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"In this moving debut novel, two estranged siblings must set aside their differences to deal with their mother's death and her hidden past--a journey of discovery that takes them from the Caribbean to London to California and ends with her famous black cake. In present-day California, Eleanor Bennett's death leaves behind a puzzling inheritance for her two children, Byron and Benny: a traditional Caribbean black cake, made from a family recipe with...
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"Carnival is a holiday celebrated in many different countries, but Latin America has some of the biggest festivals in the world. This book teaches young readers all about carnival, from its history rooted in Catholic tradition to its outrageous costumes and decorations. Vivid, colorful photos transport readers right into the heart of this vibrant celebration and the age-appropriate language is engaging and fun to read. Young readers will have a blast...
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2018
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"Spanning more than two hundred years, An African American and Latinx History of the United States is a revolutionary, politically charged narrative history, arguing that the "Global South" was crucial to the development of America as we know it. Scholar and activist Paul Ortiz challenges the notion of westward progress as exalted by widely taught formulations such as "manifest destiny" and "Jacksonian democracy," and shows how placing African American,...
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The jumbies (Tracey Baptiste) volume 2
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Suspicion falls on half-jumbie Corinne when local children from her Caribbean island home begin to disappear, and she is forced to go deep into the ocean to seek the help of a dangerous jumbie who rules the waves.
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The jumbies (Tracey Baptiste) volume 3
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After two out-of-season hurricanes nearly destroy her island home, Corinne discovers that the god Huracan is angry and she, aided by friends and enemies alike, races to calm him.
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A group of international guests, taken hostage by terrorists while attending a birthday party at the home of the vice president of a small South American country, form bonds with their captors and enter into an almost idyllic lifestyle, united by the music of Roxanne Coss, opera's most revered soprano.
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Paola Santiago volume 1
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In Silver Springs, Arizona, her mother's stories of the monstrous La Llorona are thrilling but unbelievable to science-loving Paola until she and her best friends Dante and Emma take a walk through a cactus field near the Gila River.
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Cece Rios volume 1
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Privately questioning her remote community's superstitions about dangerous powerful spirits in their Devil's Alley home, Cecelia Rios experiments with the forbidden art of brujería to rescue her kidnapped sister.
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"Hispanic Heritage Month is a holiday in the United States that celebrates Hispanic culture. It gives Latin Americans and their families a special time to remember their roots, and it is also a chance for all Americans to recognize the contributions of Latin Americans. This book goes over the history of the holiday, gives suggestions on how to connect with Hispanic culture, and even highlights well-known Latinos in the United States and their achievements....
11) The only road
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"Twelve-year-old Jaime makes the treacherous journey from his home in Guatemala to his older brother in New Mexico after his cousin is murdered by a drug cartel"--
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Qué hacer cuando la vida parece andar demasiado deprisa; cuando el amor y la muerte comparten el mismo lugar. Qué, cuando el tiempo y el miedo y el sexo se roban el sueño y te dejan tirado en la cama para rascarle a la tierra un cachito de más soledad. Al menos, en el caso de Cesar Jordán, la respuesta es escribir. Para amar, para respirar, para no morir.
27, poemas para la noche y la madrugada es el retrato del viaje de un ser humano por todo...
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For the ReadersI do not know where this book finds you or how you came across it, but I'd like for you to know what it means to me. In a nutshell, this book is and has been my healing: both the process and the manifestation. Before I began writing and compiling, I survived a series of unfortunate events that had me broken and unnerved spiritually, mentally and physically. I retreated from friends and family. I hid my pain and my glaring vulnerabilities...
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Different poems that open deep paths and invite to the inner observation of topics such as life, death, different ways of loving, among others that will leave you feeling the sensation of a trip to places you would recognize even if you have never been there.The author makes a journey through different important aspects of life that are usually a source of burden and dissertation, it is not conclusive, however it emphasizes on emotions, which allows...
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Cracked Flutes: Blues from the Soul - Volume 2 is a collection of poems about transitions and realizations. It sheds light on city life, family, love, trials, and the quest for finding one's ultimate purpose for existence. It deals with internal struggles and survival.
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Paola Santiago volume 3
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"Thirteen-year-old Paola Santiago must return to the void to rescue her best friend Dante and face her biggest foe yet: El Cucuy, the lord of nightmares"--
19) Besos de sombras
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Dios y diablo, amor y odio, vida y muerte configuran el universo poético que nos muestran los autores de Besos de sombras. Besos en los cuales reverbera la polaridad inherente la soledad, la angustia, la pasión, el vacío y la muerte.
"Entre el amor y el odio, hay un mágico tesoro envuelto en fina seda y ciencia, llamado: ¡indiferencia!".
"Sucede que cada muerte es una de las cucharadas que Dios lleva del plato hasta su boca".
"¿Quién vendrá...
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Frankétienne habite Port-au-Prince, ville orpheline, dit-on, d'espoirs et de songes. Parfois, au fond de la nuit, sur les collines, résonnent de mystérieuses voix. Quand ce ne sont pas des djinns, les habitants croient que c'est la voix de Frankétienne serpentant les montagnes, hurlant dans les plaines un chant de vie plus puissant que la mort. Et dans ces périmètres carrés acculés à la dépendance, à la bêtise et au cynisme urbanistique,...
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