Traducido al espanol por Reynaldo Cruz. Minnie Minoso. Martin Dihigo. Luis Tiant. Orlando "El Duque" y Livan Hernandez. Estas son solo algunas de las grandes figuras perfiladas en Leyendas del Beisbol Cubano: El Universo Alternativo del Beisbol. Los 47 individuos describen mas adelante representan solo un pequeno punado de las legiones de memorable y figuras a veces incluso legendarios producidos a lo largo de casi un siglo y medio por una nacion de la isla donde el deporte del palo-y-ball conocido como el beisbol es mas que un pasatiempo nacional, es la pasion nacional. Este volumen presenta...

Build-A-Bum and Other Stories of Life and Death is a collection of 20 short works that is often funny, often absurd, and sometimes has animals as lead characters. (And yes, as you were hoping, this is also where you'll find a sexist cannibal, a homophobic vampire, and a Nazi dentist practicing in Santa Monica.) But then humor is subjective, so there is a teensy weensy chance that when reading these stories, you might not laugh. But that's okay, it's probably not you. Because satire, especially when it has a few bad words and the occasional reference to adventurous sex, can sometimes be...