Download or read book San Juan Noir Akashic Noir written by Mayra Santos-Febres and published by Akashic Books. This book was released on 2016-10-04 with total page 185 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Puerto Rico's capital city enters the Noir Series arena, meticulously edited by one of San Juan's best-known authors. “A welcomed addition to the publisher’s popular noir series, San Juan Noir has the distinction of being issued in two editions, English and Spanish, to more accurately reflect the Caribbean island’s bilingual culture. Editor Santos-Febres gathers a varied collection of stories she expects will ‘reveal a side of Puerto Rico otherwise obscured by the tourist trade and preconception.’” —NBC News Latino Akashic Books continues its groundbreaking series of original noir anthologies, launched in 2004 with Brooklyn Noir. Each story is set in a distinct neighborhood or location within the city of the book. Brand-new stories by: Wilfredo J. Burgos Matos, Ernesto Quiñonez, Mayra Santos-Febres, José Rabelo, Luis Negrón, Yolanda Arroyo Pizarro, Ana María Fuster Lavín, Janette Becerra, Manolo Núñez Negrón, Tere Dávila, Edmaris Carazo, Alejandro Álvarez Nieves, Charlie Vázquez, and Manuel A. Meléndez. Translated by Will Vanderhyden.
Download or read book Forts of Old San Juan written by and published by National Park Service. This book was released on 1998 with total page 84 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Tells the story of the evolution of the defenses of San Juan, Puerto Rico, and the role they played in helping to safeguard Spanish possessions in the Caribbean from the 16th to the 19th centuries.
Download or read book A Dream Called Home written by Reyna Grande and published by Washington Square Press. This book was released on 2019-07-02 with total page 336 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From bestselling author of the remarkable memoir, The Distance Between Us comes an inspiring account of one woman’s quest to find her place in America as a first-generation Latina university student and aspiring writer determined to build a new life for her family one fearless word at a time. “Here is a life story so unbelievable, it could only be true” (Sandra Cisneros, bestselling author of The House on Mango Street). As an immigrant in an unfamiliar country, with an indifferent mother and abusive father, Reyna had few resources at her disposal. Taking refuge in words, Reyna’s love of reading and writing propels her to rise above until she achieves the impossible and is accepted to the University of California, Santa Cruz. Although her acceptance is a triumph, the actual experience of American college life is intimidating and unfamiliar for someone like Reyna, who is now estranged from her family and support system. Again, she finds solace in words, holding fast to her vision of becoming a writer, only to discover she knows nothing about what it takes to make a career out of a dream. Through it all, Reyna is determined to make the impossible possible, going from undocumented immigrant of little means to “a fierce, smart, shimmering light of a writer” (Cheryl Strayed, author of Wild); a National Book Critics Circle Award Finalist whose “power is growing with every book” (Luis Alberto Urrea, Pultizer Prize finalist); and a proud mother of two beautiful children who will never have to know the pain of poverty and neglect. Told in Reyna’s exquisite, heartfelt prose, A Dream Called Home demonstrates how, by daring to pursue her dreams, Reyna was able to build the one thing she had always longed for: a home that would endure.
Download or read book San Juan Hill 1898 written by Angus Konstam and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2013-02-20 with total page 95 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Labelled a 'splendid little war' by Senator John Hay, the Spanish American War was a peculiar event in America's history, provoked as much by the press as by political pressures. Here, aided by superbly detailed maps and artwork, the author deals with the clashes at Las Guasimas and El Caney, the capture of San Juan Hill, and the naval battle and siege of Santiago. The war was to mark the end of Spanish sovereignty in her 'New World', and the establishment of the United States of America as a world power.
Download or read book San Juan Capistrano written by Pamela Hallan-Gibson and published by Arcadia Publishing. This book was released on 2005 with total page 136 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The legendary swallows aren't the only annual returnees to San Juan Capistrano. The great coastal mission draws more than 500,000 visitors a year into the southern reaches of Orange County. The most famous of all the missions in the California system established in the 18th century by Franciscan friar Junipero Serra, Mission San Juan Capistrano still contains the Serra Chapel, the oldest church in California, and the only building still standing where the good padre celebrated mass. But San Juan Capistrano is more than its well-known mission. Its epic story encompasses the rancho days and land barons, California statehood, the arrival of the San Diego Freeway in 1958, city incorporation in 1961, and recent growth from 10,000 residents in 1974 to 34,000 in 2004.
Download or read book The San Juan Islands Afoot Afloat written by Marge Mueller and published by Mountaineers Books. This book was released on 1995 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Mission San Juan Bautista written by Allison Stark Draper and published by The Rosen Publishing Group, Inc. This book was released on 2003-12-15 with total page 70 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Discusses the mission at San Juan Bautista from its founding in 1797 to the present day, including the reasons for Spanish colonization in California and the effects of colonization on the Mutsun (a tribe of the Costanoan) Indians.
Download or read book My Water Comes From the San Juan Mountains written by Tiffany Fourment and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 2009-08-16 with total page 37 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book introduces children to the nation's watershed, the Continental Divide, and how snowmelt forms the headwaters of the rivers and streams that bring life to the land below on the Rocky Mountain's Western Slope. The entire water cycle is described from evaporation to glacier formation and the various life zones that water runs through on its way from alpine tundra to the rich farmland of the Western Slope is detailed in exquisite drawings.
Download or read book San Juan Islands written by Shawn Breeding and published by . This book was released on 2021-03 with total page 308 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The most accurate and comprehensive guide for Washington's coastal waters, from Anacortes to Bellingham and all of the San Juan Islands
Download or read book Golden Treasures of the San Juan written by John B. Marshall and published by Ohio University Press. This book was released on 1961 with total page 244 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Describes lost treasures in the San Juan region of Colorado. Front endpaper map shows treasure locations in relation to modern roads.
Download or read book The Essential San Juan Islands Guide written by Marge Mueller and published by Johnston Associates International. This book was released on 2000 with total page 308 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Best-selling guide to one of the premier attractions of the Pacific Northwest.
Download or read book San Juan Islands Wildlife written by Evelyn Adams and published by . This book was released on 1995 with total page 255 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Natural beauty and a rich diversity of wildlife draw thousands of visitors annually to Washington's San Juan Islands. Until now, there has never been a book that provides an overview of natural life in this beautiful archipelago. San Juan Islands Wildlife is an informative and affectionate look at the habits and habitats of the flora and fauna found within the unique environment of the region.
Download or read book Geology of the San Juan Islands written by Edwin H. Brown and published by . This book was released on 2014 with total page 99 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In Geology of the San Juan Islands, Western Washington University geology professor Ned Brown provides detailed, approachable, full color photos and diagrams to illuminate the complexities of these iconic islands.
Download or read book And jar written by Carolina Cardona and published by . This book was released on 2020-05-04 with total page 267 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Santos Andújar, a young aristocrat living in the city of San Juan, Puerto Rico, was the sole survivor of an unknown illness that killed his entire family when he was twelve years old. Sickly and reclusive, Santos is raised in almost total isolation inside the family's mysterious oceanfront townhouse. Santos' darkly whimsical world is besieged by a visit from a beautiful, hedonistic and soon-to- be married socialite cousin, Violeta Andújar, Far more interested in society parties and secret lovers, Violeta is at first repulsed by her invalid and eternally-masked relative. When a series of curious incidents reveal that enigmatic Santos' ailment blurs the lines of the purely physical and ventures into the paranormal and the futuristic, Violeta finds herself in the throes of an inescapable seduction.
Download or read book Mission San Juan Capistrano written by Kathleen J. Edgar and published by The Rosen Publishing Group, Inc. This book was released on 2003-12-15 with total page 68 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Discusses the Mission San Juan Capistrano from its founding in 1776 to the present day, including the reasons for Spanish colonization in California and the effects of colonization on the Acagchemem, or Juaneño, Indians.
Download or read book The Story of San Juan written by San Juan County. Centennial Committee and published by . This book was released on 1947 with total page 15 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book San Juan Island written by Mike Vouri and published by Arcadia Publishing. This book was released on 2010-11-01 with total page 132 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: With sheltered harbors, open prairies, and secluded woodlands, San Juan Island has been a magnet for human habitation for thousands of years. Salmon runs and rich soil promised not only an abundant food source but also a good living for those willing to work hard. But it was not until the islands became the focus of an international boundary dispute between Great Britain and the United States in the late 1850s that San Juan Island drew the attention of Europeans and Americans. These newcomers watched how Coast Salish and Northwest Coast peoples harvested natural resources and adapted their techniques. Settlers and Indians sometimes intermarried, and many of their descendants remain to this day. San Juan Islanders of all generations have worked hard to preserve their home, thus maintaining a sense of place that is as evident today as it was when the first canoes came ashore.
