FINALIST FOR THE CERCADOR PRIZE!What happens to a country and its people after 35 years of terror? The author of Poso Wells and Family Album explores the aftermath of a dictatorship in this gothic family saga."Gabriela Alemán has written a terrible and beautiful story about the delicate borders between what is known and what is invented, and about the places where intimate tragedy and the tragedies of history inte...

•This book is readable and fun, while dealing with serious topics like femicide, ecological devastation, the drug wars and more.•Gabriela Alemán is one of the most accomplished South American authors working today, and her short fiction and novels have been published in multiple languages.•Poso Wells, Alemán’s first work to be published in English translation (City Lights, 2018), received the “Indies Introduce Award” and “IndieNext” from the ABA, and was a “Staff P...

Fiction from and about Cuba has been greeted with enthusiasm by American readers (Telex from Cuba is one example).The is an entertaining, very readable book that gives an accurate view of contemporary Havana, its physical, social and political milieu. The very real dilemma faced by many Cubans -- whether to make one's life on the island or leave for better opportunities abroad -- is the focus of this story, and the author does an excellent job of portraying exactly what the stakes ...

Gabriela Aleman has been described as one of the best contemporary writers in the Spanish language; she is the recipient of several awards in Latin America including a selection by the Hay Festival and Bogota World Capital of the Book as one of the 39 best writers under the age of 39 in Latin America and a Guggenheim scholarship.Poso Wells explores political and social tensions in Ecuador in terms of gender.

International Bestseller: "Meticulously documented . . . Frattini gives us an exclusive look at the hidden face of the papacy—revelations that send a chill up the spine." — Le MondeFor five centuries, the Vatican—the oldest organization in the world, maker of kings and shaper of history—has used a secret spy service, called the Holy Alliance, or later, the Entity, to carry out its will. Forty popes have relied on it to carry out their policies. They have pl...

This will be the first Latin American and Caribbean anthology about baseball in English. Translates from the Spanish, the volume includes the best short stories written about baseball and its important to the popular cultures of the Caribbean and Central and South America.The editor/translator, Dick Cluster, located 63 stories written about baseball in these countries written and published over the past 30 years, and selected the top 19 stories for the current anthology.Eve...

"Serious but easily readable. The History of Havana employs conventional documentary, written and visual sources and a variety of testimonials from throughout the world to bring to life the complex portraits and challenges of contemporary Havana." —Harry BelafonteSince its founding in 1519, Havana has drawn people from all over the world, including explorers, immigrant, refugees, and the exiled, to create a melting pot of influences and cultures––and a ver...

Divided into themed sections, linked together with a chronology of the most important events in the life of the Vatican, Secrets of the Vatican includes:THE HISTORY OF THE VATICANThe rise of the Catholic church, from its inauspicious beginnings as a persecuted cult in Rome to its establishment as the world's largest organized religionHOUSES OF THE HOLYA look at the vast wealth of art, sculpture and literature collected in the Vatican Museums and some of the sc...

In his first-ever collaboration, New York Times bestselling author James Rollins combines his skill for cutting-edge science and historical mystery with award-winning novelist Rebecca Cantrell’s talent for haunting suspense and sensual atmosphere in a gothic tale about an ancient order and the hunt for a miraculous book known only as . . . The Blood Gospel

For many centuries it was accepted almost without discussion that the priesthood, and pastoral work more generally, was exclusively a male domain. Women had a role within the Christian Church, as nuns or lay workers, but the giving of the sacraments was seen as a male preserve. And yet for centuries rumours and legends have swirled about that one woman did get to be pope in Rome. The Catholic Church has always denied the stories, but they refuse to go away.It is now time to look ane...

**What The Vatican Doesn't Want You To Know:The lies. The conspiracies. The cover-ups. The truth.**Deep behind the walls of the world's holiest site is a dense network of lies, corruption, and conspiracies fueling the Vatican's vast and unchecked influence on world events. From the Holy Orders that defied the commandment "Thou Shalt Not Kill" to the scandals splashed across international headlines, the Vatican is no longer shrouded in mystery, legend, and secrecy.

THE GRIPPING FIRST-PERSON ACCOUNT OF BIN LADEN'S EXECUTIONFor the first time, read the first-hand account of the planning and execution of the extraordinary mission to kill the terrorist mastermind.No Easy Day puts readers inside the elite, handpicked twenty-four-man team known as SEAL Team Six as they train for the most important mission of their lives.From the crash of the Black Hawk helicopter that threatened the mission with disaster, t...