Download or read book When I Was Puerto Rican written by Esmeralda Santiago and published by Palabra. This book was released on 2006-02-28 with total page 292 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Magic, sexual tension, high comedy, and intense drama move through an enchanted yet harsh autobiography, in the story of a young girl who leaves rural Puerto Rico for New York's tenements and a chance for success.

Download or read book Conquistadora written by Esmeralda Santiago and published by Vintage. This book was released on 2012-07-10 with total page 434 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: As a young girl growing up in Spain, Ana Larragoity Cubillas is powerfully drawn to Puerto Rico by the diaries of an ancestor who traveled there with Ponce de Leon. And in handsome twin brothers Ramon and Inocente—both in love with Ana—she finds a way to get there. Marrying Ramon at the age of eighteen, she travels across the ocean to Hacienda los Gemelos, a remote sugar plantation the brothers have inherited. But soon the Civil War erupts in the United States, and Ana finds her livelihood, and perhaps even her life, threatened by the very people on whose backs her wealth has been built: the hacienda’s slaves, whose richly drawn stories unfold alongside her own in this epic novel of love, discovery and adventure.

Download or read book The Angel Esmeralda written by Don DeLillo and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2011-11-15 with total page 226 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From one of the greatest writers of our time, his first collection of short stories, written between 1979 and 2011, chronicling—and foretelling—three decades of American life Set in Greece, the Caribbean, Manhattan, a white-collar prison and outer space, these nine stories are a mesmerizing introduction to Don DeLillo’s iconic voice, from the rich, startling, jazz-infused rhythms of his early work to the spare, distilled, monastic language of the later stories. In “Creation,” a couple at the end of a cruise somewhere in the West Indies can’t get off the island—flights canceled, unconfirmed reservations, a dysfunctional economy. In “Human Moments in World War III,” two men orbiting the earth, charged with gathering intelligence and reporting to Colorado Command, hear the voices of American radio, from a half century earlier. In the title story, Sisters Edgar and Grace, nuns working the violent streets of the South Bronx, confirm the neighborhood’s miracle, the apparition of a dead child, Esmeralda. Nuns, astronauts, athletes, terrorists and travelers, the characters in The Angel Esmeralda propel themselves into the world and define it. DeLillo’s sentences are instantly recognizable, as original as the splatter of Jackson Pollock or the luminous rectangles of Mark Rothko. These nine stories describe an extraordinary journey of one great writer whose prescience about world events and ear for American language changed the literary landscape.

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Download or read book The Essential Ilan Stavans written by Ilan Stavans and published by Psychology Press. This book was released on 2000 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Ilan Stavans is one of the foremost Latino scholars and here his best essays are collected into one volume. These beautifully written pieces explore the breadth of contemporary Latino-American culture, depicting and analyzing what he calls "life in the hyphen". Illustrations.

Download or read book The Turkish Lover written by Esmeralda Santiago and published by Da Capo Press. This book was released on 2009-03-17 with total page 360 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Enthralled admirers of Esmeralda Santiago's memoirs of her childhood have yearned to read more. Now, in The Turkish Lover, Esmeralda finally breaks out of the monumental struggle with her powerful mother, only to elope into the spell of an exotic love affair. At the heart of the story is Esmeralda's relationship with "the Turk," a passion that gradually becomes a prison out of which she must emerge to become herself. The expansive humanity, earthy humor, and psychological courage that made Esmeralda's first two books so successful are on full display again in The Turkish Lover.

Download or read book Tearmoon Empire Volume 8 written by Nozomu Mochitsuki and published by J-Novel Club. This book was released on 2022-07-04 with total page 276 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Mia reclines and flips open the Princess Chronicles, wondering what new developments it has in store, when her eyes leap to a certain line: “Sion Sol Sunkland perished in his youth.” Needless to say, she does not remain recumbent for long. How could this possibly be?! Though he may be infuriating at times, Sion is an ally, a classmate, and most importantly...a friend. She needs to warn him; if she can’t save him personally—which, let’s face it, is unlikely given her limited faculties—then he can at least save himself. But how? She only has a month before his impending doom. She can’t exactly tell him he’s going to die because a magic book said so. Heck, she can’t tell him anything at all—he’s currently in Sunkland, and she has no business there. That’s when an aggrieved Esmeralda shows up complaining about a marriage proposal her father insists she accept. Upon hearing that the suitor is a Sunkland noble, the cogs in Mia’s brain begin to turn...

Download or read book Summer Storm written by Lori J. Glad and published by Savage Press. This book was released on 2003-10 with total page 268 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Staid Duluthian Janine Nielson literally bumps into her future on the Lakewalk, a handsome Spaniard. Alberto Casilda learns a few lessons about Midwestern women as he pursues the reluctant love of his life.

Download or read book The White Rose written by Madilina Tresca and published by Madilina Tresca. This book was released on 2018-10-01 with total page 526 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: '... something evil, yes evil, is present amongst us...' Christopher Marriston, a university lecturer and author, born and raised in Fairfield, now lives in Wakeley with his family. Over on the north shore full time mum, Skyla, raises her two sons. Both Christopher and Skyla are happily married. They have never met nor do they know of the other's existence until one day Skyla buys Marriston's bestseller and lines up to have her copy of the book signed by the author. Skyla is momentarily overwhelmed by an ominous feeling. Why does she feel a sense of urgency to read Christopher's book? There is something she ought to know. It is a matter of life and death and it involves this author. What nonsense is this? Skyla's world is about to change...

Download or read book Into The Maze written by Euan McAllen and published by Andrews UK Limited. This book was released on 2017-08-16 with total page 493 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Maze divides up the land, isolating communities and loved ones, and hated ones. On the Outside, the League of Monasteries rules supreme. On the Inside, the Kingdom rules in ignorance of its own isolation, free of all Gods. At its centre, the Village struggles to survive. This is a story of confusion, conflict, deception and double-crossing between members of a dysfunctional Royal Family. It is also the story of a despotic Chief Monk, and the story of an orphaned village girl wishing for a better life. By the end the emotional complexity, hurt and betrayals overwhelms all.

Download or read book Millennial Reign written by Craig Conte and published by iUniverse. This book was released on 2008-07 with total page 386 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Tribulation Wars are over. The Messiah has come to earth and has transformed the planet into a Garden of Eden. The world embarks upon a new age of peace and prosperity, but there is trouble within the Kingdom. A new leader rises to power and challenges the King's authority. He leads many astray and starts a new Republic up north. Other factions also venture out and settle new lands abroad. Some territories remain faithful to the King while other nations form a coalition with the Republic. Ultimately a line is drawn in the sand that brings about cataclysmic events. Who will prevail? Who will overcome? Find out in Conte's page turning thriller of Millennial Reign. Craig Conte writes his best novel to date in Millennial Reign. The characters embark upon a series of journeys and ordeals. Some fall in love. Others have their lives torn asunder, but most struggle through the highs and lows of living for a thousand years during the Kingdom Age.

Download or read book Tarzan Books 1 through 5 written by Edgar Rice Burroughs and published by eStar Books. This book was released on 2013-01-07 with total page 383 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This edition contains the first five books from the Tarzan series by Edgar Rice Burroughs. Tarzan of the Apes, The Return of Tarzan, The Beasts of Tarzan, The Son of Tarzan, Tarzan and the Jewels of Opar and a bonus of Jungle Tales of Tarzan. Jungle Tales of Tarzan is the 6th book in the series.

Download or read book Heartwood written by James Lee Burke and published by Island Books. This book was released on 2011-09-21 with total page 402 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A brilliantly layered novel of crime, character, and place from the two-time Edgar Award winner, Gold Dagger Award winner, and New York Times bestselling author of Sunset Limited. Few writers in America today combine James Lee Burke's lush prose, crackling story lines, and tremendous sense of history and landscape. In Cimmaron Rose, longtime fans of the Dave Robicheaux series found that the struggles of Texas defense attorney Billy Bob Holland show Burke at his best in exploring classic American themes--the sometimes subtle, often violent strains between the haves and the have-nots; the collision of past and present; the inequities in the criminal justice system. Heartwood is a kind of tree that grows in layers. And as Billy Bob's grandfather once told him, you do well in life by keeping the roots in a clear stream and not letting anyone taint the water for you. But in Holland's dusty little hometown of Deaf Smith, in the hill country north of Austin, local kingpin Earl Deitrich has made a fortune running roughshod and tainting anyone who stands in his way. Billy Bob has problems with Deitrich and his shamelessly callous demeanor, but can't shake the legacy of his passion for Deitrich's "heartbreak-beautiful" wife, Peggy Jean. When Holland takes on the defense of Wilbur Pickett--a man accused of stealing an heirloom and three hundred thousand dollars in bonds from Deitrich's office--he finds himself up against not only Earl's power and influence, but also a past Billy Bob can't will away. A wonderfully realized novel, rich in Texas atmosphere and lore, and a dazzling portrait of the deadly consequences of self-delusion, Heartwood could only have been written by James Lee Burke, a writer in expert command of his craft.

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Download or read book Last Night with the Duke written by Amelia Grey and published by St. Martin's Paperbacks. This book was released on 2017-03-07 with total page 305 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Could finding love be his greatest scandal of all? The Duke of Griffin has never lived down his reputation as one of the Rakes of St. James. Now rumors are swirling around London that his twin sisters may bear the brunt of his past follies. Hiring a competent chaperone is the only thing Griffin has on his mind--until he meets the lovely and intriguing Miss Esmeralda Swift. In ways he could never have expected, she arouses more than just his curiosity. Esmeralda Swift considered herself too sensible to ever fall for a scoundrel, but that was before she met the irresistibly seductive Duke of Griffin. His employment offer proves too tempting for her to resist. She can’t afford to be distracted by his devilish charms because the stakes are so high for his sisters’ debut Season. . .unless one of London’s most notorious rakes has had a change of heart and is ready to make Esmeralda his bride in Last Night with the Duke, the first novel in the brand-new Regency Rakes of St. James series by New York Times bestselling author Amelia Grey.