel, written in 1950 but not published, for political reasons, until after the author's death. At some stage Cortázar decided… read more
Summary/Reviews: (BOOK JACKET) A successful insurance company owner whose two lazy sons want him permanently out of the way crosses paths with a blackmail victim in Peru. "Mario Vargas Llosa's new novel, The Discreet Hero, follows two fascinating characters… read more
Summary/Reviews: (WorldCat) The Divorce tells about a recently divorced man on vacation in Buenos Aires. One afternoon he encounters a series of the most magical coincidences. While sitting at an outdoor café, absorbed in conversation with a talented video… read more
Summary/Reviews: (From publisher description) A high-octane paranoia deranges a writer and fuels a dangerous plan to return home to El Salvador. Drinking way too much and breaking up with his wife, an exiled journalist in Mexico City dreams of returning… read more
Summary/Reviews: (WorldCat) A high-octane paranoia deranges a writer and fuels a dangerous plan to return home to El Salvador. Drinking way too much and breaking up with his wife, an exiled journalist in Mexico City dreams of returning home to El Salvador.… read more
Additional Information: Responsibility: Horacio Castellanos Moya ; translated from the Spanish by Katherine Silver.
Summary/Reviews: (BOOK JACKET) In 1916, the Irish nationalist Roger Casement was hanged by the British government for treason. Casement had dedicated his extraordinary life to improving the plight of oppressed peoples around the world--especially the native… read more
Summary/Reviews: (Amazon.com) In 1916 the Irish nationalist Roger Casement was hanged by the itish government for by treason. Casement had dedicated HIS extraordinary life to improving the plight of oppressed Peoples around the world - especially the native… read more
Summary/Reviews: (WorldCat) In 1916, the Irish nationalist Roger Casement was hanged by the British government for treason. Casement had dedicated his life to improving the plight of oppressed peoples around the world. But when he dared to draw a parallel… read more
Summary/Reviews: (WorldCat) In the near future, at a meeting of the United States Security Council, Mexico's idealistic president has dared to vote against the U.S. occupation of Colombia and Washington's refusal to pay OPEC prices for oil. Retaliation is… read more
Summary/Reviews: (WorldCat) The Encounter weaves a story of adventure, romance, immigration and the social realities of Latin America, beginning with the infamous dumping of toxic waste into the pristine Amazonian jungles of Ecuador by the Texaco oil… read more