Margaret Sayers Peden
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English
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Isabel Allende evokes the magnificent landscapes of her country; a charming, idiosyncratic Chilean people with a violent history and an indomitable spirit; and the politics, religion, myth, and magic of her homeland that she carries with her even today.The book circles around two life-changing moments. The assassination of her uncle Salvador Allende Gossens on September 11, 1973, sent her into exile and transformed her into a literary writer. And...
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English
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"An intoxicating collection of short fiction by one of the most beloved writers of our time. Eva Luna is a young woman whose powers as a storyteller bring her friendship and love. Lying in bed with her European lover, refugee and journalist Rolf Carle;, Eva answers his request for a story "you have never told anyone before" with these twenty-three samples of her vibrant artistry. Interweaving the real and the magical, she explores love, vengeance,...
6) Inez
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English
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A magical short novel that weaves together two stories, two couples, two different times, and two grand passions
In one of the narratives that comprise this superb new novel from Carlos Fuentes, we are introduced to Gabriel Atlan-Ferrara, a fabled orchestral conductor, and his great love Inez Prada, a renowned singer. In the other, Fuentes memorably delineates the very first encounter in human history between a man and a woman. In one, the intense...
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Pub. Date
c2008
Language
English
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"In this memoir, Isabel Allende reconstructs the painful reality of her own life in the wake of tragic loss--the death of her daughter, Paula. Recalling the past thirteen years from the daily letters the author and her mother, who lives in Chile, wrote to each other, Allende ... recounts the stories of the wildly eccentric, strong-minded, and eclectic tribe she gathers around her that becomes a new kind of family. Throughout, Allende shares her thoughts...
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Alexander Cold trilogy volume 1
Publisher
HarperCollins
Pub. Date
c2002
Language
English
Description
When fifteen-year-old Alexander Cold accompanies his individualistic grandmother on an expedition to find a humanoid Beast in the Amazon, he experiences ancient wonders and a supernatural world as he tries to avert disaster for the Indians.
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Series
Alexander Cold trilogy volume 3
Publisher
HarperCollins
Pub. Date
2005
Language
English
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Eighteen-year-old Alexander Cold and his grandmother travel to Africa on an elephant-led safari, but discover a corrupt world of poaching and slavery.
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Publisher
Random House
Pub. Date
c2008
Language
English
Description
Abandoning the battlefield for an isolated life on the Spanish coast, war photographer Andres Faulques spends his time painting murals containing images of human conflict, until his solitude is interrupted by a man whose life had been altered forever by one of Faulques's images.
16) Purity of blood
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Series
Captain Alatriste adventures volume 2
Publisher
Penguin Group
Pub. Date
[2006]
Language
English
Description
The fearless Captain Alariste, Madrid's most charismatic swashbuckler, is hired to infiltrate a convent and rescue a young girl forced to serve as a powerful priest's concubine.