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Price: $16.95
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Sale: $9.82
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Manufacturer: City Lights Publishers
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Number of Items: 1
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Binding: Paperback
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Author: Pablo Neruda
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Publisher: City Lights Publishers
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Dewey Decimal Number: 861.64
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Publication Date: 2004-04-01
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Reading Level: 200
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Description: This collection of Neruda's most essential poems will prove indispensable. Selected by a team of poets and prominent Neruda scholars in both Chile and the U.S., this is a definitive selection that draws from the entire breadth and width of Neruda's various styles and themes. An impressive group of translators that includes Alistair Reid, Stephen Mitchell, Robert Haas, Jim Harrison, Stephen Kessler and Jack Hirschman, have come together to revisit or completely retranslate the poems; and a handful of previously untranslated works are included as well. This selection sets the standard for a general, high--quality introduction to Neruda's complete oeuvre. Pablo Neruda was born in Chile in 1904. He received the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1971.
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Price: $15.95
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Sale: $9.12
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Manufacturer: Rayo
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Number of Items: 1
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Binding: Paperback
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Author: Zoe Valdes
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Publisher: Rayo
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Dewey Decimal Number: 972.91064
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Publication Date: 2008-11-01
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Reading Level: 368
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Description: Zoé Valdés, La reconocida escritora cubana, traza una apasionada declaración contra el régimen comunista cubano . . . Un retrato de Fidel Castro contado desde su punto de vista desenfrenado y tenaz "A veces pienso que todo esto ha sido una pesadilla, o una película mala, o una novela mediocre, o una pésima telenovela, un chiste pesado". Así comienza La ficción Fidel, el libro en el que la escritora exiliada expresa su rechazo al régimen de Fidel Castro, quien nos dice ha logrado hipnotizar tanto a amigos como a enemigos del régimen, manipulando y distorsionando la realidad. "Fidel Castro ha sido el más grande especialista de marketing que ha dado la historia contemporánea. Creó un producto—la revolución—y todo el mundo se lo compró". Zoé Valdés es reconocida por su ficción, la cual la ha consagrado internacionalmente. Sin embargo, en este nuevo libro la autora deja de lado todo componente ficticio para expresar fervientemente su repudio al régimen de Fidel Castro, combinando fluidamente diferentes géneros (ensayo, historia, memoria) dentro de una obra totalmente original. Con entrevistas secretas, documentos ocultos y su propia experiencia profesional, Valdés devela un gobierno turbio, lleno de contradicciones, guiado por uno de los hombres más manipuladores y carismáticos del mundo.
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Price: $14.95
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Sale: $6.50
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Manufacturer: Vintage
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Number of Items: 1
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Binding: Paperback
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Author: Esmeralda Santiago
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Publisher: Vintage
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Dewey Decimal Number: 974.71004687295
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Publication Date: 1994-10-18
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Reading Level: 298
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Description: Magia, tensión sexual, comedia e intenso drama se mueven dentro de ésta encantadora pero a la vez dura autobiografía; es la historia de una niña que deja a su pueblo en Puerto Rico por la atracción de Nueva York, y una oportunidad para el éxito. "Clara, calladamente poderosa y muy lírica: una historia de verdadera valentía." - Kirkus Reviews
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Price: $6.50
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Sale: $2.53
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Manufacturer: Laurel Leaf
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Number of Items: 1
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Binding: Mass Market Paperback
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Author: Julia Alvarez
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Publisher: Laurel Leaf
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Publication Date: 2004-04-13
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Reading Level: 192
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Reading Level: Young Adult
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Description: Now available in Spanish, the book Horn Book called “a realistic and compelling account of a girl growing up too quickly while coming to terms with the cost of freedom.”
I wonder what it would be like to be free? Not to need wings because you don’t have to fly away from your country?
From award-winning author Julia Alvarez comes the story of Anita de la Torre, a 12-year-old girl living in the Dominican Republic in 1960. Most of her relatives have immigrated to the United States, her Tío Toni has disappeared, Papi has been getting mysterious phone calls about butterflies and someone named Mr. Smith, and the secret police have started terrorizing her family for their suspected opposition to the country’s dictator. While Anita deals with a frightening series of events, she also struggles with her adolescence and her own personal flight to be free.
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Price: $14.00
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Sale: $7.86
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Manufacturer: Amber-Allen Publishing
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Number of Items: 1
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Binding: Paperback
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Author: Don Miguel Ruiz::Janet Mills
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Publisher: Amber-Allen Publishing
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Edition: Tra
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Dewey Decimal Number: 299.792
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Publication Date: 2005-03-10
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Reading Level: 256
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Description: Don Miguel tells readers that they are born in truth but grow up believing in lies — mainly about themselves. As a child one listens to the "voice of our integrity," which is rooted in truth. Once one learns to speak, he or she mainly hears the louder "voice of knowledge," which is rooted in lies and causes endless suffering. By following the guiding principles presented in this book, readers can reclaim their authentic self, just as it was before they learned to speak.
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Price: $7.95
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Sale: $3.87
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Manufacturer: Cinco Puntos Press
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Number of Items: 1
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Binding: Paperback
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Author: Joe Hayes
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Publisher: Cinco Puntos Press
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Edition: Bilingual
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Dewey Decimal Number: 398.2097205
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Publication Date: 2003-09-01
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Reading Level: 40
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Reading Level: Ages 4-8
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Description: So, you've been in trouble. Your -parents tell you they're calling the bogeyman. You laugh. There's no such thing! Then-you hear a sharp knock. Standing at the door is the oldest man you have ever seen. It's el Cucuy (coo-COO-ee)! With that big red ear, he hears everything! In this cautionary tale, storyteller Joe Hayes tells about two girls who didn't believe in el Cucuy until he snatched them up. Of course, the story has a happy ending. Joe Hayes has become one of America's premier bilingual storytellers. Hayes lives in Santa Fe, New Mexico. Illustrator Honorio Robledo grew up in Veracruz and Chiapas, Mexico. He lives in Los Angeles.
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Price: $18.99
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Sale: $12.24
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Manufacturer: Aguilar
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Number of Items: 1
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Binding: Paperback
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Author: Luis Eladio Perez
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Publisher: Aguilar
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Dewey Decimal Number: 986.10635092
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Publication Date: 2008-08-15
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Reading Level: 264
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Description: In this searing account, Dario Arizmendi recounts the story of Luis Eladio Perez, a man that was held hostage by Colombia's Revolutionary Armed Forces (FARC). His story gives testimony to a tragic period in Colombia's history, to the unimaginable reality of living in captivity for seven years. ''Luis Eladio Perez shared the terrible experiences of living in captivity -the humiliations, ill-treatment and total loss of human dignity; the continuous clashes, intolerance and differentiations made by his fellow captives; the constant hunger; the impotence of not having access to the most basic forms of medical care, for example the single daily aspirin that could ''treat'' a heart-attack or a renal crisis, not to mention having suffered three diabetic comas and two bouts of malaria. He also talked about the long and grueling forty-day walks through the heart of the jungle, his relationship with Ingrid Betancourt and with his fellow captives. He described the subhuman conditions they lived in-which he refers to as ''the purest form of barbarism''-, the structure of the camps, their diet and daily routines, the chains used to hold them, the insects, snakes and tigers, the constant fear of insanity, the uncertainty of survival, and sex life in captivity. He gave me a detailed account of the dramatic escape plan hatched with Ingrid Betancourt, which they aborted of mutual accord. The story poured in these pages is an invitation for all of us to reflect upon the turmoil Colombia has lived in for the past four decades -a turmoil with no apparent solution in the near future''. Dario Arizmendi Description in Spanish: ''Luis Eladio Perez compartio conmigo la penosa vida cotidiana en cautiverio, la perdida de la dignidad, el maltrato, las diferencias, roces e intolerancias entre los mismos companeros de cautiverio, las humillaciones a las que era sometido constantemente, sus hambrunas, el miedo a perder la vida, la impotencia de no tener ni una aspirina para ''tratar'' un infarto, ni una crisis renal y tres comas diabeticos, amen de dos malarias y dos leishmaniasis, las largas y penosas de hasta cuarenta dias por el corazon de una selva virgen y cruel, su relacion con Ingrid Betancourt y con las demas victimas. Me conto las condiciones en las que el y sus companeros de secuestro vivian, situacion que define como ''la mas pura de las barbaries''. Me conto como es la estructura de los campamentos, como son las caletas, la alimentacion, las rutinas diarias, las cadenas con las que los mantuvieron amarrados por los dias de los dias, los insectos, las culebras, los tigres, el temor constante al acecho de la locura, la incertidumbre de la supervivencia, la vida sexual. Con lacerante nostalgia y recordando siempre a sus companeros, me relato con detalles y dramatismo su periplo en el intento de fuga con Ingrid Betancourt y la decision conjunta de abortar el plan. Con razon y corazon, Luis Eladio Perez nos hace reflexionar sobre esta desgarradora realidad que ha sufrido nuestra querida Colombia desde hace mas de cuatro decadas y que continua. Y que no pareciera tener salida con luz al final del tunel, por lo menos en el corto plazo''.Dario Arizmendi. ''Vivi con Luis Eladio el descenso al infierno. Conocimos juntos las fronteras de la locura, presenciamos las honduras de la degradacion humana y descubrimos la infinita bondad de Dios. Poco podemos hacer para cambiar el mundo, salvo dar testimonio'' Ingrid Betancourt
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Price: $19.99
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Sale: $13.57
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Manufacturer: Alfaguara
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Number of Items: 1
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Binding: Paperback
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Author: Arturo Perez-Reverte
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Publisher: Alfaguara
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Edition: Pap/Map
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Dewey Decimal Number: 863.64
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Publication Date: 2008-03-28
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Reading Level: 408
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Description: This is not a fictional tale nor a history book, nor does it have-strictly speaking-a main character, as there were countless men and women involved in the events that took place in Madrid in 1808. Heroes and cowards, victims and executioners, history kept the names of most of them. The people, places, and events recounted here are real, as are much of the words that are spoken. In this book, Arturo Perez-Reverte transforms the obscure and individual stories recorded in books and archives into a collective account. The author's imagination is therefore reduced to the mortar that joins the narratives. By making use of the most basic liberties that a novel allows, these pages bring to life the individuals who, for over two hundred years, have either remained anonymous or lived only in brief accounts of official papers. Description in Spanish: Este relato no es ficcion ni libro de Historia. Tampoco tiene un protagonista concreto, pues fueron innumerables los hombres y mujeres envueltos en los sucesos del 2 de mayo de 1808 en Madrid. Heroes y cobardes, victimas y verdugos, la Historia retuvo los nombres de buena parte de ellos: las relaciones de muertos y heridos, los informes militares, las memorias escritas por actores principales o secundarios de la tragedia, aportan datos rigurosos para el historiador y ponen limites a la imaginacion del novelista. Cuantas personas y lugares aparecen aqui son autenticos, asi como los sucesos narrados y muchas de las palabras que se pronuncian. En Un dia de colera, Arturo Perez-Reverte convierte en historia colectiva las pequenas y oscuras historias particulares registradas en archivos y libros. Lo imaginado, por tanto, se reduce a la argamasa narrativa que une las piezas. Con las licencias minimas que la palabra novela justifica, estas paginas pretenden devolver la vida a quienes durante doscientos anos solo han sido personajes anonimos en grabados y lienzos contemporaneos, o escueta relacion de nombres en los documentos oficiales.
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Price: $12.95
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Sale: $4.96
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Manufacturer: Rayo
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Number of Items: 1
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Binding: Paperback
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Author: Isabel Allende
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Publisher: Rayo
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Dewey Decimal Number: 863.64
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Publication Date: 2004-02
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Reading Level: 224
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Description: El primer recuerdo que Isabel Allende tiene de Chile es el de una casa que nunca conoció: la "casa grande y vieja" de la calle Cueto, donde nació su madre. Esta casa, evocada por su abuelo con tanta frecuencia que Isabel cree haber vivido allí, se convierte en la protagonista de su primera novela La Casa de los Espíritus. Dicha obra vuelve a aparecer al comienzo de las fascinantes y seductoras memorias, Mi País Inventado, que ahora nos ofrece esta talentosa escritora. Los asiduos lectores de Allende reconocerán inmediatamente a los miembros de esta familia chilena --abuelos, bisabuelos, tías, tíos y amigos--, personajes de carácter mítico que pueblan este magnífico libro. A su vez, es un retrato inolvidable de la idiosincrasia del pueblo chileno, su historia violenta y su espíritu indomable. Aunque Isabel afirma haber sido una extranjera en su propio país --"Nunca encajé en ningún sitio, ni en mi familia, ni en mi clase social ni en la religión que se me confirió"--lleva consigo hasta hoy la marca de la política y la magia de su tierra natal. En Mi País Inventado explora el papel de la memoria y la nostalgia que le ayudaron a dar forma a su vida y a sus libros. Dos acontecimientos vitales alteran la peripatética narrativa de este libro: el golpe militar y la violenta muerte de su tío, Salvador Allende Gossens el 11 de septiembre de 1973 que la condujeron a exiliarse y a convertirse en escritora, y el ataque terrorista del 11 de septiembre del 2001, en los Estados Unidos, que sucita en ella un sentimiento de lealtad a su segunda patria. Mi País Inventado, cuya estructura sigue el funcionamiento de la memoria, recorre de acá para allá la distancia temporal en la que se acumulan las vida pasada y presentes de la autora. Esta obra se dirige al inmigrante, ya que refleja su experiencia y su lucha por mantener una vida interior coherente en un mundo lleno de contradicciones.
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Price: $9.95
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Sale: $5.93
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Manufacturer: Debolsillo
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Number of Items: 1
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Binding: Mass Market Paperback
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Author: Jesus Blancornelas
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Publisher: Debolsillo
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Dewey Decimal Number: 363.450972
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Publication Date: 2005-07-06
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Reading Level: 372
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