**“If Carpentier is ever to get a new reading in English, it should be now. . . . West’s translations . . . reintroduce English-language readers to this giant of Latin American fiction.” —Natasha Wimmer, The New York Review of BooksThe best-known book by Cuba’s most important twentieth-century novelist, in its first new English translation in more than sixty years and featuring a new introduction by Leonardo PaduraA Penguin Classic**Dissatisfied with his em...

**LONGLISTED FOR THE NATIONAL BOOK AWARD FOR FICTIONFrom the award-winning author of Fiebre Tropical, an electric, highly anticipated novel set in Colombia’s underground queer scene.**It is a known fact that the queens who refuse their destiny are haunted. Rejection turns itself inward, a bullet to the heart of said queen, and unleashes, per Travesti Lore, a river of curses.Cloistered in a dreary Bogotá apartment, Ignacio’s light has dimmed, leavin...

Berlin in 1945 and the Third Reich, that Hitler boasted would last a thousand years, is beginning to crumble. A German scientist makes a drastic decision that could have dire consequences for the future of humanity.South Africa in the 1970s, during the worst years of apartheid, and an appalling medical experiment, previously abandoned by its creator, is resumed.New York today, a group of eminent scientists has disappeared without a trace. Detective Michael Lorrey is forced ...

When I was in college, I started dating a guy whose family was quite wealthy-they ran a huge hospital in our area. Every time he got sick, he'd go to a public hospital to get an IV. At first, I was really puzzled and asked him why he didn't go to the hospital his family owned.After I discovered my boyfriend had a problem in that area, he actually asked me not to tell anyone. I'm still trying to figure out why.

Iran has been going through successive revolutions since the Constitutional Revolution of the early 1900s that culminated in its first elected parliament and limited the monarchy's absolute power. However, foreign interference and successive coups robbed Iranians of the chance to establish a democratic legacy: The democratic government of Mohammad Mosaddegh in the 1950s was short-lived.The ouster of the nationalist Prime Minister Mosaddegh by a CIA/MI6 engineered coup in 1953 left ...

Collecting the best of the underground blog Weird Sister, these unapologetic and insightful essays link contemporary feminism to literature and pop culture.Launched in 2014,Weird Sisterproudly staked out a corner of the internet where feminist writers could engage with the literary and popular culture that excited or enraged them. The blog made space amid book websites dominated by white male editors and contributors, and also committed to coverin...

Black Mirror is The Twilight Zone of the twenty-first century. Already a philosophical classic, the series echoes the angst of an era, a civilization and consciousness fully engulfed in the 24/7 media spectacle spanning the planet. With clever plots and existential themes, Black Mirror presents near-futures where humans collide with technology and each other—tomorrows that might arrive in five years or five minutes. Featuring scholars from three continents and te...

**“If Carpentier is ever to get a new reading in English, it should be now. . . . West’s translations . . . reintroduce English-language readers to this giant of Latin American fiction.” —Natasha Wimmer, The New York Review of BooksThe best-known book by Cuba’s most important twentieth-century novelist, in its first new English translation in more than sixty years and featuring a new introduction by Leonardo PaduraA Penguin Classic**Dissatisfied with his em...

This volume pays homage to the wonderful teams and players from Azusa, La Verne, Claremont, Pomona, Chino, Cucamonga, Ontario, and Upland. A common thread of all these diverse communities was the establishment of baseball teams and, later, softball teams. Baseball played a critical role in advancing civil and political rights, labor reform, gender equality, educational integration, and cultural legitimacy. These remarkable photographs revive the often-overlooked history of Mexican American...

Many people who have met Rosario wonder why and how she came to the USA. Others heard many lies and bad things about her. She has kept quiet until years ago. She decided to write her book and tell everybody who she is. It was not easy to write, and it has taken me so long to finish. Im not a writer, but I want to keep my book the way I write. I lost my loved one, my fianc, while waiting in Florida to marry him. A month went by. When I didnt hear from him, I thought that he changed his mind...

Research on happiness has steadily increased over the last decade, with different streams of inquiry converging into what has come to be known as 'modern happiness studies' (MHS). In this book, Alejo José G. Sison draws on the latest research in economics and psychology as well as Aristotelian virtue ethics to show why happiness is the ultimate value proposition for business. Using non-technical language and a number of illustrative vignettes, he proposes ways for businesses to cultivate t...

Natural fibers' abundance, excellent properties, biodegradability, and low cost make this renewable resource a green alternative to synthetic fibers for composite material reinforcement. The need to create sustainable solutions has promoted applications in sports, transportation, armor, medicine, infrastructure, construction and building materials, and architecture. This collection promotes the use of natural materials and their composites as a possible strategy to increase environmental s...