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Set in Guatemala and based on a true story, “this intriguing literary thriller will appeal to lovers of international crime fiction” (Booklist).
Guillermo Rosensweig is a member of the Guatemalan elite, runs a successful law practice, has a wife and kids—and a string of gorgeous lovers. Then one day he crosses paths with Maryam, a Lebanese beauty with whom he falls desperately in love . . ....
Guillermo Rosensweig is a member of the Guatemalan elite, runs a successful law practice, has a wife and kids—and a string of gorgeous lovers. Then one day he crosses paths with Maryam, a Lebanese beauty with whom he falls desperately in love . . ....
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"The true story of José Andrés, an award-winning chef, food activist, and founder of World Central Kitchen, a disaster-relief organization that uses the power of food to nourish communities after catastrophe strikes. When a terrible earthquake hit Haiti in 2010, chef José Andrés knew he needed to help. Within a few hours of the disaster, he had gathered friends, they flew to the island, and they began cooking rice and beans for the hungry...
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In 1938, as Samuel Berkow's tramp steamer from Germany approaches Puerto Barrios, Guatemala, he is full of hope that he will be able to find a family member and begin to remake his life in the new world. But in this sweltering, chaotic, and hostile port town, he will have to face down many obstacles-including himself-before he can hope to truly escape . . .
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Davico lives with his family above La Casita — the Little House — in Guatemala City in the early 1950s. But it's not just a little house. It's also the family restaurant!
The restaurant provides plenty of distraction and adventure for Davico and his older brother, Felipe. The mean cook, Augusto, and the always-late waiter, Otto, love to play tricks on Davico. There's a huge oven in the gas cookstove, which Felipe knows how to light - if he can...
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Nuestro primer eBook en inglés, relata la historia de una familia de inmigrantes que deja su lugar de origen y lucha por adaptarse a una nueva cultura y a un nuevo idioma en un país extranjero. Es también un cuento acerca de cómo los niños ven el mundo y cómo la indiferencia de los adultos aumenta su temor y su confusión.
Though this animated book is the familiar immigrant story of a family that has to leave its home and struggles to adapt...
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"Decirle a alguien en el maldito tropico que no es 'ni chicha, ni limonada' equivale a una condena con cierto aire de reproche gelido. Para decirselo a si mismo, en las orillas sesenteras del quinto infierno John Lennon compuso 'Nowhere Man.' Para transmitirselo a quien corresponda, ahora viene David Unger con esta especie de Variaciones Goldberg en las que incluyo doce daguerrotipos y una epifania. Entre otros hechos literarios, en las placas color...
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Son los anos ochenta, vientos dificiles azotan Centroamerica y tambien a la familia Eltalef; los hermanos David, Marcos y Aaron estan decididos a no permitir que su familia y sus negocios sean arrasados por la compleja realidad que vive la region. Marcos y Aaron son importantes empresarios de la comunidad judia guatemalteca. Marcos, cuya pasion por la vida solo se compara por la que siente hacia las mujeres, esta bajo arresto en un hospital, acusado...
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One of the central concerns of engineering is the failure of materials. Addressing this concern, fracture mechanics - an interdisciplinary subject spanning mechanical, civil, and materials engineering, applied mathematics, and physics - predicts the conditions under which such failure will occur due to crack growth. This valuable self-contained text by an expert in the field supplements standard fracture mechanics texts by focusing on analytical methods...
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In The Emergency State, leading global affairs commentator David C. Unger reveals the hidden costs of America's obsessive pursuit of absolute national security. In the decades since World War II, presidents from both parties have assumed broad war-making powers never intended by the Constitution and intervened abroad to preserve our credibility rather than our security, while trillions of tax dollars have been diverted from essential domestic needs...
11) The honey jar
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The Honey Jar retells the ancient stories Rigoberta Mench 's grandparents told her when she was a little girl, and we can imagine her listening to them by the fire at night. These Maya tales include natural phenomena, narratives, and animal stories. The underworld, the sky, the sun and moon, plants, people, animals, gods, and demi-gods are all players in these vibrant stories. Enchanting images by Domi draw on the Maya landscape and the rich visual...
13) Mr. President
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"Nobel Prize-winning Guatemalan author Miguel Ángel Asturias's masterpiece-the original Latin American dictator novel and pioneering work of magical realism-in its first new English translation in more than half a century, featuring a foreword by Nobel laureate Mario Vargas Llosa. A Penguin Classic. In an unnamed country, an egomaniacal dictator schemes to dispose of a political adversary and maintain his grip on power. As tyranny takes hold, everyone...
14) Silent rage
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A small Texas town is terrorized by a psychotic killer. Dan Stevens is faced with the dilemma of stopping this invincible murderer, made virtually indestructible through genetic engineering. A young group of researchers are responsible for developing the serum and the head of the research institute is determined to continue the genetic experiments regardless of the consequences.
