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  • No Happy Ending

    Series Book 3 - Hector Belascoaran Shayne Detective Novels
    The third English language case for Mexico City independent detective Hector Belascoaran Shayne, No Happy Ending, is Paco Ignacio Taibo II at his subversive, darkly comic best. First, Hector discovers the body of a dead actor, dressed like a Roman in full breastplate and regalia, propped up on the toilet in his office. Shortly thereafter, he receives a threatening letter and a snapshot of another ... Read more

    $12.79 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Return to the Same City

    Series Book 4 - Hector Belascoaran Shayne Detective Novels
    Hector Belascoaran Shayne has danced with the dead. Luke Estrella does the rumba in white patent leather shoes. Together, they make the perfect pair to lead each other into an inferno under an azure Acapulco sky: a hell populated by mariachis and machine guns, incompetent bikini contest judges, and at least one killer who is closer to Hector than he thinks.... ... Read more

    $11.19 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Hebraica veritas versus Septuaginta auctoritatem

    Does a Canonical Text of the Old Testament Exist?

    Translated by Paul Stevenson ...
    At the end of the fourth century, Jerome decided to translate the Old Testament into Latin from the Hebrew manuscripts that were available to him, and not from the "traditional" Greek text. This fact provoked a reaction from Augustine, who considered that the Greek translation of the LXX must be the starting point of every translation, since it had the authority of the apostles. The two great ... Read more

    $25.59 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Work-Life Balance Doesn’t Work

    How to Achieve Happiness and Well-being in 5 Steps

    What Do You Do When Everything You've Been Taught About Work-Life Balance Doesn't Work?Are you a person looking for Personal Transformation?Are you looking for Personal growth books?Stop looking. This book is an excellent opportunity to think about your life and how it affects your happiness and well-being. It's a look back at the author's struggle with a lack of happiness as well as his ... Read more

    $16.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Some Clouds

    Series Book 2 - Hector Belascoaran Shayne Detective Novels
    Mexico City detective Héctor Belascoarán Shayne is summoned home from vacation by his sister, whose childhood friend Anita has been raped and nearly killed by unknown assailants. Héctor discovers that Anita, recently married into the wealthy Costa family, has just seen her husband and his two brothers systematically murdered. Now, if she can stay alive long enough to receive it, Anita stands in ... Read more

    $17.59 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • An Easy Thing

    Series Book 1 - Hector Belascoaran Shayne Detective Novels
    Set amidst the political turbulence and social unrest of contemporary Mexico City, An Easy Thing introduces English-speaking readers to Taibo's human and world-weary protagonist, independent detective Hector Belascoaran Shayne. In this debut outing, our hero, who, incidentally, possesses an insatiable appetite for Coca Cola and cigarettes, tackles three cases simultaneously: a killing in a corrupt ... Read more

    $15.19 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Antipodes

    Stories

    Translated by Alastair Reid ...
    From the author of the award-winning novel Shadow Without a Name, comes Antipodes, the first collection of his short fiction to be translated into English. This lively, eclectic, and highly imaginative volume spans time, place, and culture as the narratives move from the scorching heat of the Gobi desert to the glacial heights of Mount Everest.Here, among others, are the stories of a great ... Read more

    $17.59 CAD

  • Estela

    This New York Times Book Review Best Cookbook features over 130 recipes from the renown restaurant Estela.“The rare restaurant-y cookbook whose recipes actually turn out as well as the seemingly unattainable photos.” —The New York Times Book ReviewOne flight up, in a bustling neighborhood bistro overlooking the chaos of one of downtown New York’s busiest streets, Ignacio Mattos serves food so ... Read more

    $21.99 CAD

  • The Final Weeks of the Spanish Republic

    Some myths are long-lived, perhaps because they are fed by relentless partisan propaganda. One such myth credits Negrín and the communists alone with a will to resist throughout the civil war. A whole swathe of literature has made it its business to portray them as the very symbols of uncompromising opposition, of active, indefatigable resistance “with bread or without it”, “with guns or without ... Read more

    $3.69 CAD

  • The Path I Chose

    My Story

    A Cuban immigrant's inspiring journey from hardship to musical success, overcoming language barriers and family separation, showcases the power of perseverance and dedication in the pursuit of dreams, resonating with music lovers and cross-cultural readers alike. In The Path I Chose, the author recounts his life and career in Cuba and his journey into the United States, where he arrived during the ... Read more

    $13.59 CAD

  • Pancho Villa

    A Revolutionary Life

    Translated by Todd Chretien ...
    A wild ride and revealing portrait of the controversial Pancho Villa, one of Mexico’s most beloved (or loathed) heroes, that finally establishes the importance of his role in the triumph of the Mexican Revolution, by renowned writer Paco Ignacio Taibo II.The last biography of Pancho Villa was published 25 years ago, and this new edition has been translated into English for the first time. This ... Read more

    $31.99 CAD

  • AN EASY THING

    A Héctor Belascoarán Shayne Novel

    Paco Ignacio Taibo II is one of the most popular and influential authors in Latin and South America. His endlessly inventive, highly-political detective novels, featuring the idiosyncratic private eye Hector Belascoaran Shayne, are set in the teeming landscape of Mexico City, a combustible mix of poverty, tragic class warfare, the anarchic and absurd. For Shayne it is a world that can bring tears ... Read more

    $11.07 CAD