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while they sleep (under the bed is another country) is written in dialogic fragments and interspersed with prose poems reflecting on the lasting impact of colonial trauma. The bed on which America sleeps is built on the fear that the nations it has oppressed will rise up against it, a monstrous shadow in a child's nightmare. Written in English, while they sleep points to an imperialist American identity: the dormant body of the text. Answering in Spanish, under the bed is another country is the footnote, the monster under the bed, the colony: Puerto Rico.

In 1487, the king of Spain, acting through Tomás de Torquemada, the first inquisitor general of the holy office of the Spanish inquisition, orders the first of the murders. For the next five centuries priests, cardinals, royal officials, nobles, and bankers are manipulated and killed by the guardians of the fourth angel to protect a secret plot and a vast and relentlessly growing fortune. In the 21st century, Martín Ibarra Paz, a Cuban-American living in Miami, is famous for his work as the head of a team of architects designing and building a new capitol city in South America.

Abandoned with his two younger brothers, Milo Vega was placed in foster care. Now a 20-year-old high-school senior covered in gang tattoos and working as the school’s janitor, he is living a life vastly different from the one he was destined for. When another foster joins the family, this one from the psychiatric facility, Milo’s skeptical. A rare genetic condition makes her unlike any girl he’s ever seen, and he wants nothing to do with the one he calls Ghostgirl.  

Milo sold his soul to the devil to save an angel. Now he’s after revenge. There are worse prisons than the lush estate of a notorious drug smuggler in Mexico. Mercy lives out her days alone and hidden from the world, but her sleep is riddled with nightmares of the muti and all the boys and girls just like her who weren’t lucky enough to get away.

In a distant future in which Latin Americans have pioneered faster-than-light space travel, Dr. Jan Amos Sangan Dongo has a job with large and unusual responsibilities: He’s a veterinarian who specializes in treating enormous alien animals. Mountain-sized amoebas, multisex species with bizarre reproductive processes, razor-nailed, carnivorous humanoid hunters: Dr. Sangan has seen it all.

Because of our shared English language, as well as the celebrated origin tales of the Mayflower and the rebellion of the British colonies, the United States has prized its Anglo heritage above all others. However, as Carrie Gibson explains with great depth and clarity in El Norte, the nation has much older Spanish roots - ones that have long been unacknowledged or marginalized. The Hispanic past of the United States predates the arrival of the Pilgrims by a century, and has been every bit as important in shaping the nation as it exists today.

Descubra el primer gran estilo artístico europeo, desde los ostrogodos y Carlomagno hasta su propagación por Europa a través del Camino de Santiago. Adéntrese en el recóndito mundo del arco de medio punto y la bóveda de cañón, y en el simbolismo de las imágenes, protagonistas de un estilo cristiano que unificó durante varios siglos todo el arte de Occidente.

A dutiful son to his single mother, Manny Stockton has spent the last 20 years harboring a grudge against his absentee father, Isidore. But after Isidore’s sudden passing, an obligatory homecoming to Devil’s Dyke reveals the truth behind their estrangement. Manny’s father was not the man he thought he was. In fact, Isidore was no man at all. He was a Disciple, a divine being created from the blood of the Supreme Sire - what we, the living, would call a vampire. Manny also learns Disciples like Isidore do not simply die. They must be slain. 

If you want to speak real conversational Spanish or even speak beginner Spanish for this millennium, then you need the right program and the right tools designed to teach you real conversational Spanish - for this millennium. 

This audiobook will teach you more than 1,000 of the most common and useful Spanish words and phrases you will need to know in order to communicate with Spanish speakers throughout the entire Spanish-speaking world, including Spanish-speakers in the US. Vocabulary is included that the typical traveler may not use but a person communicating with Spanish-speakers on a daily basis will find very helpful. 

In public life for half a century, my image and reputation have had more ups and downs than the Cyclone roller coaster at Coney Island. I have been called savior and sinner, fool and wise man, crusader and exploiter, hothead and dope. The opinions are usually based on when they tuned in. Were you around for my early days as a crusading local newsman? Did you waste an evening inside Al Capone's empty vault? Were you watching when the bombs dropped in Afghanistan or Iraq, or did you tune into the raucous talk show when my nose got broken in the best television studio brawl ever caught on tape?

Nuestra entrañable Ave María va más allá de una acción. Es un canto, un precioso poema dedicado a la madre de Jesús. Que también es nuestra mamá. A través de esta conocida oración, muchas veces hemos pedido su maravillosa intercesión. Pero este libro busca que, línea por línea, sepamos entender y sentir profundamente todo lo que rodea a nuestra Virgen María. Entremezcladas, las voces del ángel Gabriel y de la prima Isabel nos enseñan a exaltar todo el cariño y la compasión que brotan de ella.

Rebel Song is a tremendous story of a woman, a heart, a madman, a rebel, and the growing storm of change. Eerie warnings parallel contemporary crises. Weaving metaphors soar and dive. Archetypes evoke stunning moments of real-life recognition. And in the end, the sweeping triumph of the rebel song's message leaves you in shivers-and-chills delight.  

Agobiada porque su visado de trabajo en Holanda está a punto de expirar, Lauren Wade empieza una carrera contra el tiempo en plenas festividades navideñas para lograr un empleo que le garantice permanecer en Ámsterdam. Nada le importa con tal de conseguir sus metas. Por eso, cuando una anciana, en absoluto indefensa, le ofrece un empleo a cambio de que logre que su obtuso nieto asista a una fiesta familiar, Lauren no se lo piensa dos veces.

This second short story collection features five tales of terror from the pen of Paul S. Huggins. The tales start with a novella length story in which Jake Hatchers life turns around, with the help of his grandmother's bequest. "Drakes Blitz" follows Harry as he thieves through bomb-damaged London during the blitzkrieg of World War 2. "Affected Inside" is a zombie story where Chris Styles, a government investigator, looks into the disappearances of serving prisoners. His undercover investigation reveals a problem far more horrific than he could have imagined. 

This is a fun audiobook about a Hispanic family in the 60's living in the Pacoima area of Southern California. They own the Peace of the Shepherd Funeral Home close to San Fernando, which allows for some crazy events. The story is presented through the eyes of Lita Ramirez. Al Lucero is her biggest "pain in the ass", but she tolerates his better than everyone's else attitude, and takes joy in his demise. Raul, Lita's brother, acts as her protector, and is famous for his tootsie roll tosses.

Vicente Fox offers his unique viewpoint as a former head of state, avid historian, and true admirer of America’s constitutional ideals. He knows where a Trump presidency can lead—and it is nowhere good. Let’s Move On is a political manifesto written in Fox’s trademark, no-nonsense style where he both denounces Trump’s malignant anti-intellectualism and inspires people to rise up and resist.

Are you sick and tired of learning basic Spanish in the slow lane? Well now you can finally accelerate your learning Spanish and get in the fast lane of learning Spanish. Unlike other Spanish programs which focus entirely on conjugating Spanish verbs, Fast Lane Basic Spanish focuses not only on conjugating verbs but also on teaching you Spanish pronouns and prepositions. The only way you can become truly fluent in Spanish is by mastering Spanish pronouns and prepositions. 

Understanding spoken Spanish is one of the most difficult challenges that the new Spanish-language learner faces. The 99 conversations in this audiobook will help improve your listening comprehension in Spanish. You will begin with the most basic Spanish conversations such as introducing yourself and talking about what you do for a living. As you progress through the 99 conversations the conversations become more challenging, and begin to incorporate vocabulary related to modern technology and even social media.

After being abandoned by her husband in a KOA campground, Sissy Jaspers must return home to Grace, West Virginia and rebuild her broken life. Along for the journey is Hazel, a sweet and spirited older lady, who has the gift of making everything taste better. With help from Sissy's father and brother, the two women turn an abandoned haunted house into a charming café. The Kitchen House, named for its resident ghosts, is a place of wonder where the living and dead coexist. The mystic café attracts patrons haunted by guilty secrets and burdened with grief.