Waiting for El Gordo
Author: Charlene E. Buck
Publisher:
Published: 1994
Total Pages: 156
ISBN-13:
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Waiting at the Shore
Author: Paul Quintanilla
Publisher: Liverpool University Press
Published: 2014-01-01
Total Pages: 593
ISBN-13: 1836241364
DOWNLOAD EBOOKWaiting at the Shore chronicles the extraordinary life of the Spanish artist Luis Quintanilla, championed by Ernest Hemingway, John Dos Passos, Elliot Paul, and many other American and European writers and artists. In 1912, at the age of 18, he ran off to Montmartre where, under the influence of his fellow countryman Juan Gris, he began his artistic career as a Cubist. Returning to Madrid before the war he befriended prominent Spaniards, including Juan Negrin, the Premier during the Spanish Civil War. In April 1931 he and Negrin participated in the peaceful revolution which ousted the monarchy and installed the Second Spanish Republic. When civil war broke out Quintanilla helped lead troops on Madrid's Montana Barracks, which saved the capital for the Republic. "Because great painters," as Hemingway put it, "are scarcer than good soldiers," the Spanish government [Negrin] ordered Quintanilla out of the army after the fascists were stopped outside Madrid. The artist completed 140 drawings of the various fronts of the war which were exhibited at New York's Museum of Modern Art, with a catalogue by Hemingway. After the Republic lost the war Quintanilla was forced into an exile which lasted several decades. Living in New York and in Paris he strove to perfect his art, shunning the modernist vogues of the time. Although a celebrity when he first arrived in the United States he eventually fell into obscurity. This volume, which is heavily illustrated, brings him out of the shadows of neglect, and provides the compelling story of an artist who led not just an extraordinary life but left a legacy of paintings and drawings which, in both their skill and great imaginative variety, should be known to all art lovers.
The Only Road
Author: Alexandra Diaz
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
Published: 2016-10-04
Total Pages: 224
ISBN-13: 1481457527
DOWNLOAD EBOOKPURA BELPRÉ HONOR BOOK ALA NOTABLE BOOK “An important, must-have addition to the growing body of literature with immigrant themes.” —School Library Journal (starred review) Twelve-year-old Jaime makes the treacherous and life-changing journey from his home in Guatemala to live with his older brother in the United States in this “powerful and timely” (Booklist, starred review) middle grade novel. Jaime is sitting on his bed drawing when he hears a scream. Instantly, he knows: Miguel, his cousin and best friend, is dead. Everyone in Jaime’s small town in Guatemala knows someone who has been killed by the Alphas, a powerful gang that’s known for violence and drug trafficking. Anyone who refuses to work for them is hurt or killed—like Miguel. With Miguel gone, Jaime fears that he is next. There’s only one choice: accompanied by his cousin Ángela, Jaime must flee his home to live with his older brother in New Mexico. Inspired by true events, The Only Road is an individual story of a boy who feels that leaving his home and risking everything is his only chance for a better life. The story is “told with heartbreaking honesty,” Booklist raved, and “will bring readers face to face with the harsh realities immigrants go through in the hope of finding a better, safer life, and it will likely cause them to reflect on what it means to be human.”
The Coat of a Man
Author: Donald Simmons
Publisher: Lulu.com
Published: 2011-03-31
Total Pages: 239
ISBN-13: 1257325167
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe President of the United States is forced to take extraordinary steps to contain the lawless narco-state of Mexico. The CIA Station Chief finds he has to put his life on the line to implement the President's policies.
The Barefoot Queen
Author: Ildefonso Falcones
Publisher: Crown
Published: 2014-11-25
Total Pages: 730
ISBN-13: 0804139490
DOWNLOAD EBOOKA romantic and thrilling historical adventure from the internationally bestselling author whose work Diana Gabaldon has called "Enthralling". Spain, 1748. Caridad is a recently freed Cuban slave wandering the streets of Seville. Her master is dead and she has nowhere to go. When, by chance, she meets Milagros Carmona—a spellbinding, rebellious gypsy—the two women become inseparable. Caridad is swept into an exotic fringe society full of romance and art, passion and dancing. But their way of life changes instantly when gypsies are declared outlaws by royal mandate and their world as a free people becomes perilous. The community is split up—some are imprisoned, some forced into hiding, all fearing for their lives. After a dangerous separation, Caridad and Milagros are reunited and join in the gypsies’ struggle for sovereignty against the widespread oppression. It’s a treacherous battle that cannot, and will not, be easily won. From the bustle of Seville to the theatres of Madrid, The Barefoot Queen is an unforgettable historical fresco filled with characters that live, suffer, and fight for the lives of those they love, and for the freedom they can’t live without.
Underground
Author: Raul Sandoval Jr.
Publisher: Dorrance Publishing
Published: 2023-06-16
Total Pages: 113
ISBN-13:
DOWNLOAD EBOOKAbout the Book Underground is the true story of Raul Sandoval Jr. who was sitting in a car waiting for two friends to go in and out of a Taco Bell located in Prunedale, California, only to find out his friends had murdered an employee in a robbery gone wrong and was asked to help them flee the crime scene. Now being charged with first-degree murder, Sandoval flees the country and goes to Mexico on an unbelievable journey, when the U.S. government puts him on America's Most Wanted in 2011. While in Mexico, Sandoval discovers that corruption runs the whole country from the strip clubs to the cartels, to the Mexican government. Tired of living life on the run in 2013, he turns himself in at the Arizona Mexico border, only to find out that there was even more corruption in America! About the Author Raul Sandoval Jr. was born in Gilroy, California, and then moved to Salinas, California. From Salinas, Sandoval moved to a nearby town called Prunedale, California. Prunedale was where Sandoval was raised, and where he grew up playing soccer and boxing in the gyms. After going to jail, Sandoval told so many people his life story that many people suggested he write a book about his life. He took their advice. Ever since Sandoval was exonerated from his crime, he moved back home to Prunedale, California, where he now lives a calm life.
Tender Is the Flesh
Author: Agustina Bazterrica
Publisher: Scribner
Published: 2020-08-04
Total Pages: 240
ISBN-13: 1982150920
DOWNLOAD EBOOKWorking at the local processing plant, Marcos is in the business of slaughtering humans—though no one calls them that anymore. His wife has left him, his father is sinking into dementia, and Marcos tries not to think too hard about how he makes a living. After all, it happened so quickly. First, it was reported that an infectious virus has made all animal meat poisonous to humans. Then governments initiated the “Transition.” Now, eating human meat—“special meat”—is legal. Marcos tries to stick to numbers, consignments, processing. Then one day he’s given a gift: a live specimen of the finest quality. Though he’s aware that any form of personal contact is forbidden on pain of death, little by little he starts to treat her like a human being. And soon, he becomes tortured by what has been lost—and what might still be saved.
War Woman
Author: Robert J. Conley
Publisher: University of Oklahoma Press
Published: 2001-11-01
Total Pages: 372
ISBN-13: 9780806133690
DOWNLOAD EBOOKFew writers portray Native American life and history as richly, authentically, and insightfully as Robert J. Conley. Conley represents an important voice of the Cherokee past. The novels in his Real People series combine powerful characters, gripping plots, and vivid descriptions of tradition and mythology to preserve Cherokee culture and history. War Woman spans the late 1500s to mid-1600s. War Woman, a brave, headstrong, clever Cherokee, is believed by many in her town to be a witch. Having heard stories about the Spanish, and believing there is great profit to be made by trading with them, she leads a small band of youths on the treacherous road to La Florida. This journey, blessed with success and marred by terrible tragedy, marks the beginning of War Woman’s own personal journey as she leads her people by example and by guidance through terrifying times.
The Chess Player
Author: Andrew Parker
Publisher: Trafford Publishing
Published: 2004
Total Pages: 212
ISBN-13: 1412021006
DOWNLOAD EBOOKCan Chief Inspector Howcroft and DS Williams solve the murder of a middle-aged woman found on a cold frosty winter's morning? It would seem the murder was of a sexual attack, wrists bound, and the body is found in Bournemouth, a coastal town where murders are few and far between, to say the least. As the investigation progresses they find themselves battling the powerfull Special Operations team at 'New Scotland Yard' and in the dangerous mind games of a high profile Judge. But the biggest uncertainty affecting the murder being solved, is the role of 'The Chess Player'... 'The Chess Player' was a nickname given to Rafael Rojas who operates a Colombian money-laundering cartel and manipulates people as 'pawns' in his game. This rivetting short story will keep you guessing and takes you from London to Bogota in an attempt to unravel the murder. A gripping action thriller that you won't want to put down.
The Forgery
Author: Ave Barrera
Publisher: Charco Press
Published: 2022-07-26
Total Pages: 123
ISBN-13: 1913867161
DOWNLOAD EBOOKAn artist races to finish his forgery of a masterpiece while held captive in surreal, menacing splendor. José Federico Burgos is a failed painter turned forger trapped in surreal, an architectural masterpiece hidden behind high walls, an impish vagabond, and some very resourceful, very intimidating twins—Forgery pays homage to greats like Juan Rulfo and Luis Barragán, traversing late 20th Century Guadalajara with the exuberance and eccentricity of an 18th Century picaresque.
