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Cartucho and My Mother's Hands

by Nellie Campobello ...

Translated by Doris Meyer, Irene Matthews ...

Nellie Campobello, a prominent Mexican writer and "novelist of the Revolution," played an important role in Mexico's cultural renaissance in the 1920s and early 1930s, along with such writers as Rafael Muoz and Gregorio Lpez y Fuentes and artists Diego Rivera, Orozco, and others. Her two novellas, Cartucho (first published in 1931) and My Mother's Hands (first published as Las manos de Mamá in ... Read more

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Nellie Campobello, a prominent Mexican writer and "novelist of the Revolution," played an important role in Mexico's cultural renaissance in the 1920s and early 1930s, along with such writers as Rafael Muoz and Gregorio Lpez y Fuentes and artists Diego Rivera, Orozco, and others. Her two novellas, Cartucho (first published in 1931) and My Mother's Hands (first published as Las manos de Mamá in
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Cartucho

by Nellie Campobello ...

Translated by Heather Cleary ...

One of the great war novels of all time—in a brilliant new translation by Heather Cleary—Cartucho is no less relevant in our unsettled century“I needed death and blood, they nourished me; my little girl’s spirit expanded and my eyes went impossibly wide. I didn’t want to miss a single detail.”On November 20th, 1910, the nation of Mexico exploded into revolt. The armed conflict that followed ended ... Read more

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One of the great war novels of all time—in a brilliant new translation by Heather Cleary—Cartucho is no less relevant in our unsettled century“I needed death and blood, they nourished me; my little girl’s spirit expanded and my eyes went impossibly wide. I didn’t want to miss a single detail.”On November 20th, 1910, the nation of Mexico exploded into revolt. The armed conflict that followed ended
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The Hummingbird's Daughter

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by Luis Alberto Urrea ...

From a Pulitzer Prize finalist and author of The House of Broken Angels and Good Night, Irene, discover the epic historical novel following the journey of a young saint fighting for her survival.This historical novel is based on Urrea's real great-aunt Teresita, who had healing powers and was acclaimed as a saint. Urrea has researched historical accounts and family records for years to get an ... Read more

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From a Pulitzer Prize finalist and author of The House of Broken Angels and Good Night, Irene, discover the epic historical novel following the journey of a young saint fighting for her survival.This historical novel is based on Urrea's real great-aunt Teresita, who had healing powers and was acclaimed as a saint. Urrea has researched historical accounts and family records for years to get an
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Chronicle of a Death Foretold

by Gabriel García Márquez ...

Translated by Gregory Rabassa ...

Series series Vintage International
NOBEL PRIZE WINNER • From the author of One Hundred Years of Solitude comes the gripping story of the murder of a young aristocrat that puts an entire society—not just a pair of murderers—on trial.A man returns to the town where a baffling murder took place 27 years earlier, determined to get to the bottom of the story. Just hours after marrying the beautiful Angela Vicario, everyone agrees, ... Read more

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NOBEL PRIZE WINNER • From the author of One Hundred Years of Solitude comes the gripping story of the murder of a young aristocrat that puts an entire society—not just a pair of murderers—on trial.A man returns to the town where a baffling murder took place 27 years earlier, determined to get to the bottom of the story. Just hours after marrying the beautiful Angela Vicario, everyone agrees,
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Toro! Toro!

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Illustrated by Michael Foreman ...

Discover the beautiful stories of Michael Morpurgo, author of Warhorse and the nation’s favourite storytellerBest-selling author Michael Morpurgo turns his storytelling skills to the drama and tragedy of the Spanish Civil War, illustrated by Michael Foreman.TORO,TORO is the story of a young boy growing up in Andalucia, Spain, on a farm rearing bulls for the bull ring. Antonito hand rears a little ... Read more

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Discover the beautiful stories of Michael Morpurgo, author of Warhorse and the nation’s favourite storytellerBest-selling author Michael Morpurgo turns his storytelling skills to the drama and tragedy of the Spanish Civil War, illustrated by Michael Foreman.TORO,TORO is the story of a young boy growing up in Andalucia, Spain, on a farm rearing bulls for the bull ring. Antonito hand rears a little
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The Year of the Death of Ricardo Reis

by José Saramago ...

From the Nobel Prize-winning author: "A capacious, funny, threatening novel" of wandering souls and political upheaval in 1930s Portugal ( The New York Times Book Review) .The year is 1936, and the dictator António de Oliveira Salazar is establishing himself in Portugal, edging his country toward civil war. At the same time, Dr. Ricardo Reis has returned home to Lisbon after a long sojou... ... Read more

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From the Nobel Prize-winning author: "A capacious, funny, threatening novel" of wandering souls and political upheaval in 1930s Portugal ( The New York Times Book Review) .The year is 1936, and the dictator António de Oliveira Salazar is establishing himself in Portugal, edging his country toward civil war. At the same time, Dr. Ricardo Reis has returned home to Lisbon after a long sojou...
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The Watcher in the Pine

by Rebecca Pawel ...

Series Book 3 - Sergeant Tejada Investigations
The third Carlos Tejada investigationSpain, 1940: Potes, a remote northern mountain village, is Carlos Tejada’s first independent Guardia Civil command. He soon discovers that this “promotion” is a mixed blessing. The villagers are unwelcoming. He and his pregnant wife, Elena, have no place to live but the jail, and his own men seem strangely hostile. Is it just their suspicion of his wife’s ... Read more

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The third Carlos Tejada investigationSpain, 1940: Potes, a remote northern mountain village, is Carlos Tejada’s first independent Guardia Civil command. He soon discovers that this “promotion” is a mixed blessing. The villagers are unwelcoming. He and his pregnant wife, Elena, have no place to live but the jail, and his own men seem strangely hostile. Is it just their suspicion of his wife’s
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The Dangerous Summer

by Ernest Hemingway ...

Experience Hemingway’s firsthand chronicle of a brutal season of bullfights in Spain.In the 1950s, Hemingway and his wife return to Spain, where Hemingway had visited before as a war correspondent to cover the Spanish Civil War, in order to see friends and follow bullfighting events. Hemingway’s time in Spain is most often remembered as his experiences with bullfighting, his passion often conveyed ... Read more

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Experience Hemingway’s firsthand chronicle of a brutal season of bullfights in Spain.In the 1950s, Hemingway and his wife return to Spain, where Hemingway had visited before as a war correspondent to cover the Spanish Civil War, in order to see friends and follow bullfighting events. Hemingway’s time in Spain is most often remembered as his experiences with bullfighting, his passion often conveyed
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Summer Snow

by Rebecca Pawel ...

Series Book 4 - Sergeant Tejada Investigations
Praise for the Carlos Tejada Alonso y León series:“Rebecca Pawel [has] set the mystery world agog.”—Maureen Corrigan, The Washington Post Book World“The best new mystery author to come around in a long time . . . an astonishing achievement in writing and psychological development . . . she knows how to make a reader care. Her books are intense, the writing impeccable. She propels the plot at a ... Read more

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Praise for the Carlos Tejada Alonso y León series:“Rebecca Pawel [has] set the mystery world agog.”—Maureen Corrigan, The Washington Post Book World“The best new mystery author to come around in a long time . . . an astonishing achievement in writing and psychological development . . . she knows how to make a reader care. Her books are intense, the writing impeccable. She propels the plot at a
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Raised from the Ground

A Novel

by José Saramago ...

A family of Portuguese farmers struggle to survive as world events pass them by in "a novel that resounds with relevance for our own time" ( New York Times Book Review).Winner of the City of Lisbon PrizeCelebrated author Jose Saramago has delighted readers around the world with his imaginative tales and evocative depictions of life in his native Portugal. His novel Raised from the Ground follows ... Read more

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A family of Portuguese farmers struggle to survive as world events pass them by in "a novel that resounds with relevance for our own time" ( New York Times Book Review).Winner of the City of Lisbon PrizeCelebrated author Jose Saramago has delighted readers around the world with his imaginative tales and evocative depictions of life in his native Portugal. His novel Raised from the Ground follows
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The Mark of Zorro (Annotated)

Enriched Edition. The Curse of Capistrano - Adventure Novel

by Johnston McCulley, June Umberley ...

The Mark of Zorro is a foundational adventure romance of old Spanish California, first appearing in 1919 as The Curse of Capistrano. Set amid missions, haciendas, and colonial authority, it follows the masked Don Diego Vega as he defends the oppressed against corrupt officials. McCulley's prose is brisk, theatrical, and melodramatic, drawing on the swashbuckling tradition of Dumas while ... Read more

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The Mark of Zorro is a foundational adventure romance of old Spanish California, first appearing in 1919 as The Curse of Capistrano. Set amid missions, haciendas, and colonial authority, it follows the masked Don Diego Vega as he defends the oppressed against corrupt officials. McCulley's prose is brisk, theatrical, and melodramatic, drawing on the swashbuckling tradition of Dumas while
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The Underdogs

A Novel of the Mexican Revolution

by Mariano Azuela, Beth Jorgensen ...

Translated by E. Munguia Jr. ...

Series series Modern Library Classics
Hailed as the greatest novel of the Mexican Revolution,The Underdogsrecounts the story of an illiterate but charismatic Indian peasant farmer’s part in the rebellion against Porfirio Díaz, and his subsequent loss of belief in the cause when the revolutionary alliance becomes factionalized. Azuela’s masterpiece is a timeless, authentic portrayal of peasant life, revolutionary zeal, and political ... Read more

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Hailed as the greatest novel of the Mexican Revolution,The Underdogsrecounts the story of an illiterate but charismatic Indian peasant farmer’s part in the rebellion against Porfirio Díaz, and his subsequent loss of belief in the cause when the revolutionary alliance becomes factionalized. Azuela’s masterpiece is a timeless, authentic portrayal of peasant life, revolutionary zeal, and political
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