Resumen/Reseñas: (WorldCat) The Mangy Parrot has become a Mexican classic beloved by generations of Latin American readers. Now, in vibrant American idiom, translator David Frye captures the exuberance of Lizardi's tale-telling as the author follows his... mostrar más
Resumen/Reseñas: (Amazon.com) The author follows his narrator and alter ego, Periquillo Sarniento, through a series of misadventures that exposes the ignorance and corruption plaguing Mexican society on the eve of the wars for independence. Raw descriptions... mostrar más
Resumen/Reseñas: (From publisher description) The action of the wondrous final volume in Spanish author Palma's speculative thriller trilogy (which began with "The Map of Time" unfolds in several Victorian eras in parallel universes, beginning with esteemed... mostrar más
Resumen/Reseñas: (WorldCat) When a New York socialite challenges her millionaire suitor to reproduce the extraterrestrial invasion featured in H.G. Wells' "War of the Worlds," three fantastical adventures in time travel and mystery ensue.
Resumen/Reseñas: (WorldCat) When a New York socialite challenges her millionaire suitor to reproduce the extraterrestrial invasion featured in H.G. Wells' "War of the Worlds," three fantastical adventures in time travel and mystery ensue.
Resumen/Reseñas: (¿Sin fuente?) London, 1896. Andrew Harrington's lover Marie Kelly was murdered by Jack the Ripper and he longs to turn back the clock and save her. Meanwhile, Claire Haggerty, forever being matched with men her family considers suitable,... mostrar más
Más información: Responsibility: Félix J. Palma ; translated by Nick Caistor.
Resumen/Reseñas: (WorldCat) London, 1896. Andrew Harrington's lover Marie Kelly was murdered by Jack the Ripper and he longs to turn back the clock and save her. Meanwhile, Claire Haggerty, forever being matched with men her family considers suitable,... mostrar más
Resumen/Reseñas: (WorldCat) London, 1896. Andrew Harrington's lover Marie Kelly was murdered by Jack the Ripper and he longs to turn back the clock and save her. Meanwhile, Claire Haggerty, forever being matched with men her family considers suitable,... mostrar más
Resumen/Reseñas: (WorldCat) About to turn forty, Marién Valbuena, finds herself evaluating her relationships, her faith and her life. Two millennia separate her and Mary, a young woman in Ancient Judea. While Marién can't find a reason to hold on to a... mostrar más
Resumen/Reseñas: (BOOK JACKET) The Martyrs of Anahuac is a translation of Eligio Ancona's Los Martires del Anahuac (1873). In this historical novel, Ancona employs the writings of Hernan Cortes and others to present an encompassing view of the conquest of... mostrar más
Resumen/Reseñas: (BOOK JACKET) New York Times bestselling author Javier Sierra takes you on a grand tour of the Prado museum in this historical novel that illuminates the fascinating mysteries behind European art--complete with gorgeous, full-color inserts... mostrar más
Resumen/Reseñas: (WorldCat) The Matter of Desire is the story of Pedro, a Bolivian-American political scientist who teaches at a university in upstate New York. Having become entangled in an erotically charged romance with Ashley, a beautiful red-headed... mostrar más
Resumen/Reseñas: (BOOK JACKET) The Medicine Man, which won first place at the 1955 Cannes film festival, is indeed a masterful and compelling narrative, always surprising the reader with a final, unexpected twist, eloquently illustrates in "The Sad Story of... mostrar más
Más información: Responsibility: by Francisco Rojas González ; translated by Robert S. Rudder and Gloria Arjona.
Resumen/Reseñas: (Amazon.com) A crucial period in history is brought vividly to life as Graves describes the plight of two lovers who are separated when one converts to Judaism and the other leaves Spain in 1492.
Resumen/Reseñas: (WorldCat) A metaphor of a nation and its Diaspora, this bilingual edition of THE MEMORY OF SILENCE/MEMORIA DEL SILENCIO transcends the Cuban reality and becomes a story of universal breadth, a triumph of love and family over distance and... mostrar más
Resumen/Reseñas: (BOOK JACKET) In the summer of 1816, Percy and Mary Shelley, Mary's sister, and Lord Byron hid themselves inside a Swiss villa, whiling away rainy afternoons with a Gothic novel writing contest. In Andahazi's reimagining, there was a fifth... mostrar más
Resumen/Reseñas: (BOOK JACKET) The Metal of the Dead denounces the deplorable living and labor conditions of the workers in the Rio Tinto copper mine and describes the events that led up to their 1917 general strike. Concha Espina spent several weeks in... mostrar más
Resumen/Reseñas: (WorldCat) Short fiction about a doctor who has a gift for making miracles and who is not deterred by his archenemy, Dr. Actyn, who is constantly trying to prove he is a charlatan.
Resumen/Reseñas: (WorldCat) Story of a Spanish country gentleman named Don Quixote and his companion Sancho who set out to search for adventure together.Illustrated by Jack Davis.
Resumen/Reseñas: (WorldCat) At the age of nine, Juan Salvatierra became mute following a horse riding accident. At twenty, he began secretly painting a series of long rolls of canvas in which he minutely detailed six decades of life in his village on... mostrar más