Summary/Reviews: (Amazon.com) “In Malambo . . . the Rimac proudly rubs elbows with the freedmen, the cimarrons, and smuggled slaves. . . It runs united to the other subterranean springs underneath Blanket Street, Weavers Lane, and under Jewish Street . . .… read more
Summary/Reviews: (WorldCat) Book 1: A captivating story bound to leave you breathless from internationally acclaimed author Jose Ignacio Valenzuela. When Angela receives an eerie text message from her estranged, best-friend Patricia, her heart stops.… read more
Summary/Reviews: (WorldCat) When Malinalli, a member of a tribe conquered by the Aztec warriors, first meets Cortes, she--like so many--believes that the conquistador is the reincarnated forefather god of her tribe. Naturally, she assumes that her task is… read more
Summary/Reviews: (WorldCat) Recounts the story of the love affair between the conquistador Hernan Cortez and Malinalli, his Indian intepreter during the conquest of the Aztec empire, describing her role as a mediator between two very different languages and… read more
Summary/Reviews: (WorldCat) The internationally bestselling author of "Like Water for Chocolate" returns with this extraordinary retelling of the passionate and tragic love affair during the conquest of the Aztecs, between the conquistador Cortez and his… read more
Summary/Reviews: (WorldCat) "Walking underground" for the first time in his life, Juan Marcos Villalobos, a freshly arrived migrant to New York City, offers his seat to a woman standing on the subway. Though his English isn't up to her rude reply, he… read more
Summary/Reviews: (WorldCat) Acclaimed Argentinian poet Roberta Iannamico's Many Poems animates the particulars of an imaginary world that lives deeply inside this one, where objects acquire voices, seasons move simultaneously across rural landscapes, and a… read more
Summary/Reviews: (WorldCat) Found in an envelope in Guillermo Cabrera Infante's house after his death in 2005, Map Drawn by a Spy is the world-renowned writer's autobiographical account of the last four months he spent in his country. In 1965, following his… read more
Summary/Reviews: (WorldCat) Álvaro Mutis is celebrated internationally as the author of the seven novellas, written between 1986 and 1993, that constitute the legendary and widely loved Adventures and Misadventures of Maqroll. Maqroll, the Gaviero, or… read more
Summary/Reviews: (Amazon.com) In Margarita, How Beautiful the Sea, Sergio Ramírez encompasses, in a complete metaphor of reality and legend, the entire history of his country. The narrative moves along paths fifty years apart, which inevitably converge. The… read more
Additional Information: Responsibility: by Sergio Ramírez ; translated by Michael B. Miller.
Summary/Reviews: (BOOK JACKET) 1907. Leon, Nicaragua. During a tribute which he delivers during his triumphal return to his native city, Ruben Dario writes on the fan of a little girl one of his most famous poems, "Margarita, How Beautiful the Sea." 1956.… read more
Summary/Reviews: (WorldCat) In May 1980, 15-year-old Oscar Drai suddenly vanishes from his boarding school in the old quarter of Barcelona. For seven days and nights no-one knows his whereabouts. His story begins in the heart of old Barcelona, when he meets… read more
Summary/Reviews: (WorldCat) Maria is a romantic novel written by Colombian writer Jorge Isaacs in 1867, which takes place in the hacienda "El Paraiso" located in the municipality of El Cerrito in the Valle del Cauca, in which Isaacs really lived. Although… read more
Summary/Reviews: (Amazon.com) This classic 19th-century Colombian novel tells the poignant story of unrequited love between Efraín and María, set against the backdrop of the lush Valle del Cauca. Blending elements of romanticism and local color, the novel… read more
Summary/Reviews: (WorldCat) This classic 19th-century Colombian novel tells the poignant story of unrequited love between Efraín and María, set against the backdrop of the lush Valle del Cauca. Blending elements of romanticism and local color, the novel… read more
Summary/Reviews: (WorldCat) This luxurious translation of a Spanish tour de force, about the return of an exile to his native Barcelona after the Spanish Civil War, should captivate those who prize the elegant lyricism and complexity of Latin American… read more
Summary/Reviews: (WorldCat) Jacqueline Cascorro, once a heartbroken and disillusioned wife, finds herself in a whirlwind of new experiences after her husband Nicolás Lobato's infidelity. As Nicolás's business success elevates their social status, Jacqueline… read more
Summary/Reviews: (BOOK JACKET) Martin Rivas, an impoverished but ambitious young man from the northern mining region of Chile, is entrusted by his late father to the household of a wealthy and influential member of the Santiago elite. While living there, he… read more
Publisher: Rourke Educational Media, a division of Carson Dellosa Education
City: Vero Beach, FL
Year of Publication: 2021
Number of pages: 32 pp.
ISBN: 9781731641786
Summary/Reviews: (WorldCat) Martina is a beautiful young cockroach who is all alone. Doña Julia has a plan to help her find a husband, but is anyone worthy?