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“marcelo amado”

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  • The Photographer

    by Marcelo Amado ...
    This is the story of Miguel, a dreamer boy with no money and no job, whose life is turned upside down when he gets involved in a pursuit downtown. On his escape, he meets Mr. Francisco, an ordinary caretaker who helps him and becomes his friend. However, some strange things begin to disturb Miguel, until ... ... Read more

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  • An Acceptable Sacrifice

    by Jeffery Deaver ...
    Series Book 4 - Bibliomysteries
    A pair of federal agents from either side of the US–Mexico border target a cartel kingpin.They call him "Cuchillo," the Knife. Not because he kills with a blade—he has plenty of men to do that kind of work for him—but because his mind is so sharp. As Mexico's government wages war on the drug cartels, it takes brains to survive, and Cuchillo has not just survived—he has prospered. But when Cuchillo ... Read more

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  • Lowriders in Space

    by Cathy Camper ...
    Illustrated by Raúl The Third ...
    Learn about lowriders and Mexican-American slang as three friends travel the solar system to pursue their dreams in this lighthearted graphic novel.Lupe Impala, El Chavo Flapjack, and Elirio Malaria love working with cars. You name it, they can fix it. But the team's favorite cars of all are lowriders—cars that hip and hop, dip and drop, go low and slow, bajito y suavecito. The stars align when a ... Read more

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  • An Easy Thing

    by Paco Ignacio Taibo ...
    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

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  • The Faraway World

    Stories

    by Patricia Engel ...
    A New York Times Editors’ Choice * One of The Washington Post**’s 50 Notable Works of Fiction of 2023 * One of Chicago Public Library’s Favorite Books of the Year * A LitHub Best Book of 2023**From the author of Infinite Country—a New York Times bestseller and a Reese’s Book Club pick—comes a “rich and compelling” (The Washington Post) collection of ten exquisite, award-winning short sto... ... Read more

    $12.99 USD

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  • Play the Right Cards

    by M. L. Buchman ...
    Series Book 10 - Delta Force Short Stories
    -Delta Force romance story #10-Ramiro dreams a simple dream: become a great chef to capture the heart of the best cook he ever met. Now, in just-next-door restaurants in their old neighborhood—the barrios of Medellín, Colombia—he brings a modern twist to catch her attention.Estela’s worries center on the last gasp of the drug cartels that still haunt her neighborhood. When a pair of American Delta ... Read more

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  • No Happy Ending

    by Paco Ignacio Taibo ...
    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

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  • Battles in the Desert & Other Stories

    by José Emilio Pacheco ...
    Intense, despairing accounts of life in Mexico City.Seven stories depict harsh realities of life in urban Mexico and the tragedies of childhood innocence betrayed. ... Read more

    $10.99 USD

  • Dead Stars

    by Álvaro Bisama ...
    An unnamed couple sits in a café, waiting for the city offices to open so they can finalize their divorce papers. The wife opens the local newspaper to a shocking photo of a classmate from her university days being taken into custody by the police. In an engrossing ebb and flow of facts, recollections, and conjecture, the couple spend the rest of the day trying to figure out how this former ... Read more

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  • Made in Saturn

    by Rita Indiana ...
    Translated by Sydney Hutchinson ...
    These are the children of revolutions, and this is their story. This is the Caribbean. This is Argenis Luna: an artist who no longer paints, a heroin addict who no longer uses, and an overgrown child trying to make sense of his inheritance in a country where his once-revolutionary father is now part of the ruling elite. Thrown out of rehab in Havana, with Goya's tyrannical god Saturn on his mind, ... Read more

    $11.99 USD

  • Many People Die Like You

    by Lina Wolff ...
    Translated by Saskia Vogel ...
    An underemployed chef is pulled into the escalating violence of his neighbour's makeshift porn channel. An elderly piano student is forced to flee her home village when word gets out that she's fucked her thirty-something teacher. A hose pumping cava through the maquette of a giant penis becomes a murder weapon in the hands of a disaffected housewife. In this collection from the winner of Sweden's ... Read more

    $11.99 USD

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    Also available as: Audiobook

  • Shanghai

    by Alex Abella ...
    Jason Blue is a 1950s hard boiled detective out of San Francisco. He's hired to go down to pre-Castro, decadent Havana to find a rich American lost in the tropical turmoil of sex, drugs and politics. The result is nothing like anybody expected. Cynical, sexy and thrilling, Jason joins the ranks of world weary professionals like Sam Spade and Phillip Marlow, doing the job well, no matter the cost. ... Read more

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