Stories of soldiers, nuns, priests, doctors, widows, children, old couples, lovers, and many others offer a frank portrait of life in Ireland.

American graffiti: Four teenagers come of age on their last summer night before college in 1962. More American graffiti :The gang from American graffiti are back to explore the impact of the turbulent 60's, a time of crisis, war and social revolt, marking the end of an era of innocence for them. They find themselves in the eye of the storm of the 60's: Vietnam, Haight-Ashbury and the campus peace movement. Features the period's greatest hits by artists...

From the Nobel Prize–winning author of One Hundred Years of Solitude, a series of short stories told in "spare, unpretentious...picturesque prose" (Library Journal)

Written with compassionate realism and wit, the stories in this mesmerizing collection depict the disparities of town and village life in South America, of the frightfully poor and outrageously rich, of memories and illusions, and of lost opportunities and

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Despite their hardships, five sisters living in rural Ireland in 1936 are able to embrace life and all its complexities and dance with joy in their hearts.

Tired of the noise and madness of New York, journalist Paul Kemp moves to Puerto Rico to write for a local newspaper. Adopting the rum-soaked life of the island, Kemp becomes obsessed with the fiancee of Sanderson, a businessman involved in shady property development deals. When he is recruited by Sanderson to write favorably about his latest unsavory scheme, Kemp is presented with the choice to use his words for the corrupt businessman's financial...

Presents an anthology of eight short stories that illuminate the mythical world of Macondo.

Life in 1847 Paris is as spirited as champagne and as unforgiving as the gray morning after. In gambling dens and lavish soirees, men of means exert their wills and women turned courtesans exult in pleasure.

In Mexico and the United States the fifth day of May is celebrated with the colorful holiday Cinco de Mayo. In this celebration of the fiesta day, the traditions and history of the holiday are explained in a clear and festive manner.

"El famoso cuento de Dickens, convertido en todo un clásico de la Navidad, en una edición ilustrada para toda la familia."--Back cover.

¡A Yasmin le encanta hacer fiestas! ¡Música, amigos, diversión! Pero no le gusta la comida picante que sirve su familia paquistaní. Yasmin se pone su sombrero de chef y decide que va a hacer su propia receta fantástica y deliciosa... ¡cuando descubra cuál es! Yasmin's family is hosting a big party, but Yasmin is worried that the traditional food her family is cooking is too spicy--so her family challenges Yasmin to come up with a dish of...