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19 de abril de 1950. El agua ya ha alcanzado la piedra que sirve de testigo: en menos de diez días Hontanar desaparecerá para siempre inundado por el pantano. Todos están celebrando la inauguración del pueblo nuevo, solo quedan allí los hermanos Cristóbal. Pero un suceso terrible les obliga a emprender precipitadamente el viaje: Marcos descubre a su hermana Sara colgada de un machón de la cuadra.

Tras la muerte de su marido, Maria Leonor, madre de dos hijos, se siente abrumada ante las dificultades para administrar su hacienda en el Alentejo, las expectativas de la sociedad y el férreo control de su entorno. Después de unos meses sumida en una profunda depresión, decide finalmente afrontar su responsabilidad como propietaria de las tierras, pero su corazón está atormentado por un pecado secreto: a pesar del duelo, su deseo no se ha apagado.

"Dios aprieta, pero no ahorca" ("God squeezes, but He doesn't strangle")—the epigraph of Machete—sets the stage for a powerful poet who summons a variety of ways to endure life when there's an invisible hand at your throat. Tomás Morín hails from the coastal plains of Texas, and explores a world where identity and place shift like that ever-changing shore.

In Itzel II, we continue to follow Nauta, Itzel, and Basta through the cascading outcomes of their desire for agency and for change in their world. We move from the Oaxaca coast back to Mexico City, from Nauta's Brooklyn streets to her time in Canada, from the attraction between Basta and Itzel that has altered the characters' friendship to the rumours and reckonings that result.

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En el Uruguay de 1977, el gobierno militar oprime a los disidentes con una fuerza brutal. En este ambiente opresivo donde los derechos personales están suspendidos, la homosexualidad es una transgresión peligrosa que debe ser castigada. Aun así, Romina, Flaca, Anita “La Venus”, Paz, y Malena - cinco cantoras - se encuentran milagrosamente en Cabo Polonio, un lugar aislado que reclaman como su santuario secreto. Y este despertar se contrapone al telón de fondo político del golpe de estado, la represión y las “desapariciones".

Combinando de forma magistral la ficción con datos históricos, Mario Escobar sitúa al lector en la terrible situación de los judíos polacos y su lucha por la supervivencia en el Gueto de Varsovia.

Lee, aprende y sumérgete en el mundo de la poesía infantil en español. Esta colección de poemas es para niños y jóvenes que están aprendiendo español o que quieren mejorar su fluidez lectora a través de la poesía. ¡Es también para todos aquellos a quienes les encanta leer! Cada poema está lleno de imágenes vívidas y una variedad de recursos literarios que dan vida a cada personaje. Las rimas hacen que cada poema sea divertido y musical. Muchas de las ilustraciones y los temas presentados en este libro son una hermosa representación de la cultura hispana.

Chances, a Puerto Rican Love Affair is book three of the Romance Set in Paradise series. Of romantic, steamy, and suspenseful stand-alone novella length stories, all set in exotic locations around the world. Each one can be listened to as a stand-alone book.

The Mexican American War has ended, but in a California divided between two nations, Anglo squatters continue to antagonize citizens of Mexican descent by making claims on their land. Against this charged backdrop, the lives of the Alamar family - the rightful owners of a San Diego ranch - become politically, economically, and romantically entwined with a family of New England settlers, the Darrells. Inspired by experiences in her own life, Ruiz de Burton insightfully captured a troubling time in American history - a period of intense corruption, greed, racism, and classism.

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Agosto de 1842. Leona Vicario, la heroína insurgente, ha muerto. Y ha muerto a mitad de ese torbellino que es la República de Antonio López de Santa Anna, "un mal llamado Estado que no es más que un charco pestilente en el que saltan los renacuajos ambiciosos y los ajolotes oportunistas". Por lo tanto, su gobierno decide aprovechar políticamente la pertinencia de su muerte....

Una mañana Ramón Castaños, un adolescente que vive en un pequeño poblado en Tamaulipas, descubre en un sembradío el cadáver desnudo y apuñalado de Adela, una muchacha a quien apenas conocía. Cuando el resto de los pobladores llega a la escena del crimen, corre el rumor de que quien ha muerto era la novia de Ramón. Así, el protagonista se verá obligado a vengar el asesinato de la mujer que supuestamente amaba para defender su honor y su hombría. Al mismo tiempo, voces en el pueblo achacan el crimen al Gitano, un hombre inocente.

Her submission is his sweet revenge...until the truth detonates his plans. When Joe learns Hunter’s name, his inner Dom’s lust turns to black rage - he’s convinced it’s her fault a teammate committed combat suicide. He embarks on a plan to seduce her, but by the time her sweetness ensnares him, the truth threatens what could be the love of a lifetime.

When Malena Sevilla's tidy, carefully planned world collapses following her father’s mysterious suicide, she finds a letter - signed with an “A” - that reveals that her mother, whom she thought dead, is very much alive in San Isidro, a quaint town tucked in the Andes Mountains. Intent on meeting her, Malena arrives at Alameda Street and meets four sisters who couldn’t be more different from one another, but who share one thing in common: all of their names begin with an A.

Nadia Guerra’s mother, Albis Torres, left when Nadia was just 10 years old. Growing up, the proponents of revolution promised a better future. Now that she’s an adult, Nadia finds that life in Havana hasn’t quite matched its promise; instead it has stifled her rebellious and artistic desires. Each night, she DJs a radio show government censors block from broadcasting. Frustrated, Nadia finds hope and a way out when she wins a scholarship to study in Russia.

When venture capitalist Luc Deschaines' daughter, Stephanie, is accepted by his Ivy League alma mater, the proud father arranges for her to spend her summer before college on the Round Top Ranch, one of his Texas investments. Where better for her to enjoy a few months of riding, swimming in the creek, and improving her Spanish language skills? Luc has no qualms about leaving her in the care of the ranch's manager and his large, close-knit family. Stephanie spends long days in the saddle on Elena Sauseda's breathtaking blue roan mare.

The Montoyas are used to a life without explanations. They know better than to ask why the pantry never seems to run low, or why their matriarch won’t ever leave their home in Four Rivers - not for graduations, weddings, or baptisms. But when Orquídea Divina invites them to her funeral and to collect their inheritance, they hope to learn the secrets that she has held onto so tightly their whole lives. Instead, Orquídea is transformed into a ceiba tree, leaving them with more questions than answers.

L.A. is parched, dry as a bone, and all Oscar, the weather-obsessed patriarch of the Alvarado family, desperately wants is a little rain. He’s harboring a costly secret that distracts him from everything else. His wife, Keila, desperate for a life with a little more intimacy and a little less Weather Channel, feels she has no choice but to end their marriage. Their three daughters - Claudia, a television chef with a hard-hearted attitude.

As a young woman, Corina leaves her Mexican family in Chicago to pursue her dream of becoming a writer in the cafés of Paris. Instead, she spends her brief time in the City of Light running out of money and lining up with other immigrants to call home from a broken pay phone. But the months of befriending panhandling artists in the métro, sleeping on crowded floors, and dancing the tango at underground parties are given a lasting glow by her intense friendships with Martita and Paola.