Father Sebastián Urrutia Lacroix, suffering from a fever and fearing that he is dying, recalls the most important events in his life, from Paris in 1943 to Chile under General Pinochet.

This is the story of four sisters and their family, as they become Americanized after fleeing the Dominican Republic in the 1960s. A family of privilege in the police state they leave, the Garcías experience understandable readjustment problems in the United States, particularly their old-world patriarch father. "Abandonando la tensión política de la República Dominicana de los explosivos años sesenta, las cuatro hermanas García acompañadas...

The author shares her memories of growing up as a member of the Castro family, and her first-hand experiences during the Cuban revolution and the subsequent communist regime led by her brothers Fidel and Raúl.

Pop star Ricky Martin reveals the defining moments of his life, including his experiences in the boy band Menudo, his struggles to define his identity, and his family's sacrifices to support his dreams. El artista Ricky Martin quien ha vendido mas de 60 millones de albumes en todo el mundo habla por primera vez sobre su infancia, sus comienzos musicales en el grupo Menudo, su busqueda de identidad durante el fenomeno de "Livin La Vida Loca", la aceptacion...

Profiles two Nobel Prize-winning Latin American novelists, Gabriel García Márquez and Mario Vargas Llosa, who were friends and rivals, and examines the "boom" period in Latin American literature in which they played leading roles.

Cousins Nieves, Ada, Luz and Lola see themselves reflected in Meg, Jo, Beth and Amy, the four sisters of Louisa May Alcott's classic Little Women, who they used to copy in their games as children, and in some ways have governed the courses of their lives. "Como en un espejo situado a sus espaldas, en el lejano pero inagotable pasado, las primas Nieves, Ada, Luz, y Lola se reflejan en los caracteres de Meg, Jo, Beth y Amy, las cuatro hermanas protagonistas...

Junot Díaz began his literary career with this collection of short stories evoking the immigrant experience of an adolescent. His prose draws us into the teenage narrator's world, a mix of humor, desolation and tenderness found in a life of poverty and uncertainty. Desde que Díaz empezó a publicar historias cortas, en publicaciones tan prestigiosas como The New Yorker, ha sido señalado como un gran talento nuevo, y su debut con historias cortas,...

"El escritor de suspenso Abelardo Rueda, después de una investigación, sobre Felipe II y el Real Monasterio de El Escorial, descubre un secreto que no puede divulgar y esto hace que su vida cobre un matiz de aventura y persecución en la cual no sé sabe quien puede ser verdugo o víctima"--Container. A serial killer knows that behind each death lies something more than a barbaric action. Homicides hide a terrible secret hidden within the story...

Miami chemist, Dr. Erika Moon, dumped by her husband of seven years, goes into the laboratory to come up with a cure for love.

"El fin del dichos Entremeses es llener los huecos en las representaciones del teatro "serio", como la duración de las obras eran muy larga, los Entremeses aligeraban la estancia del público en los teatros, poco a poco dicho género encontró gran aceptación por el público asistente"--Container. Written a year before his death, Miguel de Cervantes' Entremeses, or collection of short plays, is a fine example of his genius. Oftentimes overlooked,...