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Nostromo, a Tale of the Seaboard - Joseph Conrad - Joseph Conrad, who knew the human nature inside out, telling the story of Nostromo and portraying his personages is ironic and even slightly derisive...⍾Every man, somewhere deep inside, has his own share of rascality... And every human doing has two sides...⍾⍾Action is consolatory. It is the enemy of thought and the friend of flattering illusions. Only in the conduct of our action can we find...
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Alfred A. Knopf
Pub. Date
2021.
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224 pages
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In his modest home at the edge of town, the former President of a Latin American country receives a journalist in his iconic gardens to discuss his legacy and the dire circumstances that threaten democracy around the globe. Once known as the Poorest President in the World, his reputation is the stuff of myth: a former guerilla who was jailed for inciting revolution before becoming the face of justice, human rights, and selflessness within his nation....
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Aladdin
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2024.
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Traveling back in time to 1950s Cuba to stop a mysterious incident that will eventually destroy the Land of the Living, Charlie, Violet and Raúl are pursued by an unspeakable evil as they scour the mountain rainforests of Havana for clues to untangle the past, present and future.
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Distributed by Random House
Pub. Date
2004
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1 v. (unpaged) : col. ill. ; 29 cm.
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Because he has misbehaved, four-year-old Federico is afraid the three kings will not bring him the toy horse he asked them for and, unable to sleep, he goes outside to await their arrival. This gorgeously illustrated storybook by Beatriz Vidal glows with warmth and holiday cheer, and readers everywhere will surely find themselves scanning the night skies for the Magi.
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Alfaguara/Penguin Random House Grupo Editorial
Pub. Date
2019.
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406 pages ; 25 cm.
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"Un niño es testigo de un violento enfrentamiento en una carretera perdida en el departamento del Cauca, en Colombia. Ese mismo día alguien limpia las huellas del desastre para que no quede el menor rastro. nadie en el pueblo más cercano dice haber oído nada, y sin embargo, una denuncia anónima pone en marcha una peligrosa investigación que desemboca en el universo oscuro de las iglesias cristianas que hoy están presentes en toda América Latina....
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Aladdin
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2018.
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Steeped in Hispanic folklore since childhood, middle schooler Charlie Hernández learns the stories are true when, shortly after his parents disappearance, he grows horns and feathers and finds himself at the heart of a battle to save the world.
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Vintage Español
Pub. Date
2013.
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278 pages ; 21 cm.
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"En las elecciones de Faguas -- país imaginario que aparece en las novelas de Gioconda Belli -- ha triunfado el PIE (Partido de la Izquierda Erótica). Sus atrevidas integrantes tienen un propósito inclaudicable: cambiar el rumbo de su país, limpiarlo como si se tratara de una casa descuidada, barrerlo hasta sacarle brillo. Pero nada de esto resulta fácil para la presidenta Viviana Sansón y sus ministras, sometidas a constantes ataques por parte...
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Cece Rios volume 1
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"Privately questioning her remote community's superstitions about dangerous powerful spirits in their Devil's Alley home, Cecelia Rios experiments with the forbidden art of brujería to rescue her kidnapped sister"--
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Vintage Español
Pub. Date
2022.
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555 pages ; 25 cm
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La primera novela de Isabel Allende, La casa de los espíritus narra la saga de una poderosa familia de terratenientes latinoamericanos, ahora en una edición especial con motivo de su 40 aniversario, y con nuevo prólogo de su autora. El despótico patriarca Esteban Trueba ha construido con mano de hierro un imperio privado que empieza a tambalearse con el paso del tiempo y un entorno social explosivo. Finalmente, la decadencia personal del patriarca...
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