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In Perfect Light
ISBN: 9780060779214 / Angielski / Miękka / 352 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. From award-winning poet Benjamin Alire Saenz comes In Perfect Light, a haunting novel depicting the cruelties of cultural displacement and the resilience of those who are left in its aftermath. In Perfect Light is the story of two strong-willed people who are forever altered by a single tragedy. After Andes Segovia's parents are killed in a car accident when he is still a young boy, his older brother decides to steal the family away to Juarez, Mexico. That decision, made with the best intentions, sets into motion the unraveling of an American family. Years... From award-winning poet Benjamin Alire Saenz comes In Perfect Light, a haunting novel depicting the cruelties of cultural displacement and... |
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78,39 zł |
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The Perez Family
ISBN: 9780393334333 / Angielski / Miękka / 268 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. After twenty years in Castro's prisons, Juan Perez comes to America and encounters culture shock, unpredictable characters, and confusion as he and his companion in exile, Dottie, search for the Perez family in Miami.
After twenty years in Castro's prisons, Juan Perez comes to America and encounters culture shock, unpredictable characters, and confusion as he and hi...
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108,72 zł |
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The Gifted Gabaldón Sisters
ISBN: 9780446699211 / Angielski / Miękka / 336 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Having lost their mother in early childhood, the Gabaldon sisters consider Fermina, their elderly Pueblo housekeeper, their surrogate Grandmother. The mysterious Fermina love the girls as if they are her own, and promises to endow each with a "special gift" to be received upon her death.
Mindful of the old woman's mystical ways, the sisters believe Fermina's gifts, bestowed based on their natural talents, magically enhance their lives. The oldest sister, Bette Davis Gabaldon, always teased for telling tales, believes her gift is the power to persuade anyone, no matter how outlandish her... Having lost their mother in early childhood, the Gabaldon sisters consider Fermina, their elderly Pueblo housekeeper, their surrogate Grandmother. The...
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120,74 zł |
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El Infinito En La Palma de la Mano: Novela
ISBN: 9780061724329 / Angielski / Miękka / 240 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. El magico relato de nuestros origenes es probablemente el que mas fascinacion ha inspirado en la humanidad a lo largo de los tiempos. Pero, mas alla de los cuarenta versiculos que la Biblia dedica a Adan y Eva, mas alla incluso de la leyenda, como seria la vida de aquella inocente, valiente y conmovedora primera pareja? Como seria aquel universo primigenio? Cual fue el impulso que motivo a que Eva tomara la manzana prohibida? Y que pensamientos le pasaron por la cabeza a ambos una vez que comprendieron las consecuencias de lo que Eva acababa de hacer? Preparese para adentrar en un mundo...
El magico relato de nuestros origenes es probablemente el que mas fascinacion ha inspirado en la humanidad a lo largo de los tiempos. Pero, mas alla d...
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56,61 zł |
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Ifigenia
ISBN: 9781934768129 / Hiszpański / Miękka / 408 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Ifigenia: Diario de una senorita que escribio porque se fastidiaba (Diary of a young lady who wrote because she was bored, 1924) is the first of two novels by the Venezuelan writer Teresa de la Parra (Paris, 1889-Madrid, 1936). Her second, much shorter novel, Las memorias de Mama Blanca (1929), was one of the few authored by a woman to be admitted to the Spanish American canon before the radical rereading of the tradition by feminists in the 1970s and 80s. Ifigenia, however, was long neglected, in part, due to the controversy it ignited when it first appeared and its subtle and even deceptive...
Ifigenia: Diario de una senorita que escribio porque se fastidiaba (Diary of a young lady who wrote because she was bored, 1924) is the first of two n...
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186,07 zł |
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Singing Softly/Cantando Bajito
ISBN: 9780933216624 / Angielski / Miękka / 208 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. "A moving and powerful novel that explores how the forces of colonialism, misogyny and racism emerge in the lives of a family affected by this history. The language of the narrative is rich and evocative and the characters are both real and surreal in the intensity of imagination. An important book."--Susan Griffin "A novel worth reading."--"New Directions for Women"
"A moving and powerful novel that explores how the forces of colonialism, misogyny and racism emerge in the lives of a family affected by this history...
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39,00 zł |
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Damas, Dramas, and Ana Ruiz: A Quinceañera Club Novel
ISBN: 9780446540513 / Angielski / Miękka / 336 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. All Ana Ruiz wanted was to have a traditional quinceanera for her daughter, Carmen. She wanted a nice way to mark this milestone year in her daughter's life. But Carmen was not interested in celebrating. Hurt and bitter over her father Esteban's departure, she blamed Ana for destroying their happy family, as did everyone else. A good man is hard to find, especially at your age Ana was told. Why not forgive his one indiscretion? Despite everything, Ana didn't want to tarnish Carmen's childlike devotion to her beloved father. But Ana knows that growing up sometimes means facing hard truths. In...
All Ana Ruiz wanted was to have a traditional quinceanera for her daughter, Carmen. She wanted a nice way to mark this milestone year in her daughter'...
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95,82 zł |
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Dancing with Butterflies
ISBN: 9781439109069 / Angielski / Miękka / 416 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Dancing with Butterflies uses the alternating voices of four very different women whose lives interconnect through a common passion for their Mexican heritage and a dance company called Alegria. Yesenia, who founded Alegria with her husband, Eduardo, sabotages her own efforts to remain a vital, vibrant woman when she travels back and forth across the Mexican border for cheap plastic surgery. Elena, grief stricken by the death of her only child and the end of her marriage, finds herself falling dangerously in love with one of her underage students. Elena's sister, Adriana, wears the...
Dancing with Butterflies uses the alternating voices of four very different women whose lives interconnect through a common passion for their M...
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87,11 zł |
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Cuentos de Amor, de Locura y de Muerte
ISBN: 9788498973204 / Hiszpański / Twarda / 176 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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176,43 zł |
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Amigoland
ISBN: 9780316018838 / Angielski / Miękka / 384 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. In a small town on the Mexican border live two brothers, Don Fidencio and Don Celestino. Stubborn and independent, they now must face the facts: they are old, and they have let a family argument stand between them for too long. Don Celestino's good-natured housekeeper encourages him to make amends--while he still can. They secretly liberate Don Fidencio from his nursing home and travel into Mexico to solve the mystery at the heart of their dispute: the family legend of their grandfather's kidnapping. As the unlikely trio travels, the brothers learn it's never too late for a new beginning....
In a small town on the Mexican border live two brothers, Don Fidencio and Don Celestino. Stubborn and independent, they now must face the facts: they ...
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137,20 zł |
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The Peter Pan Princess
ISBN: 9780991453474 / Angielski / Miękka / 222 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Mimi Bennis was a happy girl living a sheltered life of privilege in 1950-1960'a Cuba. But her life was quickly turned upside down when Castro's regime comes calling and ceases her family's Tobacco Plantation. In order to protect her from the impending danger, her grandparents make arrangements to put her on one of the "Peter Pan" flights to Miami. Before she realized what was happening, the life she once knew had disappeared. She finds herself living in a group camp in Hialeah, Florida, without any survival skills and unable to take care of herself. Shunned by her American father, she's left...
Mimi Bennis was a happy girl living a sheltered life of privilege in 1950-1960'a Cuba. But her life was quickly turned upside down when Castro's regim...
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41,18 zł |
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El vigía de los dioses
ISBN: 9781490387888 / Hiszpański / Miękka / 190 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. En El vigia de los dioses, nada escapa a los vigias, son los ojos de Dios en este plano de vida. Un espantoso suceso desencadena la decision de enviar a un ente a la Cuba de los Castro. La Ira Divina es canalizada a traves de este hombrecillo, que decide en persona enfrentar al dictador. La Cuba de los anos 90 retratada por una ficcion sacada de la mas punzante realidad, el absurdo y rociada por lo divino.
En El vigia de los dioses, nada escapa a los vigias, son los ojos de Dios en este plano de vida. Un espantoso suceso desencadena la decision de enviar...
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59,25 zł |
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El otro lado del rio
ISBN: 9781491231777 / Hiszpański / Miękka / 194 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. El otro lado del rio es una novela que narra las circunstancias que orillan a un joven mexicano a buscar refugio en los Estados Unidos despues que un inesperado vuelco del destino le juega una mala pasada. Su vida cambia de manera extraordinaria, sin embargo la necesidad de regresar a su patria a buscar reivindicacion es un sentimiento siempre presente contra el cual pelea a diario. Escrita en un estilo accesible, pero con capitulos que se suceden a paso vertiginoso, el lector quedara atrapado por la intrigante sucesion de eventos y carismaticos personajes que pueblan esta dinamica...
El otro lado del rio es una novela que narra las circunstancias que orillan a un joven mexicano a buscar refugio en los Estados Unidos despues que un ...
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50,33 zł |
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House Divided
ISBN: 9780446507769 / Angielski / Miękka / 320 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Once they had a country, a culture, a future. Today, upheaval and betrayal have turned their world upside down. And for one family-a U.S. war hero, his deeply religious wife, and their impressionable fourteen-year-old son-a new struggle has just begun.
Mano Suarez made a choice to fight against injustice, and his wife can only pray for his deliverance. Now their son, Pedro, takes up his father's cause . . . disappearing into the ranks of a cult-like organization and leaving his family far behind. To rescue him, Mano must face the consequences of his past deeds. But how can he convince his... Once they had a country, a culture, a future. Today, upheaval and betrayal have turned their world upside down. And for one family-a U.S. war hero, hi...
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120,74 zł |
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Cuentos de Amor de Locura y de Muerte
ISBN: 9781619491786 / Angielski / Miękka / 188 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This collection of stories includes tales about illness, despair, exile, and human brutality. The author himself compiled the selection. Held to be among the greatest writers of short-fiction, Horacio Quiroga has been compared to Kipling and Poe.
This collection of stories includes tales about illness, despair, exile, and human brutality. The author himself compiled the selection. Held to be am...
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41,13 zł |
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Habana Madrid
ISBN: 9781475217247 / Hiszpański / Miękka / 214 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Habana - Madrid es la historia de un amor pasional entre un hombre que ha vivido durante anos sin compartir con nadie sus dudas y desilusiones sociales por simple instinto de conservacion y una muchacha sincera y apasionada que lo cuestiona todo. Con palabras, el le reconstruye las calles, edificios, fachadas y otros irresucitables fantasmas de su Habana. Ella, por tal de defender sus ideas, se quema las alas en el sol. Habana - Madrid es un homenaje a dos ciudades con mucho en comun y una reflexion sobre la conducta humana ante la imprecisa exaltacion del amor."
Habana - Madrid es la historia de un amor pasional entre un hombre que ha vivido durante anos sin compartir con nadie sus dudas y desilusiones sociale...
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86,70 zł |
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Block Captain's Daughter
ISBN: 9780806142913 / Angielski / Miękka / 104 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Guadalupe Anaya, a waitress, is pregnant. She is also the newly elected block captain of Sunflower Street, in charge of raising awareness of safety in her southeast Albuquerque neighborhood. Her campaign platform: God helps those who help themselves. While she waits for the baby, Lupe writes letters to her unborn child, whom she names Destiny. It is Lupe s dream that her daughter will be a writer, pushing a pen instead of a broom.
In this highly imaginative work of fiction by the acclaimed author of Mother Tongue, Demetria Martinez weaves a portrait of six unforgettable characters,... Guadalupe Anaya, a waitress, is pregnant. She is also the newly elected block captain of Sunflower Street, in charge of raising awareness of safety in...
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65,14 zł |
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Sin ti no soy yo
ISBN: 9781475137750 / Hiszpański / Miękka / 164 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Segunda edicion revisada. El hecho de que una novela comience con una elegia la hace sospechosa; mucho mas cuando se trata de un homenaje a unas tias abuelas que en vida se dedicaban a resolver las complicaciones diarias con el poder del cannabis. Si anadimos a este dato, exotico por demas, que el resto de la familia era devota al espiritismo y con regularidad se reunia en la sala del abuelo para evocar las almas, obtenemos la receta perfecta para la construccion de quimeras. La satira, el erotismo y el humor se entrelazan con el asunto politico y social, asi como con las emociones mas...
Segunda edicion revisada. El hecho de que una novela comience con una elegia la hace sospechosa; mucho mas cuando se trata de un homenaje a unas tias ...
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45,76 zł |
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Rehenes del Odio
ISBN: 9780976207030 / Angielski / Miękka / 162 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Journalism works of the autor from 2000 to 2005.
Journalism works of the autor from 2000 to 2005.
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45,53 zł |
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The Hidden Light of Mexico City
ISBN: 9781475200799 / Angielski / Miękka / 444 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Luz de Maria's dreams have been reduced to a notebook of newspaper clippings about famous artists and museum exhibits. She keeps it under the bed in the room she shares with the other maid who works for the wealthy Vega family in Mexico City. When Luz's father died years ago, she became the family breadwinner. The job in Mexico City gives her every other weekend off and enough money to make ends meet at home, a 4 hour bus ride away. The thought of what might have been still hurts. As a maid, Luz is trapped on the lowest rung of Mexico's social ladder. An untouchable. Dressed in her employer's...
Luz de Maria's dreams have been reduced to a notebook of newspaper clippings about famous artists and museum exhibits. She keeps it under the bed in t...
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73,16 zł |
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