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The Bear and the NightingaleThe Bear and the Nightingale, Book
by Arden, KatherineBook - 2017Book, 2017
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When Montezuma Met CortésWhen Montezuma Met Cortés, BookThe True Story of the Meeting That Changed History
by Restall, MatthewBook - 2018Book, 2018
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Added Apr 17, 2020
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A fascinating book accessible to the general reader; a clear-eyed, common sense addition to the canon.
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Restall exposes the time-honored tropes that have served the empires and Manifest Destiny well. He re-introduces all the usual suspects - Montezuma, Cortés and Malinche - in a fresh, human context. It turns out Montezuma was a kind of librarian! A collector and cataloguer of flora and fauna including the human varietyRestall exposes the time-honored tropes that have served the empires and Manifest Destiny well. He re-introduces all the usual suspects - Montezuma, Cortés and Malinche - in a fresh, human context. It turns out Montezuma was a kind of librarian!…
North of HavanaNorth of Havana, BookThe Untold Story of Dirty Politics, Secret Diplomacy, and the Trial of the Cuban Five
by Garbus, MartinBook - 2019Book, 2019
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Added Apr 17, 2020
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Garbus is a lively narrator whose explanations of dense legal procedure and precedent are thoroughly documented yet easily digestible. He fleshes out all the players, exiles and spies, with three dimensional humanity
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This is the story of the Cuban 5 - their odyssey through the U.S. legal system after being charged in connection with the shoot down by Cuban MiGs of two planes piloted by members of the Brothers to the Rescue group that had been flying over Havana dropping anti-Castro propaganda. Garbus is reluctant to defend the and explains in fascinating detail the challenges inherent in the case brought about by the insidious and outsized influence exercised by the exile community in Florida that illicitly leveraged the resources of the federal government.This is the story of the Cuban 5 - their odyssey through the U.S. legal system after being charged in connection with the shoot down by Cuban MiGs of two planes piloted by members of the Brothers to the Rescue group that had been flying over Havana…
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Added Apr 17, 2020
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A beautiful and necessary read for the way Hernandez Castillo viscerally lays bare the inherent unfairness and high toll the current system takes on families and communities on both sides of the U.S.-Mexico border
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Hernandez Castillo uses his prodigious poetic craft to plumb each family member’s odyssey through the U.S. immigration system and its Kafkaesque labyrinthine il-logic for the raw emotion and trauma from battering against the cold shoulder of bureaucracy while living under a cloud of uncertainty and fear.Hernandez Castillo uses his prodigious poetic craft to plumb each family member’s odyssey through the U.S. immigration system and its Kafkaesque labyrinthine il-logic for the raw emotion and trauma from battering against the cold shoulder of…
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Added Apr 17, 2020
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A raw, compelling and highly readable novel that lays bare a Cuba that, just like everywhere else, has not found an answer to human desperation, envy and evil
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A multitude of voices from the marginalized community of mostly black people testifies to the series of events that is unleashed when the strange Stuart family arrives in Punta Gotica to build a ‘black’ cathedral. Narrated by residents alive, dead and on death row, the story leading to cannibalism, corruption, and murder unfolds in three parts that roam from this corner of Cuba to Barcelona and points in the U.S.A multitude of voices from the marginalized community of mostly black people testifies to the series of events that is unleashed when the strange Stuart family arrives in Punta Gotica to build a ‘black’ cathedral. Narrated by residents alive, dead…
The Shining PathThe Shining Path, Downloadable AudiobookLove, Madness, and Revolution in the Andes
by Starn, OrinDownloadable Audiobook - 2019Downloadable Audiobook, 2019
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Added Apr 08, 2020
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Narrative nonfiction at its best! Chock full of surprising facts and illuminating context, the story of this brutal and misguided guerrilla movement is a fascinating tragedy of wasted lives.
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It Would Be Night in CaracasIt Would Be Night in Caracas, Book
by Sainz Borgo, KarinaBook - 2019Book, 2019
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Added Apr 08, 2020
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Culture journalist Karina Sainz Borgo’s beautiful prose belies the brutal reality of the breakdown in civil society she lays bare in her first work of fiction.
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Adelaida narrates this terrifying story of navigating a desolate, desperate and dangerous Caracas as she labors to find a path to exile and freedom.
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Added Apr 07, 2020
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A pitch perfect portrayal of engaging teenage characters in Spanish Harlem that weaves multiple layers and crisscrossing lines of generational, class, cultural, political, religious and economic conflicts from the past, present (and spirit world) makes Taína an enlightening and redeeming read.A pitch perfect portrayal of engaging teenage characters in Spanish Harlem that weaves multiple layers and crisscrossing lines of generational, class, cultural, political, religious and economic conflicts from the past, present (and spirit world)…
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Julio navigates Spanish Harlem to help out Taína, who maintains that her pregnancy is immaculate, with a cast of singular characters and challenging and sometimes transcendent situations.
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Una visión impactante sobre qué pasa cuando las mujeres se encuentren con una potencia que les brinda la posibilidad de sobrepasar a los hombres físicamente. ¿Cómo la utilizarían? Existen posibilidades sin límite y la autora pinta algunas con un impacto fuerte pero llevadero.Una visión impactante sobre qué pasa cuando las mujeres se encuentren con una potencia que les brinda la posibilidad de sobrepasar a los hombres físicamente. ¿Cómo la utilizarían? Existen posibilidades sin límite y la autora pinta algunas con un…
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Added Apr 02, 2020
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Alvarez's charming novel portrays four sisters who could be the Garcia girls confronting maturity with funny yet genuine Latina exuberance and passion. Antonia is completely relatable to those of us of a certain age and experience.
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Antonia is a retired college professor and novelist who is finding it hard to face life after her husband’s sudden death. In the tranquil Vermont college town where she lives, Antonia’s grieving process is upended when she finds a pregnant, undocumented teenager hiding in her garage, a situation that invites comparison to her own more benign immigration experience. On top of that, older sister Izzy goes missing and her sisters impose on Antonia to help with the search.Antonia is a retired college professor and novelist who is finding it hard to face life after her husband’s sudden death. In the tranquil Vermont college town where she lives, Antonia’s grieving process is upended when she finds a pregnant,…
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