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In this memoir, Isabel Allende reconstructs the painful reality of her own life in the wake of tragic loss--the death of her daughter, Paula. Recalling the past thirteen years from the daily letters the author and her mother, who lives in Chile, wrote to each other, Allende ... recounts the stories of the wildly eccentric, strong-minded, and eclectic tribe she gathers around her that becomes a new kind of family. Throughout, Allende shares her thoughts...
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Pub. Date
2020.
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Español
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Publisher Annotation: "I am Ana. I was the wife of Jesus." So begins the new novel from the number one New York Times bestselling author of The Secret Life of Bees and The Invention of Wings, an extraordinary story set in the first century about a woman who finds her voice and her destiny in a time of great despair and great hope. USA, 544pp.
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2020.
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Español
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Publisher Annotation: A Most-Anticipated Book of the Year: O, The Oprah Magazine * The New York Times * The Washington Post *Vogue * Bustle * BuzzFeed * Ms. Magazine *The Millions * The Huffington Post * PopSugar * The Lily * Goodreads * Library Journal * LitHub * Electric Literature The first adult novel in almost fifteen years by the internationally bestselling author of In the Time of the Butterflies and How the García Girls Lost Their Accents...
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2022.
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Español
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"Santa Rita, an old resort and new home to Sofía, a writer. Greta, Sofia's niece and translator, comes to stay awhile, and it is through her that we meet the other characters: Candy, Sofia's assistant; Robles, a retired police inspector; Nel and his party, college students; Miguel, a blind math teacher; Reme, mother to an abused woman. The arrival of Moncho Riquelme, an old friend of Sofa̕'s, with an agenda of his own for the future of the community,...
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1998.
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Español
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René Ariza fue nacido en La Habana, Cuba, en 1940 y murió en San Francisco, California, en 1994. En 1947 él ganó el UNEAC (la Unión de Escritores y Artistas de Cuba) para su trabajo en el teatro, la espalda de la manzana y un año más tarde era una finalista en la competición de la Casa de las Américas con su pedazo teatral el Banquete. Él era también un actor y un poeta y el narrador de técnica vanguardistga y estilo en la década de los...
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[2013]
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English
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Gregory Peck stars as Philip Green, a highly respected writer who is commissioned by a national magazine to write a series of pieces on anti-Semitism in America. Unsure how to approach the subject, Green ultimately decides to assume the role of a Jewish man and write the story from that view. As his story unfolds, Green begins to experience first hand the bigotry and hatred Jewish people face daily.
9) My name is Gabriela: the life of Gabriela Mistral = Me llamo Gabriela : la vida de Gabriela Mistral
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2005.
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Español
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Gabriela Mistral loved words, sounds and stories. Born in Chile, she would grow to become the first Nobel Prize-winning Latina woman in the world. As a poet and a teacher, she inspired children across many countries to let their voices be heard.
Sumario en español: A Gabriela Mistral le encantaban las palabras, los sonidos y los cuentos. Nació en Chile y llegó a ser la primera mujer latina que ganara un Premio Nobel. Como poeta y como maestra,...
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[2023]
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Español
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Carmen Rita Wong siempre ha anhelado un sentido de pertenencia: primero cuando era una nįa pequęa en una habitaci̤n c̀lida llena de mujeres latinas negras y morenas, como su madre, Lupe, anim̀ndola bailando durante su infancia en Harlem. Y en Chinatown, donde su padre inmigrante, "Papi" Wong, un estafador, la exhibir̕a a ella y a su hermano mayor en opulentos restaurantes decorados en rojo y dorado. Luego vinieron los patios de recreo casi exclusivamente...
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Studio classic volume 21
Pub. Date
[2004]
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English
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A young British writer moves to Crete to find himself by working in his father's mine, and hires the playful Zorba. He falls in love with a lovely young widow. When she responds to him the townsmen attack her.
12) Memorias
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2019.
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Español
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Publicado originalmente en 2003, el libro autobiográfico Memorias, de Helena Paz Garro, dividió opiniones entre los lectores y colocó en la agenda cultural del momento el pasado íntimo de la familia Paz Garro, así como su relación -social o secreta- con personajes como Adolfo Bioy Casares, Silvina Ocampo, Julio Cortázar, Carlos Fuentes, Aristóteles Onassis, María Callas, Pablo Picasso, David Alfaro Siqueiros, Luis Buñuel, Salvador Dalí,...
13) Mother!
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[2017]
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English
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A couple's relationship is tested when uninvited guests arrive at their home, disrupting their tranquil existence.
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2023.
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Español
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Cuando eran niños, Emily y Chess eran inseparables. Pero cuando cumplieron los 30, su vínculo se vio tenso por las exigencias de su vida adulta. Entonces, cuando Chess sugiere un viaje de chicas a Italia, Emily aprovecha la oportunidad para volver a conectarse con su mejor amiga. Villa Aestas en Orvieto es ahora una casa de vacaciones de lujo, pero en 1974 era conocida como Villa Rosato y la alquilaba durante el verano una famosa estrella de rock,...
15) Martian child
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[2008]
Language
English
Description
David is a widowed science fiction writer who adopts Dennis, a young boy who claims to be from the Red Planet. David believes the child acts strangely in order to process the difficulty he has had in his young life, but soon both David and his sister, Liz, begin to wonder if the boy might be telling the truth.
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Pub. Date
2022.
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Español
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"Dos escritores, unas vacaciones y una apuesta. Todo puede suceder durante un verano. January Andrews es escritora de novelas románticas y una soñadora empedernida. August Everett escribe novelas serias y cree que el amor verdadero es sólo un cuento chino. Pero January y Gus tienen mucho más en común de lo que creen: Los dos están arruinados. Los dos están bloqueados. Y los dos necesitan escribir un bestseller antes de que termine el verano."--...
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