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Antonio and the Ceiling Fan: A New Mexican Christmas Story is a short story set in rural northern New Mexico. It is a holiday story of magical realism, focusing on a teenager coming to realize the power of his family, his mother, and the mortality that we all face. He also has a talking ceiling fan. Disclaimer: This short story contains a fair amount of Spanish dialog, most of which is described in context.

El detective teniente Mike McBride, Jr., héroe popular de tres novelas superventas, vuelve para aventuras más emocionantes con la intriga, el secuestro, la extorsión y el asesinato. Mike se involucra en las mortales rivalidades de pandillas en Estados Unidos y México. Mary Beth y Sammy toman su campaña anti-drogas viral. Doreen lucha con la adicción. Sólo la cantidad correcta de romance es la costumbre en los libros McBride. Puede haber una boda, pero no estamos diciendo quién.

En esta novela escrita por Giovanny Cruz Durán en varios planos, él parece erigirse como un dios-poeta que construye una aldea en el centro de unas dunas. A esa aldea, Los Olvidados, su creador le ha llevado agua y unos demonios terrenales se la han quitado; decretándose de esta forma la lenta agonía de la aldehuela y un proyectado ajuste de cuentas.

En esta emocionante novela, Det. El teniente Mike McBride Jr., popular héroe de dos novelas más vendidas, regresa para aventuras más emocionantes. Una moneda de oro exquisita y de valor incalculable - una reliquia de una especie de una civilización antigua - conduce a la intriga, el secuestro, la extorsión y el asesinato.

This is the black and white collection of poems in haiku form written by Koyote the Blind, a Salvadoran writer currently living in California. These haiku are conceived as an adumbration of the writer's journey through life and the forging of his experience as a Thelemic magician and a Toltec survivor.

Rosalinda and her new friends strolled through the 1830s-era 200-acre expanse which was Old Sturbride Village in Sturbridge, Massachusetts. Normally this was an oasis of calm. But because this was the last Free Friday of the summer, it seemed that every child in the region had descended to explore and enjoy. When the group decides to hide out in the farm area, where things might be quieter, they discover a mystery instead!

Rosalinda, Christian, and the three girls are enjoying the autumn splendour of King Richard's Faire. It seems there is everything and anything going on at this Renaissance Festival. But trouble brews around the corner....

Rosalinda, Christian, and the three girls are on an adventure at Southwick's Zoo. There are lions, tigers, deer, and giraffes! But something is not quite right at the zoo. Will the crew figure out what's wrong in time? The Gargling Giraffe is the fourth book in the Rosalinda Alameda Mystery series. These short stories feature the zoos that Rosalinda loves with a passion.

Left across the Border tells the story of a foreigner with burning love for her Latino family back home. This is the mysterious story of a teen struggling with foreign affairs, separation, family and depression. This teen's life takes an interesting twist. Will she have a better life in America? How will she free herself from pain and shattered dreams and hope?

Rosalinda is on her very first date with Christian. But somehow it's not quite the one-on-one experience she was envisioning. It seems the entire crowd has decided to tag along - and who is this over by the African elephants?

When teacher Roberta Allen walked into her middle school principal's office, she encountered sisters Valentina and Selena Diaz, who were to be removed from their mother's home once again by the Department of Families. The girls, after suffering years of physical and emotional abuse at the hands of their mother and sexual abuse by their mother's male friends, are soon to be placed in the care of newly approved foster parents, Roberta and Hal Allen.

Rosalinda Alameda is in her element. The carousel is spinning, the bears are lounging by their waterfall, and the two elephants are playfully making music with their drums. The brilliant summer sun reminds her of her native Puerto Rico. But despite the warm sunshine and the joyous laughter of the children, Rosalinda can sense that something is not quite right.

La guerra contra las drogas persiste en las ciudades y en alta mar. Después de interceptar un cargamento de cocaína en la primera novela de Mike, Unidad oo6 Respondiendo, la Guardia Costera de Estados Unidos persigue un submarino de drogas mientras la Marina estadounidense intenta seguir el rastro de cocaína hacia su fuente sudamericana con resultados sorprendentes y algo divertidos.

From the beginning Daniel Mendoza has struggled with who he is and where he is going in life. Fatherless, Daniel learns from a myriad of male friends and neighbors who come into his life from childhood to adulthood about what it actually means to be a man. His journey is incomplete, as he dreams and yearns for his own father to teach him.

Rosalinda Alameda adores zoos. When Massachusetts's summertime "Free Fridays" promotion features the Franklin Park Zoo in Boston, Rosalinda grabs her camera and heads east. A full day amongst lions and tigers is about the best outing she can possibly imagine. But something's wrong at the zoo, and it'll take a combination of her Puerto Rican common sense and her 50 years of wisdom to unravel the puzzle!

Una impactante historia sobre la cruda escalada del joven Luis Restrepo en el truculento mundo del narcotráfico. Su figura descollante aparece en el centro de la convulsionada frontera venezolana, rodeado de personajes que se explotan mutuamente sus deseos y carencias, en un perfecto sistema paranoico jalonado por sus adicciones, las deudas, las amenazas, la venganza, la persecución y la tortura.

Raised to be the perfect wife, Victoria has spent her days maintaining her impeccable outward appearance and her nights mingling with the rich and entitled. When her engagement to Scott ended, Victoria thought she'd be rid of him and his circle of friends forever, but a chance encounter with Brock will change not only the way she sees him, but the way she sees herself.

Just because a man cheats on his wife and makes Danny DeVito look tall, dark, and handsome, is that any reason to kill him? The reluctant and quirky PI, Lee Alvarez, doesn't think so. The 34-year old half-Latina, half-WASP and 100% detective has her work cut out for her when the man is murdered on her watch. Of all the nerve. For Lee, this has become personal. From San Francisco's famous Embarcadero to quaint Princeton-by-the-Sea, she is out to find the killer. And for the killer, this has become personal, too.

This is a book intended to be inspirational to everyone. It is an assortment of poems, prayers, and words of encouragement. My hope is that this collection of writings will touch every heart in one way or another and bring the heart and soul the words that are needed at the right moment.

Ambitious and hungry for a better life than his father, Luis Restrepo is out to conquer the world on his terms with the responsibilities of his own young family weighing heavy on his mind. He wants a better home, a nice truck, and enough money to enjoy some of the finer things. Luis is doing this while trying to balance his own addiction and life as a narcotraficante in present-day Venezuela, which is proving to be a difficult challenge.